Chapter 132: Refining the Body-Tempering Pill, Qin Ming "Demoted"
Hu Liena let out a sigh and buried her head in her knees.
The reason was simple: the last time Lin Yuan wrote in his diary, he had only mentioned her casually.
He hinted that in the future she might become someone with a "love-struck brain," even betraying the Spirit Hall for the sake of a man.
As a result, ever since that day, the way her teacher looked at her had become… strange.
This made Hu Liena feel both deeply wronged and terrified.
"I don't believe it!"
"I refuse to believe that in the original story I would actually betray the Spirit Hall and become such an ungrateful traitor!"
Hu Liena shouted inwardly.
The Spirit Hall was her home, the place that had raised her and watched her grow up.
Bibi Dong was her benefactor and teacher, almost like a mother to her.
What reason would she have to betray it?
Could it really be just for the sake of a man?
Now that she was viewing everything as an outsider, she simply could not understand it at all.
Although Lin Yuan had not explained the specific details, the subtle hints revealed throughout the diary all pointed to one thing: her future actions would be extremely detrimental to the Spirit Hall.
They might even lead to the downfall of the Spirit Hall itself.
Hu Liena thought to herself:
"What if I secretly go and make contact with Lin Yuan… or if he writes about me in his diary a few more times?"
"What if he ends up writing the specific details, like how I fell in love with Tang San or how I leaked information?"
Hu Liena shuddered.
"If that happens, the teacher will definitely be completely disappointed in me."
But the other diary holders had already received quite a few rewards simply because Lin Yuan mentioned them.
Their strength would surely increase rapidly.
Meanwhile, although she prided herself on being a genius, if things continued this way, she would inevitably be surpassed.
…
The next morning.
Lin Yuan stretched lazily and walked to the balcony, looking at the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, whose crystalline leaves were spreading in the sunlight.
"Good morning, Ah Yin."
Lin Yuan extended a finger and gently teased the tender tip of one of the leaves.
Ah Yin seemed to enjoy this interaction as well. Her leaves trembled slightly, and two vines affectionately wrapped around Lin Yuan's finger, transmitting a wave of joyful emotion.
Lin Yuan smiled and watered Ah Yin with a little spiritual liquid.
After that, he turned and walked back inside, his expression becoming serious.
"Now that my relationship with Sister Yan Yan and the others has become this good… You could even say we're on the same side."
"Then it's about time I shared some good things with them."
Lin Yuan thought of the remaining pieces of ten-thousand-year whale rubber in his storage ring.
Although this item was a divine treasure for enhancing physical constitution, its effect on his current body had already become minimal.
Ten-thousand-year whale rubber was indeed good, but unfortunately, it also came with drug resistance.
Unless it was a hundred-thousand-year whale rubber, it would be difficult to achieve any major breakthroughs.
And just in time, Rongrong had already reached rank twenty. In the next few days, she would be preparing to head to the Royal Hunting Forest to obtain her second soul ring.
If her physical constitution could be strengthened beforehand, she could absorb a soul ring of a higher age limit.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan once again took out the Nine Dragons Flame Furnace.
The pill furnace expanded and floated in midair.
Lin Yuan tossed the remaining pieces of ten-thousand-year whale rubber into the furnace and added several auxiliary neutralizing herbs.
The purpose of this pill refinement was very clear:
First, remove the "aphrodisiac" side effect contained in the whale rubber.
Second, dilute and soften its medicinal power so the girls could absorb it more easily, thereby maximizing improvement in their physical constitutions.
An hour later.
The furnace lid opened, and a faint fishy fragrance drifted out.
With a wave of Lin Yuan's hand, more than a dozen dark-gold pills fell into a jade bottle.
He had refined the ten-thousand-year whale rubber into Body-Tempering Pills.
One pill could raise the body's endurance limit by about 1,000 years, and the medicinal effect was gentle; one pill could be taken per day.
A single piece of whale rubber capable of increasing the body's limit by five thousand years had been diluted and refined into five pills.
Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction, stored the pills away, and headed toward the teaching building.
…
Inside the classroom, students were gathered in small groups chatting.
The moment Lin Yuan entered the door, he attracted the attention of every girl in the class.
It couldn't be helped; yesterday's battle had simply been too cool.
He walked straight to his seat, where Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling had already arrived.
Taking advantage of the teacher not having arrived yet, Lin Yuan leaned closer and lowered his voice as he spoke to the three girls.
"Sister Yan Yan, Rongrong, Sister Lingling."
"After class, come with me to the training room."
"I have something good for you."
The three girls' eyes immediately lit up, and they nodded obediently.
They were all curious; hadn't they just absorbed immortal herbs yesterday? How could there already be something good again today?
Xiao Wu, who was sitting beside Lin Yuan, immediately puffed out her cheeks when she saw this. Her ruby-like eyes were filled with grievance.
"Brother… What about me? Don't I get anything?"
"You're being biased!"
Seeing Xiao Wu's jealous and adorable expression, Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
He leaned close to her ear, warm breath brushing against her somewhat sensitive ear.
"I refined the ten-thousand-year whale rubber I had into pills specifically meant to improve physical constitution."
"Since they're our companions now, I can't hide good things from them."
"And this whale rubber… doesn't really help you much anymore."
The warm breath made Xiao Wu's ears itch, and upon closer look, her ears had already turned completely red.
Just then, the class bell rang.
However, the person who walked into the classroom was not Teacher Qin Ming but a middle-aged male teacher with an unfamiliar face.
Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Seeing this, Xiao Wu explained softly from the side.
"Brother, while you were away this past month, some changes happened."
"Teacher Qin Ming… was transferred by the academy to teach other ordinary classes. He's no longer in charge of our class."
"Oh?" Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised.
Xiao Wu continued,
"Not long after you left, Rongrong only found out from her father."
"Before Uncle Ning and Sword Douluo came to see you that day, they actually went to the Academic Affairs Office first."
"And they happened to run into Chief Meng Shenji talking with Qin Ming."
"So…" Xiao Wu briefly explained what had happened.
After hearing it, Lin Yuan understood.
So that was the case.
With this move, the Chief had completely pushed Qin Ming to the sidelines.
Being transferred to an ordinary class meant he would no longer receive any resource support.
Just as well, out of sight, out of mind.
Lin Yuan's gaze swept across the other side of the classroom.
There, Yu Tianheng sat with a pale face, his right arm hanging weakly at his side.
Yesterday, he was injured by Lin Yuan's spear. Although Ye Lingling had given him initial treatment, and later the academy's medical staff had taken over, the injury to his right shoulder was still serious.
The external wounds had healed, but the internal damage caused by that baleful energy and the injury to his meridians could not recover in a short time.
In all of Heaven Dou City, if someone could properly heal this kind of internal injury…
It would probably only be Ye Lingling's grandfather, Nine Heart Begonia Soul Douluo Ye Renxin.
Unfortunately, in this matter, Ye Lingling had also sided with Lin Yuan.
And the academy felt too embarrassed to ask Ye Renxin to come out and clean up Yu Tianheng's mess.
So he could only recover slowly on his own.
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End of Chapter