Chapter 77: Stealing My Girlfriend? (7 is more satisfying)

"Done."

"Mm."

"Why didn't you ask me what I took a picture of your back for?"

"I don't have as many questions as you."

"Why don't you?" Zhang Suannai was a bit puzzled, then immediately accused, "You lack curiosity! You human who lacks curiosity! Do you know that curiosity is a major driving force for human progress? You have no drive!"

"Say less."

"You..."

"Do you know anything about the Long Lake in the school?"

"You just told me to say less!"

"Never mind then."

"You already asked!!" Zhang Suannai was so annoyed; how could this person be so infuriating? Yet, given her personality, if she didn't answer, she would feel itchy inside, so she leaned closer to Ning Qing and threw back two questions, "What do you mean by 'know about'? Did you go to the lakeside today?"

"There are many fish in it."

"Yeah."

"Are they raised by the Biology Institute?"

"Yeah! And it's said that many are new breeds they've cultivated. The meat is so delicate and delicious, you rarely get to eat it outside!" Zhang Suannai said, "Every year at a set time, the school organizes a catch, pulling up tens of thousands of catties at once. For those few days, when you go to the cafeteria for meals, it's all fish, and they don't even charge for it."

"Oh."

"Why are you interested in this? What did you go to the edge of Long Lake to do?"

"Nothing."

It was just Chen Shu's task, after all.

"Ahhh, you're not saying it again! I answered you when you asked me just now!" Zhang Suannai pointed at Ning Qing, "This isn't fair!"

"Oh."

"You're so cold!"

"It's alright."

Ning Qing looked at Zhang Suannai again, then got up and returned to her room. She picked up her Mobile Phone and typed a message, wanting to tell Chen Shu that the fish in Long Lake were raised by the Biology Institute and that they were given to all the teachers and students in the school for free every year after the catch, but just as she placed her finger on the send button, she deleted it.

Better to tell him in person next time he comes and walks by the lake.

That might be a little better.

Maybe.

Chen Shu walked slowly back to Yujing Academy; there were many pretty young ladies on the road, which severely delayed his progress.

Truly annoying.

Dawdling back to the Dormitory, it was only one-thirty.

Jiang Lai said to him excitedly, "Brother Chen, I've finished engraving the Rune. I found three Engravers to engrave it separately. And on the way back, I also helped you register the Design Copyright for the Rune. Now, if anyone uses it for commercial purposes in the future, you can make them pay for it."

"You made it so troublesome."

Chen Shu really didn't care much about this. Besides, this Rune was too highly customized, so its corresponding versatility was quite weak. If someone else got it without modifying it, the performance would remain the same, but it would probably be very awkward to use.

He was more concerned about Jiang Lai's feedback after using it.

"Did you try it? Is it good?"

"It's too strong! Brother Chen! It's too amazing!"

"Don't get excited, basic operation, don't 6."

"Huh? What five, six..."

"Dialect, dialect..." Chen Shu waved his hands repeatedly, "Where did you engrave it?"

"On my back."

"That's good."

Chen Shu knew that many Martial Artists would choose to engrave Attack Runes on their backs and Defense Runes on their chests.

What Martial Artists value most is their offensive and defensive capabilities. Generally, the designed Rune Groups are more complex, and the chest and back have enough surface area to utilize. At the same time, because of design and certain characteristics, some Defense Runes have slow defensive capability extension, or the defensive effect is weaker the further away it is from the Rune Group, so many Martial Artists will engrave them on the front of their bodies to maximize defensive performance.

Meng Chunqiu stroked his hair and said, "What does it look like engraved? Is it good-looking? Show me and Brother Chen."

"Oh."

Jiang Lai was honest; he stripped as soon as he was told.

He threw his coat aside, wearing only a hoodie underneath. After taking it off, his strong and powerful upper body was revealed.

Jiang Lai turned around to show them his back.

A Moon Disk with a small piece missing, and in the gap, there was a Small Sun; overall, it looked close to a circle, with the center of the circle being the position of his shoulder blades.

Looking closely.

