Very soon, the long-decayed body of that person turned into ashes bit by bit in the leaping flames.
Just as he was about to be reduced to flying smoke and dust, Lu Yuan suddenly reached out and grabbed the charred arm of that person again. Crack!
In an instant, a layer of azure frost spread out from where Lu Yuan was holding, instantly freezing the flames and rapidly spreading across that person's whole body!
The person who was still engulfed in flames a second ago turned into an ice sculpture in the blink of an eye!
What's more—
Whether Lu Yuan did it on purpose or unintentionally, the exterior outline of the entire ice sculpture was very rounded, while the inside was formed into white ice lines connected to each other like ice crystals.
At first glance, it looked just like an exquisitely beautiful amber glowing with icy blue light!
On closer inspection, the charred corpse frozen at the center of the amber added a strange, sinister artistic atmosphere to the azure ice crystal amber!
It looked just like a darkly painted oil painting, and also like a gorgeous sculpture emitting an evil aura.
Lu Yuan took out a highball glass and poured some zero-sugar Coke, then sat in the boss chair gently rocking it while slowly appreciating his great work in front.
After a while, he slowly shook his head and murmured to himself, "Tsk, I still feel like something's missing. I prefer that clean and tidy feeling more."
"It seems this art stuff doesn't suit me."
After saying that, Lu Yuan took a small sip from the Coke in his glass.
But he felt it wasn't satisfying enough, so he directly put down the glass, took out the big bucket of Coke from the fridge, and chugged a few gulps straight from it.
"Ah—"
"Refreshing!"
"Hiccup~"
Tap, tap, tap—
Outside the door, light and brisk footsteps sounded, and Liu Yuan came in with a mop and bucket.
Seeing the charred frozen corpse sitting across from Lu Yuan, Liu Yuan looked curiously at Lu Yuan and said, "You actually changed your taste, how rare..."
Lu Yuan curled his lips. "You know how foul he smelled, and I still need to use this consulting room."
Liu Yuan nodded. "I know, our Dr. Lu loves cleanliness the most."
After saying that, Liu Yuan turned around and went out. After a while, she came back with a broom and a large garbage can.
Lu Yuan took out an exquisite silver hammer from the equipment cabinet behind him and gently tapped it on top of the ice sculpture. Crack—
A crack appeared from where Lu Yuan hit it. Crack crack—
The crack rapidly spread out. Lu Yuan tapped a few more spots on the ice sculpture, and in the blink of an eye, the gorgeous ice crystal amber turned into small ice cubes scattered all over the floor.
The diligent little nurse swept all the ice cubes on the floor into the trash can, leaving no residue behind.
Finally, Lu Yuan opened the window of the consulting room, and the chill morning breeze in the rain blew inside.
In less than a few minutes, the strange smell in the consulting room was completely eliminated, as if nothing had happened.
Today's breakfast made by Liu Yuan was a bit sumptuous.
It took Lu Yuan a full half an hour to finish eating.
Even little Zhang Baobao seemed to realize Liu Yuan’s cooking tasted better than Zhang Fenglan’s. After breakfast, her little tummy was round and full.
It was still raining outside. Lu Yuan looked in the direction where the spiritual energy fluctuation erupted last night and made a phone call.
About ten minutes later, a commercial vehicle drove into the medical school and stopped in front of the reception hall.
The driver who came yesterday, Xiao Chen, drove the car over after receiving Lu Yuan’s call this morning.
After the call, the boss of the Xia Group, Wang Dong, directly assigned Xiao Chen to be Lu Yuan’s dedicated driver, specifically responsible for providing transportation services for Lu Yuan’s clinic from now on.
Lu Yuan didn’t refuse Wang Dong’s good intentions either. After all, he was lacking someone to drive the ambulance.
The prepared Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan got into the car, followed by the pitter patter of little feet behind them.
Little Zhang Baobao also wanted to get on the car with her cartoon backpack, but Liu Yuan grabbed her and threw her back into the reception hall.
"Stay home and keep watch. If someone comes, guide them to get a number!"
Zhang Baobao blinked her innocent eyes, extremely aggrieved. Her little head nodded very reluctantly. "Oh..." she mumbled.
Xiao Chen drove the car forward. Soon, the commercial vehicle arrived in the suburbs of Yun City.
This world was not safe. The suburbs were even more dangerous.
It was still raining now. On the suburban roads of such a remote place like Yun City, they didn’t see a single person all the way.
Soon, at Lu Yuan's direction, Xiao Chen stopped the car at the roadside.
On both sides of the road were vast white mists, with raindrops falling on the ground making rustling sounds.
"Xiao Chen, pay attention to your surroundings when you get off the car. Be sure to stick close to us."
After specially reminding Xiao Chen, Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan got out of the car.
Lu Yuan walked in front and Liu Yuan followed behind holding an umbrella for him.
The umbrella was very small, only enough for one person.
Liu Yuan was completely drenched in the rain.
But from Xiao Chen's perspective, there was no sign of Liu Yuan's body getting wet by the rain. Even her hair was dry.
