Chapter 125: Choosing a Room

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: Choosing a Room

But that wasn’t all.

The difficulty of taming a Tier Two Soul Beast after subjugating it was far greater than that of a Tier One Soul Beast. It wasn’t a simple matter of capture or contract.

There was, in fact, something like an "affinity level" between a soul beast pet and its master.

Lu Shengming recalled that only about 15 days had passed between Li Heng handing in the Ice Luan’s score card and summoning it just now.

Even giving Li Heng a full month, he shouldn’t have been able to develop such a high level of affinity with the Ice Luan.

Lu Shengming had witnessed the entire interaction between Li Heng and the Ice Luan. They acted like a pair that had been together for at least two years.

In just one short month.

It was either the work of a High-Level Beast Tamer, the use of medicinal pills, or Li Heng himself simply had a very high compatibility with the Ice Luan.

But after his brief observation, Lu Shengming leaned toward the last possibility: Li Heng and the Ice Luan had extremely high compatibility!

However, that was all just what was on the surface. Like Bai Shasha, Lu Shengming had also noticed the three throwing knives Li Heng had casually produced earlier.

He could set aside the matter of a Soul Warrior’s affinity with a Tier Two Soul Beast for now, but those three throwing knives...

A possibility that made his skin crawl occurred to Lu Shengming, but he said nothing. He just silently watched Bai Shasha as she did her best to climb with her short curved blades.

After all, for an ordinary family to produce a prodigy on the Celestial Rankings was already an incredible feat.

’If on top of being a prodigy on the Celestial Rankings, he’s also a Heaven-Blessed Soul Master... that would be too outrageous.’ Lu Shengming didn’t dare to dwell on it for now. ’I should just focus on the task at hand.’

It had to be said, spurred on by Li Heng’s display, the students’ "enthusiasm" for climbing surged.

At the very least, they began arguing over who would get the fourth spot to climb the rope ladder.

Li Heng was the first, having left by riding his own soul-qi pet. Bai Shasha was second; after Li Heng, she was the first to volunteer, using two short curved blades as "Ice Axes" and climbing entirely with her own strength.

The other students had originally wanted to fight for the third spot, but after Chen Bingjing spoke, the available spot automatically became the fourth.

"I’m wearing a skirt, you know. When I’m climbing the rope ladder in a bit, no one is allowed to peek, okay? I’m the type to hold a grudge~"

If anyone else had said that, it would have carried no weight. But coming from Chen Bingjing’s lips, the words "hold a grudge" were incredibly intimidating.

For at least the first two minutes, no one dared to look up. But after those two minutes passed, all the boys became furious, collectively demanding to know why something like safety shorts even existed in this world!

And besides, if she was wearing safety shorts, what was there to be afraid of? She was clearly saying it on purpose!

But it was an unspoken understanding. In the time that followed, everyone did their best to "show off their own skills" and scrambled up the rope ladder.

Meanwhile, a short while earlier, when Li Heng landed on the deck of the Flying Boat in the clouds astride his Ice Luan, he had sent the deck crew into high alert.

If they hadn’t seen a person on the Ice Luan, some of them would have been ready to attack.

Only after they clearly saw that the rider was a student did the crew stand down and proceed with their duties.

Although the crew members were surprised that a student possessed a soul-qi pet like an Ice Luan, no one asked any specific questions.

As Li Heng was the first to board the Flying Boat, he had the right to choose his room first.

The first level below deck had single rooms with private toilets and bathrooms. The first ten rooms even came with 24/7 room service and an unexpected surprise. The subsequent forty rooms had no surprise and only offered room service during mealtimes.

(PS: This was for proper meals, not hotel fast food.)

The second level below deck also had single rooms, but the toilets and bathrooms were communal. There was no room service, and meals could only be eaten in the dining hall.

It was worth mentioning that rooms could be challenged for. The method was for another student to submit a request, after which the student in the higher-ranked room would have to compete against the challenger. The winner would get the higher-ranked room.

Each person had only one chance to request a room change.

Hearing this, Li Heng fell silent for a moment. ’The first ten rooms are all the same,’ he thought. ’Choosing one of the top three would be too conspicuous, but choosing one of the later ones would just make me a target. Too much trouble.’

But he was also rather curious about the surprise in the first ten rooms.

"In that case, I’ll take the fifth room, please!"

After a moment of thought, Li Heng requested the fifth room. A crew member guided him to the door and gave him the key.

When Li Heng entered his room, he found it fully furnished. The bed and sofa were soft, and there was a window with a view of the outside.

On the round table in the center of the room lay a menu carved from a piece of wood, along with contact information.

Notably, everything in the room was made from soul-qi wood, and the quilt and bedsheets were made from soul-qi fabric.

Both the furnishings and the lighting were excellent, but the use of soul-qi materials for everything made it feel particularly grand.

Was sleeping on a soul-qi wooden bed more comfortable?

Not really.

But the feeling was still quite nice.

At least, Li Heng was very satisfied with it. And then, he saw the so-called "surprise"!

[Surprise: A tradition for Meteor University freshmen. On the day of registration at Meteor University, the student occupying this room will receive 50 academic credits.]

It really was a surprise!

The word "Surprise" was carved right onto the soul-qi wooden plaque, followed by an explanation.

Li Heng wasn’t sure what academic credits could be used for, but he knew they were crucial for graduating from university.

"Looks like... the next few days won’t be too easy."

However, Li Heng was very relaxed and felt no pressure. He figured he’d spend the next few days exploring the Flying Boat and enjoying the scenery outside, which was quite nice.

As for any students who might challenge him, Li Heng wasn’t worried. After all, he knew his current strength was far beyond that of his peers.

Rather than dwelling on that, Li Heng relaxed and used his phone to call for room service. He wanted to see what the food on the ship was like, and besides, he was actually a little hungry.

Bai Shasha was the second to arrive on deck. Compared to Li Heng’s boarding method, her appearance was much easier for the crew to handle.

Before the crew member could even begin explaining the rooms, Bai Shasha spoke first. "Hello, which room did Li Heng choose?"

The crew member paused for a moment, then answered, "Room 5."

Bai Shasha said, "I’ll take Room 6."

However, Bai Shasha wasn’t the only student who didn’t listen to the introduction. The third to board the Flying Boat, Chen Bingjing, handled things in much the same way.

The first thing she did upon boarding was ask,

"Excuse me, which two rooms did Li Heng and Bai Shasha choose?"

"Rooms 5 and 6!"

"Room 7, please. Thank you!"