This pattern was composed of many dense, tiny dots; each tiny dot was an individual Rune, connected into a whole in a special, invisible way. Mixed in were about 5% Obfuscation Runes that were not connected to any other Runes and served no other purpose.

Because Chen Shu used a large number of Third-level Runes, the quantity of Runes was smaller, but each Rune was more complex, which also placed higher demands on the Engravers.

If they were all replaced with Second-level Runes, the number of Runes would have to be at least ten times more than it was now, and Jiang Lai's back might not be able to fit them.

You would have to find a very badass Engraver.

The current Runes only occupied about one-third of his back's surface area.

The traces of the special treatment performed when engraving the Runes on his skin had not yet faded, making his back look fake, like plastic; it was incredibly smooth, and no pores could be seen.

"How is it?"

Chen Shu raised an eyebrow at Meng Chunqiu: "Not ugly, right?"

"Emmm..."

Meng Chunqiu examined it for a while, pinching his chin: "It doesn't look ugly, but don't you think it looks a bit like the buttons on a flush toilet? Look, this big part is for flushing, and the small one is for urinating."

"……"

Chen Shu also fell into deep thought—

That was not what he had in mind when he designed it.

After pondering for a few seconds, he said: "Come to think of it, the switches on some fans seem to be like this too; one side is for on, the other for off."

"Unique, unique."

Meng Chunqiu used the word 'unique' twice to describe it, then flattered him: "Brother Chen's design is truly ingenious!"

"Sun..."

"?"

"The sun rises over the river flowers, redder than fire; in spring, the river water is as green as blue."

"Why did Brother Chen suddenly recite poetry? It's a bit awkward..." After saying this, Meng Chunqiu thought for a moment, "But this poem is actually quite good. I've savored it carefully, and it's as if the river landscape described in the poem has already appeared in my mind."

"Right..."

Chen Shu twitched the corner of his mouth.

Instead, Jiang Lai comforted him: "Brother Chen, I just like this kind of thing. I really don't like those flashy, fierce-looking things others have..."

"Wow!"

Meng Chunqiu was startled: "Brother Jiang actually used two idioms in a row; that's rare, truly rare."

Jiang Lai scratched his head.

Although he was studying at Yujing Academy, which was at least in the top five globally, he had actually been specially admitted by Yujing Academy only after he crushed all the students in the country on the Arena during the Martial Arts Tournament while at the Talent Academy. If not for that, even with the Double Screening System, he probably wouldn't have passed the first round.

Chen Shu and Meng Chunqiu were already aware of this.

That was why Chen Shu had always been puzzled—

Student IDs were arranged according to the order of admission, and admission was based on grades from high to low. Chen Shu's own student ID was number one, so it was easy to see that he, having achieved three perfect scores, was indeed the one with the highest score in the class during the second screening.

Jiang Lai was also a supreme genius purely in martial arts.

Then what was Brother Meng here for?

Was it just because he had Imperial Family blood?

Or was it because he was pretentious enough and flashy enough?

Or perhaps he was too weak, and they put him in this Dormitory to balance things out, so that other dormitories wouldn't find a weak point when conflicts arose?

"I'm off to class."

"I have class too."

"Me too, me too."

"Jiang Lai, you can take this chance to test the power of the Rune."

"I'd better go to the Arena to test it..."

"That works too."

About twenty minutes later, Chen Shu arrived at the classroom.

The whole afternoon was the Elementary Cultivation Course.

Halfway through the semester, people auditing the class were still coming in an endless stream, and everyone was listening with rapt attention, unwilling to miss a single detail.

The learning atmosphere was excellent.

Studying in such an environment was truly a pleasure; you would be immersed in it without realizing it, and your efficiency would be very high.

Teacher Fu Jia was also friendlier to students auditing the class than other teachers. While many other teachers also allowed auditing, only Teacher Fu Jia would take the initiative to ask students from other majors if they had any questions and patiently answer them. She would even let students from other majors hand in their assignments for her to grade if they had completed them. However, the downside was that as an auditor, you might be called upon to answer questions, and if you got them wrong, you would be roasted.

