Arc 31The Apprentice’s Trial

Yu Xunge entered a Godly Game with her skills and alchemy expertise, then survived its harsh world by joining forces with other children and becoming Zhuri’s apprentice. Zhuri trained her in combat, infiltration, and city life, and the arc ended with Yu Xunge and Blade Mist preparing to attend school while burdened by debt.

  • Yu Xunge entered the Godly Game after choosing three skills to retain, and discovered she could use her professional abilities and several powers tied to the ship’s helm and lantern.
  • In Kaladom, Yu Xunge teamed up with Mistblade and Fat Goose to sell potions and Magic Food, but Treasure Hunter Zhuri captured them and planned to sell them.
  • Yu Xunge chose to follow Zhuri and learn from her, while Mistblade stayed behind and Fat Goose was sold, and Zhuri later accepted Yu Xunge as her apprentice after she survived twenty-one days in the underground arena.
  • Zhuri trained Yu Xunge in etiquette, disguise, reconnaissance, and infiltration, then sent her to endure a twenty-one-day trial inside a noble office building, where Yu Xunge stole Skill Scrolls and narrowly escaped discovery.
  • After traveling with Zhuri to Delano, Yu Xunge worked at Thief Bug Tavern, explored Garbage Street, and studied under temporary teachers while learning to assess people and survive.
  • Zhuri arranged Yu Xunge’s future studies at Moonlight Wetland and told her she would owe fifty thousand gold coins after graduating, adding that she would inherit Zhuri’s own debt if Zhuri died.
  • Ripper warned Yu Xunge to burn her notes about dangerous Garbage Street lessons and made her practice fighting a Black Shadow, while Blade Mist came to stay with them.
  • Blade Mist told Yu Xunge that her family had taken her tuition savings, and Yu Xunge offered to lend her living expenses before the two friends embraced and faced their debts together.
Chapters 754–778 Vol. 8 Read

Ch. 754The End of the Old Story & Undead Wildfire

Yu Xunge fulfilled her contract by helping clear the deep-sea alien armies, then spent five days purging most of the remaining forces. As Cat's Ideal asked about finding their First Mate, Yu Xunge returned to preparing for the next Godly Game.

  • Yu Xunge and Liang Yuchuan descended into the alien stronghold, while Tulan watched for escaping enemies and B prepared to collect equipment.
  • Yu Zhaohai recalled how a time-returning player had identified Yu Xunge as the future Undead Wildfire, and she killed him and forced witnesses to sign confidentiality contracts.
  • On the third day, Yu Xunge used Ignorant Game to revive Liang Yuchuan, confirmed that blank rounds could function as a Resurrection Skill, and sent her back.
  • Yu Xunge, Tulan, and B8 cleared alien armies across the seafloor for five days, eliminating at least 80 percent of them and assassinating their high-level leaders.
  • Yu Xunge returned to finish her remaining courses and prepare for the next Godly Game, while Cat's Ideal asked whether she would look for their First Mate.

Ch. 755The Overlord Demon Kings Reversed to Pick People Up

Yu Xunge prepared for another Godly Game after completing combat courses, while arranging arena access and skills with Dinghai and handing Old Blacksmith over to its researchers. She left with the Game Console and equipment to process, with at least fifty arenas promised for three days later.

  • Yu Xunge declined to visit the First Mate, while the ship's helm and lantern fought around her and Tulan complained about the mess at home.
  • Yu Xunge said she would enter another Godly Game despite the danger, then chose Close Combat and Ranged Combat courses after the Gashapon Machine Manufacturing course rejected her.
  • On the morning of the 14th, Yu Xunge took the Game Console from White Bone Black Jade and expelled all remaining players before leaving.
  • Yu Xunge asked Zhao Shuying to arrange arenas for travel to other worlds, and Zhao promised at least fifty within three days and offered ten SSS-rank Skill Books.
  • Yu Xunge chose five Skill Books, then brought Old Blacksmith to Dinghai's Research Department and entrusted him to Zhao Shuying.
  • Yu Xunge sent unused seabed loot and profession formulas to Liang Pozhou to sell or pass to the Liang Family, and learned eighty-nine Skill Books herself.

Ch. 756The 23,166th Godly Game

Yu Xunge entered the 23,166th Godly Game after discovering that her Ignorant Game could help judge whether her instincts about it were correct. The game barred her from bringing the Gashapon Machine, offered limited compensation, and left her questioning whether her professional abilities would still work.

