Unconsciously, Li Yunxian glanced at that spot a couple more times and smiled.
The people in this interstellar world always seemed even more endearing than she’d imagined.
Li Yunxian was starting to feel as if she herself lived in that world, too.
Maybe it wasn’t just a feeling.
She’d made connections with countless people from the other world; they learned from the materials she gave, called out her name, and carved her into their world.
Who could say she wasn’t living there too?
Li Yunxian’s eyes were gentle. When she glanced around, she spotted Sheng Yu and Ying Wenhe in the distance, bickering with furrowed brows.
Li Yunxian walked toward the two of them.
Soon, the pair noticed someone approaching. With a tilt of their heads, they saw it was Li Yunxian. Immediately, delight bloomed in their eyes.
“Boss!” x2
They called out in unison, and immediately, Ying Wenhe was glared at by Sheng Yu.
Copycat!
Sheng Yu, relying on his quick tongue, didn’t give Ying Wenhe any chance to speak, and started chattering away:
“Boss, everyone talked it over. Since the new city’s built, we want to hold a celebration tonight. Everyone’s preparing food now and even set up a bonfire.
You’ll join us, right?” Sheng Yu looked at Li Yunxian with hopeful eyes.
Li Yunxian was surprised. “Does everyone have time to come back?”
Ying Wenhe smiled gently at Li Yunxian, one hand swiftly holding back Sheng Yu, and spoke up: “Even if they don’t, it’s fine. Many people from other cities want to come visit Silver Sea.
The new city was built with suggestions from everyone.
A lot of people want to experience the grand sound and spectacle of the teleportation array.
There’ll definitely be a huge crowd tonight…”
Before Ying Wenhe could finish, the annoyed Sheng Yu started to attack him.
Li Yunxian laughed as she watched the two throwing playful cat-paw punches at each other in the safe zone, where no one could get hurt.
No matter how the celebration turned out tonight, the farce unfolding in front of her was rather amusing.
But no one expected that what was meant to be a one-night celebration, thanks to the spread online, ended up going all night without stopping, as more and more people found out.
Having no food or drinks wasn’t a problem.
When people from other cities heard the news, they laughed and stuffed their storage spaces with their best homemade dishes, then teleported over to Silver Sea City to share.
And if there weren’t enough games, crowds came up with all sorts of wild ideas, setting up arrays of magical artifacts—almost turning the entire Silver Sea City into an amusement park.
Li Yunxian loved this lively, fireworks-filled scene, so she stayed two extra days in .
In the end, she didn’t log off because she’d had enough, but because the system sent a reminder that someone had entered her house.
The last time Li Yunxian received such a reminder from was when Yu Qiyao had gotten into trouble, and her classmate had frantically knocked on her villa door.
This time, though, no one knocked. Someone had come right in.
Seeing the notification, Li Yunxian realized what was happening, kept her composure as she bid farewell to those around her, and logged out of .
Her consciousness returned to reality, and sure enough, Li Yunxian sensed her teacher’s presence.
Li Tianying had come.
“Teacher!” Li Yunxian bounced over to Li Tianying in a couple of quick steps.
Li Tianying looked at Li Yunxian’s energetic appearance; it was clear she’d been doing quite well here at Wenwu.
Ever since arriving at Wenwu Academy, no one had spoken ill of Li Yunxian to her. In fact, quite a few people had treated her surprisingly well.
Overall, it felt…
Those instincts from before must have been her overthinking.
Li Tianying reached out and patted Li Yunxian on the head, still asking out of habit, “How have you been at Wenwu these past few days?”
Li Yunxian patted her own, rather full purse, and replied in a crisp voice, “Pretty good.”
Seeing Li Yunxian’s cultivation had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, Li Tianying recalled what Qi Ke had told her before—that Li Yunxian had been diligently cultivating at Wenwu Academy.
Then, Li Tianying shared her plans with Li Yunxian: “I just went to check on the Wenwu Tower.
With the help of the academy’s artifact forging teachers, it should take a bit over a month to fully repair and maintain it.
After she finished, Li Tianying looked at Li Yunxian and smiled, “By then, I’ll see if I can get you a slot to enter Wenwu Tower.”
“Their Wenwu Tower is a great thing.”
“An excellent sacred artifact for cultivation support.
“Time flows slower inside the Wenwu Tower. Spending a hundred days inside is about one day outside.”
“Except for the huge amount of spirit stones needed to activate it, there are no downsides at all.”
It was Li Yunxian’s first time learning the Wenwu Tower’s specific functions, and she couldn’t help but open her eyes wide at the news.
She had never seen a time-altering artifact in the cultivation world.
“With a function like that, why would anyone care about spirit stones or not? Why put this thing in the academy? Wouldn’t it be better for higher-level cultivators to use it?” Li Yunxian asked directly.
Li Tianying wasn’t surprised that Li Yunxian picked up on this, and replied: “Of course, that’s because Wenwu Tower can only support those below the Foundation Establishment stage inside.”
Among the four major academies, aside from their guardian treasures like the Blood Pool and the Heavenly Ladder, most other artifacts were either of little effect or significance—like that spherical Ming Nian—or only usable by those of lower cultivation, like the Mysterious Text Secret Realm or Wenwu Tower.
Wenwu Tower’s limit was Foundation Establishment; the Mysterious Text Secret Realm’s limit was Golden Core.
If a Golden Core demon hunter blew themselves up, they could tear a hole in the entire secret realm.
“Oh…” Li Yunxian responded with slight disappointment, then added, “Teacher, you don’t have to get me a slot. One of the Wenwu teachers already promised to arrange a place for me in Wenwu Tower.”
Li Tianying looked at Li Yunxian in surprise, her first reaction being that Li Yunxian might have been tricked.
Just like with the Mysterious Text Secret Realm before, a slot in Wenwu Tower wasn’t easy to get. Even Professor Du Sen had only managed to squeeze out one extra slot back then.
But thinking about how Li Yunxian had made good connections with quite a few teachers and students at the academy…
Maybe it wasn’t impossible after all.
“Which teacher?” Li Tianying asked.
Her first guess was that same Wenwu professor who had messaged her earlier, saying Li Yunxian missed her.
But the name that came out of Li Yunxian’s mouth was something she never expected.
“It’s Teacher Fu Ling.”
After Li Yunxian became friends with the principal of Wenwu Academy, she was asked to note the principal’s name, so she answered without hesitation.
Li Tianying:
She was speechless.
Li Yunxian might not know the names of the four major academies’ principals, but as a teacher, Li Tianying definitely did.
Li Yunxian looked innocently at Li Tianying. “Is there a problem?”
Li Tianying took a deep breath.
“No problem.
“If it’s her, then there’s definitely no problem.”
Li Tianying’s voice was tinged with exhaustion.
She didn’t want to think about what kind of circumstances could make her Qi Refining student get acquainted with a powerhouse like Fu Ling at the Soul Fusion stage.
Nor did she want to wonder why such a powerhouse would make this kind of promise to Li Yunxian.
She only wanted to know that as long as Li Yunxian had a peaceful time at Wenwu Academy, that was enough.
If things needed a Soul Fusion cultivator to step in, she couldn’t handle it.
She smiled.
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