Chapter 147: Going to the Xuecheng, Sleeping Maja and the second activation of the panel)
Late at night a month later.
The moonlight is like water, wandering in the quiet corners of the city.
Jiefang East Road, Guaiguai Baby Pet Boarding Shop.
Zhou Yue was lying on an old couch woven with bamboo strips. The moonlight filtered through the window lattice, leaving a shallow shadow on half of the boy's face.
My parents had happily moved into the big villa more than half a month ago, rented a larger shop in Xiangshan District, and hired five employees.
Due to the celebrity effect, the pet store business is booming.
The old store on Jiefang East Road was secretly bought by Zhou Yue at the average market price from the landlord who wanted to give it to him for free.
In his past and present life, Zhou Yue wished countless times that he could fly far away and leave this small dwelling that he hated from the bottom of his heart.
But now I suddenly feel reluctant to let go.
At this time, Zhou Yue was holding a purple card made of unknown material in his hand. The card was very thin but as hard as a steel plate.
It is engraved with "Heritage College, Zhonglu Branch, Admission Notification Card".
At the bottom of the card, there are three lines of informative text
"All freshmen, please have your [Admission Notification Card] read on time at 10:15 the night before you leave for the college."
"Please strictly follow the instructions and do not take the test in advance or delay the test."
"If you fail to enroll due to failure to follow instructions, you will be responsible for all consequences."
…
Zhou Yue glanced at the clock on the wall.
The second hand ticked through a circle, and the minute hand stopped at "15".
"time up."
Zhou Yue sensed the admission notification card.
I saw a white light pouring out from the purple card, condensing into a white and transparent ring in mid-air.
The door to space opened, and a crow, the size of an ordinary seagull, plump and gray, with black eyes, flew out and landed on Zhou Yue's shoulder.
The fat crow with gray feathers and white belly bumped twice, its fat flesh trembling slightly, and then there was no movement again.
At the same time, a piece of text appeared in mid-air
"Hello, freshman. This is the Sleeping Crow from the Relic Realm. He is responsible for guiding you to the school city and randomly starting the enrollment mission."
"Before departure, please prepare enough peppercorns and mustard for it, and make a sauce to carry it with you so that the crow can stay awake during the journey."
"The Sleeping Crow will disappear automatically after seven days. By then, if you have not completed the enrollment tasks, you will lose the qualification to participate in the September 1st Orientation Party."
"Tip: You are already a new student. The road to spiritual cultivation is long and difficult. Signing up for a spiritual pet is full of difficulties. If you want to become the next great master of the Nine-Transformation Realm Spiritual Lord, you must race against time. Start your journey as soon as possible."
Half a minute later, the glowing white text slowly dissipated from mid-air.
Zhou Yue was not surprised by the advanced telekinesis technology from the academy. He had always been in contact with Tang Xiaobai. During the chat, Xiaobai would reveal some cutting-edge knowledge intentionally or unintentionally.
"Sure enough, as Brother Fat Shi said, Zhonglu College has been full of competition since the beginning of admission. 'If you fail the task, you will not be able to participate in the September 1st Orientation Party' is just a euphemism. In fact, it means being persuaded to quit."
"Although it's only the beginning of August, the actual time for Sleeping Crow to start the mission is only seven days."
"Quite nervous."
Ding!
Information update on the panel
Nickname: Xiao Ma Tuan.
Race: Sleeping Crow.
Rank: Extraordinary.
Level: Level 9.
Age: 55 years (actually 3 years old).
Evolutionary branch: Back City Crow.
Status: sub-healthy.
Mood: complicated (sleeping).
"There is no sequence or master of the sequence, but there is an evolutionary branch. And what about its age? Is this the case for every sleeping crow?"
In the peripheral vision, the sleeping linen crow had fallen asleep on his shoulder.
Zhou Yue suddenly smiled: "Sleeping Crow? This name is so real."
Huang Huihong and Hei Wuchang, who were cleaning up the house not far away, looked at each other and were a little confused about the laughter of their young contract partner.
Phew! Phew!
The two insects, which were so fast that even Zhou Yue could only catch the afterimages, flew past the window lattice, chasing each other around the house, and Xiao Jian's laughter could be heard from time to time in the pet reception room.
