[Space Storage User] (Bonus Chapter! Please Keep Reading!)

"Something else?" Bai Fengxi came downstairs and ran right into Su Chen, who had turned back. She looked puzzled.

"Lend me some money..." Su Chen was somewhat embarrassed.

Bai Fengxi frowned slightly. "You're so capable. Didn't Jiang He give you any money?"

That "capable" sounded rather ambiguous. Su Chen was simple and direct. "Not enough."

"Uh, I don't have much either." Feeling the pain in her shoulder, Bai Fengxi's trust in Su Chen rose considerably.

She fumbled out a small blue-white cloth pouch. "I only have twenty or thirty on me..."

"Give it all to me." Su Chen held out his hand.

Bai Fengxi looked up at him. Back when she had interacted with Su Chen before, this guy hadn't been so shameless, had he?

"I'll pay you back." Su Chen took it naturally and turned to leave.

"Together with what the victim gave me last time, I can scrape together seventy or eighty..." Su Chen lowered his head and contacted Wei Zhigao, sending a message.

"I want to buy a Blood-Activating Potion."

Wei Zhigao replied quickly—"500 gold."

"I only have 70..."

"...500 is already the discounted price."

Su Chen came up with a compromise. "How about this? I won't take my nutrient solution this week or next week. Can you give me another discount?"

Under normal circumstances, the Molten Stone Training Method's proficiency rose slowly. If he wanted to quickly make up the requirements for advancement, he could only rely on external aids.

After a long while, Wei Zhigao finally replied. "...Just this once. I'll have someone deliver it to you."

"Old Wei really has the bearing of a teacher," Su Chen said with feeling.

Not long after he returned to the dormitory, the person sent by Wei Zhigao arrived in a hurry. He was a member of the academy's Internal Affairs Department, a man of few words who handled things strictly by the book—money in one hand, goods in the other.

After counting the gold coins, the man left with a speechless expression.

Su Chen downed the Blood-Activating Potion in one gulp. His body swelled with energy as he began training himself brutally.

The progress of the [Molten Stone Training Method] slowly rose. Under the stimulation of the Blood-Activating Potion and the assistance of [Scholar], it improved at a visible rate.

Early the next morning.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Su Chen's eyes snapped open. A note had been shoved beneath the door.

When he opened the door, all he saw was a fleeting figure disappearing around the stairwell corner.

"A note?" Su Chen looked down at it. After closing the door, he wrapped his hand in the Shadow-Hiding Garment, held his breath, and cautiously opened it. A line of tiny words was written on it—

"If you don't want Bai Fengxi's secret exposed, come find me behind Brightlight Building."

??

Su Chen froze. Bai Fengxi's secret—why threaten me instead of her?

"Brother Zhou, it has to be you, right?" Su Chen burned the note and continued training.

Since he had already started threatening him, Zhou Zong had to be the anxious one. Su Chen wasn't in any hurry anyway.

Besides, Old Bai didn't seem to care much about this matter either.

Two hours later, someone knocked again. There was another note, though the wording had changed this time—

"We can talk. It hasn't been easy for you to get this far. It's not worth throwing yourself away for someone else."

"Nutcase..." Su Chen couldn't be bothered to respond.

By late afternoon, Su Chen's body trembled. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and strands of molten-gold patterns began to spread across his crimson skin. His sweat evaporated into white mist, and the temperature of the entire room began to rise.

[Molten Stone Training Method—Proficient: 1%]

"Whoo, it finally worked..." Su Chen let out a long breath. The increase in proficiency brought an obvious change. The intensity of his training had suddenly risen, which also meant his class development efficiency had improved.

[Sky-Rending Warrior: 28%]

Su Chen clenched his fist, his mood soaring.

The advancement requirements had been fulfilled, and Sky-Rending Warrior's second ability appeared.

[Windstride (Passive): Move with the wind. The faster the wind, the higher your movement speed.]

"Move with the wind?" Su Chen mulled over the words. He walked to the window and opened it. The instant the breeze brushed over his body, that sensation of almost taking flight grew even stronger.

"I really want to dash out there..." Su Chen stared out the window, his legs itching to move.

