w.a.n.g Ling wasn"t surprised by w.a.n.g Ming"s visit this time. He guessed that the results of the s.p.a.ce a.s.sessment which they had performed on Daoist Guang"s tattered robe last week had come out. The robe had remnants of the Heaven-Cleaving sword"s chaotic sword qi on it from when Evil Sword G.o.d had pursued Daoist Guang back then, and w.a.n.g Ming had used this sword qi to find a trail back to the s.p.a.ce Evil Sword G.o.d had been in before.
Daoist Guang had previous speculated that the entrance to the legendary Immortal"s Treasure House was likely in a s.p.a.ce cavern that linked the human world and the demon world together. Daoist Guang called this s.p.a.ce the entrance to the Otherworld.
But this was just speculation. Furthermore, even if an entrance did exist, it didn"t necessarily lead to the Immortal"s Treasure House. Almightys at Venerated Immortal level set up worlds like they were playing a game, so it was possible that Immortal Zhenyuan had established many equally fake worlds to mask the real Immortal"s Treasure House, as if he was playing whack-a-mole...
The talisman seal was growing weaker and weaker, and the primordial qi inside w.a.n.g Ling"s body was starting to gradually adapt to the special substance inside the talisman. Furthermore, the primordial qi was starting to reinforce itself, forming something similar to an antibody.
Of course, w.a.n.g Ming had deduced that it would still be another five to seven years before the talisman"s effect wore off completely. That was to say, w.a.n.g Ling had to find a new way of either controlling his primordial qi himself or replacing the talisman seal before he went to university.
It might seem that he still had a lot of time, but whether it was five or seven years, this was just the blink of an eye for a lot of cultivators. For seclusion maniacs like Patriarch Reliance, the headmaster of that Reliance High School from the combined military drill for six schools, five years in seclusion was like going to the toilet.
w.a.n.g Ling hoped he would be able to find something in the Immortal"s Treasure House, but he wasn"t placing all his expectations on it.
Ultimately, nothing would be better than him being able to control the primordial qi himself.
But in the last few years, w.a.n.g Ling had noticed that his realm seemed to be advancing at a quicker rate. In the past, his realm would move up once every two years, but lately it seemed that his strength was growing again...
The primordial qi changed with the growth in his realm.
He had to adapt to his realm in order to be able to completely control the primordial qi. But the problem now was that he was growing too quickly, which didn"t give him any time to adapt to his realm at all! It was like how some writers were slow to update their novels – it might look like they could keep up, but there was a chance that they would be behind in chapters right up until their next book...
...
That evening, it was Zhai Yin once again who sent w.a.n.g Ming over, and w.a.n.g Ling wasn"t as hostile toward her as he had been the last few times. Zhai Yin, moreover, was well aware that if she wanted to thoroughly conquer w.a.n.g Ming, she would inevitably need w.a.n.g Ling"s help.
The best in fact would be if she could win over her "brother-in-law."
Zhai Yin was utterly clear on this point after her last encounter with w.a.n.g Ling.
Sending w.a.n.g Ming over this time, she still had on a wooden "strangers stay away" face, but when she saw w.a.n.g Ling open the door, she still did her best to soften her expression with a slight smile.
It looked quite stiff, though.
w.a.n.g Ming"s lips twitched at this scene and his tongue was as poisonous as ever: "With your zombie face, you better not smile... If you let your hair down, with this expression, you could star in The Grudge."
Zhai Yin kept a tight rein on her anger. "..." She absolutely couldn"t forget herself in front of her "brother-in-law"!
They entered and switched to house slippers. Mother w.a.n.g and the old man were just about done with cooking. Mother w.a.n.g had calculated the right time to cook the vegetables, and she was walking out of the kitchen with a plate of stir-fried broccoli in her hands when she saw Zhai Yin and w.a.n.g Ming. "You"re here! Come and sit down!"
The one thing the w.a.n.g family"s small villa didn"t lack was broccoli... Ever since Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal had made up his mind to comprehend the Heavenly Dao from broccoli, he had become absorbed in breeding different varieties of broccoli and would send a large amount to the villa each month.
The most terrifying thing was that because this broccoli had been grown in spirit soil, they stayed fresh for a very long time!
Even when it wasn"t kept in the fridge, it could be stored for two or three years without turning yellow or becoming moldy, and would still be fresh and rich in water content.
Putting the dish down, Mother w.a.n.g wiped her oily fingers on her ap.r.o.n out of habit.
Seeing that Zhai Yin looked a little ill at ease, Mother w.a.n.g quickly smiled. "Don"t be polite, Miss Zhai, it"s not your first time here, come and sit!"
