The next day.

Lu Yuan got up from the soft bed, stretched comfortably, then walked to the French windows, drew back the curtains, and basked in the warm morning sunlight, feeling incredibly comfortable.

"call!"

After letting out a satisfied sigh, Lu Yuan sat down at the table, picked up the breakfast prepared by the hotel, and began to eat slowly.

After spending more than two days in the Fire Forest Secret Realm, he now finds this ordinary and mundane life absolutely wonderful!

"Hiccup~"

After eating and drinking his fill, Lu Yuan rested for a while before entering the Beast Taming Space.

"Eee!"

Little Yi, who was digesting the bright white fruit under the ancient tree, was the first to notice Lu Yuan's presence and ran to him into his arms.

"Good morning, Xiao Yi!" Lu Yuan chuckled, raising his hand to ruffle her hair. "Have you digested and absorbed the Yingbai Fruit yet? Let me see how it's going!"

Lu Yuan's mind stirred slightly.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yi's data appeared in front of him.

[Race: Nature Elf]

[Attribute: Light]

[Level: Celestial Evolution Fourth Rank]

[Potential: Celestial Evolution Rank 7]

[Bloodline: Ninth Rank of Celestial Evolution (Seraphim, Bloodline Concentration 3%)]

[Talent: Seraph's Compassion]

[Skills: Holy Light, Angelic Hymn, Surrounded by Radiant Light, Salvation for All]

[Status: Childhood, very healthy]

[Defect: Born without wings, repair progress 53%]

Looking at the various attribute data in front of him, Lu Yuan was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, after consuming the Yingbai Fruit, not only did Xiao Yi's talent level break through from the Supreme level to the Epic level, but her strength level also increased by one level!

After all, Xiao Yi's level was just upgraded to the third level of the Heavenly Evolution not long ago!

It's important to know that the higher your strength level, the more difficult it becomes to level up.

It's considered fast if you can level up once every few years; some beast tamers don't even get a chance to level up until they die.

And now, just over half a month later, Xiao Yi has leveled up again!

If other beast tamers knew this, wouldn't they be green with envy?

But that's not the most important thing.

Lu Yuan opened the detailed data in the talent panel.

[Seraph's Compassion: As a symbol of light and love, you have received the Seraph's gaze and favor. The spiritual energy required to unleash all skills is greatly reduced, while your defense and attack power are significantly increased. You are also immune to all negative effects, as well as all negative attributes forcibly imposed by external forces (including but not limited to diseases, poisons, mental attacks, etc.)]

Holy crap!

Looking at the detailed introduction displayed before him, Lu Yuan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Forgive him for his lack of culture; all he could manage to shout was a simple, unadorned "Holy crap!"

The main reason is that these talent attributes are simply too astonishing.

After leveling up, the original Seraph's Blessing is directly upgraded to Compassion, and all aspects, including skill consumption, defense, and attack power, are greatly enhanced.

What surprised him the most was the last one: immunity to all negative attribute effects!

Compared to before, the upgraded immune effect is obviously much stronger.

It is immune not only to negative effects such as mental attacks and control, but also to negative attributes forcibly imposed by external forces.

This means that...

For Xiao Yi, all negative buffs will no longer have any effect.

Apart from surface damage, no other skill can harm her!

But don't forget.

Xiao Yi also possesses extraordinary healing abilities.

Even if she is injured and bleeding, as long as she has sufficient spiritual energy, she can immediately heal and recover.

In other words, having gained super immunity, Xiao Yi has now become virtually invincible!

"marvelous!"

Lu Yuan couldn't help but pick up Xiao Yi and happily spun her around twice.

"Eee?!"

Xiao Yi, who didn't understand what was going on, was startled by Lu Yuan's sudden action and exclaimed in surprise. But when she saw Lu Yuan's smiling face, she happily hugged him back.

"Cough cough!"

Just as the two were happily spinning around in circles, an untimely and slightly awkward cough rang out.

“Xiao Yi is still in her infancy, still a child. You should restrain yourself a little!” Ling Ye walked out from behind the ancient tree, his expression somewhat unnatural. “Besides, we are here watching!”

"Hiss~"

Chi Lin, who was following behind Ling Ye, nodded in agreement.

