Everyone ate their fill and wiped their mouths clean before heading back to Dormitory Seven in a grand procession.
The work-study students walked with light, brisk steps. Wang Sheng led the way, his back held straight as an arrow, letting out an occasional satisfied burp.
In the past, they would have walked this path with their heads hung low, but today was completely different. Their new boss had performed that legendary sliding kneel in the cafeteria, instantly bringing the troublemakers from the higher grades to heel. Who would dare to cross them now?
Upon reaching the entrance of Dormitory Seven, Wang Sheng diligently pushed the door open for Su Chen and gestured for him to enter.
"Boss, after you."
Su Chen nodded with satisfaction. The kid had a good eye for the situation; he had potential.
Back in the dormitory, most of the work-study students began to sit cross-legged and meditate to cultivate.
They understood the law of the jungle better than anyone. Their boss could protect them today, but in the end, they had to possess their own strength for tomorrow.
Su Chen, however, sprawled out on his bed, closing his eyes to rest.
Cultivation was impossible; he would never cultivate in this lifetime.
Night fell.
Tang San's bed in the corner remained empty, showing no signs of life.
Wang Sheng and the others didn't even spare it a glance.
In their eyes, the guy who had apprenticed himself to that fraud Yu Xiaogang and was forced to perform a public sliding kneel by their new boss had long since become a complete joke.
On the other side, Xiao Wu looked at Su Chen's spacious bed and bit her red lip.
After her identity was exposed, she felt a strange sense of resignation, as if she had nothing left to lose.
Recalling the scene in the cafeteria, she still felt a lingering fear. Although she had bitten Su Chen in a fit of rage, the terror of her identity being revealed still haunted her.
Yet, aside from his sharp tongue, Su Chen didn't seem to have any intention of killing her to take her spirit bone.
After weighing her options repeatedly, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth.
The first rule of survival for a hundred-thousand-year-old hooligan rabbit: if you can't beat them, join them.
Once she grew stronger, she would ruthlessly suppress this little brat.
Since she had no bedding, Xiao Wu did exactly as she had in the original story: she used her hands and feet to shove her empty bed frame right up against Su Chen's, pushing them together until they were seamless.
"What are you doing?" Su Chen raised an eyebrow at her.
Xiao Wu pointed to her empty bed frame, which didn't even have a straw mat, and said with an air of entitlement, "I don't have a quilt! It's so cold at night; if I catch a cold, how am I supposed to serve you, Boss? How am I supposed to pour your tea, fetch your water, or make your bed?"
She said this without a hint of shame or a change in her expression.
Su Chen's ice-silk quilt was far too large for one person to use alone.
She wasn't willing to lower herself to beg Su Chen to buy her a quilt, so she simply decided to mooch off him.
Most importantly, staying by this mysterious little brat's side meant she could borrow his influence to avoid that Title Douluo who was watching from the shadows.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
Seeing that Su Chen didn't voice a refusal, Xiao Wu immediately scrambled onto the bed with nimble movements and pulled out a small pink bundle—all of her worldly possessions.
Thwack.
She placed the small bundle squarely on the center line where the two beds met.
"There, that's the dividing line."
Xiao Wu set her delicate face, held up a fair, slender finger, and solemnly drew an invisible boundary.
"You sleep on that side, I sleep on this side. Whoever crosses the line..."
She paused intentionally, showing her two cute little rabbit teeth, and warned him fiercely.
"...is a puppy!"
Su Chen almost laughed out loud.
She was a rabbit, yet she insisted on being a dog; this cross-species oath was truly something else.
He turned on his side, too lazy to bother with this drama-queen rabbit.
A hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit spirit transformed into a human—back in his previous world, she would have been a top-tier femme fatale.
Even if she hadn't fully matured yet, she was still a budding beauty.
When it came to aesthetics, he followed his heart; as long as she was pretty, what did a little bit of bed space matter?
With all his predecessors as role models, what did he have to fear?
