Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 83
[Chapter 83 I Can’t Let Go]
The encounter with Qin Wan was just accidental. After that incident, the two had no more interactions.
Xue Ning’er, on the other hand, would appear beside Lin Xiu, whether it was martial arts class or Lin Xiu reading in the library. Sometimes she would bring Lin Xiu some cakes and candied fruits, and sometimes she would pester him to ask questions. Fortunately, Lingyin was busy with his own practice during this period and had no time to take care of Lin Xiu, otherwise he would have been scolded again.
As the top genius of the academy, Lingyin was not that idle.
She had to practice strange arts, improve martial arts, and have some actual combat exercises, courses on the application of abilities, etc. The court and the academy spent a lot of resources on her. She had much more time to practice than Lin Xiu, and it was impossible for her to keep an eye on him all the time.
Xue Ning’er was different.
Her ability was at the Xuan level, and her talent for practice was very average. Considering the special nature of the flying ability that could be advanced, as well as the face of the Duke’s Mansion, she was allowed to enter the Xuanzi Academy reluctantly.
Xue Ning’er should not be very concerned about practice.
Otherwise, with the financial resources of the Duke’s Mansion, if she worked a little harder, she should have awakened four times and entered the upper realm of the Xuan level, instead of still hovering in the lower realm of the Xuan level. If Lin Xiu was given a little more time, his realm would be able to catch up with Xue Ning’er.
Of course, the same lower realm of the Xuan level is still very different. The difference between those who have just entered this realm and those who have reached the peak of this realm is several years of practice. During
this period, Lin Xiu and Xue Ning’er have always maintained a close and distant relationship.
Neither too close nor too distant.
Because he has not saved enough money yet, his realm has not been able to break through, and his own ability limit has not increased. Even if he takes down Xue Ning’er, it will be useless, but will put him in a very embarrassing situation.
So, he can only drag it on like this.
But these days, whenever Lin Xiu appears in the Yishu Academy, Xue Ning’er will come to him, and stay by his side for a long time, obviously charging at him and wanting to take him down in one fell swoop.
In order to prevent Xue Ning’er from disrupting his rhythm, Lin Xiu simply stopped going to the Yishu Academy.
But this is not a long-term solution. After all, he still has to attend martial arts class. When he was scheming Yang Xuan, he had been absent several times. If he missed a few more classes, according to the school rules, this course would be judged as unqualified and he would have to retake it next year.
There is a martial arts class today. Lin Xiu had asked for leave twice in a row because he was avoiding Xue Ning’er. He could not be absent without reason again.
Sure enough, as soon as Xue Ning’er arrived at the school, she walked quickly to Lin Xiu and asked, “Why didn’t you come to class these two times?”
Lin Xiu smiled and explained, “Something happened at home a few days ago.”
Xue Ning’er did not ask in detail, but happily shared with Lin Xiu some of the things she had seen and heard in the past few days, and from time to time had some not-too-intimate physical contact with Lin Xiu, and her words revealed her affection for Lin Xiu without concealing it.
This made Lin Xiu realize that Xue Ning’er might not be able to resist closing the net after fishing for so long.
Her original purpose was to get Lin Xiu in, make him like her, and then abandon him. In this way, Zhao Lingjun would become a joke. Although Lin Xiu would also be laughed at, he was just a small figure who was insignificant. People’s focus was still on Zhao Lingjun. As
expected by Lin Xiu, after the martial arts class, Xue Ning’er limped to Lin Xiu and said, “Lin Xiu, I accidentally sprained my ankle during training just now. Can you carry me out of the palace? My carriage is outside the palace…”
Lin Xiu regretted it very much at this moment.
Why was he in a hurry to copy Liu Qingfeng’s ability? Now a great opportunity was in front of him, but he was useless!
At this stage, the number of abilities he could copy has reached the upper limit. Not to mention carrying Xue Ning’er on his back, even if he was in close contact with her, it would be useless. Everything had to wait for him to break through again…
Lin Xiu looked at Xue Ning’er and said in embarrassment: “Miss Ning’er, men and women should not be intimate with each other. What about those female classmates?”
