On the way back to the base, Meng Chao and Lin Chuan talked about many things. They talked about the unique teachers in elementary school and the boys' secret base behind the teaching building. There was a gorilla-like graffiti there, and Lin Chuan had personally drawn it. It was the fierce-looking Principal Li.
This discovery made Meng Chao squeal and tell Lin Chuan that the graffiti had caused him a lot of trouble.
When he first discovered the graffiti in the secret base, he thought that it was very similar to Principal Li's, so he added an arrow to the side and wrote Principal Li's name. He did not expect that he would be caught by the teacher and insisted that he was the one who drew the graffiti, causing him to write a five-thousand-word self-reflection essay. He reflected on it in front of all the students during the morning meeting on Monday, and when he went home, he was beaten up by his father.
Lin Chuan laughed like a pig again.
The pig's laughter charmed the Medical University girls once more.
They talked about the grocery store and snack stalls at the entrance of the elementary school. They talked about the very popular Battle God Lei Zongchao and the painted models of all sorts of superbeasts. They also talked about a street delicacy — fried lizard skewers. It was made by cutting open a lizard's stomach, and after its organs were cleaned, minced earthworm meat was stuffed inside. Then, it was fried in oil. The key was that a small amount of Demonic Halberd Pig's fat had to be added into the vegetable oil. When it was fried, the fragrance was like a fist, and it was so strong that people could not stand still.
"Do you remember Grandpa Wang? The fried lizard skewers he made were the most fragrant. When he started working at three or four in the afternoon, the children who were not out of school would not have the mood to train. I heard that he had a secret technique that allowed him to find the freshest, sweetest, and fattest earthworms. In any case, he was different from the others," Meng Chao said while gulping.
"How could I not remember? When I was in elementary school, I liked it the most," Lin Chuan said.
"Now that I think about it, it's really unhygienic, but it's really delicious. I'm not afraid that you'll laugh at me, but when I was in the depths of the wild, there were a few times when I was in desperate situations. The only thought that popped up in my mind was that I couldn't die. I had to go back to the entrance of the elementary school and eat a fried lizard skewer made by Grandpa Wang!"
"Is that so?"
Meng Chao's eyes lit up. "Big Brother Lin, next time, if you have the chance to go back to my hometown, I'll definitely treat you to a meal. Grandpa Wang is old now, and his health isn't too good. Every day, he only sets up his stall for two hours after elementary school ends, but I have his contact number. If he knows that you're going, he'll definitely prepare a luxurious meal for you!"
"What chance? I'm still living in Joyous Heavenly Garden. If we have time, we can go look for Geezer Wang together. We can also go back to the elementary school to visit our homeroom teacher and language teacher. I wonder if Headmaster Li has retired. If I meet him, I'll definitely confess — I was the one who drew that graffiti, but your 5,000-word self-reflection wasn't written for nothing.
Lin Chuan laughed heartily.
Meng Chao smiled as well, but he was a little surprised. "You're still staying in Joyous Heavenly Garden?"
With Lin Chuan's realm as one of the youngest Heaven Realm superhumans in Dragon City and his status as an internet celebrity, even if he was not a veteran like Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu, he could still live in a top-class mansion in Dragon City No.1. It should not have been a problem for him to get a huge apartment that was more than 160 square meters in one of the new development areas. It was a high-end house with a culture of mansions, so why was he still living in a public renting house?
"Someone told me to move out a long time ago and look for a better and bigger place. It'll be more convenient for me to socialize and work there, but I'm a nostalgic person. I'm used to the lively atmosphere in the public renting houses and the neighbors I've seen since I was young."
Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Besides, I'm thinking that the Monster War is still going on right now. There might come a day when more and more powerful monsters will rush into Dragon City and slaughter their way into Blessed Heavenly Garden and Joyous Heavenly Garden.
"Those mansions, high-end houses, and apartments for geniuses are all equipped with defense systems. They have their own main battle tanks and veteran fighters, so they naturally don't have to worry about monster invasions.
"But it's not easy for a few powerful fighters to appear in public renting houses like ours. If we become rich and move away in a hurry, we'll only be left with the old, weak, sick, and disabled. If monsters really invade our homes, who will protect them?"
His words made Meng Chao feel respect for him.
He also felt that they understood each other and that great minds thought alike.
Of course, the current him was still too far away from Lin Chuan. He had to continue working hard to catch up to his idol!
"It's a pity that I spend most of my time in the wild. Even if I return to Dragon City, I'm either recuperating in the hospital or training in the Supernatural Tower. I rarely go home. Now that you mentioned it, if I have the chance, I should go back and see the people of the past," Lin Chuan said with a smile.
The two of them chatted all the way and discovered a lot of similarities. When they returned to the base, their relationship was so strong that they wanted to kowtow to each other and become sworn brothers on the spot.
Griffin Li Yingzi was waiting for them at the entrance of the base with a dark expression on her face.
The moment they met, she scolded Meng Chao fiercely. She said that he had been becoming bolder and bolder lately. He had no sense of organization or discipline and often ran around with the excuse that the visibility in the fog was not good and communication was not smooth. He would go wherever there was danger. Today, he was even bewitched and dared to provoke the Blood Flowers' infested Will o 'the Wisp Dragon.
