It usually took at least half a month to come back to Fenghua College from the Death Forest.

Wu Xiaomei said in a low voice, "I know. She must use the teleportation map given by Mr. Xie."

Xie Linna used to show off her precious magic weapons to her, so Wu Xiaomei had seen the map.

"Forget about her for now. It's lucky that the man she sent is not a master at purple-level. Otherwise, we would all have been dead." Zhu Ming's tone sounded heavy yet grateful. Fortunately, they were with Mu Tian.

Murong Xue responded plainly, "I've discussed it with Lin Nan. We'll go on the other side of the Death Forest to Longyu College so that we can avoid them for a period."

"Longyu College? But we..." Wu Xiaomei bit her lip and felt sad as they could never be admitted into that college.

Lin Nan patted them on the shoulder, "Relax. We are a team, and we can work something out together."

Murong Xue said, "We should have a rest now. We need to get up early tomorrow and leave here as fast as we could."

Lin Nan volunteered, "I'll keep watch while you're asleep. There is no time to lose."

One could not be too particular about the environment when he was away from home. Everyone just put some hay on the ground as the bed and slept on it.

After midnight, Murong Xue woke up and saw Lin Nan meditating at the entrance of the cave. She walked up to him, "Lin Nan, go to sleep now. I can take over from now." She feared that Lin Nan could not bear it if he stayed awake all night.

Lin Nan refused with a smile, "No, I'm not sleepy. You go and sleep."

Murong Xue patted him on the shoulder and expressed her disagreement, "Although you are the captain, you don't have to be so strong for us. Go and sleep." Being close to Lin Nan, she could see the dark circles under his eyes.

She did not wait for his answer. Instead, she sat down and started doing meditation.

Lin Nan's eyes were smiling. He turned around and went inside to have a sleep. He knew it was not the time to be emotional and he was really tired. Before falling asleep, he was wondering who else could be the one he was determined to follow but Mu Tian.

It wasn't long before Zhao Qi and Zhu Ming woke up. When they saw Mu Tian sitting at the entrance, they smiled at each other.

The longer they had been with each other, the luckier they found themselves to meet and become partners.

Murong Xue was caught by a feeling of mild sadness now. She missed her parents and Huangfu Yi, and she wondered how they had been these days.

Thinking of them made her more determined to be stronger.

After dawn, Murong Xue took out some low-level magical fruits from the Space and distributed them to everyone.

However, they were only watching the fruits with an unwilling face.

Murong Xue took a bite and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"

They shook their heads, saying, "A low-level magical fruit could sell for dozens of crystal coins. I'm fine with meat. I'd rather save the fruit for tuition fees."

Hearing that, Murong Xue froze for a second. Her eyes got deep for a while and then she spoke, "I've got plenty of such fruits, so you can eat at ease. You don't need to worry about tuition fees, either."

But they remained unmoved.

Xiaobai, however, was cheerfully eating, the sound of which echoed clearly inside the quiet cave.

"Why aren't you eating?" Murong Xue looked at them, puzzled.

Zhao Qi handed over his fruit, "Mu Tian. The fruits are yours and they will run out one day even if you have a lot. You take it back."

Murong Xue rolled her eyes at him and said no more. She made a grand gesture and low-level magical fruits filled up half of the cave, crowding them into the corner.

Now they were all startled, eyes wide open.

Lin Nan could not help marveling at such a scene, "So many..."

Although low-level magical fruits were more common than high-level ones, they were still amazed at the amount. There were people who grew low-level magical fruits, but the fruits grew very slowly and the fruits were produced every ten years, which made the massive production impossible and the price exorbitant.

Feeling speechless, Murong Xue said, "I said I have a lot, so you can eat as much as you want. Come on. Quick."

They felt the same way actually. They had thought that Mu Tian had dozens of low-level magical fruits, but it turned out to be so many.

"We understand now. Put the fruits away." Zhao Qi said helplessly. It seemed hilarious that they were wrestling with one fruit just now.

