Those who reincarnate must die.

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What followed was a peaceful campus life.

Since the Divine Punishment quest was conducted at the beginning of the month, you will need to wait another month to accept the advancement quest.

During this month, Su Jie, Gu Shushu, and Tong Fei often came to Zhang Lang to ask questions. Although Zhang Lang was generous in sharing his knowledge, his experience was of little reference value to ordinary reincarnators.

For this reason, Zhang Lang also specially introduced Le Xinyi and Ye Peng to them.

These two received their advancement quests after completing the ninth level of the dungeon, and are now both heroes.

When Su Jie learned that Le Xinyi was also a reincarnator, she was really surprised. Recalling everything that had happened before, she finally understood why Zhang Lang had always had a close but distant relationship with Le Xinyi.

"Seriously, you're so biased..." Le Xinyi leaned on the table, her ample breasts pressed against the edge, her fingers casually fiddling with the straw of her milk tea, her eyes hazy, looking at Zhang Lang with a hint of resentment: "When we were making the sacrifices, you weren't this attentive in giving us instructions."

That look in his eyes, that expression, and the blush on his cheeks—whether from anger or shyness—made even the usually composed Tong Fei swallow hard.

However, Zhang Lang wasn't buying it at all, and retorted, "Have you recently received a charm-based enhancement?"

"Can you tell?" Le Xinyi chuckled twice, her previous resentment vanishing and replaced by a bright smile that brightened the entire store.

"After the nine-level underground palace, I drew a demon fox bloodline. After the trial mission, I used evolution dust to enhance it."

Zhang Lang nodded. Le Xinyi was already extremely beautiful, but her original temperament leaned towards a pure and innocent student style. Now, although she still looked the same, there were some very subtle changes in her eyebrows, the corners of her eyes, the sides of her nose, and the shape of her face, which added a touch of glamour to her pure and innocent appearance.

"Isn't there this 'pure and alluring' trend going on online these days?" Ye Peng chimed in, "All this talk about ceilings and atmospheres... In my opinion, Xin Yi is truly amazing. She doesn't even need to dance; just standing there is enough to make people dream about her..."

"You'd better shut up!"

Le Xinyi rolled her eyes at Ye Peng. Facing this cousin, the alluring charm of the fox spirit vanished, leaving only her innate disdain.

"Um..." Su Jie raised her hand, "Are there any other enhancements like this...?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Lang almost unintentionally.

Le Xinyi paused for a moment, then her eyes curved into two crescent moons: "There are plenty! Not just fox spirits, but also succubi, alluring ghosts... If you don't like that style and want a more youthful look, there are elves and angels, all capable of driving men crazy... If you're particularly powerful, mermaids and animal-eared girls are also very popular..."

As Le Xinyi spoke, she moved closer, making Su Jie blush.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

Zhang Lang tapped on the table.

Le Xinyi felt her alluring aura instantly dissipate. She pouted slightly, sat back down in her original spot, and muttered, "Spotted..."

"I've covered most of the things we need to be aware of during the sacrificial period..." Ye Peng shrugged. "If they lack equipment, we can give them some of our obsolete gear; it won't fetch much money anyway... But we'll have to wait until after the next mission, as I don't have it with me right now."

"Now that you're a hero, you're rolling in money, huh..." Zhang Lang quipped, a rare occurrence for him. "As for equipment, I have a lot that I don't need. I'll bring some out after the next mission. You guys should keep them and sell them for cash. You've just become heroes, and your situation is pretty precarious."

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Le Xinyi took a sip of milk tea.

"It's my fault..." Zhang Lang paused, "I also accepted the advancement mission."

"What?" Upon hearing this news, Le Xinyi and Ye Peng couldn't help but exclaim, "What difficulty level?"

"...Grade A..." Zhang Lang considered for a moment, but still didn't reveal the hidden grade.

"Did you use an upgrade item?"

Le Xinyi didn't believe that Zhang Lang from Sunset Fortress was just a newcomer who had gone through a mission, so she assumed that he had used special methods.

