Ling Guang: How do you feel about being in the top ten of your grade?

Jiang Baiyu was a bit surprised: “Even you know about it?”

Ling Guang: The news is all over the academy, and other grades have mentioned it too. How could I not know?

Jiang Baiyu thought for a moment: “If it weren’t for the opportunity to cultivate with the power of the Immortal Pool during the entrance exam, I definitely wouldn’t be able to be this relaxed now. Getting injured would be inevitable.”

Ling Guang: They are all prodigies carefully nurtured by their families, and they also had the chance to access the Immortal Pool during the entrance exam. Ultimately, your inheritance is stronger; with the Immortal Pool’s support, your progress has skyrocketed. If you could enter the Immortal Pool to cultivate again, your strength would increase even faster.

Jiang Baiyu understood immediately, a smile spreading across her face: “Big brother, didn’t you notice the location of the Immortal Pool while wandering around the academy?”

Ling Guang: …

Jiang Baiyu: “I need to enter the Immortal Pool to cultivate, and you also need it to recover your strength. As a sacred place for cultivation in the Ascending Immortal Academy, it must be heavily restricted. The fact that they offered it during the entrance exam, giving every candidate a chance, shows the academy’s broad-mindedness. But if you want to enter the Immortal Pool later, it probably won’t be that easy.”

“You aren’t a formal student, so you can only rely on me to help you avoid the dean and the elders’ gaze, sneaking you into the Immortal Pool to catch a wave of opportunity. If we get caught, the consequences would be unpredictable, and I would have to bear a huge risk.”

“Big brother, the Immortal Pool was actively opened to participants during the entrance exam, which is different from sneaking you in later.”

“I won’t take risks easily without sufficient benefits.”

Ling Guang let out a light snort: So you’re not stupid; you know how to play tricks and use coercion.

Jiang Baiyu remained unfazed: “Big brother, how can you think like that? I’m just stating facts and reasoning. During the entrance exam, there were many people, and the dean and the elders were distracted, so they might not have seen clearly. If you got a spot to enter the Immortal Pool for cultivation, going in alone would mean stricter vigilance.”

“The fact that we have connected is just a coincidence; we aren’t that closely related, are we? Up until now, I don’t even know your name.”

“Name, appearance, age— I know nothing about you. Speaking of which, big brother, you’re quite cunning, not revealing any of your information.”

With that, Jiang Baiyu changed the subject: “But big brother saved me seventeen times when I was about to go mad, which is like saving my life seventeen times. Even though I don’t know your name or appearance, to repay this life-saving grace, taking a risk is acceptable.”

Ling Guang: …

Ling Guang: You’re quite clever, trying to take the opportunity to repay your life-saving grace and clear the relationship.

Jiang Baiyu: “Don’t make it sound like I’m heartless. Bringing you out from the Demon Mountain should be no less than saving your life, right?”

Ling Guang: … What exactly are you trying to say?

Jiang Baiyu reached out and gently flicked Ling Guang, “Big brother, you’re so slow! At this point, shouldn’t you introduce yourself and at least tell me your name? We can only be considered formally acquainted after exchanging names.”

Ling Guang didn’t hesitate to zap him, causing Jiang Baiyu’s fingertips to tingle slightly.

No need.

Ling Guang coldly rejected.

Such a stiff rejection, if spoken directly, would immediately make the atmosphere awkward, at least creating a small rift.

Jiang Baiyu pondered for a moment, then cheerfully said: “So, big brother plans to recover and then say goodbye to me, never to meet again in this beautiful landscape?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, a shiver ran down her spine, a chill creeping up to the top of her head.

This feeling was super subtle, like having a knife pressed against her neck, with a life-and-death question looming ahead.

Without needing to cast divination, Jiang Baiyu understood—this was a bad omen!

Jiang Baiyu’s gaze instantly turned wooden, looking at Ling Guang as if he were a mischievous little demon, oh no, a little demon only annoys, but he could take lives.

What could possibly cause this ball of Ling Guang to part ways with him after recovery and turn into a bad omen?

Had he unknowingly fed the demon with his own body?

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly harmonious atmosphere; it was merely a plastic relationship. Once they parted, meeting again would mean his doom???

Ling Guang felt uncomfortable under her gaze and snapped: What are you looking at?

Jiang Baiyu rubbed her face, patted her cheeks, and forced a standard smile showing eight teeth, enthusiastic yet insincere: “As the saying goes, fate brings people together from thousands of miles away, while without fate, we wouldn’t recognize each other even if we were face to face. You and I are destined to meet in such a bizarre way. If you need anything, I will do my best. I just hope that after you recover, you can remember me, and we can still be friends when we meet again.”

Ling Guang: …………………………

After a long silence, he slowly said: What do you want to do?

Jiang Baiyu sincerely and earnestly replied: “I have no other intentions; I just feel sorry for you, big brother.”

Ling Guang: Shut up!

Irritated and disgusted, utterly disdainful.

Jiang Baiyu: “Don’t be angry, big brother. Let me cast a divination.”

The result was a bad omen!

He had been so sincere, yet the result was still a bad omen, not changing at all!

Ling Guang sneered: What did you figure out?

Jiang Baiyu struggled to say: “It must be that in our past lives, we exchanged glances five hundred times, which is why we meet in this life.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the chilling aura intensify.

So this life-and-death question was wrong; it shouldn’t be done this way?

