"Ouch, ouch, why can't I stand steady? Do I have a fever?"
Jing Hongchen touched his head, his body swaying like he was dancing the twist, and if there was a thermometer present, it absolutely would have measured his temperature at 40 degrees.
"What a joke, this is the first time I've seen someone get a fever just standing still and doing nothing, I don't believe it!"
Jing Hongchen pompously blustered.
The next moment, he collapsed on the ground, rolling his eyes back, groaning in discomfort.
"Ow... it hurts, how did I suddenly get a fever..."
At this moment, all the students in the dormitory building suffered, the ones closer to the boys' dormitory got hit faster.
No one would have guessed that this was because Xiao Hongchen murmured "Pleasant Goat" in his sleep.
"Ju Zi, just a few more photos, please!"
"Yeah, we haven't had enough yet!"
"No more photos, no more photos, it's getting late!"
Ju Zi, with her pretty pony tail, held her camera and walked through the space-time gate with a group of students and froze for a moment.
How come... so many have collapsed?
She had been spared this calamity for having stayed back in Soul City to take photos with a group of students.
The first thought that came to her mind was to find Lin Yi for help.
However, Ju Zi was always calm; she suddenly noticed a pattern among the fallen.
"Is this… an illness?"
Considering the award rules Xiao Hongchen received during the day, Ju Zi couldn't help but furrow her brow: "Is it him? What's he up to?!"
"Let's quickly help everyone into their rooms!"
Ju Zi didn't panic, she hung the camera on her chest and immediately said to the twenty or so "survivors."
...
At this moment, Lin Yi in the little wooden hut couldn't predict the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's total absentees the next day.
In the hut, a blue glow flickered.
Lin Yi staggered backwards as a girl walked out from the system panel, first a pair of long, fair, beautiful legs caught his eye, but as the long, flowing fairy skirt hem fluttered down, only a pair of delicate feet peeking out beneath it remained.
This was a girl with an absolutely gorgeous appearance, with a classical charm, appearing delicate and precious all over, but she was not the appearance of the actress Liu Shishi in Lin Yi's memory.
Honestly, seeing her so dainty, Lin Yi really couldn't imagine that she was a Special Sword Spirit...
"Brother!"
Dragon Hollyhock saw Lin Yi and suddenly called out in surprise!
She immediately ran toward him, spread her arms, and hugged Lin Yi's neck tightly, bumping into Lin Yi's chest, making his heart flutter for an instant.
Spirit bodies also have such a real touch?
No, that's not the point.
Is there a problem with the setting? I'm not your brother Long Yang!
I'm not the reincarnation of Long Yang either, you're my Sword Spirit, I'm your master!
But Dragon Hollyhock, dressed in her long, flowing fairy skirt, just kept hugging Lin Yi tightly, hopping happily, even crying tears of joy.
Poseissi stood quietly aside, watching the scene unfold without any emotion.
Lin Yi took this opportunity to look at the system panel.
[The girl who stood guard for a thousand years, her power comes from her thousand-year-long affection for her brother...]
[The host may choose to remove this part of Dragon Hollyhock's emotions, making her call you master instead, but her strength as a Sword Spirit will be greatly reduced, becoming Senior quality.]
So calling me brother really is the special setting of a Special Sword Spirit… Well, let her call me that, it's no loss.
"Can you let go of your hands first? Brother will give you a home."
"Okay!"
Dragon Hollyhock let go of Lin Yi's neck, but her pale hands firmly clutched Lin Yi's wrist, reluctant to let her brother go.
Her eyes brimmed with teary mist, stirring compassion.
Lin Yi took out the Asura Sword and Angel Holy Sword, the two Divine Artifact entities he had earned.
A Special Sword Spirit matches a Supreme God, a Senior quality matches only a First-Level God... Yes, that's right.
"Gai Nie, you go into the Angel Holy Sword for now."
Gai Nie seemed stunned for a second but quickly complied, a white light transferring from the Asura Sword to the Angel Holy Sword.
"Is this the home that brother prepared for Dragon Hollyhock? I really like it!"
"Yes, brother loves you, go ahead."
Lin Yi stroked Dragon Hollyhock's head; he hadn't expected that handling a Sword Spirit would be like coaxing a child.
"But Dragon Hollyhock can't bear to be without brother..."
Lin Yi's brain crashed, staring at the girl for a while, when suddenly Dragon Hollyhock said in a panic, "Brother, don't be mad, I'll go in right now!"
She turned into a blur of blue light and quickly entered the Asura Sword.
Lin Yi held the hilt, feeling the breath of the Asura Sword had indeed changed.
The strength that Gai Nie exhibited using the Asura Sword in the fight with Chen Xin during the day, Dragon Hollyhock could achieve that level without borrowing power from Lin Yi.
Besides, Dragon Hollyhock also provided Lin Yi three Special Grade Sword Techniques.
This is truly awesome now.
The Asura Sword's base damage is doubled, equivalent to two hundred percent of the original, plus an additional three Special Grade Sword Techniques.
Heaven did not create Lin Xiuluo, the path of the sword would be eternally night!
Lin Yi returned the two Divine Artifacts to the System Space.
Oh, it still feels better to hold a mascot, the maturity of a ripe woman, soft and delicate, Dragon Hollyhock is still too young.
Lin Yi stroked Black Silk and continued to check out the gains of the day.
Three Smoke Devil Fruits, better eat them now.
"System, can you change the flavor of the fruits?"
[Absolutely, please choose from the following flavors: orange flavor, strawberry flavor, cantaloupe flavor...]
"Durian flavor then."
[All right.]
Lin Yi ate the durian-flavored Smoke Devil Fruit with satisfaction, not expecting the System to even change the texture, it was like actually eating durian.
Successfully acquired smoke ability!
"Do you want one?"
Lin Yi offered a Smoke Devil Fruit to Poseissi in his arms.
"Does master want me to eat it?"