  • Yu Xunge used Ignorant Game and learned that the thought that she should not enter the Godly Game was wrong.
  • Yu Xunge tried to simulate the upcoming game with Teacher, Please Wait a Moment, but saw only a vague image of herself convulsing.
  • Yu Xunge prepared supplies, paid the higher entry fee with twenty non-Origin World Tombs of the World, and entered the game.
  • The voice in the darkness asked Yu Xunge to choose three skills to retain for life, and she selected I Want to Improve So Badly, Reversal Moment, and Mysterious Power.
  • The game system removed the limit on Yu Xunge's carried items because she possessed two Godly Relics, but another voice barred her from bringing the Gashapon Machine.
  • Yu Xunge negotiated temporary storage for her Godly Relics and one extra skill as compensation, then asked whether her professional abilities would work in the game.

Ch. 757Godly Game: Card Swap 1

Yu Xunge asked to retain her alchemy expertise when entering the Godly Game, then awoke as a child in a strange world with glowing wings and no one to rely on. After three days of surviving on scraps, she discovered that the ship's helm and lantern marks on her hands let her access magical items and skills.

  • Yu Xunge asked whether she could bring her alchemy expertise into the Godly Game, and the god agreed.
  • The Gashapon Machine vanished, while the ship's helm and lantern flew into the backs of Yu Xunge's hands as she fell into unconsciousness.
  • Yu Xunge scavenged a jacket and stale bread in a strange town, where she saw a winged child who resembled her.
  • Yu Xunge flew to her hiding place beneath a bridge and, while eating, examined the marks on her hands and tested their abilities.
  • Yu Xunge found she could summon a Platinum Golden Ship's Helm and use several skills from the helm and lantern, including Bubble Nebula.

Ch. 758Godly Game: Card Swap 2

Yu Xunge discovered she could make potions and searched Kaladom for work so she could afford an education. After learning that school in Delano cost far more than she could earn, she headed to West Street to find another child looking for work and consider starting a business together.

  • Yu Xunge realized she could identify herbs and make potions, then went looking for a job in Kaladom.
  • A potion shop worker threw Yu Xunge out, and she was rejected by several other shops as she continued searching.
  • A red-haired child at the Gemstone Shop asked whether Yu Xunge was looking for work and pointed her toward another child on West Street.
  • Yu Xunge learned that Kaladom had no schools and that Moonlight Wetland tuition cost one thousand gold coins per semester.
  • Yu Xunge calculated that working for wages would not cover the cost of school and went to West Street to find a partner to discuss starting a business.

Ch. 759Godly Game: Card Swap 3

Yu Xunge met Fogblade, another ten-year-old seeking a way to earn tuition for Moonlight Wetland, and agreed to join her. They arranged to meet the next morning to discuss their plan, though Yu Xunge learned the deadline to enroll was only seven months away.

  • After failing to find the child seeking work in West Street, Yu Xunge spent two days gathering herbs and collecting bread from the bakery.
  • At the bridge, Yu Xunge met the Samoyed-like child Fogblade, who had heard about her from Maple Syrup.
  • Yu Xunge and Fogblade exchanged names and shared cookies while discussing their plans to attend Moonlight Wetland.
  • Fogblade explained that Magic Academies only accepted students under eleven and that registration was seven months away, alarming Yu Xunge.
  • Yu Xunge agreed to join Fogblade, insisted that they divide earnings according to contribution, and arranged to meet at the Gemstone Shop at eight the next morning.

Ch. 760Godly Game: Card Swap 4

Yu Xunge, Mistblade, and Fat Goose formed a team to earn enough money for Moonlight Wetland and Magic School. After sharing the limits of their abilities, Yu Xunge revealed two bottles of unusual potions, leaving the team poised to plan how to use their talents.

  • Maple Syrup watched two children meet outside the Gemstone Shop and saw a little boy secretly spying on them before they chased him away.
  • Yu Xunge and Mistblade cornered the boy, Fat Goose, and learned he wanted to earn money to attend school before he became too old to apply.
  • The three children sat in an alley and agreed to work together, while Yu Xunge privately resolved to hide the pattern on her hand.
  • Mistblade revealed she could copy objects, Fat Goose said he could turn food into Magic Food, and Yu Xunge claimed she could make several kinds of potions.
  • Mistblade explained that copies lasted only six hours and were limited to three at once, while Fat Goose shared Magic Biscuits that doubled his strength.
  • Yu Xunge took two bottles of differently colored liquid from her backpack and showed them to Mistblade and Fat Goose.

