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Early the next morning.

"What did you say? Wait! You're not allowed to leave!"

After a moment of stunned silence, Song Wan immediately tried to stop Lin Shuguang.

She simply couldn't believe what she had just heard.

Lin Shuguang, looking perfectly rosy and healthy, had actually told her he was sick and needed leave???

Seeing Lin Shuguang about to leave, she instinctively used her wind ability, placing a wind wall across the classroom doorway.

But the next second.

Song Wan's expression shifted slightly.

Lin Shuguang actually strode straight through as though her wind wall didn't exist.

What?!

How could that be!

As her concentration slipped, the wind wall dispersed on the spot.

After stepping through the doorway, Lin Shuguang seemed to sense something and stopped in confusion.

With his memories of his previous life, he knew full well how difficult Old Fu, his homeroom teacher, could be. Countless questions would surely await him, so he had settled for the next best option and approached Song Wan, planning to hand in his sick leave and head to the Blood Desolate Land.

But just now... He turned to look at Song Wan.

His senses told him that something really did seem to have blocked his path just now, but it had been so fragile that he had broken through without exerting much strength at all.

Yet Song Wan looked utterly dazed, as though she had lost her soul, and clearly couldn't give him an answer.

"That was weird..." Lin Shuguang muttered, then promptly left the classroom.

Little did he know that Song Wan's mind was in turmoil.

She lowered her head to look at her hands, confusion and bewilderment flickering in her eyes. "Just now... was that an accident?"

She had few impressions of Lin Shuguang. Probably the most memorable was his Blood Energy Value of 9 cal on the day of his awakening.

Beyond that, all she knew about Lin Shuguang was his name.

She hadn't expected a student as consistently low-profile as Lin Shuguang to approach her for sick leave in the first place... but he had clearly lied!

Initially, her sense of responsibility as class leader had prompted her to stop him and get to the bottom of it, yet the wind wall she had erected hadn't served its intended purpose at all.

Her gaze steadied.

Just as Xu Jie was about to enter the classroom, Song Wan quietly formed seals with both hands.

Bang!

"Shit!" Xu Jie felt himself slam into a wall and fell onto his backside.

He then scrambled up angrily and looked around. "Who? Who's trying to screw me over? Show yourself!"

The students passing by pointed at him.

Choking with anger, Xu Jie could only issue a threat. "Don't let me catch you, or you're dead!"

Looking toward the classroom doorway again, he tentatively reached out a hand, still shaken.

It's gone...

Even as he sighed in relief, Xu Jie felt angry at being toyed with. "You'd better not let me catch you!"

After entering, he saw Song Wan standing nearby and immediately approached her. "Class Leader, did you see anyone ambushing me just now?"

Song Wan remained dazed and unresponsive.

Xu Jie: "..."

Helpless, he rubbed his forehead and walked into the classroom, inwardly cursing his bad luck.

A moment later, Song Wan came to her senses and looked toward the room Lin Shuguang had just left, frowning in confusion. "How exactly did Lin Shuguang get through just now? Was it really just an accident?"

From morning until afternoon, Lin Shuguang trained hard in the Blood Desolate Land. When he grew hungry at noon, he filled his stomach with dried meat slices he had prepared beforehand, spending most of the rest of his time searching for and hunting Desolate Ghost Apes.

Sshk-

An arrow of blood spurted out.

The last Desolate Ghost Ape's corpse crashed heavily to the ground.

Lin Shuguang put away his saber.

Another 12 cal of blood energy gained left him in a fairly good mood.

After surveying the carnage around him, he began processing the Desolate Ghost Ape corpses on the ground.

His strength had clearly increased considerably compared to before.

Most importantly, the returns he could get from a single Desolate Ghost Ape had now quadrupled.

That was also his greatest motivation for taking the assessment in a month!

With his spoils gathered, Lin Shuguang glanced at the changing sky.

Besides searching for Desolate Ghost Apes, finding Blood Heart Grass had also been one of his goals on this trip.

Unfortunately, he hadn't found any Blood Heart Grass during today's rigorous training as he had hoped, though his blood energy had surged by over a hundred.

