Cooperating with Beibei

Following the sound, Lu Chen saw that Wang Dong had somehow already woken up. She had her back to him, both hands covering her eyes.

Lu Chen raised an eyebrow at the sight, lowered his gaze to glance at himself, and shrugged unconcernedly. "My clothes got dirty while cultivating last night, so I'm making do for now. Isn't it normal for guys to go shirtless in the dorm?"

He had simply rinsed off the impurities on his body, wiped himself down casually, and had not taken such a trivial matter to heart at all.

"Normal? What's normal about it?!" Wang Dong kept her back to him, her voice trembling with furious indignation. "You personally promised me yesterday! You went back on your word, you shameless bastard!"

"Then call me shameless. Talk to me again when you can beat me."

Lu Chen laughed heartily, not taking it seriously in the slightest.

He had no time to argue with Wang Dong about dorm rules right now.

Lu Chen casually pulled out a clean set of clothes from his Space Ring and put them on, his movements swift and decisive.

"Besides, promises are meant to be broken."

"I'm heading out. Go back to sleep."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dorm door clicked softly, and Lu Chen had already pushed it open and left.

The room fell silent in an instant.

Wang Dong remained stiff for quite a while before she finally dared to slowly turn around.

Staring at the tightly shut door, Wang Dong's cheeks burned fiercely. She bit her lip, stomped her foot hard, and muttered resentfully, "Bastard, rogue, shameless... He's bullying me just because he's stronger than I am."

Promises were meant to be broken? Then what had all that cleaning she did yesterday been for?!

Yet for some reason, the fleeting glimpse from earlier refused to leave her mind. It threw Wang Dong's heart into disarray, leaving her too restless even to fall back asleep.

Meanwhile, after leaving the dorm, Lu Chen went straight to find Beibei and dragged him out of his room.

The two arrived at the school cafeteria and sat down.

Beibei lay sprawled over a table by the window, his head resting on his arms, his eyelids drooping heavily with sleep.

"Ah... Go on, what did you need me for this early? Don't tell me you finally grew a conscience and came to pay me back." Beibei did not even lift his head as he mumbled vaguely, letting out a long yawn that brought a glimmer of moisture to the corners of his eyes.

"When have I ever had money to pay you back? I've got something good to show you."

Lu Chen did not beat around the bush. He lightly brushed his fingertip across his Storage Ring, and two jade-green pills landed steadily on the table.

The pills were round and plump, their surfaces surrounded by a faint watery glow, as though wrapped in scattered morning dew. A crisp, gentle herbal fragrance slowly spread through the air.

The instant the medicinal scent entered his nose, Beibei shuddered, and his drowsiness vanished completely.

Beibei abruptly raised his head, his gaze snapping onto the two pills. He leaned forward, his fingers hovering above them without daring to touch them lightly.

"The medicinal power is contained without leaking, the pill fragrance is pure without being murky, and their condition is so perfect. What pills are these? Where did you get them?"

Beibei's voice carried obvious astonishment.

The junior who had been penniless upon enrollment had somehow acquired two high-grade pills in the blink of an eye.

"Senior Beibei has sharp eyes."

"These are Qinglan Cleansing Marrow Pills."

Lu Chen lightly tapped the tabletop with his finger, his tone as calm as if he were discussing some ordinary matter. "They can cleanse the meridians and bones, permanently widen the Soul Power channels, and increase Soul Power circulation speed by thirty percent."

"Spirit Masters below rank thirty can gain one to two ranks of Soul Power by taking one. Spirit Zuns between rank thirty and forty will steadily gain one rank of Soul Power, with no side effects whatsoever."

"However, each person can only take one in their lifetime."

"They can raise Soul Power rank, cleanse the body, and even increase Soul Power circulation speed!"

Beibei sucked in a sharp breath and looked up at Lu Chen, his eyes filled with shock.

This was practically an enhanced combination of the Xuanxiu Pill and the Soul Ascension Pill!

Beibei instinctively pushed the two pills back, his expression solemn. "No, these are far too valuable. It was only six hundred Gold Soul Coins. There's no need to use something like this to repay it."

