Chapter 201 - 134: The Coming of Spiritual Energy Recovery

Chapter 201: Chapter 134: The Coming of Spiritual Energy Recovery

In the end, they orbited Gu Qing’s body in a neat and orderly fashion, stable and perfectly smooth.

"How are you so proficient already?"

Liu Yue’s eyes filled with disbelief. She frowned and voiced her suspicion again, "Are you sure you came here to humbly ask for my guidance, and not because you’ve been secretly practicing Controlling Objects in the Air for ages just to show me up?"

Gu Qing directed the water droplets back into the basin, then looked at Liu Yue and said, "I’m not that bored."

Hearing that response, Liu Yue felt even worse.

She truly wished Gu Qing was that bored—that he had deliberately practiced in secret for a long time just to crush her spirit.

Because that would mean Gu Qing’s talent wasn’t so absurdly high; he’d just practiced a lot.

But now, Gu Qing had said he wasn’t that bored.

’What does this mean?’

’It means—’

’He had never deliberately practiced Controlling Objects in the Air before.’

’Just from hearing my description of the process, his proficiency in Controlling Objects in the Air had skyrocketed from clumsy to proficient.’

’This talent... It’s simply absurd!’

’It’s so absurd it’s offensive to gods and mortals alike!’

’But why?’

’He’s clearly just an Extraordinary Contactor!’

’Logically speaking!’

’His immediate combat power and future potential should be far inferior to mine, an Extraordinary Awakened!’

’So why are his combat power and future potential both so terrifyingly high?’

’How on earth does he do it?’

Liu Yue couldn’t figure it out for the life of her. The more she thought, the more she began to question everything.

For the rest of the time, Gu Qing continued to practice Controlling Objects in the Air with Liu Yue under the pretext of asking for her guidance.

Xia Shuran’s Spiritual Strength wasn’t high enough for her to join their practice of Controlling Objects in the Air, so she practiced Ancient Martial Arts by herself on the side.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Before he knew it, an hour had passed.

Right on cue, several familiar lines of text popped up in front of Gu Qing.

[You have practiced Controlling Objects in the Air with your friend Liu Yue for over an hour.]

[Object Manipulation Skill +1]

[Spiritual Strength +1]

[Accumulate a total of 100 points in Spiritual Strength to obtain the Attribute: Telekinesis Control.]

[Current Points Acquired: 1]

The moment the notifications appeared, Gu Qing felt a cool sensation wash over his scalp, followed by an unprecedented sense of serenity in his mind.

This was the pleasant sensation that came with an increase in Spiritual Strength.

It had quite a kick.

It was so intensely pleasurable his whole body tensed up.

Gu Qing didn’t let himself get lost in the wave of pleasure for too long.

After just a moment, he collected himself and looked at Liu Yue. "Come on, let’s continue."

Liu Yue had no objection.

Even if Gu Qing hadn’t said anything, she would have kept practicing Controlling Objects in the Air.

After all, it was making her stronger.

...

For the next few days, Gu Qing focused on only three things.

First, 2v2 practice, to grind True Martial Arts Dao from the [Martial Saint] tag above Xia Shuran’s head.

Second, high-intensity practice of Controlling Objects in the Air with Liu Yue, to grind Spiritual Strength from the [Spiritual Mind Master] tag above her head.

And third, wandering the campus in search of rats, hoping his Beast Language Ability would help him find a breakthrough and expose the Rat God Cultists hiding at Hai City University.

After a few days of this, Gu Qing’s overall power had increased significantly.

His True Martial Arts Dao had increased by a total of twenty-six points.

His Spiritual Strength had increased by a total of six points.

The only slight disappointment was his lack of progress in investigating the Rat God Cultists.

Over the past few days, he had hardly found any rats.

There were fewer rats on campus than ever, which was very strange.

It wasn’t until he mentioned it in passing to Lin Tianyang that he learned the Security Officers stationed at Hai City University were conducting daily rat extermination campaigns.

After several rounds, the school’s rat population was nearly extinct.

To make his own investigation easier, Gu Qing specifically had Lin Tianyang tell the Security Officers to temporarily halt their extermination efforts.

"You told them to stop exterminating the rats because you want to use them to track down the hidden Rat God Cultists, don’t you?"

