Bei Feng and Preparations

Although Bai Zhi had no idea why Ink-Stained Crystal had inexplicably given him an exam paper filled with wrong answers, he still put it away.

It was only a sheet of paper, after all. It would not take up much room in his Inventory, and if he needed something to start a fire later, he could use the exam paper as kindling...

Even a tiny screw had its own value, let alone an exam paper full of mistakes.

—Now that was making the best use of everything.

"You want to buy a Shadow Guard?"

Looking at Bei Feng, who had called him aside and was now standing before him with a polite yet bizarre request, Bai Zhi wore a strange expression.

"What do you need that for?"

To be honest, this was the first time he had seen someone wanting to buy a Shadow Guard. He had considered buying Q Ling Meng from Calamity Reimu before, but that was because Q Ling Meng was genuinely adorable and fun. What was the point of buying a Shadow Guard?

"Not buying it. Just renting it temporarily."

Facing Bai Zhi's question, Bei Feng smiled.

"I'll pay 3,000 Game Coins. How about lending it to me for five minutes? I believe this would be quite a worthwhile—"

Before he could finish, Bei Feng suddenly fell silent, his gaze unconsciously passing over Bai Zhi's shoulder toward the area behind him.

—The hooded young girl was staring expressionlessly in his direction.

Seeing Wan Ci walk straight over to Bai Zhi's side, Bei Feng's brows first furrowed slightly before quickly relaxing. He shook his head at Bai Zhi with some regret.

"Forget it. Looks like there's no chance this time. Maybe next time."

As the last word left Bei Feng's mouth, his figure was scattered by a