Chapter 8, The Deceptive Immortal Monster

Wake up, wake up as soon as possible, do you realize you are killing your life

Yi Tianxing smiled broadly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and said: "How could it be? Living alone is the easiest thing; there are no parents nagging in my ears every day"

The campus in the afternoon is somewhat hot, and although the lush green trees are rich in color, they cannot conceal the heat of the red sun above. There are some scattered patches of grass in between, but at this time, all the students have already finished their thorough cleaning and gone home, leaving the grass completely empty. After walking about ten steps past the playground, there is a platform made of gravel, on which stands an exceptionally large blackboard. Above the blackboard is a rain awning, shielding it from the scorching sunlight. Compared to the surrounding scenery, the blackboard appears even darker and cooler; if it were clean and dust-free, it would surely resemble a piece of black jade. Unfortunately, at this moment, it is covered with red and white chalk writings.

Zou Leilei said with a smile: "Hmph, nothing more to say? Let's hurry up together." With that, she turned the steering wheel towards the teaching building.

Yi Tianxing and Zou Leilei imitated the Great Sage Equal to Heaven by propping their palms against the awning, foolishly lifting their heads to gaze at the large blackboard before them. Suddenly, they exchanged a glance and broke into silly laughter.

Zou Leilei quietly listened as he read this passage with great emotion. Suddenly, she realized that he had his eyes closed, and she couldn't help but smile, saying, "Isn't your memory a bit terrifying?" Yi Tianxing smiled.

Two people returned the chalk and ruler to the group work department on the first floor and then pushed a cart from the shed. There is a long, straight road from the teaching building to the school gate, and Yi Tianxing and she walked while chatting and laughing. Zou Leilei suddenly said, "I almost forgot, as promised last weekend, today I will treat you to crispy skin." After saying this, she looked at him with a sweet smile.

Yi Tianxing felt a sudden panic, his face filled with happiness as he said, "That would be the best." Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a figure swaying in the distance at the school gate.

If it were someone else, they would definitely not be able to see clearly, but Yi Tianxing was the kind of person who could catch mosquitoes at night without turning on the lights, relying solely on moonlight. With a slight attention, he could see that it was Hu Yun from his class. He frowned, thinking that there were not many students left in the school at this time; who was Hu Yun waiting for? He had heard classmates mention before that he was quite familiar with some delinquents in society. As this thought crossed his mind, Yi Tianxing suddenly felt a sense of annoyance, as if something unpleasant was waiting for him.

Seeing him smile confidently, Zou Leilei let out a gentle sigh and decided not to say much more. She smiled and said, "It's all set, let's go."

He glanced at Zou Leilei, who was laughing and chatting beside him, suddenly stopped in his tracks, and said gently: "Leilei, you should go ahead today; I just remembered that I have some matters to attend to at school."

Zou Leilei suddenly frowned and said: "Maugham's other essay on lighting should be more positive. Is the one you selected too dim? Will there be any comments from Teacher Hu when he comes to check on Monday?"

Another Saturday

He enjoys this kind of hardship

Zou Leilei smiled and said, "I can't win the argument against you." After a moment of silence, she looked at him with concern and said, "You must have had a difficult time these past few years"

Yi Tianxing was troubled, and it certainly could not be said that it was due to his inexplicable premonition... After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said: "The new young teacher from the Youth Work Department asked me to clean the Youth Work Department today"

Zou Leilei looked around in surprise and said, "There are hardly any people left in the school, what is it that you need?"

Yi Tianxing stared foolishly at the lovely sky-blue 24-inch bicycle disappearing at the school gate, still not fully aware of what was happening. Young love often easily alters a boy's nature; at this moment, all Yi Tianxing wanted was to rush to the Jiaodian Building, regardless of who was waiting for him outside or whether a fight was imminent. Why concern himself with hiding his abilities at this time? In the Buddhist scriptures he had read recently, the old monk of the Linji school said well: "At this moment, if you encounter a Buddha, kill the Buddha; if you encounter an ancestor, kill the ancestor; if you encounter an Arhat, kill the Arhat; inward or outward, kill whatever you encounter!" Why concern himself with hiding his abilities at this time? In the Buddhist scriptures he had read recently, the old monk of the Linji school said well: "At this moment, if you encounter a Buddha, kill the Buddha; if you encounter an ancestor, kill the ancestor; if you encounter an Arhat, kill the Arhat; inward or outward, kill whatever you encounter!"

