Li Xingze: You're One Hell of a Talent!

After the school-wide assembly ended, most of the students gradually left because they were eager to search for the Shadow Demon Beast.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"

Mo Fan looked at Bai Zangfeng walking over and felt completely baffled.

Bai Zangfeng walked straight past Mo Fan and stopped in front of Li Xingze. He said, "Team up with me. I won't treat you unfairly."

"???"

Li Xingze couldn't wrap his head around it for a moment. Who taught you to ask someone for help like this?

You're one hell of a talent!

Seeing that Li Xingze remained unmoved, Bai Zangfeng continued, "Five million. As long as you help me capture the Shadow Demon Beast, I'll give you five million."

"Five million!"

Mo Fan's eyes immediately went wide. Five million per person—wouldn't four people make twenty million? That was close to the price of a Lightning Spiritual Seed.

"Bai Zangfeng, didn't you just say you were going to search for the Shadow Demon Beast yourself? What you're doing now is different from what you said."

Zhao Manyan spoke with a displeased expression. Don't use your filthy little bit of money to sully the friendship we had.

Li Xingze: Talking about feelings hurts the wallet. We'd better talk about money.

When Bai Zangfeng saw Zhao Manyan standing nearby, his brows immediately furrowed. How had Li Xingze ended up mixed in with Zhao Manyan?

"Bai Zangfeng, I'm not interested in your money. If you hurry up now, you might still be able to find other teammates. If you're too slow, no one will team up with you."

Li Xingze decisively refused. Five million for one chance to cultivate in the Three Step Tower—how could anything be that simple?

Besides, there seemed to be a spy from the Black Vatican among the freshmen. To prevent anything from happening to Xu Zhaoting, he had to keep Xu Zhaoting by his side.

Then, with Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan added in, they already had four people.

"You! You'll regret this!"

After throwing out those words, Bai Zangfeng slunk away.

Li Xingze's strength was plain for all to see. Who wouldn't want to cling to such a powerful ally? Bai Zangfeng was no exception.

"Ze Ge, I knew you wouldn't abandon us." Zhao Manyan spoke with deep emotion.

This was the Three Step Tower, after all—something money couldn't buy!

"Ahem, just hold on for now. Let's talk after I find the Shadow Demon Beast." Li Xingze showed no mercy at all.

There were still two songbirds at home. Adding them together would put them over the limit.

"Uh..." Zhao Manyan's face instantly darkened. He had been calling him "Ze Ge" every other sentence, too.

Unlike Mo Fan and Xu Zhaoting, Zhao Manyan had the support of the Zhao Clan behind him and was completely lacking nothing when it came to the Three Step Tower.

Even if he simply lay there, he could still enter the National Team and advance to the High-level Magister realm.

After parting ways with the others, Li Xingze returned to the apartment. Blindly searching clearly wasn't the solution.

There was also a ban on summoned beasts in the urban area, so Li Xingze couldn't ride the Goldflame Dragon Lion around the entire city searching for the Shadow Demon Beast.

Thus, Li Xingze had Mo Fan find Zhang Xiaohou and ask for information about the Shadow Demon Beast. He first had the Ice Emperor Hunter Group search through the urban area.

To prevent anything from happening to Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu, Li Xingze had them stay at the school for the time being. They would regroup after he found the Shadow Demon Beast.

As for Zhao Manyan, that guy was covered from head to toe in magical equipment and magical artifacts. There was no need for Li Xingze to worry about him at all.

As soon as Li Xingze returned to the apartment, he saw Ai Tutu running over excitedly. The large, bouncing curves on her chest made it impossible for him to move his gaze away for a moment.

"Li Xingze, you're finally back. Sister Mu and I have been waiting for you for ages."

Ai Tutu naturally grabbed Li Xingze's hand, seemingly worried that he might run away.

"Waiting for me?"

Li Xingze glanced at Mu Nujiao, who had her back to him. Mu Nujiao was tidying up their things, and her enticing, pert bottom happened to be facing him. Her curves were perfect, and below that were her long, fair legs.

Those beautiful legs could rival Xin Xia's. Each of them had her own strengths—Mu Nujiao's were slender and straight. A whole year wouldn't be enough to enjoy playing with them!

Ai Tutu didn't pay the slightest attention to where Li Xingze was looking. It wasn't the first or second time this had happened, anyway. If Li Xingze didn't look at them, she would have to wonder whether she and Sister Mu had lost their charm.

"This assessment mission allows us to form teams, right? Do you want to consider joining our team?"

Although Ai Tutu was innocent, that didn't mean she was stupid. Every freshman in the school knew about Li Xingze's strength. It could be said that as long as they secured him, they had already won half the battle.

"If you capture the Shadow Demon Beast, Sister Mu might even fall for you." Ai Tutu tried to tempt him.

"Tutu!!"

Mu Nujiao hadn't been unable to hear their conversation while she was tidying their things. The moment she heard Ai Tutu tease her, she immediately turned around and glared at her.

"That does sound pretty good. In that case, wouldn't it be enough for me to invite Mu Nujiao alone?" Li Xingze said.

Hearing this, Ai Tutu immediately grew anxious and said, "Sister Mu and I are definitely a team. Don't even think about splitting us up. Right, Sister Mu?"

Mu Nujiao didn't respond.

Seeing this, Ai Tutu instantly panicked. Was Sister Mu really going to abandon her?

"I'm the brains of this team. You can't do without me," Ai Tutu said.

Li Xingze rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Can you search for demons? Do you know the Shadow Demon Beast's habits?"

Ai Tutu puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "You cold and heartless bastard! I was even thinking about how to help you win Sister Mu over."

Seriously? Li Xingze looked at Ai Tutu strangely.

She's already lost interest in him? Her lovestruck nature changed far too quickly.

Regardless of what Ai Tutu was thinking, Li Xingze had no interest in continuing to tease her. Instead, he said:

"Stop throwing a tantrum. I never said I was going to take your Sister Mu away. As for teaming up, we'll talk about it after I find the Shadow Demon Beast."

"You have a way to find the Shadow Demon Beast?"

Seeing how confident Li Xingze was, Mu Nujiao immediately looked at him curiously.

He had a way to find the Shadow Demon Beast right at the beginning. Could that really be true? Mu Nujiao grew increasingly curious about Li Xingze.

"I'll keep that confidential for now. Just wait here peacefully for my good news."

A dark glint flashed in Li Xingze's eyes. Finding the Shadow Demon Beast was a minor matter. The most important thing was to expose the Black Vatican scum operating behind the scenes.

Because of the gray-robed Magister, Bo City hadn't suffered a devastating blow. However, the people of Bo City's hatred for the Black Vatican was no less intense.

The Magic Association had even built a statue for that unknown Undead Forbidden Curse, attracting countless Magisters to Bo City to pay their respects.

As long as someone reached the Forbidden Curse realm, even an unforgivable demonic apostle could become a saint worshiped by countless people—not to mention this person, who could cast Forbidden Curse magic of the Undead element alone.

After a year of recuperation, Bo City had basically returned to its former state. There were even many more High-level Magisters, most of whom had come to search for traces of that Forbidden Curse.

They were basically all hoping that, by some stroke of luck, they might be accepted as disciples by the Forbidden Curse. Yet they couldn't even find the Forbidden Curse Society. How could they possibly find the Forbidden Curse himself?