Chapter 87: Reunion at the Chicken Shop

Xiao Ai got things done quickly and efficiently.

She managed to sort out all the law enforcement regulations for patrolling within two minutes and even created a delicate teenage-girl virtual avatar for herself.

I have to admit, this virtual avatar of hers has some charm.

With a sweet and attractive face and a enchantingly seductive figure, it’s a visual treat just to look at her.

If she were to use this avatar to perform as a livestreaming VTuber online, she would definitely be a big hit.

Upon seeing Xiao Ai’s virtual avatar for the first time, Li Jing even had the urge to have Xiao Ai start her own livestream to support him financially.

Wasn’t there a VTuber who gained immense popularity by livestreaming with an artificial intelligence before he travelled to this world?

However, Li Jing decided against it after giving it more thought.

After all, Xiao Ai’s existence is a bit sensitive.

Futhermore, she’s not just a simple piece of code or a program, but an artificial intelligence embedded in a specially designed phone from the Research Institute with extremely high requirements for its chipset and other hardware.

Li Jing had no idea about the ratings of the processor in the phone provided by Jiang Guanwen.

But to implant cutting-edge AI into it and allow it to exist independently, the hardware certainly couldn’t be subpar.

Artificial Intelligence, in the end, is realized by relying on the computer’s calculation abilities.

Simply implementing a code string that allows it to upload itself anywhere is nothing but nonsense.

Just by being able to collect vast amounts of online data in minutes to serve her own needs, the phone carrying Xiao Ai can already be considered a supercomputer.

Unless Li Jing has a supercomputer that is able to run Xiao Ai and has similar performance capabilities.

Otherwise, if Xiao Ai wanted to livestream, she would have to rely solely on the phone with the specially designed program installed.

Doing this would easily reveal her to the researchers at the Research Institute.

Xiao Ai, she really knows how to put on a show.

After creating her virtual avatar, she was hopping around on the phone screen like a little elf, changing into a maid outfit one moment, and then donning cat ears and motherly attire the next.

This, honestly, really affected Li Jing’s "study efficiency".

Helpless, he could only transfer the law enforcement regulations sorted out by Xiao Ai to his computer for studying.

...

At night, he couldn’t sleep.

In order to prepare for the patrol exam as early as possible, Li Jing worked hard studying all through the night.

This was a far greater effort than his last-minute cramming before university entrance exams.

The next morning.

Li Jing walked out of his room with a splitting headache.

He had a good memory.

But studying, it simply wasn’t an easy task.

Rote memorization wasn’t very meaningful.

The key was to remember useful information, to organize it and understand its essence.

What Li Jing was studying wasn’t any high-end knowledge.

But the complexities of the various law enforcement regulations for patrolling were a pain, and it was necessary to understand every detail.

After preparing two breakfasts in the kitchen, feeding Stinky Tofu, and changing his clothes, Li Jing headed straight out the door.

Today was the reopening of the Chicken Shop, and he remembered it.

He promised Liu Sisi he would be there during the day, so he can’t flake now.

To him now, staying awake all night wasn’t a big deal.

Doesn’t cultivators rely on their Spiritual Qi?

Given that he had work at the Agricultural Market and didn’t want to draw attention and that Liu Sisi’s shop wouldn’t open too early, Li Jing decided to walk instead of using Sky Control.

By the time it was past ten, he finally arrived at the Agricultural Market after much staggering.

The Agricultural Market, nearing noon, was bustling.

The chicken demon incident injuring people from over half a month ago didn’t seem to have much of an impact on the market.

As soon as he entered the market, Li Jing heard two aunties by the road discussing something about the Secret Realm.

Seems like the Patrol Bureau must have announced some information at a press conference this morning.

Ignoring the aunties’ gossip, Li Jing made his way deeper into the market until he found the Chicken Shop.

The Chicken Shop was already open.

The renovated storefront looked very trendy.

It looked like Liu Sisi had spent a lot on the storefront renovations.

As he entered the shop, the familiar scene greeted him.

There was Liu Sisi, lazily lying on the counter at the Chicken Shop.

Seeing this scene after being away for half a month, a smile crept onto the corners of Li Jing’s mouth.

Seeing him, Liu Sisi first perked up and then seeing the smile on his face, she got up with a smirk.

