But on the other end of the contract, Lin Guang didn't feel too many other emotions.

Lin Guang said softly, "What's wrong?"

The wolf-eared girl shook her head, snapped back to reality, and put on that faint smile again, "Nothing."

She spoke softly, her tone sincere and gentle, "Master, thank you."

"I'll go freshen up first."

She bowed slightly, stepping with her slender long legs, and walked into the steaming bathroom.

Click.

Vishdair stood straight, gave a slight bounce, looked at the tightly closed bathroom door, squinted slightly, and after a few seconds, turned to Lin Guang and asked, "What does she mean?"

—— Despite not getting along with Chelina at all, she also sensed something unusual.

"Not sure, maybe she thought of something from before."

Lin Guang shook his head, snapped his fingers, and the golden needles obediently retracted, embedding themselves back into the silk.

He didn't cover the stone box, instead, took it directly and walked towards his room.

"I'm going to check out the goods first."

"After all, tomorrow the opponent that Master Bai contacted to guide our unrestricted battle will arrive, and it's said he's very strong, so I need to adjust my status properly."

"Alright."

"Okay."

...

The next day.

At nine in the morning.

Lin Guang arrived at the reserved venue.

As soon as he landed, he raised his hand, and three beams of light flashed, releasing his companions.

The wolf-eared maid Chelina landed gracefully and lightly.

Vishdair was still wearing that half-open sunscreen jacket and vest on her upper body today, but had changed her lower half to a black and red pleated battle skirt and tights that looked like black silk, carrying a small tool bag, her tail swaying behind her, and her starry pupils showing obvious eagerness, "Finally, we're here."

"Wow—"

And Lisa, in her light purple little skirt, raised her small head, ears twitching, her big tail swaying.

Although she had borrowed Lin Guang's eyes in the Spirit Beast Space to overlook the scenery below from the sky, she still couldn't help but let out a cute sound, "So big..."

Not in the battle venue of the Experimental School, nor in the wilderness outside Zhen Sheng City.

But in the highest-spec battle venue open to the public in Zhen Sheng City, the [Municipal Spirit Master Battle Arena].

This massive complex stands like a cluster of brilliant pearls in the dense east-southern location of Zhen Sheng City where Golden Birch Trees thrive.

Almost every battle arena in the complex is dome-shaped, with even the smallest being as large as a football field, and the largest could almost be calculated in kilometers, distinguished by different surface colors.

And those colors aren't from any paint, but purely because they are covered with faintly visible Spirit Rune Arrays resembling roots, branches, and leaves.

Different colors represent different attributes.

Under the sunlight, these venues even slow flash like they're breathing, causing some kind of mysterious reaction.

"Hello, the reserved number two arena in Section B."

"Okay, Mr. Lin Guang, your companions have already arrived in the lounge ahead of time."

The receptionist glanced with amazement at the three beautiful maidens with animal tails and ears behind Lin Guang and pointed in a direction, "Please, and...your companions take the special car from entrance three to the number two arena in Section B."

Lin Guang nodded, led the three of them forward according to the directions, boarded the driverless silver streamline car, likely controlled by a mechanical Spirit Beast, arriving at the all-white entrance of the number two arena in Section B symbolizing General Element attribute.

Following the bright and spacious passage that allowed large Spirit Beasts to pass through, the four entered the luxuriously decorated Spirit Master lounge.

As expected, the stern-faced, chiseled Cold Shengnan was already sitting on the sofa waiting, smiling at them, "Good morning."

Lin Guang nodded, then couldn't help but gaze at the figure standing against the wall nearby.

Vishdair raised an eyebrow slightly and spoke in Terra language, "Why is this guy here too?"

The familiar black trench coat, wrapped bandages, and brown messy hair, along with that visual kei outfit, was Du Qing.

At the moment, he didn't say anything, just nodded to Lin Guang.

Lin Guang didn't speak, only showed a puzzled expression.

So Cold Shengnan explained, "He's here to join the training too."

"Did he contact you?" Lin Guang asked in return.

Leng Shengnan glanced at Du Qing and laughed rather openly: "Yes, he asked about something, so I told him about today's arrangement."

"Then he expressed the wish to get involved, and I thought about it, since he would be our teammate later on, I agreed."

"There shouldn't be any objections, right, Captain?"

--These two have already been in touch privately?

