"Hello? Hello?"
"...Senior, sorry for the trouble, but could you assign a dorm room to the new sponsored student?"
"His name is Lu Feiming."
"Yes, put him in my room... Thanks, thanks."
The call ended.
"Zang Ling, go to the Ninefold Nether and make arrangements for the ruins of a village. Here's what happened..."
"Thanks for the effort."
The call ended.
"Your Highness, when are you going to Yanmen?"
"Too busy? All right, let me know when you have time. Also, I've taken in a new student from the Ninefold Nether. He's studying at Luofu. Could you help arrange his enrollment records and everything?"
"Yes, the Kunhong Group over in the Ninefold Nether. Not many people there can read, so they've started an education program."
"Yes, exactly."
"All right. Thank you, Your Highness."
The call ended.
Xu Yuan let out a long breath and rubbed his temples.
If saving the world only took a few phone calls, he could live with that.
He walked back and stopped beside Lu Feiming.
"What are you thinking about?"
Xu Yuan asked.
"I forgot a lot after my cultivation went awry last time. I wanted to ask whether I ever told you about it before," Lu Feiming said.
"Told me about what? Your past?" Xu Yuan asked.
"Yes," Lu Feiming said.
"Your village was in the Ninefold Nether. Disaster struck without warning. Your parents died in an attack by the Nine-Tailed Fox, and you were the only survivor."
"You told me the whole village joined forces to Seal the Monster inside you."
"That's why you're much stronger than most people."
"Later..."
"When the Lord of Gui Xu died, he said something famous."
"What did he say?" Lu Feiming asked.
"Go study in the Mortal Realm. It holds the most precious treasure in the world: