113: Chapter 113 Flower Fairy

Spurred on by Ling Yichen's words, Qin Han, Gu Zi'ang, and Lei Qiandao quickly ran to Elina's side and helped her up.

However, the cautious care they had shown Elina was completely gone.

What happened today could be said to be Elina's own doing; if she had been able to control her emotions and not attack Ling Yichen, she could have maintained her noble Goddess image and continued to be fawned over by them.

But now...

Her Goddess aura was shattered, and everyone had seen her transformed into her witch form. Like her? That was out of the question; it was good enough that they didn't loathe her.

The few who came to help her up were only doing so out of consideration for her special status.

After successfully helping her back, they didn't say much and quickly left with her.

Ling Yichen also left immediately.

He first took Ye Qingzhu to the Genius Student Class. The moment he arrived at the Genius Student Class, the entire class was looking at him.

Most of them looked at him with vigilance, though a small minority looked at him with admiration.

For instance, a few people from the Hidden Family.

Of course, there were also a few extremely hostile gazes, such as Lei Qianzi.

However, interestingly, Lei Qianzi seemed more fearful today than in the past.

Although her eyes were full of hatred, whenever Ling Yichen looked at her, she would quickly avoid his gaze to prevent eye contact.

To this, Ling Yichen smiled without a word.

It must be that killing Lin Cong had intimidated her.

Ling Yichen had no intention of wasting time on these people; he turned, kissed Ye Qingzhu on the forehead, and then took Tian Yingying toward the Research Institute.

Arriving at the Research Institute, Ling Yichen surprisingly didn't see anyone.

The old man wasn't there, and neither was Long Daoyi.

"Master might be in the underground secret chamber," Tian Yingying said.

Ling Yichen was stunned. A secret chamber?

He knew about the underground training room, but where was there a secret chamber?

Seeing this, Tian Yingying pursed her lips and said, "Master has a separate secret chamber, and he spends a lot of time there alone!"

Hearing this, Ling Yichen seemed to think of something.

Yuan Qing had once told him that after the Demon-Human Clan girl whom Long Daoyi deeply loved died, she turned into a Demon Grass, which he had kept.

Could it be the place where the remains of the Demon-Human Clan girl were kept?

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Tian Yingying, "Take me to see it!"

Tian Yingying nodded, took the elevator down to the underground training room with Ling Yichen, and then found a hidden door in one of the training rooms.

This training room was also Long Daoyi's exclusive training room; because there were few people in the Research Institute, there were five training rooms for four people, and one was even empty.

After Tian Yingying brought Ling Yichen here, she returned to the Surface.

After thinking for a moment, Ling Yichen gently knocked on the hidden door.

In less than five seconds, the hidden door opened.

Long Daoyi stood behind the door with a desolate expression; upon seeing it was Ling Yichen, he looked surprised, panicked, and somewhat awkward.

At this moment, the honest and foolish look on his face was gone, replaced only by a thick air of sorrow.

"Senior Brother!" Ling Yichen called out.

Long Daoyi tried hard to squeeze out a smile, then opened the hidden door completely.

As the hidden door opened, a small room of less than ten square meters was revealed before Ling Yichen.

The room wasn't large, but it was decorated very warmly, with pink wallpaper on the walls and various cute fairy lights and decorations hanging from the ceiling.

There were cute elements everywhere in the room; one look and it was clear this was a girl's room.

In the center of the room was a stone table, and on the stone table sat a jade flowerpot, in which a withered green plant was planted.

The plant was half a meter tall, with no leaves, only a green flower the size of a human head drooping and hanging to one side of the stem.

This must be the Demon Grass that the Demon-Human Clan girl had turned into after her death.

Calling it a Demon Grass was actually inaccurate; it should be a Demon Flower.

Feeling Ling Yichen's gaze fixed on the Demon Flower, Long Daoyi immediately gave a silly smile and said, "This is a plant I'm raising. Unfortunately, it has withered and died, but I couldn't bear to throw it away!"

Long Daoyi tried hard to put on a calm appearance, but the sadness deep in his eyes was so thick it was about to drip out.

Ling Yichen stepped forward, gently patted his arm, and said softly, "Senior Brother, actually, I already know from Senior Sister Yuan Qing. You don't have to pretend in front of me! At least... you don't have to work so hard; you can just be yourself."

As soon as these words were spoken, bean-sized tears instantly welled up in Long Daoyi's eyes.

He had never seen a man shed tears in such a short amount of time.

One moment he seemed calm, and the next second, tears were already falling like beads.

"Junior Brother... I..." Long Daoyi tried hard to make himself smile.

But the more he wanted to smile, the faster the tears in his eyes rolled down, and the expression on his face switched back and forth between crying and laughing, making his expression look somewhat strange at this moment.

Ling Yichen sighed, stepped forward, and hugged this tragic man.

"It's okay, cry if you want to; it doesn't matter!"

Ling Yichen comforted Long Daoyi as if comforting a child.

