Chapter Summaries

Yu Bu'e left class to meet Wang Chi and Tan Qin, collect the Demon Beast carcass, and carry it onto campus to show off. He drew a crowd at Yucheng No. 1 High School, while Luo Feixuan discovered pink envelopes in his textbook.

• Chen Sinian told Xu Hu that Yu Bu'e's Meridian-Opening Pill had been worth nine hundred thousand, leaving Xu Hu shaken.
• Luo Feixuan borrowed Yu Bu'e's language textbook and learned that he had reached the Qi Refining Realm; Yu Bu'e rushed away when Wang Chi called, and pink envelopes fell from his book as she browsed it.
• Wang Chi and Tan Qin showed Yu Bu'e the Demon Beast carcass in their van, and he carried it toward the school gate, telling them he wanted to show off.
• The security guard questioned Yu Bu'e about bringing the carcass onto campus, but Yu Bu'e found no rule against it and walked past him.
• Yu Bu'e arrived outside the classroom building with the carcass on his shoulder, and Wu Yang and the other students gathered in shock as Yu Bu'e said he had killed it.

Yu Bu'e showed off a demon beast’s corpse at school, while Luo Feixuan asked Chen Sinian to conceal the Meridian-Opening Pill’s connection to him from Chen Jiliao. After Yu Bu'e dismissed Chen Sinian’s warning to stay away from Luo Feixuan, they discussed their relationship and she offered to find him a cultivation art.

• Yu Bu'e carried a demon beast’s corpse around school, charged students to take photos with it, and told Luo Feixuan he was showing off.
• Luo Feixuan asked Chen Sinian not to tell Chen Jiliao about the Meridian-Opening Pill or Yu Bu'e, and Chen Sinian refused to reveal where the pill came from when Chen Jiliao called.
• Chen Sinian warned Yu Bu'e that Luo Feixuan would bring him trouble and danger, but Yu Bu'e said he was not scared and liked making people jealous.
• Yu Bu'e told Luo Feixuan that Chen Sinian might like her, and she explained that Chen Sinian was her younger cousin and that she used her mother's surname.
• Yu Bu'e asked Luo Feixuan to help him find a martial art for the qi refining realm, and she offered to help if he did not plan to enter the Martial Arts Academy.

Luo Feixuan explained the Martial Arts Academy’s qi-drawing requirements and invited Yu Bu'e to an auction for body-tempering martial arts. After paying him one million yuan for a Meridian-Opening Pill, she revealed she did not want to involve him in her plans against Chen Qiao and Chen Jiliao.

• Luo Feixuan told Yu Bu'e that studying another qi-drawing art would bar him from the Martial Arts Academy and suggested they attend the Brilliant Star Pavilion auction for a body-tempering martial art.
• Yu Bu'e gave Luo Feixuan another Meridian-Opening Pill, and she paid him one million yuan through WealthPay in front of their classmates.
• Luo Feixuan urged Yu Bu'e to prepare for the Academy’s assessment and asked how much it would cost per month to keep him, making him blush and flee.
• Luo Feixuan told her driver she would not yet give the pill to Mr. Chen and had not asked Yu Bu'e to stop selling pills to others because she did not want to drag him into her plan.

Yu Bu'e revealed that he had entered the Qi Refining Realm, impressing his classmates and teacher, Bai Qingqu, who advised him about martial arts training and explained the Martial Arts Academy's restrictions. When Yu Bu'e asked about the Brilliant Star Pavilion, Bai Qingqu warned him to stay away.

