“What? Pretend to be your girlfriend? What do you take me for?” Zhao Xiyue exclaimed, stepping back and covering her chest.
Honestly, she had a fantastic figure. Her frame was small, but where there was flesh, there was truly flesh. Her small hands couldn’t quite cover herself. In fact, the tighter she held on, the more the flesh from her sides popped out, making her even more alluring.
“I just want you to pretend to be my girlfriend. In front of others, we’ll act affectionate,” Zhang Chen said with a grin. “This way, no more girls will bother me, and I can focus on cultivating peacefully!”
“Of course, since it’s a fake relationship, you can go find a boyfriend, and I can find a girlfriend. It won’t affect each other!”
“Nonsense! Where am I supposed to find… find a boyfriend… when you’re the only guy in the entire school!” Zhao Xiyue retorted, frowning.
“Then it’s perfect. I’ll have to reluctantly continue then. Don’t say it’s unfair; I’m very fair!” Zhang Chen declared, hands on his hips.
“Hmph!” Zhao Xiyue pouted dismissively.
“I’ll agree to be your fake girlfriend, but you have to be my master!”
“Teach me now, how to control spiritual energy flames?”
“Don’t tell me you can’t. With your talent, you can probably already release energy stably!” Zhao Xiyue pressed him aggressively.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen couldn’t help but scratch his head. He realized he had been too conspicuous during class. He saw girls in other classes trying their best, yet out of over twenty people, only Zhao Xiyue could maintain control for a few seconds, and only with a tiny sphere of spiritual energy. Others couldn’t even condense it. He, on the other hand, had immediately started changing its shape, which must have startled Angelina. Next time, he needed to act more reserved. If his talent reached the ears of the school’s higher-ups, it would eventually become trouble.
“More or less. But what I teach you, you can’t tell anyone,” Zhang Chen warned seriously. “I don’t want anyone to know I’m teaching you!”
“No problem, I can guarantee that!” Zhao Xiyue replied. “It’s just that I’m curious. Everyone wants to be a celebrated genius. Why do you specifically want to hide yourself?”
“To be discovered, valued, admired by those around you, and to shoulder more responsibility in fighting demon spirits, isn’t that good?” Zhao Xiyue asked, puzzled.
“To each their own,” Zhang Chen said with a forced smile. In fact, he could accept the previous conditions. The only one he couldn’t accept was “shouldering more responsibility in fighting demon spirits.” That was a death sentence! Wasn’t living well more appealing?
“Alright, then you teach me how to release the spiritual energy sphere!” Zhao Xiyue didn’t pry further, opening her small hands to ask for instruction.
“It’s actually very simple!” Zhang Chen stood behind Zhao Xiyue, his arms loosely around her, holding her slender, fair arm. “First, sense the spiritual energy within your body, then focus on one stream of energy and push it out from your palm bit by bit!”
*Hoo!*
The spiritual energy sphere lasted for over ten seconds in her palm before extinguishing.
“It’s no use, it’s the same as before, no progress!” Zhao Xiyue said dejectedly.
“It’s okay. Like this, I’ll guide the energy within you to release it once. You can try to feel it!” Zhang Chen said. He activated his Absolute Vision and used his hands to guide a stream of energy within Zhao Xiyue’s body, slowly emerging from her palm along her arm.
A tennis-ball-sized spiritual energy sphere hovered in her palm, its energy churning. It lasted for a full minute without any sign of dissipation.
“I think I understand a bit!” Zhao Xiyue nodded, then tried a few more times herself. Her comprehension was excellent, but releasing spiritual energy was a process of elimination – trying countless methods and discarding the wrong ones until the correct one was found. Now, Zhang Chen had essentially given Zhao Xiyue the correct answer, and she just needed to follow it. Thus, after only a few practices, she had successfully mastered it.
“I did it, I really did it!” Zhao Xiyue jumped up excitedly. Instinctively, she wanted to hug Zhang Chen, who had helped her succeed. But as they faced each other, about to embrace, Zhao Xiyue’s pretty face suddenly flushed. She lowered her hands and took a few steps back. After all, he was a guy, and she felt too shy to hug him.
“Um… I want to know, to what extent have you achieved spiritual energy projection?” Zhao Xiyue quickly changed the subject.
“I’m only a little bit stronger than you!” Zhang Chen chuckled. Then, a dazzling light enveloped Zhao Xiyue, turning her entire body golden.