Lu Ziqi gave a casual reply, and it's unclear whether she meant it sincerely.

But Lu Chen's expression changed immediately upon hearing this.

"No way? You actually agreed? Is this some kind of scam?"

Lu Chen was extremely frustrated. Although Lu Ziqi hadn't directly agreed, she hadn't directly refused either. This ambiguous answer was the most problematic.

This means that Lu Chen won't be able to get any rewards at all.

"Seriously? I was just joking. You're really serious? You haven't been eyeing me for a long time, have you?"

Lu Chen wanted to salvage the situation.

"You were the one who started the joke."

Lu Ziqi, however, disagreed.

Lu Chen opened his mouth, utterly speechless. In this way, Lu Ziqi was completely useless, at least from the system's perspective.

After all, having such a powerful backer with such strength is not bad.

"Alright, you brought me here, what's the matter?"

Lu Chen also lost interest in continuing the banter. Since the other party had already assumed that she was just joking and didn't take it seriously, then she wouldn't take it seriously either. Continuing like this would just be a waste of breath.

“I almost forgot.”

Lu Ziqi didn't find anything strange. She smiled and said, "I've been here for a while now, and I'd like to go back."

"So what if I go back? What does it have to do with me?"

Lu Chen's attitude was extremely cold. It was already difficult enough to find a fixed tool person who could frantically farm rewards, and now that this tool person had lost their value, it was no wonder he was in a good mood.

"Nonsense! I want to take you back with me. Don't you want to go back and see the world?"

Lu Ziqi frowned slightly, as if she had never seen Lu Chen act this way before. Had this guy taken the wrong medicine? Why was he acting so strangely?

"Who are we going back to see?"

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, a thought suddenly struck him. He wondered how Ling Yan'er was doing. Come to think of it, the two of them had tricked Ling Yan'er into coming here, but then left without a trace.

That's really not very generous.

"Okay, it's good to go back and take a look."

Lu Chen agreed.

Without saying a word, Lu Ziqi took Lu Chen and left the Zhenwu Academy.

Normally, disciples of the Zhenwu Academy are not allowed to go out at will, but it's different when an elder accompanies them.

Lu Chen and Lu Ziqi returned to the Xuanwu Academy ten days later.

Upon arriving at the Xuanwu Academy, the academy's leader and six elders were already waiting outside the three gates.

How did they know?

Lu Chen found it strange.

Lu Ziqi, however, was quite pleased with herself, saying, "I told them! This elder is returning home in glory, how could they not personally greet me and show their welcome? That's called making a grand entrance."

Lu Chen immediately looked disgusted.

"Don't you think it's pretty childish?"

"How dare you! You call your teacher childish?"

At this moment, the seven people from Xuanwu Academy had expressions of sorrow and helplessness on their faces. Seeing the master and disciple, they all sighed.

What they were really thinking was that these two goods must have been returned since they came back so quickly.