64: Chapter 64 Tonight, we will evolve!

Upon hearing the name "Teacher Shen Qing," Jiang You's neck instantly shrank as the image of that female devil wielding a blade flashed through his mind.

He immediately nodded obediently, wearing an expression that screamed, "I am very obedient, I am very cowardly":

"Rest assured, Teacher Gu."

"I cherish my life very much."

"I plan to enshrine it as a family heirloom, offering three sticks of incense every morning and evening. I definitely won't eat it randomly, let alone touch it carelessly."

Teacher Gu Yan looked at Jiang You's sincere, cowardly gaze, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. He closed the box, handed it to him, and left after giving a few more instructions.

As soon as Teacher Gu Yan left, Jiang You shoved that priceless briefcase under his bed as if it were a hot potato.

It ended up resting right next to the large, dark green turtle shell.

"Whew... what a hassle."

Jiang You brushed the dust off his hands:

"Teacher Gu said to use it slowly? Fine, then I'll listen to him."

"Anyway, I'm not in a rush to get stronger. Keeping it as a treasure at the bottom of the box isn't bad either. If I run out of money to eat one day, I can sell it for steamed buns."

"Time to catch up on sleep. I still have to go to a feast in my dreams tonight."

After saying that, Jiang You pulled the quilt over his head.

Only three seconds passed.

"Hoo... whee... hoo... whee..."

The highly penetrating snoring sound echoed through Dorm 201 like some ancient mocking incantation.

At that moment, the air seemed to freeze.

Lu Xingye, Xiang Batian, and Gou Fugui remained in stiff postures, their eyes fixed intently on Jiang You's foot hanging off the edge of the bed, and the silver briefcase that had been kicked under it.

That was Tier 5 Essence Blood!

That was a space source crystal!

That was a top-tier resource we wouldn't even dare to dream of!

You just shoved it under the bed like that?

The three exchanged glances, instantly reaching a silent understanding.

Like thieves, they crept toward Jiang You's bed, then uniformly... crouched down.

Their three heads gathered together, staring at the box under the bed. Their gazes were more intense than if they were looking at a naked beauty.

"Slurp..."

Xiang Batian took a deep breath, a look of intoxication appearing on his face:

"Did you smell that? This is the scent of power!"

"Even through the lead seal, I can still feel that explosive aura of protein!"

"I feel like just squatting next to this box for five minutes could increase my muscle mass by 0.1 centimeters!"

Gou Fugui pushed up his glasses, pulled out an abacus, and clattered it in mid-air with a pained expression:

"What a waste! This is a total waste!"

"According to current market prices, every day this tube of Essence Blood evaporates, it's equivalent to burning a sports car!"

"He's actually sleeping? How can he sleep? If it were me, I'd be hugging the box and sleeping on my knees!"

Lu Xingye clenched his fists tightly, his nails almost digging into his flesh, his eyes filled with accusations against the unfairness of fate:

"Why?"

"Why on earth is this?"

"I practice with my blade ten thousand times a day and meditate while sleeping, yet I can only drink discounted nutrient solution."

"He does nothing but sleep and eat every day, yet the top scholar's reward is delivered to his bedside?"

"Could it be... the legendary 'fools have fool's luck'?"

At this moment, Gou Fugui's eyes rolled, and he immediately pulled a meditation cushion from his pocket and threw it right next to Jiang You's bed:

"Since that's the case, we can't waste it!"

"This is called riding the trend... oh no, leeching spiritual energy!"

"I'm sleeping on the floor here tonight! I want to absorb that overflowing aura of wealth!"

Xiang Batian also reacted, immediately lying on the ground and starting push-ups:

"Then I'll train my core right here! I'll use the lingering power of the Titan Giant Ape to break through my bottleneck!"

Lu Xingye gritted his teeth, finally snorted coldly, but silently moved a stool to sit at the head of the bed, unsheathed his blade, and began to wipe it:

"Hmph, a bunch of mortals."

"I'm just here to prevent the treasure from being stolen, and incidentally... borrow some momentum."

Thus.

An extremely abstract scene appeared in Dorm 201:

Jiang You was fast asleep on the bed, drool soaking his pillow.

The three roommates by the bed looked like guardian deities, or perhaps like three beggars mooching a meal, each doing their own thing around his bed.

One was sleeping on the floor and inhaling, one was doing push-ups to leech off the pressure, and one was wiping his blade to borrow momentum.

This bizarre yet harmonious "treasure-leeching" ritual continued until late at night.

Until...

Night had completely fallen.

The three overachievers finally exhausted themselves, or perhaps they were a bit carbon-intoxicated from inhaling too much "second-hand spiritual energy," and they all collapsed onto their respective beds and fell into a deep sleep.

