78Chapter 78 Changes after Awakening
After realizing this, Gu Yuena opened her cherry lips slightly:
"Then I will..."
"No." Lu Jun interrupted her, his tone calm, his eyes turning to her, "You have a class that day, an advanced course, you can't miss it."
He paused and added:
"I'm alone, that's enough."
What Gu Yuena wanted to say was blocked.
She looked at Lu Jun's attitude, which left no room for negotiation, and even hinted at a hint of alienation as if he didn't want her to get involved.
He seemed to be deliberately hiding something, or... simply didn't want her to see something?
Gu Yuena's mind turned slightly, and after a moment, she understood a little.
That's all.
She pursed her lips slightly, suppressing a subtle sense of loss, and returned to her usual cold demeanor, responding lightly:
"Um."
Since he doesn't want to, don't force him.
Long Chen was so immersed in the joy of Lu Jun's agreement that he completely failed to notice the subtle atmosphere between them. He rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Great! Brother Lu, it's settled then! I'll be waiting for you at the entrance to the Spirit Ascension Platform at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters this Saturday morning!"
"Um."
Lu Jun responded.
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It was a sunny Saturday morning.
Lu Jun arrived at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters on time.
Long Chen had been waiting eagerly at the grand gate. When he saw Lu Jun, he immediately came forward excitedly.
"Brother Lu, this way!"
The two of them met up and walked towards the exclusive passage to the Spirit Ascension Platform.
As soon as he stepped into the spacious, bright and technologically advanced hall of the Spirit Pagoda branch, many uniformed staff members focused their attention on Lu Jun.
"Good morning, Mr. Lu."
"Mr. Lu, you are here."
"Mr. Lu, do you need any guidance? This way, please."
The Spirit Pagoda staff members he met along the way, regardless of their position, all nodded to Lu Jun with respect and enthusiasm, and some even took the initiative to lead the way for him.
That attitude was even more respectful than when meeting their direct superiors!
Long Chen was stunned by this kind of treatment, and his admiration for Brother Lu was like a surging river.
"Brother Lu, this... this is too impressive!" Long Chen couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
He had been to the Spirit Pagoda before, but had he ever seen the staff be so respectful to any student?
Even teachers in the college may not receive such treatment.
Lu Jun just nodded, he was already used to such respect.
His authority and status within the Spirit Pagoda have long surpassed those of ordinary students.
Being Leng Yaozhu's disciple and the youngest Spirit Messenger in history was enough to allow him to move freely within the Spirit Messenger Tower system.
Under the attentive guidance of the staff, the two soon arrived at the entrance area of the primary spirit-raising platform.
"Mr. Lu, please follow me." A guide who was responsible for reception led the two people to two adjacent metal cabins with a smile on his face.
"The primary spiritual ascension platform has been opened for you two. The safety protocol has been confirmed. I wish you two a smooth training and a fruitful harvest."
Long Chen took a deep breath and nodded vigorously at Lu Jun.
Lu Jun responded with a reassuring look and was the first to lie down in his own metal cabin.
The hatch slowly closed, a soft light lit up inside, and the spirit guidance device started up.
"Connection begins... Mental synchronization... Entering the primary spiritual ascension platform..."
Along with the electronic prompt sound, Lu Jun's consciousness became slightly dazed.
The next second, the scene in front of me changed instantly.
The smell of damp earth, the dense and indissoluble primeval forest vegetation, the faint roars of beasts and chirps of birds in the distance...a wild atmosphere of the ancient forest hits you in the face.
Lu Jun's figure appeared in a dense forest with dim light and towering ancient trees.
The primary spirit-raising platform has arrived.
Long Chen's figure also took shape not far from him, his face filled with curiosity and nervousness as he looked around.
"Let's go." Lu Jun's calm voice sounded, "First, familiarize yourself with the environment, and then help your soul ascend to the thousand-year level."
"Okay, Brother Lu, then let's..." Long Chen started to speak, but his voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes almost popped out.
Lu Jun looked calm, with his right hand clenched.
The next moment, the Bingyuan Sword appeared out of thin air in his hand, and three inky black thousand-year soul rings silently swirled around Lu Jun.
"Ten thousand, ten thousand year spirit ring? Or three?!"
Long Chen's voice was shaking uncontrollably and cracking in disbelief. He remembered clearly that not long ago at the Tianhai Alliance Competition, Lu Jun's spirit rings were only three purple thousand-year spirit rings.
How long has it been?
What did he go through?
This completely overturns the common sense of soul master cultivation.
This is only the third ring.
A ten thousand year old soul?
A chill rushed from Long Chen's tailbone to the top of his head, and he looked at Lu Jun with eyes full of horror and awe.
Lu Jun ignored Long Chen's shock, his mind moved slightly.
"The Ice Abyss."
Silent orders were given.
With Lu Jun's toes as the center of the circle, a layer of blue halo visible to the naked eye, as if made of flowing liquid ice, instantly spread out in all directions.
The halo did not spread at a uniform speed, but like a broken glacier, it madly devoured everything in its path with an overbearing will.
Click, click...
Wherever the area reaches, the moist soil instantly freezes into permafrost harder than steel, covering it with fallen leaves, moss, and low shrubs.
Without even the chance to struggle, it instantly turned into a crystal clear ice sculpture. In the next instant, the terrifying devouring force drained away the last bit of energy, and it turned into powder and dissipated.
The surface of the thick tree trunk was covered with thick black ice that shone with a faint blue luster at a speed visible to the naked eye. The ice layer continued to erode inward, greedily sucking away the weak life energy and wood-attribute soul power contained in the ancient tree.
Not only the matter, but also the dense and almost insoluble elemental energy of heaven and earth that permeated the air, the breath of life emitted by the plants everywhere in the forest, and even the energy contained in the mottled light itself, all seemed to have encountered an invisible black hole.
Strands of energy were forcibly stripped from the void and frozen, turning into countless tiny ice crystals and dust, and then like rivers returning to the sea, they madly poured into the ever-expanding dark blue area.
What's even more bizarre is that on the frozen land covered by the domain, roses carved from pure ice are blooming at an astonishing speed.
They have different shapes, but are all breathtakingly beautiful. The petals are crystal clear, reflecting a cold luster, and each petal contains the power to freeze the soul.
These ice crystal roses are like the marks left by the spread of the domain, and also like some kind of deadly trap, dotted in this forest that is quickly turning into a kingdom of ice and snow.
"Well..."
Long Chen staggered in shock at this sudden change.
He was horrified to find that when the terrifying dark blue area spread to his feet, it automatically bypassed him as if it had life, forming a safe zone with a radius of about one meter around him.
"Brother Lu has become stronger again..."