I slowly opened my eyes, and the vast blue sky appeared so enchanting. My whole body felt so incredibly refreshing, and the air carried a faint scent of water, which was so comfortable!
Huh? Surprised for a moment, how did I fall asleep?
"You're finally awake?" The urgent voice of English teacher Ms. Lü Yanling echoed in my ears.
I got up and looked around. Zhang Yu, Ms. Lü Yanling, Cheng Fan, and all the students who had come to see the stone toad statue were gathered around me, including Cao Kui, who was covered in cold sweat and unable to move his hand.
The beautiful Wu Xiaoman was also by my side. At this moment, she seemed even more radiant than before, and every little movement was mesmerizing. Could it be that the essence from the a sinister, ghostly force she had absorbed earlier had enhanced her?
Why was her gaze so strange as she looked at me? Could it be that she knew everything that had happened when I entered her sea of consciousness and divine realm?
Even if she did, so what? I chuckled bitterly and reached out to help Cao Kui, who had dislocated his left arm. I asked, "Kid, you seem pretty tough. Heh, does it hurt?"
Cao Kui grinned and shrugged, "Not really, ah...!"
Look at you pretending! When he wasn't paying attention, I quickly reset his dislocated arm. For me, who came from the Zhang family, known for practicing martial arts from a young age, resetting a dislocated arm was a common occurrence!
Ms. Lü Yanling said, "Alright, Zhang Santong has woken up. Everyone, let's head back!"
For some reason, after sleeping and waking up, though I felt clear-headed and refreshed, my heart was overwhelmed with an inexplicable sense of weariness. I was tired of this pale existence, tired of myself.
I cultivated, but was there a day when I would leave this bustling world and shatter the void? This thought was the first to arise in my mind. I felt like a dying plant, hiding in the corner of the world, alone.
Did I regret cultivating? At this moment, the way my classmates and teachers looked at me seemed so strange. In their eyes, why was it that when I touched Wu Xiaoman, who had been possessed by the a sinister, ghostly force, she was suddenly healed? They didn't understand how such an event could astonish everyone.
"Zhang Santong, do you know what happened to Wu Xiaoman just now? Can you tell me what exactly happened? Why is she like this?" Ms. Lü Yanling asked. The situation had frightened everyone, and Wu Xiaoman at the time was even more terrifying than a mad person.
I glanced at Wu Xiaoman. The blue dress she wore when she arrived was covered in scratches. Hearing Ms. Lü Yanling's question, she looked at me eagerly, as if hoping for an answer.
Everyone's eyes told me they wanted to know why. Sighing, I answered, "Last time, Wu Xiaoman saw a dried corpse on the playground. Maybe she was Possessed by a malevolent force spirits." I casually replied, but my gaze drifted to the stone toad statue in the distance, feeling a thousand emotions stir. Who knew that the statue wasn't a toad at all, but the head of a Black Tortoise statue?
And why did the water flowing from the Black Tortoise's mouth make the a sinister, ghostly force inside Wu Xiaoman so rampant during the day?
This place was truly strange.
Everyone looked at me in confusion. These were educated people of the modern era, and they couldn't have imagined that I would say something so ridiculous as being "Possessed by a malevolent force spirits."
Tilting her head, Ms. Lü Yanling asked curiously, "How do you know about this?"
I snapped back to reality, stood up, and casually answered, "I'm cousins with Zhang Fuhong from our class. Our family is a Yin-Yang family. We learned ghost hunting, talisman drawing, and exorcism as part of our childhood education, so of course, I know these things."
I turned to Cao Kui and asked, "How long have I been asleep?"
Cao Kui replied, "A full two hours."
Two hours? Hadn't they woken me up? Feeling Zhang Yu's concerned gaze, I smiled faintly. After waking up, I felt that my spiritual sense had undergone a strange transformation. I could vaguely grasp and feel the emotional fluctuations of the people around me.
I sighed inwardly. Cultivating is wonderful!
I noticed that everyone had a bottle of mysterious water, and my curiosity stirred. I slowly walked up to the Black Tortoise statue and took a sip of the water.
The moment the water entered my mouth, a chill ran through me, and my whole body shivered. The pores on my skin contracted violently. How strange... Why did nothing happen to the others, including Ms. Lü and my classmates?
I drank more, curious to find out more.
After a few large gulps, I felt a violent tremor inside my body. The cold energy rushed through my lungs and swirled around my dantian, causing the liquid external medicine energy I had accumulated to roll over and rush through my meridians. The mysterious yellow flag in my spiritual palace emitted a soft glow, refining the external medicine energy as it passed through.
The energy that had been refined became transparent, crystal-clear, and it flowed through my body, making me feel incredibly comfortable.
Though I didn't understand why this water made the a sinister, ghostly force inside Wu Xiaoman act up, I realized that after drinking the water, my cultivation hadn't made a massive leap, but the external medicine energy became more refined and fluid.
I couldn't stop drinking. I eagerly leaned down and gulped more water, drinking until I couldn't take another drop.
Sweat poured down my forehead. I hadn't expected so much water to almost freeze my lungs. In the amazed gazes of my classmates, I closed my eyes, focused my energy, and began digesting the cold energy within.
Perhaps because the flag had a Yang property, the external medicine energy, originally refined by Yin essence, had become somewhat neutralized. As a result, my previous external medicine cultivation had reached the Great Perfection and entered the stage of cultivating internal medicine. With the addition of the cold energy from the mysterious water, my cultivation foundation became even more solid. I thought, once the internal medicine is complete, it won't be long before I reach the state of forming the Golden Pill with Yin-Yang harmony and Dragon-Tiger power!
I was looking forward to the day when I could comprehend the profound characters and diagrams passed down by the mysterious yellow flag in my mind.
After the incident with Wu Xiaoman's divine realm and exorcising the a sinister, ghostly force, it seemed like my state of mind had changed. My spiritual sense had grown much stronger…
Once my energy settled down, I felt a wave of joy rise in my heart. Once again, I felt the ecstasy of cultivating. Cultivating is truly wonderful! No wonder ancient Cultivators didn't care about women. The pleasure of cultivation is so intoxicating.
Hm? What's that strange fragrance?
I opened my eyes, startled. The beautiful Ms. Lü Yanling was blinking her big eyes, almost leaning in close to my face and exclaimed, "Wow, does this water make you more beautiful?"
I sweated! Amitabha Buddha!