After spending New Year's Eve with Li Feng, Qinchuan and Li Feng bid each other farewell on the morning of the first day of the New Year. One went on a sightseeing tour, while the other returned to Azure City to concentrate on his cultivation.
Even though it was the New Year, the Blackmoon Combat Academy's office in the City of Elves still had a local administrator on duty. When he saw Qinchuan arrive, the administrator was surprised, but he didn't ask any questions. He simply wished him a happy New Year.
Qinchuan returned to the Blackmoon Combat Academy through the transfer array. It had been a long time since he'd last seen anyone. As he looked at the empty plaza, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely.
"Qinchuan?"
At this moment, someone suddenly walked in from outside the Teleportation Square. When she saw Qin Chuan appear in the Teleportation Square, she seemed a little surprised.
"So it's Professor Lan."
When he saw him, Qin Chuan smiled and greeted him.
Lan Weiwei looked at Qinchuan with surprise in her eyes. "I heard you didn't go home for the New Year," she said softly. "You've been at the Talisman Master's Guild in the City of Elves. I didn't think you'd come back today."
"It's the first day of the New Year, after all. I should come back to pay my respects." Qinchuan chuckled. "I wish you a happy New Year, Professor Lan."
"Thank you, and I wish you a happy New Year as well."
Lan Weiwei politely responded to Qinchuan. Her feelings towards Qinchuan were very complicated. The Lan family had wanted to recruit Qinchuan and have Qinchuan marry into the Lan family. She'd been chosen by the Lan family to marry Qinchuan.
When she'd first heard of Qinchuan, Lan Weiwei had looked down on Qinchuan. No matter how outstanding Qinchuan's talent was, he was still just a kid at the qi refining stage. She, on the other hand, was already a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator.
However, what happened to Qinchuan made Lan Weiwei completely change her view of Qinchuan.
Whether it was Qinchuan's heroic performance in the beast tide or his calmness when facing the Archfiend Lion Duke, Lan Weiwei admired Qinchuan from the bottom of her heart. However, just when Lan Weiwei felt that it wasn't unacceptable to be with Qinchuan, the Lan family suddenly gave up on recruiting Qinchuan.
When she heard the decision of the Lan Family's higher-ups, Lan Weiwei didn't show any special emotions, but she knew in her heart that she was a little lost.
It was undeniable that Qinchuan was a very outstanding man. She liked Qinchuan a little.
However, from Qinchuan's attitude towards her, she could tell that in Qinchuan's eyes, she was just a teacher.
"I won't take up any more of your time, goodbye."
Lan Weiwei looked at Qinchuan with a subtle gaze and took the initiative to say goodbye to Qinchuan. Since they weren't fated to be together, it was better to let it go.
"Goodbye."
Qinchuan said goodbye to Lan Weiwei, then stepped out of the teleportation square and went straight to Ning Ya's apartment.
"Knock knock knock."
Qinchuan knocked on the door of Ning Ya's apartment. After waiting for a while, someone came to open the door. To Qinchuan's surprise, it was Bai Yuu who came to open the door.
Seeing Bai Yuu appear, Qinchuan was very surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"
Bai Yuu slightly pursed her lips and responded, "I'm here to pay a New Year's visit."
Qinchuan walked in, somewhat puzzled, and asked again, "You've been … Wait a minute, your aura!"
Qinchuan looked at Bai Yuu in shock, somewhat in disbelief. The aura on Bai Yuu's body was so strong, it seemed that she had already advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage?!
"The day before yesterday, Bai Yuu successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage. Now, she still can't control her aura very well. Boy, you've been left behind."
Ning Ya, wearing a red cheongsam, slowly walked over. She looked at Qinchuan calmly and snorted, "Boy, you still have a conscience. You know to come and pay a New Year's visit to me, your teacher."
"Teacher, happy New Year."
After Qinchuan greeted Ning Ya, he looked at Bai Yuu again with surprise. He thought that he would be the first person to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage among the new students, but he didn't expect Bai Yuu to be one step faster than him.
Moreover, after the New Year, he would be nineteen years old, and Bai Yuu would only be seventeen years old!
"When are you going to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage?"
Ning Ya looked at Qinchuan with a slightly surprised expression and said, "I sense that your aura has obviously surpassed the level of the Qi Perfection stage. You're stronger than the last time we met. How did you do it?"
Generally speaking, after the cultivation stage reached the Perfection stage, unless you advanced to the next big realm, otherwise, no matter how much you cultivated, there would be no further improvement. However, Qinchuan could improve his cultivation stage again after reaching the Perfection stage of the Qi Perfection stage without advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage. This was a bit strange.
"I don't know. I just feel that my cultivation stage hasn't reached the perfect level of perfection, so I tried to continue cultivating. Maybe it has something to do with my cultivation method."
Qinchuan scratched his head and pushed all the reasons to the "Thunder Devouring Scripture" that he cultivated.
"That's the only possibility."
Ning Ya nodded gently and didn't ask Qinchuan to show her his cultivation method. Although she had a very good relationship with Qinchuan now, there were some taboos that she wouldn't touch easily.
"Well, you and Bai Yuu now go to Su Youluo's place and greet her on behalf of me."
Ning Ya glanced at Bai Yuu and then at Qinchuan. She couldn't help but think of what Su Youluo had said to her before. Perhaps Bai Yuu was more suitable for Qinchuan than Lü Zi.
Under Ning Ya's arrangement, Qinchuan and Bai Yuu went out together and walked towards Su Youluo's apartment.
On the way, Qinchuan looked at the silent Bai Yuu and asked with a smile, "When are you going to hold the Foundation Establishment Banquet?"
Bai Yuu shook her head gently and said, "I don't plan to."
"Advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage is a big deal. The Foundation Establishment Banquet must be held." Qinchuan shook his head and said, "It can't be ignored."
"Then what do you think I should do?"
Bai Yuu suddenly threw the question to Qinchuan.
Qinchuan pondered for a moment and suddenly said to Bai Yuu with a smile, "Do you want it to be lively or quiet?"
Without waiting for Bai Yuu to answer, Qinchuan continued, "If you want it to be lively, then hold it after school starts. Call all your classmates to attend your Foundation Establishment Banquet. If you want it to be quiet, then let's go to the school's cafeteria. I'll cook a few dishes that I'm good at!"
Qinchuan had lived alone since he was a child. Although his cooking skills weren't that exquisite, it was still delicious.
Bai Yuu's eyes flickered slightly and she asked, "If it's quiet, will it be just the two of us?"
"You can also call my teacher and your teacher." Qinchuan thought for a moment. Four people wasn't a lot and it was quite quiet.
"No need to trouble teacher, just the two of us." Bai Yuu shook her head gently. "This is good."