• Yu Bu'e teased his classmates about being kept by a campus beauty, then found his love letters creased in the book he had lent Luo Feixuan.
• During martial arts class, Yu Bu'e asked Bai Qingqu whether the Meridian-Opening Fist helped in the Qi Refining Realm, prompting Bai to realize Yu Bu'e had advanced.
• Yu Bu'e confirmed his breakthrough, surprising his classmates and earning Bai Qingqu's praise.
• Bai Qingqu advised Yu Bu'e to avoid other Qi-Guiding Martial Arts, seek Body Tempering Martial Arts, and use medicinal baths in moderation.
• Yu Bu'e asked why the Martial Arts Academy prohibited students from learning other Qi-Guiding Martial Arts, and Bai Qingqu explained the danger of conflicting methods.
• Yu Bu'e asked about the Brilliant Star Pavilion, and Bai Qingqu warned him to stay away.

Yu Bu'e enjoyed the attention after entering the Qi Refining Realm, then outshone Cheng Ruxin by identifying the demon beast he had brought to school. Cheng Ruxin was left irritated that he had paid for the corpse while Yu Bu'e got the praise.

• Bai Qingqu explained that the Brilliant Star Pavilion's auction was invitation-only, and Yu Bu'e hinted that he had sugar-mama support.
• Yu Bu'e's classmates congratulated him on reaching the Qi Refining Realm and asked when he would hold another Meridian-Opening Pill auction.
• Xu Hu's lackeys claimed he was nearly at the Qi Refining Realm, but Xu Hu denied it and left.
• Yu Bu'e and Wu Yang went to see Cheng Ruxin's smaller demon beast corpse on the sports field.
• Yu Bu'e identified the corpse as a Spotted Blaze and described its traits and weaknesses, earning the crowd's praise.
• Cheng Ruxin grew irritated that he had paid for the corpse while Yu Bu'e received the attention.

Chen Jiliao brought Tang Zhifeng a Meridian-Opening Pill, but Tang rejected it as the wrong pill and scolded him. After learning that Yu Bu'e had sold a pill to Chen Sinian and was close to Luo Feixuan, Chen Jiliao set out to confront Yu Bu'e.

• Luo Feixuan received word that Chen Jiliao had spent 1.4 million on a Meridian-Opening Pill and mocked his foolishness.
• Chen Jiliao gave Tang Zhifeng the pill, but Tang rejected it and warned that he would ask Chen Qiao whether he thought Tang could be fooled.
• Tang Zhifeng explained that he wanted a pill like the ones made for Little Zhao's son and Chen Zhu's family, which had small holes in them.
• Chen Jiliao ordered an investigation into Chen Sinian and Luo Feixuan, then learned Yu Bu'e had sold Chen Sinian a pill and was getting close to Luo Feixuan.
• Chen Jiliao changed clothes, grabbed his motorcycle helmet, and set off to find Yu Bu'e.

Yu Bu'e encountered Tao Wenye with a group of scooter punks outside Yucheng No. 1 High School when Chen Jiliao arrived and attacked them. Chen offered to buy Yu Bu'e's Meridian-Opening Pill, but Yu refused, and he left with Tao Wenye as Chen departed angrily.

• Yu Bu'e recognized Tao Wenye among the Motorcycle Gang, and Brother Feiji demanded protection money from him.
• Chen Jiliao arrived on an expensive motorcycle, struck Brother Feiji with his helmet, and kicked the redhead away when he attacked.
• Yu Bu'e stopped Chen from approaching Tao Wenye, and Chen introduced himself as Luo Feixuan's older brother.
• Chen offered Yu Bu'e one million and then one and a half million for his Meridian-Opening Pill, but Yu refused to sell it to him.
• Yu Bu'e pulled Tao Wenye away, while Chen insulted Yu and Luo Feixuan, threw cash onto Brother Feiji, and rode off.

After Yu Bu'e refused to sell Chen Jiliao a Meridian-Opening Pill, Luo Feixuan warned him that Chen Jiliao might retaliate and arranged protection for him. Chen Qiao ordered Chen Jiliao to obtain the pill by any means, then contacted someone through a secretive call.