Ch. 761Godly Game: Card Swap 5

Yu Xunge, Mistblade, and Fat Goose tried to sell magic potions and Magic Food but struggled to find buyers, while Maple Sugar watched them before a tall elf Treasure Hunter began following them. The chapter left the three little ones walking away with the elf on their trail.

  • Yu Xunge introduced her healing and agility potions, and the three companions planned to earn money by selling potions and Magic Food.
  • Yu Xunge returned to her base and fell asleep peacefully for the first time since arriving.
  • Maple Sugar saw the three little ones trying to sell their wares and asked whether their potions had a certificate.
  • The potion shop rejected the potions and confiscated three bottles, so the group tried selling Magic Food to hunters and merchants instead.
  • Fat Goose disgusted Maple Sugar by revealing the history of his clothes, and Yu Xunge punched him after he wiped his nose on his pants.
  • A tall elf Treasure Hunter passed Maple Sugar and followed the three little ones as they left.

Ch. 762Godly Game: Card Swap 6

Yu Xunge, Mistblade, and Fat Goose discussed alchemy and certification before a Treasure Hunter offered to buy their potions and Magic Food in bulk. They negotiated the price but were left with a delivery problem because they lacked enough potions.

  • Fat Goose revealed that his father was an alchemist, though he said his father would not teach him and no longer practiced alchemy.
  • Yu Xunge agreed to teach Mistblade and Fat Goose to make Minor Agility Potions after accepting an incense formula, a brewing cauldron, and a spatial pouch as tuition.
  • A Treasure Hunter approached the three companions and asked whether Yu Xunge's potions were still for sale.
  • The hunter tried their Magic Food and offered one hundred gold coins for two hundred Minor Healing Potions, fifty Basic Strength Potions, and one hundred portions of Magic Food.
  • Mistblade negotiated that the order should cost at least one hundred and fifty gold coins, and the hunter asked whether they could deliver it that day.
  • Mistblade realized they had enough Magic Food but not enough potions to fill the order.

Ch. 763Godly Game: Card Swap 7

Yu Xunge, Mistblade, and Fat Goose tried to sell potions to Zhuri, but she followed them to their riverside base and attacked them, intending to sell them and their unusual skills. After disabling the children, Zhuri demanded to know whether they could turn food into Magic Food.

  • Yu Xunge and her companions negotiated a potion sale with the hunter, Zhuri, and accepted a deposit for delivery the next day.
  • The three bought herbs and left town to brew potions, with Mistblade assigned to make Basic Strength Potions and Fat Goose eager to help.
  • Zhuri tracked the children to their riverside base and assessed their rare companions, potion-making ability, and Magic Food skill as valuable goods.
  • Yu Xunge gave Mistblade and Fat Goose Basic Flying Potions and tried to escape with them, but Zhuri trapped them with invisible barriers and pinned them to the ground.
  • Zhuri injured the three children, searched their belongings, and interrogated them about turning food into Magic Food while scolding them for refusing to respond.

Ch. 764Godly Game: Card Swap 8

Yu Xunge and Mistblade used Bubble Nebula to recover from the Treasure Hunter’s attack, then teamed up with Fat Goose to fight back. Zhuri defeated and captured all three hatchlings, leaving them tied up in the forest as their escape attempts failed.

  • Yu Xunge shielded the three hatchlings with Bubble Nebula, and Mistblade healed them.
  • Fat Goose copied the Treasure Hunter’s skills while Mistblade copied daggers, and the three hatchlings charged Zhuri.
  • Zhuri stopped using skills and subdued the hatchlings with her combat technique, then found bound magical items and Magic Patterns on them.
  • Zhuri tied the hatchlings together and left Kaladom, planning to sell them in Garbage Street the next day.
  • The hatchlings cried through the journey, and Zhuri made a barrier while letting them take turns going to the bathroom.
  • Fat Goose and Yu Xunge returned after discovering they could not pass the barrier, and Zhuri sensed the little moon fox testing it too.

Ch. 765Godly Game: Card Swap 9

Zhuri challenged the three cubs after they tried to escape, but they argued that their skills made them valuable as workers. Yu Xunge chose Zhuri as her teacher and employer, and the chapter ended with Zhuri testing whether she was serious about following her.

