Living Together

After completing the registration procedures, Lin Zichen's next destination was the dormitory.

In order to get closer to him, the senior students at the registration desk all vied to see him off.

In the end, a senior student with long, wavy blonde hair beat everyone else to win the right to lead him to his dormitory.

This senior is quite pretty; I'd give her at least a 7 out of 10.

Her most striking feature is her exceptionally sexy and voluptuous figure, so sexy that it could tempt someone to commit a crime.

Throughout the journey, this senior student had been intentionally trying to showcase her charm in front of Lin Zichen, hoping to attract his attention.

However, Lin Zichen was not hooked at all and ignored her impressive figure.

"By the way, Zichen, there's a Student Combat Power Ranking on Rising Sun Plaza up ahead. Do you want to go take a look?"

As we walked along a forest path, the senior student smiled and pointed to a square ahead, asking a question.

Lin Zichen was quite interested in the Combat Power Ranking, so he smiled and said, "Okay, let's go take a look. Thank you for leading the way, senior."

"It's no trouble at all. It's my honor to guide this handsome junior."

The senior student adopted a very humble attitude, trying her best to please Lin Zichen in both her smile and tone of voice.

After a short while, the two stopped in front of the so-called Combat Power Ranking.

There are two Combat Power Ranking: the Peak Ranking and the Freshman Ranking.

The Peak Ranking is a power ranking for all students in the school, with a total of 500 rankings.

The Freshman Ranking is a combat power ranking only for freshmen, with only 100 rankings.

Lin Zichen glanced at the two lists; the Peak Ranking was filled with 500 student names.

The Freshman Ranking, however, was completely blank.

After all, it's only the beginning of the semester, and the freshmen haven't even faced each other yet, so there's no way to queue up.

As for ranking students based on their college entrance examination scores, the school felt it was unnecessary, believing that the college entrance examination was a thing of the past, and since they had entered university, they should let their performance during their university years speak for itself.

Lin Zichen quickly scanned the Peak Ranking.

The top three are Advanced powerhouses, the first and second place are Evolution Student, and the third place is Mechanical Student; all are senior students.

The 4th to 108th places are all ordinary Tier 9, all of whom are Evolution Student or Mechanical Student.

The 109th to 500th places are Ordinary Rank 8, almost all of whom are Evolution Student or cyborgs.

The reason I say "almost" is because three Martial Arts Student made the list.

All three were senior students at the Martial Arts Academy, ranking incongruously at 389th, 453rd, and 498th respectively.

It is a great honor for these three Martial Arts Student to rank so high with Pure-Blood Human bodies.

However, out of the 500 students on the entire Peak Ranking, only three were senior Martial Arts Student, a huge difference in numbers.

This demonstrates how vulnerable Pure-Blood Human are to Gene Fusionist and Mechanical Cyborg.

"Zichen, these three Martial Arts Student on the Peak Ranking are all members of the Heavenly Human Pavilion, just like you."

In order to find topics to chat about with Lin Zichen, the senior student took the initiative to introduce him to the Martial Arts Student on the Peak Ranking.

She continued, "These three students had the scores to get into the Evolution Academy, but because they believed in the ideals of Pure-Blood Human, they joined the Heavenly Human Pavilion under Dean Liu's recruitment."

"If they didn't have the support of their beliefs, given their current physical strength, they would have already transferred to the Evolution Academy and embraced Gene Fusion. Why would they stay in the Martial Arts Academy, where there is almost no future, and suffer day and night tormenting their bodies?"

"Wouldn't removing Gene Fusion be better?"

"By pursuing Gene Fusion Path, as long as you have the genes of Exotic Beast, you can easily become stronger through fusion. The effort required is much less than that required by pursuing the Pure-Blood Human Path."

"I really admire those three."

Did she admire them? Actually, she didn't admire them at all; she even thought the three of them were a bit silly.

The reason I say I admire him now is mainly to curry favor with Lin Zichen.

After all, Lin Zichen is a member of the Heavenly Human Pavilion.

If it were her, she would transfer to the Evolution Academy without hesitation and become a Gene Fusionist with a bright future.

It's not surprising that she would think that way, because Martial Arts Student really do suffer a lot of discrimination at school and have a very difficult time.

