Chapter 6: The Item is Obtained
Bai Zhouyun froze for a moment and began to look around anxiously. This was no joke; Nan Yu was his fiancé and the treasure of the Nan family. If he truly lost him in the Heiye Senlin, the Nan family would never let him off.
Not just the Nan family—even the elders of his own Bai family would give him a severe lesson!
More importantly, Bai Zhouyun didn’t want to lose such a young and talented Middle-Level Jingshenli Zhe. That alone represented a massive fortune to him.
So, at this moment, he certainly wouldn’t give up on Nan Yu. “How could he just leave without a word? Doesn’t he know it’s dangerous here?! How incredibly willful…”
Yun Feiyu said, “Alright, Zhouyun, I’m sure Student Nan Yu didn’t do it on purpose. Maybe he saw how well we were getting along and didn’t want to disturb us?”
Yun Feijiao added, “He must have gone that way. We were planning to go that way anyway, so let’s hurry over and check. If something really happened, we’d be in serious trouble.”
Yun Feijiao was right. After hearing this, Yun Feiyu’s eyes flickered slightly, but he didn’t say anything else to stall for time. “Then let’s go quickly. It wouldn’t be good if he got hurt…”
Bai Zhouyun frowned slightly. “He’s truly too immature. If he wanted to go inside, he could have told me. It’s not like I wouldn’t accompany him. He could have just stayed and chatted with us; it wouldn’t have taken much time.”
Perhaps because of the Bai family’s special status, Bai Zhouyun had never truly suffered any grievances since childhood. The greatest “grievance” he faced was being a Middle-Level Yineng Zhe and having others mock him for it.
Furthermore, in his view, Nan Yu would definitely belong to him, so he didn’t treat him with the same politeness or caution he showed others. He was very casual.
He got angry when he was angry, scolded him when he felt like it, and expressed his dissatisfaction very directly.
And because Nan Yu hadn’t particularly cared about this blunt attitude in the past, he was used to it now. He only restrained himself significantly when facing the rest of the Nan family.
As a result, the other members of the Nan family hadn’t discovered this yet.
Meanwhile, Nan Yu had already found the Nianshen Cao he was looking for. It appeared as a small plant, only the size of his finger, and its shape was nearly identical to the surrounding weeds.
Nan Yu took out a pre-prepared small flowerpot from his space button. The pot was only palm-sized, and the soil inside had been specially prepared by him, infused with many nutrients suitable for Nianshen Cao.
He carefully planted the Nianshen Cao into the palm-sized pot and admired it with great care.
He reached out a finger and lightly tapped the tender leaves. He felt his mental power being touched very gently by something.
“It really is the one…”
Before Nan Yu could celebrate, he heard footsteps coming from behind. Thinking it was Bai Zhouyun and the others catching up, he swiftly stowed the Nianshen Cao back into his space button, stood up, and turned around.
To his surprise, however, the person he saw wasn’t Bai Zhouyun’s group, but someone… rather special.
The newcomer clearly hadn’t expected to find a mental power user here either. “You’re a Jingshenli Zhe, right? Why are you here alone?”
The person who had arrived was none other than Li Liandong, the Year Dean of the Mental Power User campus at the Royal Military Academy where he studied.
Because of Nan Yu’s outstanding talent, Li Liandong was very familiar with him.
Nan Yu said, “Dean? I came here to find some herbs for my next class.”
“Then why are you alone?”
Nan Yu replied, “No, I’m not alone. I came with Bai Zhouyun. We ran into some classmates on the way, and seeing how well they were getting along, I decided to look around nearby. I didn’t expect to wander off a bit too far.”
After saying this, he gave a playful smile.
Li Liandong massaged his forehead helplessly. “You child… fine, I’ll take you out first. You can’t be this reckless again in the future, understand?”
Li Liandong heard him say that Bai Zhouyun had come along but was so focused on chatting with classmates that he didn’t even notice Nan Yu had wandered so far. Just how “well” were they getting along?
It was truly a headache for Nan Yu to be saddled with such a useless and unappreciative ability user.
However, just as they were walking back, the figures of Bai Zhouyun’s group of three appeared ahead.
Naturally, they also noticed Li Liandong immediately.
“Dean… Dean Li!!”
Seeing the three of them, Li Liandong’s gaze skipped over Yun Feiyu without looking at him, landing instead on Bai Zhouyun and Yun Feijiao. These two Middle-Level Yineng Zhe…
If they were with any other Middle-Level Jingshenli Zhe, ability users like them wouldn’t even get a second glance. It was only thanks to Nan Yu’s good temper.
Li Liandong said, “Bai Zhouyun, what is wrong with you? Since you accompanied Nan Yu to the Heiye Senlin to protect him, you should have stayed by his side every step of the way. But look at what you’ve done!”
“You chatted with others to the point of completely forgetting about Nan Yu? How are you so ‘capable’? To be so irresponsible toward your own mental power user—watch out, or the Mental Power User Association will catch wind of this, and you’ll be cursed by thousands.”
Although they wouldn’t actively target him because of Old Man Bai, it would be a different story if Bai Zhouyun were caught red-handed.
This was a mistake Bai Zhouyun made himself, so they didn’t need to be scrupulous.
While the Emperor would protect them, he wouldn’t do so blindly. If they made a mistake, they had to bear the consequences themselves.
Bai Zhouyun clearly knew this too. “My apologies, Dean Li. This was my fault.”
Yun Feiyu added, “Dean Li, please don’t blame Zhouyun. Actually, it was because I kept him talking that he neglected Student Nan Yu. Perhaps because the conversation was so engaging, we didn’t notice when Student Nan Yu left without a word…”
Li Liandong frowned slightly. How was this Yun Feiyu speaking? He made it sound as if they weren’t responsible, and all the blame lay with Nan Yu for not telling them when he left, thereby causing them to make a mistake?
Though Li Liandong thought this, he had no evidence to prove that was what the boy meant. However, he felt a slight dislike for Yun Feiyu in his heart.
“Fine. I will escort Nan Yu back myself. You three can continue your conversation. Since you were having such a great time that you didn’t even notice the person beside you leaving, it must be something very important. I’ll take Nan Yu and leave now so as not to disturb your chat.”
Nan Yu stood behind Li Liandong and hadn’t said a word until Li Liandong mentioned taking him away and leaving Bai Zhouyun’s group to continue their talk. Only then did he lift his head slightly to glance at Bai Zhouyun.
He saw Bai Zhouyun notice his gaze and return it with a look of fury.
Nan Yu rolled his eyes internally. When an ability user accompanied a mental power user alone to a place like this, logic dictated that any ability user would protect the mental power user they brought out with absolute care, focusing all their attention on them.
Only someone like Bai Zhouyun would habitually ignore Nan Yu like this. And now it seemed it was still Nan Yu’s fault?
Truly a bizarre specimen.
Just how did he fall for this kind of person in his last life?
He must have been completely blind.
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