Ninth class citizen

Chapter 409 Heavenly Secrets and Fortune
Nan Rong tried to break free from his embrace, but her body was too weak to stand up, and she could only slump back down helplessly.

“In our world, we don’t take these things too seriously,” she said weakly.
"Don't feel guilty. As long as you give enough compensation, once this matter is over, we can go our separate ways as originally agreed."

The arm around her tightened instantly, pulling her even closer.

Warm breath slipped past her ear, bringing waves of tingling sensation. But what Nan Rong found even harder to accept were Tian Li's words.

"It's too late," he sighed. "Dual cultivation of spirit and body is exclusive. You probably won't be able to find someone else before I perish."

Nan Rong's eyes widened in surprise: "So what we did last night was spiritual cultivation? The book said it was just a collision between souls and bodies, and the feeling was extremely wonderful, but it didn't say that I would end up looking like this afterward?"

Of course, the book also says that the experience of spiritual and physical dual cultivation is far more intense than that of conventional sexual intercourse, which is indeed true.

"That's because the strength of our souls is too different," Tian Li explained patiently, her voice gentler and softer than Nan Rong had ever heard before.
"But this only happens the first time they imprint each other. They can recover with proper care and nutrition. It won't be this serious in the future."

"The future? There is no future." Nan Rong sneered, "And now you should tell me what happened that made you change the agreement without my permission? And what are those two red and purple light bands?"

“You have the right to know about this,” Tian Li said.
"When a universe is first born, it receives the blessings of heaven and earth. At the moment of its creation, this universe received a wisp of celestial purple energy and a wisp of fortune red light."

"By chance, I obtained a wisp of celestial purple energy when I was young, and through the natural interaction between the two energies, I found the location of the red light of fortune."

"It had been hiding in Jade Liquid Lake. At first, it was still confused, but later it gradually developed intelligence and transformed into a golden carp, which would occasionally come out of the water to play and frolic with me."

Upon hearing this, Nan Rong remembered the origin of the golden-red light band.

It was the band of light she encountered on the day of her body sculpting; she never expected it to have such a significant origin.

"But after that, an unexpected event occurred. When I returned to Taiye Pond again, many years had passed, and the golden carp had long since disappeared, leaving only a faint shadow of the red aura of fortune in the lake."

"But at that time, I already knew that this red light of fortune was extremely important in this universe. If it could be integrated with the Heavenly Secret Purple Qi, perhaps..."

Tian Li paused here and didn't continue for a long time.

If Nan Rong were to turn around at this moment, she would see that his eyes were filled with a deep, unyielding sorrow.

But Nan Rong didn't turn around. She was pondering Tian Li's earlier words, finding it utterly unbelievable: "So you think I'm the golden carp that escaped to the smaller plane back then?"

“I hadn’t thought of it that way either,” Tianli said, “but you’re incredibly lucky.”

During the trial assessment, he "coincidentally" moved in front of him, and then "randomly" bumped into him during the retest. Moreover, he mastered the "Theory of the Origin of the Universe," which ordinary students could never comprehend, in just a few months.

This gave him a glimmer of hope, so he specially asked Zhou Qi to take her to Jade Liquid Lake to reshape her body, which indeed drew out the afterimage and merged with her.

From that moment on, their union was inevitable. Only in this way could they add even a sliver of life to this world.

Before this, even though he had established the Cosmic Heritage Academy and made some progress, it was still a drop in the ocean, and there was almost no hope in sight.

Tian Li didn't say these words explicitly, but Nan Rong roughly understood why he was so convinced.

After all, that golden-red light of fortune emanated from her body.

"Since you had already planned to do this, why didn't you explain it beforehand? Why did you have to claim it was some kind of accident?" Nan Rong said with dissatisfaction.

The Demon King may appear respectable, but he never utters a word of truth. There was no surprise whatsoever; it was all the result of long-term, meticulously planned schemes!

"I originally thought that as long as the ritual of offering sacrifices to Heaven and Earth was completed, the celestial secrets and fortunes would be able to merge," Tian Li continued to explain patiently.

"But as you saw then, nothing happened after the ceremony and the incense burned out. So we had no choice but to resort to this last resort. Fortunately, it succeeded in the end."

"Dean, you are truly great." Nan Rong said with a forced smile, "I suppose that no matter who that red light of fortune chooses, regardless of gender or age, for the sake of this universe, you would be willing to engage in dual cultivation with them, right?"

Tianli was unusually good-tempered today; she wasn't angry at all even after being criticized like that, and her voice was gentle and pleasant.
"The current outcome is the only and inevitable one. There is no other possibility in going back, and naturally it could not be anyone else. You don't need to worry too much."

"Alright, you can leave now." Nan Rong gave him a rude dismissal, adding at the end, "I won't blame you since last night's experience was pretty good. But this is the only time, don't expect anything more."

Tian Li didn't intend to argue with her. In fact, since Nan Rong woke up, he seemed like a completely different person, with astonishing patience and gentle, meticulous manners.

Even before she was driven away, he fed her warm water, tucked her in, and thoughtfully put down the silk curtain embroidered with exquisite floral patterns.

"You'll be fully recovered in three days at most," he reassured you. "As for what happens after that, it all depends on your mood."

Three days later, Nan Rong successfully got out of bed. Without even saying goodbye to Tian Li, she teleported back to her residence on Sleipnir.

The dual cultivation of spirit and body, including the later fusion of heavenly secrets and fortune, brought her enormous benefits. Both her soul and physical strength were more than ten times stronger than before.

Not to mention, there were also the two celestial books that she had completely mastered. Those seemingly simple yet profoundly powerful secret runes, containing countless laws and principles, had greatly benefited her.
For a whole month, Nan Rong stayed in the Wanhua Ruyi Palace, seeing no one, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to her inventions and creations.

What she wanted to build was a fully automated gene-optimizing agent synthesizer, which could synthesize gene-optimizing agents at the terminal simply by loading raw materials rich in free particles.

If it can be successfully developed, and then promoted with the help of the Star Alliance, it will enable all humans in the interstellar space to improve their physical attributes and meet the requirements of the Spirit Sea Cultivation Method.
This will usher in an era of universal cultivation and enable dimensional evolution.

The ideal is wonderful, but reality is not so easy.