Chapter 25: The Price of Strength
Here's the classroom? Why are you here?
"Hee hee hop, teacher teacher~" A burst of silver bell-like laughter sounded in Haoran's head, but Haoran turned back suddenly, and there was still no one! The atmosphere here is not hostile and weird, but full of warm and nostalgic atmosphere?
Haoran slowly walked up to the podium, and suddenly another piece of graphic information flashed in his mind, "Well, don't come, my brain is about to explode!" A vague figure stood on the podium, and at this moment the world seemed to be centered on him, this feeling was very familiar to Haoran, that was what he had felt from his uncle Su Han.
"From today onwards, I will be your principal and a teacher of general Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, combat guidance, and psychological counseling," the people on the podium finished speaking in one breath, and they did not breathe roughly.
"Ahh
"Given that this academy has just been established, I have personally experienced everything, and you should feel honored," the vague human form said because he had absolute strength and self-confidence, "I believe that this session of yours will make the name of the academy resounding throughout the Flood Continent under my guidance, not just my name." First of all, let's introduce myself, so let's start with me, my name is also clear to everyone, but I still want to introduce myself"
Haoran sat in a seat casually, waiting for the person on the podium to introduce himself, and suddenly the person interrupted his speech, his eyes seemed to penetrate everything, and he looked directly in his direction, as if everything was hidden! Haoran couldn't help but start to get nervous, most of the students here didn't know what was going on, and they all felt strong! Not to mention this teacher, he won't be discovered, right? But the vague figure on the podium waved his hand very politely to him, as if he had become a friend who was watching away.
"Hi, you... Good... Ah......" Before Haoran could say hello, the surrounding scene changed, and he was still in his seat just now, standing in an unknown place again.
This is, and where is it? The vision rotates, like a mountain forest in an undeveloped original ecological subtropical scenic spot, with a little mist, and the vision is also a little vague.
Have you ever been here? Haoran thought so. "Bang la la~" The sound of waves crashing interrupted Haoran's thoughts. Where did it come from?
Haoran wanted to see it carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more blurred it became, and Haoran, who didn't know that he was a guest in his dream, used his hands and feet together, and began to grope in this pristine mountain forest.
The road is unexpectedly easy to walk: move with your heart, the babbling stream crosses, and the dense jungle is like a horse watching the flowers. As fast as the heart goes, it goes!
A purple glow is like an exit, the end of this jungle, finally going out!
"Huh-" Haoran squinted to adjust to the changing light before and after.
"Boom-" The first thing that came into my ears was the sound of the crashing waves. Standing on a mountain cliff, you can see the endless ocean in the distance, how turbulent the water waves are, and the mountain island towers high in the clouds.
The oncoming sea breeze carries a damp breath, and the horizon of the sky and the sea in the distance holds up clouds. Looking at the past, it seems to be a vantage point, overlooking the nearby scenery. From far to near, the trees are lush and green, and the mountain breeze is like autumn water and the sky is the same color; The mountains here are actually suspended! Beneath the bedrock, ancient vines hung as if reaching the bottom of the mist, and the nearby mountain springs converged into a waterfall that sloped towards the mist. "Whoa~"
Turning his head, a corner of the mountains, vaguely revealing a mysterious building, majestic, extraordinary, this, where? Haoran asked himself a few times in his heart.
The last one suddenly looked back, and behind him, standing quietly and densely, were one creature after another full of reverence, and the endless number could not be seen at a glance. Just stood like this, not daring to make a mistake, and then a scene that made people suddenly full of pride: all the creatures bowed their heads in the field of vision and made a bowing salute, and then Qi Brushbrush shouted with respect: "Teacher (principal)!" ”
At this moment, how spectacular it is to come to the dynasty of ten thousand lives! A sense of pride arose in Haoran's heart, wait, he is the principal?!
I closed my eyes and shook my head vigorously, and opened my eyes again, huh? Why has the scenery changed again? Haoran found himself lying down. What does it taste like? Smell ~ smell ~ mixed with fresh grass leaves, slightly warm and moist air, and the breeze that was used to blowing at that time, here, where?
Haoran is sure that he is dreaming, but if he regains consciousness in the dream, shouldn't he wake up? Haoran stretched out his hand and let the wind blow between his fingers.
