"Xiao Feng, if you're going to hit, hit now or else... hehe... you'll miss the... the chance..."
The stewardess Luo Qingqing had her backside pouted out, but before she could finish speaking, Lin's mother barged in, and she turned her head to see Lin's mother staring in shock.
"Ah... Aunt Zhang, you... how did you get in?"
"Qingqing, you... what are you and our Xiao Feng doing... what is going on here?"
Lin's mother's mind clearly hadn't caught up yet; in her mind, the girl-next-door stewardess Luo Qingqing and her own son Lin Feng had always been like childhood sweethearts, maintaining a big sister and little brother relationship. Luo Qingqing came and went in the Lin family's home just like her own, and her visits to Lin Feng's bedroom were not infrequent. But now, Luo Qingqing's current state left no room for Lin's mother's wild thoughts.
"Mom... we didn't... it's nothing, it's just... Sister Qingqing lost a bet to me, so... that's why I have to... to hit her... that's all..."
Seeing his mother had burst in, and clearly misunderstanding something, Lin Feng hurriedly explained.
However, as Lin Feng tried to clarify, the stewardess Luo Qingqing's face turned even redder with shame, as if she could drip water from her cheeks, especially under Lin's mother's piercing gaze—it was unbearable, and she couldn't stand it for a second longer.
"Aunt Zhang, I... I need to go, I have something to take care of..."
Leaving behind those words, the stewardess Luo Qingqing practically fled, her face still burning hot even after she left the Lin family. When she returned to her room, she sat on her bed gently biting her plump lips, muttering to herself in a tone of complaint: "Lin Feng, you little brat... making me lose face in front of Aunt Zhang..."
Meanwhile, back in Lin Feng's bedroom, while Luo Qingqing managed to escape and thus evade Lin's mother's scrutiny, Lin Feng wasn't so lucky. Once Luo Qingqing was gone, Lin's mother's barrage of fire shifted entirely onto Lin Feng.
"You little rascal! I asked Qingqing to tutor you in English... and instead you're bullying her... are you getting restless again? Not studying properly and always up to no good..."
With Luo Qingqing gone, Lin's mother dropped all pretenses and grabbed Lin Feng's ear, lecturing him as she pinched it.
"Ow, ow, ow... Mom! I understand... I didn't do anything wrong, it was just... just a joke between Sister Qingqing and me, we made a bet. I'll study hard, I promise…" Lin Feng pleaded quickly.
"Hmph! The college entrance exams are just less than two months away, and in a few days, will be the last mock test. Xiao Feng... if your results are still at the bottom, how will you get into a university? Ah... why can't you be more sensible? Do you know how much your dad and I have been worrying about your college entrance exams and university admission?"
Looking at her clueless son Lin Feng, Lin's mother felt helpless and could only sigh, releasing his ear.
"Mom! I'm sorry, I was wrong... Don't worry, I'll definitely study hard and try to achieve good results in the college entrance exam. I'll attend a good university to make you and dad proud!"
Similar promises had been made by Lin Feng countless times during his three years of high school. But never had he been as confident as he was now, because Lin Feng now had the Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls, among which the ability to control water could help him quickly memorize and recall the content of books. With this ability, what's so hard about improving academic performance?
"Ah, whatever... I don't have high hopes for you anymore... I bought pig brains today and made a stew to replenish your brain…"
In regards to Lin Feng's promise, Lin's mother didn't take it seriously and just shrugged her shoulders before walking towards the kitchen.
"Mom... I mean it, I definitely can achieve good results in the college entrance exam..."
At this moment, Lin Feng felt quite helpless; due to his past misdeeds, even his own mother didn't believe him anymore. Watching his mother's busy figure in the kitchen, Lin Feng resolved in his heart that in the last mock test in a few days, he would strive to get good results to restore his parents' and Sister Qingqing's confidence in him.
After dinner, Lin Feng sat at his desk and began to explore the Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls that had entered his body. He discovered that among the Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls, there was a record of the Innate Sunflower Water Technique, a cultivation technique for controlling water.
With the Innate Sunflower Water Technique in his grasp, Lin Feng could control any liquid and, moreover, it was a cultivation technique; as long as there was spiritual energy, he could use various spells and draw talismans.
"So... the legendary cultivation really exists, but... because Earth's spiritual energy has thinned to the extreme, there are basically no cultivators left."
The legacy carried by the Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls was extensive, and Lin Feng didn't dare to absorb it all at once. Just a small fraction of the information was enough to make his brain ache. However, after several hours of exploration, he finally figured it all out. It could be said that he had now become Earth's last cultivator due to inheriting the Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls and mastering the Innate Sunflower Water Technique.
"Haha! With these Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls and the Innate Sunflower Water Technique... not to mention anything else... just the ability to copy and absorb the content of books with water droplets is like having the supernatural power of photographic memory!"
Lin Feng, now impatient to get started, conjured the Twenty-Four Calming Sea Pearls. The water that emerged soaked all his textbooks and supplementary materials, copying the content and absorbing it into his brain.
Chinese, Mathematics, English, Chemistry, Physics, Biology...
All the textbooks, exercise books, and supplementary materials for each subject were absorbed into Lin Feng's mind without missing a single page. He then began to sit at his desk in a daze, frantically digesting the knowledge absorbed into his brain.
Points and problems that used to trouble him immensely were now remembered effortlessly, and what remained was understanding and integrating them.
Through the night, Lin Feng didn't know when he fell asleep; his head was swollen with knowledge, and countless points and formulas circulated in his mind as he indulged in the craziest study session ever...