Murong Xue ate another one and said to them, "You guys take them." For Murong Xue, this kind of fruit would grow mature within one day in the Space, so they were all over on the ground in the Space and some just became the fertilizer. After all, one day was equal to 10 years in the Space.

Lin Nan refused hurriedly, "No, no, we can't. It's too valuable."

Murong Xue rolled her eyes again and made another gesture. Now, the whole cave was almost filled up with low-level magic fruits. Ignoring their shocked faces, Murong Xue shrugged, "I do have a lot. Really."

Seeing no response, Murong Xue wanted to move her hand again, "Do you still doubt it?"

Lin Nan grabbed her hand and compromised, "It's enough. We'll take them. No more please." There was a bitter smile on his face.

Murong Xue gave them a blameful look, "You should have said yes in the first place."

The four looked at each other, not knowing what to say. After they put the fruits into their own spatial bags, they still felt amazed at Mu Tian's rich storage of the magic fruits, which was not only a symbol of wealth. What was his identity?

But they all felt the passion to follow Mu Tian and to dedicate their souls to him.

Murong Xue knew nothing about what was going on in their mind, but she treated them the same way she treated Mo Aili. They were friends for whom she could risk her life.

At the same time, it was in an attic of Fenghua College.

Mr. Xie was astonished and said, "Mr. Wu's life card is broken. How is it possible?"

Every cultivator had his or her own life card and some members of the mercenary union were in charge of mercenaries' life cards. If anyone's life card was found broken, it meant the owner perished on the mission.

Mr. Xie posted his tasks through the mercenary union, but he personally was familiar with Mr. Wu, who was a senior of Grade A in the mercenary union and never failed. Now his death stunned both the mercenary union and Mr. Xie. The mercenary union paid more attention to Lin Nan and the other three. As for Murong Xue, since her identity was unknown to the public, the mercenary union was even more intrigued.

The reception staff of the mercenary union responded, "It's true, and we have to have an investigation about the authenticity of your task."

Mr. Xie's face grew cold. "What do you mean? You think I lied?" An irresistible force came from a master at the ninth stage of blue-level together with his query.

The reception staff began to have cold sweats and his face paled, but he had to defend the mercenary union's authority, "Mr. Xie, do you want to go against Tianwei Mercenary Union?"

Mr. Xie's face went dark, but he withdrew his force and compromised with a cold hum, "I have to show due respect to Mr. President."

The reception staff received the signal and compromised as well, "This is the regulation. Nothing personal. But the task you posted has to be listed as Grade S now and the payment also needs an increase."

"What? A task of Grade S for several green boys? It's your inability. Payment increase? Impossible." Mr. Xie could not believe that the mercenary union asked for a higher price for a group of young men, who were all low-level and from a common college. After all, only Lin Nan was at cyan-level and the others were just a piece of cake.

"Mr. Xie, the so-called green boys killed Mr. Wu, who was a master at blue-level. He was one of the top masters of our mercenary union!"

"Huh, it's you to blame. He probably ran into a high-level spirit beast and got killed by it."

"Anyway, the mercenary union will have an investigation about it and the task won't have a level promotion if what you say turns out to be true. However, if not, please take care of the loss the mercenary union has suffered."

"Let's wait and see." After saying this in a cold voice, Mr. Xie walked away with a cold face.

Despite his firm attitude, Mr. Xie also could not help wondering whether Lin Nan had reached a higher level, but he knew Lin Nan could not have beaten Mr. Wu even if he had made it.

Seeing Mr. Xie come in, Xie Linna, who was lying on the bed for rest, struggled to sit up and asked urgently with resentment, "Daddy, how about it? Are those d*mned b*st*rds dead now?"

Staring at his daughter's pale face, Mr. Xie felt miserable, "Lie down. Why did you get up?"

His wife died in an accident after giving birth to the daughter, so the girl was the apple of his eye. He spoiled the girl and tried his best to raise her while keeping cultivating. To his delight, Xie Linna reached green-level at a young age and shone in Fenghua College.