Chapter 210

Chen Mu and Chang Junyan were both stunned.

I originally wanted to seize this chance to embarrass Tang Jing a little, and also to dampen the top student's usual aura.

As it turned out, Tang Jing's reaction speed was even higher than Chen Mu's.

There are only two possibilities.

First, Tang Jing had long known of Chang Junyan's ability progress, but never pointed it out; second, Tang Jing's mental power is even stronger than Chen Mu's.

That is not impossible.

Chen Mu had long suspected that Tang Jing had already gained some ability, but never said so.

Moreover, the strength of mental power bears no relation to the type of ability; even a useless ability can still cultivate strong mental power, depending solely on the Special Ability user's talent and diligence.

The two hadn't yet had a chance to speak.

Then they heard Yu Yuan, who was behind Tang Jing pouring water to drink, suddenly shout: "What thing, so itchy."

Yu Yuan, whose back was to the three, didn't even have time to set down his cup before he reached back and began scratching; the itchy spot happened to be in a very embarrassing place, so he couldn't reach it whether reaching up or down.

This made Xiao Pangzi so anxious that he was scratching his ears and cheeks there, and water spilled all over the floor.

Chang Junyan hastily withdrew his ability, giving an embarrassed smile.

"What's going on?"

Yu Yuan, who was about to lie on the ground to rub, felt that numb itch suddenly disappear, looking bewildered.

"It's been too long since you showered; pay more attention to personal hygiene." Chen Mu went up and patted his shoulder.

"Ah." Yu Yuan blankly said: "Senior, how do you know I haven't showered for three days?"

Now it was Chen Mu's turn to be stunned; he had just said it offhand, who knew this guy was really that lazy—in this weather he sweats a lot every day, before there was no way, but now there are conditions, so why not shower?

However Yu Yuan quickly continued: "I don't need to use the toilet, nor do I sweat, so I don't feel uncomfortable; sometimes I'm just too lazy to shower."

"You're impressive."

Chen Mu gave him a thumbs up, then said: "But there's still dust outside, so hurry up and shower—look, you were just itching all over."

"Oh oh."

Xiao Pangzi had no idea at all that he had just been schemed against.

He couldn't stay too long in a crowd; he had already been preparing to leave.

Yu Yuan then left.

Tang Jing gave a meaningful smile: "Your ability has indeed improved a lot; can you now release it on others?"

Chang Junyan only felt a chill rush from his back to the top of his head; at this point he hated Chen Mu to death, also blamed himself—how did his head get hot, thinking of teasing Tang big fool, how will he get through the days ahead?

He hastily put on a placating smile: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Tang Jing, look, I originally just wanted Yu Yuan to try it out—just a bit rushed, didn't pay attention to direction, luckily you reacted quickly."

Chen Mu also chimed in: "Yeah, yeah."

Tang Jing, on the other hand, didn't dwell on this, but instead asked: "You started by standing in a horse stance and circulating energy—do you really have to do all these flashy preliminaries?"

Chang Junyan hastily said: "Not exactly; it's just that I got used to it at the start—doing this provides a psychological cue to raise the success rate."

"Change this habit." Tang Jing directly said: "Otherwise, when you later use it against enemies, will you also be standing there releasing power?"

"Oh oh."

"Also, practice to increase activation speed; at this level, taking you out won't be of much help." Obviously, Tang Jing had already anticipated that Chen Mu would think of taking Chang Junyan out.

"Okay okay."

"……"

Tang Jing then casually gave a few more pointers, with Chen Mu also frequently nodding like a sycophant, even putting on an appearance of earnestly thinking.

Soon.

Mealtime arrived.

Dong Junwei hung a large bell at her place in the cafeteria; Du Jia Jia, after finishing cooking, would vigorously shake the bell, making a ding-dong sound to remind everyone to eat.

Dinner must be eaten by everyone together; of course, those on duty are exempt, and someone will specially deliver it to them.

Tang Jing turned and walked toward the cafeteria.

Chen Mu and Chang Junyan exhaled in relief.

"That was close."

"It's all your fault for coming up with that bad idea."

"You also wanted to see Tang Jing embarrass herself, didn't you?"

"I don't want that anymore; being alive is great."

"……"

……

During the meal, Chang Junyan told everyone that his ability had made a breakthrough; everyone, while amazed, also subtly distanced themselves a bit from him.

Of course, afterwards everyone launched into discussion mode.

A new ability, or a new breakthrough in an ability, always brings a wave of heated discussion, with everyone helping to devise plans or proposing their own creative ideas for the ability user's reference.

Of course, some people will also take this opportunity to cause trouble, coming up with laughable bad ideas.

Such a scene left An Ruosuo somewhat surprised and also a bit bewildered.

Today Dong Junwei sat beside her, seeing she hadn't moved her chopsticks for a while, she asked: "What's wrong? Doesn't the food suit your taste?"

Although Du Jia Jia kept trying to come up with new variations, the ingredients were only those few kinds, so sooner or later they'd get tired of them; but An Ruosuo and Yang Li had only just arrived not long ago, so logically they shouldn't have gotten tired yet.

"No no." An Ruosuo hastily said: "When at Qingbei, given my status, I usually only get the chance to eat such cooked food after two weeks; how could it not suit my taste?"

"Then why aren't you eating?"

"I see everyone is together discussing their abilities?"

"Yes." Dong Junwei asked: "Doesn't Qingbei discuss this aspect?"

Maybe some people discuss it, but usually everyone tries to keep their abilities secret; only the Special Ability Research Group at Qingbei must be truthful, though that group has only four members and is rather mysterious.

Have they questioned you?

At that moment, everyone gradually grew quiet.

These past few days, listening to An Ruosuo talk about Qingbei's various strange tales has been rather interesting.

Asked, twice.

What did they say?

They won't say anything; they'll just assign us different work later based on their research results. An Ruosuo said.

They don't guide your training either?

No, I figure it out on my own.

"What's the point of their research?" Yu Yuan said angrily, Xiao Pangzi is only allowed to sit with everyone during dinner; normally he tries to stay away from others as much as possible.

"That's not entirely true either." Chen Mu said: "Qingbei has over a hundred ability users; with only four people, it's indeed impossible to cover everything, being able to assign detailed work according to ability is already not easy."

Dong Junwei said: "Actually, each person's ability can indeed be considered privacy; not wanting to tell others is understandable, we also don't force everyone to communicate, but I think communication is definitely beneficial."