ectionate bond with her uncle was evident in her actions.“Just see me down to the ground floor is enough...” As he spoke, Zhao Kuo walked out of Zhao Yanzi's room.He didn’t even say goodbye to Hao Ren...Chapter 219: Afzi Also Blushes

Saying so, Hao Ren released a sword beam which first hit the second column's topmost box.

Although there was also a thin array formation outside each small box, this mainly served to isolate the small bottles from the external world and wasn't very solid. The sword light that Hao Ren shot through pierced this layer of ripple light, striking the small bottle inside. This small bottle swayed precariously and fell out of the small box.

When Zhao Yanzi saw this, she hurriedly patted Xiao Bai's butt, saying, "Xiao Bai, go catch it!"

Xiao Bai quickly ran to under the small bottle. Zhao Yanzi stretched her hand out and caught the bottle precisely. She was a main player in volleyball during PE class, so her reaction time for catching things was quite fast.

"Third column from the left!" Hao Ren said again as he released his second sword light.

Zhao Yanzi hurriedly spread out her arms and moved to catch it. Xiao Bai understood what to do and quickly shifted a few steps in that direction.

"Sixth column from the left!" Hao Ren shouted again.

Xiao Bai, carrying Zhao Yanzi on his back, rushed over. Zhao Yanzi once more caught the small bottle and held it in her arms.

"Fifth column from the right." "Eighth column from the right."

"Fourth column from the left!"

Hao Ren kept shouting as Zhao Yanzi, riding on Xiao Bai's back, ran around frantically catching bottles everywhere.

This wasn't because Hao Ren wanted to deliberately torment Zhao Yanzi; it was just that he found out in this sub-chamber that the Sword Shadow Decision couldn't be controlled at will. It seemed like there was a layer of resistance, and only after sending out a sword beam did he know where it would go.

Controlled by Zhao Yanzi, Xiao Bai moved left and right, looking very much like a game character collecting coins in an old computer game. Especially with Zhao Yanzi's mix of nervousness and joy, shouting and calling out from time to time—she really seemed just like Sun Xiaomei in the game.

Xiao Bai was gasping for breath due to her urging him around everywhere inside this great hall.

"Hold onto the bottles tightly, don't drop them!" Hao Ren reminded Zhao Yanzi.

"Got it! Got it! Stop nagging." Holding numerous bottles of different colors in her arms and still busy catching falling ones, Zhao Yanzi's expression even showed a hint of greediness.

Bang!

Suddenly, the entire great hall turned pitch black!

The ground shook violently!

In the darkness, Hao Ren ran towards Zhao Yanzi. He felt Xiao Bai's silky fur and then grabbed onto Zhao Yanzi's arm.

"Uncle! Are we going to die" Zhao Yanzi instantly became tense.

"Get your head checked! This space is unstable, we should be getting kicked out soon." Hao Ren followed her arm to feel for something.

"What are you feeling for!" Zhao Yanzi suddenly shouted.

"Give me the bottle. Don't drop it when passing it over," Hao Ren said.

Zhao Yanzi then stuffed all twenty-odd bottles in her arms into Hao Ren's embrace, and Hao Ren took this opportunity to suck them all into his芥子空間 (Yaji Space).

"Little White, come in!" Hao Ren patted Little White’s body.

With a whoosh, Little White shrank to the size of two palms and actively burrowed into Hao Ren's necklace.

Hearing their surroundings become disorienting, Zhao Yanzi was frightened and curled up in Hao Ren's embrace. Hao Ren held her waist with one hand while protecting her head with the other.

Thunderous sound,

A sudden feeling of faintness overcame them. When Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi gradually regained consciousness, they found themselves back on the grassy field where they initially gathered, with Zhao Hongyu smiling at them.

Zhao Yanzi saw herself in Hao Ren’s arms and blushed furiously; she immediately stood up from the grass and punched Hao Ren hard in the chest before turning around.

Looking around, Zeng Yitao and his bookkeeper, as well as the dual-cultivation couple and siblings from South Sea and North Sea respectively, were all present.

