47: How about we rob them?

The heavy rain continued, and Blood Butcher stood beside Lu Yuan, holding an umbrella.

"Something wrong?"

Lu Yuan looked at Jiang Tianxia.

Her outfit was as cute as ever: twin ponytails, a white T-shirt paired with a dark blue skirt printed with cartoon dolls, and white sneakers.

This simple yet exquisite outfit compensated for Jiang Tianxia's small stature, highlighting her temperament.

"Why act cool in such heavy rain? Though it does look cool."

Jiang Tianxia said.

At first, she was a bit aloof towards Lu Yuan, which was understandable when they weren't familiar with each other.

Now, Jiang Tianxia considered Lu Yuan a friend and gradually revealed her true personality.

"Let's talk at my place." Lu Yuan put away his Puppet Corps and led Jiang Tianxia to his private villa.

Six Modu University students came with Jiang Tianxia.

They seemed to be a team.

"A villa, huh? You Pengcheng University students are so lucky! They actually provide villas for students to live in. Compared to this, Modu University is truly trash!" Jiang Tianxia complained.

Even though she was a freshman at Modu University herself.

Lu Yuan took out drinks and mineral water from the fridge, placed the snacks he'd bought earlier for his Older Sister on the table, and gestured for Jiang Tianxia and the others to make themselves at home.

"Lu Yuan, could you do me a favor?"

Jiang Tianxia's expression was expectant.

"Speak."

"Come with us to the No Mans Land to hunt Xuan Gang Realm Cloud-Treading Beasts. I need a lot of Cloud-Treading Beast skulls to forge a high-grade spirit tool." Jiang Tianxia explained her purpose for finding Lu Yuan.

"And then?"

Lu Yuan asked.

"Then I'll beat you to death in the Grand Competition!" Jiang Tianxia said as if it were obvious.

Lu Yuan: "..."

"You mean, I help you hunt Cloud-Treading Beasts to forge a high-grade spirit tool, and then you use that high-grade spirit tool to beat me to death in the Grand Competition?" Lu Yuan was amused and annoyed.

The 'beat to death' in Jiang Tianxia's words should be in quotation marks; it more accurately meant 'defeat'.

"Exactly."

"Exactly what? Do you think I'm a lunatic like Han Junchen?!" Lu Yuan was speechless.

"Who is Han Junchen?"

Jiang Tianxia hadn't heard of this person.

"Not important," Lu Yuan said.

After half a month, Jiang Tianxia had also broken through to the Xuan Gang Realm, though only one-star.

As for her seven-person team, two were in the Xuan Gang Realm, and the others were at the Qi Refining Realm Peak.

"The captain is really bold; who talks to people like that?" thought Fan Shuiyao, the black-haired vice-captain of the team.

At least be a little more subtle, or even trick Lu Yuan.

"It's not like I'm not giving you compensation." Jiang Tianxia looked at the amused Lu Yuan.

"What compensation?"

"A Transcendent Realm demon core."

Jiang Tianxia held a demon core the size of an adult man's fist in her palm.

A Transcendent Realm demon core!

Lu Yuan stood up. A demon core of this level couldn't be bought with money; it had to be exchanged for other items.

Jiang Tianxia, worthy of being from the Jiang Family of Modu, was generous enough to offer an eight-star Transcendent Realm demon core as compensation!

"Although we are not from the same university and will be competitors in the Grand Competition in half a month, precisely because of this, we should help each other." Lu Yuan smoothly put the demon core from Jiang Tianxia's hand into his pocket.

"Cloud-Treading Beasts, right? How many should I kill? Is a hundred enough?!"

Lu Yuan said righteously.

Whether it was demon crystals or demon cores, the better the quality, the faster the absorption speed.

This eight-star Transcendent Realm demon core was enough for him to cultivate to the Divine Power Realm!

"Lu Yuan, you're quite good at changing your expression." Jiang Tianxia pouted, thinking that this guy wouldn't act without seeing a benefit.

"Shall we depart now?"

Jiang Tianxia suggested.

She was still a bit anxious. Breaking through to xuan gang realm two-star in half a month was unrealistic, so she had to find another way to quickly improve her strength.

"Let's go." Lu Yuan indicated he had no problem and could depart at any time.

"Wait, didn't the Martial Examination reward you with a high-grade spirit tool sword?"

Lu Yuan wondered.

The first place in the Martial Examination was rewarded with a top-grade spirit artifact, and the second place, Chu Wushe, received an exclusive high-grade spirit tool.