After packing up his spoils, Lin Shuguang was about to leave the Blood Desolate Land when he suddenly stopped.

A team of hunters appeared ahead of him.

At the sight of Lin Shuguang carrying several large bundles on his back, the looks in the hunters' eyes changed.

The atmosphere grew tense.

Lin Shuguang was very straightforward. Seeing that the five had no intention of making way, he summoned his large saber with a swish, gripped it in one hand, and pointed its blade at them.

The captain of the opposing hunting team immediately feigned ease. "Friend, relax. We mean you no harm."

Lin Shuguang didn't put away his saber in response.

He pointed its tip toward the path and said curtly, "Move."

Zhang Fan waved a hand, and his teammates immediately stepped aside, leaving ample room.

Lin Shuguang held his bundles tightly in one hand and gripped his saber in the other, looking ready to strike ruthlessly at the slightest movement.

That very air of a desperate outlaw intimidated everyone present for a time, and no one dared make a reckless move.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Fan suddenly spoke again. "Friend, interested in teaming up for a job?"

Lin Shuguang didn't answer and simply left.

"Captain, should we?" A young man in green beside him made a throat-slitting gesture as he asked obliquely.

The smile on Zhang Fan's face had vanished once Lin Shuguang left.

He glanced in the direction Lin Shuguang had gone and shook his head.

"Someone who dares come here alone-do you think he'd be useless? Keep going deeper. We only have five days to finish the assignment our employer gave us."

"Yes, Captain!"

After leaving the Blood Desolate Land, Lin Shuguang sneaked home to change his clothes.

He was frustrated too.

Getting covered in blood every time was far too troublesome. The slightest carelessness could cause unnecessary trouble.

But this time, before Lin Shuguang could slip away, he suddenly heard his mother returning outside the door.

Why is she back so early today???

Lin Shuguang froze.

The main problem was that he was still carrying so many bundles of hides. If his family saw bloodstains or anything like that, they would inevitably worry again.

He immediately opened the window quietly and leaned out to look down.

The cold wind howled...

The eleven-story drop made him abandon the terrible option of jumping out.

After ensuring the bundles wouldn't give off a bloody smell, Lin Shuguang walked out, feigning composure.

Mother Lin looked surprised. "Why are you home so early today?"

"No, I'm heading to the Martial Arts Hall now." Lin Shuguang walked to the door and made to open it.

Mother Lin suddenly asked, "What are you carrying?"

Lin Shuguang opened the door and replied, "Stuff from the Martial Arts Hall. Mom, I can't chat. I'm in a hurry, so I'm leaving."

With that, he shut the door.

Mother Lin: "You little brat!"

Upon reaching the Martial Arts Hall, Lin Shuguang messaged Feng San from the alley outside its entrance.

Soon, Feng San furtively climbed over the wall alone.

He paused at the sight of Lin Shuguang laden with bundles. "Your team went to the Blood Desolate Land again?"

Lin Shuguang smiled.

Feng San gave him a thumbs-up, then leaned over to open the bundles, looking up to ask casually, "Did you find any Blood Heart Grass?"

Lin Shuguang shook his head. "Didn't find any."

Feng San reassured him, "That stuff really is hard to find, especially with how big the Blood Desolate Land is. No need to rush."

Soon, Feng San finished calculating the total and looked up. "Fifty-nine thousand altogether. Bank transfer again?"

"Yes."

With fifty-nine thousand pocketed, plus his previous earnings, Lin Shuguang's wealth now exceeded two hundred and sixty thousand.

After Feng San left, he opened the Attribute Panel as he walked into the Martial Arts Hall.

[Name]: Lin Shuguang;

[Blood Energy Value]: 330 cal;

[Skills]: Basic Body Refining Technique LV5 (increases blood energy by 2 cal daily), Tiger Roar Saber Technique LV4, Bone Dissection LV3, Star Prison Gale Slash LV3;

[Destined Soul]: Slaughter Blade (silver);

(Description: possesses a certain degree of killing power when manifested);

[Special Ability]: Absorption LV4 (successful kills yield double blood energy)

"My blood energy has passed 300 cal. I can upgrade both of those saber techniques now!"