Cultivation Simulator: Shocking the Academy

Su Chen glanced at him, then closed his eyes heavily, overwhelmed by fatigue and exhaustion, the world plunged into darkness...

In the darkness, a faint ring of red light enveloped Su Chen, while a peculiar power surged from his Dantian, resonating with the patterns of the Ring of Blood Demon, instantly suppressing the turmoil of blood and energy within him.

An entire night of deep sleep.

When the first ray of morning sunlight pierced through the window lattice, Su Chen opened his eyes. He first looked towards where Ghost Howl had slept, found no one, then rolled out of bed with a flip and looked around.

"Where did he go?"

But suddenly, Su Chen froze. He couldn't believe as he checked his seriously injured body from last night, that he couldn't detect a hint of pain!

What happened, last night he was clearly so weak, yet after just one night, all the wounds have healed?

He felt himself all over, not only did he not feel any pain, but even the wounds had faded into light bruises without any unusual sensation. Now, he finally believed he wasn't dreaming, jumped out of bed, and stretched with vigor!

"This feeling is amazing!"

The door creaked open, Ghost Howl walked in with steaming breakfast, looking puzzled at the intact Su Chen, "You're much better?"

"Hmm, much better."

Su Chen smiled and said naturally.

A trace of surprise flashed across Ghost Howl's face, but he quickly regained his calm, "Here's your breakfast, eat quickly, and after that, we're heading to the Biluo Clan."

"The Biluo Clan?"

Su Chen asked curiously, "Why are we going there?"

"Don't ask too much, you'll find out once we're there."

Ghost Howl placed the breakfast on the table and turned to leave the room. Su Chen watched his departing figure, indifferently pouting, "If you won't say, then you won't say, I'm not really that interested anyway."

Walking in the bustling Nadas City, Su Chen felt like he was dreaming. Last night he was walking down this road to the Drunken Dream Garden with Du Ziteng, and today, he had completely lost all news of Du Ziteng. Was it possible that his appearance was just to add some unexpected twists and humor to Su Chen's journey?

Ghost Howl subtly glanced at Su Chen, his lips curling into a slight arc, "Don't you understand yet?"

"Understand what?"

Su Chen was completely confused.

"That Du Ziteng only came for the sheepskin fragment, and you were just a pawn he found and slightly utilized along the way."

Ghost Howl said mercilessly.

Su Chen shook his head, "No, he wouldn't do that. Last night the situation was just too urgent, that's why he..."

"That's why he threw the fake sheepskin fragment at you, causing a Beast Master level 'demon' to turn and hunt you down?"

Ghost Howl ridiculed mercilessly, "Do you know what the sheepskin fragment is? It's a broken map leading to the Divine-Demon Ruins!"

Su Chen was struck like lightning, unable to utter half a word. Ghost Howl snorted with laughter, "Never trust anyone too much, because apart from yourself, no one is worth giving your heart to in this world. You never know when they'll suddenly stab you in the back!"

Su Chen finally understood Ghost Howl's reason for bringing him to the Golden Wind Empire. It was for the map fragment leading to the Divine-Demon Ruins. However, why did Du Ziteng also know about the existence of the map fragment? Could it be that he really had ill intentions towards Su Chen from the beginning, as Ghost Howl said?

Feeling a surge of loss, Su Chen lowered his head silently, his expression darkened.

Ghost Howl walked quietly ahead, on the bustling street, seemingly unaffected by anything around him.

Today, he was going to visit the Biluo Clan, one of the three major clans in Nadas City. Although they are not as wealthy as the Dawson Clan or as powerful as the Siger Clan, the Biluo Clan had their own advantages to hold a place within the vast Golden Wind Empire. All because the clan leader of the Biluo Clan, Bi Luo Xiong Lie, was a Beast Soul Powerhouse with wind attribute!

Even though he was over sixty, Bi Luo Xiong Lie was still full of energy and was one of the few Beast Soul Powerhouses in the Golden Wind Empire. Moreover, he was also a high-level Master Artisan!

Master Artisans, Spirit Masters, Pharmacists, and Astrologers are the four esteemed professions on the Profound Cyan Continent and are inherently scarce in number. High-level and super-level Master Artisans are talents sought after by all levels of imperial forces, even external sects. A lower-grade Spiritual Treasure can sell for thousands of gold on the market, and a high-level Master Artisan can forge lower-grade to medium-grade Spiritual Treasures, not only amassing wealth for their family but significantly enhancing the strength of the family's descendants. A family clan leader who is both a high-level Master Artisan and a Beast Soul Powerhouse naturally receives immense esteem from the Golden Wind Empire.

"Once at the Biluo Clan, don't do anything without my orders."

Ghost Howl stood under a pavilion several dozen meters away from the Biluo Clan's mansion and instructed Su Chen.

Su Chen nodded silently.

Then the two of them slowly walked towards the expansive mansion of the Biluo family. Two burly men with tiger-backs and bear-waists blocked their way with their long staves, frowning as they coldly said, "The family is not receiving guests today!"

Unexpectedly, Ghost Howl remained indifferent and calmly said, "Inform your Clan Leader that someone has come with Basalt."

The burly men were stunned for a moment; then, one of them had an abrupt change in expression, whispered in his companion's ear, and hurriedly ran into the Biluo Mansion. The other kept scrutinizing Ghost Howl and Su Chen carefully.

Su Chen asked in a low voice, "What is Basalt?"

Ghost Howl slightly shook his head, "You will know soon, remember, do not speak without my instruction."