Riding in Xia Qingyin's Ferrari, Lu Yuan soon returned to Shencheng Supernatural University, watching the scenery stream backward beyond the window and listening to the Ferrari's throaty engine.
His mind was in turmoil the whole way.
When he'd first arrived in Shencheng City, the upperclassman who came to pick him up had been driving a Maybach worth over two million Blue Star coins.
Now he was riding in a Ferrari worth over four million Blue Star coins.
This gave Lu Yuan an idea: someday, he wanted to buy a luxury car of his own.
Of course, that would only happen once he had Blue Star coins to spare.
He wasn't about to earn a few million Blue Star coins and then spend them on luxuries that did nothing for his cultivation instead of buying cultivation resources.
At the entrance to Shencheng Supernatural University.
Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin kept a modest distance between them as they walked into the university.
Just then, an upperclassman with a somewhat mature-looking face and black-rimmed glasses came toward them.
That's right, it was Lu Yuan's senior, a second-year student: Hu Dahai!
"Junior Lu Yuan, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to run into you here."
Hu Dahai greeted him.
Then he glanced at Xia Qingyin walking beside Lu Yuan and gave him a meaningful look without letting on.
Unfortunately, Lu Yuan didn't catch Hu Dahai's meaning.
He simply replied, "Senior Hu, it really is a coincidence."
Last time, when Lu Yuan returned to Shencheng Supernatural University from the Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base, he happened to run into Senior Jiang Qing at the entrance.
This time, when Lu Yuan returned to Shencheng Supernatural University from the Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base, he'd run into Senior Hu Dahai.
Could this be some inexplicable coincidence, too?
After greeting Hu Dahai, the two of them continued farther into the campus.
Seeing that Lu Yuan didn't seem to understand what he meant,
Hu Dahai took out his phone and sent Lu Yuan a message on Q-Chat.
"Junior Lu Yuan, I was only teasing you before, just joking around. How did you actually manage to win her over?"
Hu Dahai sent him that message.
Hearing his phone chime, Lu Yuan unlocked the screen.
At first, the message left him completely baffled.
Only after a dozen or so seconds did Lu Yuan remember that Hu Dahai had said, "But the Eldest Miss Xia is extremely beautiful, and you're quite handsome yourself, Junior Lu. If you could become her boyfriend, wouldn't you win without even fighting?"
Hu Dahai had made that teasing remark when talking about how fiercely competitive the Freshman Tournament was.
Seeing the message, Lu Yuan realized Hu Dahai had definitely misunderstood!
So he hurriedly replied on Q-Chat, "You've got it wrong, Senior Hu. I just happened to run into Xia Qingyin at the Underground World beneath the Jiangzhan City Supernatural Ability Base, and then we came back together since we were heading the same way."
"Xia Qingyin? That's how you're addressing her..."
Seeing the way Lu Yuan had referred to her, Hu Dahai realized he really had misunderstood.
But now something else had caught his attention.
That was—the Underground World.
So Hu Dahai asked, "Junior Lu, you've already been to the Underground World?"
"Yeah."
Lu Yuan replied.
Seeing Lu Yuan's answer, Hu Dahai couldn't help but feel a little wistful.
Back then, he hadn't entered the Underground World for the first time until three or four months after the semester started.
He hadn't expected that, before the semester had even begun, Junior Lu had already gone there.
After they reached the university, Xia Qingyin received a phone call and hurriedly left again. Who knew what she was going to do?
As for Lu Yuan, the first thing he did after returning to campus was head to the cleaning center to get his spear and battle suit cleaned.
Sitting on his electric scooter, Lu Yuan felt a little dazed.
His own spear had already been smashed to pieces, reduced to a pile of scrap metal.
The spear in his hands now belonged to Huang Hao.
In a little while, Lu Yuan still had to stop by the Resource Trading Office on campus and buy a brand-new spear.
Another day, he'd have to return this spear to Brother Hao.
After leaving the cleaning center, Lu Yuan first headed to the nearby Mission Center.
Before leaving campus, he'd taken on two missions.
One C-rank mission and one D-rank mission.
Together, they'd earned Lu Yuan 2.5 Credit Points.
The missions were easy for Lu Yuan because he'd only accepted them after confirming he could definitely complete them.
It wasn't much, but it still helped Lu Yuan recoup some of his losses.
After leaving the Mission Center, Lu Yuan naturally headed to the Resource Trading Office.
Now, he needed to buy a brand-new spear.
"Student, what can I help you with?" a staff member asked warmly.
"I need a spear," Lu Yuan answered honestly.
The staff member continued, "A spear? What grade are you looking for?"
"D-rank... no, a C-rank spear."
At first, Lu Yuan had meant to ask for a D-rank spear, since his previous one had been D-rank.
But before he'd even finished speaking, he changed his mind.
A D-rank spear? If he used Ice Blast Technique one more time, it'd break again. Surely he couldn't keep treating spears like disposable firecrackers to smash?
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