Fierce Aura Dissipates, Living Beings Surge

The scene of the black bag being suppressed caused the two people preparing to strike to stop in their tracks.

Ma Xiaotao looked at the incredibly ordinary black bag in Long Yaochen's hand with a sense of disbelief.

The wicked, ferocious aura from just a moment ago had vanished entirely.

Zhang Lexuan, whose cultivation was higher, saw much more.

The power from just now was completely different from Long Yaochen's own.

It even carried a hint of deathly aura.

But this... how could it be possible?

Zhang Lexuan took a deep look at Long Yaochen, choosing not to expose the matter immediately.

"This is the one. Swipe the card."

Seeing that Long Yaochen was unharmed, Ma Xiaotao knew his personality well.

She gritted her teeth and handed her red VIP card to the flustered employee.

"It's a pity I've already used up my free quota for this year, otherwise I could have picked out another suitable treasure for you." Ma Xiaotao sighed helplessly; she couldn't see how this thing could possibly cure an illness.

No wonder Dean Qian had such a troubled expression when he spoke earlier.

As she said this, she shot a provocative glance at Wang Dong.

But for once, Wang Dong did not retaliate, appearing somewhat silent.

Long Yaochen shook his head, "You should save it to improve yourself; be careful, or my cultivation will overtake yours soon."

"Hey, don't you know that this young lady is a renowned genius?"

Ma Xiaotao was amused by Long Yaochen's remark, and the look of worry from earlier vanished completely.

Since the carving knife was already in hand, the rest of the Treasure Appreciation Fair held little significance.

Long Yaochen and his group returned to the academy.

After he asked Ma Xiaotao to escort the senior sister back to the Sea God Pavilion, he appeared eager to return to his dormitory.

This angered Ma Xiaotao so much that she stomped her feet repeatedly, revealing a rare, resentful expression.

As expected, he's heartless; he threw me aside the moment he was done using me!

Shrek Outer Court, Dormitory 108.

Moonlight filtered through the window, blanketing the somewhat dilapidated wooden desk.

Wang Dong sat in the chair before the desk, quietly watching Long Yaochen, who had begun meditating the moment he returned.

A few strands of moonlight spilled onto Long Yaochen's face, adding a touch of mystery to his fair, handsome features.

The entire dormitory was silent, with only the occasional chirping of insects from outside the window making Wang Dong feel the slow passage of time.

"Sigh..."

Wang Dong truly wished time could stop at this moment; at the very least, this moment belonged only to him and her.

She suddenly felt some regret over her decision to disguise herself as a boy.

Under the successive stimuli of today, she even had a sudden impulse to tell Long Yaochen her true identity.

She wanted to tell him that she was no worse than those girls.

Whether it was her appearance or her status...

But in the end, she held back. If she were to reveal it, it would be impossible for her to stay in the same dormitory as this guy.

Damn it... fine, don't stay then, who cares!

As Wang Dong thought about it, she grew angry, but in the next second, she slumped over the desk as if her energy had been drained.

Forget it... I'm still counting on his inexplicable soul skill to let me get stronger while lying down.

Just as Wang Dong was feeling melancholy, Long Yaochen's spiritual sea had become turbulent.

The moment the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife was in his possession, it instantly burrowed into his body.

Carrying an extremely cold, evil intent, it traveled through his palm and into his meridians, heading straight for his spiritual sea.

Just as it prepared to erupt with full malice and destroy his spiritual sea entirely, a massive hand formed of gray light pressed down on it in the blink of an eye. The rampaging carving knife, as if encountering its natural predator, went silent.

"Elder Electrolux, what do you think of this piece of Life Gold?" Long Yaochen asked politely.

"Life Gold? That is a fitting name." The gray light manifested by Electrolux flickered slightly, his tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction: "How foolish. To refine such pure Life Gold into an evil artifact that devours living souls... this is not craftsmanship, it is blasphemy."

The gray halo suddenly expanded, wrapping around the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife like a tidal wave.

Upon touching the gray light, the blade began to tremble violently, and waves of sharp, resentful shrieks rose and fell.

The sound made Long Yaochen, standing to the side, feel dizzy, and golden light began to flicker in his eyes.

His divinity seemed to have encountered something that attracted it immensely, and it was eager to break through its suppression to seek out the source of the sound.

"Child, release the suppression and lend me the divinity!" Electrolux's voice rang out at this critical moment.

He had previously exhausted too much power suppressing the divinity, and now he was struggling to even handle a single carving knife.

Fortunately, the divinity that was once considered a nuisance could now be put to great use.

Hearing Electrolux's words, Long Yaochen did not hesitate in the slightest and released the divinity.

In an instant, the sky of his spiritual sea seemed to brighten.

Golden light began to spread rapidly from the distance, surging forward with ferocious momentum.

Seeing this, Electrolux, clutching the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, charged straight into the tide of divinity.

The once-ferocious divinity acted as if it had encountered a mortal enemy.

Ignoring its own expansion, it poured headlong toward the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

"Suppress!"

Accompanied by Electrolux's majestic voice, the aura of death and the divinity—one gray, one gold—pressed in from both ends of the carving knife simultaneously.

Wisps of black-gray mist were forcibly expelled, rapidly dissolving within the gray-gold radiance.

In less than half an incense stick of time, the last trace of evil energy had completely dissipated.

The carving knife, once cold and vicious, finally revealed a warm, jade-like aura of life.

Before the divinity could react, Electrolux's mass of gray light instantly drew the Life Gold into his body and hurriedly spoke:

"Now!"

Hearing Electrolux's reminder, Long Yaochen began to cooperate, suppressing the divinity back bit by bit.

A moment later, the spiritual sea returned to its original state.

Long Yaochen was once again gasping for air, completely exhausted.

"Hoo—!"

Electrolux, having drawn the Life Gold into his body, let out a long sigh of relief instead.

The gray light, which had been so dim it was nearly transparent, finally began to solidify bit by bit.

As it swayed slightly, it gradually transformed into the aged figure of an old man in gray robes with a white beard and a weathered, majestic face.

"Elder Electrolux, how do you feel?" Long Yaochen asked once he had caught his breath.

"It is... truly wonderful. This power of life is very important to me. Thank you, child."

A trace of a smile actually appeared on Electrolux's face.

"Don't mention it, we're just helping each other out." Long Yaochen shook his head, brushing off the gratitude, and said in a calm voice, "You can just call me Xiao Chen from now on."

"Your name reminds me of an old friend..." A look of reminiscence flickered in Electrolux's eyes.

That look vanished in an instant, and he continued, "Now is not the time for this."

"Xiao Chen, I didn't get to finish what I was saying last time."

"If you rashly complete your martial soul now, only one path awaits you."

"You will be torn to shreds by the complete divinity."

The smile on Long Yaochen's face faded bit by bit.

He had originally thought that finding the carving knife would lead to a way to save his life.

But the current result had dealt him a heavy blow.