fantasy novels Chapter 17 Dual Classes
Chapter 17 Dual Classes
What the hell!
Feeling that unknown thing enter his body, Su Changming almost unconsciously spat out a mouthful of broth.
Fortunately, he managed to hold back, thus preserving his perfect teacher image.
He only has one class today, so he's not in the mood to wander around the school.
After a hurried end to the first day of classes, Su Changming, briefcase in hand, quickly left Nanyang Public School.
The mark on my chest felt slightly warm.
The moment that gray thing crawled in, the sleeping bell had already opened her eyes.
When Su Changming saw that she was awake, he felt a surge of security.
As he hurried on his way, he asked himself with some unease:
"What was that thing just now? Will it have any effect on you if it crawled in? Are you alright?"
In the hazy space, the girl snorted coldly, her tone full of disdain: "Even if a hundred more of these wandering ghosts came, it wouldn't affect me at all."
Hearing that she was still as arrogant as ever, Su Changming felt relieved.
……
Soon, Su Changming arrived home.
Back in the villa, I closed the door and drew the curtains.
At this moment, Ling also took the initiative to come out of the gray and hazy space.
At this moment, although she was still dressed in a simple and elegant schoolgirl outfit, her figure looked somewhat translucent and ethereal, clearly indicating that she had not fully recovered from the previous exertion.
Behind her followed a tall, hazy shadow.
A gray-black mist swirled around him, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be David, William's friend who had fallen to his death at the foot of the teaching building earlier that day.
Strangely, although he was standing, his limbs were twisted as they were before he died, and half of his face was smashed to pieces, appearing and disappearing in the eerie black mist, looking incredibly terrifying.
Rin, who usually despises such ghostly things, did not show her usual disgust this time.
Instead, he stared at the thing with interest for a moment, then turned to look at Su Changming, raising his chin:
"Go, experience it."
"Feel?" Su Changming glanced at the twisted limbs, his scalp tingling. "How do you expect it to feel? Do you want me to hold it?"
Ling looked at him like he was an idiot:
"Use your spirit, as you would when you communicate with me, to probe into my mind."
idea?
Su Changming's heart stirred.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his physical discomfort, closed his eyes, concentrated his mental energy, and slowly peered at the gray shadow.
"Buzz—"
The moment my mental energy touched that cloud of gray mist.
Su Changming felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, followed by a flood of chaotic and fragmented images rushing into his mind.
London's smog, cheap whiskey, prostitutes costing only a penny...
The first half is filled with extravagance and a state of utter confusion.
This man named David was a typical good-for-nothing playboy who spent his days frequenting brothels and squandering his family's wealth.
The scene changes.
A gentle, oriental woman appeared.
That was his wife, a well-bred young lady who had studied in London.
In order to win her heart, David vowed to turn over a new leaf, quit drinking and gambling.
He even traveled thousands of miles to the turbulent East for her, preparing to do business in Shanghai and start a new life.
This appears to be a touching story of a prodigal son returning home.
Until... the ship named "Victoria" sailed into that eerie fog.
The sea monster climbed onto the deck, its tentacles smashing the hatch.
In the final moment of life and death, the sea monster with sharp teeth lunged at him.
He suddenly reached out and shoved the woman who had been clinging tightly to his clothes into that gaping maw.
"Pfft—"
Blood splattered.
With the few seconds his wife bought him, David scrambled out of the cabin and locked the door behind him.
The images of memory become distorted and gray here.
Those were the days and nights after I survived.
It wasn't just guilt, but more of a fear.
That was the fear of hell, the fear of retribution.
Nightmares tormented every nerve in his body, pushing him to the brink of mental collapse.
He was found by a man wearing a black robe with an inverted cross badge on his chest.
"The Lord will forgive all sins."
Memories became hazy, filled with low murmurs and frantic prayers.
David seemed to be getting better, and he felt that he had been redeemed.
The final scene.
He excitedly took a bottle of wine and went to celebrate with his old friend William.
He entered the red-brick laboratory building and walked up the stairs...
The scene abruptly ends there.
Su Changming suddenly opened his eyes.
What happens next?
What happened to the rest?
It was like reading a novel that had been aborted; it was almost at the end, and then it just ended like that!
Su Changming turned his gaze to Ling, looking at her with the curious expression of a child.
"What's going on? Why did I summon him? And why can I read his memories?"
Ling said calmly, "You summoned him in the same way you summoned me."
Su Changming looked at the stunningly beautiful young girl Ling, then at that tall, distorted, and terrifying figure, and couldn't reconcile the two at all.
The art styles are so different!
One is a UR card, and the other is an N card?
"In short, this is your innate ability to command spirits and manipulate the souls of the dead; it is called Spirit Control."
"Spirit control..." Su Changming murmured to himself, "Is this my path?"
"Yes and no," Ling said. "You are now cultivating both spirit manipulation and martial arts."
Upon hearing this, Su Changming's eyes lit up instantly.
"Dual professions? Dual cultivation of magic and martial arts? Doesn't that mean I'll be invincible?!"
Looking at the boy's innocent expression, Ling's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint hint of mockery:
"Dual careers?"
"That means double the cost..."
Seeing that Su Changming was still immersed in the simple joy of being the "chosen one," Ling didn't say anything more.
Then she saw that Su Changming had overcome his initial fear and was now trying to control the spirit like a child who had received a new toy.
Despite being a vengeful ghost with twisted limbs and a gruesome death, it was unusually agile and obedient under Su Changming's control.
It resembled a giant gray spider, silently crawling on the living room floor, and could even hang upside down from the ceiling without making a sound.
Since David can control himself, and Bell is also a spirit, then can I...?
Looking at the girl beside him, Su Changming suddenly had a bold idea.
She seemed to sense his malicious gaze.
Ling turned her head, her clear, cold eyes narrowing slightly, revealing a dangerous expression that was neither a smile nor a frown.
"You're welcome to give it a try."
Looking at her expression, Su Changming suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and his scalp tingle.
Cough cough, never mind.
It's good to be alive.
He quickly turned his gaze back to David, pretending nothing had happened.
Feeling that clear spiritual connection, Su Changming seemed to be deep in thought.
He could sense that his control over this lost soul was farther than he had imagined.
He walked to the window and looked up at the distant, faintly visible clock tower.
That laboratory building is definitely not that simple.
David's last memory ended there, and the two holes in the back of his neck did not appear in his memory.
Clearly, all of this has something to do with that place.
Su Changming glanced at David, who was still crawling in the dark and twisted way, and some ideas gradually formed in his mind.