[Radiant Heavenly Sun] · Li Yelan

Inside the room, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted from it...

Lin Qi gazed at Lü Yuan's fingertip. Without having to think, she knew it contained the good medicine she normally couldn't afford, the kind that cost hundreds of Spirit Stone Vouchers a dose.

And it was much purer than usual!

Her throat moved.

But unlike two months ago, when she had first started doing this and had been ill at ease, she now leaned in without the slightest psychological burden.

"How did Wang Yan do on his school exams... His rate of progress can't be slower than yours, can it?"

Lü Yuan looked down at Lin Qi, who was leaning in with her head at his waist, and casually asked how Wang Yan had been doing.

"Mm... pretty well, I guess. Um... he took first place in the first-grade monthly exam at Third Technical Primary School this month. He seems to be progressing even faster than me-"

"Phew... Was that really his own opportunity, ha... and not something you gave him?"

Lin Qi spoke indistinctly as she drew her head back.

But she didn't move away. Instead, she looked to see whether anything remained that she hadn't cleaned up.

"I told you long ago, I only lent him a little startup capital." Lü Yuan answered carelessly, then sat down.

Thinking about Wang Yan's situation, he felt more and more certain that there had to be an old grandpa at his side-

"Then, Great God Top-Grade Pseudo Spirit Root, could you give me a little startup capital too...?"

Lin Qi gazed at him longingly as she did every day, massaging his shoulders. "I can barely afford medicine anymore."

"The account's follower growth slowed down this month, and that ten percent cut of the ad fees is just barely enough for me to make my monthly payment."

"Anyway, the money in the account is nothing to you, sir, so how about raising my commission a little?"

As Lü Yuan ate some tomato and scrambled eggs, which tasted pretty good, he flicked her forehead with his free hand.

"Haven't I told you already? Giving you resources and loans directly would be bad for unity."

"Once I've met the one in the Bright Yang Tower and confirmed there's no risk, I'll give you and Wang Yan a way into the Dark Air Realm."

"Don't you know how profitable the Dark Air Realm is? I'll supply the goods, and you two can sell them. At the very least, you won't have to worry about Fetal Breathing Stage resources."

The Dark Air Realm-

Lin Qi rubbed her forehead and turned to take a sip of sweet congee. She was actually no stranger to the term.

After all, it really was the most direct way for primary and middle school students at the Fetal Breathing Stage to earn extra money.

In fact, pure air wasn't rare at all. It was sold on the official website.

Moreover, the higher one's cultivation at the Fetal Breathing Stage, the more one needed it for assistance.

On top of that, if Fetal Breathing Stage cultivators refined it themselves, the leisure time they wasted was far too precious.

So the market had kept expanding.

But why didn't everyone buy from the official source? Why had the Dark Air Realm come into being instead?

Because the official price of the stuff rose year after year. By now, legitimate air had sucked countless families dry.

After a few years, people had breathed away their houses, and their families had been breathed apart.

And those were the ones who had driftwood to keep them afloat. How could poor students afford to breathe legitimate air?

That was how the Dark Air Realm had originated.

But although the pirated air in the Dark Air Realm was much cheaper, there was still a profit to be made—and a considerable one.

If Lü Yuan really could secure a supply channel, she could indeed achieve financial freedom at the Fetal Breathing Stage.

But until today, Lin Qi had thought Lü Yuan was just brushing her off when he said that-

Now, though, three months had passed. According to Lü Yuan...

The one in the Bright Yang Tower might meet him in the next couple of days. Since he was still saying the same thing, he obviously wasn't brushing her off.

"I thought you were joking before. Speaking of which, how do you have a supply channel in the Dark Air Realm?"

Lin Qi was utterly surprised. She suddenly brought her little face right up to Lü Yuan's.

"We're practically living together. How come I didn't know when you managed to arrange that?"

"And since you have it, why don't you use it yourself? Then I could improve my living conditions along with you-"

Lü Yuan helplessly reached out and pushed her back, then said with great principle:

"First, I naturally have my ways."

