novelGlobal #419 - Chapter 418: Strange Winter Night Picture
#419 - Chapter 418: Strange Winter Night Picture
The twenty-two student cards did not disappoint Li Chenqiu, contributing nearly a million star points in total. Among them, Zhou Yaoguang alone accounted for more than 500,000 star points, becoming the second angel investor after Ma Mian.
Li Chenqiu didn't waste these star points, purchasing three six-forbidden resurrected beasts with decent strength. Originally, as the head of the Discipline Department, he could have bought six with a 50% discount.
However, because he was using other people's student cards, he couldn't use this 50% discount, which made his heart ache.
After placing the twenty-two student cards at the front desk, he returned to his villa.
...
Inside the villa's ice storage.
Li Chenqiu turned off the refrigeration system, hugged a large jar of cumin, and casually sat on the ground, using a self-made meter-long kitchen knife to cut the cubic meat block into slices.
He then handed these meat slices to several soul soldiers with culinary experience for processing.
When conditions are poor, one can eat casually, but when conditions are good, one should naturally pay attention to the taste.
"Ten five-forbidden resurrected beasts should be enough for me to break through to the sixth forbidden level. Once I've harvested the students' star points, my strength will probably see another significant increase!"
The corners of Li Chenqiu's mouth slightly curved upwards, and the excitement in his eyes was undisguised.
But this excitement didn't last long, and was soon replaced by deep worry.
For天命者 (Tianmingzhe, or 'Chosen Ones') to break through the forbidden levels, they not only have to raise their physical functions to their limits, but also seek breakthroughs on a spiritual level, which could be a crisis of life and death, or the death of a loved one.
He was a resuscitator, as long as he focused on improving his physical functions, he could break through the forbidden levels, and he didn't need to experience any life-or-death crises.
So, the problem arose.
"If I break through too quickly, how am I going to explain it to others?" Li Chenqiu stroked his chin, his eyebrows slightly lowered.
In less than a year, jumping from the first forbidden level to the seventh or eighth forbidden level, or even higher, looked a bit too fantastical.
After thinking for a moment, Li Chenqiu shook his head, throwing these doubts to the back of his mind.
"Forget it, if they ask, I'll just say that when I was performing missions in the Southern Federation, I experienced too many life-and-death situations, and my spirit was stimulated too many times. Anyway, it's not like there aren't any examples of spiritual breakthroughs happening first."
Li Chenqiu said secretly in his heart, the figure of Qi Mingyue appearing in his mind.
Knock knock knock!
A knock came from outside the ice storage.
Li Qingxia stood outside the door and shouted, "Xiao Qiu, the boss has finished cooking, come out and eat!"
Li Chenqiu came back to his senses and replied, "I still have something to do here, you guys eat first, just leave some food for me, I can heat it up in the microwave when I'm done."
"Alright, this brother will leave some meat for you, no need to thank me." Li Qingxia's footsteps gradually faded away.
...
Two o'clock in the morning.
Li Chenqiu touched his stomach and walked out of the ice storage door, a strong smell of cumin hitting his face.
In the previous few hours, he had eaten ten five-forbidden resurrected beasts in one go at a relatively slow speed, and processed the other three six-forbidden resurrected beasts.
"It's estimated that it won't be long before I can break through to the sixth forbidden level."
A hint of anticipation flashed between Li Chenqiu's eyebrows, then he tiptoed back to the first floor, ate the food left by Li Ji in the dark, and returned to his room like a thief.
He turned on the light, went to the desk and sat down, took out the Winter Night picture he bought from the Myriad Stars Building from the bag, and placed it on the table.
"What's so special about it that can make the Finishing Touch Pen react?"
Li Chenqiu looked curious, carefully opened the frame, spread the Winter Night picture flat on the table, squinted his eyes and leaned closer to observe, and occasionally touched it with his hand.
A few minutes later, Li Chenqiu finally discovered the peculiarity of this Winter Night picture!
"This painting... is so thin!"
Li Chenqiu held the Winter Night picture in front of his eyes with one hand, closed and opened his eyes, and through the painting, he could vaguely see his bed!
"..."
Unable to figure it out, Li Chenqiu put the painting back on the table, and with a thought, took out the Finishing Touch Pen from the space ring.
Buzz buzz buzz——
As soon as the Finishing Touch Pen appeared, its body vibrated slightly as if it had been electrocuted, and there was a faint tendency to move forward. If Li Chenqiu hadn't held it in his hand, it would have probably fallen onto the Winter Night picture already.
"Hmm?"
Li Chenqiu looked at the Finishing Touch Pen, then looked at the Winter Night picture. At a certain moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind.
It can react with the Finishing Touch Pen, and it's still a painting... could this be an Seal God Scroll sealing something?!
Thinking of this, Li Chenqiu's face suddenly became serious, and like a frightened rabbit, he stood up with a "whoosh", distancing himself from the Winter Night picture on the table.
He hadn't forgotten a single word of what Lu Xiancong had said, especially about the Seal God Scroll.
Although the painting in front of him, whether in size or content, didn't quite match the Seal God Scroll described by Lu Xiancong, Li Chenqiu still didn't dare to relax his vigilance.
He didn't know how long had passed, but the Finishing Touch Pen in Li Chenqiu's hand seemed to be tired and gradually stopped vibrating.
Li Chenqiu glanced at it faintly, then turned his gaze back to the Winter Night picture on the table, and at the same time called out, "Huang Jianhua."
Whoosh——
A wisp of black smoke floated out from between his fingers, and Huang Jianhua, transformed into a humanoid soul soldier, appeared in the room.
"Master."
Huang Jianhua saluted respectfully.
"Mm." Li Chenqiu responded faintly, handing the Finishing Touch Pen in his hand to Huang Jianhua, gesturing with his eyes towards the Winter Night picture on the table.
"You take this thing and touch the painting I put on the table. If anything goes wrong, take the painting and run away as fast as you can, as far as you can, understand?"
"Understood." Huang Jianhua nodded honestly.
"Okay, go ahead, I've already opened the window for you."
Saying that, Li Chenqiu took a few steps back.
"Okay."
Huang Jianhua strode to the desk and poked the Winter Night picture with the Finishing Touch Pen.
Whoosh——
Under Li Chenqiu's gaze, after the pen touched the Winter Night picture, it didn't make a "bang" sound, but strangely stretched in!
Like the surface of a lake reflecting a certain starry sky, the surface of the Winter Night picture rippled, and even the snow-capped mountains, the moon, and the wooden house in the painting shook.
Lifelike, as if they were about to come alive in the next second.
Li Chenqiu frowned and asked, "Huang Jianhua, do you have any unusual feelings?"
"Feelings?"
Humane doubts appeared in Huang Jianhua's scarlet eyes. He held the Finishing Touch Pen and stretched it into the painting again, even submerging his entire arm in the painting.
Li Chenqiu looked expectant: "How is it?"
Huang Jianhua turned his head: "My arm senses that it's a bit cold inside the painting, there's wind blowing and light snow falling, and then there's nothing else, Master, do you need me to go in and take a look?"