Zou Leilei sighed and said, "No way? We are not really laborers." Her expression of grievance was extremely adorable

Yi Tianxing felt a slight panic in his heart and said: "Listen to me, be good."

Yi Tianxing chuckled and said, "So let this unfortunate one relieve the young lady of her worries."

Saturday has always been his favorite day. Not for any other reason, but because during the weekend cleaning, he can openly follow Zou Leilei to the large blackboard downstairs to practice writing with chalk.

A gust of warm wind blew as the young man walked proudly towards the school gate, humming the then-popular song "Wake Up" by Sister Yilian. Unfortunately, the few delinquents waiting outside the campus to fight could not hear the lyrics.

He recalled how he had followed Zou Leilei every day this week to write on the blackboard, and he couldn't help but gently rub his index finger and thumb together, as if the tips of his fingers were still stained with that smooth chalk dust. For him, this was the tactile sensation of happiness

Yi Tianxing shrugged nonchalantly and said, "Life is inherently difficult, and that is a fact. As for the gloom? The boatman's song may actually just be a way to find some joy in the terrifying years of hardship. But if a person in such circumstances can still remember to make themselves happy, that is already quite positive, isn't it"

That blackboard is indeed very large; if one were to write everything on it, it would be even more laborious than his daily effort of dragging scrap steel bars out of the garbage mountain every night

Yi Tianxing pointed to the area on the blackboard where the white cursive chalk writing was most concentrated and said: "Look, the passage I wrote from Maugham's 'Song of the River' is the best." He softly recited: "Their song is a painful moan, a desperate sigh, a mournful wail; it is hardly a human voice. It is the cry of an infinitely sorrowful soul, merely accompanied by a touch of melody and harmonious sound, and the final tone is the last sob of a human being. Life is too difficult, life is too cruel, the song is the final protest of despair. It is the cry of an infinitely sorrowful soul, merely accompanied by a touch of melody and harmonious sound, and the final tone is the last sob of a human being. Life is too difficult, life is too cruel, the song is the final protest of despair. This is the song of the river.

Yi Tianxing yawned, stepped out of his small dark room, and pretended to practice a set of punches on the small stone platform next to his pile of junk. For someone with his extraordinarily strong physique, these punches were naturally of little help. Nevertheless, Yi Tianxing was, after all, a monstrous talent. Although he believed that he merely had an astonishing memory and that his intelligence quotient was not particularly high, he was always aware of the need to conceal his true abilities. In the future, if he were forced to reveal his real skills, it would be better for others to discover that he practiced boxing daily than to be captured like a monster and taken to a research center for abnormal humans.

However, there is no way around it, as Lei Lei is the publicity committee member of the student council

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Upon hearing this, Yi Tianxing felt as if his heart blossomed into one hundred and twenty-eight petals, yet his face began to display a foolish grin, and he blankly said: "Alright, let's go first... If not, you can wait for me at the Electric Building; I will be at most ten minutes late."

This is the result of the two of them over the past week. Although the content they wrote mainly consists of foreign language learning, extracurricular activities, motivational essays, and clichés that could not be more trite, the densely packed chalk writing on the blackboard truly filled these two young boys and girls with a sense of accomplishment

Zou Leilei heard him say "good" again, feeling extremely embarrassed. She let out a soft scoff and rode her bicycle out of the school like she was escaping.

In a moment of urgency, he uttered a word of affection, which caused the usually cheerful and carefree Miss Zou to blush deeply. The two of them lingered on that straight path for quite some time. Finally, Zou Leilei spoke in a voice as faint as a mosquito's: "Then I will take my leave, but... you leave early from evening study every day, and this is the only time each week we can walk together..." Her voice grew softer and softer.