"Second, I only sell that stuff. I don't touch it."

Lin Qi gave him a reproachful look. "You rascal, you've changed. Don't you know what kind of person I am? If you tell me, I'll definitely keep it a secret for you."

After spending so much time together, the two had long since lost any reserve with each other, and there was a basic trust between them.

That was why she was the only person around him who could joke with Lü Yuan like that.

Sima Mingli, on the other hand, wasn't even qualified to enter Lü Yuan's home.

"Will you let me fuck you?" Lü Yuan began trying to make her back down. "If you won't, I won't tell you."

"So you've finally revealed what you're after, you rascal! I knew you'd been interested in me all along. How old are we? People like you deserve to get shocked most of all!"

Having just finished her congee, Lin Qi spoke with feigned disgust and made a face at him.

Then, as usual, she had no intention of going home. She walked straight into Lü Yuan's bedroom to make a bed on the floor.

She left the mess on the dining table for Lü Yuan.

In all of Mingyang City, the only people who could order Lü Yuan to wash the dishes now were her and Wang Yan, who came by occasionally-

But Lü Yuan was actually quite satisfied with the situation.

After all, the more they lowered their guard around him, the sooner their secrets would be laid open to him.

Jie jie jie...

Just a little friendship has already fooled you two into losing your heads and spilling all your secrets. In the future, getting you to risk your lives for me won't be difficult either.

Shrugging, Lü Yuan stopped daydreaming. After finishing his meal, he tidied up the room and kitchen before returning to the bedroom.

He stepped over Lin Qi, who was sleeping on the floor and by now had no guard up at all, and got into bed without a single impure thought.

He closed his eyes.

Quietly, he waited for the moment tomorrow or sometime after when the one in the Bright Yang Tower would summon him-

He had never been in a hurry, nor had he feared that the one who summoned him might see something in his mind or memories.

Ancient Cultivator Lü Yuan had always kept the Immortal Book in their shared consciousness space, where it also guarded their shared mind and spirit.

If the one in the Bright Yang Tower could see past the Immortal Book's concealment to his true memories and experiences,

then she wouldn't be a Purple Mansion expert who had been assigned down here to manage the Lower City branch for over a hundred years without being transferred back.

Protected by the Immortal Book, Lü Yuan could always sleep soundly, falling asleep even faster than Lin Qi, who had come in earlier.

"Another day of him having no guard up around me..."

Lin Qi, who had picked up Lü Yuan's bad sleeping habits over the past few months, lay under the covers and murmured softly. She had clearly misunderstood something.

"With so little caution, he won't survive long if he goes to the Upper City-"

"What a fool, thinking so highly of himself just because he's talented."

Lü Yuan didn't hear her complaints, because he was already asleep, and something wondrous was happening to him.

He discovered that his consciousness seemed to be gradually leaving his body, flying farther and farther away under the control of something.

During this process, something seemed interested in his thoughts and intended to examine his memories thoroughly.

Lü Yuan had no ability to resist, of course. In fact, he had no intention of resisting either.

For from his other perspective, the Immortal Book resting in the consciousness space began to glow faintly.

All his discomfort vanished at the same moment.

And he was certain that whatever had just tried to pry into his memories had seen absolutely nothing he didn't want others to see.

Gua, such is the Immortal Book's mighty power!

Lord Immortal Book, I adore you!

But before Lü Yuan could utter such exclamations, he found himself in a brilliantly illuminated, magnificent room...

No, calling it a room wasn't quite accurate. One floor of this place was larger than the whole of Mingyang City No. 1 Technical Primary School.

Lü Yuan wasn't surprised by what he saw, because there was only one place in all of Mingyang City that looked like this.

In fact, from the moment he was drawn away, Lü Yuan had realized what was happening.

Right on time, three months after the opening ceremony, he had been summoned by the one in the Bright Yang Tower.

And next, he would have an audience with the master of Mingyang City, the source of the branch company's name-

[Radiant Heavenly Sun] · Li Yelan!