The trouble caused by Mo Lun was finally resolved with the appearance of Mu Chen. The freshmen area was once again unobstructed. However, the news of the spectacular battle was still being spread among the freshmen. Even some of the older students had vaguely heard about it.
Regarding this outcome, even the older students were surprised. Mo Lun's strength might not be considered outstanding among the older students. However, no matter what, he was about to advance to the Heavenly Fusion Stage Middle Phase. Compared to the freshmen that had just entered Hokuang Reiwon, it was obviously difficult for him to contend against him.
However, Mo Lun had been defeated.
Furthermore, he was easily defeated by the freshman named Mu Chen. Mo Lun did not even have the strength to resist. This caused some of the older students to be secretly amazed. It seemed that the quality of this batch of freshmen was much higher than the previous batch.
Regarding Mo Lun's humiliating defeat, many of the older students snorted in contempt. After all, those who knew him well knew that he was narrow-minded. If he had only gone to cause trouble for Mu Chen, perhaps no one would have said anything. However, his actions of blocking the other freshmen caused others to despise him. After all, the students of Hokuang Reiwon were all freshmen. Therefore, they especially disapproved of Mo Lun's actions.
Therefore, when Mo Lun was defeated and lost half a year's worth of Spiritual Value Points, many of them secretly thought that he deserved it. This time, he had lost all his face. Let's see if he would still dare to be so arrogant in the future.
As for how Mo Lun was humiliated, Mu Chen was too lazy to care. He naturally had to pay the price for what he had done. If it wasn't for the rules of Hokuang Reiwon, this time, it wouldn't be as simple as losing 200,000 Spiritual Value Points.
After Mo Lun's matter was settled, the freshmen area also calmed down. However, because Mu Chen was worried that something similar would happen again, he stayed in the freshmen area for the next few days to avoid any trouble.
Fortunately, no trouble appeared for the time being. This time, Mo Lun had lost a lot of face. For a while, he disappeared and did not dare to show his face. In these few days, the preparations for the establishment of an association that Zhou Ling and the others had mentioned were in full swing. Regarding this proposal, everyone in the freshmen area unanimously agreed. After all, they had been in Hokuang Reiwon for half a month and they had begun to understand that the competition in Hokuang Reiwon was extremely intense. In such an intense place, the strength of a single person was obviously inferior to that of a team. If everyone could work together, it would be beneficial for everyone.
Therefore, the establishment of an association smoothly passed everyone's decision. This made Zhou Ling and the others a little excited. Although they had established a force in the Northern Heavens World, it was only temporary. However, it was different now. They would be staying in Hokuang Reiwon for a long period of time. The force here was worth spending their energy and effort to build.
As for the bustling Zhou Ling and the others, Mu Chen did not have much interest in them. He could support Zhou Ling and the others, but it did not mean that he had to follow them to do such complicated things.
However, Zhou Ling and the others approved of Mu Chen's behavior of focusing on cultivation. According to them, if a force wanted to be tyrannical, it must have a deterrent force. In their opinion, Mu Chen and Luo Li were their strongest deterrents.
Therefore, when they were busy, no one would take the initiative to disturb Mu Chen. This allowed the latter to be free.
In the small pavilion, Mu Chen sat cross-legged on the top floor. He circulated the Great Pagoda Art and absorbed the Spiritual Aura that filled the world. After all, the freshmen area was within a Rank 4 Spirit Convergence Array. The density of the Spiritual Aura here was much higher than the Rank 3 Spirit Convergence Array in the Northern Spiritual Academy. Cultivating here would at least double the speed in the Northern Spiritual Academy.
"A Rank 4 Spirit Convergence Array is already this powerful. I wonder how terrifying a Rank 5 or 6 Spirit Convergence Array would be?"
Mu Chen was curious. He had never seen a Spirit Convergence Array of that level. Not to mention the Northern Spiritual Realm, there might not be many Rank 5 or Rank 6 Spirit Convergence Arrays in the entire Hundred Spirit Continent.
"Luo Li should have entered a Rank 5 Spirit Convergence Array to cultivate. It's been so long since he came back."
Mu Chen shook his head helplessly. He knew Luo Li's personality. He did not know why, but this quiet girl had a persistence towards cultivation that even moved Mu Chen. Back in the Spiritual Road, Mu Chen had saved her from those guys. During that period of contact, the girl might have been slightly touched by him. In a sense, it was the budding of a girl's affection towards a boy.
If it was an ordinary girl, she would most likely want to preserve the germination of such a good impression. However, Luo Li's choice was to directly kill Mu Chen in order to completely erase the feelings in her heart.
Because at that time, she felt that if she allowed these emotions to grow, it might hinder her cultivation and break her mental state. Therefore, even though she struggled in her heart, her stubbornness towards cultivation won out. Thus, there was the nearly half a year long pursuit.
Luo Li had a very calm personality. Her heart was always separated and she quietly observed the world with the mentality of a bystander. However, no matter how calm she was, she was still a girl.