Zhang Lang didn't refute: "So I wanted to ask what your advancement trial was, for reference."

"Trial missions, huh..." Ye Peng recalled for a moment, "We both accepted Rank B missions. I was sent to a fantasy world of swords and magic, entering as a gladiator, unable to bring any equipment or items. The mission objective was to achieve five victories within ten days..."

"I went to a level two world..." Yue Xinyi said, "It's a steampunk-style world. I entered as a pirate captain, and my goal was to find the legendary treasure within a month... In the end, I completed it in just twenty-three days..."

"Don't they have anything in common?" Zhang Lang stroked his chin. These two tasks were completely unrelated.

Ye Peng's identity as a gladiator meant he had almost no freedom; he had to fight match after match according to the arena owner's arrangements, and winning five matches would complete his task.

Le Xinyi clearly has a great deal of autonomy. Without asking, Zhang Lang can imagine how many detours she took and how many adventures she went through in the process.

"That's how the trial missions are..." Ye Peng shrugged. "We asked other newly recruited heroes, and they basically all give random missions, all over the place."

"But don't worry if you're assigned a task you're not good at," Le Xinyi said. "You have three chances in the trial mission. Even if you fail the first two, you still have a chance to survive. But the third mission usually involves surviving for a certain number of days in a harsh environment. If you fail, it's over for good."

"I didn't expect you to have worries too..." Le Xinyi smiled and encouraged Zhang Lang. "Don't worry, so many people have successfully advanced to hero level, someone as skilled as you will definitely be fine!"

Zhang Lang nodded, but he remained vigilant, since before him, probably almost no one had ever done a trial mission with hidden difficulty.

"Speaking of which, we're at Altar Number Thirty-Two right now..." Ye Peng said with a smile. "Those newbie heroes from the previous Nine-Layer Dungeon quest, like Olissis and the others, had already been selected and left the newbie village before we went there."

Newly promoted heroes will first stay at altars numbered 31 to 36. Once these altars are full, the top 30 altars will select them through a selection mission. Xu and Zhang Lang have explained this mechanism before.

"Because of the Nine-Layer Dungeon quest, we accumulated a lot of points from offerings, and the newbie village has seen a rapid increase in members these past two months..." Ye Peng said, counting on his fingers, "Last time we did the quest, we were probably assigned to altar number thirty-five. If you advance next month, we should be able to participate in the selection together, and maybe we'll even be assigned to the same altar!"

"With your skill level, you'd definitely be a sought-after figure at the top altars..." Yue Xinyi sighed, "But the two of us might not be..."

"That's not entirely true!" Ye Peng retorted. "Each altar takes turns choosing its members; we could very well be chosen by Altar Number One!"

"Let's not..." Yue Xinyi rolled her eyes: "The newbie death rate at Altar Number One is also the highest..."

As the two argued, Zhang Lang checked the time, stood up, and said, "I have something to do, I have to go now. You two continue talking..."

After saying that, he turned and left.

"Still the same old self..." Le Xinyi's eyes were filled with resentment as she watched Zhang Lang's departing figure.

Su Jie glanced at Zhang Lang, then at Le Xinyi, and hesitated before speaking, "Um... Le Xinyi..."

"Just call me Xinyi," Le Xinyi said with a smile. "From now on, we're comrades-in-arms, so I'll call you Xiaojie too."

"Okay!" Su Jie nodded with a smile and continued, "From your conversation, is Zhang Lang considered very powerful among the reincarnators?"

"Oh, that's what it is..." Yue Xinyi looked a little disappointed. "I thought you were going to ask about my relationship with him..."

"I...I didn't mean that!" Su Jie denied it outright.

"Zhang Lang's strength?" Le Xinyi rested her chin on her hand. "Although you haven't met other reincarnators, seeing his mission scores should give you a general idea..."

Not only Su Jie, but Tong Fei and Gu Shushu also nodded.

"Let me put it this way..." Yue Xinyi's eyes were a little unfocused, "I've been a Hero-level player for two months now, and I've never met anyone who makes me feel as at ease as him..."

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