Xue Ning’er sighed: “They have been training for so long and have no strength left. They can’t walk even if they are supported by me…”
This is not that Xue Ning’er deliberately made excuses, but the martial arts class is really tiring. Every time in class, under the arrangement of the instructor, the students will be squeezed dry of all their strength in order to break through their physical limits. Not to mention the girls, even these male students have floating feet when they walk.
Lin Xiu asked again, “Where is your instructor?”
Xue Ning’er said helplessly, “I wanted to ask the instructor for help, but she has left.”
Before his ability was improved, there was no need to have physical contact with Xue Ning’er. Lin Xiu said, “But Miss Ning’er, isn’t your ability to fly? Can’t you fly out by yourself?”
“I used up all my energy when I was practicing yesterday, and I haven’t recovered yet, so I can’t use my ability.” Xue Ning’er looked unhappy and said, “You said you are a good friend, but you are not willing to help me with this little bit. Forget it, I will walk slowly by myself and I can reach the palace gate in an hour…”
Lin Xiu sighed, squatted down, and said, “Come up.”
Knowing that Xue Ning’er was seducing him, Lin Xiu had no choice but to take the bait.
Xue Ning’er had already charged at him. If Lin Xiu rejected her this time, he might never have such an opportunity again.
Only by letting her see hope first would she continue with the next plan.
“That’s more like it…”
Xue Ning’er smiled again and lay on Lin Xiu’s back. In fact, she really sprained her ankle accidentally, but what she said about not having any energy in her body was a lie, just to let Lin Xiu carry her.
Appropriate physical contact is an important step to make this man fall.
However, after really lying on Lin Xiu’s back, Xue Ning’er felt a little regretful.
It turned out that this was how it felt to have physical contact with a man. The body with a strong masculine aura under her made her heart pound, and the blush on her face quickly spread to her neck, and her body became soft and weak.
Xue Ning’er regretted it.
This was the first time she had such close contact with a man. She had never thought that being carried on Lin Xiu’s back would feel like this. Her face was burning hot, and her body had also undergone some changes, which made her understand that she couldn’t go on like this!
Lin Xiu carried Xue Ning’er on his back, and before he had walked a few steps, he suddenly felt a lightness on his back.
He turned his head and saw Xue Ning’er floating in the air, her face as red as a ripe peach.
She didn’t dare to look at Lin Xiu, and said, “I, I feel that my energy has recovered a little. I, I’ll go back first…”
After that, she drew a graceful arc in the sky and disappeared in front of Lin Xiu.
Lin Xiu was envious. It was so fun to fly around. He must get her ability, and this day is not far away.
Xue Ning’er’s step-by-step pressure forced Lin Xiu to plan ahead.
I had thought that I could save enough silver and then break through to the Xuan level in one fell swoop, but now it seems too late.
After Xue Ning’er left, Lin Xiu walked out of the Yishu Academy quickly, caught up with a figure, and asked, “Brother Li, do you have any extra silver?”
Li Baizhang asked in confusion, “Are you still short of silver?”
He knew very well that in just two months, the silver Lin Xiu earned from the wine shop exceeded 50,000 taels, and he should not be short of silver.
Lin Xiu nodded and said, “I have a use for it. I don’t have enough silver on me, so I want to borrow some from you first. When the time comes, you can directly deduct it from the income of my wine shop.”
Li Baizhang didn’t ask much, and said, “Counting my own savings before, I still have about 50,000 taels here. Is it enough?”
Li Baizhang generously lent all the silver notes on his body to Lin Xiu, and Lin Xiu didn’t hesitate to be polite with him. The wine shop’s business was booming, and he could afford the money. Li Baizhang also knew that he could afford it.
…
Wangdu.
Treasure Pavilion.
A man walked into the shop, took out a silver note with a face value of 100 taels, and said to the shop assistant: “I want a second-level alien beast crystal.”
More than a month ago, his internal energy stopped growing, which means that his ability has reached a bottleneck. A higher-level alien beast crystal can increase his chances of awakening, but it is expensive. This 100 taels is almost all his savings.
