"Son, come here, give your old man a hug. You've suffered these past two years, you've lost weight." As soon as Xu Chen entered the house, a middle-aged man in a suit quickly hugged him. "Son, where have you been these past two years? I've been asking leaders, classmates, and friends for help, even going to Beijing, but they all said they couldn't help." Xu Jianguo chatted happily with Xu Chen, but Xu Chen's expression changed. Xu Jianguo thought his son didn't want to recall the hardships he had endured, so he waved his hand, "Never mind, never mind, it's good that you're back. Come on, let's have dinner together as a family." After saying that, the whole family sat down at the table, enjoying a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

Xu Chen gradually immersed himself in his role, and his parents were overjoyed by their son's change. As they ate, Xu Nan started to ask, "Mom, do you remember that little girl from the Mu family?" Wang Rong looked at Xu Chen and said with a teasing expression, "Of course I know, isn't she the goddess your brother Chen loves but can't have?" Xu Nan's eyes flashed with anger. "What goddess! I ran into her on the subway today, and she actually said she was going to warn my brother publicly at school, telling him to stop harassing her." If Xu Chen were familiar with Earth culture, he would know that Xu Nan had awakened her brother-complex tendencies. It was clearly her brother's fault, and it was perfectly reasonable for the girl to warn Xu Chen not to harass her; she had no reason to be angry. But Xu Nan didn't care; anyone who treated her brother badly was her enemy.

Xu Chen was slightly surprised upon hearing this. "Mu Wan, it must be the girl I detected with my divine sense." He ate quietly without making a sound. Wang Rong looked helpless. "Chen'er, do you still like Mu Wan?" Xu Chen was taken aback. "Mom, I've fallen behind in so many subjects, I don't have the mind to deal with anything else." Xu Jianguo looked at his son with relief. "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Your mother and I have discussed it, and you can go to study in the US after the college entrance exam." Xu Chen looked excited. "Thank you, Dad! I'm going to study now." He then went into his bedroom, opened his textbook, and began to memorize. For cultivators, photographic memory was a basic skill. He spent a day memorizing at school and a night memorizing at home, and all the high school knowledge was imprinted in his mind. With a few more days to integrate and master it, he thought that improving his grades would be a piece of cake. Xu Chen had his own ideas: first, since he was already there, he might as well make the best of it; second, he would try his best to get into a university in the capital. "True Dragon Emperor, True Dragon Emperor, why did ancient Chinese emperors call themselves that?" he muttered to himself. He decided that after he got to the capital, he would go and see the imperial palace there. He could have traveled from Xingcheng to the capital in two breaths, but he didn't want to do that because he was now a quasi-"mortal". After finishing memorizing, he locked the door and began to meditate and cultivate.

The next day during break, just as Xu Chen was conquering English with his invincible brain and Xiao Bai's help, two girls suddenly stood beside his desk, glaring at him angrily. "Xu Chen, now that you're back, you should study properly and stop bothering Mu Wan!" Tong Yao slammed her hand on the table, trying to intimidate Xu Chen, who was bewildered. "Tell me, how have I bothered Mu Wan these past two days?" Xu Chen closed his book and looked at the two girls with an amused expression. "Then why did you say you were going to prepare some kind of confession ceremony?" Mu Wan was furious. In her first year of high school, she had been constantly bothered by Xu Chen's high-profile confession, feeling particularly helpless and embarrassed. Now that he was back, he was doing it again? Did he really think she had no temper? She had told him countless times that she didn't like him, but why wouldn't he listen? Xu Chen glanced at the whispering classmates around him and thought, "Is this a public warning? I only entered the school yesterday and haven't had any interaction with this girl. Oh, right, it must be that kid named Wang Tao who did this." Xu Chen knew that no matter how he explained, it would be seen as an excuse. "Then what do you want to do?" Mu Wan looked at Xu Chen's "rogue" appearance and was furious. "Write a guarantee, I'll give it to the head teacher, and promise not to harass me again, or I'll be expelled." Upon hearing this, Xu Chen immediately took out paper and pen. "I, Xu Chen, promise not to... Okay." Mu Wan took the guarantee and quickly walked out of the classroom. Outside the classroom, "Mu Wan, Xu Chen's handwriting has become so beautiful." Tong Yao stared at the guarantee with some doubt. "What, you still remember his handwriting?" Mu Wan handed the guarantee to the head teacher, explained it to Tong Yao, and then said. "Of course, I was the one who first handed you the love letters he wrote to you back then. His handwriting was so ugly it left a deep impression on me." "You still dare to say that? You're the one who opened Pandora's box!" "Miss Mu, I was wrong. I'm sorry."

In the classroom, Xu Chen glanced at his classmates, then lowered his head to read. Of course, due to being in a different class and having been away for over two years, almost no one knew him well; otherwise, Xu Chen's number one lackey would surely have come to comfort him. At this moment, Wang Li stared blankly at Xu Chen. Tao Jia, standing beside her, comforted her, saying, "Although Xu Chen likes her, she doesn't like him. You still have a chance." Wang Li said anxiously, "I... I don't dare approach him." Tao Jia looked at Wang Li speechlessly. You're a beautiful woman, shouldn't it be men who don't dare approach you? Meanwhile, Xu Chen was secretly excited, "I'm truly a genius! Only a few days after entering the mortal world, my spiritual energy has become dormant, returning to its original simplicity. It seems my transformation into a mortal has been somewhat successful." Of course, this was also the reason why Mu Wan and the other woman could slam their fists on the table with him. With his spiritual energy dormant, his Daoist aura had also disappeared; he had lost the ability to connect with all things in heaven and earth, and was transforming into an ordinary person.