Chapter 953: Big Brother Cheng’s Return
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
An Lin placed the eight million spirit stones Xiaolan had earned into his storage ring.
At this point in time, he had over sixty million spirit stones in his storage ring. All of this was thanks to Tina, Xiaolan, the Heavenly Court immortals, the tribulation transcenders, and his deceased friends from the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation.
His rate of money-making was probably going to slow down from here, but earning a hundred million in a year was certainly not an empty dream.
An Lin was quite happy and gave Xiaolan two fifth-grade immortal fruits, Eternal Sun Fruits, as a reward for her efforts.
In reality, this was only an excuse for him to give her a present.
He couldn’t just bestow presents upon Xiaolan as she wouldn’t accept them. These fruits for enhancing flame power could be consumed by either of them, so Xiaolan was initially quite reluctant to accept them. As such, An Lin needed an excuse to make Xiaolan accept them.
“Oh, right, Cla.s.smate Xuanyuan Cheng has already successfully progressed to the Soul Formation Stage and is back at school now,” Xu Xiaolan suddenly said.
“Wow! Big Brother Cheng is so awesome! He’s able to break through whenever he sets his mind to it, all just by entering seclusion!” With approval on his face, An Lin raised a thumb.
“So now that both Cla.s.smates Su Qianyun and Big Brother Cheng are at the Soul Formation Stage, we have four Soul Formation Stage cultivators in our cla.s.s alone! That must set some sort of record for the most powerful cla.s.s in school history.”
Xu Xiaolan rolled her eyes. “It’s all because you forced them to improve.”
“Don’t make it sound like you had no part in this.” An Lin chuckled.
Xu Xiaolan pursed her lips, but she did not deny this.
If An Lin was a freak of nature, then Xu Xiaolan wasn’t all that far behind, except her progression was more well-doc.u.mented, and everyone could see every step of her progression.
At the beginning of their first year, Xu Xiaolan was only a ninth-stage Dao Body cultivator while Xuanyuan Cheng and Su Qianyun were both dazzling Spirit Nurturing Stage cultivators.
Now that they were all into their fourth year, Xu Xiaolan was at the Soul Formation Intermediate Stage while Xuanyuan Cheng and Su Qianyun had only just reached the Soul Formation Stage. This was a super thrilling come-from-behind story!
Hence, in The United University of Cultivation, An Lin’s story was one of a legendary freak that could not be replicated, while Xu Xiaolan’s story was one of a hard-working but nonetheless supremely talented prodigy who was an inspiration to everyone. Even in the history of the university, these two were two extremely dazzling stars.
Xuanyuan Cheng and Su Qianyun were also considered to be prodigies, so how could they not be upset by this? They both had their own pride too, so they tried to catch up with all their mights.
During the process, they were also constantly getting stronger at a quick rate.
This was probably what was known as a positive cycle…
An Lin and Xu Xiaolan thought to themselves for a while before deciding to hold another frying pan hotpot party to celebrate Big Brother Cheng’s breakthrough.
That night, in An Lin’s dorm room…
Many of their friends gathered together.
An Lin finally saw Big Brother Cheng again after a long time.
Big Brother Cheng looked like a completely different, more vibrant person, and he was also extremely warm and enthusiastic toward everyone.
“Big Brother Cheng, you look like you’re in extremely high spirits!” An Lin couldn’t help but praise.
“I am indeed in rather high spirits. I have finally broken through to the Soul Formation Stage and completed the target I set for myself at the beginning of the first year. I can graduate in peace now.” Xuanyuan Cheng sighed with emotion as a bewitching smile appeared on his ridiculously handsome face.
Tang Ximen had tears streaming down his face upon hearing this. He could only graduate in peace after progressing to the Soul Formation Stage? Did that mean that Tang Ximen shouldn’t even graduate?
The Immortal Spirit Tower trials were almost here, and if he didn’t progress to the Half-Step Soul Formation Stage, he might not even be able to make it into the University Famous Persons Register.
