Chapter 1078: Bai Chunhua and Liu Jun Want To Travel Together
Chapter 1078: Chapter 1078: Bai Chunhua and Liu Jun Want To Travel Together
"Teacher Ji, why don’t you just come back home with me for the month?" Bai Xifeng suggested, her eyes sparkling hopefully.
"No," Ji Yuan rejected the generous idea without the slightest bit of hesitation. "The core teachers must remain on the school grounds. We still have many structural repairs and administrative tasks to take care of."
"Oh... I see." Bai Xifeng sighed in clear disappointment, her shoulders slumping slightly. After a brief silence, she reminded him once again, "Just remember to eat real food. Don’t you dare just swallow fasting pills every day."
"I know, I know. Now go on home." Ji Yuan said, a faint, almost imperceptible trace of warmth touching his usual stoic expression.
"Okay... I will be sure to bring you back a great local souvenir when I return!" Bai Xifeng waved cheerfully at her teacher.
She turned and left the serene grounds of the Inscriber Division, heading straight toward the school’s massive main gates. A massive crowd of excited students had already gathered across the open plaza, packing their bags and preparing to leave for their respective homes. She paused and looked around the sea of people, actively searching for the familiar figures of Xie Lanying and the others.
"Third Sister." A voice suddenly called out to her from the side.
Bai Xifeng turned her head and saw Bai Chunhua standing gracefully beside Liu Jun.
"Third Sister, are you heading back home as well? Why don’t the three of us travel together?" Bai Chunhua warmly extended the gentle invitation, a sweet smile on her face. "It will be much safer and more convenient for us to travel in a group."
Liu Jun remained standing silently beside her, but his intense gaze never once left Bai Xifeng’s striking face.
To be completely honest with himself, he regretted bitterly breaking off his formal engagement with Bai Xifeng more than anything else in his life. Not only had she suddenly transformed into an unbelievably breathtaking beauty, but her cultivation and talent had also grown to an astonishing, terrifying level. During the past few months, he had constantly heard endless rumours and unbelievable stories about her unbelievable achievements inside the Cultivation Pagoda. Every single piece of news he heard only made the burning regret deep in his heart fester and deepen further.
"Yeah. It will definitely be much safer if we travel together as a group." Liu Jun finally chimed in, attempting to sound gentle and approachable.
However, before Bai Xifeng could even open her mouth to decline, another loud, confident voice rudely interrupted the conversation.
"There’s absolutely no need for you two to worry about our Xifeng’s safety. We are all travelling together with her." Xie Lanying declared boldly as she strutted over, resting a hand on her hip.
"What?" Liu Jun frowned, clearly displeased by the sudden intrusion.
"That’s completely right. We are all personally accompanying Xifeng on her journey." Ning Shoukai added, walking up with his arms crossed and a confident grin on his face.
"In that case, we can simply all travel together as a larger group." Bai Chunhua suggested smoothly with another gentle, sweet smile, trying to save the situation.
"Well... I don’t think your group will realistically be able to keep up with our pace." Xie Yanlin smirked teasingly, looking at them up and down.
"What exactly do you mean by that?" Liu Jun’s frown deepened, feeling insulted.
"We are travelling by riding directly on our contracted beasts." Xie Zixin explained calmly with an amused smile. "I severely doubt your standard horse-drawn carriage can match our aerial speed."
Without another word of explanation, Xie Lanying, Xie Zixin, and Xie Jingguo immediately channelled their spiritual energy and summoned their respective contracted beasts. In a brilliant flash of light, a majestic White Tiger, a massive Skyroaming Roc with gleaming feathers, and a fierce Wind High Wolf materialised right in the middle of the open area.
Several nearby students instinctively stumbled backwards in shock when the powerful, high-tier beasts suddenly materialised out of thin air. However, after realising they were merely contracted spiritual beasts belonging to the top students, they quickly calmed themselves down and looked at the majestic creatures with intense admiration and envy.
"Cerberus, come on out." Bai Xifeng called out casually as well.
With a heavy, suffocating wave of spiritual pressure, a massive, terrifying three-headed wolf instantly manifested right beside her.
Once again, the surrounding crowd of students was thoroughly startled, many gasping out loud. Unlike the other elegant contracted beasts, Cerberus radiated an overwhelmingly fierce, oppressive, and intimidating aura of a top-tier predator. His three distinct pairs of glowing crimson eyes swept coldly across the crowded plaza with absolute indifference, causing many watching students to instinctively swallow hard and back away further.
Even though everyone already knew that the terrifying Cerberus belonged to Bai Xifeng, standing so physically close to such a legendary monster still made their hearts pound uncontrollably in their chests.
Liu Jun and Bai Chunhua were also visibly stunned into absolute silence, their faces freezing. The sheer raw pressure naturally emitted by Cerberus alone was more than enough to make standard, ordinary cultivators hesitate to even take a single step toward him.
"Now do you finally understand why your slow carriage would not be able to keep up with us?" Ning Shoukai grinned teasingly at their stunned expressions.
Liu Jun’s expression stiffened completely, his jaw clenching. He had originally thought that travelling together would be a perfect, golden opportunity to interact with Bai Xifeng and slowly mend his broken relationship with her. Now, however, looking at the massive gap between their worlds, it seemed there was absolutely zero chance at all.
Meanwhile, Bai Chunhua simply maintained her polite, gentle smile with sheer willpower, though the deep disappointment and jealousy hidden deep within her eyes could not be completely concealed.
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