Although Martial Arts Student are in the Inner Campus, Evolution Student and Mechanical Student, many Martial Arts Student students do not fare as well as academic and art students from the Outer Campus after graduation.

Unless, later on, one can transfer to the Evolution Academy or the Mechanical Academy and achieve a miraculous change of fate.

The compatibility of Gene Fusion and Mechanical Modification can be improved through training and will increase as the body becomes stronger.

However, the improvement was quite limited.

To sum it up simply: nine parts are determined by fate, and one part depends on hard work.

Throughout the Martial Arts Academy, students continuously train their bodies to improve their compatibility until graduation four years later. About 10% of the students are able to defy fate and improve their compatibility to meet the requirements for Gene Fusion or Mechanical Modification.

90% of Martial Arts Student enroll in the Martial Arts Academy hoping to defy fate and see attending one as a second college entrance exam in their lives.

As for the remaining 10%, they are students with poor academic performance but decent Physical Fitness Test Data who are forced to apply to the Martial Arts Academy, as well as a very small number of members of the Heavenly Human Pavilion who believe in the Pure-Blood Human Path.

"Zichen, with your talent, you will definitely be able to reach the Peak Ranking in the future, break the record for Martial Arts Student with your Pure-Blood Human body, and directly break into the top 5 of the Peak Ranking!"

After introducing the three Martial Arts Student on the Peak Ranking to Lin Zichen, the senior student steered the conversation back to him, continuing to flatter him in an attempt to win his favor.

Upon hearing the words "breaking the record," Lin Zichen asked curiously, "Senior, what's the record for Martial Arts Student?"

"Ranked 6th on the Peak Ranking"

After answering, the senior student continued, "This record was set by a senior student named Song Yuyan in our Martial Arts Academy, right at the beginning of her senior year."

"But less than two months into the semester, her ranking dropped from 6th to outside the top 20."

"Because she and her Pure-Blood Human Path reached a bottleneck, while others are constantly getting stronger through Gene Fusion and Mechanical Modification, and she is slowly being overtaken in various ways."

The senior student continued, "Now, this senior student has become an instructor at our Martial Arts Academy, as well as a top researcher at the Heavenly Human Pavilion, and Dean Liu's most capable assistant."

"Ranked 6th on the Peak Ranking?"

Lin Zichen looked surprised, somewhat astonished by this record.

Seeing the surprise on his face, the senior student smiled and explained, "The reason why Instructor Song was able to reach 6th place on the Peak Ranking with Pure-Blood Human is because Instructor Song was the second-highest scorer in the Capital City College Entrance Examination, and his Physical Talent is extremely strong."

At this point, the senior student said with some regret, "But even such a talented Instructor Song, because he chose the Pure-Blood Human Path, has had his Biological Rank stuck at the ordinary Tier 9 for almost ten years now."

"Then, he became a representative of geniuses who faded into obscurity, and was often used as a negative example."

"Every time I hear someone use Instructor Song as a negative example, I feel very angry."

"Those people simply don't understand how great Instructor Song's sacrifice was."

"If one day Pure-Blood Human Path can truly shine, then Instructor Song will be a pioneer, far surpassing those mediocre individuals."

As she spoke, the senior student began to flatter Lin Zichen again, lying through her teeth and feigning belief, "Zichen, with your joining the Heavenly Human Pavilion, the Pure-Blood Human Path will surely shine brightly in the future!"

After saying all this, she thought Lin Zichen would show joy and say something like, "I didn't expect you to also recognize the Pure-Blood Human Path. You are my confidant. We should keep in touch more often in the future."

However, Lin Zichen simply said, "Now that you mention it, Instructor Song is indeed great."

Seeing Lin Zichen's indifferent reaction, the senior felt quite disappointed.

Afterwards, the two left Rising Sun Plaza and headed to their dormitory building.

Led by his senior, Lin Zichen quickly arrived at his university dormitory.

It's a small single room with a bedroom, a bathroom, and a balcony.

There was no other space.

"Wow, is this the best dormitory room in the Martial Arts Academy?"

"The Top Scholar of College Entrance Exam gets such good treatment; they get to live in an entire dorm room all by themselves. It's truly enviable."

