Chapter 5

Even though she had harmed Xu Chen's entire family, Xu Chen didn't care; he was truly very good.

But this time, she had the choice, and she would definitely treat Xu Chen well.

Xu Chen gave an awkward smile; he had to admit, this girl's acting was perfect.

He had just failed to see it; where was the flaw in her act?

Afterwards, he acted wildly, making Li Ruoling tremble with laughter and cover her mouth as she giggled.

After all, disgusting as it was, the act still had to continue.

Nothing was more important than him returning to reality, obtaining immortality and billions in wealth.

……

About thirty minutes later, the auction finally began.

The three great families started by bidding five thousand taels of silver, then the bidding surged all the way to ten thousand taels.

A mere Third-grade Pill fetching ten thousand taels of silver was considered a high price.

Xu Chen watched lazily; according to the plot, it was Ye Wushuang, Ye Xuan's father, who would win the Human Spirit Pill.

After Ye Xuan consumed the Human Spirit Pill, his talent would recover, and he would once again astonish everyone.

He estimated that Li Ruoling wouldn't disrupt the plot, after all, she was Ye Xuan's person.

"Twenty thousand taels."

Unexpectedly, just as the auction was about to be finalized with a single gavel strike, Li Ruoling raised her hand lightly and said.

Xu Chen was dumbfounded; they bid ten thousand taels, and you just directly bid twenty thousand?

Do you know how to bid, miss?

Damn it! This life's Li Ruoling, could her brain have a hole?

Xu Chen looked at Li Ruoling with a pained expression, finding her beaming with joy.

It seemed these twenty thousand taels were completely unimportant to her.

He looked again at the surroundings of the auction hall, finding that everyone around was also stunned.

A price of ten thousand taels was already rare; directly twenty thousand taels was an astronomical price.

Who would spend twenty thousand taels just for a small Third-grade Pill?

Ye Wushuang's face looked grim: "Jixia Academy is indeed wealthy; this old man yields."

Although he could bid higher, actually buying it would be a huge loss.

It wasn't worth it, completely not worth it.

People from other families also clicked their tongues; better to forget it.

This price could buy a Fourth-grade Pill; only fools would buy it.

For a moment, the auction hall fell completely silent.

"Twenty thousand taels, once!"

"Twenty thousand taels, twice!"

"Twenty thousand taels, thrice!"

"Congratulations to Saintess Li Ruoling of Jixia Academy for winning this Human Spirit Pill; the auction is concluded."

The person on the stage shouted loudly.

Just as Xu Chen was thinking what the hell this damn plot was, something even more unexpected happened.

He only saw Li Ruoling stand up and say loudly: "Trouble the auction hall to give this Human Spirit Pill to Young Master Xu Chen; this Saintess does not need it."

Xu Chen: "……"

Xu Chen's mouth hung open; auctioned for me?

Miss, I'm just a villain! You don't need to spend such a huge price just to get close to me, right?

The people around were almost dumbfounded; would this Saintess be so generous for a small Xu Chen?

Even Ye Xuan, though he had gained quite a bit of money, felt no joy at all.

His fists clenched tightly, filled with jealousy; a proper Saintess actually went to such lengths for a Xu Chen.

Damn it, why did he feel such heartache?

It was as if something had been inexplicably snatched away.

The auctioneer smiled lightly: "The item you won naturally belongs to your decision; we will personally deliver it to Xu Chen."

Li Ruoling nodded in satisfaction: "That's fine."

After speaking, Li Ruoling sat down beside Xu Chen again, her beautiful eyes moving lightly.

As if to say, this gift is for you; do you like it?

Xu Chen couldn't help but say: "Miss Li, doesn't your Jixia Academy have many such Human Spirit Pills?"

Li Ruoling smiled brightly: "Many, but the only one personally auctioned for you is this one."

She had Human Spirit Pills, and even more precious ones than Human Spirit Pills.

But, all the Pills could not compare to her sincere heart.

Xu Chen: "……"

He remembered, in his past life, he had also licked Li Ruoling like this.

Damn, did this woman take the wrong medicine?

He asked the System: "System, what's wrong with the female lead's personality?"

System: "Unknown, but the System detects that this world does not need a restart, and the plot can still continue."

Xu Chen bared his teeth; the plot collapsed like this and still no need to restart.

Wow, it seems this world is truly a bit special!

Does that mean as long as the main plot doesn't change, there's no problem, and he can still return to reality?

So Xu Chen tried, "Saintess, this isn't really appropriate, after all I'm not familiar with you."

That line wasn't fawning at all — it actually had a hint of rejecting Li Ruoling.

Xu Chen was testing whether the system would issue a warning.

If it warned, that would mean he couldn't say things like that and had to fawn.

Li Ruoling smiled and said, "It's fine. As the Saintess of Xuegong, here in Qingyang City, I can do as I please."

Hearing this, Xu Chen noticed the system gave no warning at all.

That meant the plot could still proceed.

He was overjoyed — did that also mean he didn't have to be a simp? As long as he got through the main plot this life, that was enough?

If that were the case, it would be absolutely wonderful.

He had fawned over Li Ruoling, the one who killed him, until he was sick of it — he truly didn't want to fawn anymore, he couldn't take it.

So Xu Chen said, "Thank you, Saintess, but you'd better return to Jixia Academy, to avoid any accidents."

Li Ruoling was sensitive; hearing this, she froze on the spot.

She seemed to sense that Xu Chen was a bit impatient with her.

Or was it that Xu Chen was deliberately keeping up the courtesy?

She bit her lip — it must be the latter. In his past life, Xu Chen had been very respectful toward her too; he had barely even touched her hand.

She explained, "It's fine. The reason I came out this time is that my master asked me to come pick new disciples to enter Jixia Academy."

Xu Chen nodded — that was indeed the purpose of Li Ruoling's trip.

According to the plot, both he and Ye Xuan would be chosen, but Ye Xuan played the pig to eat the tiger and had the edge over him.

At this moment he still had to follow the plot, so naturally he wouldn't refuse Li Ruoling either.

So Xu Chen said, "May I ask, Miss Li, I also wish to enter Jixia Academy — how do you select?"

Li Ruoling hurriedly said, "It's a very simple rule, you'll definitely be able to enter."

Xu Chen's face was blank — that didn't sound simple at all.

He remembered that in the plot it required fighting, a fight to the death, and in the end he was even injured by Ye Xuan — and they called that simple?

But this time, Li Ruoling seemed unwilling to elaborate.

He said helplessly, "Fine."

Li Ruoling said playfully, "The Academy rules say I can't reveal the selection rules for now. Tomorrow you'll find out."

Xu Chen nodded lightly, "Mm."