88: Lianxin Waterfall Experience

The National Competition had ended, and they were holding a large social gathering; they were truly hungry!

Gu Xiaoyue thought impatiently.

She wasn't very good at socializing; the previous business activities at Hualian had already worn her out.

Fortunately, this was a large social gathering, and any student who wanted to attend could do so.

Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan also said they would accompany her.

Upon arriving at the venue—the largest training ground at Huaqing—two rows of tables in the middle were set with various fruits and pastries, the standard setup for a buffet dance party.

It wasn't very high-end, but Gu Xiaoyue tasted a small pastry, and the flavor was quite good.

Waiters carrying drinks or low-alcohol cocktails were serving the students throughout the venue; they were likely students earning some extra money.

Just as Gu Xiaoyue was about to grab a cocktail, Shui Lingyu beat her to it and handed her a drink instead.

"Girls should drink less alcohol; have this drink instead."

Gu Xiaoyue smiled awkwardly and was hesitating whether to take it or not.

Chu Li walked over and took the drink from Shui Lingyu.

"Drinks handed over by others are the ones you shouldn't drink!"

He glared at Shui Lingyu with unkind eyes.

Shui Lingyu wasn't annoyed; he remained gentle toward Gu Xiaoyue, smiling as he said, "That's true, I was negligent. Junior Gu, may I have the honor of asking you for a dance?"

He Zhichen also leaned in, "Classmate Gu, may I have the honor of adding your contact information?"

Since Chongbei didn't make the top three this year, He Zhichen didn't have the chance to go to the Lianxin Waterfall. After the social dance party today, he would be returning to Chongbei.

Therefore, he had to add Gu Xiaoyue on Star Origin tonight!

Before Gu Xiaoyue could answer, Jiang Yi also came over, blushing, and asked for her Star Origin number.

This situation—it was a bit like a battlefield of romance—

Gu Xiaoyue started to get a headache. She first explained to Shui Lingyu that she couldn't dance at all and declined his invitation.

Then, she added He Zhichen and Jiang Yi on Star Origin and found an excuse to leave.

There were too many people at this social dance party, and Gu Xiaoyue felt like she couldn't breathe. The key point was that she didn't feel the fruits and pastries were enough to fill her stomach.

In the end, she ran away and went to find a place to have a big meal with Chu Li, Ye Wanrou, and Chen Yixuan.

When they returned to the dormitory, the social gathering had already ended.

Zhuang Yanxin, Fang Xiaoyu, Sun Jian, and Zhao Huaiyao were all waiting for Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li.

The rewards hadn't been distributed yet, so Gu Xiaoyue wanted to purchase them directly and discussed with them whether they wanted to keep them for personal use or sell them.

After some consideration, the group finalized their decisions before getting together.

Fang Xiaoyu and Zhuang Yanxin wanted the Golden Herb for personal use.

Although Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao also wanted to use them, due to their family situations, they preferred to exchange them for star coins.

The market price of a Golden Herb was around 120 million to 130 million star coins, and the total amount of star coins Gu Xiaoyue had added up to 240 million.

She discussed with Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao if 120 million star coins plus one crystal stone per Golden Herb would be acceptable.

The two were initially hesitant, but Fang Xiaoyu said softly, "If it weren't for Classmate Gu, we might not even have a single han jiang grass. Let alone now, with both the Golden Herb and the training at the Lianxin Waterfall."

Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao looked at each other, realized Fang Xiaoyu was right, and agreed.

After the rewards were distributed, everyone returned to their dorms, waiting to go to the Lianxin Waterfall for training together tomorrow.

Gu Xiaoyue tallied her supplies: five Golden Herbs, two shaping flowers, one heavenly crafting stone, and several qiu mu grass, lanzhi grass, and spirit condensation dew.

She looked at the yuanji stone that resembled the moon more at night—it changed with time, which was quite interesting.

The yuanji stone had only been in the Yu Beast Space for a little over half a day, and the tianling tree had grown over a dozen small fruits. Counting the original ones, the tianling tree now had a full twenty to thirty fruits waiting to ripen.