• Yu Bu'e took Tao Wenye home, warned Aunt Xu to discipline him, and left after hearing Tao Wenye howl.
• Luo Feixuan warned Yu Bu'e that Chen Jiliao might come after him, then told Uncle Qing to watch Chen Jiliao and protect Yu Bu'e.
• Yu Bu'e saw that rumors about Chen Jiliao's one-and-a-half-million offer had increased his jealousy points, won three Meridian-Opening Pills, and decided to save his remaining points for a body-tempering technique.
• Chen Jiliao told Chen Qiao that Yu Bu'e had refused to sell him a pill and blamed Luo Feixuan, but Chen Qiao warned him to keep their goal secret and get the pill by any means.
• Chen Qiao read information about Yu Bu'e, decided he had given him a chance, and called someone using the passphrase, "Potato, potato, this is sweet potato..."

Brother Airplane vowed revenge on Chen Jiliao after learning the identity of the man who injured his gang, while Yu Bu'e learned that Gu Ming hoped to buy a Meridian-Opening Pill for his son and began planning a way to help him. The chapter ended with Song Ziyu giving Yu Bu'e homemade cookies and Luo Feixuan catching him admiring her qipao.

• Brother Airplane learned that Chen Jiliao was the Chen Group's young master and declared that the Motorcycle Gang would take revenge.
• Yu Bu'e learned that the class would visit Red Leaf Mountain and told Wu Yang he had plans with Luo Feixuan.
• Yu Bu'e overheard Gu Ming say he hoped to buy a Meridian-Opening Pill for his son, then recalled how Gu Ming had supported him through difficult years.
• Yu Bu'e discussed a plan with Luo Feixuan to help Gu Ming obtain a pill.
• Song Ziyu gave Yu Bu'e a tin of homemade cookies, and Luo Feixuan teased him after catching him looking at Song Ziyu in her qipao.

Luo Feixuan took Yu Bu'e to Elder Guan's old clinic to buy Body-Tempering Medicine, where the renowned doctor prepared two packets for him. Yu Bu'e was shocked when Elder Guan demanded a million for them.

• Luo Feixuan brought Yu Bu'e in a Bentley to a clinic in Fish City's old district.
• At the clinic, Luo Feixuan explained that Elder Guan was a skilled doctor and Pill Alchemist who could prepare Body-Tempering Medicine.
• Elder Guan examined Yu Bu'e's wrist, then gathered herbs by hand and prepared two packets of medicine.
• Elder Guan told Yu Bu'e to take one packet per use, ten days apart, and demanded a million.
• Yu Bu'e protested that the clinic was too shady for such a price, and Elder Guan told him to look at the darkness of his own face.

Yu Bu'e obtained rare medicinal herbs from Elder Guan with Luo Feixuan's help, while Luo Feixuan negotiated with her father, Chen Qiao, over company shares. After Yu Bu'e returned home, Tao Wenye warned him that someone might be inside, and an attacker charged at him.

• Elder Guan offered to trade for Yu Bu'e's Meridian-Opening Pills, but Yu Bu'e paid for the herbs instead.
• After Luo Feixuan and Yu Bu'e left, Elder Guan told Guan Jinchu that something was strange about Yu Bu'e's Spirit Meridian and warned her not to interfere.
• Luo Feixuan drove home after receiving a call, then negotiated with Chen Qiao over shares in exchange for a Meridian-Opening Pill.
• Yu Bu'e returned home, checked that the card in his doorway had not moved, and picked up a metal cookie tin.
• Tao Wenye warned Yu Bu'e that someone might be in his house, and Yu Bu'e spotted a figure behind him in the tin's reflection.
• The figure charged Yu Bu'e, who raised the tin to defend himself as a dagger pierced through it.

Yu Bu'e fought off an assassin who ambushed him in his apartment, using a hidden blade to turn the tables just as Uncle Qing arrived. The assassin collapsed after Yu Bu'e stabbed him in the neck, but he clutched a piece of Green Jade as he died.