Upon seeing this.

Lu Yuan stepped forward and gave them two flicks on the forehead.

"What are you two thinking? I was just a little too happy when I saw Xiao Yi's talent level improve!"

Although that's what he said, the tips of Lu Yuan's ears turned red.

He was indeed too excited and impulsive just now, and only after he came to his senses did he realize what he had done, and he immediately felt a little embarrassed.

Looking at Xiao Yi, who had grown into a graceful young woman, resembling an eighteen-year-old girl, Lu Yuan couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his eyes.

This is the child I raised myself!

However, Lu Yuan quickly adjusted his mindset and instantly changed the subject.

"How is Akabane now? Is he showing any signs of waking up?"

Ling Ye gave him a light, indifferent glance, but ultimately didn't expose his clumsy attempt to change the subject, and answered truthfully, "Not yet, why don't you go and take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan immediately headed towards the medicinal herb field.

Akabane remained lying there, eyes closed, fast asleep.

However, compared to its previous faint breathing, the situation has improved significantly now, at least there is no need to worry that it might stop breathing at any time.

Lu Yuan's expression immediately turned serious.

"It consumed all the phoenix blood, right?"

"certainly!"

Ling Ye nodded as a matter of course.

After receiving Lu Yuan's instructions, they immediately fed the phoenix blood to Chi Yu, not daring to waste a single drop.

Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

Didn't Bai Ze say that this tiny amount of phoenix blood was enough to wake Chi Yu from his slumber?

But now, why does Akabane show absolutely no signs of waking up?

After muttering a few words to himself, Lu Yuan placed his hand on Chi Yu and then used the system to identify her.

The next moment.

Akabane's attribute data appeared before my eyes.

[Race: Fiery Phoenix]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Level: Celestial Evolution Fifth Rank]

[Potential: Level 10 Phantom God]

[Bloodline: Illusionary God Tier 10 (Divine Beast Vermilion Bird, 20% bloodline)]

[Talent: Fire Disc]

[Skills: Flowing Flame, Blazing Inferno, Rebirth from the Ashes]

[Status: Transformation Period, Currently Awakening]

"Awakening?"

Looking at the data displayed in front of him, Lu Yuan looked surprised.

Before falling into a coma, Akabane's state had already changed to adulthood, but now it has changed to the transformation stage and is still awakening?

Lu Yuan suddenly recalled what Ling Ye had said back then.

Akabane was in a critical state of death because he forcibly awakened his bloodline and accepted the inheritance.

The status bar currently shows that Akabane is awakening, does that mean he has already escaped the death threshold and will be able to awaken after the awakening is complete?

Lu Yuan was immediately overjoyed.

It seems that what Bai Ze said was true; the phoenix blood really can save Chi Yu!

Moreover, the Phoenix's blood element is fire.

For Akabane, who possesses fire-type talents, there may be other benefits as well.

Perhaps after Akabane finishes digesting the Phoenix Blood and awakens from his awakened state, his strength will rise to another level!

Thinking of this, he patted the red phosphorus back.

"Red Phosphorus, you'd better work hard at your training! Otherwise, when Red Feather wakes up, your title as the top-ranked leader might be taken away!"

Upon hearing this, Chi Lin, who had been worried, immediately became alert.

What? !

Its top-tier title of "Big Brother" is about to be stolen?!

That won't do!

Almost instantly, Chi Lin turned around and ran back to continue his cultivation.

In its eyes, there is no such thing as the curliest, only the curliestiest!

No one can take away his highest-ranking title!

Seeing Chi Lin's extremely nervous appearance, Lu Yuan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Chiyu's death crisis has been resolved, Xiaoyi's talent level has increased, and Chilin, after devouring the corpse and elixir of the Fire Rock Turtle, will probably be able to level up again soon.

All the little guys except Lingye received the buff.

"I'll prepare other nice things for you after we get back to Yandu," Lu Yuan said, patting Ling Ye on the shoulder to comfort her.

Previously, the matter of Akabane had always hung over his mind like a knife that could fall at any moment, but now that it had finally been resolved smoothly, he felt a great sense of relief.

This trip to the secret realm for the exam was definitely the right decision!

After circling the space twice more, Lu Yuan exited the Beast Taming Space in a good mood.

