Chapter 51: Special Physique

Dusk.

With his spirit revived, Li Jing left the villa, took out his identification from his storage space, tucked it into his pocket, and took to the sky.

The Patrol Group of the Assistant Inspector Department had sky-control authority and could fly within the city.

However, the prerequisite was to have the identification on one’s person and to keep it close at hand.

These rules applied to both on-duty investigators.

Any non-emergency sky-control within the city was strictly forbidden.

Although the interpretation of this rule might vary from individual to individual, it wasn’t simply based on voluntary compliance.

How many people could really act out of their own volition?

What really enforces this rule and ensures that the general public adheres to it was the pervasive high-precision surveillance cameras in the city.

These cameras themselves had recognition capabilities.

Only those verified by the recognition system would not be captured by the cameras.

It was very hard to evade their surveillance.

Flying in the sky and walking on the ground were two different concepts.

On the ground, it was easy to find a blind spot for the surveillance cameras, but in the sky, there were hardly any blind spots.

In order to pass the monitoring identification, one needs to rely on the chips hidden in the relevant identification documents.

These identification chips were unique and could neither be counterfeited nor reproduced, each with detailed information recorded.

Apart from the patrol department and a very few special cases, nobody else was authorized to possess them.

Setting aside these additional issues.

Li Jing flew and soon arrived at the community where Liu Sisi’s home was located.

He went straight to her front door and rang the doorbell.

"Ding dong."

The door opened at the speed of light as soon as the doorbell rang.

Dont know what kind of joyous event Liu Sisi had experienced, she emerged with a radiant glow.

"I’ve been waiting for you for so long. The afternoon passed so slowly that it was driving me crazy."

As they joked around, she asked,

"What are we going to eat tonight?"

"How about hot pot? Let’s go to the store we went to last time."

Li Jing said with a slight smile.

He didn’t mind what they would eat.

Since Liu Sisi had no suggestions, they might as well go to Ji Qing’s restaurant.

Why let others profit from their money?

If they had to spend money on a meal anyway, they definitely preferred to support a friend’s business.

When Liu Sisi heard Li Jing’s suggestion to go to the hot pot restaurant they went to last time, she subconsciously nodded. However, her brow furrowed.

"I have no objection to hot pot, but why go to the same restaurant as last time? Are you still thinking about the owner’s wife?"

"..."

LiJing was struck speechless, knowing that Liu Sisi had started to play her tricks again.

He chuckled and shook his head, choosing not to respond.

Without Li Jing’s engage, Liu Sisi soon lost her target for teasing.

She loved fooling around, but there should be someone indulging her, right?

Feeling unsatisfied, Liu Sisi gave a little huff.

"Wait for me, I’ll grab my bag."

....

Ten minutes later, the two arrived at Ji Qing’s hot pot restaurant.

Guided by the shop clerk, they found a quiet spot and sat down. Li Jing instinctively took out his phone, scanned the order code, and handed it to Liu Sisi. As he glanced at her radiant look, he asked out of curiosity,

"Sisi, you seem to be in a good mood. Have you encountered something nice these past days?"

"I did encounter something nice. That also why I asked you to meet me; I wanted to share this good news."

Liu Sisi took the phone and said, giving a mysterious smile.

"I’ll keep you guessing about what it is. Can you guess what good news I have?"

At her words, Li Jing frowned.

He had noticed that Liu Sisi seemed somewhat refreshed when he saw her at her apartment earlier. She was noticeably different from her normal self.

If Liu Sisi wanted him to guess, what could he deduce?

Not to mention that the mind of a woman was as deep as a needle at the bottom of the sea.

Liu Sisi, who was good at jumping from one topic to another, has a rather peculiar way of thinking. How could he understand her?

Seeing Sisi in good spirits, Li Jing decided to play along, tentatively responded,

"You... made a huge profit recently?"

"I’ve been laying around at home these days, how could I make a huge profit?"

Liu Sisi rolled her eyes at him, sneering,

"Do I seem that cheap to you, that I would be so happy because of some money?"

"Ahem!"

Li Jing coughed.

He couldn’t say for sure whether Liu Sisi was cheap or not. At least, he was quite cheap himself.

He would certainly become very happy over some extra money.

Despite feeling a bit embarrassed, Li Jing gave it another shot,

"Did you get a boyfriend?"

A hint of a smirk appeared on the corners of Liu Sisi’s mouth.

"Do I look like someone who lacks a man?"

"Not really, but you don’t have a boyfriend."

Li Jing answered earnestly.

"...."

Liu Sisi.

Looking at the facts, she couldn’t counter that.

She really didn’t have a boyfriend.

Not only that, she had never fallen in love in her life.

She gave Li Jing a sideways glare, grinding her teeth resentfully.

