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Chapter 125 Returning to the Academy (Daily Life of Putting Down)

Twenty days later, Lu Yunshi stretched lazily, enjoying a period of good life. This kind of lazy life was really... Thai hot.

Every day, I water the flowers, tend to the trees, pick some fruit I've grown, soak my feet, read a book, meditate for a while, and then end my day.

Strange spiritual energy?

On the first day back at the academy, he asked Shangguan Yue to remove the thing. In the following days, Lu Yunshi claimed to be sick and stayed in bed, successfully escaping a lot of trouble.

Lu Yunshi walked to his desk, glanced at the book "Experiences of Ascension in Five Days" that he had flipped through a few pages of on a whim last night, and with a sneer, swept it into the trash can. He didn't even want to use it as a table leg.

Both are cheap knock-offs, but they're nowhere near as good as "Three-Day Instant Sword Emperor"—they're completely useless.

After looking at Lu Yunshi for a long time, he could only make out one sentence.

Want to ascend to heaven? Be reborn into a good family.

Speaking of which, it seems the assessment for average students is about to begin, and my good days are coming to an end.

Lu Yunshi stepped outside, but sighed inwardly. It was time for him to start working on his breakthrough.

Despite resting for so long without gaining any resources, Lu Yunshi was still confident of making a breakthrough. Of course, he didn't want to rely on the rewards from the previous mission, but rather the byproducts from the Iron Mountain Sect mission gave him such confidence.

"Junior Brother Lu, you've finally come out."

A voice suddenly appeared, and Lu Yunshi turned his head to look. The person who came was Lin Min, and he couldn't help but look puzzled.

"Senior Sister Lin? What brings you here?"

"This." Lin Min smiled slightly and tossed something over. Lu Yunshi's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he immediately caught it.

This is a red stone about half the size of a palm, emitting a strange light. If one could perceive it with spiritual sense, one would know that it contains enormous energy.

This is a byproduct of the Iron Mountain Sect's mission.

This item is called a Spirit Crystal, a treasure left behind by Li Qing after his death.

Many years ago, this thing was something that should have been destroyed. Otherwise, if it were accidentally lost, it might have become the seed of disaster. Until one day, a great human genius suddenly discovered that after completely purifying and removing the alien energy inside, this thing was just a crystal with high-purity energy.

The energy within can be absorbed. Although the energy and spiritual energy it contains are different, they can be assimilated by spiritual energy, and the purity of the energy is extremely high.

As a result, no one will worry about losing this thing accidentally anymore.

In theory, spirit crystals can appear on all kinds of alien spirits, but in reality, inferior alien spirits almost never leave behind spirit crystals after they die, while high-level alien spirits occasionally do, with a probability of about one percent. Only calamity-level alien spirits will leave behind spirit crystals one hundred percent of the time.

This item was discovered by Lin Min when Lu Yunxi took Lu Yunshi away from the Iron Mountain Sect and went into the mountains to investigate. However, she did not keep it to herself but gave it to Lu Yunshi.

After Lu Yunshi returned, he handed it over to Shangguan Yue and asked her to help him purify the strange spiritual energy within it.

"Thank you, Senior Sister. With this, I'm much more confident in breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage." Lu Yunshi smiled as she put the spirit crystal back into her storage ring, expressing her gratitude to Lin Min.

"Hey, why bring this up? This time, it's all thanks to you, Junior Brother Lu. I didn't do anything; in fact, I almost killed you." Lin Min waved her hand and said with a wry smile.

"Senior sister, you can't say that. In my opinion, none of us could have survived this time without each other. If we hadn't cooperated so well, how could we have survived this calamity? But if you really want to thank me, senior sister, you can't refuse me if I ever ask you for anything in the future," Lu Yunshi said jokingly.

"If you have any requests, just say so," Lin Min said with a helpless smile, then suddenly added, "By the way, junior brother, if your injury has healed, you should go back to class as soon as possible. If you continue to take sick leave, the teacher might come knocking on your door."

After making the joke, Lin Min chuckled twice, then turned and left.

Seeing this, Lu Yunshi shook his head helplessly. He didn't rush back to cultivate, but walked outside. He had to see his good brothers today. They had arranged to meet at Lao Liu's house yesterday, saying that he had some surprise to tell them.

After walking a few steps, Lu Yunshi suddenly tilted his head, and a dark shadow flashed past his ear, followed by a 'caw caw caw' sound.

Lu Yunshi looked up and saw that the bird flapping its wings was none other than the crow from Lijia Village.

Strangely enough, they hadn't seen the crow along the way, but just as they were about to reach the academy, the crow suddenly appeared and followed them into the academy.

"Brother Crow, I've put the meat in the backyard for you. Just remember not to disturb my sleep, it's really annoying."

For the first few days after the crow arrived, it cawed incessantly every day until Lu Yunshi fed it.

Compared to crows, Lu Yunshi would certainly prefer to keep cats and dogs, but since the crow wouldn't leave, there was nothing he could do about it, but he didn't really care.

Let them keep taking care of it; they might pass away at any time.

"Is this it?" Lu Yunshi muttered to himself, gazing at a small bamboo grove not far away.

"Boss!"

Before Lu Yunshi could take two more steps forward, a familiar figure suddenly appeared, and then Lu Yunshi felt something hanging behind him.

"What I mean is, I'm happy if you're happy, but could you please not keep it hanging all the time?" Turning his head to look at the energetic girl's face in front of him, Lu Yunshi sighed.

"Hehe! It's a habit." Li Hongying chuckled twice and jumped off Lu Yunshi. "Boss, what a coincidence! I just arrived and I saw you. This is fate."

"By the way, boss, is your injury healed yet?"

Li Hongying's expression changed, and she pretended to be worried. She reached out and touched Lu Yunshi all over, but the worry on her face faded the more she touched him, while her face became redder and redder.

Just before the other person's hand was about to place on one of his vital parts, Lu Yunshi took a deep breath and decisively interrupted him.

"Thank you for your kindness, but the boss is really fine. Even if he is, there's no need to touch him like that."

"Hehehe!" Li Hongying stopped and scratched her head, showing no embarrassment whatsoever, only a slight regret.

"Let's go, don't keep Lao Liu and the others waiting."

Lu Yunshi said something in an annoyed tone, and Li Hongying nodded quickly, stepped forward, grabbed Lu Yunshi's arm and hugged him tightly, as if afraid that Lu Yunshi would leave.

'This girl has a really strong grip.'

Lu Yunshi struggled a couple of times, but seeing that it was no use, he let her go.

At this moment, Li Hongying suddenly spoke up. "Boss, I'm really worried."

"Hmm?" Lu Yunshi turned his head and saw that the girl's expression was unusually serious, so he couldn't help but ask, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that my boss might suddenly disappear. He clearly said he would always be there for me, and I'm worried he won't keep his word. If that happens..."

"In that case?" Lu Yunshi asked doubtfully.

Li Hongying smiled slightly, her eyes curving like crescent moons, bright and clear as if reflected in water, and her voice was full of energy and confidence.

"In that case, there's nothing I can do but go and find Boss. After all, Boss said he would always be with me. I've already made up my mind. No matter where Boss is, I'll be by his side. I'll search high and low, Boss, you can't escape me, hahaha!"

"Foolish!" Lu Yunshi thought helplessly, but couldn't help but laugh. "You have a long life ahead of you. If I really die one day, you have to find a way to live well. Don't do those meaningless things. Don't live or die because of others."

"No, and I'm not stupid at all."

"You're just stupid, you're definitely not smart."

"I'm not stupid, huh!"