CHAPTER 198: CHAPTER 197: WE ARE JUST DISCUSSING ACADEMIC ISSUES

The video call ended.

The phone’s battery was on the verge of dying, with a single-digit percentage remaining.

Xu Lingjun touched his Sword of Oath and Victory, feeling greatly satisfied. According to Su Huanqing, her mentor actually quite appreciated the history of Camelot.

Moreover, Camelot’s history is noticeably similar to the customs and lifestyle in the Baoxue Empire, almost like they are connected by a narrow body of water.

This means its authenticity is more believable, as long as it can gain her recognition...

Over this time, Xu Lingjun has gained a fair understanding of the Talent Source.

The higher-level something is, the higher its authenticity may need to be.

And things like mechas, although their power is astonishing, are after all achievable through technology, so in terms of level, they’re not considered very high. When he chose the mecha as his Talent Source initially, it was by sheer luck and happenstance.

Charge the phone...

And along the way, he initiated a group call with his two best buddies...

Then he got scrutinized by the two of them.

Implying, you’ve been unreachable all night, and we waited for you without gaming, waiting the whole night... needless to say, you were definitely off being cozy with a girl.

Xu Lingjun really wanted to say no, I was seriously discussing academic matters.

But as soon as he thought of Su Huanqing’s pair of fair, smooth, joined legs... umm... how to put it...

Even slimmer than Sister Yaya’s, who’s one of those who looks slim in clothes, and quite substantial without them. A soft, curvy figure surely feels great.

However, as for Su Huanqing, she appears slender no matter what she wears, but fortunately, she isn’t malnourished... perhaps because she’s not very tall.

It can only be said, weighing under a hundred pounds, if not flat-chested, she’s short, making Instructor Su quite pitiful as she has both traits.

Nevertheless, he didn’t expect Sister Yaya would come along with Father Wang to spend New Year’s with him... hmm...

Where to live then?

After a few intense gaming sessions with his buddies, which ended up turning into a cursing match with his two teammates.

This time, it really wasn’t Old Guo’s fault, he stood by Xu Lingjun this time; he had to, as he was considering a very serious issue.

After hanging up the call.

Xu Lingjun glanced around his residence a few times.

Hmm, buying the dormitory for 200 per year was really wise, or else if living with someone, it would be inconvenient when Sister Yaya visits.

However, the room only has one bedroom and one practice room. How would Sister Yaya, Father Wang, and I sleep in these two rooms?

Well, the practice room could temporarily be converted into a bedroom for Father Wang,

Sister Yaya and I will have to squeeze in and make do.

Hmm, but in this way, the door needs to be changed, too; the soundproofing isn’t good enough... Sister Yaya is very shy.

Xu Lingjun still remembers his promise with Sister Yaya, for example, at the very least, he has to wait until he’s 18, an adult, to do things that only adults can do.

Don’t talk about psychological maturity, that certainly won’t do, Wang Qingya doesn’t eat spring chickens.

But now that she’s mentioned celebrating his birthday, he feels he can start preparing in advance.

And so...

On this day, Xu Lingjun unusually didn’t cultivate and instead spent 3 academic credits to have someone replace all the doors in the room with soundproof doors.

Then he moved all the cultivation equipment to the corner, moved his bed from the bedroom to the practice room, and spent an extra 1 academic credit to purchase a super deluxe double-sized Simmons bed for his bedroom.

As a result, the space in the bedroom was drastically compressed; besides the bed, cabinet, and study, there was almost no room left to step down from.

But in this environment, do you still need a place to step?

Anything can be done on the bed...

Looking at this cramped yet fulfilling environment, Xu Lingjun felt quite nostalgic; wasn’t this just how he lived in his previous life? Didn’t expect to have a chance to relive old dreams now.

When Li Jingjun visited with Pang Hu,

What she saw was Xu Lingjun in the midst of a thorough cleaning at home... after all, when things are moved, those areas that usually don’t get cleaned are reached.

Looking particularly dirty.

Li Jingjun curiously asked, "What... are you doing?"

"Nothing much."

Xu Lingjun naturally couldn’t truthfully answer, letting my Sister Yaya sleep over.

He glanced at the Pang Hu resting on Li Jingjun’s shoulder, casually stating, "Pang Hu has been running to my place a lot these past few nights. Maybe it’s because my bed is too hard, and it’s not used to it, so it sleeps on my chest, but my chest is also hard... so it keeps moving back and forth between the bed and my chest and never sleeps soundly, so I specifically changed to a softer, bigger bed."

Upon hearing this, Pang Hu jumped to the large bed, and the softness made it meow contentedly, curling into a ball; its purring was rhythmic, clearly in a great mood.

Further confirming Xu Lingjun’s words.

Xu Lingjun questioned, "Didn’t you change your bed?"

Li Jingjun awkwardly replied, "No... it doesn’t sleep on the bed, so it wouldn’t mind if it’s hard."

"Then where does it... umm... why did you come to find me?"