Jiang Baiyu was speechless, staring at Ling Guang for a long time, then firmly stated: “To be honest, we, the successors of socialism, don’t believe in such nonsense!”

Ling Guang: Oh?

Jiang Baiyu: “What bad omens and inauspicious signs? They’re all lies!”

He flopped onto the bed, kicked off his shoes, rolled over, and lay on his side, propping his head up with one hand, one leg bent, looking both arrogant and comfortable.

“Let’s talk about the Immortal Pool later; it’s still too early to discuss it now. How did you feel after wandering around the academy?”

Ling Guang flew over and stopped in front of the bed: I just took a rough look around; there are some places I didn’t dare to approach. In terms of scale, it’s no less than the top sects I’ve seen before. The entire academy is situated on a large spiritual vein rich in spiritual energy, covering a vast area and containing various rare treasures. Such a unique cultivation place has always been a battleground for major families and sects. Whoever occupies this place will strive to develop their power to protect their own interests.

The Ascending Immortal Academy, which openly recruits disciples, even accepting those from noble families, and opens the Immortal Pool’s power just to filter out the truly good seedlings, is no longer just broad-mindedness. Any large force wanting to maintain its interests must cultivate talent, but most of the talents cultivated by the Ascending Immortal Academy will flow to other places. Spending so much manpower, material resources, and financial resources just to do good deeds?

Jiang Baiyu proposed a possibility: “Could it be that the times have changed? The current situation is different from the past; this is the way the Ascending Immortal Academy survives, taking an absolutely neutral stance, which makes everyone cautious.”

Ling Guang: Maybe.

Times have indeed changed; noble families and sects have become the dogs of the dynasty, and those unwilling to bow down can only struggle to survive.

Jiang Baiyu changed positions, lying flat on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Seeing him staring blankly for a long time without moving, Ling Guang flew above him and circled around; are you injured?

Jiang Baiyu sighed: “No.”

Ling Guang: What are you daydreaming about?

Jiang Baiyu’s eyes showed confusion: “I just… suddenly don’t know what I should do or what to do in the future.”

He reached out and grabbed Ling Guang, “Big brother, what are your plans for the future?”

Ling Guang replied stiffly: None of your business.

Jiang Baiyu didn’t care, poking Ling Guang gently with her finger, teasing him: “You’re so heartless!”

Ling Guang didn’t respond, lazily wanting to fly back to his little pouch, but Jiang Baiyu was being annoying, not letting him go. She kept poking him with her finger, blocking him, her face wearing a cheeky smile.

“Big brother, come play with me~~”

Suddenly, she jumped off the bed, excitedly hiding behind the screen, and in a high-pitched voice said: “The king is coming to catch me~~”

Even through the screen, Ling Guang could feel the exasperation.

Seeing Ling Guang fly over, Jiang Baiyu changed her position, continuing to greet him cheekily: “The king is coming to catch me~~”

After several attempts, Ling Guang remained still, clearly not wanting to play such a childish game with Jiang Baiyu, yet she was having the time of her life, hiding in various places and acting cute.

Each “The king is coming to catch me” echoed like a magical sound, both sweet and pretentious, finally pushing Ling Guang to the edge of his patience.

He expanded and transformed into a youthful form, his body covered in spiritual light, only his outline visible. With light movements and swift speed, he almost instantly appeared in front of Jiang Baiyu, delivering a swift kick.

Jiang Baiyu dodged, and the Ling Guang youth chased after her relentlessly.

The two jumped around the room, one escaping and the other pursuing. What was even more infuriating was that Jiang Baiyu was laughing heartily while escaping, deliberately calling out, “The king is coming to chase me,” and “If you catch me, I’ll let you hee hee,” spouting all sorts of teasing remarks, driving the Ling Guang youth mad with rage.

They quickly exchanged blows and then distanced themselves.

Ling Guang youth: “Are you a child?!”

Jiang Baiyu: “Is big brother unable to keep up?”

The voice sounded somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.

Jiang Baiyu kept her eyes on him, ready to spring into action at any moment, while saying: “Big brother, you’re so cold-hearted, it breaks my heart~~”

Ling Guang youth coldly replied: “Don’t call me big brother!”

“Then what should I call you, king~~?”

Ling Guang youth gritted his teeth: “Also don’t call me king!”

“My beloved, the moonlight is beautiful tonight; having you is my blessing.” Jiang Baiyu smiled, her teasing words bringing joy.

Ling Guang youth was at his breaking point, each remark more outrageous than the last, and he was becoming increasingly shameless.

He trembled all over, visibly shaking.

Jiang Baiyu spread her arms: “My beloved, come into my embrace, let me warm you with my body!”

Ling Guang youth suddenly calmed down, ominously saying: “Alright.”

He tightly hugged Jiang Baiyu, squeezing hard.

In terms of size, he was a whole circle bigger than Jiang Baiyu, lifting her off the ground.

Jiang Baiyu struggled desperately, kicking her legs, “It hurts so much, I can’t breathe!”

The other party chuckled coldly, a smile that didn’t reach his eyes: “Is the king unable to keep up?”

Mocking: “Hang in there, king, you can do it.”

After saying that, he froze.

Silence fell for several seconds, and he transformed into a ball of spiritual light, diving into the little pouch.

As soon as Jiang Baiyu regained her freedom, she immediately teased: “My beloved, don’t be so withdrawn!”

Ling Guang: Shut up!!!