"Living here means I won't need to go to hotels if I have a girlfriend; I can just bring her back to the dorm. That'll save me a lot of money."

The senior student looked around Lin Zichen's dormitory and said with a face full of envy.

As she spoke, slightly sweaty, she deliberately tugged at her collar to cool down, revealing a glimpse of her white chest to Lin Zichen, and frantically hinted, "Zichen, I'm so hot from walking all the way outside. Can I take a shower here and feel better?"

Lin Zichen knew what she was thinking, so he skipped the question and smiled, saying, "You've worked hard, senior. There's a bubble tea shop right across from the dorm, so as a thank you, I'll treat you to bubble tea."

"Alright."

The senior student wasn't stupid. Seeing that she couldn't seduce Lin Zichen at all, she gave up for the time being and chose to go downstairs with him to have milk tea.

To avoid appearing too enthusiastic and scaring Lin Zichen away.

Having experienced countless romantic encounters, she deeply understands the principle that too much of a good thing is bad.

I went to the milk tea shop across from the dormitory.

Lin Zichen spent over thirty yuan to treat his senior to a milk tea filled with toppings.

Having repaid the favor of the person who had shown him the way, he quickly finished his cup of milk tea, then ignored the senior's attempts to persuade him to stay and went back to his dormitory.

As soon as he got back to his dorm, he received a WeChat message from Shen Qinghan.

Upon opening the document, I saw many photos of the dormitory taken by Shen Qinghan, who said that this was a private single room that Yuan Dongzhi had prepared for her.

Upon opening these photos, Lin Zichen suddenly felt that his small single room wasn't so appealing anymore.

Shen Qinghan's dormitory has Training Room, a large living room, a large balcony, a large bathroom, and even a large bathtub in the bathroom, making it an extremely luxurious apartment.

Compared to this luxury apartment, my tiny studio apartment is so inferior that even a dog wouldn't want to live there.

[Hanhan: Xiao Chen, have you arrived at the dorm yet?]

[Zichen: We've arrived.]

[Hanhan: Hurry, hurry, take a picture of your dorm and show it to me.]

[Zichen:...]

Lin Zichen replied with a string of ellipses, then turned on his phone's video recording function and recorded a video of his small single-room dormitory room inside and out, which he then sent to Shen Qinghan.

Shen Qinghan was a little surprised after seeing his dormitory.

This tiny single room is so shabby compared to my own luxury apartment.

It feels like comparing a thatched hut to a palace.

[Hanhan: Your dorm room is too small. Why don't you move in with me? The beds in my dorm are bigger than the ones at home.]

[Zichen: We have to move! We absolutely have to move!]

[Hanhan: Where's your dorm? I'm coming over to find you and help you with your luggage.]

[Zichen: I don't have much luggage, I can carry it all by myself. Just tell me your dorm address.]

[Hanhan: Okay then.]

[Hanhan: My dorm is near the Inner Campus entrance, in Central Garden Building 8, Dormitory 603. ]

[Zichen: Okay, I'll be right there.]

After replying to the message, Lin Zichen didn't hesitate at all, picked up his luggage and left.

Anyone who owns a luxury apartment and doesn't live there is crazy.

Central Garden Building 8 is a high-end dormitory building built by the Evolution Academy at its own expense, specifically to attract top-performing students from all over the country.

At the entrance of the building, there are two statues that are almost as tall as a person.

On the left is a dragon soaring through the clouds, and on the right is a phoenix dancing gracefully.

The dragon and phoenix dances, looking very grand.

When Lin Zichen arrived at the dormitory building and saw the dragon and phoenix at the entrance, a sense of unease arose in his heart.

Compared to the upscale dormitory building of the Evolution Academy, the small single room I was assigned to was simply a poorly made "doghouse".

And this "doghouse" is actually the best dormitory in the Martial Arts Academy.

This made him wonder whether Liu Chuanwu, as the Dean of the Martial Arts Academy, was capable of fulfilling his promise of Triple Benefits.

The Triple Benefits initially discussed mainly referred to benefits related to evolutionary resources, such as Exotic Beast Meat, Exotic Fruit, and pills that could increase health and vitality.

