Hope of Refueling a Benz!

School cafeteria.

Chu Lan and Dugu Yan searched everywhere for Ye Lingling.

He had made Ye Lingling angry.

Chu Lan thought that he should still apologize.

After all...

Ye Lingling was a pretty girl.

Before long.

Chu Lan met up with Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan asked, "Did you find her?"

Chu Lan shook his head, rubbing his chin as he guessed, "Could she be so angry that she's lost her appetite?"

Dugu Yan rolled her eyes at Chu Lan. "I'll check the dorm later."

"Sounds good..."

Chu Lan smiled. "Then I'll have to trouble you to apologize for me."

Dugu Yan huffed, secretly glancing at Chu Lan as she asked, "And how are you planning to repay me?"

Chu Lan pondered it. "I've decided... to go on a date with you..."

Dugu Yan was somewhat dumbfounded by that.

This...

Was Chu Lan repaying her, or was she repaying Chu Lan?

"Shameless!"

Dugu Yan left directly.

Chu Lan shrugged and followed after her without a care.

Only thick-skinned people had a future. Those who were too honest could not even find themselves a wife.

He would rather be a little shameless.

After pestering Dugu Yan into having lunch with him, the two parted ways at the cafeteria entrance.

Dugu Yan headed for the dormitory.

Chu Lan, meanwhile, went to the etiquette training grounds, intending to use up today's chance for Interdimensional Travel while he was at it.

Girls' dormitory.

Dugu Yan found Ye Lingling's dorm room with ease.

Knock, knock, knock!

Dugu Yan gently knocked on the door.

Inside the dormitory.

Ye Lingling stared expressionlessly at the Nine-Heart Begonia in her hand, loneliness hidden in her eyes.

Hearing the knock, she frowned slightly. After putting away the Nine-Heart Begonia, she rose to answer the door.

Creak!

Seeing that the person outside was actually Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling could not help but freeze.

"I came specially to apologize to you on behalf of that bastard Chu Lan."

Dugu Yan raised the lunchbox in her hand.

"You haven't had lunch yet, have you?"

"Eat it while it's hot."

Ye Lingling shook her head lightly. "Thank you, but I'm fine... Everything he said was true, and I'm not angry either."

Although Ye Lingling said that, Dugu Yan still saw the sorrow in her eyes.

"Actually... Chu Lan meant well too."

Dugu Yan said softly, "He knew about your situation and still said those things because he wanted to provoke you on purpose, hoping you could pull yourself out of your grief."

"Your family passed away to pass down the martial soul, but that wasn't your fault."

"On the contrary, you are their hope."

Damn it!

Why am I saying good things about Chu Lan?

Dugu Yan secretly fumed.

Wasn't this basically helping Chu Lan pursue Ye Lingling?

"Thank you..."

Ye Lingling felt much better.

"Eat quickly."

"If you don't, it'll get cold."

Dugu Yan handed over the lunchbox.

This time.

Ye Lingling did not refuse.

"I'll be going now. Bye-bye."

Dugu Yan smiled and waved.

Ye Lingling nodded gently.

Evening.

After finishing his training, Chu Lan began today's Interdimensional Travel.

"Let's go!"

[The Outcast World]

Wudang.

Inside a cave.

Several fire serpents suddenly rose in the dim space, illuminating the entire cavern.

Three old men sat atop a stone platform.

Opposite them stood another short old man.

A young man in a Daoist robe craned his neck to peer inside.

Chu Lan suddenly appeared behind him.

"What are you looking at?"

He instinctively surveyed the surroundings first. Only after confirming there was no danger did he begin searching for treasure.

"Holy crap!"

"Who the hell are you?!"

Wang Ye was startled by Chu Lan's sudden appearance.

"What did you say?"

Chu Lan froze for a moment, delight gradually appearing in his eyes.

Only people from the era he came from used that kind of slang!

Could it be...

Had he returned to his original time?

Or perhaps...

This time, he had traveled to a world similar to his original one?

"You..."

Wang Ye had just begun to speak.

However.

As soon as the five seconds were up, Chu Lan vanished right before his eyes without a trace.

"It's haunted! It's haunted!"

Wang Ye completely lost his composure.

What had just happened before his eyes was beyond his imagination!

"You there, get over here!"

On the stone platform.

The one sitting in the middle of the three old men merely beckoned, and Wang Ye was yanked over.

Before Wang Ye could react, he had been completely exposed before everyone.

"Good grief..."

Excitement gradually surfaced in Chu Lan's eyes.

This was his first time traveling to a world so close to his original one!

Finally...

He finally had the chance to refuel a Benz!

The system had already been repaired by over thirty percent. In at most another four years, it would be completely restored!

By then, he would no longer be limited to traveling for only five seconds!

He hated five seconds!

Chu Lan activated the magic of the Chicken Talisman and flew toward Heaven Dou City.

He practically did not live at the academy anymore.

Moonlight Pavilion!

Not only was the living environment better, but Tang Yuehua, a beauty capable of toppling kingdoms, was there to keep him company!

Tang Yuehua's charm was no small thing!

After all...

Tang Yuehua was someone even Emperor Xue Ye could not obtain despite his longing!

"If I can get the remaining eleven talismans, that would be perfect."

Chu Lan lightly ran his fingers over the sole Chicken Talisman on his belt. He had already reserved spots for the other eleven talismans as well.

He only needed the other eleven talismans to return to their places!

Once that happened, he should be able to swagger across this continent!

No!

Fly!

North of the Tiandou Empire.

Amid an unbroken range of mountains.

On a peak shrouded in wind and snow all year round lay the Clear Sky Sect, which had vanished from public view eight years ago.

Inside the council hall.

Sect Master Tang Xiao sat in the seat of honor, with five stone chairs arranged below him on either side.

Five elderly men sat in them.

Once everyone had arrived, Tang Xiao finally spoke. "Everyone, my little sister has not sent back any news for a year. I suspect something may have happened to her."

As soon as he said this, the five elders frowned.

The eldest among them, the Second Elder, stroked his beard and said, "Sect Master, you worry too much."

"Yuehua is clever and quick-witted, exceptionally intelligent, and adept at handling all matters."

"She is in Heaven Dou City, managing Moonlight Pavilion. She is close to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and maintains ties with the other nobles. With such intricate connections, who would attack her? Who would dare attack her?"

"Even Spirit Hall would not dare stir up trouble recklessly in Heaven Dou City. After all, Heaven Dou City is the imperial capital of the Tiandou Empire, and they would still have to consider the consequences."

"Besides..."

"Though our Clear Sky Sect has gone into seclusion, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Those outside who know her identity would still have to show our Clear Sky Sect some consideration."

The Second Elder's analysis was sound and well-founded.

The other four elders agreed wholeheartedly.

"I still have a bad feeling about this..."

Tang Xiao frowned deeply. "It has been a year, and not a single message has come back. That is far too abnormal."

"I intend to send an outer sect disciple down the mountain, concealing his identity, to make a trip to Moonlight Pavilion."

"To see what exactly is going on."