Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
The Cultivate in Soul Engineer is quite boring.
In order to become stronger quickly, every Soul Engineer basically works fourteen hours a day, or even longer.
Not only do we have to create spirit tools, but sometimes we also have to go out to test spirit tools or find materials, which can take ten days to half a month, and is very time-consuming.
On the second day after Bai Zhou entered the laboratory, Zi Mu and Wang Shaojie went out to do a mission and haven't returned yet.
" Xiao Bai, my mentor, gave me a task. Why don't you come with me tomorrow?" Suddenly, Ju Zi walked in from outside, smiling brightly, clearly very happy.
After all, researching spirit tools in this closed laboratory is just too boring.
She had to beg Xuan Ziwen for several days before she finally accepted this easy task, which would give her a chance to go out and relax.
"Oh? You've got an outing so soon? Tell me about it?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhou raised an eyebrow, immediately showing interest.
Although he didn't have any fixed tasks, his activities were limited to the laboratory and Orange's villa.
These past few days, Orange has been staying up very late every day researching her new Spirit tool.
After having hot pot or barbecue at home, the two went back to rest, so they didn't talk much.
Now that an outing has suddenly come up, Bai Zhou is naturally very interested. At least he can go out and relax with Ju Zi; who knows, maybe sparks will fly!
"Just recently, a Soul Engineer in the academy discovered a Cold Spring in the Jingyang Mountain Range. The teacher speculated that there might be precious ' ice soul cold iron ' beneath it, so the teacher asked us to take our equipment to explore it."
"The mission objective is to explore whether ice soul cold iron exists. Ideally, we should collect some samples. The higher the purity, the more valuable the information will be. Our lab can also obtain a large sum of funding through this information."
Orange slowly recounted the details of the mission to Bai Zhou.
The mission is quite simple; the only challenge is the Spirit Beast threat encountered after entering the Jingyang Mountain Range.
However, Cold Spring is located in a secluded valley on the outskirts of the Jingyang Mountain Range, and an ordinary Spirit King can complete the task.
Now, Orange is also bringing along Bai Zhou, the Spirit Emperor, which is basically no different from a tourist trip.
"This mission is quite good. I've never been to the Jingyang Mountain Range before. It'll be a good opportunity to satisfy my curiosity and see what the difference is between the Spirit Beast of the Sun Moon Empire and the Spirit Beast of ours."
Bai Zhou nodded, readily agreeing.
"Hehe, okay, let's go back and get ready!"
Orange chuckled and quickly pulled Bai Zhou outside.
She had actually guessed that Xuan Ziwen agreed to give her this task mainly because of Bai Zhou.
After all, Bai Zhou is so young, he might not be used to such a boring laboratory life. Xuan Ziwen was also afraid that Bai Zhou would run away, so she entrusted this task to her and Bai Zhou, mainly to let Bai Zhou go out and relax.
However, it's no fun to go out alone, she definitely wants to go with Bai Zhou...
"What do you want to do? There are still two hours until lunchtime." Bai Zhou looked speechless.
"Ahem, although I admit Xiao Bai, you are very strong, the Jingyang Mountain Range is very dangerous, so we need to go back early to prepare." Ju Zi coughed and looked serious.
"You just want to slack off, don't you..." Bai Zhou mercilessly exposed Ju Zi's scheme.
"Oh dear, let's go! The teacher seems to have just gone out. We need to hurry, or we'll get caught!"
Orange hugged Bai Zhou and acted cute.
Bai Zhou:...
In the end, Bai Zhou gave in to Ju Zi's three consecutive attempts to charm him.
Although Orange can work tirelessly when she's focused, she's also genuinely lazy most of the time, especially when he's around. Orange almost treats him like a servant...
Orange is just too shameless. Every time she asks him for a favor, she pulls on his arm and acts all cute, even rubbing against him...
Who can withstand this?
Bai Zhou strongly suspects that Ju Zi did it on purpose, but he has no evidence.
However, after spending these few days together, Bai Zhou felt that he had already raised Ju Zi's favorability level to a certain extent.
However, due to the short time and the fact that they spent most of their time in the lab, their relationship remained in a semi-ambiguous state. Since they were mostly in the lab, they didn't have many opportunities to interact.
This trip to Jingyang Mountain Range should bring about a major breakthrough in the relationship between the two sides.
Bai Zhou is also very much looking forward to it.
"Hey, where are you two sneaking off to!" However, as soon as the two stepped out of the laboratory, they were stopped in their tracks by a little red-haired girl.
Who else could it be but Ke Ke?
Although Bai Zhou has demonstrated the level expected of a Level 6 Soul Engineer in the past few days, Ke Ke's attitude towards Bai Zhou is still not very good.
Perhaps because Bai Zhou stole her oranges, Ke Ke felt like she was being cuckolded and was generally uncomfortable...
"Children shouldn't ask about adult matters." Bai Zhou reached out and gave Ke Ke's head a hard ruffle, his face serious.
"Aaaaah! I'm the same age as Orange, I'm not a little kid, you bastard!" Ke Ke immediately bristled, her face turning bright red.
If she weren't outmatched by Bai Zhou, she would have already...
"Alright, alright, Ke Ke, the teacher gave Xiao Bai and me an assignment. We're going away for a few days, so please keep an eye on the lab while we're gone~"
Orange stepped in and stopped the two from fighting, explaining Dao with a smile.
"What?! You guys are going out to play! I want to go too!!" Seeing how happy Ju Zi was, Ke Ke instantly guessed that the task must be very simple.
The mission was probably just a pretext; the real purpose was to give Bai Zhou and Ju Zi a day off. Teacher Xuan is so biased!
"No, the teacher said the lab needs someone to watch it. I'll take you next time. Besides, you haven't finished the task the teacher gave you yet. If you don't hurry up, you'll make the teacher regret it~" Orange stretched out a finger and shook it gently.
Although Ke Ke has a good talent for spirit tools, she is rather slow and procrastinates. The deadline for the task assigned to her by Xuan Ziwen is approaching, and Ke Ke has only just started working.
Ke Ke has been working overtime these past few days, so naturally she hasn't had time to go out and have fun.
"I... Waaaaah, Orange, you're bullying me too! I'm not talking to you anymore!!" Ke Ke stomped her foot hard, clearly upset.
" Xiao Bai, Ke Ke is just throwing a tantrum, don't take it to heart." Ju Zi naturally noticed Ke Ke's hostility towards Bai Zhou and gave Bai Zhou an apologetic look.
"Don't worry, I didn't take it to heart."
Bai Zhou smiled nonchalantly.
He only cares about oranges, as for Ke Ke...
Well, she's quite pretty, with nice skin, and she's very strong, but she's a bit small, maybe an A-cup at best...
A standard, legal little girl.
Bai Zhou's heart is with Ju Zi, and he doesn't have many thoughts about Ke Ke for the time being.
However, if the other party offered themselves up for free, Bai Zhou would not refuse.
Of course, Ke Ke still harbors some hostility towards him at the moment, and it's unlikely that he'll give it away for free before the two sides have much interaction.
His charm mainly comes from the terrifying boost he gets when building up his favorability.
Ke Ke had a preconceived hostility towards him, so the charm value didn't really come into play.
However, his charm was still there. After a few days of getting to know him, although Ke Ke kept being stubborn, Bai Zhou could still feel that Ke Ke's hostility towards him was decreasing day by day.
"Let's go, it's a holiday today, I need to go back and get a good beauty sleep~" Upon hearing this, Orange smiled and pulled Bai Zhou away from the lab.