During the final moment, if Lin Chuan had not arrived in time and something had happened to him, how was she supposed to explain things to his tutor?
She scolded him for a total of three minutes, and Meng Chao was about to sink into the ground. Suddenly, she changed the topic and focused her anger on Lin Chuan. She said that he had been heavily injured in Graveyard Forest and came back to Shattered Starlake to recuperate. So why was he unable to control his legs after staying in the battlefield hospital for just one day and running around? Did he really think that he could do whatever he wanted just because there were no Hell Beasts in Shattered Starlake?
Lin Chuan's personal tutor in university was Li Yingzi.
Their teacher-student relationship was even closer than other people's.
When Li Yingzi started scolding him, she became even more fearless. She did not show any respect to the internet celebrity.
Meng Chao gradually understood Lin Chuan's situation as he listened to the furious rebukes. During a hunting mission in the depths of Graveyard Forest, Lin Chuan had killed three Grade Five Hell Beasts known as Multi-headed Fire Lizards on his own and saved two of his comrades. His organs had been invaded by flame poison, and right now, he was still suffering from the pain of being burned.
"Big Brother Lin, you …"
Meng Chao did not expect that Lin Chuan, who had just won against the blood-red rat horde in a relaxed manner and had been chatting with him cheerfully, would be suffering from flame poison and in great pain.
What sort of terrifying willpower was that?!
A thought popped up in his head. Meng Chao seized the chance when Li Yingzi stopped to rest after scolding him for a total of five minutes. "Big Brother Lin, did you know? Multi-headed Fire Lizards are Hell Beasts with great lust. Sometimes, when they can't find a mate, they vent their lust on normal lizards-type or snake-type monsters. They leave behind holes that look like honeycombs on the pitiful monsters' bodies.
"So, if we occasionally run into crawling-type monsters with honeycomb-shaped holes on their carcasses in the wild, there's a high possibility that there are Multi-headed Fire Lizards nearby, so we have to be on guard."
"…"
Lin Chuan and Li Yingzi looked at each other at a loss. They did not understand why Chu Ge was talking about such … strange trivia.
Kindling shone at the top of Meng Chao's field of vision, and two rows of words appeared.
[Elite citizen Li Yingzi has been enlightened by you. Her knowledge of survival in the wild has increased. Increased contribution points by 1.
[Quasi-hero citizen Lin Chuan has been enlightened by you. His knowledge of survival in the wild has increased. Increased contribution points by 3.]
'I knew it, he's a quasi hero citizen!'
Meng Chao's heart raced.
He just knew that Weeping Reaper Lin Chuan was not an ordinary person. After Principal Sun and Ning Shewo, another quasi hero citizen had appeared.
He did not have a lot of information about Lin Chuan in his previous life. Meng Chao felt that with his fighting style of risking his life, he might have died in the battle.
In this life, Meng Chao swore that he would definitely change his idol's fate so that he could get through the battle safely and continue shining brightly on the path of Dragon City's rise to power.
"Big Brother Lin, if your organs are injured, if you have the chance, you can try the Ultimate Style's cultivation method."
When he thought of this, Meng Chao boasted. "The Ultimate Style mainly cultivates the 1,024 branch meridians. We can use a quiet method to nourish your organs, get rid of the heat, and promote the healing of hidden injuries. The effects are really good."
"Sure!"
He thought that Lin Chuan would be hesitant in the face of a brand new cultivation method.
He did not expect that he would agree to it right away. He was even willing to join Project 1024 to further explore how the Ultimate Style could create a brand new cultivation system for Heaven Realm superhumans.
If he was certain that it was effective, he was willing to use his status as an internet celebrity to promote the Ultimate Style through livestreams, his circle of friends, and social media platforms.
"Big Brother Lin, you're too loyal!"
Meng Chao was delighted.
"You and I were taught by the same homeroom teacher in elementary school. If I don't help you, who else should I help? Besides, your tutor, Gu Jianbo, isn't an outsider. He often treated me to drinks and meals in the past. When I was at my most difficult, he often helped me. A drop of kindness is repaid with a gushing spring. I know this simple logic, "Lin Chuan said with a grin.
"Huh?"
Meng Chao was puzzled. "Why did Mr. Gu treat you to a meal?"
Lin Chuan coughed dryly and pulled Meng Chao to the side.
He whispered, "At that time, Griffin Li Yingzi had just started her career. She was still a nameless rookie in the teaching field, so no one was willing to choose her as their personal tutor. I was ranked at the bottom of the martial arts course's entrance test, so I obeyed the adjustment and became her disciple.
"Then, didn't your Gu Jianbo laoshi and our Li Yingzi laoshi … have an unusual relationship? The two of them seemed to have had some sort of conflict, and Li Yingzi laoshi didn't like to bother with Gu Jianbo laoshi. Coincidentally, I was the only male disciple of Li Yingzi that year, so Gu Jianbo laoshi often treated me to meals and asked about Li Yingzi's news.
"By the way, how's Ms. Li's relationship with Mr. Gu now? Have they reconciled?"
"Yeah …"
Meng Chao thought about it and whispered, "I can't say. In any case, they always fight in the middle of the night in school."
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