Zeng Yitao held an ancient black jade flute as a trophy; the dual-cultivation couple had received a black rope and a short black knife; the brother and sister pair from North Sea obtained a grotesque bronze mirror and a twisted stick.

Only Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi left empty-handed, seemingly having nothing at all.

"Hehe, these are your East Sea’s new talents It looks like you've been nurturing good prospects in the past few decades!" The old man standing behind Zeng Yitao said to Zhao Hongyu.

Zhao Hongyu didn’t respond with a cold face. In her view, Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi being able to protect each other and care for one another during this trial was worth letting them go in.

Actually, she hadn't expected Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi to really get anything either.

This thought was hers but couldn’t be said directly.

The two elders from South Sea and North Sea said some empty compliments about the promising future of Zeng Yitao and Hao Ren, but their eyes showed a bit of disdain towards East Sea.

The four representatives of the Dragon Palace bid each other coldly farewell. Hao Ren saw Zeng Yitao staring at him and deliberately avoided mentioning his totemic treasure. Considering his face, Zeng Yitao didn’t say that his Loong Gold Spear had been taken by Hao Ren; instead, he was thinking about how to get back his totemic treasure— even facing his grandfather, it would be embarrassing if he admitted that the Loong Gold Spear had been taken by Hao Ren!

On the surface, West Sea obtaining a Jade Flute of Primordial Chaos can be seen as not coming home empty-handed. However, Zeng Yitao’s totemic treasure being taken away by Hao Ren left him unable to swagger anymore!

To begin with, having someone else hold onto your totemic treasure means that any damage done would harm the owner's mind and soul; it was akin to giving an enemy control over a part of your life. Furthermore, if a lower-level cultivator took away one’s totemic treasure, it was a grave insult!

But for West Sea to have missed out on obtaining three treasures entirely due to Hao Ren's "interference"!

"Madam Zhao, goodbye!" The two elders from the South Sea and North Sea, each with their pairs of new talents, departed in a flurry on their respective magical treasures.

The old man Zeng glanced at Zhao Hengzi, then at Zhao Hongxiong. His wife’s expression flared up, her hand flicking out to summon a jade platter and she dragged Zeng Qiantao off at breakneck speed.

They had all three received magical treasures from the Nine Dragons Palace, and were in eager haste to go back and examine them.

"Let's go." Zhao Hongyu lightly touched Hao Ren and Zhao Hengzi and said.

This trial was opened early; an extra session, but Hao Ren and Zhao Hengzi didn’t receive anything which truly made her lose face.

Hao Ren and Zhao Hengzi stepped onto the江山乾坤圖 (Jiangshan Qiankun Tu) of Zhao Hongyu. In a blaze of rainbow light, they soared towards the clouds.

Up above in the sky, that magnificent, expansive Nine Dragons Palace resembling an ancient lost city had already vanished without trace.

The journey from "Five Heavens" to "First Heaven" still required some time. Zhao Hongyu focused on controlling the江山乾坤圖 (Jiangshan Qiankun Tu), while Zhao Hengzi stood behind her, her expression changing between happy and unhappy. After a moment’s thought, she finally asked, “Hey, did you feel anything just now”

“Feel what” Hao Ren was somewhat puzzled.

"You know…" Zhao Hengzi pursed her lips and lowered her voice again, "When we were leaving the Nine Dragons Palace…”

Hao Ren looked at her and thought for a moment. His gaze slowly moved up from her arm.

Zhao Hengzi’s face flushed bright red, “Forget it! It seems you’ve forgotten too.”

Hao Ren glanced down at his hand and thought to himself, I actually didn’t remember until now; after what you just said…

“What are you thinking about You touched my neck just now!” Zhao Hengzi suddenly rushed up and pinched Hao Ren’s neck.

Hao Ren yelled out as she did so. Seeing her agitated manner, it was hard to tell whether what she said was true or not.

"You two… stop fooling around and be careful you don’t fall." Zhao Hongyu, controlling the江山乾坤圖 (Jiangshan Qiankun Tu), turned back to them and said.

