“Who are you?
What do you want with our boss, Lin?”
One of the older-looking work-study students walked over.
Lin Yuan said, “I’m from the same village as him.
I have something to discuss with him.”
“What happened, Wang Sheng?” Xiao Wu’s voice came from inside the dormitory.
“Sister Xiao Wu, it’s a new student.
He says he’s from the same village as our boss and came to see him.”
Lin Tian was stunned for a moment before walking over to Lin Yuan.
“You must be Uncle Kun’s son, right?
I’ve seen you before.
Is there something you need?”
“Brother Lin, the old village chief came to see my father some time ago and asked him to look after you.
So my father arranged a double room for us and prepared some daily necessities and bedding for you.”
Lin Yuan deliberately put on an honest and straightforward expression.
Lin Tian immediately developed a favorable impression of him.
“I see.
Then please thank Uncle Kun for me.
But there’s no need for me to move in with you.
I’m doing pretty well here.”
“Then I’ll bring your bedding and daily necessities over to you.”
“Then I’ll have to trouble you.”
After thinking about it, Lin Tian agreed.
Even a hero could be defeated by a lack of money.
Right now, he was completely broke.
He couldn’t even scrape together a single copper soul coin.
He really did need those things.
Just then, Xiao Wu walked over.
“Lin Tian, who are you talking to?”
“My childhood friend, Lin…”
Only then did Lin Tian realize that he didn’t even know the other boy’s name.
Lin Yuan said innocently, “Hello, sister-in-law.
My name is Lin Yuan.”
“Bah!
Who are you calling a sister-in-law?”
Xiao Wu’s pretty face instantly turned bright red.
She then stomped her feet in anger.
Lin Tian was also stunned by Lin Yuan’s sudden remark.
Although he had come here with Xiao Wu in mind, calling her his sister-in-law already seemed a little too early.
But then again, if someone else had said that, Xiao Wu would have already become furious and thrown them across the room.
Yet she hadn’t.
It seemed he really did have a chance.
“Aren’t you Brother Lin’s girlfriend?” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
A regretful expression appeared on Lin Yuan’s face.
“No!
We only met today.
Besides, how old are we…?”
Xiao Wu glared at him unhappily.
“Oh.
Then I’ll be going, Brother Lin Tian.
I’ll bring your bedding and daily necessities over in a little while.”
“Mm.
Go ahead.”
Lin Tian watched Lin Yuan leave.
After Lin Yuan had walked some distance away, he faintly heard Xiao Wu and Lin Tian’s voices behind him.
“Lin Tian, who is that idiot?
Why doesn’t he have any manners?”
Xiao Wu looked rather displeased as she watched Lin Yuan leave.
Lin Tian smiled gently.
“Hehe.
Don’t say that about him.
He’s a good kid from our village.”
Lin Yuan listened to their conversation, and a sharp glint flashed briefly through his eyes.
Lin Yuan’s dormitory was in the same building as Dorm Seven, so the two were quite close.
He got there quickly and returned just as quickly.
Before long, he had brought the bedding and daily necessities over.
It was worth mentioning that because of Lin Tian’s arrival, Xiao Wu did not share a bed with Tang San.
Of course, she didn’t share a bed with Lin Tian either.
Instead, Lin Tian gave his own bedding to Xiao Wu and chose to squeeze onto the bed with Tang San.
Tang San, who had yet to realize that someone was trying to steal Xiao Wu away from him, naturally didn’t object.
He simply felt that something was wrong.
But he couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was.
…
After confirming that Lin Tian wouldn’t be moving into his dormitory, Lin Yuan returned to his room with peace of mind.
He locked the door, shut all the windows, and drew the curtains.
Then he carefully took out the Palm Heaven Bottle and the translucent cloth-like object and examined them closely.
He discovered that although the translucent object could conceal the Palm Heaven Bottle, it couldn’t conceal anything else.
Most importantly…
The Palm Heaven Bottle was actually made of plastic.
It even had the official logo of Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality printed on it.
“Is this thing really useful?”
Lin Yuan was both amused and speechless.
With the attitude of having nothing to lose, he walked to the window and buried the plastic Palm Heaven Bottle in an abandoned flowerpot.
He then covered it with the fake magical treasure fragment that could only conceal the Palm Heaven Bottle itself.
Afterward, he placed the flowerpot somewhere that could receive moonlight but wasn’t conspicuous, alongside the other abandoned flowerpots.
However, with the Palm Heaven Bottle constantly on his mind, there was no way he could enter a meditative state.
It wasn’t until nightfall, when moonlight poured through the window and illuminated the flowerpot, that Lin Yuan lifted the magical treasure fragment to take a look.
Countless white specks the size of grains of rice had gathered together, forming a thin white sphere of light that enveloped the Palm Heaven Bottle.
Only then did Lin Yuan finally relax.
He covered the bottle with the magical treasure fragment again and placed several clumps of soil around the fragment to prevent the wind from blowing it away.
After that, Lin Yuan found a new string and threaded the soul tool ring onto it again.
With hopes for the future filling his heart, he sat cross-legged on his bed once more and began cultivating without any further distractions.
At Nuoding Academy, there were only two classes every morning.
One was a general culture class.
The other taught martial soul theory.
From then on, Lin Yuan established a routine.
During the day, he kept the Palm Heaven Bottle wrapped in the magical treasure fragment and stored it inside the soul tool ring hanging beneath his clothes around his neck.
Then, early every morning, he would get up and go running, doing push-ups, squats, and sit-ups along the way.
In the morning, he attended classes normally.
To avoid making himself seem too unusual, he would spend his free time socializing with the small groups in his class.
After lunch, he would use the excuse that he needed to help his family run their shop in the afternoon to turn down his friends’ invitations.
He would then secretly go to the academy library, borrow several books related to soul beasts, and return to his dormitory to read them for an hour.
After that, he would spend the entire afternoon in his dormitory meditating and cultivating, increasing his soul power.
Before nightfall, after dinner, he would secretly bury the Palm Heaven Bottle in the abandoned flowerpot again.
Then he would wait for it to condense the Fortune-Soaring Dew.
And so, the days passed one after another.
Perhaps the laws of this world were different from those of the Mortal Realm in Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality.
Or perhaps Yan Beifei had already allowed the Palm Heaven Bottle to absorb moonlight during the previous few days.
On the morning of the fourth day, a drop of green liquid finally condensed inside the plastic Palm Heaven Bottle.
With a nervous heart, Lin Yuan attended his morning classes.
In the evening, he couldn’t even wait for dinner.
He hurried back to his dormitory.
After locking the doors and windows and drawing the curtains, he stretched out his right hand and released his Lone Bamboo martial soul.
He then dripped the green liquid onto it.
The result was completely ineffective.
The green liquid simply slid down the branches and leaves of his martial soul.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan reacted quickly.
He immediately positioned the Palm Heaven Bottle beneath it and caught the liquid before it fell.
Otherwise, it would have been wasted.
Lin Yuan refused to give up.
He carefully stored the Palm Heaven Bottle away, then went outside and bought a large bathing tub.
He quickly filled it with water and poured the green liquid into it.
Finally, he sat cross-legged inside the tub.
Something that delighted Lin Yuan immensely happened.
The moment he entered a meditative state and circulated the soul power within his body, he felt a state unlike anything he had experienced before.
If circulating his soul power in the past had been like watching a snail crawl…
Then now, it was at least like watching a turtle crawl.
The speed at which his soul power circulated had increased by several times.
End of Chapter