Within the small courtyard of Qingcheng Mountain.
The door, which hadn't been opened for several days, finally creaked open again. Lu Heng poured all the water from the缸 in the yard into the hot spring behind the house, and the food in the room had been taken into his spatial dimension when he left.
Having completed these tasks, Lu Heng finally opened the large gate of the courtyard.
He flicked away imaginary dust from his clothes and took out a folding fan from his embrace, holding it with feigned elegance.
This time, Lu Heng didn't ask for someone to guide him. He had been to Wuchenzi's alchemy room several times before. The old man rarely went anywhere else; apart from venturing out to find rare medicinal herbs, he almost never left Danyang Sect, spending his days engrossed in the refinement of various elixirs.
Along the way, he encountered a few alchemy disciples, who greeted him warmly.
"Greetings, Mr. Lu."
Lu Heng couldn't remember so many names, so he simply nodded politely in response.
By the time he reached Wuchenzi's alchemy room, a disciple had already informed Wuchenzi that Mr. Lu had left his courtyard and was heading their way.
Wuchenzi had just finished refining a batch of elixirs and was organizing the freshly produced pills. Seeing Lu Heng enter, he called out to him with a chuckle, "Hahaha, young friend Lu has finally emerged. Hmm? Have you leveled up again?"
"Haha, I just reached the sixth level of Dao Comprehension yesterday."
"Well, congratulations."
"Speaking of which, since you're out today, our Danyang Sect will be heading down the mountain tomorrow to recruit new disciples for the year. Would you like to come along and take a look?"
"Certainly," Lu Heng nodded. "Around what time will you be departing?"
Seeing that Lu Heng was willing to accompany them down the mountain, Wuchenzi finally breathed a sigh of relief. "We depart at the hour of Mao tomorrow, gathering outside the outer sect. I will come to find you then."
"Understood." The hour of Mao was roughly between five and seven in the morning, which was an acceptable time.
The two conversed for the rest of the day, and it wasn't until evening that Lu Heng returned to his small courtyard to rest.
...
At night, Lu Heng returned to [Fallen City] and took a look. Lin Yu and the others were still awake. Those who weren't on patrol were gathered in the main hall, watching a documentary on the projector.
Lu Heng called out to Lin Yu and handed him several introductory books on elixir refinement that he had obtained from Wuchenzi that day. He had already transcribed them into the local language within his spatial dimension.
"Take this and have a look. If there's anything you don't understand, write it down, and I'll help you ask. These are all books related to elixir refinement."
Then, he took out a simple-looking ring from his embrace and handed it to Lin Yu.
"Here's a ring for you!"
Upon seeing this, Lin Yu looked at Lu Heng with apprehension, his heart in turmoil.
Should he accept it? Although Lu Heng had saved him, should he accept a wedding ring from his benefactor?
Lu Heng watched Lin Yu with amusement. This kid's thoughts were truly unique; he had actually mistaken him for someone with such inclinations. Perhaps...
Lu Heng suddenly grabbed Lin Yu's left hand and placed the ring on his ring finger.
Lin Yu trembled all over, but he didn't resist. His young face, which had just begun to fill out, was now flushed red all the way to his neck.
"I, I am willing..."
"Stop, what are you thinking?" Lu Heng released Lin Yu's left hand and lightly tapped his head with the books.
"This is a storage ring; you can store things in it. I'm not entirely sure how much it can hold, though. You can try it yourself."
Afterward, Lu Heng taught Lin Yu how to contract the ring. Lin Yu looked at the ring on his ring finger, and a hint of... disappointment unexpectedly surfaced in his heart.
Lu Heng... disappointed?
Could this kid's orientation have changed after being trafficked for a while?
However, he himself was normal. At least, he still preferred watching beautiful women in classic movies.
Lin Yu lowered his head, his mind a jumble. He stared blankly at the ring on his hand, lost in thought.
The Director walked over at that moment and, looking at Lin Yu, said in her clear, little-girl voice, "Hey, try on the ring quickly! I'm curious too."
With a *snap*.
Lin Yu's mind was finally pulled back to reality. He pricked his finger, let a drop of blood fall onto the ring, and then infused his consciousness into it, carefully observing the newly acquired space.
The size of the space was not immediately apparent, but Lin Yu felt that it was quite large, estimating it to be about the size of their high school's sports field.
"Hmm, it's probably about the size of our school's sports field. Brother Lu, can it store anything?" Lin Yu asked excitedly, as if he had forgotten what had just happened.
"Yes, but they say it can't store living things. Control it and try to put those sofas in." It seemed that the items obtained from Wuchenzi were indeed extraordinary; this ring had a much larger storage space than the storage accessories he had heard of before.
"Okay." Lin Yu nodded, looking at the sofas. Then, with a thought, the sofas were stored in his storage ring with a wave of his hand.
With another thought, the sofas returned to their original positions.
"Hmm, try it, see if you can put the Director into your space," Lu Heng said, pointing to the Director who was watching the commotion nearby.
Director, "Didn't you say that space can't hold living things? If you put me in, will I die?"
Lu Heng... Didn't they say his intelligence had improved?
Lin Yu shook his head, "No, I tried just now, and it's still there."
"Alright. Then that's fine. You should keep these books in your space from now on and don't let anyone else see them. This item doesn't belong to this world."
"Okay." Lin Yu didn't ask why Lu Heng had things that didn't belong to this world.
"By the way, since you have this space now, I'll give you some things. Come out with me first."
Now, within the entire city, besides Lu Heng and Lin Yu, there were no outsiders. Lu Heng was not afraid of anyone seeing their secret.
Lu Heng led Lin Yu to an open space, then took out a large amount of food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies from his spatial dimension for Lin Yu to store in his own space.
Lin Yu, seeing the vast quantities of supplies appearing out of thin air, no longer showed surprise. Since he had this storage ring, it was quite understandable that Lu Heng would have an even larger storage space.
Lin Yu stored the items Lu Heng had produced in his storage ring. Lu Heng also provided him with several tons of various fresh meats and seafood, as well as over ten barrels of ancient well water.
Lu Heng inspected the supplies placed in the storage ring and couldn't help but be amazed. When had Lu Heng collected all these things?
No wonder Lu Heng had said before that he could provide various resources to those who joined his team; it turned out Lu Heng truly had them and wasn't boasting.
"Don't tell anyone about this storage ring. Without sufficient strength, don't use the ability to store or retrieve things in front of anyone. Normally, you can prepare a larger backpack, fill it with some soft and fluffy items, and if you really need to take things out of the space, use the backpack as a cover."
"Also, make sure the items you take out are consistent with the size of your backpack. Don't pull out a cabinet from your backpack; no one would believe that."
Lin Yu nodded incessantly, like a pecking chicken, and then he actually found a backpack of a similar size.