The next day, Feng Ziling and his sister returned to Longyu College and heard people talking about what had happened before.

The one people mentioned the most was that Mr. Lan Zun took on one student, which shocked Feng Ziling. He had tried to be Mr. Lan Zun's student, but he was told that Mr. Lan Zun would not teach and he gave up.

Now, Mu Tian was Mr. Lan Zun's student. More importantly, Mu Tian did not ask for it. He was invited by Mr. Lan Zun himself. Feng Ziling wondered if it meant that Mu Tian was more gifted than him.

"Ziling, what's up?" Feng ZiLing found that her brother looked terrible.

Feng Ziling shook his head. Among so many people, Mu Tian was the only one he wanted to surpass because he wanted to protect Mu Tian instead of being protected by him. What that man said to him rang in his ears and it made him want to be stronger more than ever.

He clenched his fists and leapt towards Lan Zun's bamboo house.

Feng ZiLing was left alone, confused.

Kneeling down outside the bamboo forest, Feng Ziling shouted, "Mr. Lan Zun!"

Because of the rule, anyone who entered the forests without Mr. Lan Zun's permission would die. Many had tried and one of them was at purple-level, but they all activated the Killing Formation in the forests and died. There was nothing left.

"Mr. Lan Zun!"

Feng Ziling was unwilling to give up. He would keep shouting to him if Mr. Lan Zun did not show up.

"Oh, you again?" Lan Zun floated over the bamboo forests, looking at Feng Ziling from a commanding position. He remembered this young man. Feng Ziling was one of the few pure and good hearts among people who pursued cultivation and he was at such a young age, which impressed Lan Zun.

"Mr. Lan Zun, please take me on as your student." Feng Ziling went down on one knee and looked up at Lan Zun firmly.

Lan Zun spoke in a cold voice, "I remember I said no before."

"You told me that you didn't teach, but you took someone on as your student yesterday."

"You come here to question me?" Lan Zun's eyes shone cold and the vibe he had pressured Feng Ziling.

Feng Ziling sensed it immediately and he felt like a mountain falling on him. His pride asked him to grit his teeth, straighten his back, and keep his head up.

Time lapsed.

Sweats soaked Feng Ziling's clothes, and he looked like someone who had just gotten out of the water.

Lan Zun took back his force suddenly and left with the words, "Good. You have a spine. I can give you an opportunity. You can be my student if you achieve purple-level in one week; otherwise, don't bother me again."

Feng Ziling achieved the ninth stage of blue-level two years ago, but he failed to go one step further. Purple-level was a hurdle to him.

Now he was asked to achieve it in just one week.

However, he would not give up. He believed that he could make it if Mu Tian could.

Thinking of Mu Tian, he found his heart racing. He knew what it meant. He could not stop it, and neither would he.

Mu Tian appeared suddenly out of nowhere. Seeing Feng Ziling wet to the skin, he rushed forward and asked, "What's up? What's going on here?"

Lin Nan and others also came. The examination was supposed to be next week, but they were informed that it was ahead of schedule now. However, they did not see others on the way here, so it seemed that only they needed to take the examination now.

When Lin Nan and the others waited for the examination to begin, Murong Xue went around the college and ran into Feng ZiLing. When she was told that Feng Ziling did not look right, she came here to look for Feng Ziling with his sister.

On the way here, Feng ZiLing mentioned that Feng Ziling had been refused by Lan Zun before. When Murong Xue arrived, she saw him going down on one knee, wet to his skin.

"Did Master bully you? I'll get to him now." Murong Xue was ready to run into the forests and get justice for her partner.

Feng Ziling took her by the back of her collar and said coldly, "No."

But Murong Xue did not believe it. "Then why do you look like this?"

Feng ZiLing had the same thought, but she said nothing. She knew that her brother was a proud man.

"Leave it. It has nothing to do with you." Feng Ziling did not want Mu Tian to see the bad side of him.

"Are you in a bad mood?" Murong Xue did not mind his impatient response because hers would be worse if she was upset, "Let's go play and drink, and you will be happy again." She held his arm, ready to leave here.

