Deception

Early in the morning, Feng Qi woke up.

He summoned his attribute panel. The energy progress bar had changed from 27% to 27%.

Just as he had thought, every time he entered the dream realm from now on, he would have to refill the progress bar.

Not feeling surprised, he got up and began to wash up.

Since he had a Cultivation Exchange Class today, he planned to attend the class first, and then spend the afternoon in the Library studying Cultivation Studies knowledge.

After leaving the dormitory, he went straight to the Academy Restaurant.

His gaze swept towards the north side of the restaurant. Mu Qing was still sitting in the corner, rain or shine, her cheeks puffed up like a hamster's, looking very cute and bouncy as she chewed.

Just from her appearance, Feng Qi couldn't connect her with the great demon king who had plagued an era.

"Saving the misguided great demon king starts with eating together!"

He picked up a tray, swept through the self-serve food area, and then carried his tray over to Mu Qing, sitting down directly.

"Senior, what a coincidence, you're here to eat too."

Mu Qing: ...

Grabbing a meat bun and stuffing it into his mouth, Feng Qi continued in a familiar manner:

"Senior, I want to learn how to play the harmonica from you. How have you considered it?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Qing looked up and met his gaze:

"There are many teaching videos online. You can teach yourself, or you can hire a music teacher from outside the school."

"I'm too dull-witted to learn by myself, and I don't have money to hire a music teacher."

"Senior, are you short on money? I have some. Do you need me to lend you some?" At this moment, Lin Ran appeared beside Feng Qi with his tray and sat down as he spoke.

Feng Qi: ...

He had finally found an excuse to approach Mu Qing, but unexpectedly, Lin Ran had ruined it.

"Can I borrow it and not return it?" Feng Qi said irritably.

"Why wouldn't you return it?" Lin Ran was stunned.

"I borrowed it based on my ability, why should I return it!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran was speechless and lowered his head dejectedly to drink a mouthful of Millet Porridge.

Afterward, the three of them stopped talking and ate their respective meals. During this time, Feng Qi was lost in thought.

During this period of contact with Mu Qing, she still had a resistant attitude towards him, making it impossible to try to understand or change her.

But even so, he still wanted to try again. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want to be an executioner and stain his hands with the blood of his own kind.

Half an hour later, Feng Qi finished the food on his tray, then pulled Lin Ran, who had been waiting by the side, to stand up:

"Senior, we'll be leaving first."

Just as he was about to turn and leave, Mu Qing suddenly looked up at him:

"If you really want to learn, come to the lake in front of the dormitory building tonight, and I'll teach you."

Feng Qi was surprised to hear this, then smiled and nodded:

"I'll be there on time!"

Mu Qing's sudden change of mind surprised him, but this was a rare opportunity to get to know Mu Qing better, and he didn't want to miss it.

After leaving the Academy Restaurant, Lin Ran's expression became ambiguous.

"Senior, you're making progress."

"Progress my ass. Women only slow down the speed of my sword draw. This is for all of humanity."

Lin Ran, hearing these words, looked bewildered, clearly unable to connect Feng Qi's flirting with all of humanity.

Chatting along the way, the two arrived in front of the Combat Class One classroom.

Before entering, Feng Qi suddenly looked up at the sign posted outside the classroom door, and his expression instantly became blank.

"Did they change the class? Why is this Combat Class One now?"

"That's right. Wasn't that where you had your Body Tempering Art class last time? I was so engrossed listening from outside the classroom. The most outrageous thing was that I received a notification from Old Bai at that time, telling me to come to Combat Class One for class. I didn't expect it was actually to suppress me..."

After listening to Lin Ran's explanation, a clear timeline connected in Feng Qi's mind.

"So I went to the wrong class before?"

Thinking about how the students in the classroom had asked him to teach as soon as he entered, and the change in their attitude, he instantly understood what had happened.

He had taken a class in place of Lin Ran.

Then, thinking about the students' praise for Lin Ran on the Star City Academy forum.

Only then did he realize that they weren't praising Lin Ran, but himself.

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense. The future humans' evaluation of Lin Ran was that his talent for researching techniques was S-rank, and his talent for researching cultivation methods was "tumor"-rank. So how could Lin Ran possibly have talent in researching Body Tempering cultivation methods?

"Senior, are you going to the Cultivation Exchange Class this time?" Lin Ran asked excitedly.

Lin Ran was very interested in Feng Qi's research on body cultivation techniques. Now that he had the chance to audit again, he immediately became energetic.

Looking at the excited Lin Ran, Feng Qi felt a bad premonition.

In the evaluation of future humans, this guy was a historical tumor and scourge. Although he had many outstanding achievements in the research of spell techniques, the cultivation techniques he developed harmed millions of people.

He must be stopped from researching cultivation techniques.

Thinking of this, Feng Qi turned to look at Lin Ran and said seriously, "Lin Ran, are you very interested in researching cultivation techniques?"

"Yes, I've been exposed to content related to cultivation techniques since I was a child with my parents' company. I'm determined to develop a cultivation technique that will shake the world," Lin Ran said confidently.

It's more than just shaking, it's practically bombing, Feng Qi couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Thinking of this, he earnestly advised, "I think you're still young, and there are more important things to do than research cultivation techniques."

"Senior, what do you mean?" Lin Ran was stunned.

"For example, while you're young, fall in love passionately and experience the beauty of love," he patiently guided, trying to change Lin Ran's mind.

"No, women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword," Lin Ran said, shaking his head and sighing, mimicking Feng Qi's tone.

Feng Qi: ...

While chatting, he and Lin Ran arrived at the Cultivation Exchange Class.

The students in the Cultivation Exchange Class came from different classes and gathered together every week to exchange experiences.

The learning atmosphere here was strong, with students sitting together in small circles, discussing their studies.

He and Lin Ran found an empty seat and sat down.

But after staying for a while, they got up and left.

Feng Qi left because the content the students in the exchange class were discussing was something he hadn't yet come into contact with at this stage, and he was truly confused. Lin Ran felt that the content of the Cultivation Exchange Class was too basic and made him sleepy.

In the afternoon, he and Lin Ran simply spent their time in the Library.

During this time, while chatting with him, Lin Ran heard that he had researched a preliminary body cultivation technique named "Body Tempering Art." He immediately became as excited as a teddy bear and quickly asked for the detailed results.

Feng Qi was not stingy about this and explained the beginning of the "Body Tempering Art" to Lin Ran.

When faced with Lin Ran's question about how he came up with this completely new body cultivation path,

He decisively put on a pretentious look and said,

"I didn't deliberately think about it. The inspiration just came to me, and I couldn't stop it. I couldn't even get a good night's sleep. Alas, I could only get up and record the inspiration in my mind, and incidentally wrote the basic content of the 'Body Tempering Art'. The subsequent content will be perfected later."

Hearing such pretentious words, Lin Ran's eyes couldn't hide his envy.

Seeing Lin Ran's expression, Feng Qi knew that he had been fooled. Next, it was time to dampen his confidence in developing cultivation techniques.

Now, in Feng Qi's eyes, Lin Ran was a ticking time bomb on the path of human development and had to be removed.

Otherwise, he could slow down the development process of all humanity by himself.

This kind of destructive power was much stronger than ordinary Domain monsters.