• An unknown man attacked Yu Bu'e with a dagger, and Yu Bu'e dodged and fought back despite being wounded.
• Luo Feixuan realized Chen Qiao had distracted her to separate her from Yu Bu'e and sent Uncle Qing to check on him.
• Uncle Qing heard Yu Bu'e calling for help and rushed upstairs to break down the apartment door.
• The assassin drove Yu Bu'e against a wall and nearly stabbed him in the eye, but Yu Bu'e drew Evil-Slayer and stabbed the man in the neck.
• Yu Bu'e charged to finish off the assassin, who fell to the floor clutching a piece of Green Jade.

Yu Bu'e survived an assassin’s attack, and Uncle Qing revealed that the dead man belonged to the Shadowfeather Pavilion. Yu Bu'e learned how to use the assassin’s Green Jade token to store weapons, while Uncle Qing urged him to keep the token hidden as Luo Feixuan arrived.

• Yu Bu'e recovered from killing the assassin, and Uncle Qing reassured him while telling Luo Feixuan that the attacker was dead and Yu was injured but not seriously.
• Yu Bu'e examined the assassin’s Green Jade token, and Uncle Qing identified it as a Shadowfeather Pavilion membership token that stored metal items.
• Yu Bu'e discovered the assassin’s handgun and rare Kindling Bullets, then stored them and his Evil-Slayer blade inside the token.
• Uncle Qing told Yu Bu'e to hide the token and said he would claim responsibility for killing the assassin to protect him from the Shadowfeather Pavilion.
• Luo Feixuan arrived, and Uncle Qing went to contact the Law Enforcement Team while Yu Bu'e was told to tend to his injuries.

After surviving an assassin sent by Chen Jiliao, Yu Bu'e worried that the organization behind the attack might retaliate against Uncle Qing. Luo Feixuan brought him to her apartment to recover, where the two prepared to spend the night under the same roof.

• Luo Feixuan apologized to Yu Bu'e for drawing him into danger and suspected Chen Jiliao had hired the assassin through Shadowfeather Pavilion.
• Yu Bu'e received treatment and examinations at a private hospital, then fell asleep in the car beside Luo Feixuan.
• Luo Feixuan took Yu Bu'e to her apartment because he could not safely return home while the Law Enforcement Team remained there.
• Yu Bu'e found his belongings at the apartment, including a photo frame and his Body-Tempering Medicine, but discovered his clothes were missing.
• Luo Feixuan arranged for men's clothes to be brought over, and Yu Bu'e went to take a medicinal bath after learning she would stay in the apartment too.

Yu Bu'e endured Elder Guan's painful body-tempering medicinal bath under Luo Feixuan's guidance. When the bath ended, he discovered that his wounds had healed, and he considered the treatment money well spent.

• Luo Feixuan showed Yu Bu'e how to use the bathroom, and he added Elder Guan's medicine to the bathwater.
• Yu Bu'e soaked in the medicinal bath as it turned red and the burning pain intensified, while Luo Feixuan checked on him and teased him.
• Yu Bu'e tried to endure the pain by pretending it felt pleasurable, but Luo Feixuan overheard him and startled him by speaking outside the door.
• The bathwater turned black as heat coursed through Yu Bu'e's body, his wounds itched, and black blood seeped from his skin.
• When Luo Feixuan announced that time was up, Yu Bu'e washed and discovered that his wounds had healed.

After Yu Bu'e recovered from his injuries, Luo Feixuan sent him to school and he avoided revealing that he had stayed at her home. Once he arrived, Luo ordered someone to release information that would pressure Chen Jiliao and affect the Chen Group's share price.

• Yu Bu'e finished tempering his body, cleaned up, and shared breakfast with Luo Feixuan, who gave him a new phone.
• Luo Feixuan arranged for her driver to take Yu Bu'e to school and said she would pick him up afterward.
• Yu Bu'e told Wu Yang and their classmates that Luo Feixuan's driver had merely given him a ride, protecting her reputation by concealing his stay at her home.
• Wu Yang noticed faint red scratches on Yu Bu'e's clothes and questioned where he had spent the night.
• Luo Feixuan called an associate and ordered them to release the material she had prepared, accepting that it would also hurt the Chen Group's share price.