Having once been in the apocalypse, Gu Xiaoyue felt a deep sense of satisfaction facing so many supplies.

Although she was out of star coins, in her view, supplies were much more important than star coins.

After all, based on her experience in the apocalypse, no matter how many star coins you had, they weren't as useful as having plenty of supplies!

The Golden Herb could only boost a pet directly to the Mature Third Tier at most.

Gu Xiaoyue took one and fed it to Xiao Qi.

Once the Ying Long and Hou reached the Mature First Tier, she would feed them directly to the Mature Third Tier.

Xiao Qi's physique grew another size larger, and its eyes became more profound—it seemed its intelligence had also improved significantly.

It spun around a few times excitedly, then yawned and went back to its compartment to sleep.

It would take some time to absorb the energy of the Golden Herb.

The next day, Director Wu took Gu Xiaoyue and the others onto the official Albatross of the National Competition.

Also accompanying them were the directors and team members from Huaqing and Xiangzhong.

Ye Wanrou, Chen Yixuan, and the student spectators from Nanya returned to Nanya with Director Ding XinYu.

The Lianxin Waterfall was located at Guyuan Mountain; Gu Xiaoyue and the others flew on the Albatross for the better part of a day before arriving.

Because of the importance of the Lianxin Waterfall, the area around and above Guyuan Mountain was heavily guarded by troops and patrol soldiers.

The official staff of the National Competition greeted the commanding officer of the guards stationed at Guyuan Mountain and then led everyone into Guyuan Mountain.

Gu Xiaoyue and the others transferred to a bus and first arrived at the garrison dormitory to settle in.

After resting for a night, the students who only had two days of training continued to stay in the garrison dormitory, while the other students took the bus again to the Lianxin Waterfall.

When the bus reached the mountainside, what came into view was a massive waterfall pouring down from the peak, splitting into dozens of small streams by the mountain body halfway down.

Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li were assigned to one of them.

The official teachers provided all the students with clothing similar to wetsuits.

Besides preventing wardrobe malfunctions, this clothing could also enhance the training effect of the Lianxin Waterfall.

"Do we have to be showered on here for 3 days?"

Zhao Huaiyao asked the official teacher of the National Competition; if they had to be showered on for 3 days, wouldn't they get swollen?

The official teacher shrugged and said, "It depends. If you want your pet's tier to increase more and your Yu Beast Space's Mental Power to be stronger, then you have to endure it for a while longer."

As soon as Zhao Huaiyao and Sun Jian heard that it could increase their pets' tiers, they scurried off to change their clothes and rushed toward the waterfall.

Gu Xiaoyue, however, wasn't thinking about how much the Lianxin Waterfall could boost her pets' tiers.

After all, under the enhancement of her Immortal Tier beast-taming talent, it took ten months for the Qingluan to improve by one small tier, from Mid-Tier Heaven to Peak-Tier Heaven.

Anything higher than that would be Mid-Tier Immortal. There were no Common Tiers for Immortal Tier, Heavenly Immortal Tier, Demon Tier, or Mad Demon Tier; there were only Mid-Tier and Peak-Tier.

Above Peak-Tier Heavenly Immortal was the God Rank, and above Peak-Tier Mad Demon was the Demon God Rank.

Gu Xiaoyue believed that her pets would definitely be able to reach the God Rank and Demon God Rank in the future.

Furthermore, she still had a rather large yuanji stone in her Yu Beast Space.

It would definitely be able to shorten the time it took for her pets to level up!

Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li changed into their outfits and walked into the Lianxin Waterfall designated for them.

The waterfall's current wasn't very rapid; at first, it felt cool and refreshing when it landed on them.

Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li began to meditate in the Lianxin Waterfall.

Before long, Gu Xiaoyue began to feel a pain in her head and body as if she were being pricked by needles!

And it wasn't a subtle pricking sensation; it was a throbbing, intense pain, like steel needles being driven deep into her body!

"Ugh—"

Gu Xiaoyue almost bit through her lips; how could it be so painful!

"Chu Li, are, are you in pain—"