Zhou Yue looked at Ercha, who was using his horns to lightly block the attack of the small sword like a tidal wave. There was a hint of worry in his eyes, and then he was relieved.
"When we get to the Sky City, we will surely be able to solve the mystery of the two forks soon. It's time to set off."
Zhou Yue raised his hand, and the silver-gray "breast bag" flew over from the cupboard.
This is a new product planned to be released by Lei Neng Group in three years. The sub-space foster cabin that Tang Xiaobai just received the day before yesterday.
It looks like a chest bag, only a little bigger than a palm, and the space inside is almost as big as a Guaiguai baby care shop.
Of course, Tang Xiaobai said that she did not give it to Zhou Yue in vain. Her original words were to ask Zhou Yue to help trial new products and submit user experiences regularly every month, and each article should not be less than 800 words.
"Writing essays is not my strong point. I will have to find Xiao Ming to write for me later."
Zhou Yuegang put the four little ones into the foster cabin.
"Dudu~~"
A low-pitched car horn sounded outside the door.
The car sent by the FBI to take him to the subway station arrived.
Zhou Yue stood up slowly, took out the peppercorn mustard sauce from the freezer that he had prepared in advance after receiving Shi Qing's hint, then looked around the small but neat shop again, hung up his chest bag, and walked out with satisfaction.
…
Not long after the FBI car drove away.
Two figures flashed out from the noodle shop.
The chubby girl with black-rimmed eyes and a pierced hair pulled away from the man's hand while reluctantly looking back at the unfinished noodles in the noodle shop.
"Brother Hua, this noodle is so delicious! I haven't finished eating yet..."
Lin Huahua, who was wearing a snow-white shirt, ignored the foodie assistant beside her.
He looked at the black car slowly driving away, his eyes showing some complexity and sadness.
"You just know how to eat, pig. Get in the car and we'll follow."
Lin Huahua dragged the foodie assistant into a temporarily rented car, got into the passenger seat, and quietly followed the investigation bureau's vehicle.
The foodie assistant seemed to have a reaction: "Brother Hua, is that Zhou Yue sitting in that car?"
Lin Huahua nodded slightly, and then sighed softly: "Nanhe City has worked hard to create a telepathy star, and is recognized as the number one high school graduate in the mainland city."
"It was you who sealed it..."
The foodie assistant murmured in a low voice, then coughed twice under Lin Huahua's unkind gaze and said, "The citizens of the city above will not recognize a telepathic star from the ground. For your follow-up report about him, the number of clicks is still the support rate
They are all very low.”
Lin Huahua suppressed the throbbing in her heart: "That's because he has been living on the ground before. It's different now. He finally left for the City in the Sky. Remember my words, his time is coming."
The foodie assistant lowered his head and curled his lips.
Lin Huahua knew that the foodies around her didn't believe it, so she didn't care.
In just half a month, Lin Huahua's body also underwent earth-shaking changes.
Although her temperament is still feminine, she has become much more restrained. At least she doesn't hold her fingers while holding the steering wheel.
The foodie assistant's face changed slightly: "Leader, you don't want to go against the orders above and continue to track and report on him, right? You told me before that you came to Nanhe City just for a rest stop..."
Lin Huahua smiled softly and forcibly held back the orchid finger she was about to extend: "What are you thinking about? Of course I won't ruin my future. I just happened to meet him, so I gave him a ride. He is the beginning of your life, Brother Hua, and mine."
The noble man of the new chapter."
Although I cannot continue to report on you, I believe that in a few years, I will hear news of your success.
Lin Huahua silently blessed her in her heart.
More than half a month ago, Lin Huahua rose to fame and became a popular figure among reporters in the capital city. The leaders of the capital TV station personally intervened, encouraged and commended Lin Huahua for his tireless journalistic spirit.
.
Promotions, salary increases, bonuses, these are bound to be numerous.
In addition, Lin Huahua also received a bottle of the coveted [Spiritual Essence].
He was born in a small village outside the main orbit of Sky City. Although the spiritual content in the village far exceeds that of the city on the ground, it is only one-tenth of that in the main city.
Before he joined the job, his telekinesis value reached 70 breaths, which made him the pride of the whole village, but he could only be regarded as middle-to-lower among frontline reporters.
Among the reporters in the capital, there are many gold medal reporters who have broken through and become nian cultivators. They have the ability to go alone into the free city-state or the borders to conduct secret interviews.