After relaying the message to the Security Officers, Lin Tianyang asked Gu Qing curiously.

Gu Qing snapped his fingers. "Congratulations, you guessed right."

Lin Tianyang asked again, "How exactly are you planning to track them down?"

Gu Qing explained, "It’s simple. I’m using the most basic method: spending time observing the rats to see if I can find any clues about the Rat God Cultists in their daily behavior."

"Spending time observing rats?"

Lin Tianyang raised an eyebrow, finding the method unreliable. "That’s a bit primitive. I doubt you’ll find any useful clues that way."

Gu Qing didn’t explain further.

He didn’t tell Lin Tianyang that he could understand Beast Language.

That he could gather information from the rats’ squeaking.

He looked over at Xia Shuran, who was sitting quietly nearby, and said in a calm voice,

"Let’s go, Shuran. We’ll continue looking for rats outside."

"Okay."

Xia Shuran answered softly.

The two of them quickly left the office.

And began to wander around campus.

They hadn’t been wandering for long when the phone in Gu Qing’s pocket began to buzz.

He pulled out his phone and saw a flood of messages from his dorm’s group chat.

[Gao Fei: Holy shit, you guys aren’t gonna believe this, but I just ran the 1000-meter fitness test in under three minutes!]

[Chen Zijie: For real? I remember your best time was three and a half minutes. How did you suddenly shave off thirty seconds?]

[Gao Fei: It might be because I’ve been abstinent lately. My girlfriend and I have been fighting for over a week, and during this time, I haven’t even jerked off once. My self-discipline is insane.]

[Chen Zijie: Speaking of which, I’ve been on a crazy roll lately, too. I’m on fire in my games, and my Reaction Speed is way up. When I play ranked, it’s like my opponents are in slow motion. I’m just dominating them.]

[Qian Duole: I’ve been getting a little weird these last few days, too. I used to eat five bowls of rice per meal at most, but lately, I can put away ten. My appetite is so huge it’s starting to scare me.]

[Gao Fei: You two abstaining too?]

[Chen Zijie: Abstain my ass. I don’t buy into that crap about "kidney deficiency" or any of that so-called cold, damp, hot, Yin Qi, or yang qi stuff. It’s all just superstitious, feudal garbage.]

[Chen Zijie: I only believe in the body’s primal instincts. If I feel the urge, I satisfy it. I reward myself every single day. It’s all about keeping the body and mind happy.]

[Chen Zijie: Anyway, my next match is starting. I’m gonna go wreck the other team!]

[Gao Fei: Damn, dude. You’re the undisputed king of ’rewarding yourself,’ huh?]

Gu Qing quickly scrolled through the messages.

After reading what his three roommates had posted, he felt a jolt.

Gao Fei’s body grew stronger.

Chen Zijie’s Reaction Speed increased.

Qian Duole’s appetite grew.

The changes in all three of them perfectly matched the tags floating above their heads.

’The Spiritual Energy Recovery... It’s starting!’

...

「Meanwhile.」

Deep beneath Hai City University.

Caverns crisscrossed as a foul, sinister wind howled. Abnormally large, grotesque rats scurried across the ground, squeaking incessantly.

A shadowy figure wearing a Rat Head Mask stood in the depths of the caverns, carefully sensing the elements in the air.

When he clearly felt a faint, barely-there trace of Extraordinary Power in the air, a long-awaited smile spread across his face.

"Two years. I’ve waited a full two years, and the Spiritual Energy Recovery has finally arrived!"

"The Rat King I’ve been raising for so long finally has the chance to evolve into an Advanced Creature!"

"It is time for the Rat God Cult to show its might!"

As his voice fell, a terrifyingly foul aura erupted from deep beneath the masked man’s feet. It surged wildly, rapidly Devouring the pure, resurgent Extraordinary Power in the area.

Riding the resurgent tide of this world-altering event, the long-dormant Rat King shattered the Level restrictions of an ordinary creature and evolved completely into an Advanced Creature.

"So you like exterminating rats?"

"You like to investigate?"

"Heh. You reckless fools from the Night Court, prepare to be swallowed whole by the Rat King and utterly refined!"

Feeling the Rat King’s aura reach the High-Level, the masked man couldn’t help but let out a low, raspy, and bizarre cry.

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