The wind here is so comfortable that even my heart is gradually relaxed, and I will sleep with a dream.
Slowly getting up, Haoran stood up and wanted to look further. Before he had time to look at all the surroundings, the boy was fascinated by this scenery, such a vast and boundless world! Here, where is the sea of grass! Isn't it just the soft grass that lies on your own?
"Knock-" What sound? "Knock-" Such an ethereal percussion instrument?! Fishing drums? A name just pops up in my mind, wait, so familiar, so familiar! Have you ever been here?
Looking around for the source of the sound, behind a long and lush hillside, I finally found myself closer! Who the hell is it? Rolling and crawling, anxiously brushing aside the layers of lush grass.
Is that!?
A person with a vague appearance is lying on a huge one-legged monster, saying that this monster, En, is very special, with a huge body, but it is one-eyed and one-legged, how is it possible?! Moreover, this monster looks like a good man, but his temper is definitely violent, this is his intuition.
Eccentric, fantastical, ethereal, loose, mythical? Different sensations flashed one after another. The figure on the monster's back stretched his waist, yawned, and turned over in enjoyment, muttering in a voice like a dream whispering: "Well, the smell of grass, boundless, is the sea of grass in my memory, I like this taste, it will remind me of here, the sky here, the grassland." No matter when my restless heart is calm, as long as I am in this vast world, it has calmed down~"
"Teacher-teacher-!" Suddenly, an interjection interrupted the quiet and peaceful scene, the sound went from far to near, the person who came was very fast, and a figure approached the strong man of the monster so respectfully.
"Ah, Bao, the break is over, thank you for reminding me, here, my sense of time seems to be lost." The figure was a little reluctant in tone, slowly got up, straightened his casual clothes, and waited, isn't this person the person on the podium just now?
I saw that the unknown strong man had not taken a few steps and suddenly stopped, and said in the direction of Haoran: "......"
What, what did he say? Why can't you hear yourself?
"Hey! Wait a minute...... What did you just say...... What......" Haoran wanted to catch up and find out, but the surrounding scenery was blurred again.
As the pupils regained focus, Haoran felt a sense of powerlessness and inexplicable anger from the bottom of his heart?
An unknown man, this is definitely not himself, but he is looking at him from the first perspective. Crazy depressing, full of violent purple pupils, hair is angry, looking at himself reflected in the broken cyan sword in his hand, the man raised his head and opened his mouth and roared: "......"
Hao Ran could feel that it was roaring from his throat, but he didn't hear what was said, and he didn't have time to remember how his lips moved, and four different swords rose up around him, as if they were going to tear the sky apart. The blurred vision gradually became clear, what kind of end times it was, this piece of heaven and earth gradually collapsed.
A momentum that looks at the world is like four swords, and at this moment, the world is alive in my hands! Full of hostility, he looked at the crowd of beings surrounding him: Wait, they are all ants!
"Go ahead!" The final order of extinction is issued, and the four swords merge with four different powers! "Boom!"
White, a piece of white, Haoran still maintained the gesture of controlling the sword, and this piece of heaven and earth suddenly turned white, and everything seemed to have evaporated, and it seemed to be all phantoms, could it be that all this was done by himself? Haoran was a little uncertain and skeptical.
"Heh, have you been affected by the dream, boy?" In this white nothingness, there is a little black that is so dazzling, and the black-toned young man, Al, approached from a distance in casual clothes, stretched out his five fingers and waved them in front of Haoran's eyes. "Smack~" snapped his fingers crisply, pulling Haoran back. "Ah~"
Haoran looked around a little blankly, but there was nothing but the white expanse, even under his feet, whether he was really stepping on the ground, there was no feeling of going up and down at all. "Al, where is this?"
"It's up to you, though I've watched everything the whole time." Al smiled, playing dumb riddles.
"Myself?" Haoran's brows furrowed, and then he stretched out, "Could it be that this is my spiritual world?" ”
"Bingo ~ It's a pity that there are no rewards."
"Impossible, I was still dreaming just now, how could I take the initiative to enter this abstract world of consciousness?" Haoran shook his head and asserted subjectively.
"You seem to have ignored me......"