"There you are, freeloader."

Li Jing smiled wryly at her words.

Liu Sisi was trying a bit too hard to maintain this dynamic.

But speaking of freeloading, it piqued his interest.

He hadn’t had a good Spirit Chicken meal in over half a month.

Even though his cooking had recently improved, it could not be compared to the deliciousness of Spirit Chicken.

He glanced at the back door of the kitchen and smiled, making his way towards it.

"Sisi sis, it’s not early anymore, when will we eat?"

Liu Sisi was taken aback by this sudden statement, a smirk tugged at the corner of her mouth.

"Why are you always thinking about food? The shop just opened, we haven’t even sold a single chicken yet! Do you want to eat me into poverty?"

With that, her expression revealed her displeasure.

"Instead of worrying about lunch, shouldn’t you be more interested in the surprise I mentioned?"

"So your surprise is...?"

Playing along, Li Jing feigned curiosity as he glanced around to ensure that he would not be startled.

But how intelligent was Liu Sisi?

She immediately noticed that his curiosity was just to appease her.

Unhappy, she huffed and slapped her palm out sideways.

"Slap!"

An icicle slightly thicker than a strand of hair erupted from her palm, hitting right at the center of a target on the wall.

Ten points.

Li Jing blinked at the scene.

He did not recognize this magic skill.

However, it was undoubtedly a derivative of the water-based ice magic.

So...

Was the surprise Liu Sisi hinted at this?

"I mastered the strongest ice magic attack skill, the Xuanming Stab, of the Second Realm in just a few days. Isn’t this surprising?"

The voice of Liu Sisi filled with pride echoed.

"..."

Turning his head, Li Jing used his exceptional willpower to hold back his "That’s it?" He kept up the act and clapped his hands.

"Sisi sis, you’re amazing, a born prodigy."

Would Liu Sisi be so easily fooled?

Of course not.

Facing his clearly fake praise, she pouted.

"We’re ordering takeout for today’s meal, no Spirit Chicken."

!!!

Li Jing.

Before he had time to save his meal, Liu Sisi murmured.

"Isn’t this really impressive? Anyone else would have taken at least half a month to learn the Xuanming Stab, can’t you just sincerely compliment me?"

"Well..."

Li Jing was in a dilemma.

Indeed, the fact that Liu Sisi had learned an attack spell in just a few days was very impressive.

However, he wasn’t good at complimenting others.

What to do?

Li Jing, in a spur of the moment, thought of a question.

"Sisi sis, you’ve officially started learning magic skills, have you figured out your special physique?"

"Of course, without understanding my physique, how dare I casually learn magic skills?"

Liu Sisi grunted, very dissatisfied with Li Jing’s diversion of the topic.

However, she knew it was not realistic to expect Li Jing to say something substantial and comforting.

Disheartened, she leaned back onto the counter and said,

"My physique is a Cold Heart, naturally suitable for water and ice magic studies. Learning related magic skills would be easier for me, and the power of my magic would also be greater."

As she spoke, she waved her hand to dispel a thin layer of frost and sighed lightly.

"Under the influence of this physique, in addition to the Spiritual Qi I cultivated, a special Freezing Power assembles in my body. This power is very subtle and can’t be detected. Until I intentionally release it, it continually accumulates within me. The main reason I was stuck in the One Realm for so long and couldn’t make a breakthrough is because the accumulated Freezing Power was so strong that it was suppressing the Spiritual Qi within me. So even though I’m at the late stage of the One Realm, I’m equivalent to the middle stage because I can’t sense where the bottleneck is."

After listening to Liu Sisi’s explanation, Li Jing voiced his confusion.

"Sisi sis, you didn’t notice the suppression of your Spiritual Qi?"

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Sisi countered.

"When you were in the One Realm, could you tell how much Spiritual Qi was inside you?"

"..."

Li Jing was speechless.

Indeed, it seemed like he couldn’t tell.

He didn’t even realize when he had stepped into the Second Realm, let alone the well-known weak One Realm.

The power within his body was fully based on the strength displayed on the panel.

Not knowing what to say, the door to the Chicken Shop was suddenly pushed open from behind.

"I’ll have ten Spirit Chickens."