Long Daoyi could no longer restrain the sorrow in his heart; he began to sob, truly crying like a child, weeping bitterly.

Ling Yichen didn't feel any discomfort and just quietly comforted him.

About half an hour later, Long Daoyi's emotions gradually calmed down.

After calming down, he looked at Ling Yichen with red eyes, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"I actually rarely cry!" Long Daoyi explained, wanting to salvage a little face as a Senior Brother.

However, Ling Yichen just nodded gently, showing his understanding.

Then he stepped forward to check on the condition of the Demon Flower.

He was actually quite curious; he hadn't seen a member of the Demon-Human Clan before.

"Senior Brother, may I ask a presumptuous question? What do members of the Demon-Human Clan generally look like?" Ling Yichen asked.

Upon hearing this, Long Daoyi looked at him in surprise, then took a book from a bookshelf by the table and handed it over.

Ling Yichen took it and saw that it was a hand-drawn book, with "Complete Guide to the Demon-Human Clan" written on the cover.

He opened it and saw that the first page was a hand-drawn illustration depicting a girl with a human upper body and a fish tail sitting on a rock; the drawing skills were profound and vivid, with text annotations below.

[Merfolk]: Mostly human bodies with fish tails, a few have fish heads and human bodies. They like to live in groups and are hermaphroditic. Once they have a loved one, they can decide their gender; once determined, it is extremely difficult to change.

Ling Yichen's eyes lit up instantly.

Good heavens, the Merfolk are actually hermaphroditic and can even decide their own gender; that's kind of cool!

He turned another page.

Two-thirds of the page was a hand-drawing of an extremely burly and strong man, but this man had a crocodile head on his neck and a thick tail dragging behind him.

Below the drawing were still text annotations.

[Crocodile-Human Clan]: Mostly human bodies with crocodile heads; a few are human heads with crocodile bodies, which are deformed variants. Deformed variants have low combat power and are mostly killed at birth. The Crocodile-Human Clan is born with divine strength, valiant and good at fighting, and is a top-tier war race!

Ling Yichen flipped through several more pages. Every page recorded a race, all of which were groups Ling Yichen hadn't seen much, and they were all very peculiar.

After reading for a while, he finally had a general understanding of the Demon-Human Clan.

Then, Long Daoyi turned the book to the middle-latter part and pointed to this page, saying, "This is the Flower-Human Clan, which is Xiao Yao's tribe!"

Ling Yichen immediately saw the hand-drawn illustration depicting an extremely beautiful race. This was a race with a slender human body; they were 90% human overall, with only the neck area having a ring of outward-spreading petals, and in the center of the petals was a girl with an exquisite face.

The text annotation read: [Flower-Human Clan]: Also known as Flower Fairies. This race is entirely female. Most have human bodies and heads, with only the neck and feet retaining plant characteristics. A few rare bloodlines can fully evolve into human form after reaching adulthood, and after death, they return completely to plant form.

Ling Yichen had previously thought Long Daoyi had some special fetish for the Demon-Human Clan, but he only understood after seeing this picture and the annotation.

The one he liked must have been a Flower Fairy who had fully evolved into a human, and only after death could she turn back into a plant form.

Ling Yichen couldn't help but look at the large green flower, his eyes filled with pity.

He didn't try to persuade Long Daoyi to get over it or move on, because he knew that if this happened to him, he would be the same.

Some wounds are impossible to heal.

And they will become more painful as time goes on, until death.

"Turn your sorrow and hatred into strength. Fortunately, your enemies are all still alive, and you still have a chance to take revenge on them yourself!"

Ling Yichen said, looking at Long Daoyi seriously.

Long Daoyi, however, gave a bitter smile and didn't take it seriously.

He also wanted to take revenge himself, but unfortunately, he didn't have the strength, and he might not have it in this lifetime either.

Ling Yichen also knew his thoughts; he smiled faintly and reached out to pat his shoulder.

Instantly, an Intelligence Worm appeared from Ling Yichen's hand, crawled onto Long Daoyi's body, and then entered his body.

Previously, he had placed a Spirit Worm on him, but now his strength had improved significantly, and he even had surplus Intelligence Worms. He simply placed an Intelligence Worm on Long Daoyi to raise his starting point, allowing him to go higher and further in the years to come!

"Don't be discouraged; your good luck is about to come!"

Ling Yichen encouraged him, then didn't stay any longer, said goodbye, walked out of the secret chamber, and entered the training room.

As he entered the training room, Long Daoyi closed the door of the secret chamber again, sat back down quietly in front of the stone table, took a tissue, and carefully wiped the Demon Flower.

However, as he was wiping, he suddenly felt his whole body becoming incomparably hot. Bean-sized sweat beads began to emerge from his body, and then the sweat began to contain filth, accompanied by bursts of foul odor.

At this moment, Long Daoyi also realized his abnormality.

He was about to get up, but suddenly let out a low roar, then collapsed to the ground and began to tremble violently.

He... began to awaken!