Lin Guang blinked, a bit surprised, yet somewhat understanding.

You can tell from the fight that made Du Qing bleed two days ago, both of them have undergone some subtle changes.

However, what is Du Qing's intention...

Ultimately, a sect-born prodigy like him should not lack sparring partners and opportunities for unrestricted battles.

Du Qing suddenly spoke up from the side: "I'll pay you a reward."

With that, he raised both of his hands.

The skull-like ring on his finger flickered, and two items appeared in his palms.

Upon closer inspection, they were two massive peaches.

They looked somewhat like nectarines, but the fine fuzz was golden, and at the bottom, besides two tender green leaves, there was a long thin golden monkey tail that even swayed back and forth, looking rather odd.

However, as soon as it appeared, it brought a "rich" spiritual Ether fluctuation, symbolizing its extraordinary grade.

Du Qing explained: "Spiritual material [Golden Monkey Wine Peach], roughly at Tier Five Blue level."

"These are fruits picked from a Tier Five peach tree brought back by our sect's Supreme Elder from the Celestial Ladder Secret Realm."

"No need to refine, you can consume them directly."

"They are very easy to absorb and do not conflict with the use of slow-release Meditation Potion."

"For Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts with Spiritual Attributes, they have effects of strengthening the body, stabilizing the Sea of Spirit, and accelerating cultivation speed, significantly effective for those below Six-Star level."

"According to experts in Plant Spirit Beasts, even with the best cultivation and care without leaving any nutrients for its growth, merely maintaining its status, the tree can only mature every five years, producing about a dozen fruits each time."

Du Qing looked at the peaches in his hand, a trace of heartache obvious in his eyes.

But he did not hesitate, directly throwing one to Lin Guang and Leng Shengnan: "These are for you."

Lin Guang and Leng Shengnan instinctively caught the peaches.

The fuzzy feel aside, they felt a rich and alluring scent of wine drilling into their noses.

It's unknown which True Man said, a Spirit Master's battle is a battle of Spiritual Power.

For Spirit Masters who rely entirely on Spiritual Power to drive their abilities, every bit of Spiritual Power is crucial to the outcome of the battle and their life's worth, thus materials and potions that can expand the Sea of Spirit are extremely valuable, almost impossible to buy, and only information can be asked about within some major forces.

Of course, these peaches certainly couldn't achieve the exaggerated chance like Chelina's trait [Mission Must Reach] or President Rote's True Intent Implantation, which directly increases a Spirit Master's maximum Spiritual Power.

But stabilizing the Sea of Spirit and directly accelerating cultivation speed, for young Spirit Masters who haven't encountered bottlenecks, the effects of these two are not too far off.

"What are you..."

Looking at the delicious and tempting peaches, Lin Guang was somewhat puzzled.

Such precious items being given to him so easily, what is Du Qing up to?

Leng Shengnan also seemed surprised that he used these as payment—according to her uncle Bai Wu's statement, the opponent's appearance fee this time was quite costly, adding one more person would certainly require additional payment, but definitely not to this extent.

She couldn't help but ask: "With such good things, why don't you eat them yourself?"

"After eating them, I can just ask the Supreme Elder for more when I return, I won't have any loss."

"The Supreme Elder forcibly threw me here, saying I need to build good relations with you...giving these to you counts as fulfilling my duty."

"In the past twenty-plus years at Celestial Star Sect, I'm the only True Disciple, so I can decide on these two peaches."

Speaking of this, Du Qing suddenly snorted coldly: "And don't get me wrong, I have no intention of sucking up to you."

He turned to Lin Guang: "In terms of potential and talent, you have an advantage no matter what, but the disadvantage of your level is evident."

"Now that the choice of who participates in the battle can't be changed, if we want to make a push forward in the state tournament rankings, we must find ways to compensate in all aspects."

Has anyone ever told you that a man's arrogance is actually quite disgusting?

Lin Guang muttered this in his heart, but as the saying goes, eating makes one's mouth soft, Du Qing now looked not so irritating, so he responded with a friendly smile: "Since you say so, I won't be polite, thank you."

"..." Du Qing suddenly altered his stance, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall, speaking calmly, "You said my 'Talent Supremacy Theory' has problems, I went back and thought about it, and it's true."

"But it's not that my theory has problems, it's that I have an error in the standards for judging talent!"

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