Xiao Chen thought for a moment, took an umbrella and ran over to Liu Yuan, handing her the umbrella and said: “Hello, take this. Let me hold the umbrella for Dr. Lu!"
At this moment, Lu Yuan was squatting on the ground, carefully looking at the marks on the road.
Behind him, Liu Yuan looked at Xiao Chen with a smile and said, "No need, you can’t hold this umbrella."
Hearing this, Xiao Chen was stunned. He looked at the black umbrella in Liu Yuan's hand. It did seem a little different.
He just didn't know why there were a few straws hanging on the umbrella.
At the moment, Xiao Chen didn't think too much about it. He figured Liu Yuan was hinting that his relationship with Dr. Lu was not yet at that point, so he nodded tactfully and stood to one side.
Bang!
Xiao Chen opened his own umbrella and squeezed closer to Liu Yuan's side, wanting to block some of the rain for her too.
At this time, Xiao Chen saw that Liu Yuan's body was already wet, and even her sweet little face was somewhat pale.
Suddenly, Xiao Chen felt a little cold.
But when he saw Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan in front of him, Xiao Chen still felt a sense of security rising from the bottom of his heart.
Lu Yuan was still looking at the marks on the road. Xiao Chen also lowered his head to take a look. Apart from the wet ground and some messy straws, he couldn’t make out anything.
When Xiao Chen looked up again, he saw Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan had already walked towards a wheat field by the roadside.
Hesitating for a few seconds, Xiao Chen felt it would still be safer to stay by Dr. Lu’s side.
So he immediately quickened his pace to catch up.
Visibility wasn’t great in the rainy wheat field. The icy wheat ears kept brushing Xiao Chen’s arms, shoulders and cheeks, making him feel colder and colder as he walked.
But every time he saw Liu Yuan's figure holding the umbrella for Lu Yuan ahead, Xiao Chen could feel a sense of security rising from the bottom of his heart.
"Xiao Chen?"
"Xiao Chen?"
Suddenly, Xiao Chen heard someone calling his name.
He looked around in confusion. Apart from Liu Yuan still walking ahead, where was anyone else?
On the contrary, because of the disturbance from this voice, he was farther away from Liu Yuan.
At once, Xiao Chen hurriedly strode forward to catch up.
"Xiao Chen! Wake up!"
Abruptly, an intense voice exploded in Xiao Chen's ears. At the same time, he also felt something hitting his head.
He looked around again. Over by the roadside where he just ran past, Xiao Chen saw the figures of Lu Yuan and Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan was waving anxiously at him over there, signaling him to hurry back.
In an instant, the already chilled Xiao Chen felt even colder.
He turned his head to look towards the direction of the wheat field ahead. The Liu Yuan walking ahead holding the umbrella was still visible.
Xiao Chen hesitated where he stood.
A kind of fear he had never felt so intensely before welled up in his heart.
"Which...which side is the real one?"
Mumbling to himself, Xiao Chen felt that the raindrops falling on him were no longer just cold, but bone-chilling.
Finally, Xiao Chen decided to retreat back to the roadside.
Because compared to someone who wanted to lead him to an unfamiliar environment, Xiao Chen still felt that the person standing in his familiar environment by his parked car on the roadside might be slightly safer.
So Xiao Chen immediately broke into a run towards that roadside.
But halfway there, Xiao Chen's whole body suddenly shuddered violently!
Because he saw that Liu Yuan standing on the road didn’t have a single sign of being drenched by the rain!
She was clearly not holding an umbrella, yet the rain falling from the sky seemed to vanish into thin air when reaching her!
"Xiao Chen! Where are you going?!"
"Stay close to us!"
Suddenly, another familiar voice rang out from behind Xiao Chen.
He looked back to see Liu Yuan walking towards the depths of the wheat field, holding an umbrella over Lu Yuan while calling out loudly to him, "Stay with us!"
Buzz—
In an instant, Xiao Chen felt somewhat numb in his limbs.
He hesitated again, standing in place.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Xiao Chen let out a roar from his mouth. This time he chased after Liu Yuan in the direction of the wheat field again!
This time Xiao Chen ran forward with almost all his strength, and he quickly caught up with Liu Yuan ahead.
Because of the fear in his heart and the cold in his body, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a strong urge rising from the bottom of his heart!
He wanted to go up and hug Liu Yuan!
He wanted to feel some warmth in this cold environment, even if it meant possibly facing severe punishment later.
And that was exactly what Xiao Chen did—he spread his arms wide and pounced towards Liu Yuan's back!
Bang!
A loud crashing sound rang out. Xiao Chen felt like he had crashed into something exceptionally icy cold.
The intense recoil knocked Xiao Chen down on his back in the wheat field. Looking up, what he had just crashed into...
was a scarecrow standing in the wheat field.
Oddly, the scarecrow's hand was holding a pitch-black umbrella.
A strong, putrid odor surged into Xiao Chen's nostrils—that was his last sensation.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