"Take the pills back. If you really want to repay me, wait until you have money later."

Lu Chen rolled his eyes. "Dream on. I never planned to pay back those six hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"This one is for the care you've shown Renxue and me during this time. You can take it yourself or give it to Senior Tang Ya. Do whatever you want with it."

Lu Chen paused, then tapped the remaining pill with his finger. "As for this one, I'd like to ask you to find a reliable way to sell it. You can decide the price. Just don't let me take too much of a loss. And try to keep it low-key—don't make a fuss."

"Sell it?"

Beibei froze for a moment, clearly not expecting Lu Chen to sell such a precious pill.

"Yeah. High-grade pills like this are too conspicuous. It's inconvenient for a new student like me to sell one myself. You have plenty of connections and reliable channels, so I can trust you with it."

He had planned it out long ago. From Yan Shaozhe's attitude toward Beibei yesterday, it was clear that Beibei had a powerful background.

Using Beibei's channels was a hundred times safer than selling it himself.

"If you're selling it, you might as well sell it to me."

Seeing that Lu Chen truly intended to sell the pill, Beibei immediately asked him to sell it to him instead.

Pills capable of increasing innate Soul Power had always been priceless and impossible to find. Even with money, one could not buy them.

Both his girlfriend Tang Ya and his junior disciple Huo Yuhao needed them.

"I won't take advantage of you. Similar pills on the market go for around fifteen thousand Gold Soul Coins, but yours have better effects and functions. How about eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins for one?"

Beibei continued.

At first glance, it seemed like he was taking a loss.

But in reality, even at eighty thousand per pill, he was making an enormous profit.

Compared to the six hundred Gold Soul Coins he had lent Lu Chen, it was not worth mentioning before this pill.

"Fine. Since Senior wants it, I'll sell it to Senior."

Lu Chen nodded in agreement.

A sale was a sale, no matter who bought it.

Besides, Beibei's offer had already exceeded his expectations.

"Take out your Soul Coin Card. I'll transfer it to you right now."

Beibei truly lived up to being the son of a wealthy family. To others, eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins was an astronomical sum, yet the moment they settled on the price, he was ready to transfer the money to Lu Chen.

"No rush. There's one more thing I need to trouble Senior Beibei with." Lu Chen added, "Help me get some low-grade Pill Recipes."

"You can give me the remaining money together with those later."

"Pill Recipes?!"

Beibei's pupils shrank slightly as he stared at Lu Chen, his voice rising several notches. "You can make pills too?!"

At that moment, Beibei looked at Lu Chen as though he were looking at a monster.

A twelve-year-old Spirit Zun with three purple Soul Rings, unfathomable movement techniques, and cooking skills beyond compare.

And now he could even make pills!

Just how many abilities was this guy hiding?

"I know a little. I wouldn't call myself proficient." Lu Chen spoke casually, his tone utterly indifferent. "With the recipes, I can definitely make low-grade pills. Their quality should also be better than what's on the market."

With his Intermediate Alchemy, making low-grade pills was more than easy. As long as he had the Pill Recipes and ingredients, he could produce them consistently.

Compared to the massive profits of occasionally selling a high-grade pill, selling low-grade pills in volume was the long-term plan—and far less likely to attract attention.

Beibei took a deep breath, suppressing his shock, and nodded. "Give me two days. I'll bring them to you."

He had a powerful inheritance, a solid foundation, outstanding cultivation talent, and even understood alchemy. Befriending someone like that brought nothing but benefits.

Beibei was now rather curious what kind of force could cultivate two freaks like Lu Chen and Qian Renxue.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior."

Lu Chen smiled. Having achieved his goal, he stood up to leave.

"It's no trouble. Just make sure to sell any high-grade pills to me first in the future."

Beibei waved a hand. Watching Lu Chen's departing back, he lowered his head again to look at the gentle Qinglan Marrow Cleansing Pill in his Storage Soul Guidance Device and could not help but smile bitterly.

Others saw him as a genius, but after meeting Lu Chen, he realized that he had merely been a frog at the bottom of a well.