Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

"this……"

Gao Huijuan was stunned. She couldn't help but look at the permission code at the top of the agreement again and confirm that it was correct. She entered it into the system to query and the feedback result was indeed sent by the principal.

But how is that possible?

The girl muttered to herself, then her gaze swept over the end of the agreement, where there was a line of small print indicating the consequences of breach of contract: permanent expulsion from school, inclusion on the Guixu blacklist, and a lifetime ban from entering any cultivation academy. In other words, her path to immortality would be cut off.

"Ah, this..."

The girl was so shocked that she broke out in a cold sweat.

As an insignificant student working part-time to support herself, she dared not offend someone of this caliber. Feeling helpless and lost, another notification popped up on her phone screen, showing that an astonishing amount of interest-free student loan had been deposited into her account. The note simply read: "Keep your mouth shut, and I'll protect your future."

Looking at the string of numbers in her account that would easily cover her tuition and living expenses for the next few years, Gao Huijuan couldn't help but breathe rapidly.

Even if she worked and studied diligently for ten years, she might not be able to save up this much money.

The most outrageous thing is that the other party actually made the payment first, which clearly shows that they were not planning to leave themselves a way out.

Gao Huijuan gritted her teeth, quickly scanned her face, and used her digital signature to complete the confidentiality agreement.

She wasn't stupid. This level of confidentiality agreement must involve powerful figures she couldn't even imagine. Since the other party was willing to offer such generous benefits and had blocked all avenues for retreat, her only choice was to obey and do as they said.

Otherwise, since she is already in the know, it's not impossible that she could be silenced if she dares to confront them directly.

Thinking of this, Gao Huijuan couldn't help but shudder.

At the same time, she was also quite curious about who that junior was, but this thought only flashed through her mind for a moment before Gao Huijuan forcibly banished it from her mind. She didn't even dare to think about it. Asking any more questions about this matter would only cause trouble for herself.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Lingyun's consciousness gently swept across the logistics department's system backend. Instantly, all the data was altered. Duan Xuan's application record was silently erased and directly included in the "normal consumption of pills" statistics column, leaving no trace from beginning to end.

As the main AI of Shuiyun Star, Lingyun controls all daily affairs and originally possessed the highest authority, with its reach extending to every aspect of the entire planet.

For Lingyun, deleting or modifying such a small amount of data was no difficult task at all; to say it was a simple matter would be an exaggeration, and it would be impossible for her to leave the slightest flaw.

Even if the host eats until he's stuffed to death, a mere few dozen or a hundred bottles of Foundation Establishment Pills will only be automatically judged by the system as normal consumption, and no one will notice anything unusual.

……

Take, for example, the logistics department right now.

Gao Huijuan clutched her phone, her heart pounding, believing that all of this was at the behest of Principal Du. Little did she know that even someone as powerful as Baiwei Zhenjun was merely a scapegoat, equally clueless and kept in the dark. The so-called agreement was entirely Lingyun's doing.

The key point is, this is not a scam!

Lingyun originally possessed the highest level of authority.

Using the name of a mere Nascent Soul cultivator is a piece of cake. The confidentiality agreement is genuine and verifiable, not just a superficial deception or intimidation. If Gao Huijuan breaches the agreement, it will truly bring about irreversible consequences. And the interest-free student loans she received are all real.

Everything complies with the rules.

The reason is quite simple: the rules for such trivial matters did not need to be discussed by the three Nascent Soul cultivators; they were originally established by Lingyun herself.

It's like she's both the athlete and the referee; how can others play with her?

Helping the host conceal the receipt of the Foundation Establishment Pill is a piece of cake.

Of course, the host was unaware of all of this.

After all, he didn't know his true identity from the beginning and foolishly thought he was the system.

Lingyun's role is to provide assistance in secret, helping Duan Xuan grow and enhancing their relationship through quiet dedication.

She believed that in the future, when Duan Xuan was strong enough, he would not object and would take the initiative to help her break free from the dual constraints of the Demon Sealing Array and the Quantum Bond.

……

Duan Xuan was unaware of all this, and he rushed back to his dormitory in a panic.

Having experienced the previous time when he took nine Foundation Establishment Pills in a year without any effect, this time he was no longer cautious. He didn't bother with bathing, changing clothes, or meditating to adjust his energy and spirit to their peak. He simply took out the bottle from his pocket, poured out a Foundation Establishment Pill, and swallowed it.

Similar to yesterday, the pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and the gentle spiritual energy slid down the throat, slowly dispersing into the eight extraordinary meridians. The dantian remained calm and undisturbed, as if one had not eaten anything at all.

"this……"

Duan Xuan was speechless. Although he could feel that he could break through his current realm with a single thought, he could at least put some pressure on him.

So peaceful, it's hard to know what to say.

He paused for a moment, then decided to stop thinking about it and began swallowing them one after another.

In this way, he swallowed all nine Foundation Establishment Pills as easily as eating sugar pills, in the short time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

His dantian remained eerily still, without the slightest soreness or discomfort. If Lingyun hadn't confirmed it, he would have suspected that the Foundation Establishment Pill he had taken was fake.

Undeterred, Duan Xuan picked up his phone and scrolled through short videos for a while, specifically searching for what happens after consuming the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The consistent answer was that the meridians were sore and uncomfortable, and the spiritual energy felt like it was about to burst the body. It was extremely difficult to suppress the breakthrough in cultivation level.

Why is it that when it comes to my own situation, none of the answers match up at all, and there's absolutely no situation at all?

Putting down his phone, Duan Xuan closed his eyes again, used his internal vision technique to examine his dantian, and then carefully observed his eight extraordinary meridians.

Compared to yesterday, the liquefaction of spiritual energy is very obvious, and it is even no weaker than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, not breaking through is not breaking through. He is still in the Qi Refining Realm.

Duan Xuan's face was filled with confusion, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Yun'er, am I a monster?"

"Host, what nonsense are you talking about?"

The girl's voice echoed in his mind, first spitting out a curse, then changing to a concerned tone: "Why are you talking about yourself like that? How are you actually feeling?"

"I don't feel anything!" Duan Xuan touched his dantian, spread his hands, and said with a hint of confusion, "The spiritual energy is all settled peacefully inside, and I don't feel any discomfort at all."

"That's a good thing!"

Lingyun first praised the other party to reassure them, and then, after a moment's thought, she quickly mobilized computing power, searched the database, built a mathematical model, and began the review.