  • Zhuri told the cubs she knew they had tried to abandon her, and Little Oak Owl argued that they could work for her instead of being sold.
  • The cubs listed their abilities and debated whether they should follow Zhuri, while Zhuri ordered them to prepare food.
  • Yu Xunge explained that she admired Zhuri and wanted to learn from her, offering to buy herself and repay Zhuri within five years.
  • Zhuri pointed her sword at Little Oak Owl and warned her about the dangers of Zhuri's world and the possibility that she might not allow her to attend the Magic Academy.
  • Little Oak Owl vowed to learn from Zhuri and said she would judge Zhuri's strength only after surpassing her, prompting Zhuri to laugh as the new moon arrived.

Ch. 766Godly Game: Card Swap 10

Zhuri accepted the hatchlings’ different choices, then left Kaladom with Yu Xunge and Fat Goose while Mistblade stayed behind to buy herself back. As Zhuri traded Mistblade’s duplicated items, Yu Xunge explained why she had chosen to follow her, though she admitted she did not know whether she hated her.

  • Mistblade offered to duplicate valuable gems for 50 gold coins each until she could buy herself back, while Little Candleman offered to make Magic Food and Fat Goose chose a chance to escape.
  • Zhuri accepted their choices and left Kaladom with Yu Xunge and Fat Goose, carrying three items Mistblade had duplicated to sell for 2,000 gold coins apiece.
  • Maple Sugar found Mistblade alone with the Game Console Xunge had given her, and Mistblade broke down crying after telling her the others had left Kaladom.
  • Zhuri trapped Yu Xunge and Fat Goose behind a barrier while she traded the items with a caravan, and Fat Goose questioned Yu Xunge about following her.
  • Yu Xunge told Fat Goose that Zhuri had shattered her illusions about the world and that she valued Zhuri’s strength and what she could teach her, though she did not know whether she hated her.

Ch. 767Godly Game: Card Swap 11

Zhuri sold Fat Goose, then forced Yu Xunge to prove herself in the underground arena before she could become her apprentice. After twenty-one days of brutal fights, Yu Xunge won her latest match and faced Zhuri again, who asked if she hated her.

  • Zhuri sold Fat Goose and set off with Little Oak Owl after marking him to collect 300 portions of Magic Food each month.
  • Zhuri rejected Yu Xunge as an apprentice and trained her in three dagger moves before bringing her to the underground arena.
  • Zhuri bet 1,000 gold coins on Yu Xunge's matches, promising to make her an apprentice if she turned the money into 5,000.
  • Yu Xunge survived twenty-one days in the arena, winning ninety-two matches and killing every opponent she defeated.
  • Yu Xunge killed a beastman with a deboning strike, taunted the spectators, and waited in her room without food or medicine.
  • Zhuri appeared before Yu Xunge and asked whether she hated her.

Ch. 768Godly Game: Card Swap 12

After enduring Zhuri’s brutal arena trial, Yu Xunge became her apprentice and received healing, new clothes, and a dagger. Zhuri explained that she chose Xunge because she was resilient and clear-headed, and because her complicated feelings toward Zhuri showed she could recognize both cruelty and kindness.

  • Yu Xunge told Zhuri she hated her, and Zhuri explained that anger and hatred were valid while warning her not to rely on others.
  • Zhuri offered to take Yu Xunge as her apprentice or send her back to Kaladom, and Yu Xunge accepted and gave her name.
  • Zhuri healed Yu Xunge, took her to bathe, gave her duck-patterned armor and a new dagger, and welcomed her as an apprentice.
  • Yu Xunge asked why Zhuri chose her instead of Fat Goose or Mistblade, and Zhuri said Xunge valued the matter itself and was the most like her.

Ch. 769Godly Game: Card Swap 13

Yu Xunge impressed Daychaser with her reasoning, then began a demanding infiltration lesson in Zanga. Daychaser left her inside a noble office building to observe its inhabitants for twenty-one days before attempting to pass as one of them.

  • Yu Xunge explained why she had trusted Daychaser, and Daychaser praised her judgment before outlining lessons in etiquette, acting, disguise, reconnaissance, and infiltration.
  • Daychaser brought Yu Xunge to Zanga and assigned her to infiltrate a noble office building for twenty-one days, giving her a Stealth earring and only three days' worth of food.
  • Daychaser explained that Yu Xunge would later have to use a mask to work and live in the building for a day without being discovered, or risk execution or being sold to Garbage Street.
  • That night, Daychaser carried Yu Xunge to the rooftop and kicked her down the chimney after Yu Xunge joked about giving one of Daychaser's enemies' names if caught.
  • Yu Xunge waited in the chimney for Daychaser to return, then realized she had left and flew farther into the building.

