Chapter Thirty-Nine: Good News

  Ignoring the three of them, Zhao Rui took his phone and walked out of the dormitory, dialing Sun Xiaolan's number.

  "Sister Xiaolan, have you eaten yet?"

  "Not yet." Sun Xiaolan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "I've invited several classmates from our dormitory to dinner, you come too!"

  "What good news is it that you're treating others to a meal?" Sun Xiaolan asked with a crisp laugh on the other end of the phone.

  "Nothing, just good mood. I'll wait for you downstairs."

  "Okay, I'll be right down." Sun Xiaolan said and hung up the phone.

  Zhao Ruijian and Luo Cheng went to the Sichuan restaurant first to reserve a seat and order food, while he himself waited for Sun Xiaolan at the bottom of her dormitory building.

  It was just time for dinner, and this was the girls' dormitory area, with girls coming and going constantly. There were only a few boys scattered around the dormitory building, waiting for their girlfriends.

  Zhao Rui's body had been modified by the ancient demon's genes, and he secretly practiced the "Ba Huang Lüe Xian Jue" whenever he had time. As a result, his appearance became increasingly handsome, and his temperament gradually became mysterious, causing many girls to frequently cast their eyes on him.

  Zhao Rui is relatively low-key and doesn't like being the center of attention, but at this time, he can't help it.

  After a while, Sun Xiaolan walked out of the dormitory building, her white and slender beautiful legs under the pink suspender skirt were so beautiful that they were captivating.

  "Where shall we go for dinner?" She walked up to Zhao Rui and asked.

  "Sichuan Restaurant."

  "Let's go." Sun Xiaolan said with a big smile, linking her arm through his.

  "Right, Xiao Rui, it's not easy to make money now. You should save when you can and don't waste money, got it?"

  With Zhao Rui's current wealth, he naturally didn't care about this small amount of money. However, he still agreed and smiled, a faint warmth rising from the bottom of his heart and spreading throughout his body.

  Sun Xiaolan was actually only one year older than him, and her social experience was not as rich as his. However, she always liked to use a tone of an elder to advise him, but he never minded.

  Probably in this world, only Sun Xiaolan would care for him with such meticulous attention.

  When the two arrived at the Sichuan restaurant, Luo Cheng and three others had already grabbed a small private room. It was now peak dining hours and the Sichuan restaurant's business was booming, so it wasn't easy to grab a small private room.

  "Ah, finally you two are here. We were about to starve to death."

  Then he shouted at the waiter: "Serve the dishes, serve the dishes, hurry up and serve the dishes. Bring four more bottles of beer. Little Lan, do you want to drink or not?"

  "No need, just give me a bottle of Coke." said Sun Xiaolan.

  Zhao Rui and Sun Xiaolan had just sat down when Zhou Wei handed over the menu: "We've already ordered three dishes, I don't know what you like to eat, you order for yourselves."

  Zhao Rui took the menu, ordered four more dishes, and handed it to the waiter. Luo Cheng and Han Xing were both big eaters. Although this restaurant was relatively affordable, five people still needed seven dishes to be almost enough to eat.

  After a while, the dishes were served. The five of them drank and ate with great enthusiasm, chatting freely and joking around, especially Luo Cheng who was originally talkative and became even more so after drinking, making the atmosphere very lively.

  "By the way, Xiao Rui, I have something to tell you. The house my family bought in Xincheng Garden last year is finally finished, and my mom is planning to go take a look in a few days!" Sun Xiaolan suddenly leaned into Zhao Rui's ear and whispered.

  "Are you moving away?" Zhao Rui was very surprised, and he quickly put down his chopsticks and turned to look at her. He had been neighbors with Sun Xiaolan for twenty years, and their relationship had always been very harmonious. Now that he heard they were moving away, he couldn't help but feel a little empty inside.

  "My parents might move there to live. Because the old house has been lived in for a whole twenty years, and the space is not very spacious, plus I'm so big now, three people living inside, it's really not convenient. However, I won't be moving there for the time being."

  "Oh? Why?"

  "It's more comfortable living alone, besides, if I weren't around, who would usually care about you?"

  Zhao Rui's heart warmed up, but he jokingly said: "I thought that from now on, I wouldn't have to listen to your nagging and could finally have some peace! Who knew you'd still be living there!"

  "Die, Xiao Rui! You're taking my kindness for granted!" Sun Xiaolan angrily stretched out her hand and pinched the soft flesh on his waist, causing him to yelp in pain and gasp for air.

  "Older brother, what's wrong with you?" Luo Cheng asked while gnawing on a greasy chicken leg, noticing that he looked out of sorts.

  "It's so spicy after eating that pepper." Zhao Rui smiled wryly and found an excuse to gloss over it.

  The meal lasted a long time, and it wasn't until nearly seven o'clock that they dispersed. Sun Xiaolan returned to her own classroom to study, while Luo Cheng and the others had their own private matters to attend to. Zhao Rui came alone to the northwest corner of the campus, in a dilapidated small building scheduled for demolition and reconstruction, where he practiced the "Eight Desolations Devouring Immortal Technique".

  This place is remote and rebuilding has not started yet, with few people coming, making it a good place for daily practice.

  Zhao Rui's personality has contradictions. On the one hand, he likes a peaceful and calm life, enjoys chatting with Sun Xiaolan, playing with his dormitory brothers, and even thinks that arguing with Yunfei is a kind of fun.

  On the other hand, he has a strong desire for cultivation. He hopes that the true energy in his body will be constantly strengthened through cultivation, and his strength will be constantly enhanced through cultivation. He hopes to ascend to immortality one day and see a broader world.

  Zhao Rui took out a piece of ginseng from his Qiankun ring and put it in his mouth, chewing slowly.

  The Millennium Ginseng can enhance the true energy within his body and accelerate his cultivation speed. This is what matters most to a cultivator. As for how precious or valuable it is, that's secondary.

  For a cultivator, treasures must be used as much as possible in order to have value; leaving them unused will only devalue them.

  Because once the cultivation enters a higher stage, the effect of the ten-thousand-year-old ginseng also gradually becomes smaller.

  Zhao Rui followed the method recorded in the second deputy light diagram of "Ba Huang Lu Xian Jue", slowly refining and absorbing the thousand-year-old ginseng.

  He had experience taking Wan Nian Xian Cen several times, and this time he refined it with ease, no longer being overwhelmed by the vast spiritual energy contained within Wan Nian Xian Cen, which would cause his nose to bleed profusely.

  After swallowing the immortal ginseng, after a while, in the dan Tian, it was like boiling water, and a fierce hot current immediately rose from within.

  Zhao Rui, based on his previous experience, carefully guided the hot flow into the meridians. If he didn't control it well from the start, the hot flow would scatter and rush around inside his body, causing a lot of trouble.

  He carefully controlled this hot flow, letting it circulate in the meridians, gradually transforming into true energy, and finally flowing quietly back into the dantian.

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