"What a coincidence; I have a spirit bone here too."
Lu Cheng helplessly pulled a left arm bone from his robes.
It was the one Ning Cong had given him. Sensing its attributes, it was definitely an existence second only to Extreme Fire, a Spirit Bone of a quality comparable to the Earth Fire Dragon.
Both were around ten thousand years old.
"A reward from the academy?" Ma Xiaotao, lounging in the hot spring bath, had a flash of surprise in her phoenix eyes. Her teacher was actually willing to give such a generous reward? It was truly a bit... strange.
"The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School gave it. As for the academy's reward... Heh." Lu Cheng tossed the Spirit Bone and gave a light chuckle.
If he relied on Yan Shaozhe's mercy, he'd probably starve to death.
"Then what about the academy's reward?" Ma Xiaotao was stunned.
"Here~" Lu Cheng tossed her a storage soul tool diamond ring. Her slender, jade-like hand caught it, and her fingers, coated in crimson polish, tapped it to check the contents. Her red lips slowly parted as her beautiful eyes filled with anger.
"Is Teacher crazy?!!"
"I'm going to go argue with him!" Ma Xiaotao said impulsively, leaping out of the Hot Spring Bath. "Lu Cheng, let go; don't stop me. I must report this to Elder Mu. Does Shrek really want to just give away such a powerful genius?"
Lu Cheng turned his head away. A flash of fair, billowing curves surged before him, making it difficult to suppress his rising heat for a moment. His nose felt dry and hot, as if blood were about to flow out.
"Clothes."
Lu Cheng said helplessly.
"..." Ma Xiaotao's pretty face flushed. Even in her memories, she didn't seem to have been seen like this before. In the past, she had been the one trying to seduce him, but this guy had always been freakishly upright, refusing to take a second look.
Her slender feet stepped onto the stones beside the hot spring bath. Her fair, tender toes were distinct, with nails painted in a dazzlingly seductive crimson. On her fair insteps, even the faint blue veins were clearly visible, and her arches appeared long and athletic.
With a wave of her hand, she draped a layer of thin gauze over herself.
It wrapped her graceful figure, making her look even more charming.
"Dean Yan isn't crazy. But Xiaotao, you know I don't have much goodwill toward Shrek Academy." Seeing this, although Lu Cheng was still feeling the heat, his irritation subsided somewhat.
Ma Xiaotao's expression stiffened.
"Are you leaving again?"
She stared at Lu Cheng stubbornly.
Her tone softened slightly, as if carrying a hint of a plea.
"Yes." Lu Cheng nodded.
This seemed to be an unavoidable hurdle.
Shrek Academy had crossed him twice. Not to mention, everything in the simulator... if what happened in reality—Zhang Lexuan's family being slaughtered overnight—was truly Mu En's doing, it meant that neither he nor Zhang Lexuan could ever reconcile with Shrek.
"This time, I'm coming with you!" Ma Xiaotao's phoenix eyes stared intently at Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng's mouth twitched.
If Yan Shaozhe heard this, he'd probably...
"Fine."
Lu Cheng nodded. This kind of trust was rare and precious. He really couldn't continue to treat her as a tool to be toyed with at will; she was also a living person of flesh and blood.
"That's more like it..." Seeing that Lu Cheng wasn't faking it, Ma Xiaotao's gaze finally softened.
"Go ahead and absorb the spirit bone. I'll act as your protector."
"After absorbing the Spirit Bone, I should be able to raise my Soul Power to the level of a Spirit Elder. In a couple of days, we'll need to head to the Star Dou Great Forest again," Lu Cheng mused.
"That would be for the best." Ma Xiaotao licked her red lips, her eyes turning flirtatious.
"Let's wait until we've rescued my mother first." Lu Cheng felt a bit helpless; no matter what he said, this girl could turn it into something suggestive.
"Jiang Nannan's mother? The person who raised you all these years? When I meet her, I'll be sure to thank her properly." Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao's expression became much more serious.
"Do you want me to go too?"
"That won't be necessary." Lu Cheng's eyelid twitched. "Just act as my protector."
After saying that, he shed his clothes and, under Ma Xiaotao's teasing gaze, dropped into the Hot Spring Bath. Sitting cross-legged, he first took out the ten thousand years Spirit Bone Ning Cong had given him and began to slowly absorb it.
The simulator reward, the martial soul Sun-Shooting Bow, basically included the corresponding Cultivate talent and the physical constitution of Talent Ten. Therefore, for Lu Cheng, absorbing a ten-thousand-year-old spirit bone during the spirit grandmaster stage was really nothing.
Ma Xiaotao sat leisurely on a nearby rock, her fair little feet dipping into the hot spring bath, gently splashing the water.
Her beautiful eyes quietly admired Lu Cheng.
Looking at his figure gave her an indescribable sense of security. Even though he was still young, he appeared remarkably steady.
Hum...
A crimson light rose from the pool, and flames swirled around Lu Cheng. As the Spirit Bone slowly merged with his body, his cultivation also surged.
Level 27, Level 28, Level 29...
After Lu Cheng completely absorbed that spirit bone, he took a deep breath, exhaling a puff of white mist, and then began to absorb Ma Xiaotao's ten thousand-year Earth Fire Dragon spirit bone.
In an instant, he broke through to Level 30, and a vast, abundant energy surged within his body.
Without a soul ring, it meant Lu Cheng couldn't continue to raise his cultivation level, but the massive amount of energy was stored temporarily, waiting for the moment he obtained his third soul ring for an ascension.
"So handsome~"
Ma Xiaotao said like a smitten fangirl.
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