Chapter 359: Improving Strength
A huge force flowed into Shu Li's body like running water along the fingertips of the water spirit, nourishing every limb and every bone. Every cell seemed to have been cleansed, and felt extremely comfortable.
As his strength grew, a water droplet-like totem appeared between his eyebrows. When the water spirit's fingertips left, the totem gradually faded.
Shu Li's consciousness was in a very mysterious state, as comfortable as a baby in the mother's womb, or drifting in the ocean, lakes or rivers. His soul was cleansed and his consciousness was extremely clear.
He felt the rich element of water in the air, and countless bouncy blue slimes rushed to get close to him, squeeze him, and drill into his body, wishing to merge into one with him.
The water element was driven by him without his summoning.
This is exactly the same feeling as when I first obtained the Wood Spirit and the Fire Spirit.
After the water spirit recognized him, he no longer had to waste time summoning and condensing the water element. As long as he thought about it, the water magic would take shape instantly.
As the magic power in his body increased, Shu Li felt his soul sublimating, and countless chaotic images suddenly broke into his mind, flashing like a movie.
The amount of information was so overwhelming that it gave him a splitting headache.
Shu Li held his head with both hands, his body shaking, which made Pursi next to him very worried. He hesitated whether to reach out and catch him.
Before he could take action, the little goblin's whole body burst into dazzling light.
Pulshi subconsciously raised his hands to cover his eyes. When the light disappeared, he quickly lowered his hands and looked at the goblin, only to see him curled up in a blue water droplet and sleeping.
Funa held the water droplets in one hand, her eyes gentle.
Purshi asked worriedly, "Is he... okay?"
Funa raised a finger and made a "shush" gesture, signaling him not to speak.
Purshi understood and stood quietly outside the beam of light waiting.
The water droplets blocked out everything from the outside world, and Shu Li could not hear any sound. At this moment, his soul was traveling through a long tunnel. He didn't know how long he had been traveling. A light appeared in front of him, and he couldn't wait to rush out.
"Click, click, click..."
The message alert sounded three times in a row, waking Shu Li up from her sleep.
He opened his eyes drowsily and found himself lying on the desk, with the cell phone hidden in his schoolbag vibrating constantly.
"Which student's phone is not on silent?"
The teacher at the podium frowned and asked.
Shu Li was startled and quickly reached into her schoolbag, fumbled around a bit, and turned off the caller ID.
The phone went silent, the teacher glanced at him and continued teaching.
Shu Li heaved a sigh of relief and looked around blankly, only to find himself sitting in an English class in a cram school.
English!
Shu Li lowered his head to look at the textbook on the table, and suddenly showed an expression of despair.
No wonder I fell asleep during class, it turned out I was in English class.
He propped up his head, picked up a pen, and scribbled on the blank space of his notebook out of boredom. Before he knew it, he had drawn a bunch of strange symbols.
Hmm?
These symbols are quite beautiful and cuter than English letters.
"Next is the dictation of English words. Please take out your dictation books." The English teacher knocked on the podium to remind the distracted students.
Shu Li blinked, feeling a little overwhelmed.
What should he do if he doesn’t know which unit’s words he needs to dictate?
However, the other students were prepared. He pursed his lips, slowly opened the dictation book, and clenched the black gel pen.
Forget it, just write down what you know, and if you really can’t do it, just give up!
It’s not the first time I’ve handed in a blank book.
As the English teacher read out the Chinese words, the students quickly wrote down the English words. Only Shu Li's mind was blank, and his right hand unconsciously drew a string of unfamiliar symbols.
When the teacher finished calling out twenty words, the "scribble" in his dictation book also ended.
"Students in the last row, please collect your dictation books one by one."
At the teacher's command, the students in the back row stood up and started collecting their notebooks.
Shu Li stared at his dictation book, hesitating whether to hand it in.
"Notebook." The boy's cold voice sounded.
Shu Li looked up at the boy with acne all over his face and handed him the notebook helplessly.
The boy saw the scribbles on the paper and sneered.
Being ridiculed, Shu Li puffed up his cheeks.
The boy ignored him and continued listening to the dictation.
Shu Li slumped over the table, looking dejected.
Not surprisingly, he got zero points for dictation and was lectured by the teacher for five minutes after class.
"Student Shu, don't let your parents down. Although your family is wealthy, you shouldn't squander it like this," the teacher said earnestly. "If you still have this attitude, I advise you to find another cram school."
Shu Li blushed and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, teacher. I want to learn well, too. I really do! It's just that I just can't remember..."
The more he spoke, the less confident he became, and finally he left the office under the disappointed gaze of his teacher.
Standing in the corridor, he sighed.
He understands the principle, but what can he do if he can't remember it?
I clearly recited it several times last night, but after waking up from sleep, I had forgotten everything.
