Chapter 49 (2/2)

“No, there are so many people here. They’re all practitioners. Let’s go find a quiet place to talk.”

“That’s not convenient.” Zhou Bai scratched his head. “I’m so busy every day, I don’t have time to go out.”

“I can treat you to a meal after we finish.”

“Don’t talk about treating me. We’re classmates. You’re too kind.”

Zhou Bai stood up with a bright smile. He suddenly stomped and yelled at Elsa. “Elsa, why are you rubbing against me? Even if you rub against me, I can’t bring you along. My classmate is taking me. Would it be suitable to bring a dog?”

Elsa, who did absolutely nothing, looked at Zhou Bai quizzically.

Zhou Bai looked at Jian Xing with embarrassment. “This dog grew up with me, she eats and lives with me. Now that she sees I’m going out to eat, she wants to go too. Ugh, she’s so ill-behaved. I’ve spoiled her too much.”

Zhou Bai turned around and glared at Elsa. “Why are you rubbing against me again? I told you I can’t bring you along. Just go hungry for tonight. I can’t help you even if you starve.”

Jian Xing waved and interrupted Zhou Bai’s sentence. He said, “Say no more. I’ll treat both you and the dog. Let’s go.”

“See what happened? Sigh, I’m so embarrassed,” as Zhou Bai said this, he quickly put the leash on Elsa. He grabbed Jian Xing’s hand and exclaimed, “I’m definitely going to be your friend.”

Right now, Jian Xing looked like a giant meal ticket in Zhou Bai’s eyes.

Jian Xing smiled awkwardly, leading Zhou Bai out of the dorm. They headed towards an obscure valley in the north.

Seeing there were fewer and fewer people around them, Zhou Bai asked, “Is this place okay? Jian Xing, what do you have to tell me?”

Jian Xing sighed and said, “Zhou Bai, you’re very fortunate.”

“Fortunate?”

Jian Xing’s clothes billowed in the wind. He said in a slight daze, “Your gift is the subject of admiration. Given the same amount of practice time, you could probably easily achieve ten times what a normal person can.”

“Uh, it’s probably more than ten times. I think it’s at least twenty times.”

Jian Xing suddenly turned around, staring at Zhou Bai. Zhou Bai was so embarrassed by his stare he turned away.

The atmosphere became silent again. Zhou Bai saw how far off the path they’ve wandered and paused his steps. “Is here okay? What is it, Jian Xing?”

Jian Xing stopped walking too. His entire body seemed to become a little darker. “Just a little more ahead; I know the scenery there is quite nice.”

Zhou Bai waved. “Let’s talk here. I’m already hungry. Let’s go eat right as soon as we finish talking.”

Jian Xing’s body shook slightly. His clothes billowed up and down, as if something was fluctuating beneath them.

Jian Xing’s voice became raspy: “Zhou Bai…I’m very concerned…

“Why…why did things turn out like this…?”

Zhou Bai went blank for a second. The next moment, he felt a turbulent primordial spirit power charge right at his body.

Zhou Bai’s body flew backward, then fell to the floor with a thump.

Jian Xing turned around, revealing a face with muscles that continuously warped and rippled, as if something was about to break out of it.

“That’s weird, I didn’t…even touch him, but he’s on the ground already?”

Watching the Shiba Inu run away into the distance, whining, Jian Xing paid no mind to the dog. He just stretched his neck. For safety’s sake, his primordial spirit power started fluctuating again, transforming into an invisible palm that descended from the sky, slamming toward Zhou Bai.

In an explosion, the ground around them seemed to quake, but Jian Xing watched Zhou Bai in astonishment.

Dust rose from the ground around Zhou Bai, but there was not a single scratch on him.

In fact, in Jian Xing’s perception, his attack that used 99 points of primordial spirit powers didn’t inflict a single wound on Zhou Bai.