However.

Just at the moment when the three of them were completely unconscious.

The organs inside Jiang You's body woke up in the darkness, revealing villainous "hehehe" smiles.

[Brain (Coolly coming online)]:

"The Slacker Ruler is asleep."

"Use it slowly? Three to five years?"

"Heh, the wisdom of a mortal. Leaving this kind of top-tier energy here overnight is simply a desecration of resources!"

[stomach (Sneering)]:

"Hehehe! Dilute it with water? Who are you looking down on?"

"Diluting it is a disrespect to food! It's an insult to the Titan Giant Ape!"

"I want the raw extract! I want to down it in one gulp!"

[Kidneys (Greedy)]:

"Hehehe! Meditative enlightenment? Too slow! By the time that Slacker Ruler gains enlightenment, the daylilies will have already turned cold!"

"Hand it over! Direct physical fusion! Force creates miracles!"

[Right Hand]:

"I can't wait anymore! Let's do it!"

In reality.

In the dark dormitory, Jiang You, who had been sleeping like a dead pig, suddenly sat bolt upright.

His eyes were still closed, but his movements were terrifyingly precise.

He bent over and dragged that briefcase out from under the bed.

"Click."

The box opened, and red and silver light illuminated his expressionless face.

[Right Hand] picked up that tube of boiling Essence Blood as if it were picking up an ordinary bottle of oral liquid.

"Pop."

The stopper was pulled out.

Without any hesitation, without any dilution.

Jiang You tilted his head back and opened his mouth.

"Gulp—"

Downed in one gulp!

A whole tube of Tier 5 Essence Blood, enough to make an ordinary martial artist explode a hundred times, was swallowed by him just like drinking cold boiled water.

He even stuck out his tongue to lick clean the little bit of blood hanging from the bottle's rim.

[stomach (Ecstatic)]:

"Refreshing!!!!!"

"This heat! This strength! Burn! My stomach wall!"

"Even if it's lava, I'll digest it for you! Convert it for me! Absorb it for me!"

Immediately after, [Right Hand] grabbed the piece of space source crystal.

No meditation was performed, and there was no protection.

[Right Hand (Somewhat hesitant)]:

"This thing is a bit hard... Teacher Gu Yan said this is a core fragment of an S-Rank Dungeon..."

[Brain]:

"Hard? After just drinking the Titan Giant Ape's blood, you are now indestructible."

"Crush it! Knead the law fragments inside directly into the body!"

"What we need to do isn't to use space, but... to become space!"

[Right Hand (Instantly fired up)]:

"Do we have to be this cool?"

"Got it! Violent aesthetics, right? I like it!"

"Break... for me!!!"

In reality.

In the dark dormitory, Jiang You was still sleeping with his eyes closed, his expression as peaceful as a sleeping baby.

But his left hand, which was gripping the source crystal, suddenly had dark red veins bulging out—that was the terrifying, monstrous strength brought by the Titan Giant Ape's Essence Blood!

"Creak—creak—"

A teeth-grinding friction sound rang out.

The source crystal, which claimed to be indestructible and contained the laws of space, emitted a groan of unbearable stress in Jiang You's palm.

"Crack!!!"

A crisp sound of shattering.

Silver light exploded!

The fist-sized space source crystal was actually... crushed by Jiang You with his bare hands!

Countless silver powders and streams of light did not scatter, but seemed to be pulled by some black hole-like gravitational force.

"Whew—"

Jiang You took a deep breath.

At the same time, all the pores on his body dilated.

[Skin (Greedy)]:

"I've been waiting for this moment!"

Those silver streams of light crazily drilled into his body through the pores on his Skin.

They didn't enter the Dantian, but followed the meridians, finally converging at his lower back, which was where the Kidneys were located.

[Kidneys (Letting out a groan of being overstuffed)]:

"Oh! This is the feeling!"

"Bloated! So bloated!"

"This feeling of being about to burst while constantly expanding is simply addictive!"

"That broken ring from before is a joke compared to the current me!"

"Hahahaha! It won't be long before I can store not just a mountain, but all the treasures in the entire S-Rank Dungeon!"

As the last wisp of silver light disappeared into Jiang You's body.

Everything returned to calm.

Jiang You's hand loosened, and only a pinch of ordinary stone powder without any spiritual energy remained in his palm, which he casually sprinkled on the ground.

On the surface of his body, red light of blood energy and silver light intertwined and flickered for a moment, then finally disappeared completely beneath his Skin.

[Brain]:

"Absorption complete. Entering full-power digestion mode."

"Tonight, we evolve!"