The clerk shook his head helplessly at the man and said: “Sorry, sir, the crystal you want is not available in our shop.”
The man was stunned for a moment and said again: “You may have heard it wrong. I want a second-level alien beast crystal, not a fourth-level one.”
Crystals above the fourth level are very precious, and they are often out of stock. It is normal that they are not available. But how can a store that specializes in selling crystals not have second-level alien beast crystals?
The clerk explained: “I didn’t hear it wrong. To be honest, just now, a customer bought all the second-level alien beast crystals in the store. Do you want to go to other stores?”
The man could only leave the Treasure Pavilion and go to other stores.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart. A second-level exotic beast crystal cost one hundred taels. For someone like him, buying one would cost all his wealth. Others bought hundreds of them at a time. There were really many rich people in Wangdu. He could only go to one more store.
However, a quarter of an hour later, he got the same answer from another store.
All the second-level exotic beast crystals in this store were also bought.
Then the third, the fourth…
He spent a whole day, running to eight shops, but none of them had the second-level exotic beast crystals. All the second-level exotic beast crystals were bought…
After walking out of the last shop, he held the 100 taels of silver notes that he had not spent, and was speechless for a long time. He
didn’t even have the crystals for the second-level exotic beasts, and he still opened a fart shop!
Lin Mansion.
Lin Xiu walked out of the room, crossed his fingers, and stretched his body.
At this time, there was no one in the courtyard. Lin Xiu walked to the place where Sun Dali usually honed his strength, grasped a stone lock, and exerted a little force. The stone lock was lifted a little. Lin Xiu did not continue, but let go of his hand and put it down quietly.
Sun Dali needed to use all his strength to lift this stone lock, but now Lin Xiu only needed one hand.
Yes, he succeeded in krypton gold.
Although this spent all his savings and owed Li Baizhang 50,000 taels of silver, compared with the breakthrough in strength, these were nothing.
It took less than four months from the first awakening to the third awakening.
Although this was earned through hard krypton gold, the strength gained from krypton gold also belongs to him, and he has several abilities. After entering the Xuan level, his strength is incomparable.
If the assassin of that day reappears, even if it is a head-on fight, Lin Xiu has the confidence to kill this person.
Moreover, after awakening again, his various abilities have also undergone new transformations.
Needless to say, ice and thunder have a wider range of abilities, stronger power, and a surge in strength. The combination of power and thunder is actually Lin Xiu’s biggest trump card.
With his current Yuanli, the thunder released is not very powerful, but it can cause a moment of paralysis.
The fight between life and death can determine the winner in an instant.
When the body is paralyzed and unable to fight back, no one below the Earth-level warrior can withstand his punch.
At the same time, the abilities that are enhanced include treatment and vision, but these two abilities are originally Xuan-level. Lin Xiu knows very well what changes will happen after they break through. However, the disguise and animal language gave Lin Xiu a big surprise.
The ability of disguise was originally Huang-level. No one knew what would happen after it awakened three times. Now Lin Xiu knows.
Although he could change his face before, he could not change his voice or body shape. Now, the powerful Yuanli in his body can support him to control more muscles in his body, partially change his body shape, and change his voice.
Lin Xiu had a hunch that this ability was greatly underestimated.
As his Yuanli continued to grow, his control over his body should become stronger and stronger, until he could change his height, body shape, and even…
Rather than calling this ability “disguise”, it is better to call it “change”.
Disguise is just the primary manifestation of change.
As for the evolved animal language, it surprised Lin Xiu even more.
Lin Xiu turned his head and looked in the direction of the courtyard wall.
A dozen sparrows stood in a row on the courtyard wall, chirping something. At a certain moment, they suddenly flapped their wings and flew up, circling in the sky, sometimes forming a human shape, and sometimes forming a straight line. After a while,
they fell back to the courtyard wall and began to chirp again, as if nothing had happened just now.
Lin Xiu just found out that the so-called “animal language” is not animal language at all. Being able to understand animals’ speech is only the most basic manifestation of this ability. After awakening three times, this ability will transform into “beast control”.
