After a long time, the spectacular eruption finally ended. The Water Separation Essence slowly drifted down from the sky, seemingly glanced at Lin Guang along the way, letting out a soft cry, with a hint of reluctance, much like a maiden waiting to be married.

No one knew if there was some resonance, but the little fox responded with a cry as well, as if unwilling to part with this peculiar little companion.

Lin Guang smiled and waved at it, watching the Water Separation Essence return to the bottom of the volcano crater, then took the watch used for timekeeping from the tray in the shower room. It was still half an hour away from the eight-hour mark. He rubbed the Ring of Void and took out the Spirit-locking Wood boxes he hadn't given away, extracted the Fire Attribute spiritual materials from inside, and handed them to Vishdair.

"Your old profession, you haven't forgotten it, have you?"

Seeing her a bit dazed, Lin Guang reminded, "Earlier you said you could use your previous ability in another way. I didn't misunderstand, did I?"

"That's indeed the case."

After a moment of hesitation, Vishdair, a former mercenary, reacted by questioning Lin Guang's request, "But that stuff, can it be used in battles?"

"Normally, of course not, but that guy doesn't deserve fairness and rules from me."

Lin Guang smiled, but his gaze showed no warmth.

—Even the calmest person has a breaking point. If you actively seek trouble, don't blame me.

"Haha."

"I like that saying."

Wearing the same kind of vicious smile, Vishdair took the spiritual materials and sat down casually somewhere to start tinkering with them.

......

After half an hour, a Gale Eagle carried the two people and a fox back to the original open space, where the spatial rift was located.

At this moment, the sun had set, but it wasn't completely dark here. A "Sunny Day" was floating in the air, providing bright and warm light.

As soon as they landed, Lin Guang noticed three gazes directed at them. Two of them were filled with curiosity and scrutiny, while the other was entirely discontented and hostile.

That gaze naturally came from Huai Shouren.

Coincidentally, this was the same young aristocrat who was dissatisfied with Lin Guang before entering the Secret Realm.

After gathering and exchanging information, he realized that although the Jiang and Wang families were affected, they still managed to barely complete the Spirit Pattern drawing in the end. Even though the effect of the Spirit Pattern they obtained wasn't powerful, their goal was the Natural Spirit Pattern itself, not the strength it brought, so they technically achieved their objective.

Among the three great families, guess who the clown is? It's not the Jiang or Wang families.

Huai Shouren snorted coldly.

He had a dignified look with a high nose bridge, unfit compared to Lin Guang, but still considered refined and polite.

But at this moment, his eyes flashed with cold light as he looked at Lin Guang, abandoning his previous gentlemanly demeanor, and said coldly, "Are you the one who caused that massive eruption?"

Lin Guang raised an eyebrow slightly but wasn't surprised, as the middle-aged man looking after the Gale Eagle witnessed the entire event. He might be an affiliate of an aristocratic family, so it's not surprising he would speak about it.

He spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, "So what if I am? I remember there was no rule in the agreement prohibiting the throwing of spiritual materials into the hot spring."

"Then how do you explain it?!"

Huai Shouren pointed toward the direction of Lv Rui sisters and Wu Zhiwen's volcano.

Their volcanoes also caused a spectacle!

"Explain? Explain what?"

Lin Guang's expression was impeccable, serious: "This Huai Family's young master, I signed a contract, so maybe you'd better ask at home if I broke it."

Not to mention the contract stipulated that "the information about the Secret Realm shall not be disclosed to those who have not entered the Secret Realm." He merely had someone throw spiritual materials in, without saying a word about it, how could it be considered a breach of contract?

"You!"

Perhaps it had been a long time since anyone dared speak to him this way, Huai Shouren's eye twitched violently.

He was about to say something when he suddenly noticed that the two people from the Jiang and Wang families beside him already had an entertained look on their faces, as if they thought the show was about to start.

Being looked at like this, Huai Shouren suddenly forced himself to calm down.

This was a conflict between aristocratic children and commoners.

Regardless of the outcome, once he issued a duel challenge and it spread from these two guys' mouths, his reputation within his own circle would certainly grow—notoriously so, without a doubt.

As a scion of the three great families, he could bully men and dominate women in private, act recklessly, and even bully the small with the big.

Just don't make it too much of a scandal that can't be contained.

But facing people from the same circle, doing such a thing should be thought over carefully, because the three great families have never been a united front and there's a competitive undertone among them.

He knew the nature of those two well; they wouldn't keep secrets for him. If he wanted to act, he had to be ready for it to be known everywhere.

Huai Shouren was quite protective of his reputation and didn't want to carry a stain in his future social interactions.

Just when he was undecided, suddenly his eyes lit up.

From the sky, another Gale Eagle descended, and the young man in black jacket, with a somewhat harsh look, dismounted.

It was Liu Buhui, who previously had a duel challenge with Lin Guang.

Seeing Liu Buhui, Huai Shouren smiled and waved.

Liu Buhui trotted over with delight, as Huai Shouren whispered in his ear, "You challenged him to a duel, right? Unlimited rules."

He glanced at Lin Guang, who was watching them quietly, the envy and hatred in his eyes intensifying.

This animosity wasn't without cause nor merely due to the recent spectacle.

It began when, at last night's banquet, Huai Shouren heard an elder from the Huai family praise Lin Guang. Since then, Huai Shouren had disliked this young upstart who gained internet fame.

He himself had never been praised by such a high-ranking elder!

Why should this commoner have what he doesn't?

"Break that guy's limbs, leave him barely breathing."

Liu Buhui was slightly stunned by the words.

Huai Shouren's extraordinarily cold voice reached Liu Buhui's ears, "Make me satisfied, and you'll be the Huai family's dog from now on."

A subtle expression flickered across Liu Buhui's face.

Yet, he had to immediately put on an extremely happy look and bowed, saying, "It would be my honor!"

Subsequently, Liu Buhui took a deep breath, sharply turning his head towards Lin Guang and Vishdair, his eyes blazing with undeniable fighting spirit and desire.

He lifted his hands, revealing Spirit Pattern marks on the back of them, which flashed brightly as he summoned his two Spirit Beasts.

Lin Guang's gaze behind his glasses focused on those two Spirit Beasts.

One was a light blue giant frog, half as tall as a person even while crouched, with abnormally swollen and solid skin and muscles on its abdomen and throat, like it had an extremely strong swallowing ability. The other was an Essence Spirit Beast resembling the Water Separation Essence, amorphous and vaguely humanoid, its overall brown color appearing somewhat muddy.

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