The next day.
"Wake up, we're leaving the capital today." Patting Lu Bai, who was still curled up in bed, Lu Heng got up and started packing some personal belongings.
Last night, Lu Bai had eaten a lot of snacks prepared by Wu Chenzi in his room. Although they were not as exquisite as those made by the chefs at Jingning King's mansion, they all had their own unique flavors.
After packing, Lu Heng glanced at Lu Bai, who was still fast asleep, and put the thin blanket covering him into his spatial storage.
Feeling the change in temperature around him, Lu Bai, who had already transformed into a fox, curled his tail to protect his head.
"Hurry up and wake up. If you don't get up, I'll leave you in the capital temporarily and go back by myself." Lu Heng sat on the edge of the bed and patted the little fox's behind.
"No." Lu Bai sprang up like a carp, instantly transforming into his human form and grabbing Lu Heng's sleeve.
"Then hurry up and get dressed." A pile of clothes was dumped on his head.
A moment later, the neatly dressed Lu Heng and Lu Bai went to the courtyard where Wu Chenzi resided next door.
Wu Chenzi had also woken up early. He planned to go to the imperial palace to deliver medicine to His Majesty later.
With the matters at Jingning King's mansion settled, he could now focus solely on His Majesty. Once His Majesty's affairs were properly handled, he could enjoy his freedom for a while longer.
Wu Chenzi, who was having breakfast, saw Lu Heng and Lu Bai approaching and quickly said to the young attendant outside the door, "Quick, bring the breakfast for young friend Lu and his companion."
"Are you guys up so early?" Wu Chenzi remembered that Lu Heng had never woken up this early at the Danyang Gate in Qingcheng Mountain. Could it be that having his cousin with him made it difficult to set a bad example?
Hearing Wu Chenzi's inner thoughts, Lu Heng coughed awkwardly. "Ahem, it's been getting warmer these days, so we plan to set off for Jinyang City today."
"Leaving so soon? Have you already toured the capital?"
"No, there are still places we haven't visited, but we can't see everything at once. Otherwise, there won't be anything new when we come next time."
"That won't happen. The Qin Xiao River banks change people every year..."
"Ahem, my cousin is still young and not suitable for those places. Moreover, I plan to take him to visit famous doctors in various places to examine his throat."
Lu Heng was finding an excuse to leave here and return to the apocalypse for an extended period.
"Is that so? Why don't I take his pulse first? After all, I have treated His Majesty." Wu Chenzi looked at Lu Bai, who was sitting at the table.
"Not for now. Actually, I also want to take my cousin out to relax. It's due to his lack of interaction with others when he was young. Perhaps wandering around and interacting more with people will help him improve."
"Alright, but what do you plan to do about the Jingning King's mansion matters? If you're not in Jinyang City and he comes looking for you again, we won't be able to make decisions for you."
"I've told him to leave messages at the shop in Jinyang City if there's anything. I'll see them when I get back."
"That's good."
As they were speaking, the young attendant who had just gone to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, directed two people to bring Lu Heng and Lu Bai's meals into the room.
After breakfast, Lu Heng and Wu Chenzi parted ways, and Lu Heng took Lu Bai out of the capital. They found a deserted spot and summoned the Eagle-beaked Beast from their spatial storage.
"Let's go, back to Jinyang City."
With a flap of its wings, the Eagle-beaked Beast carried Lu Heng and Lu Bai away quickly.
A few days later, Lu Heng and Lu Bai finally returned to Jinyang City.
As soon as they entered the city, Lu Heng took Lu Bai to the shop. The disciples who were cleaning and preparing to close up for the day saw Lu Heng and quickly greeted him, "Mr. Lu, long time no see! Please come inside and sit for a while. I'll get you the account books from these past few days. We handed over the magic crystals collected before yesterday to Elder Du Feng, and we'll notify Elder Du Feng to come and hand them over to you later."
"No rush, just give me the account books. As for the magic crystals, we'll talk about it next time I see Du Feng," Lu Heng waved his hand and said to the disciple.
"Okay, please wait a moment." After saying that, the disciple quickly went to the counter and took out the account book that had just been recorded today.
After receiving the account book and flipping through a few pages, Lu Heng saw that only crystals were being sold here, and each person's sales were limited, so the accounts were very simple.
"By the way, if anyone comes to the shop looking for me, tell them to leave a message at the shop. Remember, just leave the letter in the shop, you don't need to carry it with you."
Lu Heng's main purpose was to instruct them on collecting letters. As for those level four magic crystals, he was not lacking them now, so there was no hurry.
After instructing the disciples in the shop, Lu Heng took Lu Bai back to their residence in the city.
Upon returning to the residence, he carefully examined the situation in the courtyard again. After confirming that no one had broken in, he said to Lu Bai, "Are you going to play in your room by yourself? Or go find those guys in my spatial storage?"
"I'm going back to the spatial storage." Lu Bai tugged at his clothes. "These clothes are still a bit tight. Why don't I transform into a fox and go play with Fatty Tiger and the others?"
Sighing, Lu Heng put Lu Bai back into the spatial storage.
It seemed that changing Lu Bai's habits to human ones was still a long way to go.
Sitting in his room, Lu Heng buried the magic crystals he had bought at the auction in the capital into a prepared hidden compartment, and then he also flashed back to the apartment in his spatial storage.
It had been a long time since he had leveled up, so Lu Heng planned to use the magic crystals he had just obtained to upgrade himself.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Heng absorbed the level seven magic crystals until he could no longer feel any energy from them. Several of his enlightenment attributes also leveled up to level eleven, and his abnormal ability level was displayed as level fifteen.
Feeling the abundant energy within him, Lu Heng exhaled a breath of turbid air, stood up, and walked towards the window.
Looking out the window, Lu Heng saw the remaining three intersections below. There was still no change, and they were still shrouded in mist.
With a thought, Lu Heng flashed to the front of those exits and reached out his arm to touch one of the exits.
The tactile sensation was still the same, not cold. He withdrew his arm and looked at his hand again. His palm still retained the touch and temperature from before, but there were no other abnormal situations.
Why was this happening? Why had these three exits remained unchanged for so long?
Could it be related to the fact that he was leveling up by consuming magic crystals, rather than crystals from zombies?
But the level of zombie crystals in the apocalypse was not very high now. Even if he wanted to find some high-level zombies to kill, he couldn't find any with sufficiently high levels.
He touched the mist of the remaining two exits again. The situation was the same. Looking at the vaguely visible buildings of different shapes behind the mist, Lu Heng stood there and pondered for a long time.