Chapter Fourteen Return to the Academy

  Returned to the academy with a sense of regret, after taking attendance and dismissing the students for free activities, everyone returned to their dorms to rest. It seems that they were all exhausted, as about half of them didn't return, and those who did were already battered and bruised.

  I returned to the dormitory, and Qiong and Jian immediately appeared. Qiong asked, "Miss, how are you? Are you hurt? Is it serious?"

  I shook my head, "Just a bit tired, no injuries. Thank you all, tell Grandpa Landa I'm fine."

  "Yes, miss. But the old master has come to see you, he'll be here soon, just now he went to see the principal, they have something to discuss."

  "Okay, I'll take a break then. When Grandpa Landa arrives, let me know."

  "Yes, miss. You should rest now."

  I closed my eyes, these few days were not long, but the harvest was great. The fighting spirit that had been accumulating in me was running inside my body. "Pure Heart" was given to me, and I relied on it for many gains over the past few days. It can be used to circulate the soul energy inside my body, working with the pure sound to help me rotate my soul energy. Suddenly, the blue orb inside my body became very hot. This orb is the inner elixir, as important as a human's heart. Here, if the inner elixir disappears, it means that the soul will scatter. My entire body's muscles began to ache tightly, slowly, a cool feeling seeped into my body, and the color of the orb inside me gradually deepened. Success! I broke through to the next level, becoming a high-level warrior.

  My body felt much more comfortable, I slowly opened my eyes, and didn't know how long had passed.

  "Congratulations, Xiumeng, your abilities have improved again." It was Langda Grandfather, who was smiling at me with a pleased expression.

  "Grandpa Landa, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I've been waiting for a long time!" Grandpa Landa is like family to me in the human world, and seeing him makes my mood much better.

  "Nothing much, I won't bother you if you want to upgrade. Alright, it's only been a few days and you've already broken through."

  "It was just a coincidence, by the way, Grandpa Langda, why are there so many Soul-eating Ants on the edge of the Magic Beast Forest?"

  "This is a strange thing to say, but the Beast Forest is dangerous, and the depth of entry is not the same as the danger. You just entered for a short time and should be in a relatively peripheral area, according to your strength, there is no great danger, but this time the ant beast mutation riot was unexpected by the college. Before the reason is clear, the college temporarily decided to recall to prevent a large number of casualties, and an investigation is underway."

  "It's like that, I gained a lot this time in the Monster Forest, except for one thing." Ugh, just thinking about it gives me a headache. I'll ask Grandpa Landa if there's still a chance to change it.

  "What's wrong? Is something the matter? Did you get hurt or bullied?"

  "No, Grandpa Landa, I've caught a demon beast."

  "Really? I was going to take you there myself to catch one, but it seems you're quite capable of getting a magical beast on your own. What is it, let me see."

  "I was unintentional, can I exchange for another one?" I looked at him with hope.

  "No way, there's only one chance, let me take a look at what it is first."

  I nodded and said "come out". I stretched out my hand to summon the pink caterpillar. In the blink of an eye, the little guy appeared on my hand, looking at me with a puzzled expression.

  "It's this little bug, I'm so unlucky, what to do, Grandpa Landa?" I looked at Grandpa Landa helplessly, but he didn't move a muscle, staring at the caterpillar.

  "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

  "Huh? Oh, never mind. It's too late to change now, but Xi Meng, you take care of it for a while. I've never seen such a magical creature before - it's only about 1 week old and is already a variant. Its intelligence seems quite high, doesn't it? And yet it can already understand your emotions at such a young age. I'll go back and get someone to investigate. Don't be too sad, who knows what this little guy will become when it grows up? Alright, I'm off for now, you be careful."

  "Thank you, Grandpa Ronda."

  Just after Grandpa Langda left, my door rang again. "Ximeng, it's Nian, come out and go with me to see a few elders."

  "Yes, Master," I opened the door. "Master, why go see the elder?"

  "I'm not clear either, you'll know when you go, let's go first."