Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Two months is neither a long nor a short time.

During this period, Guan Xun mainly focused on cultivation. Of course, he would occasionally be lazy for a day or two, mainly to relax and take a stroll in town.

Dongyang went to the town's clinic as an apprentice. According to him, although he was about to enroll in school, he still wanted to lay a foundation so that he wouldn't be completely clueless when he went to the academy.

Guan Xun sat on a tall tree trunk, swinging her slender legs back and forth. She stretched languidly, and with her fair hands outstretched, a powerful ball of dark red spiritual energy instantly condensed in her palms.

He slowly stretched his palm out towards a tall tree opposite him, and with a whoosh, the tree burst into flames and was burned to the ground in the blink of an eye.

As the flames grew larger and larger, threatening to engulf the nearby trees, Guan Xun once again condensed a powerful spiritual energy in his outstretched palm.

However, the spiritual energy that was condensed this time was not dark red, but white with a hint of light blue.

Wisps of cold mist welled up from his palm, enveloping the burned trees opposite him. Then the mist turned to ice, the fire dissipated, and a dense chill spread through the forest.

The alternating hot and cold temperatures were too much for the surrounding plants to adapt to quickly, and their once tender green leaves began to wilt.

The forest, which was vibrant and colorful just a moment ago, suddenly became gloomy and heavy.

Looking at his masterpiece, Guan Xun nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, a green spiritual energy mist surged from his palm, slowly dispersing and weaving through the trees.

The leaves that were originally dying plump up at a speed visible to the naked eye the moment the mist passed by, and grew even better than before.

"Tsk, hmm~"

Guan Xuan raised her hand and waved it in front of her. A scroll made of spiritual power appeared before her eyes. This scroll was condensed by her spiritual energy based on her past memories.

It is a cultivation technique based on the wood element, primarily used to heal all things.

She had snatched it from the chief minister's house back then; it was supposedly a scroll passed down through generations of her family, and she was very interested in such things.

Although she had an excellent memory and could remember almost all the cultivation scrolls she had seen, she was also a scroll collector. Once she got her hands on something, there was no possibility of returning it. This made the ministers very uneasy, fearing that their wealth would be emptied.

Of course, some fearless individuals came to demand their money back, and the outcome was predictable.

Guan Xun was quite satisfied with her current cultivation progress. The only thing that bothered her was Chi Rong. This guy was exactly the same as when he first awakened. He only knew how to absorb her spiritual energy and showed no signs of awakening.

She didn't expect it to materialize immediately, but at least give some kind of response, right?

Guan Xun sighed, jumped down from the tree trunk, and headed towards the entrance of the forest.

"Go back!"

With the start of the new semester approaching, they need to travel to the capital a few days in advance.

When Guan Xun returned to the courtyard, it was still early, but Dong Yang was already inside packing his things.

"You're back so early today?" Guan Xun washed his face with water and glanced at him sideways. He usually didn't get home until almost midnight.

"Today is my last day as an apprentice. I won't be going tomorrow. I need to hurry to the capital."

As Dongyang packed his things, he said with anticipation, "It would be bad if we were late and missed the enrollment time."

Well, he was right. Guan Xun didn't say anything more and went into the room to pack his things.

Aside from the clothes and some dry food she bought in town a couple of days ago, she didn't have much else to take with her.

After putting everything she needed into her storage ring, she sat on the bed and began to cultivate again.

A storage ring, as the name suggests, is a ring that can hold that item. There are also temporary magical artifact shops in the town. When she went in to browse, she immediately took a liking to the storage ring.

Convenient and beautiful, she and Dongyang each have one. Although the price is not cheap, it's not a bad deal.

Having this is better than carrying a large sack on the road.

The next morning.

The morning sun had just begun to shine in when she and Dongyang ate something quick in town, then hired a horse-drawn carriage and left the town.

Dongyang didn't look well, not because of his health, but because he was reluctant to leave the small town where he had lived for more than ten years.

"gone……"

"It's not like you won't come back," Guan Xun said, patting him on the shoulder.

"I can't come back for at least the short term. I heard the college doesn't give us holidays, and it's been a long time until graduation..."

Guan Xun was speechless. They had all graduated, so they must be living in the capital. There shouldn't be anyone coming back to a place like this.

Except for the idiot next to her...

Their town is located at the lowest point of Shifang City, in a very remote location. It is surrounded by hills with very few people and the roads are difficult to travel.

The town didn't have any nice carriages; they were mostly cargo wagons with hard seats.

The carriage creaked and groaned as it traveled along the road, bumping and jolting so much that Guan Xun felt his backside ache from the jolting.

She turned her gaze to Dongyang, who was sleeping soundly, and her eyelids twitched involuntarily.

How can he sleep like this? Doesn't it hurt at all?

She lifted the carriage curtain and saw that the surrounding area was still full of dense hills. It seemed that it would be a long time before she reached another town. She simply took out some dried animal meat from her storage ring and put it in her mouth to chew.

She had prepared other dry rations, but she wasn't hungry at the moment; she was just chewing on them to satisfy her cravings.

The carriage had been traveling for a day, the sun had long since set behind the mountains, and night had fallen.

Dongyang was probably a little tired and hadn't woken up yet. Guan Xun wiped his mouth after finishing the beast meat and was just about to take a nap.

"Xu~"

The carriage suddenly stopped, and then the coachman said in a panic to the person inside the curtain, "Miss, there are several people blocking the way ahead, and they don't look like they're easy to deal with."

Is someone blocking the road this late at night?

Are you planning a robbery?

Guan Xun lifted a corner of the curtain, peeked out half his head, and looked in the direction the coachman pointed. Sure enough, he saw a group of burly, ugly-looking men pacing back and forth on the road ahead.

Several horses were tethered to the trees nearby, and some of the men were carrying broadswords and torches. Even if you had never seen bandits before, you could sense their ill intentions.

This road doesn't look like it's going to be easy to travel.

However, Guan Xun did not sense any spiritual energy fluctuations from them; if they were not spiritual masters, they were just ordinary people.

They were just a bunch of bandits who robbed people on the road.

"Ignore them, just go straight there." Guan Xun said calmly, lowered the curtain, and sat back in the carriage.

If they don't make a move, fine; but if they do, then don't blame her for being impolite.

The coachman wouldn't be that bold, but since the employer paid him, he couldn't just turn around and run away. Since this young lady spoke with such confidence, she must have some skill.

Thinking about it, although he was uneasy, he still carefully drove the carriage over.