Ch. 770Godly Game: Card Swap 14

Zhuri and her dwarf teacher argued over the dwarf claiming Yu Xunge as an apprentice and interfering with her trial. Meanwhile, Yu Xunge endured the trial by secretly observing the building’s employees and practicing noble etiquette, then overheard that Hill had been tricked into buying a fake Skill Book.

  • The dwarf confronted Zhuri, demanded that Yu Xunge become her apprentice, and threatened to complicate Zhuri’s trial; Zhuri told her to win Yu Xunge over herself.
  • The dwarf said Zhuri owed her a replacement for the apprentice she had lost, then left after kicking Zhuri.
  • Yu Xunge hid in a storage cabinet on the trial’s first day, then began systematically observing employees and taking notes as she learned their routines and manners.
  • Yu Xunge practiced etiquette nightly, used Mistblade’s spice formula to mask her scent, and stole small amounts of food from different people to survive.
  • Yu Xunge overheard Margot say that Hill had been deceived into buying a fake Skill Book and might be exiled to Kaladom if her family discovered it.

Ch. 771Godly Game: Card Swap 15

Yu Xunge learned that Margot planned to sell Hill an SS-rank Disguise Skill and decided to steal it before the trade. She took three scrolls from Margot’s lounge, learned the Disguise Skill and Stun, and discovered the true power of the disguise.

  • Hill left Yu Xunge food, a note, and a cloak, but Yu Xunge refused to accept them or warn her about Margot’s scheme.
  • Yu Xunge learned that Margot planned to sell Hill a disguised SS-rank Disguise Skill during a trade at the office the next day.
  • On the twentieth day of the trial, Yu Xunge used No Logic and stealth to enter Margot’s private lounge while Margot was alone.
  • Yu Xunge stole three Skill Scrolls from beside Margot’s boots and learned Unregistered Identity and Stun, putting the Healing Skill away.
  • Yu Xunge discovered that Unregistered Identity let her imitate a living being she had known for over 24 hours and evade detection below SS-rank.

Ch. 772Godly Game: Card Swap 16

Yu Xunge escaped the sealed building after stealing and learning the SS-rank Disguise Skill, then met Zhuri in Zanga. She discovered that an elderly Dwarf had stolen the Healing Skill Book from her bag.

  • Yu Xunge hid beneath Margot’s bed as a silkworm, then escaped the building by using Time-Space Walk to return to three in the morning.
  • Hill exposed the presence of a parasite, prompting the building to be sealed and searched with magic.
  • Yu Xunge wandered through Zanga, wary of an elderly Dwarf she encountered, and later found Zhuri.
  • Zhuri pointed out that the Healing Skill Book was missing from Yu Xunge’s bag, and Yu Xunge realized the elderly Dwarf had taken it.

Ch. 773Godly Game: Card Swap 17

Mistblade reunited with Yu Xunge in Kaladom before Sunchaser took her apprentice west for the third lesson. After a winding journey filled with strange assignments, they reached Delano, where Yu Xunge was amazed by the city’s vast and unconventional beauty.

  • Mistblade welcomed Yu Xunge back and learned that she would stay the night before Sunchaser took her away the next day.
  • Mistblade offered to adopt Yu Xunge, who asked whether she meant her character or her body and mind.
  • Sunchaser led Yu Xunge west toward Delano and gave her various tracking, hunting, and hiding assignments along the way.
  • Yu Xunge practiced the etiquette she had learned in Zanga while completing her daily studies during their journey.
  • On April 5, Yu Xunge arrived at Delano and marveled at the city’s vast walls, unusual buildings, and harmonious colors.

Ch. 774Godly Game: Card Swap 18

Zhuiri taught Yu Xunge about beauty, emotions, and Soul Fire as they entered Delano, then spent the afternoon taking her around the city. Their sightseeing ended with Zhuiri tricking Yu Xunge into thinking a glass of free juice cost 125 gold coins.