The moment he returned to his room, his phone rang.

Looking at the caller ID, Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and then pressed the answer button.

As soon as the call connected, Rune's voice came through the receiver.

"Lu Yuan, are you still in the capital?"

"Yes, I'm here," Lu Yuan replied truthfully.

"Do you have time now?" Rune paused slightly on the other end of the phone before saying, "There are some things I need to discuss with you in person."

Lu Yuan looked surprised, but quickly recovered and answered with a smile.

"Of course I have time! Mr. Lu, just send me the meeting address."

Not long after hanging up the phone, I received the address from Rune on my phone.

"teahouse?"

Looking at the address information above, Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

He had assumed that Rune would choose the school as the meeting place, since he had already officially completed the enrollment procedures. But Rune actually chose to meet off-campus. Did that mean that the things they were going to talk about were not suitable to be discussed on campus?

After holding his phone and thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan didn't hesitate any longer, changed his clothes and went out.

...

Arriving at the teahouse where Lu En had arranged to meet, Lu Yuan was led by a waiter to a private room on the second floor.

"Please come in."

After knocking and receiving a response, the waiter opened the door to the private room and invited Lu Yuan inside before closing the door and leaving.

The moment Lu Yuan entered the private room, he noticed the two people, one old and one young, sitting at the tea table.

"Professor Lu, Professor Xiao."

Lu En, who was meeting Lu Yuan, was sitting at the tea table slowly brewing tea, and the young man sitting next to him was Xiao Tang, the teacher in charge of yesterday's secret realm exam.

"Hey! Lu Yuan's here! Come on, have a seat!"

Upon seeing Lu Yuan, Lu En warmly invited him to sit down.

Lu Yuan glanced around the room casually before sitting down opposite Lu En and Xiao Tang.

As soon as he sat down, he met Xiao Tang's smiling eyes.

"Lu, I didn't expect to see you again so soon. Your performance yesterday really shocked me!"

Hearing Xiao Tang's undisguised praise, Lu Yuan smiled slightly.

"Teacher Xiao, you flatter me. I was just lucky."

The moment he entered and saw Xiao Tang, he understood why Xiao Tang had stood up for him during the points settlement process after yesterday's exam.

It's certain that Lu En had already told Xiao Tang about his identity and other information before the exam.

Otherwise, even the well-informed Xiao Tang would have some doubts based on the spoils he had brought out yesterday.

only……

Lu Yuan and Xiao Tang exchanged a deep look.

He inexplicably sensed that Xiao Tang's smiling eyes concealed a mixture of inquiry and suspicion.

Just then, Lu En, who was standing next to Lu Yuan, handed him a cup of freshly brewed tea and spoke first.

"Lu Yuan, congratulations on achieving first place in the secret realm exam!"

"Thank you, Elder Lu." Lu Yuan took the tea, sipped it, and said with a smile, "I'm just doing this to fulfill my promise to you."

Upon hearing this, Rune's lips twitched.

The agreement I made was only to ensure that Lu Yuan would remain in the top three of the grade in every exam, not to allow him to leave everyone behind by more than five times the points and win first place!

This has caused a sensation not only within the college but has also attracted the attention of other schools.

Many questioned the authenticity of Lu Yuan's results, suspecting that he used other means to obtain such incredible achievements, which forced him to produce specific monitoring data and barely managed to quell the discordant voices.

but.

That wasn't what he wanted to talk to Lu Yuan about today.

"cough!"

Lu En coughed lightly, then looked up at Lu Yuan.

"With your strength, you must have hunted down far more monsters than what you handed over at the end of the day after exploring the Fire Forest Secret Realm for two days, right?"

Lu Yuan smiled but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Rune laughed and said, "Judging from your appearance, you've had quite a haul?"

Lu Yuan didn't want to continue playing games with him, so he spoke directly: "Elder Lu, you said you had something to discuss with me in person. You don't just want to ask me what I got in the secret realm, do you?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan was so direct in bringing things up. Lu En chuckled, then put away his playful expression and looked at Lu Yuan seriously.

"Is the sudden monster rampage within the Fire Forest Secret Realm related to you?"

"What did you do in the endless sea of ​​fire?"