“Come in first.” Zu An turned to the side and gestured for her to come in. It really would be embarrassing if a passerby saw him standing naked outside like this.
Shang Liuyu gave his exposed upper body another look, but after a bit of hesitation, she was still no match for her curiosity. She entered in a graceful manner.
Zu An closed the door and said, “We ran into an assassin on the way to the academy, so my mind was a bit on edge.”
“Assassin? Someone wants you dead?” Shang Liuyu’s beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly. She couldn’t think of anyone who was brazen enough to attack him out in the open. After all, he was already not just Chu clan’s young master, but also an academy teacher.
“Blackwind Stockade’s Chen Xuan.” Zu An filled up a basin of water, and then he explained what happened while wiping away the horse blood all over him.
Shang Liuyu turned her head awkwardly to the side, pretending to admire the garden’s scenery. “Blackwind Stockade’s Chen Xuan? How did you end up provoking him?”
“He is brothers with Silverhook Casino’s Mei Chaofeng.” Even though the two hadn’t spent that much time together, Zu An still trusted Shang Liuyu’s character. He didn’t feel like there was a need to hide anything from her.
“So that’s what happened,” Shang Liuyu said a gentle voice, “I heard Chen Xuan is at the sixth rank. What are you going to do now?”
“Don’t worry. I’ve always been a tenacious fella, I won’t die that easily!” Zu An said with a smile.
But inside, he didn’t feel that great at all. He would still have a chance once the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra kicked in if they fought head on.
However, Chen Xuan didn’t have any intention of doing this! He went straight for the assassination route. He was lucky to have been alerted by the Rage points this time, but no one knew if his luck would still be that good next time.
Shang Liuyu pondered for a bit, and then she fished out a pendant-like object. “Keep this with you. It might be able to save your life at a crucial moment.”
“What is it?” Zu An thought that it was a jade pendant at first, but after looking it over in his hands, he found that it was much thinner than a normal jade pendant. It’s quite pretty though. This white thing is reflecting a bit of faint blue light.
After a bit of hesitation, Shang Liuyu replied, “You can just treat it as a jade pendant. It can help you block a single fatal attack. But remember, it will immediately shatter after blocking this attack, so you will be on your own afterwards.”
“It’s already really amazing even if it can only block a single fatal attack!” Zu An never expected this little thing to be that useful. He was a bit stumped for words. He returned it in a hurry and said, “There’s no way I can accept something so precious!”
Shang Liuyu smiled. She didn’t take it back. “Even the most precious item cannot be as precious as a life. You can just take it. I really do not wish to see a rare friend lose his life just like that.”
“Alright, I won’t reject your kindness then. This really is something I need right now.” Zu An put away this ‘jade pendant’. “But I don’t have anything to give you in return at all… do you want money?”
He didn’t have anything precious on him right now. Those heaven grade ki stones were Mi Li’s, so he didn’t dare to give them away after she scolded him. He didn’t have any Marrow Cleansing Pills either. Even if he did, Shang Liuyu didn’t even seem like the type who cared that much about cultivating, killing, and stuff like that.
The only things of value on him were banknotes. Otherwise… he couldn’t just offer his body, right?
He didn’t really mind, but she obviously wouldn’t agree.
Shang Liuyu revealed a closed smile. “I’ll pass on the banknotes, but I am indeed a bit curious about what went on in the dungeon. You seem to have changed quite a bit after coming out.”
“No problem!” Zu An thought to himself, of course I changed a lot! I’ve graduated from being a virgin! Wait… was she really able to tell?
“Put on some clothes first.” When she saw him stand up, all of that masculinity hitting her in the face made her turn her head awkwardly. She thought to herself this fella seems delicate and dainty before, but he’s actually like this without his clothes on.
“I’ve been lacking in manners, haha.” Zu An was used to being shirtless in his past world. He was just about done with the cleaning, so after putting some clothes on in a hurry, he told her everything that happened in the dungeon.
He was quite the good storyteller, so his story sounded exceptionally thrilling.
Of course, he had to leave out some things because of his promise with Mi Li.
But even so, Shang Liuyu was astonished. “Many Brightmoon Academy students have entered the dungeon throughout the years, but all of their experiences added up together pales in comparison to yours!”
Zu An laughed proudly. “But of course! This just proves that I’m the chosen one!”
“I really like this optimistic version of you.” Shang Liuyu had a gentle smile on her face. This smile was like a comfortable autumn breeze that soothed the soul.
“Oh, I should return that conch I borrowed from you last time.” Zu An fumbled about his pockets as he spoke. He suddenly froze up.
Only now did he remember that he lent Qiu Honglei his jacket last night. He forgot to take that conch out.
Seeing his awkward expression, Shang Liuyu said with a smile, “What’s wrong? Did you accidentally lose it?”
“I definitely didn’t lose it, I left it in a different jacket.” Zu An was extremely embarrassed. “I’ll bring it to you next time.”
“There’s no rush.” Shang Liuyu got up and said, “I have to teach my class now too. Let’s talk some more next time.”
“Sure~”
As he watched her figure drift into the distance, Zu An thought to himself no wonder she has such a great reputation in the academy. How can anyone dislike her?
Zu An had to get to class too. Of course, it wasn’t as a teacher. Arithmetics is only an elective in Brightmoon Academy, so there weren’t that many classes.
That was why he still spent most of his time listening to the lectures of his ‘colleagues’ in the yellow class.
But when he had just reached his class door, a hint of fragrance wafted over. An icily arrogant and dignified voice sounded by his ears. “Follow me to my office.”
The voice was of a completely unquestionable tone. Who dares to talk to me with this type of tone?! Aren’t you telling me to skip class here?
But when he turned around and saw those elegant glasses, the body-hugging outfit, and those stunning long legs, flattery immediately filled his face. “Understood, gorgeous principal!”
All of the students reached their heads out of the window when they saw these two leave together.
Among them, Wei Suo’s neck was definitely stretched the furthest. He immediately said with a gasp, “Principal is wearing skin tone tights again today! She seems to be quite fond of this style recently. Why doesn’t she wear some black tights?”
“What do you know? I think skin tone looks great.” A scoff sounded from the side.
“Pah! Of course black looks the best!” Another student supported Wei Suo.
“If you ask me though, gray is more spicy.” Someone else brought up a different opinion.
A group of students suddenly got extremely worked up. At this time, another quite and feeble voice sounded:
“Um… do none of you like white tights?”
The others all turned around towards him, shouting in unison, “Pervert!”
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