Li Jingjun said, "Just specifically came to thank you. I was just helping Pang Hu clean its teeth yesterday when I found demon beast meat stuck in its teeth. Didn’t expect you to feed it some demon beast meat... no wonder it’s gained so much weight recently."

"Meow."

Pang Hu rolled around on the bed and showed its belly to the two of them.

Clearly happy.

"It’s nothing, after all, I did gain quite a bit this time, leaving some scraps of meat for Pang Hu to eat. It has a small appetite and can’t eat much anyway."

Xu Lingjun laughed, "Besides, Pang Hu has helped me a lot."

That’s the absolute truth.

Life at the Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion is really too routine. Xu Lingjun is almost busy twenty hours a day. Even though his talent is astonishing, his mind is like a tight string, and the feeling of exhaustion is ineffable.

But with Pang Hu by his side, it’s different.

Maybe the purring sound of a cat really carries a certain charm...

When Xu Lingjun is studying, if Pang Hu lies on his desk, the sound he hears from it rarely relaxes him.

"That’s also why I decided to adopt Pang Hu."

Li Jingjun looked at Xu Lingjun with eyes that suddenly softened, a feeling of seeing a kindred spirit.

A rare, gentle smile appeared at the corner of her mouth as she said, "Training nonstop, except for eating and sleeping, it’s training, studying, with no time for relaxation, but as long as Pang Hu is in my arms, it seems like studying is also a kind of rest."

Xu Lingjun nodded while saying, "Looks like we’re kindred spirits, or rather, you’ve brought me into your way."

"But haven’t I been responsible to the end? I’ve even given you half of Pang Hu, what more do you want?"

"True."

Xu Lingjun reached out and scratched Pang Hu’s belly, casually stuffing a piece of blood leopard meat into its mouth.

Though it’s raw meat, Pang Hu gobbled it up in two bites, then lazily fell asleep.

Their common ground was Pang Hu.

Now that Pang Hu was out cold, there was a bit of awkwardness between them... Li Jingjun seemed to consider leaving, but having said just a few words and then leaving, even with her scant experience in making friends, she knew it wasn’t quite appropriate.

Xu Lingjun also seemed to have nothing to say.

After a long pause...

He searched for words, asking, "By the way, today’s the day for the external internet connection, aren’t you going to call home?"

"No need, my parents are no longer around, there’s no one I can call."

"Oh, sorry."

Xu Lingjun apologized, "Looks like we’re kindred in this aspect too."

"You too..."

"Yeah, my parents aren’t around either."

Silence fell between them again.

Li Jingjun hesitated for a moment, then said, "Uh, you’re not planning on entering the Secret Realm these days, are you?"

Xu Lingjun nodded.

"Then please take care of Pang Hu a bit more."

Li Jingjun said, "After breaking through to the late stage of True Transformation, normally you’d need some time to accumulate strength before breaking through, but I have quite an advantage over normal students, with enough foundation. All I need is an opportunity between life and death, so I’m planning to enter the Miwu Ghost Forest to seek that opportunity."

"Sure, I’ll take care of Pang Hu."

Xu Lingjun reached out and scratched Pang Hu’s chin, saying, "It’s just as well I don’t need to enter the Secret Realm during this time, Pang Hu can stay here with me... see, I’ve even changed the bed, it won’t complain it’s too hard now."

Li Jingjun sincerely said, "Thank you, if it weren’t for you, I probably wouldn’t be able to take care of Pang Hu by myself."

"No need to be so polite."

After saying this, Li Jingjun seemed to want to take her leave.

But before she could open her mouth, Gu Xi burst in, taking in the newly transformed bedroom and practice room. Her gaze was slightly teasing, but she didn’t say much. She did, however, give Li Jingjun a slightly teasing look.

Oh, oh, oh...

The single bed had been changed to a double bed. Surely it’s not for the cat to sleep on, right?

The two seemed a bit...

Hehehehe... Youth is great, youth is great, things develop so fast, this old woman can’t keep up.

She laughed, "Oh, you two are both here? What a coincidence, something happened, something big happened."

"Do you have something to discuss?"

Li Jingjun sensibly said, "Sorry, I was just about to leave."

"No need, you don’t need to leave."

Gu Xi said, "This matter concerns you too. It won’t hurt to listen..."

Xu Lingjun asked, "What’s the matter?"

Gu Xi succinctly said, "He Ziming is hospitalized."

"Who ×2?"

Fang Zheng and Li Jingjun simultaneously asked in confusion.

The name was so unfamiliar.

"He’s your fellow classmate!"

Gu Xi said with some annoyance, "Can you two not have eyes only for each other? At least pay some attention to other classmates. You’ve been at the Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion for several months already, and you don’t even have an impression of your classmates’ names? Could it be that apart from each other, you don’t know anyone else?"

Li Jingjun looked down, a bit embarrassed.

And Xu Lingjun replied, "I know one Zong Xiaoping!"

Li Jingjun quickly said, "I know him too."

Gu Xi: "................."