52: Chapter 52 The Humanoid Incubation Tank is Back
In the midst of their conversation, the two of them had already made their way from the Research Institute to the teaching area.
Fearing that the class advisor might make things difficult for Ling Yichen, Long Daoyi personally escorted him to his class.
Ling Yichen's class was Class 1, Grade 1. When the two arrived, a class was in progress. The teacher was a middle-aged woman who still retained her charm; she had a pleasant face, a well-maintained figure, and wore professional attire, looking quite dedicated to her work.
With their arrival, everyone's eyes converged on them.
Seeing the female teacher on the podium, Long Daoyi immediately walked over with a beaming smile and said familiarly, "What a coincidence, Teacher Yuan is the one teaching. That saves me the trouble of looking for you."
As he spoke, he beckoned to Ling Yichen, "Junior Brother, come here!"
"Teacher Yuan, this is my junior brother, Ling Yichen. He's a student in your class. He was supposed to enroll yesterday, but my teacher took a liking to him and brought him away, so he missed class. Just now, he was delayed again because he had to cooperate with the Discipline Hall's investigation."
With that, he pushed Ling Yichen in front of the female teacher.
Ling Yichen acted well-behaved and greeted her humbly, "Hello, Teacher!"
When the female teacher first saw Ling Yichen, she looked slightly impatient.
But once Long Daoyi called him "Junior Brother," Teacher Yuan's expression underwent a slight change, shifting from impatience to surprise, and then from surprise to a smile.
After hearing Long Daoyi's explanation, she quickly said, "Since it was Elder Chan who took him, then of course it's fine."
She looked at Ling Yichen, smiled, and patted his arm, pointing to an empty desk at the very back of the classroom. "Go sit over there."
Ling Yichen didn't say much and obediently walked to the back of the classroom to sit at the empty desk.
"Teacher Yuan, I won't disturb your class then. See you later!"
Having said that, Long Daoyi gave Ling Yichen a look and then turned to leave.
As Long Daoyi left, every gaze in the classroom instantly focused on Ling Yichen.
Many people immediately began to whisper among themselves.
"Wow... to be handpicked by a teacher and taken as a disciple right after enrolling, what a stroke of luck!"
"Indeed. I heard that Elder Chan is an honorary elder of the school. It's good to have a powerful backer; with such a patron, everything will be easier in the future!"
"Not necessarily. I heard that honorary elder isn't well-regarded by the school management. His strength isn't that great either—he's a marginal figure."
"Who cares if he's a marginal figure? Even a marginal one is still an elder. Who would dare touch his student? As long as he doesn't provoke the Six Great Families, he can basically do whatever he wants."
"That's true. I'm so envious."
...
Listening to the chatter, Ling Yichen couldn't help but reflect that having a backer really did make a difference.
Just then, the female teacher on the podium slammed her pointer against the desk a few times and shouted, "Quiet!"
The crowd immediately fell silent. They stopped staring at Ling Yichen and looked toward the teacher instead.
"Pay attention. The knowledge you're learning now will be useful when you enter the battlefield or go out on missions in the future."
"Some people have background and might not need to go to the army or carry out missions, but that's not necessarily true for you. You still need to study hard to avoid losing your lives when the time comes."
Hearing the teacher's words, Ling Yichen frowned slightly.
"This teacher seems to still have a bit of dissatisfaction toward me. Luckily, I already parasitized her with a Worm just now."
Ling Yichen pursed his lips and smiled secretly.
Indeed, when the female teacher had patted him earlier, Ling Yichen had parasitized her with a Spirit Worm.
Although the teacher wasn't weak—possessing mid-to-high C-rank strength—it wasn't difficult for a Spirit Worm to parasitize her.
Afterward, he glanced at his classmates, his mind racing: "Should I parasitize the others in the class as well?"
After a brief thought, he made a decision. He lightly shook his leg under the desk, and instantly, countless Worms split into dozens of centimeter-long threads, surging out in all directions.
Moments later, all 47 people in the class, excluding Ling Yichen, were parasitized.
Having finished this, Ling Yichen finally revealed a faint smile.
"One should not have the intent to harm others, but one must never let their guard down. I'll be spending day and night with these people for a while. No one knows if they'll harbor ill intentions towards me one day. It's better to parasitize them early."
The parasitism wouldn't cause them any harm. Without Ling Yichen's command, the parasitized Worms wouldn't devour their flesh; they would only absorb a tiny bit of blood daily to sustain themselves, which wouldn't affect them at all.