"Click, click—"
Another message came into the phone, and Shu Li remembered that someone was looking for him.
He was checking the information while walking, and didn't look at the road carefully, and collided with someone with a "bang".
"ah!"
Shu Li's body leaned backward due to the inertia of the impact.
"careful."
The man's pleasant voice sounded in his ears, and then his waist was embraced by a strong arm.
"Well?"
Shu Li looked up dizzily, and in a trance met a pair of deep green eyes.
"Are you hurt?" the man holding him asked in a low voice.
Shu Li came back to his senses and looked at the other person carefully.
I was stunned when I saw it.
The man he collided with was a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner. He was not only young but also extremely handsome. His temperament was extraordinary, noble and holy, and he didn't look like a real person at all.
Shu Li was stunned for too long, and only came to his senses when the man let go of his waist. He opened his mouth and tried hard to utter the English words of apology.
"Sorry! Sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay." The blond man said with a smile.
"Ah? You can speak Chinese!" Shu Li realized it belatedly, eyes widening in surprise. "You speak standard Chinese!"
There's no foreign accent at all!
The blond man nodded: "I studied for a while."
Shu Li scratched the back of his head and asked hesitantly, "Um...are you the new foreign teacher?"
There is a class taught by a foreign teacher in the cram school. The foreign teacher took a leave last week. Should we replace him/her this week?
If the foreign teacher in front of him were teaching English, he would definitely attend the class seriously and would not be distracted even if he did not understand.
The blond man smiled without saying anything and gently tapped Shu Li's forehead with his slender fingers.
"Ah!" Shu Li instinctively covered her forehead and wanted to ask the man a question, but was shocked to find that there was no one in front of her.
Huh?
Where are the people?
He looked around and found that he was the only one in the entire corridor, and there was no blond foreigner at all.
What a ghost in broad daylight!
Shu Li shuddered and left quickly.
When he was about to walk out of the cram school door, his cell phone suddenly rang and he pressed the answer button.
"Hey, Xuan..."
"Master Shu! You finally answered my call!"
A teasing voice came from the phone.
Shu Li took the phone away from his ear and said angrily, "Don't call me Master Shu!"
"Young Master Shu! Young Master Shu! Young Master Shu! I insist on screaming, what can you do to me?"
“…I’m going to hang up now.”
Shu Li grinds his teeth.
"No, no, no! I really need to talk to you about something!"
"What's up?"
"Come play basketball with me!" Ah Xuan said excitedly on the other end of the phone. "That damn Celery wants to compete with me in a four-person match. If we're brothers, then help me teach that guy a lesson."
"My name is Qi Zhai, not Qin Cai." Shu Li corrected him.
"I don't care if his name is Qi Zhai or not. To me, he's just Celery!" Ah Xuan snorted coldly, "Come on! We're short one, and you're the only one missing."
"No." Shu Li refused. "I just finished English cram school and my head hurts. I want to go home and sleep."
"No! Xiao Lizi, please help me! If you help me, I will give you the new model I bought last week."
When Shu Li heard the word "model", she was excited.
"I'm just not that good at basketball," he said politely. "Why don't you find someone else?"
"Other people can't shoot three-pointers." A Xuan asked impatiently, "Where are you? I'll pick you up!"
Shu Li couldn't persuade him and had to tell him the address of the cram school.
After waiting for fifteen minutes, a cool sports car stopped in front of him. The driver was a handsome young man with dyed red hair. It was Axuan who had called before.
"Xiao Lizi, get in the car quickly."
Shu Li had no choice but to open the car door and sit in the back seat, saying reluctantly, "I only want to play one game. If I go home too late, my mother will scold me."
Ah Xuan looked back at him and said jokingly, "Okay! You really are a good baby in your mother's arms."
Shu Li glared at him unhappily. "Drive quickly and stop talking nonsense."
"Understood, sir!" Axuan stepped on the accelerator and rushed out with a "whoosh".
Under normal circumstances, Shu Li would definitely think the speed was too fast, but today, for some reason, he felt that 130 yards was a bit slow.
Twenty minutes later, the sports car arrived at its destination - an open-air basketball court.
Shu Li was forced to do something unacceptable, and faced two sharp gazes without any hesitation, looking back.
"Best of three," Qi Zhai said expressionlessly, "The losing team gives the winning team one million."
"No problem!" Axuan agreed readily, holding the spinning basketball with his index finger.
Shu Li was speechless when he heard "one million".
Although the rich young master has a lot of pocket money, it is too extravagant to take out a million as a bet at every turn!
"Don't gamble," Shu Li advised. "Gambling is not good."
"Oh, Master Shu is really a good boy." The tall boy standing next to Qi Zhai sarcastically said, "If you can't afford to lose, don't go on the court."