Perhaps infected by the atmosphere, Chen Shu was also very serious, and four hours passed without him noticing.

He ate dinner at the cafeteria.

Going to the second floor to stir-fry a small dish and buying a cup of milk tea was satisfying.

It was already dark when he returned to the Dormitory.

After taking a shower, the solidification of the Tracer Technique was still a tiny bit off, so Chen Shu simply returned to his room, focused his attention, and completed the final solidification.

With the design performance of this Tracer Technique, it would be a very effective lethal means at least until the High-Tier. It was just that at the Second or Third Tier, it was probably about the power of a single-soldier rocket, and by the Intermediate Stage, it would gradually upgrade to cannons, heavy artillery, or large rocket launchers; in short, just blast away.

After the solidification was complete, Chen Shu's confidence also grew.

Lan Country's military Spells and weapon equipment themselves followed a high-end route, with high requirements and high costs but good performance, while Yiguo was more balanced. To be honest, Lan Country's military Spells were actually more suitable for him; his Spirit Sea was much larger than other Cultivators of the same tier, and his level of Spell Principles was solid, so he didn't need to worry about not being able to learn them, nor did he need to consider running out of Spirit Power when confronting Cultivators of the same tier.

In this way, in a place like Yujing, even if he were attacked by a Fourth-tier Practitioner, Chen Shu would have nothing to fear, even if he couldn't win.

If he encountered a weaker one, he could even finish them off.

Only then did he remember that pretentious group member.

He hurriedly opened the Ancient Cultivation Group.

'Grandma Always Says' had said that the photo had already been sent to the group.

Grandma Always Says: 【Image】

Grandma Always Says: My girlfriend wouldn't let me take it, so I took it secretly. How is it? Great figure, right?

Nameless Person: Looks tall.

Grandma Always Says: Probably a bit taller than you.

Nameless Person: /smile

Grandma Always Says: Where is that silly group member who said I couldn't find a girlfriend and that the girlfriend I found was fake? Come out and see!

Grandma Always Says: Does she have a better figure than you?

Grandma Always Says: Look at these long legs! This hair down to the waist!

Grandma Always Says: @Qingcai Keke

Grandma Always Says: Do you have one?

Anonymous Person: Qingcai might be busy.

Grandma Always Says: Pfft! She must be too embarrassed to come out!

Anonymous Person: Don't say that.

Grandma Always Says:...

The message was already from an hour ago; usually, only the three of them talked in the group.

Chen Shu unhurriedly tapped to open the image.

Heh, this silly group member is really cautious—

It was taken from behind, revealing only a tiny bit of her side profile, but even that side profile was pixelated by her; she really didn't want the group members to see it at all!

But...

Chen Shu zoomed in to look carefully.

The long white down jacket, the light gray leggings, this pair of familiar, somewhat worn snow boots, this youthful and sweet outfit, this upright sitting posture, and that colorful ribbon used to tie her hair back casually.

Especially these familiar long legs...

And this long-haired white cat that is currently looking like an idiot...

"?"

Chen Shu felt terrible!

Isn't this my girlfriend who I haven't started dating yet? You're using my girlfriend's photo to pretend she's your girlfriend?

How impressive!

As for where the photo was obtained...

Chen Shu understood very quickly.

This Grandma Senior Brother is a woman.

There is no other possibility.

Not to mention how low the probability of other possibilities is, Chen Shu wouldn't even think in that direction—he is the same with Qingqing, both understanding and trusting her.

Even if he died, Qingqing would never fall in love with anyone else.

Just as Xiaoxiao said during the summer break:

Someone like Qingqing, if she hadn't met Chen Shu, she definitely wouldn't have fallen in love with anyone, and she wouldn't need to. Even for Chen Shu, if he hadn't known her when she was very young, Chen Shu wouldn't have been able to gain her love either.

Chen Shu temporarily suppressed the thought of going to ask Qingqing and figuring out the silly group member's true identity and detailed information, deciding to tease her first.

The harder he teases her now, the more interesting it will be when the time comes.