With the parasitism complete, Ling Yichen immediately focused his mind and began to listen attentively.
He realized the teacher was currently lecturing on wilderness [survival] techniques.
For example, if one were to get separated from their teammates during a mission in the wilderness, they might as well do nothing and wait for death where they stood.
Or, if they encountered a demonic beast with a higher rank than the team, they could consider throwing the weakest teammate out to distract the beast and then seize the time to escape.
It was full of... pure practical knowledge!
At this moment, Ling Yichen truly felt how realistic human nature was in this world!
As long as you could stay alive, you could use any means necessary, even betraying your teammates!
Ling Yichen only listened for a while before his blood began to boil, nearly causing the Spirit Worm inside the female teacher to activate and devour her completely.
He stared at the female teacher for a moment, then decided he didn't want to waste any more time.
He stood up abruptly from his chair and said, "Teacher, I need to go to the bathroom!"
The teacher stared at him, her eyes showing a hint of annoyance and disgust, but she quickly suppressed it and waved him off. "Go ahead."
Ling Yichen didn't care and turned to leave.
After leaving the classroom, he didn't head toward the bathroom but went straight toward the Research Institute.
After walking for a bit, Ling Yichen saw two luxury cars drive through the school gate onto the main road, eventually stopping in front of the teaching building.
Soon, several serious-looking men in black suits got out of the front car, each possessing an extremely powerful aura.
However, after getting out, these people immediately lined up in two rows, standing respectfully outside the door of the car behind them. Then, a handsome middle-aged man in fine clothes stepped out from the front seat of the second car.
After getting out, he respectfully and humbly opened the rear door, saying something to the person inside with a face full of smiles.
Then, a stunningly beautiful young girl slowly stepped out of the back seat. She had long white hair and azure eyes.
"W?"
Ling Yichen was slightly surprised. He quickly walked to a corner to hide and silently observed the situation with W.
"Wasn't she taken away? How is she back so soon?"
"Those people... they seem to be from the Six Great Families."
After a brief thought, Ling Yichen closed his eyes and sensed the Spirit Worm inside W.
Upon checking, he was instantly shocked.
Because he sensed that there were nearly 300 Spirit Worms inside W's body.
Furthermore, W's body had completely recovered.
Previously, because he had drained nearly half of her essence blood to cultivate Spirit Worms—even evolving an Intelligence Worm—W had been in a weakened state.
But now, after only being gone for a few hours, W's body was fully restored, and nearly 300 more Spirit Worms had appeared.
This shocked Ling Yichen immensely.
Immediately, he began to use the Spirit Worms in W's body to trace back and see what had happened after she was taken away.
About ten minutes later, Ling Yichen understood the general process.
He couldn't help but marvel, "As expected of the Six Great Families; their heritage is truly profound. They actually possess a Medicinal Pool capable of Flesh Reconstruction!"
Indeed, the reason W recovered so quickly was that the Lin Family of the Six Great Families had placed her in a Medicinal Pool prepared with countless top-tier herbs. This pool's properties could assist in physical cultivation and heal injuries, even reaching the legendary level of Flesh Reconstruction. It was incredibly exaggerated.
Because of this, W not only replenished her previous essence blood deficiency but also allowed the Worms in her body to evolve, resulting in nearly 300 Spirit Worms.
"Heh, an unexpected surprise."
"Not only is my humanoid cultivation tank back, but she's also brought me such a huge surprise."
"300 Spirit Worms... that's more than all the Spirit Worms in my own body combined."
Ling Yichen's eyes were filled with joy.
But he quickly restrained his joy.
Through the Spirit Worm's connection, he also learned something else: W's identity.
She was indeed a reserve of the 26-Character Army, but she was a deserter.
Ling Yichen didn't know the specific reason for her desertion, but he knew that the Extraordinary Association had reported W to the 26-Character Army Reserve Camp in Sky City.
Ling Yichen didn't know the decision made by the Reserve Camp; W seemed to have received a secret order, which was shielded by a powerful force that the Spirit Worm couldn't bypass.
In short, after W received this secret order, the Supernatural Management Association very respectfully sent her to the Lin Family of the Six Great Families, placed her in the Medicinal Pool to restore her body's deficiency, and then sent her to the school.
Having understood everything, Ling Yichen sighed softly and whispered, "I hope the secret order you received isn't related to me. Otherwise... I'd really be a bit reluctant to kill you. After all, you are my humanoid cultivation tank."
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