After all, his predecessors had played with snakes, foxes, and even ghosts, each one more creative and shocking than the last.
As a successor of the new era, playing with a rabbit—and perhaps going to play with that Blue Silver Emperor later on—shouldn't be a problem at all.
Thinking of A Yin's identity, a wave of mischievous delight welled up in Su Chen's heart.
When the time came, what would that little loser call him?
Heh heh heh!!
Hearing Su Chen's terrifying cackle, Xiao Wu couldn't help but shiver.
How could this damn brat smile so wickedly?
With his back to Xiao Wu, Su Chen opened his system panel.
[Host: Su Chen] [Spirit Power Level: 11] [Spirit Skill: First Spirit Skill: 100% Barehanded Blade Catch (Unlocked)] [Abstract Value: 798]
The data was very intuitive. Su Chen opened the system shop, and rows of item lists cascaded down like a waterfall.
[Spirit Power Level +1: 500 Abstract Value (Spirit Master stage)] [Random Spirit Bone: 100 Abstract Value (Randomly unlocks a body part; requires additional Abstract Value to increase age)] [Ruler of Douluo Planet: 10 billion Abstract Value] [God King Divinity Inheritance: 1 billion Abstract Value] [First-Class God Divinity Inheritance: 500 million Abstract Value] ... [Spirit Ring Age Increase Card: 10 Abstract Value, increases spirit ring age by 100 years]
Su Chen decisively closed the shop interface.
With only a few hundred points of Abstract Value on hand, he could at most sweep up some cheap goods in the miscellaneous section.
Spend five hundred points to level up his spirit power? He would have to be out of his mind to do that.
Douluo Planet was known as the sewer of fantasy, with combat power that was ridiculously low.
And rule-based spirit skills were all about playing dirty.
No matter how high the opponent's spirit power was, as long as they drew their sword, they would have to obediently kneel down and catch it.
Whether he leveled up or not didn't affect his strength at all. Saving his Abstract Value to exchange for something more entertaining was the real priority.
Calculating the time, Tang San was likely preparing to follow Yu Xiaogang to the Hunting Forest to obtain his first spirit ring.
Su Chen rolled over on the bed, pillowing his head with his hands, and pondered the fun to come.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Eight Spider Lances—these good things, that little brat wouldn't even have the right to smell them in the future.
However, just intercepting opportunities was too monotonous; he needed to add some bricks and mortar to Tang San's path of growth.
Su Chen reopened the shop and rummaged through the miscellaneous section in the corner. Soon, one item caught his eye.
[Snake Star Grass: 1 Abstract Value. Effect: Emits a special scent that has a fatal attraction to snake-type spirit beasts. Duration: Four days.]
Su Chen's eyes lit up. This thing was practically tailor-made for that little brat.
Deducting one point of Abstract Value, a dark green blade of dried grass appeared out of thin air in his palm. The edges of the grass were lined with fine serrations, emitting a fishy, sweet scent.
"Off you go." Su Chen snapped his fingers and spent another point of Abstract Value to activate a targeted teleportation.
Target: Tang San's spirit tool.
At the same time.
Inside Yu Xiaogang's dormitory.
Tang San was happily wiping the hidden weapons he had crafted, stuffing them one by one into his belt.
This belt, inlaid with twenty-four pieces of jade, was a welcoming gift from Yu Xiaogang.
He had specifically given it an elegant name: Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night.
With these hidden weapons as his trump card, combined with his teacher's peerless and invincible theories, this trip to the Hunting Forest would absolutely be foolproof!
Once he returned from the hunt, it would be the day that evil brat Su Chen paid the price!
The humiliation of being forced to kneel in public was a debt he would repay a hundredfold.
However, Tang San, immersed in his sweet dreams, had no idea.
Deep within that spirit tool he was so proud of, a stalk of Snake Star Grass, exuding a lethal aura, was quietly paving a "broad road" to hell for him and Yu Xiaogang!
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