Comparing the benefits in the dormitory buildings, he felt it was a bit risky, worrying that Liu Chuanwu wouldn't be able to afford to provide Triple Benefits.

He shook his head, not thinking about it anymore.

Lin Zichen took the elevator to Shen Qinghan's Dormitory 603, and texted her from outside the door that he had arrived.

The door in front of him opened less than a second after the message was sent.

Wearing a dress, Shen Qinghan stood gracefully at the door and said, "Xiao Chen, come in quickly. I turned on the air conditioner in the living room; it's super cool."

Lin Zichen dragged his suitcase inside, curiously looking around the room.

It's very big and spacious.

The floor and ceiling were spotless, without a speck of dust.

Clearly, this wasn't cleaned by Shen Qinghan, but rather before she moved in.

"This dormitory is so luxurious and so clean. It's obvious that your cheap master cares about you. It wasn't a waste of time to have such a master."

"I think so too. My master is really good to me."

Shen Qinghan smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes crinkling.

After a brief chat, the two quickly opened their suitcases and began setting up their dorm room.

It took about half an hour to set everything up.

Towels, toothbrushes, slippers, and other daily necessities were all neatly arranged, making it a pleasant sight.

"Xiao Chen, from now on this will be our own little home. Mom and Dad aren't here, so we can run around naked all over the house and no one will care."

Shen Qinghan sat casually on the floor, looking at her luxurious apartment with a smile on her face, looking forward to her cohabitation with Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen was somewhat exasperated. "What do you mean, running around the house naked? Don't be so insolent."

"Oh dear, that was just an exaggerated way of expressing freedom!"

Shen Qinghan was speechless.

Then, she got up and walked towards the bathroom, saying as she went, "I was all sweaty when I went to register for new student registration, and now that the sweat has dried, I feel sticky all over. I need to take a shower."

Seeing her enter the bathroom empty-handed, Lin Zichen reminded her, "You didn't even bring any clothes. Do you plan to come out naked?"

"I've already come into the bathroom, I'm too lazy to go out and get it, can you get it for me later?"

Shen Qinghan now completely treats Lin Zichen as her husband and plans to live a relationship with him like a married couple.

After all, they grew up together and know each other very well; they're practically like an old married couple.

Soon, Shen Qinghan's humming voice filled the bathroom, sounding very relaxed and carefree.

Lin Zichen walked to the sofa and sat down. He took out the Student Handbook he had received when he registered from his schoolbag and started reading it out of boredom.

The contents are mainly divided into two parts.

The first part introduces the school's unique features, and the second part explains the school's rules and regulations.

Lin Zichen quickly flipped through the pages, and when he came across the information about Credit, he immediately became interested.

At Shanhai University, Credit are like contribution points in a cultivation novel's sect; they can be exchanged for various evolution resources at the university.

To find out what you can redeem, you can download the school's app.

The school app has a shopping mall section that's like a shopping platform, where students can exchange their Credit for various evolution resources.

Following the instructions in the Student Handbook, Lin Zichen quickly downloaded the Shanhai University school app.

Then I logged into my student account, found the online store page, and clicked in to see what it was like.

The webpage loaded very quickly, displaying the online store page in less than a second.

Next, Lin Zichen saw many evolutionary resources that money couldn't buy.

There was Exotic Beast Meat that I had never seen before.

There are Exotic Beast Gene Reagent.

It has Exotic Fruit.

Parts with Mechanical Modification.

There are also various advanced weapons and equipment, etc.

At a glance, they were all rare resources that money couldn't buy elsewhere; they were specially supplied by the school.

"These are all good things."

Lin Zichen's eyes practically lit up as he looked at the items in the online store.

Unfortunately, as a freshman without any Credit, even the best products are only for looking at and not for buying.

By the way, how do you earn Credit again?

Thinking about it, Lin Zichen picked up the Student Handbook and continued reading the introduction about Credit.

After carefully reviewing it, I learned that there are three ways to obtain Credit.

First, climb the Peak Ranking or the Freshman Ranking; students on the leaderboard receive Credit credits every month.

Second, receive tasks assigned by the school, and you can earn Credit credits upon completion.

Third, students who represent the school in competitions and achieve outstanding results outside the school can receive Credits.

