Cohabitation

A small island stood in the middle of a vast lake, its flowers and grass lush and flourishing in vibrant competition.

At that moment, a crisp yet angry voice came from the cottage on the island. "Aah, that Ye Yun is so annoying!"

After a brief silence inside, a gentle female laugh rang out. "The Spirit Ranking is meant for new students anyway."

"Since you've been pushed off it, why not focus on climbing the Sky Ranking?"

"But he went too far! A new student who just arrived at Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy is already this arrogant!"

The cottage door was flung open, and a pretty young girl stormed out in a huff.

She wore a pale yellow dress, her dark hair tied into a ponytail. Every movement she made brimmed with youthful energy.

The girl rushed out of the cottage, her delicate body turning into a streak of rainbow light as she shot away and quickly vanished into the distance.

After she left, a graceful figure slowly emerged from the cottage.

Her dark hair cascaded down like ink, while her delicate oval face was as fair as snow. Her willow-like brows curved gently, giving her an elegant and mild temperament.

At that moment, she gazed helplessly in the direction the girl had left.

Meanwhile, in the new student dormitories on the other side.

Smooth silver hair fell like a waterfall, resting lightly against her slim, delicate waist.

On that exquisite, beautiful little face,

those glass-like eyes that remained unruffled even before Supremes now resembled a deep pool disturbed by a stone, ripples quietly spreading outward.

"Yun?" Luo Li's slender fingers instantly clenched.

A rare tremor entered her voice—an indication that her emotions were beginning to slip out of control.

She had always been indifferent toward people and matters she did not care about, but the person before her was clearly someone she held close to her heart.

Her lips curved slightly upward.

Her heart, usually calm and still, now blossomed like a parasol tree flower, tiny fragments of joy gradually spreading through it.

Futu Yun wrapped an arm around her slender waist, buried his face in her soft hair, and took a deep breath before murmuring,

"Luo Li, I've finally seen you again."

In truth, it was a lie.

Although Western Heavens Continent was far away, it was not beyond Futu Yun's reach.

The key was that his feelings for Luo Li were far less profound than Mu Chen's and Luo Li's in the original story.

At the very least, his affection for Luo Li had not reached that extent.

Even now, he was merely going through the plot.

Still, the image of the young man holding the girl resembled a tranquil and beautiful painting.

Everyone who saw it could not help but twitch at the corners of their mouths.

Although they had not interacted much with Luo Li, they knew how difficult it was to approach this girl who stood at the pinnacle of the Spirit Road.

She had always maintained a subtle distance from those around her.

Her clear eyes were not exactly cold, yet they always made it impossible for others to truly draw close.

They had never heard of this proud daughter of heaven, pursued by countless geniuses, being even slightly intimate with any man.

Much less being held in someone's arms as she was now.

Many looked at Futu Yun with complicated expressions, their eyes filled with the purest jealousy of men.

A girl as outstanding as Luo Li had originally been someone they could only admire from afar.

Yet now, she was in his arms, allowing him alone to enjoy her soft warmth and fragrance.

However, most of that jealousy stemmed from the fact that Futu Yun had acted in the Spirit Road solely under the name "Ye Yun."

He had not revealed his identity as the young clan leader of the Pagoda Ancient Clan.

Otherwise, they probably would not even have the right to feel jealous.

When the gap was not too great, one might still think of catching up.

But if he soared into the sky, riding the clouds into the nine heavens and crossing ninety thousand miles with a flap of his wings,

then everyone else could only look up in silence, unable to utter another word.

Futu Yun's starting point had always been a height countless people would not dare dream of reaching.

"You've already entered the Fusion Heaven Realm, haven't you?" Futu Yun asked Luo Li.

Luo Li nodded lightly. "Then you need to catch up quickly, or I'll leave you behind."

"Even if I'm left behind, I can still spank your little butt," Futu Yun teased.

"Pervert." Luo Li rolled her eyes at him. A faint blush spread across her exquisite cheeks as she glared at Futu Yun in embarrassment and annoyance.

If anyone else had dared speak to her so frivolously, she would have drawn her sword and run them through long ago.

But before this person, she ultimately could not bring herself to do it.

Students of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy were granted tremendous freedom and were completely unrestricted by their instructors.

Generally speaking, instructors rarely limited their students' movements.

After all, many students here were even stronger than their instructors.

Thus, instructors served more as guides than direct teachers.

Of course, that did not mean Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy lacked famous teachers.

It was simply that those top instructors were first-rate experts even across the entire Northern Heavens Continent.

To receive their guidance, one had to pay a high price in Spiritual Value.

The new students obviously could not afford such a price at this time, and even Luo Li, the top new student, was no exception.

Futu Yun, however, was not short on money. He controlled the income of the entire Thunder Realm.

Yet he suddenly leaned closer to Luo Li and laughed softly. "How about we live together?"

Luo Li froze at the sudden suggestion. Then her pretty face flushed slightly as she glared at him in shy irritation.

No matter how unconcerned she was about other matters, she was still a young girl. How could she move in with a boy right after arriving?

Back on the Spirit Road, circumstances had forced them to use the sky as their blanket and the earth as their bed. Naturally, they could not be so casual now.

So she bit her red lip and turned her face away, pretending the matter had nothing to do with Futu Yun.

Futu Yun swept his gaze below. After looking around, his eyes settled on a small pavilion beside a clear lake.

Before the girl could resist, he grabbed her slender hand and descended toward the pavilion.

After landing in front of it, Luo Li pulled free from his grasp with a blushing face, her glass-like eyes filled with shyness.

"Hehe." Futu Yun said solemnly, "Living together makes it easier to look after each other, and it saves Spiritual Value too."

"We've only just arrived at Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. We should be more frugal."

Luo Li shot him an annoyed look—this excuse was far too unconvincing.

She still had around ten thousand Spiritual Value on hand, enough to live here for half a year.

Besides, Futu Yun had entered the academy before her, so he was surely well supplied with Spiritual Value too.

"Don't push your luck any further!" Luo Li warned without much confidence before pushing open the door and walking in.

The small pavilion had two floors and looked especially neat.

After looking it over, Luo Li was quite satisfied. The two-story layout, in particular, made her secretly let out a sigh of relief.

"I'll live upstairs from now on, and you'll live downstairs."

This time, Futu Yun obediently nodded, not daring to provoke the girl further while she was still embarrassed and annoyed over "living together."

After wandering around for a while, he returned to his own room.

The bed inside had already been prepared. The treatment for a Class A room was indeed quite good.

Lying on the bed, an indescribable feeling rose in his heart—at last, the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy storyline was about to begin.

Just then, a crisp female shout, wrapped in spiritual energy, resounded through the sky.

"Ye Yun, get out here for this young lady!"

Given Su Ling'er's influence in Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy,

along with her sister's reputation, the forces she could mobilize were far beyond those available to a new student.

But although the girl was somewhat spoiled and willful, she disdained doing something like blocking a new student's path.

It was simply that she was proud and had never gotten over being ruthlessly kicked off the Spirit Ranking by a new student.

This was the first time in all these years that she had encountered a man who dared treat her like that.