What she didn't know was that when she had such thoughts about a boy, some things had already quietly broken away from her control. Therefore, when she finally defeated Mu Chen half a year later and placed her longsword before Mu Chen's throat, she suddenly discovered that the good feelings that she had been suppressing in her heart had unknowingly broken through her shackles during the half a year of pursuit. The good feelings had turned into a faint feeling that had spread throughout her heart.
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In this chase, who was the hunter and who was the prey, who won and who lost, no one could give a clear answer.
All of this was because of Luo Li's persistence towards cultivation. That kind of persistence even made Mu Chen feel a little pity for her at times. However, he had never stopped her. It was just that every time she worked hard to cultivate, he would put in even more effort than her.
"This girl."
Mu Chen softly sighed. He could sense that Luo Li's background was not simple. He had already sensed this a long time ago. The performance of the old man in the Spiritual Values Hall had also confirmed this point. Therefore, this made him even more puzzled. Why did Luo Li, who had such a background, still want to cultivate so selflessly?
Based on Mu Chen's understanding of Luo Li, she was not a true cultivation maniac. In fact, Mu Chen was sure that she still had a trace of disgust and resistance towards cultivation.
However, Mu Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. He temporarily put aside this thought. He knew that one day, Luo Li would personally tell him. Since she did not want to say it now, Mu Chen would naturally not force her.
Thinking until here, Mu Chen no longer worried. He clenched his fist and the crystal-like Spiritual Values Card appeared. There were more than 30,000 Spiritual Values on it.
"Only 30,000."
Mu Chen curled his lips. He was still short of 6,970,000 Spiritual Values to obtain the Northern Sea Dragon's Blood Essence. It was said that Mo Lun had spent almost half a year to accumulate 200,000 Spiritual Values. If that was the case, wouldn't it take him more than ten years to accumulate 7,000,000 Spiritual Values?
"Mu Chen."
While Mu Chen was feeling helpless, Jiu You Bird's thought suddenly resounded in his mind.
"Hmm?" Mu Chen lazily replied.
"Take these Divine Lightning Beads and sell them. Let's see how many Spiritual Values you can get."
Jiu You Bird's joyful thought transmitted over. Immediately, Mu Chen saw a ball of black light sweeping out from its body.
Rumble.
Following the appearance of the ball of black light, a deep thunderous roar immediately resounded. Mu Chen looked over in astonishment. Then, he saw that within the ball of black light, there were actually densely packed silver beads. These beads were only the size of a thumb. On the surface of the beads, there were actually lightning markings. A pure energy was emitted from the beads, bringing along a deep thunderous roar.
"These are Divine Lightning Beads?
So many? "Mu Chen was dumbfounded. Shortly after, his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch." How did you get them? "
Roughly looking at these Divine Lightning Beads, there were at least five hundred of them. According to the price of two hundred per bead, they would probably be worth a hundred thousand Spiritual Value Points. It wasn't a small amount.
"When you were cultivating in the Lightning Territory, I secretly absorbed some of the Divine Lightning Energy and condensed them into these." Jiu You Bird's voice was a little excited. "Didn't you say that these can be sold for Spiritual Value Points?
How much are these worth? "
Mu Chen's expression was a little strange. Why did the current Jiu You Bird seem a little like a small merchant seeking to make a huge profit? This was completely different from its arrogance in the past.
"About a hundred thousand Spiritual Value Points."
Mu Chen replied.
"There's still a big gap to seven million Spiritual Value Points. It doesn't matter. We can go to the Lightning Territory a few more times. As long as I use my full strength, the speed of condensing Divine Lightning Beads should be a lot faster." Jiu You Bird was a little dejected at first, then it said unwillingly.
"If you use your full strength, how big of a commotion will you cause? If you do that, it will definitely be noticed by the higher-ups of Hokuang Reiwon. Although they won't do anything to you, this thing is still a kind of test for the students. If you do that, they might think that you're cheating. At that time, if they take some measures, won't our efforts be in vain?"
Mu Chen bitterly smiled. This kind of thing, it was better to do it secretly. There was no need to directly ask for an exorbitant price. That would be inappropriate.
"Then, when can I obtain the Northern Sea Dragon's Blood Essence?"
Jiu You Bird also felt that it was somewhat reasonable. However, it was still a little unwilling. It was so close to leaping through the dragon's gate, but in the end, it was restricted by the so-called Spiritual Value Points.
"Take it slowly, we still have time." Mu Chen comforted it.
"Alright, you can deal with these Divine Lightning Beads. In the future, when we go to the Lightning Territory, I'll secretly make a move. I'll try my best to condense more Divine Lightning Beads without being noticed." Jiu You Bird helplessly said.
Mu Chen smiled and nodded his head. He stored the Divine Lightning Beads. Shortly after, his expression changed. Raising his head, he saw a figure of light flying over from afar. In the end, it landed on the roof of the small building, revealing a slim and beautiful figure.
Mu Chen looked at the familiar figure and smiled. She's finally done with her training?
(To be continued)