Chapter 120 - 116: 12 People, Spirit Ruins Treasure Land

Chapter 120: Chapter 116: 12 People, Spirit Ruins Treasure Land

Ji Zhixing was pulled along by Xiao Mingyue, staying right by her side.

Hand in hand, they walked down the tree-lined avenue of the campus.

The night breeze blew past, bringing a hint of coolness. Xiao Mingyue’s skirt fluttered gently in the wind.

After walking for a while, Ji Zhixing turned his head to look at her and suddenly asked, "Were the words you said back then the same as what I just said?"

Xiao Mingyue’s footsteps paused slightly, and then she shook her head. "No."

"Then what was it?" Ji Zhixing pressed.

Xiao Mingyue looked at him with a smile, her eyes curving into two crescent moons. With a teasing smirk on her lips, she replied, "Guess."

Ji Zhixing opened his mouth, wanting to ask more, but Xiao Mingyue had already turned her head away, pulling him forward with a joyful expression.

Her steps were brisk, and her loose hair fluttered behind her head. She looked to be in a wonderful mood.

Watching her from behind, Ji Zhixing shook his head and didn’t press the matter further.

The two passed through the tree-lined avenue and entered the cafeteria.

There were quite a few people inside, making the place bustle with activity.

Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue got their food and found a corner seat by the window.

Sitting opposite Ji Zhixing, Xiao Mingyue picked up her chopsticks and lowered her head to eat. However, the corners of her lips remained slightly curled up; evidently, she was in great spirits.

Looking at her, Ji Zhixing couldn’t help but smile as well.

"What are you smiling at?" Xiao Mingyue glanced up at him.

"I’m happy, so naturally I’m smiling," Ji Zhixing replied with a grin.

Xiao Mingyue rolled her eyes at him and lowered her head to continue eating, but the tips of her ears turned slightly red.

"Ji Zhixing?"

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from not too far away.

Ji Zhixing looked up and realized that the person calling out to him was actually Chen Ye, whom he hadn’t seen for quite some time.

Chen Ye was dressed in a tight black martial outfit and had an ugly appearance. With a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, his face was highly recognizable within Yu City University.

Holding a tray of food, he stood a few steps away, looking at Ji Zhixing.

Ji Zhixing hurriedly stood up. "Brother Chen? Are you here to eat too?"

"Yeah, just got back from the wilderness and I’m starving." Chen Ye nodded, looking Ji Zhixing up and down with a hint of awe in his eyes. "I just got back, and I’m already hearing your name.

"I really didn’t expect that you’d join Yu City University and cause such a massive stir."

Ji Zhixing smiled. "I just got lucky. I can’t compare to you, Brother Chen."

"That wasn’t luck." Chen Ye gave him a look and shook his head.

Back when Ji Zhixing was practicing the staff in their residential area, he had already noticed him and knew that his talent with the staff was quite good.

However, back then, he never would have imagined that after coming to Yu City University, Ji Zhixing would absolutely crush all the students in the Genius Class during his very first trial.

That even included a proud son of heaven who had fused with a Tier 5 Radiant Moon Level gene.

As Chen Ye spoke, he seemed to recall something and suddenly said, "Moreover, the university will soon organize a selection tournament. They’ll pick twelve people from the Elite Class and Regular Class of you freshmen to join the eighteen from the Genius Class, forming a thirty-person team.

"If you can join this team and get lucky, you might just reap a massive harvest."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zhixing’s eyes lit up.

"Brother Chen, what is the university picking these thirty people for?"

"An opportunity," Chen Ye replied. "Our Yu City Base City, Feng City Base City, and Yun City Base City jointly control a treasure land known as the Spirit Ruins Treasure Land.

"The Spirit Ruins Treasure Land incubates a massive amount of treasures. Under the management of the three base cities, it opens once every three years.

"Because of this, every three years, the university forms a thirty-person team to enter that treasure land alongside people from the other two major base cities—Feng City Base City and Yun City Base City.