This is also Lin Huahua's goal, but more than half of his golden decade has passed. Even if he entered a TV station in the main city with abundant telekinesis and material resources, he only improved a pitiful 3 interest rates in half a year. How easy is it to reach the fourth dividing line?
It is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve in ten years.
Thanks to this precious bottle of telepathy essence, his telepathy value increased to 90+ in just half a month, and it continues to grow slowly.
He even had the illusion that within two years, he would be able to break through and become a mind cultivator and become a gold medal reporter.
The leadership of the TV station was full of expectations for him and specially arranged a new hot-spot interview task for him. There were many jealous people on the station.
As for the following challenges faced by Nanhe City No. 2 Middle School, including ground city star Zhou Yue... Capital citizens are exposed to hot news and information from all sides every day. How long can the freshness be maintained? Less than half a month has passed, and it has already been very long.
Few people pay attention to the follow-up.
Balancing the two aspects, he could only regretfully put down Zhou Yue's report for the sake of his future.
Lin Huahua drove in the distance.
The cool night breeze blew from the car window, mixing with various thoughts in the city on the ground, floating in Lin Huahua's increasingly keen perception.
Surprise flashed in his eyes and he slammed on the brakes.
"Ah~" the assistant screamed, stabilized her body, and held up the black-framed mirror with a look of resentment on her face.
"That is……"
Lin Huahua looked above her head with confusion. Five black figures flew across the sky quickly, following closely behind the car in front of her.
"Stormy Night Owl?"
There was a sound in the green belt on the left side of the street, and in the dusk, there seemed to be a long figure walking through the grass, chasing forward.
Lin Huahua took a deep breath, and the breath he sensed told him that it should be a snake-like miraculous creature.
When the car drove through the famous ancient canal scenic area in Nanhe City, a creature more than two meters long floated from the water.
This carp with two heads is obviously not a native species.
It swam forward along the river, also following behind the car.
Not far away, a unicorn seagull flew out of a closed cafe, flapped its wings, and chased after the car.
…
The city was still peaceful at night, but the world of thought that Lin Huahua sensed was another scene.
Countless miraculous creatures living in seclusion in this above-ground city came out of their nests one after another.
At first, there were only three or five of them, sparsely scattered.
Not long after, as if a message had been received, more and more miraculous creatures arrived, silently following behind Zhou Yue's car.
As they approached the subway station, thousands of miraculous creatures finally stopped. They were hidden in the depths of the night where ordinary people could hardly detect them. They looked quietly but eagerly at the young man who walked out of the car carrying his bag.
"What...what's going on?"
Lin Huahua's heart was filled with excitement, and her blood pressure continued to rise due to her violent heartbeat.
"They...are they collectively seeing off Zhou Yue?"
"This kind of thing has never been heard of even in the Sky City."
"How many secrets are there in Zhou Yue that have not been unearthed?"
The foodie assistant has quietly walked to a nearby convenience store to buy cooked food.
Lin Huahua stood alone in the shadow of the lane next to the high-rise building, looking complicatedly at the young figure walking towards the subway station.
…
Zhou Yue saw Director Ren who had made a special trip to see him off.
According to Wang Chengliang, Director Ren also received a commendation and was originally transferred to the General Bureau of Investigation of Sky City as a deputy section chief.
But he relied on his connections to get the General Administration to withdraw the letter of appointment.
Everyone has his or her own ambitions, and it would be good if an old acquaintance like Director Ren stayed in Nanhe, which would at least make him less worried.
Zhou Yue smiled at Director Ren who waved to him, but did not walk over immediately.
"Let's all go back."
Zhou Yue said softly in the pet reception room.
The pet reception room has a daily reception capacity of ten miraculous creatures. Zhou Yue can only invite some representatives in, such as the family of violent night owls, the two-headed carp that likes to chase him during morning jogs, and the person who is about to become the garrison of Nanhe City.
Informant's one-horned gull.
Seeing that no one was willing to leave, Zhou Yue couldn't help but smile.
"It's not like I'll never come back."
"My parents, friends, and Nanhe City, please take good care of me from now on."
"Everyone, please take this seriously."
Waves of reluctance came from the subway station and outside the station from all directions.
Without saying another word, Zhou Yue logged off from the pet reception room and turned towards Director Ren, who looked enthusiastic.
