454: Chapter 454: The words may be rough, but the reasoning is sound.

Long time no see!

Su Su stared blankly at that figure. Unbeknownst to her, tears had already blurred her vision.

"Whoa, why so emotional? Class Monitor Su doesn't actually like Old Bai, does she?"

Qi Tian said with a peculiar expression.

Xiao Yuan chuckled and smiled foolishly without saying a word.

At that moment, Su Su leaped directly from the window and landed in front of Fang Bai.

Her eyes, filled with complex emotions, looked at him as she asked softly, "When did you get back?"

Fang Bai smiled and said, "It should have been a little while ago."

Su Su pursed her lips. "Outside... is it resolved?"

Fang Bai scratched his head. "Not exactly. Things are a bit complicated. I'll explain it to you all in detail later."

As he spoke, he opened his arms and said with a grin, "It's been a long time. How about a hug?"

Su Su broke into a smile through her tears, then she threw herself directly into Fang Bai's arms, tightly hugging his waist.

Feeling a touch of softness, Fang Bai also began to laugh.

Not far away, seeing this scene, Qi Tian whispered to Xiao Yuan, "If Old Bai ever decided to go after girls, he'd probably be even more of a scumbag than me."

Xiao Yuan glanced at Qi Tian and said, "But Brother Qi, you go after every one you see. Brother Bai and Sister Su Su have an emotional foundation."

Qi Tian's face darkened. "If you don't know how to talk, then shut up!"

What did he mean by 'go after every one he sees'? He made it sound like he was some kind of breeding stud!

The two embraced for a long time before Su Su reluctantly pulled away.

At that moment, a voice came from behind: "I want one too."

Fang Bai looked toward the sound and saw it was A Xiu.

The latter's gaze still lacked focus, but she was looking in Fang Bai's direction with a faint smile on her lips.

Fang Bai smiled and said, "A Xiu, you've actually become so beautiful."

A Xiu used to be a dirty little girl, thin and frail, looking malnourished. Now, her clothes were clean, and she had gained some weight—at least she wasn't flat-chested anymore—and had blossomed into a graceful young woman.

A Xiu walked over and naturally opened her arms.

Fang Bai gave her a hug.

The youth squad was assembled at this moment.

"Oh~ so that's why you two didn't respond to the national call for 'many children, much fortune' and went into secluded cultivation instead! It turns out you're both interested in Old Bai!" Qi Tian's sour voice rang out.

As soon as these words were spoken, both A Xiu's and Su Su's faces turned red.

The latter stared at Qi Tian with gritted teeth. "If you say one more word, I'll beat you up!"

Qi Tian said resentfully, "Can't even let a man speak. What a bad-tempered woman!"

He cast a sympathetic look toward Fang Bai.

The latter smiled without saying anything.

A moment later, the group gathered in the wooden cabin.

The four of them sat together around a stove, roasting a piece of demon beast meat.

"In short, that's how things are."

Fang Bai stared at the stove and let out a long breath.

The four had complex expressions. They hadn't expected things to turn out like this in the end.

"The Demon Race was just dealt with, and now an Evil Demon Clan appears. It's never-ending!" Qi Tian was somewhat depressed.

Isn't this just 'invincible on earth, but enemies come from the heavens'?

Su Su looked at Fang Bai and asked, "In other words, has the Blue Planet already fallen?"

Fang Bai shook his head. "I'm not sure either, because I was sent to this civilization and know nothing about what happened to the Blue Planet afterward."

"However, it shouldn't have come to that. That Demon Slayer was only a clone. If Old Man Wan and the Gluttonous God joined forces, it's not impossible to deal with it."

Although Fang Bai had left, it wasn't hard for him to guess that Old Man Wan and the Gluttonous God would team up. After all, given the situation at the time, neither side had any other choice but to cooperate.

"What a pity. After all, that's the hometown where we lived for many years!" Qi Tian sighed with emotion.

Fang Bai said, "Work hard to increase your strength. When the time comes, we'll just kill our way back."

Hearing this, Qi Tian smiled bitterly. "You make it sound easy, kid. Do you think everyone has cheats like you do? With our strength, we're just cannon fodder everywhere. We can't even beat the Ninth Rank, let alone the unknown and powerful Tenth Rank."

They had already fallen behind!

The others remained silent as well.

Su Su glanced at Fang Bai with a complex gaze. She had originally intended to use Fang Bai as her goal, but she found to her helplessness that the latter was moving too fast; she couldn't catch up at all.

Using such a monster as a goal was truly despair-inducing.

If given ten years, could she break through to the Ninth Rank?

Given the current environment, it wasn't certain.

Fang Bai said, "Your current strength is indeed very weak, but staying here for the time being is considered safe. Once I figure out the rules of this civilization, I'll let you out."

Expectant looks appeared on the faces of Qi Tian and the others.

They had stayed in here long enough.

"However, I have to say that a higher civilization is indeed much more advanced than our civilization, especially the level of spiritual energy. The energy is much denser than in our place," Fang Bai added.

One had to know that the revival of martial arts on their Blue Planet was only because the invasion of the Demon Race had driven the spiritual energy recovery.

But in a second-level civilization, there were who-knows-how-many races on the level of the Demon Race!

"Old Bai, then you must get strong quickly! We're waiting to ride your coattails!" Qi Tian said hurriedly.

Fang Bai laughed. "No problem."

A long time later, the group finished their conversation.

Outside the cabin, Qi Tian led Xiao Yuan away.

"Brother Qi, why are we slipping away first?" Xiao Yuan scratched his head and asked in confusion.

Qi Tian rolled his eyes at him. "You're stupid to death! No situational awareness at all! Didn't you see the way they looked at Old Bai? Their eyes were practically dripping with affection. If we stayed as third wheels, we'd get beaten up."

Xiao Yuan scratched his head. "Are they... going to reproduce?"

Qi Tian's mouth twitched. "Coarse words, but not a coarse truth."

Inside the cabin at this time.

Fang Bai took a bath and felt refreshed all over.

Both Su Su and A Xiu had already bathed.

A Xiu suddenly stood up and said, "I'm leaving first."

Su Su grabbed her. "Why are you leaving?"

A Xiu was silent for a moment before saying, "I'm giving you two a chance to be alone."

Su Su's face was red as she said, "You... you don't have to be like this. I know you like him too, right?"

A Xiu remained silent.

She originally had no interest in matters between men and women. Her heart only held the desire to become stronger, to avenge her grandfather, and to kill everyone in the evil cult organization... Other than that, she had no other thoughts.

But every one of those matters had already been resolved by that young man.

Moreover, he had saved her more than a few times. Even for A Xiu, she couldn't help but admire the strong.

Su Su said softly, "Stay. We've lived and eaten together for so long; we already know each other inside out."

A trace of a blush appeared on A Xiu's face. After hesitating for a moment, she gave a slight nod.

"What are you two doing holding hands?"

A light laugh sounded from behind.

A hint of awkwardness appeared on both women's faces.

"Are you finished washing?" Su Su looked at the clean, sunny youth and asked.

Fang Bai nodded. "Yeah. As expected of you guys, to be able to achieve bathing freedom under such extreme conditions..."

Su Su suddenly interrupted, "Xiao Bai, what are your views on this 'many children, much fortune' thing?"

Fang Bai: ???