Zhao Hengzi’s face flushed red but she finally let go of Hao Ren's neck unwillingly.

Hao Ren twisted his neck; it didn’t hurt, just felt comfortable being squeezed by Zhao Hengzi’s soft little hand.

Zhao Hongyu helplessly looked at them again. A faint, somewhat bitter smile appeared on her lips.

Although they truly left the treasure mountain empty-handed this time; although opening the Nine Dragons Palace was forced upon the East Sea by the other three palaces; and even though the other three palaces gained benefits from it, but if Zhao Kuodu’s tribulation failed and the news leaked out, the matter of opening the Nine Dragons Palace would still be a burden on the East Sea. But as long as Hao Ren and Zhao Hengzi grew in this trial at the Nine Dragons Palace and developed genuine emotions through shared hardships, everything was worthwhile.

The江山乾坤圖 (Jiangshan Qiankun Tu) entered below "First Heaven," where it belonged to mortals. Zhao Hongyu increased her speed even more, returning home at a speed that ordinary people could not see with their naked eyes to her balcony.

"Phew." Finally home. “Zhao Hengzi sighed in relief; they left early morning and returned evening, thus the day was over.

Zhao Hongyu put away the map of the江山乾坤, then led Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzǐ into the house.

Zhao Guang was sitting in the living room, waiting for news.

"How is it" When he saw Zhao Hongyu leading Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzǐ down the stairs, Zhao Guang, who had been calm until then, couldn't help but ask.

"It went relatively smoothly, but we didn't manage to get anything," Zhao Hongyu said.

"Ah, as expected." Although he spoke these words, disappointment could still be seen in Zhao Guang's eyes.

"Auntie, actually, we did get something; I just didn't want to show it earlier," Hao Ren suddenly said.

"Oh What is it" Zhao Hongyu’s gaze immediately brightened.

Hao Ren sat down on the sofa in the living room and took out a small bottle from his necklace, placing it carefully on the glass table in front of him.

"Ancient divine pills!" Both Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

Unexpectedly, Hao Ren calmly pulled another bottle out. The shock in Zhao Hongyu’s and Zhao Guang's eyes intensified even further.

Hao Ren remained calm as he took out another bottle and placed it on the table. Soon after, he took out one more, and then yet another.

Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu, both seasoned observers, had their eyes wide with astonishment!

Money doesn't show itself openly; in today’s East Sea University, hiding strength is far more important than face. It would be better to hide these divine pills and use them wisely instead of trying to gain respect from Old Zeng. Let everyone believe that East Sea University really got nothing out of the event!

At this moment, when Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu were staring at a table full of dazzling divine pill bottles, in the office of the College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation at East Sea University, an instructor responsible for the sophomore year was grumbling.

"Student Hao Ren from Class 2 is getting more and more unruly! He's been skipping classes all day long several times already. Teacher Wu, shouldn't we give him a warning Just because he’s on good terms with Su Han, does that mean he thinks he can do whatever he wants"

"Teacher Liu, such students should be criticized and warned accordingly. You yourself said that the subject teacher confirmed there are no medical certificates from Hao Ren, so it is an unjustified absence."

"That's right, we must teach him well!" The輔導員resolved to do just that, giving a decisive knock on the table.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open and the dean walked in. "Teacher Liu, here’s a note from the vice president for you."

The輔導員took the paper and saw it read: "Student Hao Ren from your college has been participating in an important out-of-school practical activity that I have arranged recently. He may miss some classes as a result. The school should take care of him accordingly. Due to my recent busy schedule, I forgot to mention this."

The signature at the bottom was by Vice President Lu Qing, with a big red stamp!

A bit tired, Little Dragon is going to rest early today. A heads-up: it might be hard for me to write tomorrow’s update today. This chapter hasSea Mists' words, 5192 characters. corridor but did not see anyone."Close the door. She has already left," said Su Han, who then opened her eyes and spoke calmly again.Hao Ren felt a little anxious as he closed the door and turned to...