I actually didn't do much for these miraculous creatures in Nanhe City, so I managed to get the Emperor's Skull by mistake and resolved the crisis in Nanhe City.
A brief encounter by chance turned him into a man of the hour in both human and spiritual circles in Nanhe City.
These were things he had not expected at first.
Just then...ding!
A familiar voice sounded from the depths of Zhou Yue's spirit.
A piece of fragmented content flashed in the properties panel.
... Sensing the spiritual aspirations from the miraculous creatures in Nanhe City... The spiritual aspirations are being identified...
...Recognition completed...sensing a new function derived from the pet reception room...
...New function testing in progress... Testing completed...
...Activating...
Zhou Yue was startled.
"This is……"
Although the panel often beeps continuously to convey various messages, a situation like this has only happened once.
Zhou Yue took a deep breath, filled with deep joy.
He clearly remembered that after this happened last time, the [Pet Guest Room] was born from the panel.
It was through the pet reception room that Zhou Yue made friends with Huang Huihong, Dumb, and Hei Wuchang... and eventually became a dog whisperer across two realms, and is now the guardian of the southern cat food tree, which is well-known in the spiritual world.
"Could it be that... the panel is going to evolve into a new function similar to a pet reception room?"
…
In the giant green tower thousands of miles away from Nanhe City.
The two men in gray robes watched the changes in the stripes, their eyes flickering.
"It turned out to be that linen crow. It hasn't been seen for several years. I didn't expect it to still be alive."
"Hey, I don't know which unlucky new student will have his turn this year."
"The mystery of the water ape has been solved, but this special sleeping crow has not been solved yet."
"It's normal, otherwise how could it be worthy of being ranked among the top ten unsolved mysteries of Zhonglu College."
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The freshman residence in the school city.
The young man in Hanfu slowly put down his brush and admired the still-dry inscription on the table.
It wasn't until his brows were completely relaxed that the person standing next to him forced a smile and said, "Senior Feng's handwriting is really... so beautiful."
The young man in Hanfu smiled: "Zhao Huihuang, you held it in for a long time and you just came up with such a flattering comment? I'm sorry for you."
There is no thick gauze on Zhao Huihuang's head, but traces of mental sutures remain on his face, and his eyes are even duller.
"I heard that Senior Feng has joined the city's Foreign Affairs Department right after graduation and is responsible for the freshman residence. I am willing to pay 10,000 tribute coins in exchange for Senior Feng's promise."
Hearing this, Senior Feng smiled.
He lightly tapped the fish-dragon-yang pattern on the inkstone with his fingers, and said unhurriedly: "Half a month ago, Kong Yefeng asked someone to come to me and said that he would pay 100,000 tribute coins and asked me to embarrass someone.
It’s best for the new student named Zhou Yue to prevent him from successfully enrolling. But don’t tell me that you’re thinking about this too.”
Zhao Huihuang gritted his teeth and nodded: "This Zhou Yue is arrogant and arrogant. He simply doesn't care about the academy..."
Senior Feng interrupted: "Sure enough, these are the words again. Do you know how I answered Kong Yefeng?"
Zhao Huihuang shook his head.
Senior Feng sneered: "You guys, your mental power has returned to zero, and your IQ has also returned to zero? If he defeats you, the top management of the college will only be ecstatic. Do you want to get rid of such a talent? Stop dreaming."
Zhao Huihuang's eyes twitched and he murmured: "But I heard that because of Fang Weitong's defection, many seniors in the college are very repulsive to the Nanhe City department."
Senior Feng was noncommittal and said calmly: "It's really hard to talk to you. I'm only telling you so much for the sake of the bottle of spiritual liquid you sent me. Get out of here."
Zhao Huihuang said nothing and left the mansion in despair.
Senior Feng snorted, sighed, and with a flash of his eyes, the rice paper on the desk automatically floated up.
Ding!
The panel next to him sounded a beep, followed by a voice message: "Feng Yongde, how are you doing with these freshmen with good potential this year?"
Feng Yongde smiled: "Everything has been taken care of for you. The only thing missing is the Nanhe City one. I haven't received any news of his arrival yet."
In mid-air, the rice paper flying without wind trembled slightly.
At the top of the first column, the word "Zhou Yue" is written boldly.