Chapter 382: High-Level Chen Shu

"Alright, alright, don't cry, don't cry, the ice cream is here, don't cry, don't cry..."

The young girl was flustered, clearly having no experience in coaxing a child, yet she maintained immense patience and tenderness as she handed the ice cream to her brother-in-law, then turned to look at Zhang Suannai beside her: "Why is he crying again?"

"I don't know."

Zhang Suannai crossed her arms, looking as if it had nothing to do with her: "He started crying the moment you walked away... maybe he can't bear to be apart from you?"

This second half of the sentence really struck a chord in the young girl's heart.

The three-year-old brother-in-law couldn't bear to be apart from her, just like she couldn't bear to be apart from her brother-in-law when she was three...

"It's probably that reason!"

The young girl said to Zhang Suannai with a serious face.

When she looked back at her brother-in-law, the confused brother-in-law had already taken the ice cream and started eating it, soon getting cream all over his face. Seeing this, the young girl didn't dare leave her brother-in-law with Zhang Suannai again to go back inside for tissues, so she had no choice but to reach out and carefully wipe the cream off his face with her palm.

Her brother-in-law used to treat her the same way when she was little.

The young girl thought this, and suddenly felt so happy.

"It won't get clean like that," Zhang Suannai said, holding up her Mobile Phone, "and the more you wipe, the messier it gets; even if you can't see it, his face will still be sticky."

"Then what should I do?"

"Use wet wipes."

"But..."

"It's fine, hurry up, while he's not paying attention."

"That works too!"

The young girl lowered her hand and said gently to her brother-in-law: "I'm going to get tissues to wipe your face, don't cry, don't run around, just stay here and eat your ice cream, and when you finish the ice cream, I'll take you over there to sit on the swing, okay?"

The big one and the small one looked at each other.

The young girl felt that her image was tall at this moment, taller than her brother-in-law, because she was the one taking care of him.

"Whoosh!"

The young girl instantly ran into the house.

"Tsk tsk."

Zhang Suannai shook her head in exclamation.

Because of this person, she had seen a tenderness on Qingqing's face she had never seen before, and a docility on Xiaoxiao's face she had never seen before; she hadn't expected that today, because of this same person, she would see tenderness on Xiaoxiao's face for the first time.

As Zhang Suannai thought this, she glanced at Chen Shu, knowing he was a fake child with a shelf life of only a few hours, so she quickly leaned in close to him and lowered her voice to say: "Your mom doesn't want you anymore; actually, we are all human traffickers."

"Plop!"

The ice cream fell to the ground.

"Whoosh!"

The young girl instantly came back out of the house with wet wipes in her hand, but she only saw her brother-in-law with empty hands and a pouting mouth:

"Waa..."

The crying was very loud.

"..."

The young girl was at a loss.

Zhang Suannai still had her arms crossed, looking innocent: "Don't ask me, I don't know either; he started crying again the moment you left."

"..."

The young girl hurriedly ran to her brother-in-law to try and coax him, but she saw that her brother-in-law seemed very afraid of her; he backed away two steps with his hands behind his back, and the closer she got to him, the harder he cried. This left her completely bewildered, and she could only look at Zhang Suannai again.

"Why are you looking at me? I've never raised a child, I've never learned how, and I'm never going to have children in this life." After Zhang Suannai finished speaking, her eyes rolled, "Maybe it's because you keep leaving and coming back, and it made him angry."

"Don't cry, don't cry, I won't leave ever again."

"Waa..."

"You want ice cream, right? I'll get you another one." The young girl said as she took her brother-in-law's hand and walked toward the house, "Come on, let's go inside and get some."

"Waa!!! I'm not going!"

"Why?"

"Waa!!"

"Tell me why."

"Waa!!"

"..."

There was absolutely no way to communicate.

In the time it took for the young girl to be stunned for a moment, she saw that her brother-in-law had already laid down on the ground and started rolling around.

"??"

What kind of maneuver was this?

The young girl didn't have time to think too much; she hurriedly picked up her brother-in-law, held him in her arms, patted his back while coaxing him, and used her other hand to take out her Mobile Phone to search online, following the instructions on it, and only after a great deal of effort did she finally manage to get him to settle down.