Tang Ximen could feel the pressure mounting.
“Cla.s.smate An Lin, when I went to Big Sister Chang’e’s place to transcend my tribulation, she told me to deliver a message to you that she should be able to complete the divine pill by the end of the year,” Su Qianyun said.
An Lin snapped his fingers. “Tell her to refine away! I’ve got the money!”
He was a man with money and confidence now.
Tang Ximen was shocked upon hearing this. “An Lin, what do you need a divine pill for?”
“I’m thinking about making a breakthrough to the Return to Void Stage recently, and I need the help of a divine pill to do so.” An Lin did not hide anything from his friends.
“Gasp…” Everyone drew a sharp intake of breath.
“We’re still figuring out how to progress to the Soul Formation Stage, and you’re already preparing to break through to the Return to Void Stage?” Tang Ximen’s eyes widened in shock; even his hands were trembling as he held on to his chopsticks.
“No one is going to wait for us on the path of pursuing dao. We’re going to have to try our best as well.” With encouragement in his eyes, Xuanyuan Cheng patted Tang Ximen’s shoulder.
Tang Ximen was the senior student, and he felt quite depressed to be receiving encouragement from a junior student.
“Oh, right, for the mission to the mortal world this year, our cla.s.s has three spots. We’re currently investigating the pa.s.sageway between the Dark Wing Tribe and the mortal world, so this mission is quite dangerous and only cultivators at or above the Spirit Nurturing Stage can apply. Who wants to go?” As the cla.s.s captain, Xuanyuan Cheng had the right to choose people to go on the mission.
All of the most powerful students in the cla.s.s were gathered here, so asking this group was no different from asking the entire cla.s.s.
Su Qianyun stuck her little tongue out and said in a mellow voice, “I have to fortify my cultivation base, so I won’t go.”
An Lin was quite interested in the Dark Wing Tribe, and he turned to Xu Xiaolan.
It was as if Xu Xiaolan could read his mind. A faint smile appeared on her face as she said, “You go and leave the cooking to me. I earn more money than you when cooking anyway.”
An Lin’s chest constricted upon hearing this. Even though it was true, did she have to be so straightforward?!
He raised his hand with a smile. “Big Brother Cheng, I’ll go.”
“Alright, so Cla.s.smate An Lin is going. We still have two spots left, does anyone else want to go?” Xuanyuan Cheng asked with a smile.
Miao Tian, Luo Ziping, and the others all shook their heads to turn down the mission.
They weren’t that interested in the Dark Wing Tribe, and aside from the rewards provided by the school, there weren’t any other opportunities that this mission could provide, so they didn’t really want to take the risk.
Xuanyuan Cheng heaved a light sigh upon seeing this. “I’ll go if none of you want to.”
“Can I come? Woof!” Da Bai raised a paw with excitement.
He wasn’t interested in the Dark Wing Tribe, but he WAS interested in the beauties of the mortal world.
“Of course you can, as An Lin’s beast pet that is,” Xuanyuan Cheng replied with a smile.
“Giant An Lin, I want to go too. I haven’t ever been to the mortal world.” Tina landed on An Lin’s shoulder and tugged on his hair excitedly with her tiny little hands.
She had heard An Lin mention that that was An Lin’s place of origin, so of course she had to visit it as a member of his beast pet team. She really wanted to see just what kind of place could give rise to such an exceptional person like An Lin.
Xuanyuan Cheng’s heart was eased significantly by the inclusion of these two powerful reinforcements. He was feeling a lot more rea.s.sured, and even his mood lifted slightly. “Who else wants to come? There is a final spot left.”
No one else was interested, but Xuanyuan Cheng didn’t really mind. “Alright, then Cla.s.smate An Lin and I will set off in two days’ time.”
Two days pa.s.sed by in a flash, and An Lin, Da Bai, Tina, and Xuanyuan Cheng set forth for the mortal world.