93: Chapter 93: The Goddess Turned into a Simp?

"It's Xiao Mei from Star Academy!"

"Goddess, Goddess!"

"I didn't expect to run into a genius from Star Academy."

"Yeah, and she's even the top powerhouse of Star Academy, Goddess Xiao Mei."

"..."

Lu Yuan bit his straw and asked with some confusion, "Xiao Mei... That name sounds familiar."

Cheng Niannian said with a grin:

"Brother Lu Yuan, did you forget?"

"It's that Xiao Mei who tried to seduce you two days ago."

Lu Yuan shook his head.

He had absolutely no memory of her.

"The one with the big chest and the really perky butt."

"Oh, her," Lu Yuan realized. "Wow, how can you talk such nonsense, little girl? She only invited me to join her club; she wasn't trying to seduce me."

"My intuition is very accurate." Cheng Niannian pouted. "She really wanted to seduce you, Brother Lu Yuan."

Lu Yuan shrugged and didn't pursue the topic.

Perhaps.

As the sole heir of the Lu family, there had been far too many people trying to seduce him since he was a child.

From candies and spicy gluten strips when he was little...

...to all kinds of beautiful young girls and mature women who would throw themselves at him after playing the damsel in distress...

He had long since grown used to it.

Soon,

a group of five squeezed out of the crowd and walked into the Professionals Association.

The leader was indeed Xiao Mei, who had previously wanted to invite Lu Yuan to join her school club.

The four behind her were all very powerful.

But they had camera equipment and lighting resting on their shoulders.

"I heard this Xiao Mei is an influencer."

"Of course, Goddess Xiao Mei's followers have already surpassed a million."

"Hehe, seriously, her figure is absolutely top-tier."

"If only Goddess Xiao Mei were willing to hook up with me... *slurp*."

"Look at your drooling face. From the moment you called her 'goddess', you had no chance."

"Why?"

"Because simps never get a seat at the table."

"..."

Xiao Mei was about to head to the service window to register when she caught sight of the young man nearby, and her footsteps paused.

A flash of joy crossed her originally cold eyes.

She walked straight toward the crowd.

The young men nearby instantly grew excited, holding their breath and letting out muffled squeals of excitement.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!"

"Goddess Xiao Mei is walking toward me! What do I do, what do I do? What if she confesses to me? What should I do?"

"Get lost! Goddess Xiao Mei is clearly looking at me."

"She's even smiling at me."

Clack! Clack! Clack!

The Professionals Association, packed with hundreds of people, fell dead silent. Only the crisp sound of Xiao Mei's heels clicking against the floor echoed through the hall.

Under everyone's dumbfounded gazes,

Xiao Mei stopped beside Lu Yuan's table.

"Wow, what a coincidence! Junior Lu Yuan, to think I'd run into you guys here again."

"Don't you think this is fate?"

Xiao Mei leaned forward slightly, revealing her deep, bottomless cleavage.

One does not slap a smiling face.

Seeing how cordial she was, Lu Yuan also smiled and greeted Xiao Mei.

"It really is quite a coincidence."

"Hmph, vixen," Cheng Niannian snorted coldly, puffing out her own quite sizable chest.

Opposite them, Lei Ting looked down at her chest, which was as flat as an airport runway, and fell into silence.

Seeing Lu Yuan reply, Xiao Mei immediately seized the opportunity and said, "Junior Lu Yuan, did you come here because you want to go to the wilderness for training?"

"I'm very familiar with this place. Let me guide you. That way, I can protect you, and your training will be much safer."

Lu Yuan: "..."

Lu Yuan shook his head, somewhat speechless.

"No thanks, we already have a plan."

Lu Yuan decisively rejected Xiao Mei's kindness, turning to leave with Cheng Niannian and Lei Ting.

Xiao Mei's behavior made the male professionals following behind her grit their teeth so hard they almost shattered.

"Fuck, who is this pretty boy?"

"Why is Goddess Xiao Mei acting like a simp in front of him?"

"You're my goddess! How can you be someone else's simp?"

"And the worst part is, that pretty boy actually rejected my Goddess Xiao Mei!"

"Fuck, this is absolutely unbearable!"

"Go investigate. Find out exactly who this guy is."

"..."

After leaving the Professionals Association,

the three of them didn't leave the Wilderness Base immediately. Instead, they made their way to the Wilderness Base's black market.

The black market was an even more chaotic place where dragons and snakes mingled.

If you lined up ten people and shot them all, there might be one innocent soul; but if you only shot nine, someone who deserved it would definitely slip through the cracks.

However, there was also a chance of finding good things.

"Handsome, handsome! We've got beautiful girls here. Want to come in and play a round?"

Just as they entered the black market, a wrinkled hand grabbed Lu Yuan's arm.

A middle-aged woman said with a knowing look.

They even had this kind of service?

This damn sense of familiarity... why did it feel like a train station?

Lu Yuan ignored her. After pulling his arm free from her grasp, he continued walking inside.

"You three, I have a god-grade elixir here. Interested?

Take this, and I guarantee you'll soar straight to a Tier 9 professional."

"Don't listen to him, he's a fraud. Handsome, come take a look at my stall. My elixirs are guaranteed to be honest for both young and old, absolutely no deception."

A man with a mouth full of yellow teeth lay on a lounge chair, not even opening his eyes.

"If you want to go deep into the wilderness, you must be fully prepared.

Otherwise, you'll end up dead."

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

This stall was a mess, with all sorts of things, including many elixirs.

The prices weren't expensive, averaging between ten to twenty thousand.

They were even cheaper than normal elixir prices.

Yet, not a single person stopped at his stall.

Those elixirs were all pitch-black and didn't look like anything legitimate.

These elixirs looked too disgusting.

Lu Yuan shook his head. Just as he was about to leave, his heart suddenly stirred.

Within his summoning space, Little Skeleton let out bursts of excited shouts.

"Master, Master, help me get that golden skull!!"

"That's a really good item!"

Hearing Little Skeleton's impatient voice,

Lu Yuan pointed to the item Little Skeleton mentioned.

It was a fist-sized golden skull covered in cracks on top.

It looked just like those elixirs—extremely worn out, filthy, and covered in grime.

"What is this skull?"

"I don't know either," the stall owner replied, still rocking back and forth on his chair with his eyes closed.

"Did this skull come from the same place as these elixirs?"

The stall owner waved the cattail leaf fan in his hand.

"Of course. These are all things I risked my life to bring back from the Abyss. It's only because yours truly is in desperate need of money right now, otherwise I'd never sell them so easily."

"Then how much for this skull? And these bone-shaped items, I'll take them all."

Lu Yuan wasn't afraid of being ripped off and got straight to the point.

Before the stall owner could speak,

an arrogant voice came from behind.

"How much is he offering? I'll pay double."