  • Zhuiri gave Yu Xunge new clothes and explained that emotions shaped Soul Fire, while warning that Unregistered Identity could not disguise it.
  • At Delano's gates, Zhuiri paid the entry fee, and Yu Xunge kept pestering her about her Soul Fire.
  • Inside the city, Zhuiri warned Yu Xunge not to insult its magical residents after she called the fashionable stray animals.
  • Zhuiri toured Delano with Yu Xunge, then went into a tavern that barred younglings and left her apprentice outside with juice.
  • Yu Xunge carefully sipped the juice after Zhuiri claimed it cost 125 gold coins, only to learn that the drink was free.

Ch. 775Godly Game: Card Swap 19

Zhuri arranged for Yu Xunge to work at Thief Bug Tavern as a lesson in reading people and gathering information, then introduced her to the dangerous Garbage Street. The chapter ended with Yu Xunge learning that her new teacher would cost eight hundred gold coins for two hours of instruction.

  • Yu Xunge watched Zhuri socialize at Thief Bug Tavern and noticed how different she was with other guests.
  • Zhuri arranged for Yu Xunge to work at the tavern each day until July, earning one gold coin plus tips, and explained the lessons she would learn there.
  • Zhuri took Yu Xunge through Delano's Garbage Street, paid an old woman, and explained that its residents had evil God-Bestowed Talents and were rejected by the world.
  • Zhuri told Yu Xunge that Garbage Street was home to people like her and arranged a temporary teacher for Yu Xunge each afternoon.
  • Yu Xunge learned that Zhuri had paid the teacher eight hundred gold coins for two hours of instruction, and a passing Moon Bear turned to look at her complaint.

Ch. 776Godly Game: Card Swap 20

Yu Xunge worked at Thief Bug Tavern while Zhuri tested her judgment with daily questions and took her to costly lessons around Delano. The chapter ended as Yu Xunge began a lesson with Garbage Street’s richest resident, an auction-house owner, hoping to learn practical ways to survive and make money.

  • Yu Xunge told a druid that she was a rare shiny oak owl, then teased Zhuri about tutoring costs as they walked away.
  • At Thief Bug Tavern, Yu Xunge made Zhuri pay for lunch up front and collected her tip before they headed to Garbage Street.
  • Zhuri questioned Yu Xunge each day about the tavern’s customers, information, and potential allies or enemies, asking her to justify her answers.
  • Yu Xunge recalled refusing to go to Garbage Street alone when Zhuri was absent, instead carrying the messenger hamster to the cook to be deep-fried.
  • Yu Xunge met Zhuri’s latest temporary teacher, the murloc owner of Garbage Street’s auction house, and asked to learn practical knowledge such as making money and staying alive.

Ch. 777Godly Game: Card Swap 21

Yu Xunge studied reading and learned about lying from Fish Lips while continuing her lessons with Delano's powerful residents. Zhuri reminded Yu Xunge that her education came with a massive, interest-growing debt, which Yu Xunge would inherit if Zhuri died.

  • Fish Lips offered to teach Yu Xunge how to lie convincingly enough to fool S-rank lie-detection skills, and Yu Xunge eagerly agreed.
  • Yu Xunge went to Delano's West District library when Zhuri was absent, where she studied reading and encountered a miniature motorcycle that transformed into a mechanical child.
  • Yu Xunge bought food for Zhuri after library visits because Zhuri had promised to send her to study at Moonlight Wetland.
  • Zhuri showed Yu Xunge a bill that required her to repay fifty thousand gold coins in her first year after graduating, with further costs still to come.
  • Zhuri told Yu Xunge that she still owed her teacher five hundred thousand after thirty-five years and that Yu Xunge would inherit the debt if Zhuri died.

Ch. 778Godly Game: Card Swap 22

Yu Xunge settled into her training routine and welcomed Blade Mist, who arrived after her family took her tuition savings. Blade Mist borrowed money from Ripper at the same punishing interest rate as Yu Xunge, leaving the two friends to face their debts together before school.

  • Yu Xunge burned her notes on the dangerous lessons she had learned on Garbage Street after Ripper warned that keeping them was a vulnerability.
  • Ripper made Yu Xunge practice fighting a fragile Black Shadow, threatening to cancel her favorite Garbage Street lessons if she dispersed it three days in a row.
  • Ripper brought Blade Mist to stay with them until school started, and Yu Xunge noticed her friend's forced smile and troubled mood.
  • Blade Mist told Yu Xunge that her family had taken the tuition money she had saved, and Yu Xunge offered to lend her living expenses for school.
  • Blade Mist revealed that Ripper had already lent her money at the same interest rate as Yu Xunge's loan, and Yu Xunge embraced her friend as they faced paying off their debts together.
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