"Three years ago, I went in, and my harvest was huge." He paused. "However, the two cohorts after me didn’t have that luck. And now, it’s your turn."

Listening to this, Ji Zhixing instantly felt a bit excited. "Brother Chen, do you know what kind of treasures are in that treasure land?"

"All kinds of treasures." Chen Ye shook his head. "That treasure land is highly peculiar. It contains many special, bizarre zones, and the treasures incubated in each zone are different. There are treasures of every attribute and every kind of effect.

"What you can harvest depends on your luck. Of course, it’s not just luck. The three major base cities will send in a total of ninety people, and all ninety of you will be competitors. So, it also depends on how strong you are."

Ji Zhixing nodded, secretly committing this to memory.

"Thanks a lot, Brother Chen."

"Don’t mention it." Chen Ye waved his hand. "We’re from the same neighborhood; it’s only right that we look out for each other."

"Chen Ye!" someone shouted from afar.

Chen Ye looked over, then turned back to Ji Zhixing. "I’m going to head off. Let’s chat later."

"Alright, take care, Brother Chen."

Chen Ye nodded and carried his tray toward the few people in the distance who had called him over.

Those people all looked like upperclassmen, and both their attire and aura were out of the ordinary.

After he left, Xiao Mingyue looked at Ji Zhixing and asked curiously, "Who is he?"

"Chen Ye. He’s from my neighborhood."

Ji Zhixing explained Chen Ye’s identity to Xiao Mingyue.

Like him, he was a genius who came out of Tingyu Garden. Originally, he had fused with the Tier 4 Blood River Asura gene, but not too long ago, he had evolved it into the Tier 5 Blood Hell Asura gene.

"Evolving a Tier 4 gene into a Tier 5? Your neighborhood actually has someone like that?" Xiao Mingyue was slightly surprised after hearing this.

"Yeah, he’s very famous in Tingyu Garden." Ji Zhixing nodded.

Once her surprise faded, Xiao Mingyue looked at Ji Zhixing and said, "That treasure land he just mentioned sounds quite suitable for you.

"If you can get in there and find a suitable lightning-attribute heavenly material or earthly treasure, it might be extremely helpful for evolving your Five-colored Willow Mutant Tree gene."

Ji Zhixing nodded in agreement.

"However, the university hasn’t announced this matter yet," he said. "Taking advantage of this time, I’ll first focus all my efforts on raising my strength and strive to develop my Super Gigantification ability."

"Mhm," Xiao Mingyue responded. "Your Staff Soldier Stone Monkey gene is only one step away. Once you develop Super Gigantification, it’ll be able to evolve to Tier 3."

Meanwhile, as the two of them chatted, Chen Ye was also conversing with a few of his classmates.

"Chen Ye, who was that just now?" a rugged-looking young man asked.

"Ji Zhixing—the one we’ve been hearing about all day today. He’s from my neighborhood," Chen Ye chuckled.

"That was him?"

The rugged young man who asked the question was somewhat taken aback.

They had just returned from the wilderness today.

And as soon as they returned, they heard numerous people talking about Ji Zhixing.

Upon inquiring, they found out that Ji Zhixing had claimed first place on the point leaderboard in this cohort’s freshman trial.

But what was even more astonishing was that Ji Zhixing had actually rejected Mr. Liang Jin’s offer to take him as a disciple, thereby refusing the legacy of a Tier 6 Blazing Sun Level Gene!

Even they felt curious about such a figure.

Yet they never expected that this person actually knew Chen Ye and was from the same neighborhood as him.

"Heh."

A person standing nearby chuckled upon hearing this. "Chen Ye, do you think he refused Mr. Liang Jin’s Six-armed Moon-devouring Demon Ape legacy because of you?"

"Because of me?"

Chen Ye blanked for a moment.

"Right."

The person nodded and said, "He’s from the same neighborhood as you, and you evolved your gene to the Tier 5 Radiant Moon Level. Do you think he was influenced by you and believes that he has that same ability?"