Yu Bu'e noticed that Luo Feixuan appeared to be behind the damaging news about Chen Jiliao, while classmates speculated about his relationship with her and Song Ziyu offered to bake him more cookies. The chapter ended with Luo Feixuan leaving to pick Yu Bu'e up after school in the rain.

• News about Chen Jiliao's suspected hit-and-run spread rapidly, overwhelming Chen Qiao and the Chen Group's PR department as the stock price fell.
• Yu Bu'e suspected Luo Feixuan had exposed Chen Jiliao after an assassin attacked him the previous night.
• Wu Yang asked Yu Bu'e about his relationship with Luo Feixuan and her special spirit meridian, but Yu Bu'e said he did not know what kind it was.
• Song Ziyu asked Yu Bu'e about her cookies, and he thanked her, explaining that they had helped save his life during the assassin's attack.
• Luo Feixuan told Sister Qiu that she had released the material to warn Chen Jiliao and keep him and his father occupied, then left to pick Yu Bu'e up after school because it was raining.

In the rain, Luo Feixuan came to pick up Yu Bu'e in a qipao, drawing the attention of the students and leaving Song Ziyu feeling outmatched. Yu Bu'e and Luo Feixuan headed home together beneath her too-small umbrella, while Song Ziyu stayed behind.

• Cheng Ruxin reveled in the downpour, and Wu Yang and Yu Bu'e ran out into the rain with their jackets over their heads.
• Song Ziyu hurried after Yu Bu'e with an umbrella, but he had already gone, so she returned to the classroom building.
• Luo Feixuan met Yu Bu'e beneath her oil-paper umbrella, linked arms with him, and walked him toward the school gates.
• Luo Feixuan asked Yu Bu'e whether she or Song Ziyu looked better in a qipao, and he said he could not compare them.
• Song Ziyu watched Luo Feixuan leave with Yu Bu'e and admitted to Qianqian that Luo Feixuan's beauty felt unfair.
• In the car, Yu Bu'e complained that Luo Feixuan's umbrella was too small, and she admitted she had chosen style over a larger umbrella.

Luo Feixuan brought Yu Bu'e to dinner with her friends after giving him new clothes, but the gathering turned awkward when she found Young Master Zhai there. The chapter ended as she questioned the seating arrangement.

• Luo Feixuan gave Yu Bu'e clothes and shoes, and he decided to accept her kindness.
• Luo Feixuan and Yu Bu'e got dressed and went to dinner after her friend invited them.
• At the restaurant, Luo Feixuan recognized Young Master Zhai among Tongtong's guests and reacted with disgust.
• Tongtong explained that Shiya had brought her boyfriend, whose best buddy was Young Master Zhai, and persuaded Luo Feixuan to stay.
• Luo Feixuan tried to sit with Yu Bu'e, then questioned what the seating arrangement meant.

At dinner with Luo Feixuan’s friends, Yu Bu'e endured Zhai Zhili’s classist taunts until Zhai insulted his dead parents, prompting Yu to slam Zhai’s face into the dishes. Yu remained calm as he enjoyed the expensive soup, while the others scrambled in alarm.

• Luo Feixuan rejected Zhai Zhili’s attempt to seat her beside him and introduced Yu Bu'e as her good friend.
• Zhai Zhili bragged about his wine and background, but Luo Feixuan exposed that he was an illegitimate son, and Yu Bu'e openly criticized the wine and ordered food.
• After Luo Feixuan and Song Tong left the room, Bai Shiya asked about Yu Bu'e’s family, and he said his parents were gone.
• Zhai Zhili mocked Yu Bu'e for having no parents, and Yu wished that Zhai’s parents would die early if Zhai truly envied him.
• Zhai Zhili called Yu a pet and insulted his dead parents, so Yu grabbed his hair and smashed his face into the dishes before finishing his soup.