I used to think about how to make money to buy and devour Exotic Beast Meat during college, but now I don't need to think about that anymore. I can just focus on how to earn Credit.

Just as Lin Zichen was thinking about these things, Shen Qinghan's voice came from the bathroom:

"Xiao Chen, I'm done washing up. Bring me some clothes in, just a dress will do, no need for underwear!"

Shen Qinghan is used to not wearing underwear right after taking a shower, because her body is wet right after showering and she needs to let the air dry to evaporate the moisture before putting on underwear.

"Okay, coming right away!"

Lin Zichen responded and went into the room to get clothes for Shen Qinghan.

As she said, she only took one dress.

"Creak--"

Lin Zichen opened the bathroom door and saw Shen Qinghan soaking in the bathtub. Her fair and smooth shoulders were visible above the water, looking quite alluring.

Especially her cheeks, flushed red from the hot water, gave her a beautiful, lotus-like appearance.

Lin Zichen didn't look at it for long, hung the skirt on the wall and was about to leave.

"Xiao Chen, it feels so good to soak in this bathtub. Would you like to come in and soak with me?"

Seemingly worried that Lin Zichen wouldn't take a bath, Shen Qinghan added, "Such a big tub of hot water, it would be such a waste if I were the only one using it and then just draining it."

Seeing that Shen Qinghan, a girl, had put it this way, Lin Zichen felt that it would be extremely impolite not to go with her.

"Let's go to a bar then."

After Lin Zichen finished speaking, he took off his clothes in front of Shen Qinghan and walked to the shower to wash himself. After he was clean, he went in to take a bath together.

As for being honest with Shen Qinghan, she had already seen and touched him in the room that night, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

After quickly rinsing himself clean, Lin Zichen sat in the bathtub, facing Shen Qinghan as they soaked together.

After soaking for a while, he looked at Shen Qinghan in front of him and asked, "By the way, I learned how to scrub someone's back from videos online before. Would you like to try it?"

"OK."

Shen Qinghan nodded, her face slightly flushed, in a soft, sweet voice.

After saying that, she turned her back to Lin Zichen and asked Lin Zichen to rub her back.

Lin Zichen had only learned how to rub someone's back by watching videos online before, but this was the first time he had actually done it himself.

Even so, when he started scrubbing Shen Qinghan's back, his technique was still incredibly skillful, looking more impressive than many veteran bathhouse attendants who had been in the business for decades.

[You are currently rubbing Shen Qinghan's back. Hand dexterity +1, back-rubbing proficiency +1]

"That's strange. In the videos, people can easily rub off dirt with just a little bit of rubbing, but I've been rubbing your back for ages and I can't find a single speck of dirt."

Lin Zichen rubbed Shen Qinghan's smooth, white back for almost ten minutes, but strangely, not a single speck of dirt came off, which was very illogical.

Shen Qinghan said with a hint of pride, "That's because I'm clean, of course."

"No matter how clean you are, it's impossible to scrub off absolutely no dirt; that's simply unscientific."

After finishing his sentence, Lin Zichen added, "I think it's related to your unique Water Attribute Constitution, which gives you naturally clear skin."

"It should be."

Shen Qinghan nodded in agreement.

From childhood to adulthood, she has never scrubbed dirt off her body when she takes a bath, and has always been very aware of her body's cleanliness.

However, at that time, I didn't think about it in terms of water-based superpowers.

Lin Zichen rubbed his hands together, becoming increasingly incredulous. He said with great envy, "You really have a divine physique. Your body never gets dirty, and even your sweat smells good. It's a bit too miraculous."

Aren't you envious?

"I'm so envious."

Lin Zichen honestly admitted it.

Shen Qinghan smiled, then turned to face him and said, "Master Lin, you've been scrubbing my back for so long, it's time for Master Xiao Shen to scrub yours."

"Alright, then let me experience Master Xiao Shen's back-rubbing technique."

Lin Zichen smiled, and then turned around to enjoy the soft warmth of Shen Qinghan's jade-like hand.

However, Shen Qinghan said, "No need to turn around."

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Lin Zichen thought Shen Qinghan was going to rub his back, but that wasn't the case at all.

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