"I want that!"

"Alright, alright, alright..."

The young girl hurriedly took her brother-in-law to sit on the swing.

"Kitty!"

"Alright, alright, alright..."

The young girl hurriedly brought Taozi over.

"Mommy..."

"I'll take you home to find Mommy in a little while."

"Tangtang!"

"Good, good, good..."

The little girl took him into the house to eat candy.

During this process, the little girl could clearly feel her brother-in-law's trust in her strengthening, which made her feel very satisfied and happy. By comparison, Zhang Suannai, who had been following them the whole time, was just like a passerby; she imagined it would be the same when her sister returned, right?

Thinking this, the little girl became even happier.

"Play with mud!"

"Good, good, good..."

The little girl took him to the courtyard again.

However, it had been sunny in Yujing for so long, sunny to the point that red spiders had broken out, and the soil on the ground was all dry and loose; where was there any mud to play with?

Relying on her brother-in-law's constantly increasing trust in her, the little girl said to him earnestly: "You wait a moment, I'm going to turn on the water over there, right there, I won't run into the house, you can see me the whole time, okay?"

"..."

"Then I'm going, don't cry."

The little girl ran to the faucet and plugged in the hose her sister used to water the flowers.

Just then, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She turned her head and saw her brother-in-law with his back to her, facing the mud on the ground, seemingly... in the middle of the motion of taking off his pants?

Zhang Suannai was still standing behind her brother-in-law, recording the whole thing, and she faintly felt like she was saying something, but it couldn't be heard clearly.

Wind-Following Ear activated!

"Yes, yes, yes, that's right, just like that, take a leak, eh, then there's water! Then you can play with mud! No, no, no! That's not how you take them off, do you see those two little strings, grab one end of the string..."

"Brother-in-law!!"

The little girl ran over in an instant, stopped her brother-in-law's actions, and then turned her head, staring fixedly at Zhang Suannai.

Zhang Suannai's neck shrank instantly, and her breathing even stopped.

"What are you doing?"

"I..."

"What is your Mobile Phone doing?"

"I still have something to do, I'm leaving first."

Knowing she was in the wrong, Zhang Suannai didn't dare to meet her eyes; she leaped up, flew over the courtyard wall, and disappeared.

"!!"

The little girl clenched her fists, her teeth biting down hard.

At this moment, she heard her brother-in-law clapping and cheering:

"Flying! Flying!"

"Sigh..."

The little girl's expression softened, she sighed, walked back, picked up the hose from the ground, wetted the soil, and started playing with him.

Who told her to be the sister now.

"Call me Sister Xiaoxiao."

"Sister Xiaoxiao."

"!"

Her heart was instantly extremely satisfied.

When Ning Qing returned from class, the courtyard was a mess.

Many of her flowers had been picked, crushed into pieces, and trampled into the mud. The lawn was also covered in dirt; some were mud puddles, some were in clumps. The stone slabs were also made filthy. Two mud-covered people were lying on the ground, fast asleep.

"..."

Ning Qing took a deep breath, then let it out in a long exhale.

Finally, it only turned into a cold: "You two! Get up!"

"Swish!"

The little girl sat up; she was still relatively clean, with only her hands, arms, and shoes being dirtier, and a few mud spots on her face, while the brother-in-law next to her looked almost as if he had rolled in the mud, with not a single spot on him that was clean.

"What's wrong?"

"I told you to look after your brother-in-law, how did you look after him?"

"Keep your voice down, brother-in-law is asleep."

"?"

"We were so happy!" the little girl said with a face full of earnestness, "If it were you, brother-in-law would have cried himself to death long ago!"

"Clean this up for me yourself!"

"? I'm helping you look after your boyfriend, and you're still so fierce!"

"..."

Ning Qing ignored her and pointed a finger; Chen Shu on the ground was lifted by the air, rising continuously until he was level with the second-floor window, then the window of Ning Qing's bedroom opened with a clatter, and Chen Shu flew inside.

That afternoon.

Chen Shu woke up on the bed, feeling exceptionally comfortable.

Not only was he fully restored and filled with Spirit Power, but he was wearing only a pair of briefs, his body felt fragrant and smooth, in intimate contact with the bedding, and even the temperature inside the bedding was much higher, bringing a feeling of comfort and ease.

