Chapter 16: Eight years passed in the blink of an eye,

With Li Zhengzhi's instigation, Tan Wan's heart became increasingly shaken, and his sealed emotions gradually showed signs of loosening.

"No, that's not right."

However, Tan Wan finally stopped herself from doing so. She shook her head and said, "Teacher, this is not right."

Then he didn't let Li Zhengzhi continue speaking, and after saying that he was going back to practice, he hurried out of the teacher's office.

Li Zhengzhi didn't care. After all, it was too early to talk about these things now. All he had to do was plant the seeds and wait for them to bloom and bear fruit.

……

In Jialing Pass, apart from hanging out with Lin Xin and going shopping and eating out with Tan Wan, Xingyuan's few pleasures were to occasionally tease Xuanyuan Yan, who used to be a teacher and preacher in front of him.

Although he didn't know what Tan Wan or his teacher said to him afterwards, he never said similar words to Xingyuan again.

Even after Xingyuan was promoted to the same level as them and was able to enter and exit the third floor of the library freely, he would even take a detour every time he saw Xingyuan and no longer called Xingyuan "brother" as before.

It's a pity that Xingyuan didn't intend to let him go. He first challenged him to a magic contest in the name of sparring. In the competition, he used magic with earth and light elements at the same time to severely defeat him, making him lose face. At the same time, he would tease him from time to time on weekdays.

But it’s not that Xingyuan is narrow-minded and wants to haggle with him, but this guy is planning to take advantage of Tan Wan.

Not only that, Xuanyuan Yan had also squeezed and targeted Lin Xin before, and Xingyuan just retaliated for everything he had done before.

At the same time, this also made Lin Xin feel more and more that he had made the right decision to cling to Xingyuan.

If he wasn't four years older than Xingyuan, I would have called him "big brother" directly.

Obviously, Lin Xin's thick skin was not so thick since he was a child. It was mainly acquired through training. He has not yet reached the stage in the original book where he calls Guan Long Haochen "boss" all the time.

But Xingyuan doesn't need a follower.

The reason why he deliberately squeezed and targeted Xuanyuan Yan was to create an image of himself as someone who was difficult to get along with and extremely protective of his shortcomings.

In addition, he is the youngest student in the magic class. Although he is not the one with the highest cultivation, he is the student with the highest level of magic.

Especially after he surpassed several levels of spiritual power and easily defeated Xuanyuan Yan through combination spellcasting, all the students in the magic class clearly realized the gap between themselves and the real geniuses and kept their distance from him.

……

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was Xingyuan's eighth year in Jialing Pass.

"Boom boom boom——"

Xingyuan, who had just changed her clothes and was about to fix her hairstyle and tie her hair, stopped what she was doing when she heard the noise outside.

"Brother, the teacher asked me to bring you the qualification certificate for the Demon Hunter Team Trials."

"It's my sister."

Xingyuan opened the door and turned sideways, saying to Tan Wan outside, "I still need to tie my hair up, please come in and sit for a while."

"Ah good."

Tan Wan also forgot how long it had been since he last came to Xingyuan’s room. It seemed like it was since he was almost as tall as himself?
Seeing how simple it was, with basically no extra furniture and the only decoration being a green plant on the windowsill, Tan Wan couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart that Xingyuan was a person who had no taste for life at all.

Even the green plant was a gift from me to him and was placed in the room.

Well, it looks like it's growing well, probably because I've been taking good care of it.

Seeing that there was not even a chair for him to sit in the room, Tan Wan couldn't help but curl his lips, and then sat on the bed where Xingyuan slept and meditated. "Suddenly I feel that you are so precocious, brother."

Looking at Xingyuan combing his hair in front of the mirror and spraying perfume on his body, Tan Wan suddenly had an idea.

"Is there?" Xingyuan asked without turning his head.

"Of course."

Seeing that Xingyuan had no self-awareness, Tan Wan said unhappily, "Look at other people who are fourteen years old. They are not as delicate and precocious as you.

If you and I go out together now, who would have thought that there is a nine-year age difference between us?"

"Well……"

If Tan Wan hadn't said it, Xingyuan almost forgot that the biological age of his body was still fourteen years old.

"If you want me to tell you."

Tan Wan hugged the pillow and said, "You were led astray by that guy Lin Xin."

"Wouldn't it make you look younger if I were to go out with you, sister?"

Xingyuan thought that it was not really Lin Xin's fault, it was he who wanted it to be like this. He had the mind of an adult, but the days of being treated like a child were better off ending as soon as possible.

Now, if he doesn't say it, who would have thought that he is only fourteen years old?
You know, even Temple Master Li Zhengzhi changed his age in the Temple's internal files to eighteen. How could he not dress more realistically?
"Humph--"

Although what Xingyuan said made Tan Wan feel sweet, she did not look at him in a good mood, "Brother, you have really changed. Now you can say these sweet words to make girls happy."

Xingyuan: “…”

I was too lazy to coax her when she was young, but now she is 'eighteen years old'. If I don't learn to say some nice words, won't I be considered low EQ?
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore."

Seeing that Xingyuan had finished packing, Tan Wan handed the competition token to him and patted his shoulder with some emotion.

"I don't know when I'll see you again after I leave this time."

"We'll see each other again."

Tan Maruzhi was not in the Demon Hunting Group, and Li Zhengzhi had no plans to let her sign up for the competition, so just as she said, it would be many years before the two of them met again.

Xingyuan did not persuade Tan Wan to sign up for the competition with him. After all, in the original plot, she was not a member of the demon hunting team.

If his wanton interference caused the world line to change and Tan Wan encountered an accident while performing a mission in the Demon Hunting Team, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

……

"The Demon Hunting Group is just a stepping stone for you."

Before leaving, Xingyuan was called by Li Zhengzhi to meet him again.

Xing Yuan thought to himself, who cares about you? But he still replied respectfully, "Palace Master, please rest assured. I know."

It's impossible for me to go back to the temple. Who is willing to take over the mess of the six major temples? Besides, you won't let me become the temple master directly after I quit the group. I don't know how many years I will be treated like a slave by you before I can get ahead. Isn't it good for me to be free and easy in the Demon Hunting Group?
Although Li Zhengzhi did not have the ability to read people's minds, he was able to detect Xingyuan's resistance.

Sure enough, it’s because my sense of belonging to the temple is not strong enough...

Li Zhengzhi's eyes fell on the forget-me-not ring that Xingyuan wore on his finger, "Palace Master, how about I give you another storage ring?"

　Actually, I was planning to write in detail about Xingyuan's life in Jialing Pass, but I felt that it was meaningless to have a bunch of inexplicable characters in the second setting. It was just to fill up the word count, and the viewing experience would be very bad. It would be better to speed up and enter the next plot.
　　
　
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