57 He Accidentally Forgot the Gluttonous Loli at Home
Yan Zhen brought Long Ying back to the Grand Elder’s residence and instructed, “I’m going to cultivate in the Nine-Layered Celestial Dome Pagoda. You can’t enter without an academy card, so stay here. If you’re bored, you can go to the cliffside building and visit Sister Xunyi. Don’t wander off too far.”
Long Ying, although reluctant, had no choice but to agree.
“…”
Seeing her so obedient, Yan Zhen felt a strange sense of unease. The Long Ying in the script would have been clinging to him, refusing to let go.
After settling Long Ying in, Yan Zhen used his movement technique, transforming into a streak of starlight and heading towards the Celestial Dome Pagoda. He quickly arrived at the plaza below the pagoda.
Before even landing, Yan Zhen saw several boys surrounding Huangfu Wenqing, her delicate face showing a hint of impatience. She was clearly being bothered.
They were members of the third-rate society “Big Bear.” The one talking to Huangfu Wenqing was their leader, Xiong Gang, a two-star Mystic General, quite powerful. The other members were also Mystic Scholars above seven stars.
“…As long as you agree to be my girlfriend, I’ll let you join our Big Bear society for free, and I’ll give you a Tier 2 academy card, plus two hundred points every month.” Xiong Gang spoke with the arrogance of a nouveau riche. “A freshman like you should only have a Tier 1 card, right? That only allows you to cultivate on the first level of the Celestial Dome Pagoda. With a Tier 2 card, you can access the second level, which is much more effective for cultivation.”
Huangfu Wenqing said impassively, “I already told you, I have a fiancé. Please stop bothering me, Senior.”
“In the Inner Academy, a fiancé isn’t as important as an academy card.” Xiong Gang chuckled. “Can your fiancé give you a Tier 2 academy card? Can he let you cultivate on the second level of the pagoda?”
Huangfu Wenqing’s eyes turned cold. She took out the Tier 3 academy card Yan Zhen had given her and showed it to Xiong Gang, the meaning clear.
“This is what he gave me. It has nine hundred points…”
“You have a Tier 3 card?” Xiong Gang frowned, but the thought of having such a beauty by his side, boosting his prestige, made him say magnanimously, “Fine, a Tier 3 card it is. But I can only give you one hundred and fifty points a month.”
Huangfu Wenqing finally snapped. “I. Said. Get. Lost!”
“Such a fiery temper.” Xiong Gang’s expression darkened. A six-star Mystic Master, daring to speak to him like this in public. “But the fiercer they are, the more satisfying it is to conquer them. I quite…”
Before he could finish, Xiong Gang felt a searing pain on his neck. A burning sword had silently appeared behind him. The intense heat made him raise his hands in surrender.
“W-who is it?”
The other Big Bear members finally noticed Yan Zhen’s arrival and drew their weapons, pointing them at him, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Because the sword in his hand was incredibly intimidating.
“Yan Zhen!” Huangfu Wenqing’s eyes lit up, and she stepped out from the encirclement of the Big Bear members. “You’re finally here.”
“Sorry for making you wait.” Yan Zhen smiled faintly. “How should we deal with this guy?”
Huangfu Wenqing shrugged. “It’s up to you.”
“Yan Zhen?!” Xiong Gang was startled. “Y-you’re that freshman who defeated Fu Cheng?”
Battles between Rising Star List experts were usually recorded by onlookers and sold as intelligence. Therefore, the duel between Yan Zhen and Fu Cheng had already spread.
A crude, gold and silver flame sword, cleaving Fu Cheng’s Tier 4 spear in two from the tip… it was a terrifying sight.
Anyone who witnessed that battle would never forget Yan Zhen and his flame sword.
The Big Bear members gulped, their hands trembling as they held their weapons.
A Tier 4 spear was sliced open with a single strike. Their Tier 2 and Tier 3 Mystic Tools would be like tofu against that sword.
Xiong Gang, a bully by nature, was terrified.
“Brother, let’s talk this over. I didn’t mean to offend your fiancée…”
Yan Zhen snorted coldly, withdrew his sword, and then kicked Xiong Gang in the back with such force that he was embedded into the wall behind him.
“Next time, I’ll take your life in the dueling arena.”
Yan Zhen took Huangfu Wenqing’s hand and turned to leave. The crowd parted, creating a path for them.
When the pagoda doors opened, they didn’t use their movement techniques to cut in line, as no one dared to stand in their way.
Entering the Celestial Dome Pagoda, they went straight to the third level, then Yan Zhen and Huangfu Wenqing parted ways, him heading to the fourth level alone.
As soon as he entered, Yan Zhen felt the powerful force of wind and thunder, paralyzing him.
He immediately circulated his Extreme Flames, neutralizing the electrocution effect, and quickly recovered, continuing deeper into the fourth level. Soon, he encountered some experts from the Rising Star List and was stopped.
“You’re a Mystic Master, right? How did you get up here?”
“The fourth level is for Mystic Generals. Get back down to the third level and stop taking up space!”
“Hand over your Tier 4 academy card. You’re not worthy of using it.”
Their tone was arrogant and condescending.
They were all low-ranking members of the Rising Star List, one or two-star Mystic Generals, their Mystic Power unstable, basically stuck at their current realm.
Hearing the system’s mission prompt, Yan Zhen chose the most arrogant “senior” and made an example of him. He used the Mystic Power Dispersal of Tai Chi Quake to withstand the senior’s attack, then unleashed the Ninth Burst of the Eight Extremities Burst, sending him flying, finally earning their respect.
Mission complete. Yan Zhen entered a cultivation room and claimed his reward.
[Special Trump Card – Parry, Redirect, Counter: After activation, the host can flawlessly block any attack from an opponent of a higher realm and then reflect it back at them. Effective against those below Saint realm.]
[Note: If the host also possesses the “Special Trump Card – Five Lightning Whips,” it can be used as a follow-up attack after the reflection.]
“…”
The cultivation rooms on levels one to three of the Celestial Dome Pagoda were for five or ten people, while levels four to six had single and triple rooms. Levels seven to nine only had single rooms.
Single rooms cost more points but provided a better environment, so Yan Zhen didn’t hesitate to spend the points.
Three days later, Yan Zhen’s cultivation reached the peak of four-star Mystic Master, on the verge of advancing.
Satisfied, he stopped cultivating, went down to the third level to find Huangfu Wenqing, and they returned together.
At the intersection, they said goodbye. As Yan Zhen walked towards the Grand Elder’s residence, a dark figure suddenly fell from the sky, landing in his arms.
He looked down and saw a cute little loli with cherry blossom pink hair and fleshy horns on her forehead.
“Zhenzhen!”
Long Ying puffed out her cheeks, glaring at him, as if asking, “Where have you been?”
—Oh dear!
Yan Zhen suddenly remembered the gluttonous loli at home, waiting to be fed.
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