He can actively control some low-level animals and let them complete some things according to Lin Xiu’s wishes, such as letting these sparrows fly according to his predetermined trajectory and letting Da Huang do somersaults on the spot.
Before the awakening of the ability, Lin Xiu could also do this, but at that time, the way he adopted was communication.
If the animals were unwilling, he would have no way.
But now, he is directly commanding, and the strange thing is that these animals will execute his orders without hesitation, as if something is controlling their consciousness.
How can this be the power that a yellow-level ability should have?
Inspired by animal language and disguise, Lin Xiu gradually realized that perhaps some other low-level abilities were also ignored for the same reason.
It’s not that they are useless, but that the role of these abilities cannot be fully developed by anyone.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that he got the spatial ability from Wang Wei.
After the third awakening, the size of the portable space has expanded more than ten times, and there is a new change. Lin Xiu could not send living things into the space before, but now he can.
However, there is a big difference between storing living things and storing dead things.
In principle, as long as the dead things that can be accommodated in the space can be stored, but living things are different. Lin Xiu tried to put ants, beetles and the like in, and found that they died soon.
Later, he realized that there was no air in the space, so he transported some air in again. This time, the beetle stayed in it for a long time. After an hour, Lin Xiu took it out and it was still crawling happily on the ground.
It seems that as long as air, food and water are continuously input, living things can survive in that space.
However, Lin Xiu can only use ants and beetles for experiments. Living things with a slightly larger size, such as sparrows, cannot be stored in the space no matter how hard he tries. But it can be foreseen that as long as the ability continues to awaken, sooner or later, it will not be difficult to use this ability to hide people.
For Xue Ning’er, Lin Xiu owed a foreign debt of 50,000 taels before he could kryptonize his strength.
He couldn’t wait to see her.
Of course, to be on the safe side, Lin Xiu first came to Lihua Garden to verify with Caiyi whether his ability limit had been improved.
Since she got the method of practicing the strange art, Caiyi practiced every day, and her voice became more beautiful, which made the business of Lihua Garden much better than before. Most people came for her.
She still sang on the stage as before, but no longer sang solo for the guests. Of course, Lin Xiu was not among them.
He touched Caiyi’s soft and boneless little hand briefly under the pretext of reading his palm, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, every time his ability broke through, the upper limit of his ability that could be copied would also increase.
Caiyi sat opposite Lin Xiu and let him hold her hand. She blinked and asked, “Sir, have you seen anything?”
Lin Xiu nodded and said, “Judging from her palm, Miss Caiyi will be rich and powerful in the future, and will meet a wonderful marriage…”
Caiyi couldn’t help laughing and said, “Then I’ll take advantage of your good wishes…”
There was a martial arts class today, so Lin Xiu didn’t stay in Lihua Garden for long. He left and came to the training ground of the Yishu Academy.
What surprised Lin Xiu was that a few days ago, Xue Ning’er was so impatient that she wanted to eat her. But after not seeing her for a few days, she became shy again, twisting her body and avoiding Lin Xiu.
What kind of routine is this?
Xue Ning’er did not take the initiative to find Lin Xiu today, but was with her female classmates.
Someone couldn’t help but ask, “Ning’er, how are you and Lin Xiu? Did you get him?”
Xue Ning’er waved her hand and said, “Oh, don’t ask, let me be alone.”
She secretly turned her head to look at Lin Xiu, then lowered her head and fell into endless entanglement and confusion.
At first, she approached Lin Xiu to make Zhao Lingjun embarrassed.
But now, she is really shaken.
Lin Xiu is very good. He is handsome, attractive, sweet and talkative. Most importantly, he has something special that all those who pursue her do not have.
Xue Ning’er couldn’t say what that thing was. It was when Lin Xiu gave her that fireworks that she realized that Lin Xiu was different from those people.
She likes this difference very much.
Xue Ning’er would be very happy if she could make Zhao Lingjun look bad.
But if the price was to hurt Lin Xiu…, she was reluctant to do it.
The city is closed, I’m going to…
(End of this chapter)
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