Chapter 22: Prophecy

Afternoon nap, a leisurely time.

Golden light fell upon the alluring physique.
It’s unknown if she was having a nightmare, but her long eyelashes suddenly trembled, and her beautiful face showed a trace of pain.

“…I don’t want to become a girl… don’t…!”

The beauty suddenly shouted.

Her sweet, delicate voice echoed in the room as she awoke with a start from her dream.

The panicked and pained expression still lingered on her face, and the moisture at the corners of her eyes seemed to be lamenting some grievance.

Su Xuan sat up straight, staring blankly ahead.

His trembling hands moved to his chest; it was a flat plain.

“Phew~ Thank goodness it’s flat…”

Breathing a sigh of relief, Su Xuan had just dreamt that he had turned into a girl.

And it wasn’t an instantaneous transformation, but the process of changing from a boy into a girl.

The painful experience and the almost real sensation had caused Su Xuan to break down.

In the dream, an irresistible force was reshaping Su Xuan’s body into that of a girl.
Fear and helplessness welled up in his heart.

“I can’t let that happen!”

Su Xuan silently resolved himself.

This kind of thing was too terrifying.

He had to get his hands on a Black Energon Stone as soon as possible.

He glanced at the clock on the wall.
It was only one-thirty.

He had slept for just over half an hour, which was enough.

The morning’s training had consumed a large amount of energons.

He had to replenish them.

He took out the Energy Stones that the man had given as an apology and emptied his mind, looking into the void of his Phantom Soul space.

Only a fiery red blade floated in the air.
Su Xuan’er did not appear in his line of sight.

According to Su Xuan’er, it was because she had absorbed too much life source energy that day and needed to feed some of it back into his body.

This meant that Su Xuan wouldn’t be “seeing” Su Xuan’er for a while.

And with the support of the life source energy, his body’s development would be greatly enhanced.

The so-called life source energy refers to the power of life’s origin, the essence of life that all living beings possess.

Life source energy is stored in the body and the Phantom Soul.

The body’s life source energy manifests as the essence of life, while the Phantom Soul’s life source energy manifests as life characteristics.

Su Xuan really wanted to tell Su Xuan’er that she could share the excess life source energy with the crimson blade.

However, it seemed she didn’t hear him, completely ignoring Su Xuan.

But during cultivation, the Phantom Soul’s supportive effect was still present.

Whenever he absorbed energons, a faint blue light would glow.

After all, she was still inside his body, he just didn’t know where she had run off to.

Thinking about the dream he just had, and his body developing again under the combination of life source energy and high-intensity training, a hair-raising feeling crept into his heart.

“Is this also part of your plan, Su Xuan’er?!”

Gold paved the streets, and not a single white cloud could be seen in the blue sky.
The dazzling sunlight bathed the world in a golden-white hue.

Only by walking in the shade of the trees could one feel a hint of coolness.

There were very few pedestrians outside.
It was already lunch break, and with such scorching weather, practically no one wanted to leave the loving care of their air conditioners to stand on the streets.

So they missed the chance to witness a beauty with their own eyes.

The peerless beauty bathed in the sunlight, a dark black T-shirt unable to conceal that figure that tempted one to crime.

Her lovely face made even the sunlight lose some of its color.

Only by chance, when looking out onto the street, would one’s eyes be captivated by that momentary splendor, following her figure until it disappeared at the end of the street corner.

However, those guys who coveted his body never would have imagined that this was a person who, if he pulled it out, would be bigger than theirs.

(Isn’t that even better? A certain nameless punk said while picking his nose.)

Unlike the nearly deserted streets outside, although there weren’t many people in the training ground, there were still a few.
They were clearly also caught in the rhythm of some kind of training.

They glanced at Su Xuan with stunned admiration, their hearts trembling.

Several male students, upon seeing such a beautiful person “accompanying” them in their training, suddenly found renewed strength.

For some reason, their fighting spirit was rekindled.

Su Xuan paid no mind to their invasive stares.

After all, he was someone they could never have in their lifetime.

Why bother shattering their fantasies?

Those blindingly long legs, perfect long legs that could only appear in anime, stepped onto the stairs and disappeared.

“If she stepped on me, it would definitely feel so good~~”

A young male student watched as those slender, fair legs disappeared from his sight, drooling obscenely.

Arriving at the door of 1324, the door was ajar, and the cool air from the air conditioner leaked out.

Su Xuan immediately pushed the door open, no longer as reserved as he was yesterday.

“Oh, you’re here. You look energetic!”

Zhang Heng looked at Su Xuan with a smile, his duster coat still on.

Su Xuan couldn’t help but wonder, wasn’t it hot wearing that?

Even with air conditioning, there must be times when there’s no air conditioning.

Seeing Su Xuan looking at his duster coat with a puzzled expression, Zhang Heng cursed inwardly: ‘Isn’t it because of how you look? If I didn’t wear a long coat, how could I hide my long and short cannons as your master?’

“First, go to the morning training area and review your breathing. Although I know you’ve already mastered it, frequent review is still necessary. But this time, your master wants to give you a challenge. Lower the time to under five seconds.”

Zhang Heng said slowly, while also taking out his thermos and taking a few sips.

“Oh…”

Su Xuan replied casually and walked towards the training room.

He was still unhappy that Zhang Heng had eaten delicious food behind his back.

The thought that Zhang Heng could feast on fish and meat to his heart’s content, while he could only swallow hard-to-stomach bugs and ants, brought a sense of sorrow and melancholy to his heart.

But fortunately, as soon as he entered the training ground, he had no time to be sad.
He had to devote himself wholeheartedly to training.

Su Xuan once again stepped onto the high platform, closing his eyes to rest and control his breathing.

After a short while, he opened his eyes.

A figure was seen whizzing by, dashing across the dangerous steel cable, his long hair fluttering.

Zhang Heng raised his cup, but before he could even take a drink, Su Xuan had already completed the challenge.

Time taken: 1.35 seconds.

Zhang Heng’s astonishment was hard to conceal.

Without a doubt, Su Xuan had nearly perfected his control over breathing.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to run a lap at such an extremely fast speed.
He had thought it would take another two days to complete, but he never expected him to do it after just a nap.

“Is this… what a genius is?!”

Zhang Heng couldn’t help but think of himself back then.

He too was a famous young talent of his generation, a standout at the military summer camp.

It was just a pity that his foundation had been injured…

“Coach?”

“Ah, oh, what’s with ‘Coach’? Call me Teacher.”

Su Xuan’s voice broke him out of his reminiscence.

Zhang Heng had already secretly decided that he must train Su Xuan well.

“Oh, Teacher, what’s next?”

Su Xuan looked at Zhang Heng with a Dio-like expression, as if the time he just set wasn’t even his limit.

“Next, eh? You’re in for a good time. After all, this kind of physical pain is something most people can’t bear.”

Zhang Heng produced a fan from somewhere, fanned himself, and spoke.