After finishing dinner.
Shen Fei thought Su Muyu would head to the training room again, but Su Muyu said, "Weâre leaving tomorrow, better not train and lose track of time, letâs just stay home tonight."
Shen Feiâs eyes lit up, but he said nothing, while Su Muyu stretched lazily, showing off her graceful form.
"Iâm going to take a shower first, and donât you follow me." Su Muyu glared at Shen Fei.
This beast previously had her admire herself in the mirror, recalling her seductive demeanor then.
Su Muyu blushed, hurriedly running upstairs as if something monstrous was chasing her.
Shen Fei leaned on the sofa watching videos, but his eyes occasionally darted upstairs.
The Empress, reading a novel nearby, glanced at Shen Feiâs expression and said irritably, "If you want to go up, then just go up already."
Shen Fei stood, stretched as if pretending, and said, "Itâs getting late today, I should go up and rest."
"You all rest early too."
Vast Heaven Daoist Venerable, immersed in anime, nodded, but after coming to his senses, wondered, "Hmm? The master is resting so early today?"
But by that time, Shen Fei had already gone upstairs.
The Empress said coolly, "Alright, be good. Go back to watching your anime."
The Medicine Ancestor touched his mask and chuckled, "Hehe, I wonder when weâll have a little master."
"What?"
The Empress squinted slightly, "Isnât one master enough? Adding a mistress already spreads the masterâs attention from us.
And having another little master..."
The Medicine Ancestor laughed, "Empress, youâre too possessive over the master."
The Empress glared at him, "Mind your own business, rotten medicine peddler. Did you finish the potion the master asked for?"
"Iâm waiting on one more ingredient. No need to get angry, youâre just a smelly medicine seller. Hehehe."
Suddenly.
There was an exclamation from upstairs, while the Empress shook her head helplessly, waving her hand.
The [Colorless Realm Divine Power] surged, enveloping the room where Shen Fei stayed.
Preventing any sound from being transmitted outside.
Next day.
Su Muyu appeared with a rosy face, mumbling, "Already preparing to go out and I donât even get to rest. Beast."
She slurped her noodles aggressively, as if imagining they were a certain someone.
Luckily, the Professionalâs constitution is pretty good, she thought, why did she foolishly agree to Shen Fei a couple of days ago?
Just as theyâre about to leave tomorrow, with the Empress taking care, she wouldnât even need to fight, that guy just exhausted her instead.
The Empress glanced at the muttering Su Muyu and smiled, shaking her head.
Seeing the Empressâs gaze, Su Muyu thought she was eating too slowly and making the Empress wait, "Empress sister, wait a moment. Iâll finish soon."
Because of their intelligence.
Su Muyu treated the Empress and them as real people without the sense of them being Summoned Beasts.
"No rush, weâre heading to the north, to Liao City, the train wonât be fast."
The Medicine Ancestor placed a bowl of cooled soup before Su Muyu, smiling, "Mistress, this is a specially made soup to warm you up."
"Thanks."
Su Muyuâs eyes lit up; the Medicine Ancestorâs herbal dishes didnât have the strong herbal smell, but instead, after blending, left a fragrant aroma.
The remaining flavor was slightly sweet.
After eating and drinking her fill, Su Muyu set off with the Empress.
Meanwhile.
At the logistics department of Imperial University.
A group of five, injured and battered, walked in, their equipment stained with dirty blood.
"Why are the tasks assigned by the school always so difficult?" Ye Miao, the leader, complained, a still-healing scar marking her cheek.
Within the group, the mage Yun Jiuzhou couldnât help but ask, "Did the captain offend someone in Zhenyuan?
I remember the monthly tasks are allocated by Zhenyuan."
Theyâre only First Transformation at best, yet the school sent them to clear a Beast Tide of Tier Three Exotic Beasts, even Tier Four Beast Kings?
Isnât this a joke?
Even though their combined strength could manage, it would be extremely arduous, tasks like these are usually handled by several teams together.
Yet this time, it was just the five of them.
They almost alarmed the Tier Four Beast King; just as Yun Jiuzhou finished speaking, someone suddenly approached from not far away, "Jiuzhou."
"Sister Lan."
Seeing the newcomer, Yun Jiuzhouâs expression changed because, being from the South China Area as well, he was fairly familiar with Zhao Shanlan.
She was nearly a Tier Three Professional, considered top among sophomore students.
But now the situation looked rather bleak, her right hand was gone.
Where Zhao Shanlanâs right hand would have been, there was just a bandage.
"Your right hand?..." Yun Jiuzhou asked worriedly, "Why not have a healer attach it?"
For a Professional, losing a limb wasnât such a big deal.
As long as thereâs a healer, it could be quickly reattached.
Zhao Shanlan looked helpless: "Thereâs a queue. Zhenyuan scheduled me for the latter half of the month, it might take some time."
Yun Jiuzhou was puzzled, "Thatâs not right, with Sister Lanâs skills.
You still need to wait until the latter half of the month? And isnât it assumed that those with serious injuries get treated first?"
Moreover, Zhao Shanlan being an Assassin, without her right hand.
Sheâd be stuck just attending classes for half a month, unable to even fight.
Zhao Shanlan shook her head, then looked around and whispered, "Zhenyuan has its eyes on people from the South China Area, most who joined Zhenyuan have been expelled."
"Some seniors havenât been expelled but are being marginalized."
"Also, activities related to them are delayed if possible, if not possible, theyâll make them as difficult as they can."
Ye Miao couldnât help but ask, "So whatâs going on?"
Zhao Shanlan mentioned a name, "Shen Fei."
"Shen Fei?"
Hearing this name, everyone was a bit confused; what did this have to do with Shen Fei?
Zhao Shanlan explained the conflict between Shen Fei and Zhenyuanâs vice president, and Yun Jiuzhou frowned as he listened.
"So itâs the godsâ fight, and weâre the collateral damage."
Ye Miao said with a wry smile.
The tank in the team, Fangtu, was also filled with resentment, "So everyoneâs being trampled on, and Shen Fei has no say in the matter?"
"So many people suffer because of him."
Zhao Shanlan shrugged, "Someone asked Shen Fei in class, he said heâs handling it."
"Handling it? If he was handling it, would Sister Lan still be like this? I think Shen Fei is just a coward."
Fangtu sneered; from his perspective, Shen Fei obviously had great strength and fighting with Jiang She wouldnât change anything.
Now, students from the South China Area are all paying for his actions.
Yun Jiuzhou also looked displeased, remembering that when he first entered school, Zhao Shanlan took quite good care of him.
Over time, they developed a good relationship, with some ambiguous feelings.
Now seeing Zhao Shanlan affected because of unrelated events, naturally, he held poor opinions of both parties involved.
He couldnât help but ask, "Isnât Shen Fei the top scorer in the entrance exam? With the school valuing him so much, canât he say something.
Others shouldnât be affected like this."
Ye Miao shook his head, "Itâs hard to say, everyone knows Zhenyuan has been entrenched in the university for a long time.
They have countless connections.
Not to mention what theyâre doing, is all by the book. Theyâre just taking things to the lowest limit of the rules."
A voice interjected, "Everyone, interested in learning about our Innovation Association?"
The talking group turned to see a young man with delicate features holding a folding fan.
It was he who had spoken.
"And you are?"
"Tang Yann, the current head of the organizational department of the Innovation Association."