Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

"Hey boss, wait a minute!"

The other person pushed through the crowd, jogged over to Duan Xuan's side, and greeted him respectfully: "Boss, long time no see."

Duan Xuan was stunned.

You weren't this enthusiastic when we parted ways. Is this guy out of his mind?

However, he quickly realized that Jiang Yun had secretly winked at him.

At this moment, Jiang Yun felt very uncomfortable because she was introverted and a bit socially anxious, but had been inexplicably put in the spotlight by her friend.

Just then, he saw Duan Xuan. Although the two hadn't interacted much, this Duan Xuan was clearly not as introverted as he was.

If they are not introverted and are young, then it is reasonable to deduce that students of their age like to show off and be pretentious.

So Jiang Yun began to act cleverly, showing absolute respect to Duan Xuan, hoping to divert attention and draw everyone's attention to him.

In Jiang Yun's view, since the other party likes to show off, then by doing this, firstly, it can solve his immediate problem, and secondly, it can give Duan Xuan an opportunity to show off, thus winning his favor and friendship.

Killing two birds with one stone, why not do it?

In short, this guy never considered what would happen if Duan Xuan, like himself, didn't like to be in the limelight.

In short, this is a conjecture made based on subjective speculation.

Duan Xuan was unaware of the whole story and was completely stunned when the other party called him "boss".

Especially after he said that, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Jiang Yun was originally the focus of everyone's attention, but seeing how respectful Jiang Yun was to this unfamiliar classmate, everyone naturally began to speculate about his identity.

For a moment, the surroundings were filled with whispers.

"Who is this?"

"Never seen it before!"

"It seems like he's not a genius who has the opportunity to transfer from a junior college to a university."

"Why is Senior Jiang so respectful to him, even calling him 'big boss'?"

"You ask me how I would know?"

……

Hearing the whispers, Duan Xuan sensed something was amiss.

But because the change happened so suddenly, he didn't know how to deal with it.

While they were still in a daze, Jiang Yun's voice came into their ears: "Come, come, let me introduce you. This is a genius from Shuiyun Daoyun Academy. His strength is a hundred times greater than mine. This time, I was just a bystander in the battle against the extraterrestrial demons. This big shot is the main force."

According to Jiang Yun's plan, Duan Xuan would definitely be very grateful to her for praising him. Being able to form a friendship with someone from such a prestigious school's top class and also get away with it would be perfect.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, everyone in the crowd was greatly shocked.

"What? Shuiyun Daoyun Academy?"

"How is that possible? Aren't all the people on this mission students from colleges and universities? How could there be such a genius among them?"

"But what Senior Jiang said is probably true!"

"So he was the main force that defeated the extraterrestrial demons!"

"Hiss, Shuiyun Daoyun Academy, that's the highest institution of learning! Doesn't that mean the chances of this person condensing their Golden Core are infinitely high?"

……

For a moment, everyone was filled with admiration and envy.

Sun Feng felt a chill run down his spine, wondering what he had just done.

He had just been bragging in front of this genius, deliberately putting down the other person and praising himself to show off. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig his toes into the ground and crawl into a hole.

Duan Xuan was speechless.

Because we had shared the experience of fighting the enemy together, the three of us did reveal our identities later. But I was just saying it casually. Do you have to spread rumors about it?

Surrounded by a crowd, someone inexplicably handed him a small notebook: "Senior, could you please sign this for me?"

Senior, my foot! I'm only a freshman!

Duan Xuan was speechless. He turned his head and found that a pretty senior was handing him the notebook, with a pair of big, watery eyes looking at him.

"I don't have a pen."

"Ah, I have it."

The other party immediately handed it to me.

Duan Xuan: "..."

Are you kidding me? We're out doing social practice, venturing into other worlds, and you're carrying around a pen and notebook for people to sign?

Duan Xuan was speechless with frustration, but on the surface he could only smile and sign the document.

However, he was careful and wrote the name Zhou Ran instead.

If you have any trouble in the future, go find him; don't bother me.

"And me too."

More notebooks were handed over, and Duan Xuan had no choice but to sign them one by one, while glancing around to see why Zhou Ran hadn't come yet.

With his unconventional personality, he is perfectly suited to handle this kind of situation.

"Host, don't count on it. There are two rendezvous points this time. They shouldn't be here."

Lingyun's voice reached his ears, clearly indicating that she had seen through Duan Xuan's thoughts.

"No way!"

Duan Xuan wailed, forced to endure being surrounded by onlookers.

He is not socially anxious, but he doesn't like being fawned over.

Sigh, that's just personality. If it were someone outgoing and liked to be in the spotlight, surrounded by countless people praising them, with pretty senior girls asking for their autographs and contact information, it wouldn't be torture, it would be something they couldn't ask for.

As time went by, more and more people gathered, and Duan Xuan had no way to escape. He could only deal with them. A full quarter of an hour passed without any warning, and then the sky suddenly and inexplicably darkened.

Everyone was startled and stopped staring at Duan Xuan, looking up at him.

The sky above was not only gloomy, but also filled with dark clouds.

Lightning could be faintly seen churning within the clouds.

Rumble!

Accompanied by the sound of thunder, a light rain began to fall from the sky, and the energy of heaven and earth became extremely chaotic.

"Yun'er, what happened?"

"Host, don't panic. This is Shuiyun Star breaking through the spatial barrier and opening an interface channel to bring you back. Rest assured, the technology is very mature. Unless you are extremely unlucky, there will be no accidents."

"You brat, can you please stop making promises you can't keep keeping?"

Duan Xuan was utterly speechless.

"What's the big deal? You should believe in cultivating immortality and believe in science."

Lingyun smiled slightly.

Duan Xuan didn't bother to reply and stared at the sky above his head.

The expressions of the others were similar.

After a while, the primordial energy of heaven and earth became increasingly chaotic, even violent, and a small white dot appeared visible to the naked eye under the dim sky.

"Look, what's that?"

"No need to ask, it must be a spatial node."

……

A murmur of whispers and discussion arose from the crowd.

Then.

Boom!

A thunderclap exploded overhead.

The sound was far louder than before, and then several bolts of lightning, each as thick as a water vat, appeared in everyone's sight at the same time.

The lightning bolts arrived abruptly, then converged in the center, merging into one, transforming into a crescent-shaped blade of light.

However, this light blade was not large, only a few feet in diameter. It could be said to be highly condensed, with rings of electric arcs wrapped around its surface, radiating a terrifying pressure as it slashed towards the spatial node.