Ah Xuan said, "Pooh!" "Gao Zhi, who can't afford to lose?"
"What do you think?" Gao Zhi spread his hands.
Ah Xuan put his arm around Shu Li's shoulders and said proudly, "I'll pay for his share!"
Shu Li puffed out his cheeks and pulled out his phone. "If you guys gamble, I'll call the police."
Qi Zhai: ...
Gao Zhi:......
A Xuan: ...
After a five-minute stalemate, the three gave up gambling and decided to treat each other instead.
Whoever loses treats the other party.
Shu Li then put his schoolbag on the stands, took off his coat, folded it carefully on top of his schoolbag, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and walked under the backboard.
After everything was ready, the four teenagers started playing basketball, going back and forth in an extremely intense game.
Shu Li was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and as light as a swallow. He easily caught the basketball, then jumped on the spot and shot accurately.
"Hahaha! We scored first!" Ah Xuan laughed arrogantly, making Qi Zhai and Gao Zhi so angry that their faces turned pale.
Shu Li seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians, and he threw four balls in a row, all of which were successful.
As for Qi Zhai and Gao Zhi, they didn't score a single point and felt more and more frustrated as the fight went on.
Shu Li found that he was in particularly good shape today. He was very fast and agile, and it was easy for him to grab the ball and shoot.
After winning the first game and taking a break, Shu Li turned and walked towards the stands, wanting to wipe the sweat off her sweat with the wipes in her schoolbag, but was surprised to see a familiar man sitting in the stands.
It's him!
The blond foreigner I met at cram school!
Why is he here? How long has he been watching?
Shu Li walked up quickly, wanting to ask him what happened before and why he suddenly disappeared.
"Hello." He greeted politely. "Excuse me, do you live nearby?"
Only people who live nearby will pass by this basketball court.
"No." The blond man smiled and shook his head.
Shu Li frowned: "Then... why are you sitting here?"
The blond man said, "Look at you."
"Look at me?" Shu Li was stunned. "What's so good about me?"
The blond man's emerald eyes looked at him intently, and he spoke in an incomprehensible voice: "Everything is God's guidance."
Shu Li was completely confused.
The blond man stood up gracefully, extended his bony hand to him, and asked gently, "Will you follow me to another world?"
Shu Li stepped back, shaking her head and waving her hands. "No, no, I'm fine in this world."
Go to another world?
He was only eighteen, still very young, and didn't want to go to heaven for the time being.
Seeing his refusal, the blond man didn't force him. "I need your help. I hope you will consider it carefully."
Shu Li looked at him speechlessly.
"Xiao Lizi, why are you talking to yourself?" Ah Xuan suddenly patted his back.
Shu Li was startled and turned back to glare at him. "I'm talking to someone else."
"Others? Who?" A Xuan pointed at the stands. "Is anyone there?"
"He's just sitting there..." Shu Li shut up.
There was no one in the stands except his schoolbag.
Once it might be an illusion, but twice it seems weird.
"Don't worry about it, just keep playing. If we win one more game, we'll win!" A Xuan took his hand and walked towards the backboard.
Half an hour later, he and Axuan won.
Qi Zhai and Gao Zhi reluctantly treated them to the most expensive dinner.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Shu Li was sent back to the gate of the villa area by A Xuan.
A Xuan was in a hurry to go to the bar for a drink and was too lazy to drive into the villa area.
Shu Li said goodbye to him and walked home.
The villa area has a beautiful environment, with wide and flat roads, full of green plants, and bright lawn lights at night.
It took Shu Li at least fifteen minutes to walk to her doorstep.
He walked slowly, carrying his schoolbag, admiring the decorative lights hanging on the bushes.
When he passed a small bridge, he stopped and looked straight ahead in surprise.
The familiar blond man stood quietly under the streetlight in front, his whole body shrouded in a hazy light.
Shu Li looked at him for a long time, then walked towards him. When she reached him, she raised her head slightly and asked, "Are you following me?"
The blond man smiled faintly: "It is God's guidance."
Shu Li was depressed. "Even though you look very beautiful, you can't lie."
The blond man said softly, "I didn't lie to you."
Shu Li sighed. "What do you want me to do for you?"
He didn't think that a high school student like him could help others, but requests from good-looking people were always impossible to refuse.
The blond man extended his hand to him again: "God has chosen you and given you power. Only you can prevent the darkness from falling and make the light eternal."
Shu Li was silent for a moment, then took his hand and squeezed it hard. "Although I really want to help you, but..."
Before he could finish his words, a black hole suddenly appeared behind the blond man. The next second, he and the man were sucked into the black hole by a powerful force. A faint "thank you" drifted past his ears.
"ah!"
Shu Li suddenly opened her eyes and saw the loli face of the water elf.
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