"Ah..."

Chen Shu stretched.

At this moment, his brain seemed to have just booted up, and the memories from before he lost consciousness slowly surfaced; the only thing he could remember was a sound that seemed like the clashing of gold and iron.

This proves that this promotion has been successful.

As for the memories afterward, there are none at all.

I don't know if I woke up early and entered a state of delirium...

I hope not.

Chen Shu lowered his head and sniffed his body.

It was full of the fresh scent of body wash.

It must be that Qingqing felt he had sweated too much during the promotion process, so she helped him take a bath.

Secretary Ning is so thoughtful.

Immediately, he began to perceive his own state.

The Seventh Stage is already a High-Tier, and the volume of the Spirit Sea is much larger than before, with a much greater increase than from the Fifth Stage to the Sixth Stage. What is even more obvious is the Spirit Power Quality; the Spirit Power Quality of the Seventh Stage seems to have undergone a qualitative change compared to the Sixth Stage, and the difference is very large.

The experience it brings is also worlds apart.

Take flying, for example—

After the Seventh Stage, Flying Spells operate normally, making the flight process exceptionally easy.

If he were to use Wind-Riding to travel at full speed now, his speed could reach at least seven or eight hundred kilometers per hour, with a range of at least over a thousand kilometers. In comparison, if he uses the Cloud Sky Technique for routine cruising flight, maintaining a speed of three or four hundred kilometers per hour, the difference is even greater, an improvement of nearly infinite times compared to before.

Why is that?

Because the Cloud Sky Technique itself is very energy-efficient; if he maintains a speed of three or four hundred kilometers per hour, he can fly at least over two thousand kilometers.

That is to say, he can fly for more than seven hours.

However, it only takes about that long for Chen Shu's Spirit Sea to recover completely from a depleted state, so the speed of consumption and recovery is almost equal. And the Spirit Sea can output Spirit Power while absorbing Spirit Power at the same time.

Which is roughly equivalent to being able to fly indefinitely.

At the same time, after the Seventh Stage, the body becomes spirit-natured, making the physique far stronger than before; coupled with the effect of the Beast Pill, Chen Shu's body at this time is truly able to rival a Seventh Stage beast or Martial Cultivator.

In addition—

Under the stimulation of the Seventh Stage Spirit Power, the Spirit Saint mark on his body has been activated.

To the naked eye, this mark seems unchanged, and only by looking closely can one see the subtle radiance upon it. But if one calms down and senses it carefully, one can feel that it is constantly absorbing the stray Spirit Power from his body and then exhaling it; when it exhales, it endows the Spirit Power with Divine Power.

It seems that during the cultivation process, one can also make use of it to achieve the effect of cultivating in a Forbidden Land.

Perhaps it can truly be called advancing by leaps and bounds.

Finally—

He can indeed change his height, weight, and build at will, but there are still constraints at the Seventh Stage; the total mass of the body cannot change. If he becomes taller, he will inevitably become thinner. If the muscle or fat in a certain part of the body increases, it must mean a corresponding reduction in other parts.

If one studies it carefully, one can even change one's appearance.

For a moment, the thought of "changing back to how I looked in my past life to see" arose in Chen Shu's heart, but he soon discovered with regret that he no longer remembered what he looked like in his past life. The only thing he had some impression of was his appearance on his ID card, because he had looked at it enough times to remember it. But the appearance on the ID card was not what he looked like normally either.

"Sigh..."

Chen Shu shook his head, feeling inexplicably sentimental.

He then walked out of the room.

Just then, the young girl was carrying a water cup out to get water, and as soon as she saw him, her eyes lit up:

"You're awake!"

"Awake."

Chen Shu smiled and greeted her: "No class this afternoon?"

"?"

The young girl froze for a moment, then lowered her head, peeked at him quietly, and whispered: "I just came back from class..."

"What's wrong? Why that expression?"

"No... nothing..."

"Is there a flower on my face?"

"No..."

"Then you..."

"Brother-in-law, I'm going down to get water!"

"Okay..."

For some reason, Chen Shu always felt that the expression with which the young girl looked at him was a bit strange.

A foreboding feeling arose—

What happened just now?