What Murong Xue said was not helpful to Feng Ziling. He withdrew his hand and answered, "I'm not in the mood for playing now. I'm out of here." He wanted to achieve the goal as soon as possible.

"Where are you going? You should tell us that at least. Look! Your sister is going to cry." Murong Xue dragged Feng ZiLing to step forward and twisted her arm hard.

Feng ZiLing's eyes became wet at once. Now she even did not need to pretend to cry. She complained quietly that Mu Tian twisted her so hard.

Feng Ziling felt speechless as he saw what Mu Tian did clearly. However, it was also why he was attracted to Mu Tian. He raised a helpless smile and said, "I'm fine. I just want to cultivate now."

Murong Xue looked right into his eyes, checking if he was lying. She did not find any sign, so she thought that he was telling the truth. She suggested, "Then I'll go with you. Together. What do you think?"

She wondered if it was her illusion, but she did find something wrong with Feng Ziling since they met that man in black. Ever since then, Feng Ziling seemed to be restless with an air of danger.

She was concerned about it. After all, Feng Ziling and Feng ZiLing had helped her and her partners, and they were not familiar with each other back then. Therefore, in her eyes, they were people she could trust with her life.

"No, I want to be alone. Don't worry. I'll be back in one week."

His eyes were so determined that Feng ZiLing and Mu Tian failed to say anything to stop him.

Finally, Mu Tian only patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "I'll wait for you."

Feng Ziling nodded and walked out of the college quickly.

Feng ZiLing was not surprised about her brother's decision, and this was not the first time he had behaved like this. Each time her brother made up his mind, he would leave to be alone for some days and come back to surprise them.

She patted Mu Tian on the shoulder and said, "Relax. My brother will be fine."

"I know. I'm just thinking..." Murong Xue said.

"Thinking of what?" Feng ZiLing did not expect this answer.

Mu Tian flicked his hair to show self-admiration while speaking, "Did I look cool just now? I was thinking why I could be so cool."

Hearing this, Feng ZiLing felt ridiculous and gave Mu Tian a kick. "Screw you."

Then she turned around to leave. Her explosive temper remained unchanged.

Murong Xue sat on the ground and lowered her head to smile with her laughing eyes.

She found that she could live a free life when she got away from her terrible past on the earth.

What she didn’t now know was that her smile was engraved in the heart of both Feng Ziling and his sister, lingering in their memory.

Lin Nan and the others got out of the examination room in the afternoon. Murong Xue welcomed them and asked, "How did it go?" She believed that they could pass it, so she was not worried.

"Aww, Mu Tian, we all passed the examination."

"Ha-ha, thank you, Mu Tian."

Murong Xue also raised a happy smile. "Ha-ha, it's only right and proper. You deserve it because you all have worked very hard. You don't need to thank me for it."

"No, thank you. Without you, we wouldn't have gotten this far." Wu Xiaomei was excited and she grabbed Murong Xue's hand.

Murong Xue exclaimed, "Let's go and celebrate it."

But Lin Nan stopped Mu Tian and said, "Wait. There is something we need to tell you." Hearing this, the others all changed their faces.

"We can talk while walking. What's up? What's it? At least, we won't be in trouble for a long time. Shouldn't we be happy about it? Why do you look unhappy?"

Lin Nan said plainly, "Our mentor just told us to go somewhere for a secret task. So we will be away for a long time."

"A task? I can go with you and we do it together." Murong Xue did not think that it was a big deal.

Lin Nan and the others looked at each other. "No, you can't go with us this time."

Hearing this, Murong Xue stopped walking, turned around, and asked, "Why? Did I make trouble for you?"

Zhao Qi explained, "No, it's just the rule. This is a secret task, and that's why we took the early examination. We don't know the details of the task, but our mentor knows we are close. He asked us to go without you."

Hearing this, Murong Xue frowned as all of this sounded so strange. She found it unreasonable that the college gave the freshmen a secret task. She inquired, "When will you leave? Where are you going? Who leads the team? Is there anyone else with you guys?"