Silver Tome

After the Treasure Codex upgraded to the silver tier, its original eight blank pages gained two more. Excluding Blue Silver Grass, he still had nine blank pages left.

He needed to find some time to visit the Star Dou Great Forest or Sunset Forest and select a few soul beasts to cultivate. Otherwise, relying solely on his support-type martial soul, the Brilliant Gold Scepter, left him with far too little ability to protect himself.

Last time, when he had accidentally bumped into Zhu Zhuyun, her reflexive counterattack had nearly snapped Xu Yu's waist between her legs. From that alone, it was clear that compared to beast soul masters of the same rank, his physical strength was far too weak.

That was also why Xu Yu had voluntarily moved here, preparing to withstand Golden Goose-like assaults. Otherwise, if his waist got broken in bed someday and he could not even turn over, how could he speak of grand ambitions?

However, the Treasure Codex at the silver tier had gained an "Appraisal" function. He did not know whether it was useful, since he had never tried it.

He opened the second page of the Treasure Codex, putting aside the matter of appraisal for now. Seeing the image on the page, Xu Yu did not look surprised. That was because the child formed by the Chaos Ancient Tree had already returned to the tree to sleep. Otherwise, he would not have reacted so calmly.

However, the Chaos Ancient Tree's description had gained some additional information—its skills. There were three in total, which piqued Xu Yu's interest.

Conversion: Convert all complex energies in the world for one's own use. The Chaos Ancient Tree had possessed this skill from the start. Otherwise, Xu Yu would not have left it alone on Sea Island. It could not die anyway, so what was there to fear?

As for the latter two soul skills, Seed and Bloom, Xu Yu had yet to examine them closely. Noticing someone standing behind him, he quickly snapped the Treasure Codex shut.

Xu Yu turned back to look at Zhu Zhuyun, who was pretending nothing had happened, and said, "If you want to look, then look. Why pretend you don't? Who are you putting on an act for?"

"You!" Zhu Zhuyun, who had been fairly composed, immediately flew into an embarrassed rage. Her eyes blazed as she glared at Xu Yu, as if she could burn him to death with her gaze.

She had pretended for a moment, but was that not just to make things less awkward? Did he have to say it out loud? How embarrassing.

"No wonder you're still single!" Driven to the brink by Xu Yu's strange temperament, Zhu Zhuyun considered the matter from another angle and suddenly felt a little sympathy for him.

This time, it was Xu Yu's turn to bristle. He truly had never touched a woman. His former self had been exactly the same, and the only time he had gathered the courage to confess to Zhang Ping, a teammate, he had been rejected.

Now that Zhu Zhuyun had directly exposed such an embarrassing matter, he became angry from shame. Zhu Zhuyun secretly delighted in finally winning a round, but knowing she could not provoke Xu Yu any further, she quickly reminded him, "Are we going to move your things or not?"

When she saw Xu Yu cleaning his dormitory as well, she had known he had gone to the academy to move his luggage. Since he had agreed to let her come along, it was surely to help him carry things. She did not mind. She could investigate the situation and learn about Xu Yu's relationships while helping move a few items.

"Let's go!" Xu Yu openly gave Zhu Zhuyun's curvaceous body a long, thorough look before finally leaving when she glared at him furiously.

The two left the residential complex and followed the path toward Spirit Hall Academy. Along the way, Zhu Zhuyun probed for information about Spirit City's layout. Knowing what she was up to, Xu Yu directly revealed things to her from his god's-eye perspective. Whether she believed him was her own business.

"Spirit Hall has three main institutions: Spirit Hall, Pope's Palace, and Elder Hall. You should know that much."

"Your eyes keep darting around, so let me tell you a few secrets. Aside from the several official elders known to the public, Elder Hall has at least nine Titled Douluo hidden away. They are the so-called Nine Great Elders."

When Zhu Zhuyun did not refute him and instead looked slightly solemn, Xu Yu knew that as the former Crown Princess of the Star Luo Empire, she knew some of the inside story. She simply had not expected Spirit Hall to possess so many Titled Douluo.

What she did not know was that this was merely the strength Spirit Hall had deliberately displayed to mislead the Two Great Empires.

"Besides those dozen or so elders, Spirit Hall's even more terrifying strength is actually hidden within Spirit Hall."

At this point, Xu Yu became somewhat cautious as well. He wanted to lean close and whisper it into Zhu Zhuyun's ear, but she dodged away. Xu Yu even felt sorry for her. He was revealing heavenly secrets to her, yet she would not listen?

Pathetic! Giving him a pitying glance, Xu Yu walked ahead and quickly entered Spirit Hall Academy. Behind him, Zhu Zhuyun rubbed her ear. While he had been talking, Xu Yu had sprayed a drop of saliva on it. The key was that the bastard had pretended not to notice, making it seem as though she was being overly delicate.

To be practical, their relationship was already ambiguous enough. As long as Xu Yu did not touch her in public and expose their relationship, Zhu Zhuyun would not dodge if he brought his mouth close to hers.

I know you're excited, but could you stop spraying saliva at my face?

If you spray me, I have to dodge. Then after I dodge, you say I'm disgusted by you and get angry.

Fine, get angry. But you still had to put on an act, pretending to be broad-minded and unconcerned. Damn it... With a rogue like this, Zhu Zhuyun could not even make her case when she was in the right.

At that moment, Zhu Zhuyun felt that keeping quiet was best. No one should even think about speaking to her.

Quickening her pace to catch up, Zhu Zhuyun followed two steps behind Xu Yu as they entered a luxurious apartment complex. The apartments had two floors and were quite spacious.

Zhu Zhuyun thought to herself that this was the Spirit Hall Elite Team's dormitory. It seemed rather ordinary.

Xu Yu did not see it that way. Compared to this place, the dormitory building from his previous life had practically been a doghouse. It truly was a place worthy of the Spirit Hall Elite Team. This level of decoration nearly rivaled an international student apartment.

Extravagant.

Unfortunately, he was moving out. Still, he did not feel attached to the place. Ninth Elder's residence was even more luxurious and better suited to the word "extravagant." Xu Yu glanced thoughtfully at Zhu Zhuyun, his opposite-sex companion, whose figure and appearance were outstanding and whose Soul Power, at level fifty-three, ranked among the best of her peers. If Zhu Zhuyun studied at Spirit Hall, she would receive scholarships until her hands went numb.

Again. I'll endure it!

No, she could not endure it any longer. There was no one else in the room besides Xu Yu and herself. Zhu Zhuyun finally snapped and complained angrily, "Can you stop staring at me all day? Is it that interesting? As long as you show me now that you have the strength to support me, I promise that tonight, this is yours. You can do whatever you want with my body. I'll go along with it to the end."

"..." Xu Yu rubbed the tip of his nose, feeling slightly awkward. The women of Douluo Continent really were rather bold. How was someone who had grown up in a conservative environment supposed to answer that?

Besides, I was only speaking from emotion. Who spends all day staring at you? Only simps do that.

"Enough, enough. Let's not talk about this anymore, okay? Move things, move things." Xu Yu's slightly stiff smile vanished, replaced by a warm grin. Zhu Zhuyun paused as she looked at his beaming face, then snorted. "People like you are terrifying. Your expression changes at the drop of a hat. You laugh and joke when you speak, but behind the scenes, you kill without batting an eye."

Xu Yu: "..."

He could not please anyone.