"Hitting below the belt, huh? I asked you to guess what good thing happened to me, not to stab me in the heart."

"Oh, come on. What’s so heart-stabbing about this? Sisi, if you want to find a suitor, aren’t they all over the place?"

Li Jing agreed with a smile.

"Go away, stop flattering me."

Liu Sisi, pretending to be angry, retorted.

"Looks like working for the Assistant Inspector Department has really toughened you up. In the past, you wouldn’t dare to make fun of me."

Li Jing just smiled at her words, not responding.

Back in the days, he was a nobody.

Now, he had gained quite a bit of strength and his financial status wasn’t too shabby either.

Being gainfully employed boosted his confidence.

But when it came to cracking jokes, it still depended on whom he was with.

Seeing Li Jing remain silent, Liu Sisi didn’t let the conversation linger and didn’t keep him guessing either. She leaned in, speaking in a hushed voice-

"I made a breakthrough."

Breakthrough?

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, looking at her in surprise.

"You mean, you’ve entered the Second Realm?"

"Mm-hmm."

Liu Sisi gave a sweet smile and said,

"I really don’t know how it happened. I woke up yesterday feeling my Spiritual Qi several times stronger than before. I thought I was suffering from Qi fever. But when I went to the hospital, they told me that I had entered the Second Realm and that I need some time to adjust."

"..."

Li Jing.

Liu Sisi’s revelation...

Is somewhat absurd.

Normally, breaking through a realm requires sensing a bottleneck during cultivation, and only by pushing past and breaking this bottleneck can one advance.

A majority of people in this world are stuck in the One Realm, unable to make further progress due to their limited talents.

Even those with enough talent to sense the bottleneck may remain in the One Realm for life due to various factors that prevent them from breaking it.

Has Liu Sisi cheated her way into it as he did?

Who on earth has ever slept their way into the Second Realm?

On reflection, Liu Sisi was already twenty-six.

Logically, if she was capable of breaking through a realm, she should have done it by now.

People in this world typically start their cultivation journey from a very young age. If they are talented enough, they generally break into the Second Realm before they turn twenty.

In some sense,

The Second Realm is merely the start of true cultivation, with relatively lower threshold.

As long as one is talented enough and has accumulated enough experience, breaking into the Second Realm isn’t overwhelmingly difficult.

Unless cases like the latter, one can sense the bottleneck but fails to break it due to some reason.

Liu Sisi was apparently not the done latter.

At least, as far as Li Jing knew, she had never sensed any form of bottleneck before.

Seeing the disbelief in Li Jing’s eyes, Liu Sisi spread her hands helplessly.

"Don’t look at me like that. I just told you, I don’t know what happened. But I did ask the doctor. He said I might have a special body constitution, which allowed me to breakthrough naturally later in life. As for precisely what type of special body constitution, that’s for me to discover."

Special body constitution?

Li Jing raised an eyebrow.

In this world, only 30% of people can continue their journey of cultivation far into the future.

And among this 30%, a lot are fortunate beings with unique body constitutions.

As for the diagnosis of special body constitutions, there isn’t a concrete diagnostic method yet.

Most people with unique body constitutions discover their uniqueness on their own.

Only people with very obvious physical characteristics of a unique constitution can be detected by others.

Usually, those with a unique constitution possess certain skills or abilities that ordinary people do not. These abilities might be burdens before they’re fully controlled, causing various impacts.

There have been cases where, due to the unique physique, the bottleneck couldn’t be sensed and they therefore were wrongly judged as not talented enough for the path of cultivation.

Wondering if Liu Sisi could be one of those with a special constitution, a late bloomer, Li Jing smiled.

"Congratulations."

"Tchk!"

Liu Sisi clicked her tongue in disapproval.

"Regardless of whether or not I have a special constitution, the fact that I successfully entered the Second Realm means my life is now on a different track. Your casual congratulations won’t do."

"What else do you want then?"

A bitter smile tugged at Li Jing’s lips.

"Forget it, forget it. I can’t count on you."

Liu Sisi waved it off aimlessly, handing him the phone after she’d placed the order.

"I can’t say for others, but I know you well enough. Expecting you to say sweet things is harder than reaching the sky."

With that, she batted her eyelashes twice.

"Oh, by the way, I have some news that might interest you."

?

Li Jing looked up.

"When I went to the hospital yesterday, the doctor casually mentioned during our chat that they’ve recently had a few patients coming in for physical checks to confirm their realm."

Liu Sisi started, sharing the information she had.

"Those patients were just ordinary people who had been stuck in One Realm like myself. Every single one of them, without exception, had moved on to the Second Realm. I suspect there’s something off about this. Those people didn’t come in because they were feeling unwell like me. They were very clear about their purpose there— to have a physical check and confirm their realm."