Nothing but Oddballs

Ye Kang froze, but Huixin seemed as familiar with the scene as if he'd seen it a hundred times. He nodded to the burly man. "Senior Brother Lu, I've brought back a New Student. He'll be living in our courtyard."

The burly man with the explosive hairstyle looked Ye Kang up and down. "New guy, find yourself a place to stay. Come to me if you need anything—though preferably, don't."

He picked up the damaged Alchemy Furnace, opened the second room on the left, and went inside.

Huixin lowered his voice. "Junior Brother Ye, this is Senior Brother Lu Zhi'an. He's been at the academy for three years and is at the Star Luo Realm. He's a good guy; he just loves alchemy. You'll get used to him."

Ye Kang nodded, finding it rather interesting.

He clearly loved alchemy, yet he was built like a wall of muscle. It looked as if he'd tempered his body with extraordinary intensity.

Generally speaking, a Body Tempering Brute and an alchemist who needed a delicate touch and patience didn't exactly go together.

Of course, stereotypes weren't to be trusted.

Ye Kang committed Lu Zhi'an's name to memory and entered his room.

It was the outermost room on the right. The size was perfectly ordinary, but the moment he opened the door, a powerful herbal stench poured out.

And these weren't ordinary herbs. They'd rotted for a long time, their different varieties fermenting together until they produced a nauseating, extreme stench.

Ye Kang and Huixin both grimaced, nearly throwing up.

Just then, a long-haired youth suddenly rushed out of the room next door.

"Sorry, sorry! I forgot to mention it. No one was living here, so I used it as a storeroom. Then I left everything in here for too long and forgot about