As for Jiang Tianxia, who was third, she received a random high-grade spirit tool and high-grade spirit treasures.

"Don't even mention it. That sword is so light it feels like nothing in my hand." Jiang Tianxia was quite speechless.

"A true man should use a heavy sword, the heavier the better!"

"But Captain, you're not a man," Fan Shuiyao whispered.

"A strong person should use a heavy sword!"

Jiang Tianxia corrected herself.

"It was fine when I didn't know her well, but now that I do, she seems a bit slow-witted." Lu Yuan looked at Jiang Tianxia, who had a loli face and demeanor but a fierce fighting style.

Cloud-Treading Beasts are gregarious fierce beasts that can cultivate up to Xuan Gang Realm Six-Star.

These fierce beasts are not particularly strong in combat but are extremely fast and good at escaping, as their name suggests.

"Hello, Lu Yuan, I'm Fan Shuiyao, an auxiliary class. I just broke through to the Xuan Gang Realm yesterday."

Fan Shuiyao, dressed in black and with long straight hair, introduced herself proactively.

"Hello."

Lu Yuan nodded.

This woman was Jiang Tianxia's team's vice-captain, mainly assisting teammates and commanding during combat.

"Lu Yuan, my name is Chi Canhong, an Earth Attribute Combat Class, Xuan Gang Realm one-star," said the honest-looking Chi Canhong.

"Mm."

Lu Yuan remembered this name. Chi Canhong, ranked eighth in the National Martial Examination.

The others also introduced themselves, and Lu Yuan nodded to each of them.

At Pengcheng University's Teleportation Array point, Lu Yuan spent academic credits to buy eight teleportation tickets to Red Leaf City.

Red Leaf City, one of China's border cities defending against demon invasion.

It enjoyed spring-like weather all year round, an environment Cloud-Treading Beasts loved to live in.

"Brother Lu Yuan, can you control all those tens of thousands of monsters on the training ground at once?"

While waiting for the Teleportation Array to activate, Fan Shuiyao looked at Lu Yuan.

She was very sweet-mouthed, addressing Lu Yuan as 'Brother Lu Yuan' right away.

"What did you just call me?"

"Brother Lu Yuan."

Fan Shuiyao was puzzled, thinking there was nothing wrong with that address. Could she call him 'Little Brother Lu Yuan' instead?

"Say it again."

"Brother Lu Yuan."

"Good sister," Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Fan Shuiyao: "..."

You scared me!

She thought Lu Yuan was angry, but it turned out he just liked being called 'Brother'.

The group chatted and laughed as they entered the Teleportation Array, arriving at Red Leaf City and smoothly entering the No Mans Land with their student IDs.

"Be alert!"

"Yin Zeyao, fly into the air and check the situation. Report to me immediately if you find any fierce beasts!"

"Chi Canhong and Xue Muyang, scout ahead, no more than 50 meters from us. Captain, you're on the right..."

Fan Shuiyao, as the team's commander, spoke in an orderly fashion.

Although their team only had seven members, and three had just broken through to the Xuan Gang Realm,

with their tacit cooperation, they weren't afraid even if they encountered a Xuan Gang Realm Peak fierce beast!

"What about me?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Brother Lu Yuan, stay with me. As a Puppet Master, you should be protected."

Said Fan Shuiyao, an auxiliary class Practitioner.

In her understanding, a Puppet Master was equivalent to a Dark Attribute Practitioner, most afraid of close-range attacks during combat.

"Alright." Lu Yuan readily accepted. His main goal was to help Jiang Tianxia hunt Cloud-Treading Beasts.

If the mission could be completed without his intervention, that would be even better.

Of course, that demon core was not going to be returned.

"Two li ahead, there are Practitioners robbing another group of Practitioners. The strongest among them is xuan gang realm two-star." The Wind Attribute Practitioner Yin Zeyao returned and reported.

Hearing this, Fan Shuiyao looked at Jiang Tianxia, and Jiang Tianxia looked at Lu Yuan.

"This is the No Mans Land. Robbery, murder, and seizing treasures are common," Lu Yuan said.

Jiang Tianxia understood that Lu Yuan didn't want to get involved and decided to bypass these people and head straight for the Cloud-Treading Beast's lair.

"They're robbing. How about we rob them?" Lu Yuan's words were astonishing.

Jiang Tianxia: "???"

Team members: "???"

You can play it like that?!