"No."

Chen Ye shook his head. "I knew him in the past, and I could tell even then that he is very confident in himself."

Confident?

Hearing this, the several people around him inwardly shook their heads.

When it came to gene evolution, what use was confidence?

These few individuals were all geniuses from the same cohort as Chen Ye.

All of them had fused with Tier 4 Morning Star Level genes.

However, up until now, out of all of them, only Chen Ye alone had evolved his gene.

As for the rest, the genes they originally had were the exact same ones they had now.

There had been zero change.

During their four years of university, all they did was slightly raise their cultivation base and increase their practical combat experience.

They had also upgraded the quality of some of their abilities.

Or developed a few new gene abilities.

Other than that, there was absolutely nothing else.

"Let’s go."

On the other side, after Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue finished their meal, they walked out of the cafeteria.

The night breeze blew against their faces, feeling a bit chilly. The campus streetlights brightly illuminated their surroundings, and the occasional chirping of insects could be heard from afar.

"Ahem." Xiao Mingyue glanced at Ji Zhixing and gave two light coughs.

Hearing her reaction, Ji Zhixing’s heart skipped a beat. He reached out and held her hand.

The corners of Xiao Mingyue’s lips curled up, and she interlocked her fingers with his.

The two of them walked side by side along the tree-lined avenue just like that, hand in hand. Neither spoke until they arrived back at the villa.

After returning to the villa, Ji Zhixing changed his shoes, walked into the living room, and said to Xiao Mingyue, "I’m going to head to the gravity room to cultivate in a bit."

"Go ahead." Xiao Mingyue nodded. "I’ll adjust the gravity for you from up here."

Ji Zhixing nodded.

Subsequently, he went to the basement and stepped into the Gravity Cultivation Chamber.

"I need to seize the time to cultivate!"

Ji Zhixing took a deep breath.

He never would have expected that just like that, so simply and easily, he had been roped in and had gotten together with Xiao Mingyue.

He really did like Xiao Mingyue quite a bit.

Furthermore, Xiao Mingyue’s talent suited him very well; she could grow alongside him the entire way.

However, thinking about Xiao Mingyue’s likely family background made him feel a wave of heaviness.

He wasn’t a genius.

At the very least, in the eyes of outsiders, he wasn’t a genius.

And what kind of pressure an ordinary poor kid would face when getting together with the daughter of a wealthy and powerful family was entirely conceivable.

"Cultivate!"

After sitting cross-legged in the Gravity Cultivation Chamber, with a thought, he began to refine the Blood Crystals in the Gene Furnace.

He continuously channeled the power within the Blood Crystals into the Staff Soldier Stone Monkey gene aperture.

BUZZ!

Right then, the gravity device in the Gravity Cultivation Chamber hummed to life.

It was Xiao Mingyue turning on the gravity device for him from upstairs.

Under the suppression of gravity, Ji Zhixing instantly felt his Staff Soldier Stone Monkey gene seemingly become stimulated. The efficiency with which it absorbed the Blood Crystals’ power immediately surged by a significant margin.

"Sure enough, refining Blood Crystals in a high-gravity environment yields better results."

With this thought in mind, Ji Zhixing accelerated his refining speed.

One crystal, two crystals, three crystals...

As the Blood Crystals vanished one by one, his Gigantification ability began to improve bit by bit.

Meanwhile, on the first floor of the villa.

Xiao Mingyue was sitting on the sofa. Hovering in front of her was a transparent light screen, displaying real-time footage of the gravity room alongside Ji Zhixing’s various physical statistics.

Watching the image of Ji Zhixing sitting cross-legged on the screen, the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

"This guy is definitely hiding something from me. The number of Blood Crystals in his possession is absolutely more than the ones he handed in," she mused.

She thought this to herself, but she didn’t mind.

Everyone had their own secrets—just like how, even now, she hadn’t yet told Ji Zhixing what gene she had fused with.