106 Fiancée Feels Wronged
Under Beautiful Master’s guidance, Yan Zhen refined the sword embryo once more. Natal sword progress +1. He then left the Fire Refining Starry Sky and reappeared in the bathroom.
Ling’er’s situation was resolved for now. He just had to wait a month for Beautiful Master to set up the formation and transfer the little girl’s consciousness into the fetus within Zi Xunyi.
As for the sword, he needed to refine it daily until, after half a month, he could go to the Yin Polar Secret Realm for the final quenching, tempering, and bloodletting. He also needed to search for soul-nourishing medicinal herbs within the Yin Polar Secret Realm.
Next, he should visit Instructor Yu Xuan. Yan Zhen was a bit worried about her condition, considering her mother, the Clan Head, was the typical controlling parent.
After that, he needed to return to the Outer Academy to visit Meng’er, his cousin, Xue’er, and Xinyan. It had been almost a month since he entered the Inner Academy, and he wondered how they were doing. They probably hadn’t messaged him much, afraid of disturbing his cultivation, only sending regular good morning and goodnight messages, occasionally sharing interesting tidbits.
As for refining pills to earn money to feed Long Ying, then tricking her into becoming his mount and accompanying him to Cloud Heaven Palace, that would have to wait.
The schedule was tight, but manageable.
The plot in the Sacred Ground Academy wasn’t overly complicated, mostly involving cultivation, dueling, and entering secret realms, incidentally offending the top ten societies.
First was the Black Horn society, ranked fifth.
Yan Zhen had refused their recruitment offer and snatched the Fire Spirit Crystal from the Tier 5 Magma Ape in the Yang Polar Secret Realm.
The Black Horn members recognized him by his movement technique and would likely confront him after he entered the Yin Polar Secret Realm.
Unfortunately for them, the little Dragon Girl Yan Zhen was raising was no longer just a glutton who ate and slept. She had transformed into a violent loli, capable of taking down opponents with a single punch.
Next was the Inner Academy’s only alchemist society, the “Medicine King.”
After emerging from the Yin Polar Secret Realm, Yan Zhen’s points would be depleted. To earn money to feed Long Ying, he would have to refine and sell pills at the Exchange.
Because his pills were of excellent quality and reasonably priced, he would steal a lot of business, thus offending the Medicine King society, which previously monopolized the pill market.
To defend their reputation, the Medicine King members would challenge Yan Zhen to an alchemy competition.
Besides that, there was the “Star Gathering Banquet” halfway through the academic year, where the mysterious top-ranked student on the Rising Star List would appear. And at the end of the year was the Inner Academy’s grand annual event, the “Star Picking Ceremony.”
According to the script, Yan Zhen was supposed to recognize Zi Xunyi as his “dream lover” at the Star Gathering Banquet, and their intimate conversation would be witnessed by Wen Canglan, inciting his jealousy and leading him to challenge Yan Zhen.
Now that he had already met and become intimate with Zi Xunyi ahead of schedule, he wasn’t sure how the Star Gathering Banquet plot would unfold or if it could be salvaged.
The “Star Picking Ceremony” primarily involved his duel with Wen Canglan.
Wen Canglan was not only powerful but also possessed the innate Crystal Eyes and a Tier 5 Crystal Sword, making him a formidable opponent, even for ordinary Mystic Kings.
To defeat him, Yan Zhen would need Mystic General cultivation, Tier 4 physique, Tier 4 soul cultivation, his completed Gold and Silver Fire Natal Sword, the body tempering technique Dragon Blood Scale Transformation, and the soul cultivation technique Heavenly Dragon’s Eight Tones.
The Heavenly Dragon’s Eight Tones could shatter Wen Canglan’s protective crystal barrier. The Grand Elder hadn’t given it to him yet, but theoretically, she should reward him with it after he ascended the Rising Star List.
The Dragon Blood Scale Transformation could negate Wen Canglan’s crystal energy erosion, preventing him from being crystallized during the fight. This required Long Ying’s divine blood.
His natal sword, nearly Tier 6 after completion, would be used against Wen Canglan’s Tier 5 Crystal Sword. He still had some way to go with its forging.
—I have nothing yet. This is too difficult.
Yan Zhen, looking in the mirror while sorting through his thoughts, sighed deeply and left the bathroom.
In the bedroom, Zi Xunyi had already changed into her usual purple dress and was eating breakfast pastries with the awakened Long Ying.
Seeing Yan Zhen, Long Ying, her cheeks puffed with food, frowned and mumbled complainingly, “Zhenzhen, you clearly said we’d come find Sister Xunyi together, you liar!”
Yan Zhen pulled up a chair beside Zi Xunyi and “stole” a pastry from Long Ying. “Didn’t I bring you here? You were just sleeping too soundly, like a little piglet.”
Long Ying blushed and retorted angrily, “Who’s a little piglet? I’m a dragon!”
“Yes, yes.”
“Hmph!”
“…”
—Acting cute can’t hide the fact that you’ve become a lewd dragon.
Yan Zhen ignored the lewd Dragon Girl and turned to Zi Xunyi. She sensed his gaze, her heart fluttered, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, but she acted nonchalant, gracefully pouring him a cup of fragrant hot tea.
“Zi Ji, are you feeling alright?”
Last night, he had been very… diligent for their daughter’s sake, perhaps even overly diligent, going for a second round, somewhat addicted.
Perhaps because she was his future wife, the system didn’t warn him, considering that a protagonist shouldn’t be restricted when being intimate with his wife, as that wouldn’t be satisfying.
—The system is becoming more humane. I’m pleased.
[…]
Zi Xunyi shook her head slightly. “I’m fine. You should go check on Miss Huangfu. She came looking for you earlier.”
“Wenqing was looking for me? Why?”
Yan Zhen, puzzled, suddenly remembered something and took out the Cloud Heaven Palace communication talisman. Sure enough, there was a message from Huangfu Wenqing.
[Fiancée Wenqing: Yan Zhen, I feel so hot and uncomfortable. Can you come help me?]
The message was sent last night. It seemed like a lonely plea, but Yan Zhen immediately thought of the Yang Essence fire poison.
Wind fueled fire. The fire poison would spread faster in a Wind attribute cultivator’s body. If not dispelled promptly, it would cause intense burning pain.
“Is Wenqing staying in her previous room?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’ll go find her.”
Yan Zhen quickly left the room, went upstairs, and arrived at Huangfu Wenqing’s room.
Before even entering, he sensed the intense heat emanating from within and quickly knocked.
“Wenqing, it’s me. How are you?”
No response.
Yan Zhen tried the door and found it unlocked, clearly left open for him.
He entered and found the living room empty. He lifted the beaded curtain, entered the bedroom, and saw, through the screen, a graceful silhouette sitting in the bathtub.
“Yan Zhen…”
Huangfu Wenqing called out.
Understanding her situation, Yan Zhen hurried over, went around the screen, approached the bathtub, and saw his fiancée soaking in cold water, her face pale.
“Yan Zhen~”
Huangfu Wenqing called out again, looking like a wronged little girl, as if she had been bullied.
Yan Zhen guessed she had failed to dispel the fire poison, her body becoming increasingly hot, forcing her to cool down in cold water.
“It’s alright, it’s alright. I’ll help you dispel the Yang Essence fire poison.”
Yan Zhen went behind Huangfu Wenqing, placed his hands on her smooth, pinkish back, circulated the Emperor Flame Technique, and easily suppressed the fire poison within her body, then absorbed it completely, refining it into pure Fire Mystic Power and integrating it into his own dantian.
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