After several meetings, Mother w.a.n.g had learned Zhai Yin"s ident.i.ty as well as her gender. It wasn"t w.a.n.g Ming who had told her, but Father w.a.n.g who had asked an "acquaintance" to check Zhai Yin out – Father w.a.n.g"s most powerful fan was President Qi"s direct superior and also the top leader. If there was anything Father w.a.n.g wanted to know, he just needed to open his fan group and send a private message.
As a writer, you never knew what on earth your fans could do...
In fact, w.a.n.g Ling felt that Father w.a.n.g was a bit of a gossip sometimes. Furthermore, it seemed that in the last few years, Father w.a.n.g had even joined the "w.a.n.g Ming Get Married" group, and had already started to raise money for w.a.n.g Ming"s wedding. Even w.a.n.g Ming himself didn"t know about it, and w.a.n.g Ling had only found out inadvertently.
Sometimes, w.a.n.g Ling would recall where Zhai Yin had come from... an administrator of Magnificent Immortal"s Depository of Buddhist Texts — how many cultivators dreamed about this job? w.a.n.g Ling had also heard that these administrators were on fixed contracts and couldn"t resign at will. But Zhai Yin had unexpectedly been transferred to the Cultivation Academy of Science to become Lu Wei"s personal guard (Lu Wei = Scientist).
w.a.n.g Ming had told w.a.n.g Ling before that it was President Qi who had used his connections to have Zhai Yin transferred.
But w.a.n.g Ling didn"t think the truth was that simple.
To say that Father w.a.n.g might have added fuel to the fire in the background actually wasn"t an impossibility...
w.a.n.g Ling randomly chose a seat and then watched as Zhai Yin unexpectedly pulled out the chair next to him and sat down.
w.a.n.g Ling: "???"
w.a.n.g Ming laughed when he saw this. "Hey, that"s Dog Two"s seat."
Zhai Yin: "..."
Zhai Yin"s intention had only been to slowly win w.a.n.g Ling"s favor.
To be precise, this was her first time eating with them, so she completely had no idea that this was Loopy Toad"s seat.
When w.a.n.g Ming saw that Zhai Yin hadn"t moved, he was dumbfounded. "It"s the dog that was lying down at the door when we came in... You would even fight a dog over a chair?!"
Zhai Yin"s lips twitched violently as she tamped down her fury and changed seats.
This time, she chose the chair directly next to w.a.n.g Ming.
w.a.n.g Ming shook his head. "This is my grandfather"s seat!"
Zhai Yin got up and moved one chair down.
Once again, w.a.n.g Ming said, "No no no, that"s my auntie"s seat!"
w.a.n.g Ling: "..."
w.a.n.g Ling could completely tell that w.a.n.g Ming was deliberately picking a fight...
Zhai Yin couldn"t take it anymore; she directly stretched out one hand to pull w.a.n.g Ming up by his collar.
w.a.n.g Ming was alarmed. "What do you want?" He couldn"t throw her off at all.
Naturally, Zhai Yin wouldn"t hit him; she simply unb.u.t.toned the bottom half of his s.h.i.+rt instead.
Then, w.a.n.g Ling almost sprayed out water... because he saw that there was actually a tattoo on w.a.n.g Ming"s stomach; what was more, it was of a well-known cartoon character!
Furthermore, only cultivators would be able to see this tattoo, and normal people like w.a.n.g Ming who couldn"t use spirit energy wouldn"t be able to see it at all.
This was obviously Zhai Yin"s revenge — maybe she had secretly drawn it on his stomach when he had been asleep.
w.a.n.g Ming didn"t know exactly what was going on, but he could guess something was up, and he turned his head to stare at Zhai Yin. "What did you draw on my stomach?"
How humiliating!
And in front of w.a.n.g Ling as well!
w.a.n.g Ming felt some regret. He had thought that Zhai Yin wouldn"t do anything to him in front of w.a.n.g Ling. He had just been joking around and had never thought that it would turn into a t.i.t for tat...
Then, some spirit energy shot out from w.a.n.g Ling"s fingertip to settle on w.a.n.g Ming"s eyes.
w.a.n.g Ming turned pale when he saw what had been tattooed on his stomach. "What the h.e.l.l! Peppa Pig?!"
Papapa...
At that moment, w.a.n.g Ling started to clap his hands with a deadpan expression.
How did the saying go?
Get a Peppa Pig tatt...
Shout out to your frat...Lu Wei is Lu Benwei"s nickname, and online users sometimes use "scientist" to mock his cheating in games.This is a Peppa Pig meme where she is jokingly cast as a "society" or "frat" member, which in colloquial Chinese refers to a gangster.