After Al gave him a slight reminder, "Ah, I remember, Alto had a similar experience!" Haoran shouted out in an almost excited voice, and then thought with his chin in his hand, "But, Al, why did you bring me here?" ”
"I think it's your own unintentional release of the sea that pulls you into these fragments of past memories, and I just did it and let it play a few more." Al said and looked around again, "Then again, this place is really simple and pure, if you hadn't experienced the previous vacation, what would this place be like, hehe......"
Is it true that Su Han has done this for himself, if it weren't for him, his world would probably be a mess, Haoran thought of everything Su Han had done, and couldn't help but think of his family. "By the way, Al, I remember that my uncle didn't write about Alto's inner world, you have been there, what is it like there?"
"Alto's inner world...... "Al reminiscence," Al said, "It's also a very pure place, where there is no one but an empty city, and outside the walls is gray. ”
"At that time, Alto closed himself in his inner world, and that city was a small border town where Alto lived for more than a year." Haoran roughly deduced it based on Al's description.
"In addition, the place that was originally the core of the city's city lord's mansion is his own home, spanning a combination of two time periods." Al broke the news again.
"What, how can it be like this?!" Haoran was also a little surprised.
When the two were talking, a little purple light appeared in this white world at some point, Al had sharp eyes, and he noticed it for the first time, and then naturally revealed his signature smile, and he could see it immediately, Haoran's biggest secret.
And Haoran was also attracted by this purple point of light, and paused his conversation with Al, "What's that?" ”
"Just check it out." Al agitated.
Haoran was said to be the first to take a step. When the two of them walked in, a very delicate drop of purple crystal floated there, this is the light source? The boy subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch it, and the lens obediently floated down, circling Haoran's fingertips, but there was a force that prevented Haoran from holding it, and Haoran was attracted by this power.
"What is this?" Looking at the dancing crystals on his fingertips, Haoran couldn't help but ask.
"I'm afraid it's the will of some strong person." Al had a serious expression.
"Will?" Haoran was amazed at how much knowledge Al had seen, and he had no hope of asking a question, but he actually got a reply, this was his spiritual world, what should be the first time he explored and learned.
"It's a very positive thing, and it can be called a teacher's way -- although in the end it wants to destroy everything." Al was serious and then looked a little solemn. "This person is very strong, I'm afraid I have to return to the Great Sage to win." (Al's past was once obscure, and after learning about his past in "The Lost Days", he has not returned, and no one knows his intentions.) )
"Oh oh oh~" Haoran couldn't help but be a little excited, but he was immediately poured a basin of cold water by El.
"Don't be too happy, I know roughly how your talent came about, that's it!" Al pointed to the purple drop on Haoran's fingertips, "You will be affected by it since you fall asleep, and as you become stronger and more affected, it is estimated that more memory fragments will be released, and your personality and subconscious will gradually become the person's mind body, and when you encounter the body that is greater than this will, you will be merged!" ”
“!!!” Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world, Haoran just wanted to be proud of himself to become a hanging pen, but he didn't expect the price to be so big, although he didn't feel any malice in his hand at present, but in the future, he didn't want to make a wedding dress for this inexplicable strong man, what should I do? Haoran threw a distressed look at Al, "I want to be myself......"
Al comforted him very reliably: "However, with your current strength, there is still a long way to go from that step, so for the time being, use this to become stronger, and the choice of the last step is the key, and at that time is when you choose to be yourself or be the mind body of his will." ”
"That's it? So the last step, how can I be myself again? Haoran put down his hand, letting the drop of crystal float into the air on its own, his tone still full of worry.
"Personal will + luck, as I said, there is still a long way to go, you still have time. It's just that in the future, I will strengthen the exercise that affects the resistance, and this is presided over by me. ”
"Strengthen the exercises that affect the resistance, ? Haoran chewed Al's suggestion, but immediately realized something, and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "I'll strangle the grass!" So I'm going to have to sleep in peace? ”
It was El's sneer who answered Haoran: "Hehe~haha~ This is the fact that you have to face, boy. Also, I have a rule as a person, that is, I like to constantly challenge the spiritual limits of the host......"
"Hey~ We don't have such an agreement, wait, I think we can continue to discuss......" Without waiting for Haoran to protest, Al flicked Haoran's forehead lightly, "Bang~!" ”
"It hurts~it hurts~it hurts~" Haoran couldn't help but cover his head, and when he regained consciousness, he found that he was in his room in the main god space, and he was just like that, woke up?