Returning to School

At this time, Shen Yi didn't know that he had been labeled as "like-minded."

After sleeping for a full day and night, early the next morning, he went to find Ji Yan.

"How is your recovery, Sister Yan?" Arriving at her residence, he saw her standing at the door.

She calmly scanned Shen Yi up and down, then quickly returned to normal.

"We can return to school today."

Receiving her affirmative answer, Shen Yi chatted casually for a bit and then went back.

Until Shen Yi left, Ji Yan didn't manage to glean anything from him.

"Look at you, you scolded me, but aren't you doing the same thing, constantly sizing up our junior?" At this moment, Xu Yingshi poked her head out from the side, looking at Ji Yan with a mischievous smile.

"Boring~" Ji Yan tossed back a word and returned to her room.

After packing up slightly, the two passed through layers of inspections and returned to Blue Star.

The moment they stepped out of the teleportation portal, the rich spiritual energy rushed over them. Sure enough, the spiritual energy on Blue Star was still more abundant.

Shen Yi felt as if a lifetime had passed. There was no modern infrastructure inside the Secret Realm.

Stepping into the small town was like returning from ancient times to the modern world.

After coming out, the two first found a hotel to grab something to eat.

"Sister Yan, can you still drive?"

After a simple meal, the two set off on the road back to school.

"It's fine, it's just driving," Ji Yan said flatly.

Shen Yi didn't say anything more, sitting in the passenger seat.

Along the way, neither of them spoke. Shen Yi looked at the scenery outside, while Ji Yan occasionally glanced at him.

On the way back, the driving was extremely stable, unlike the previous trip where she made all kinds of light drifts into the curves.

Having entered the Secret Realm for over a month, this trip could be said to be a bountiful harvest.

The tasks he had taken at school earlier were all completed. Thinking of his points, Shen Yi had a joyful look on his face.

However, his joyful appearance looked extremely strange in Ji Yan's eyes.

By the time they returned to school, it was already evening. The drive back had been relatively slow.

After a simple exchange, Ji Yan left.

Shen Yi returned to his dormitory.

The dormitory was still empty; he didn't know what everyone was up to.

Only upon returning to the dormitory did he feel truly safe, free from that constant state of anxiety.

The next morning, he first went to the classroom to check in.

He wanted to ask the teacher about ability fusion.

The fusion rate rewarded by the System earlier was something he still hadn't figured out.

When he arrived at the classroom today, the teacher wasn't teaching, and there was no one in the room.

"Ding-dong~" A message arrived on his phone. He opened it.

[ Ji Yan: Remember to turn in your tasks. It's the same place where you took them last time. There's a window where you can submit them. I won't take you there. ]

Shen Yi replied and left the Lifestyle Department area.

Arriving at the Mission Hall, the place was still packed with people.

Everyone was queuing up in an orderly fashion to confirm their tasks.

"Yo, isn't this our Lifestyle Department big shot? Last time you took all the tasks for the Black Wind Mountain Range. Are you here to cancel them today?" Suddenly, a sarcastic voice came from the side.

Shen Yi looked over. He recognized this person. When he was taking tasks last time, this guy had mocked him, only to be slapped by Ji Yan so hard he didn't dare speak again.

Ignoring him, Shen Yi continued to queue up at the submission window.

Ye Linfeng was either waiting for Shen Yi here on purpose or had also come to submit a task.

After being slapped last time, he held a grudge. He didn't dare provoke Ji Yan, at least not at school, but he didn't care about the guy in front of him.

"Are you deaf? I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?" Seeing that Shen Yi didn't react, Ye Linfeng raised his voice, blocked Shen Yi, and said in anger.

"Sorry, your face isn't swollen, so I almost didn't recognize you," Shen Yi glanced at him and replied flatly.

"You're fucking looking for death." With that, he swung his hand to slap Shen Yi's face.

As the saying goes, don't hit the face. Shen Yi's expression changed. He blocked the hand and pushed it away.

"Who is that? Since when was the Lifestyle Department so powerful?" To outsiders, Shen Yi had effortlessly neutralized the attack.

The students who were receiving tasks noticed the commotion and looked over, even forgetting about their tasks.

"I don't know, but I remember last time when taking tasks, Ye Linfeng was slapped by a very beautiful girl, and his face swelled up. This time he's probably here for revenge," someone in the know whispered to the person next to him.

"This Ye Linfeng is not simple. He's almost Fifth Order, yet his attack was effortlessly neutralized. It seems this Lifestyle Department guy is not simple," someone muttered inwardly.

If it were them, they might not even have been able to take that slap.

Ye Linfeng also hadn't expected the other party to block his attack.

Although he hadn't used his full strength, he was still a Fourth Order, eight-star ability user.

He could feel that the opponent was at most Third Order, not having reached the Fourth Order.

He was shocked, but he didn't show it on his face, glaring fiercely at Shen Yi.

"You really are looking for death!" With that, Shen Yi felt Ye Linfeng's aura begin to rise, and the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuated violently.

"Supernatural abilities are not allowed to be used in school, otherwise you will be expelled," at this moment, the person in charge of the Mission Hall walked out and shouted loudly.

As soon as he spoke, Ye Linfeng's aura instantly vanished, and he said nothing.

Shen Yi returned to the task submission area, ignoring him.

"Teacher, you misunderstand. I was just caring for a classmate. He just came out of the Secret Realm, so I came to see how he completed his tasks, just caring for a classmate," Ye Linfeng emphasized the words "caring for a classmate" heavily. Capital Supernatural University didn't care what big family you were from; everyone was treated equally in school, which was why he was so wary of the teacher.

"Arrogant!" Shen Yi muttered.

"Those who need to take tasks, take them; those who need to submit, submit," the person in charge nodded and said nothing more. As long as they weren't fighting, he didn't care about the rest.

Ye Linfeng turned to the people around him and said loudly, "Let's all watch together as this Lifestyle Department peasant, who took all the tasks in the Black Wind Mountain Range, submits them. Hahaha~"

Since he couldn't attack directly here, he chose to humiliate Shen Yi in another way. No matter what, he wanted to vent the anger of being slapped last time.

The others broke into an uproar upon hearing this.

"He actually took all the tasks for the Black Wind Mountain Range? Even when I go to simpler Secret Realms, I don't dare take all the tasks. Taking too many tasks costs too many points if you fail," someone discussed.

"He's from the Lifestyle Department, they get one free chance to take tasks every month," Ye Linfeng's sarcastic voice echoed throughout the Mission Hall.

"Tsk, what's the use of taking so many tasks? Even if taking them doesn't cost points, canceling them does," a person next to Ye Linfeng chimed in immediately, looking disdainful.