Chapter 976: Su Teacher, I

Good news: Su Qingli has been awakened.

Bad news: Su Qingli’s condition is... slightly off.

“Eva, what’s going on now?”

Watching Su Qingli, her eyes glazed, rise from the bed and begin stripping off her battle suit, Xu Jingming’s eyelids twitched violently as he hurriedly asked.

“I don’t know either! Normally, even if the Spirit-Nourishing Elixir does nothing, it can’t turn into an aphrodisiac!”

Eva looked equally baffled, but after noticing Su Qingli’s chaotic spiritual force, she suddenly slapped her forehead and exclaimed:

“I get it! The Xukong creature’s spiritual force has taken root in Su Teacher’s spiritual sea.

Your Spirit-Nourishing Elixir didn’t just enhance Su Teacher’s spiritual force—it also indirectly nourished the Xukong creature’s spiritual force!

That’s why, although Su Teacher has awakened, she’s still trapped in a hallucination—she’s mistaking reality for the illusion!”

“Mistaking reality for an illusion?!”

Xu Jingming’s eyebrows lifted sharply.

That means the hallucination Su Qingli is currently experiencing is probably... not suitable for minors.

Then again, it makes sense.

Hallucinations are constructed to exploit the weakest points in an adept’s spiritual force.

For most adepts, lust is one of the hardest impulses to overcome.

The same is true for him.

In fact, due to the dragon-class beast blood in his body, his lust is even stronger than that of other adepts.

“So what do we do now? Keep using the Spirit-Nourishing Elixir?”

Although Su Qingli had awakened, she remained trapped in the illusion and couldn’t control her spiritual force—meaning Xu Jingming had no way to eliminate the abnormal spiritual force.

“Wait, let me think.”

A torrent of data streamed like a waterfall through Eva’s clear eyes.

Her database was too vast; even with her formidable computational power, finding the optimal solution would take time.

Meanwhile, across from them, Su Qingli had already pulled her full-body battle suit down to her chest.

The two full, snow-white mounds were now exposed to the air, and near the center, a faint blush could just barely be seen...

He’d never noticed before.

Only now did Xu Jingming realize that Su Qingli, usually so cold and aloof, had a figure that rivaled Ling Shuang’s!

“If we wait any longer, Su Teacher’s going to be completely naked!”

He muttered under his breath, then unleashed his spiritual force, preparing to enter Su Qingli’s consciousness sea once more.

But before he could act, Su Qingli’s glazed eyes suddenly cleared.

“Teacher, you’re awake?” Xu Jingming’s face lit up with relief.

“What... what’s going on?”

Su Qingli looked around, bewildered.

Wasn’t she in Jingming’s room? Then how...

The next instant, memories flooded back—she instantly understood everything.

“I was dragged into another hallucination?!” Su Qingli’s expression flushed with shame and fury.

Once was bad enough—how could this happen again?!

But before she could think further, she suddenly noticed her own state.

“What... what is this?!”

Su Qingli’s face turned instantly crimson; she even forgot she was a powerful adept.

She forgot to summon the Jade Pure Divine Thunder, frantically covering her private areas with her hands.

“Su Teacher, there’s still a Tuan of Xukong creature’s spiritual force in your spiritual sea—you need to cooperate with me.”

Forgetting propriety, Xu Jingming spoke quickly as soon as he saw Su Qingli had regained clarity.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than Su Qingli’s clear eyes grew glazed once more.

“Damn! Su Teacher’s being dragged back into the hallucination!” Eva cried anxiously from midair.

The Xukong creature’s spiritual force in Su Qingli’s spiritual sea is the source of the hallucination—if it isn’t destroyed,

even if Su Qingli briefly regains awareness, she’ll be pulled back in.

“Jing... Jingming, I... I can’t hold on much longer—what do I need to do?”

Su Qingli pressed her long legs tightly together in an inward V, her face flushed, breathing lightly as she asked.

“My spiritual force needs to enter your consciousness sea—just keep your spiritual force from attacking me.”

Xu Jingming hurriedly spoke, forcing himself not to look at her sensitive areas.

“N... no, I can’t control my spiritual force right now.

If I let even a single thread slip, I’ll be dragged back into the hallucination.

Is... is there any other way?”

Su Qingli bit her red lips tightly, pausing between each word.

“Can’t control your spiritual force?!” Xu Jingming frowned.

If she couldn’t control her spiritual force, this situation was a dead end.

At that moment, Eva spoke from midair:

“Su Teacher, you’re resisting the hallucination—that’s why you can’t control your spiritual force.

If that’s the case, why not resolve the hallucination first?”

“H... how?” Su Qingli dared not loosen her mental grip for an instant.

“Better to divert than to block—your hallucination is lust, isn’t it?

Talk to an S-Rank, and do exactly what happens in your hallucination—it should resolve it.”

Eva mused aloud.

“This...?!” Su Qingli’s eyes widened in shock.

Though she’d experienced it countless times in the hallucination, it was still just an illusion.

To actually do it in reality—how could she possibly bring herself to?

Xu Jingming also spoke with a strange expression: “Is there no other way?”

“No.”

Eva shook her head seriously. “And you two had better decide quickly.

The longer you wait, the more Su Teacher will lose the ability to distinguish hallucination from reality.

Even if the spiritual force is eventually eliminated, permanent damage will remain.”

“This...”

Su Qingli instinctively looked toward Xu Jingming.

“Resolution of desire doesn’t require another person, Su Teacher—why not try it yourself first?” Xu Jingming said.

“Do it myself?”

Su Qingli’s pale face turned blood-red; she lowered her head, whispering like a breeze:

“I know there’s a way... but I’ve never tried it. I don’t even know how.”

“I see...”

Xu Jingming paused, surprised by Su Qingli’s innocence.

He had plenty of video files saved from Ling Shuang and the others, but there was no time for Su Qingli to learn now.

“Then, Su Teacher, I’m sorry—but if we wait any longer, you’ll sink into the hallucination forever. I have no choice but to be forward.”

Xu Jingming took a deep breath and spoke firmly.

He couldn’t just watch Su Teacher perish.

“I... it’s fine.”

Hearing this, Su Qingli actually sighed in relief.

After enduring so much with Xu Jingming, she had already developed feelings for her student—though she couldn’t say why.

Perhaps it was due to her status, or perhaps her pride—she could never voice them.

This situation, ironically, was granting her the chance.

Thinking this, Su Qingli ceased resisting the hallucination; her beautiful eyes grew glazed once more.

She reached out her slender, delicate hands, wrapping around Xu Jingming like an octopus...

PS: Afraid of the black box again—had to keep it simple...