The artificial light gradually turned earthy yellow and dimmed. Due to the recent special circumstances, few students wandered around the academy after six in the evening.

In the small woods behind Brightlight Building.

"Brother Zhou, that kid just won't come out. We've already slipped him three notes." Several men standing before Zhou Zong wore bitter smiles. "He must've guessed that nothing good would come from showing up here."

Zhou Zong's expression shifted as he said coldly, "That idiot Bai Fengxi. Su Chen doesn't care about her at all."

At the thought, he couldn't help touching the item in his chest pocket. He had gone through a lot of trouble to obtain it, originally intending to use it to get closer to Bai Fengxi. Yet this morning, he had received two straight "Get lost"s.

"That kid really has some moves. First, he latched onto Jiang He and got into Southwind Academy, then he hooked up with Bai Fengxi." The young men sighed repeatedly. "He's handsome, and he really does have..."

Before they could finish, they felt Zhou Zong's predatory gaze and immediately shut their mouths.

"Maybe our words were too subtle." Someone changed the subject. "Brother Zhou, should we make it more explicit?"

Zhou Zong frowned and waved his hand coldly. "Leave."

The few exchanged glances and departed one after another. He couldn't be bothered to waste words on them.

"A refugee. That identity could become a serious problem in the future. As long as I keep hold of it, Bai Fengxi will have a weakness from now on," Zhou Zong murmured in a low voice, his eyes glinting. His father was also one of the academy's vice principals, and he knew Bai Fengxi's identity seemed far from simple.

His expression gradually turned ruthless. "Su Chen, I refuse to believe..."

Before he could finish, a familiar, agonizing pain suddenly struck the back of his head. His vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

"Who?" A pair of eyes in the distance instantly narrowed, staring intently at the target lying on the ground.

This was a target he had carefully chosen. His background was extraordinary, and the item had already been hidden on him. He had originally planned to get away today.

But by late afternoon, this guy had quietly come to this remote area. Several Inspection Guards had even come over to question him, only to be driven away by the man.

He had no idea what the man intended to do. To avoid any accidents, he could only follow from afar.

Yet he had just watched someone knock the man out cold. From the shadows, a blurry silhouette gradually emerged.

"Are my injuries really that severe? I didn't even notice when he got close." His face darkened as he touched his chest, where a faint pain lingered.

"Little brother..." Su Chen arrived riding the wind and stared at Zhou Zong on the ground. "Don't disappoint me."

He had not originally intended to come, but then he thought of the gains from the last time he had looted him. With the mindset of taking a swing whether there were dates to hit or not, he had come here.

Sky-Rending Warrior really was impressive. His speed had increased two or threefold, and together with the Shadow-Hiding Garment, he could come and go without a trace.

Still, Su Chen moved quickly as he expertly looted him.

"Hm?" He looked in surprise at the four potion vials in his hand—two red, two blue.

He was quite familiar with the red ones. They were crimson like blood, Blood-Activating Potions.

"Revitalizing Potions? How did he get his hands on these?" Su Chen recalled that they stimulated mental activity. They were even more expensive than Blood-Activating Potions, costing seven hundred gold per bottle even after a discount.

"I'll pocket them first..." Su Chen stuffed the items into his chest pocket.

He then skillfully stripped off Zhou Zong's clothes. But as he bundled them up, he suddenly felt that something was off.

"Why does this clothing feel..." Su Chen rubbed the clothes in his hands. When he had folded them just now, he had clearly felt something unusual.

He quickly found the spot. There seemed to be something inside the right abdomen area of the garment's inner layer.

"Hidden this deeply, it must be something good." Su Chen grew interested and carefully opened it up. Inside was a palm-sized, cicada-wing-thin... metal sheet?

It felt warm and smooth to the touch. Rows of intricate symbols were engraved upon it, constantly jumping and shifting. Su Chen felt dizzy after only one glance.

But the panel reacted—

[Special class discovered—Space Storage User. Can be acquired after completing the class requirements.]

[Class requirement one: One Spatially Precipitated Crystal.]

[Class requirement two: Pass through a spatial rift.]

[Class requirement three: Possess at least a top-tier second-rank mental-type class.]