124: Rewards can also boost your mental strength?!

It was early morning, bright and sunny.

Lu Yang emerged from the shower, feeling refreshed.

The intense battle had only just ceased.

He had expected Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess to be exhausted and want to rest.

However, to his surprise, in the short time it took him to shower, she had already gotten up again.

She stood naked before the full transparent glass wall of the train’s bedroom, the sunlight striking her body like a thin veil, creating a play of light and shadow that made her skin appear creamy and alluring.

Hearing Lu Yang’s movements, she turned around gracefully, without the slightest hint of shyness.

“Great Holy Spirit Master, thank you for your strong and vigorous bestowal, which has injected new vitality into my life.”

Seeing Lu Yang’s morning greeting, a knowing smile appeared on her pure yet alluring face.

“Great Holy Spirit Master, do you need me to maintain the same pose as I did an hour and thirty-seven minutes ago? I’ve practiced specialized yoga courses before, and after becoming a Heroic Spirit, my physical fitness has greatly improved. Maintaining that pose for a long time is no burden for me.”

After speaking, she walked to the window on her own, pressing her upper body close, supporting herself on her left foot, and raising her right leg high behind her, her sole pressed tightly against the glass, as if performing a standing split.

Squeak, squeak~

Before long, the sound of glass being rubbed echoed in the bedroom once more.

It wasn’t until close to noon that Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess emerged from the Train Captain’s carriage with a calm expression, her dark silk gown still smooth, and her steps graceful and charming.

Passing Yun Qiqi and Yun Chuchu, she nodded and smiled at them.

This startled the two, making them flutter like frightened little rabbits.

“This Train Captain Rui is too amazing, isn’t she? She doesn’t show any discomfort at all, acting as if nothing happened. Could it be that she had a lot of experience before?”

“But she was facing the Train Captain, you know. That’s a special individual far beyond the physiological examples taught in textbooks. She’s not Luo Luo; she doesn’t have the special physical structure of the Clam Maidens.”

Yun Qiqi whispered to her sister, Yun Chuchu.

Yun Chuchu didn’t answer her; she just pointed to her wristband.

“Xiao Xin has issued a cleanup mission. We’ll know if we go take a look.”

When the Yun sisters entered the Train Captain’s bedroom, Lu Yang had already tidied his clothes and appearance.

Seeing the two, Lu Yang gave a brilliant smile.

“Next time, you don’t have to get up so early. Xiao Xin told me your wake-up time. You were waiting outside before six. Am I, the Train Captain, someone who gets up that early?”

“Have you forgotten what I love to do most?!”

“Morning exercises!!!”

After speaking, he playfully flicked Yun Qiqi’s nose and patted Yun Chuchu’s backside, making sure they both relaxed before smiling and walking out of the bedroom.

Among his women, the Yun sisters were the most cautious.

So, Lu Yang would occasionally crack small jokes with them to alleviate their inner tension.

After he left, Yun Qiqi immediately spotted the crimson stain on the bed.

“Sister, look! Train Captain Rui was a novice too!”

“Then she’s quite impressive, isn’t she?”

“Do you remember our time? Even one plus one couldn’t compare to one-tenth of Train Captain Rui’s performance.”

“Indeed, extraordinary people always have extraordinary qualities.”

“You know what? Sometimes I don’t even dare to look at her. I’m a woman, yet sometimes I can’t help but want to like her, and it’s a physiological kind of liking. It’s so strange!!”

Yun Chuchu nodded, her face flushed: “Stop talking, if the Train Captain hears us, we’ll have special training again.”

“You have good stamina from dancing, but my broadcasting studies aren’t the same. Sometimes my throat gets sore from singing, and I still can’t meet the standard, so I have to call you.”

Yun Qiqi: “Haha, Sister, you don’t need to underestimate yourself. What the Train Captain likes most about you is your singing voice, which can be deep or light, high or low, especially your pitiable expression when you can’t meet the standard.”

“I’ve observed that whenever this happens, the Train Captain’s expression becomes very pleased.”

“So next time, just try your best. Even if you fail, it doesn’t matter, because the Train Captain doesn’t care at all. Hehe ꒰ ๑ • ⌓ ︎ • ๑ ꒱ ᵎ ᵎ ᵎ ”

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Train Captain’s exclusive training room.

After breakfast, Lu Yang began his day’s training.

Ever since he accepted the ‘Civilization Pioneer’ route’s mechanical train advancement mission, he had also intensified his own training.

Currently, he was the man with the strongest overall four-dimensional attributes on the Xinhuo Train. For the subsequent Civilization Pioneer missions, if the most critical moment arrived, he would not be cowardly enough to merely hide behind cover.

Instead, he was also prepared to go to the battlefield.

After completing 1000 squats, 1000 bench presses, 1000 push-ups, 2000 long spear thrusts, and other training sessions, Lu Yang gulped down a bottle of mental power enhancing potion.

He could also drink this stuff, and its enhancing effect was much better than simply consuming mutated creature blood essence.

Now, he drank physical enhancement potions and mental power enhancement potions like water whenever he had nothing else to do.

Although for his current capacity, each improvement wasn't significant, accumulating small gains led to considerable results.

As usual, he entered his mental world.

Lu Yang had been exploring recently how to use his mental power. Not to mention being able to communicate with people purely through mental power like Old Ode did before, at the very least, he should be able to manifest some divine abilities.

If Old Ode were still alive, he should have been able to learn a lot of Kobold magic civilization knowledge from him.

It was just a pity that the Magic Net Core hadn’t yet condensed enough pure spiritual energy crystals; otherwise, he could have used the finger bone left by Old Ode as a guide to create an avatar of Old Ode in the Magic Net Core world.

As for the old Kobold currently guarding the magic herb garden in Wasteland Online, it was merely an empty shell Lu Yang had created based on Old Ode’s appearance.

“Hmm?”

Upon entering the chaotic land manifested by his mental power in his mental world, Lu Yang discovered that the land his mental power had conjured had actually expanded by more than ten percent since his last visit.

One must know that his current total mental power had already reached the level of a Tier 2 professional. A ten percent increase was equivalent to the total mental power of a newly advanced Tier 1 mental power professional.

For instance, Lu Yang’s current increase alone surpassed Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess’s total mental power.

“Wait, where is this silver connection coming from?”

Lu Yang discovered that in the void of his mental power world, a small stream of connected mental power had appeared at some unknown time.

As the faint mental power stream flowed in, his mental power world would expand by a tiny bit.

He traced the source of that river.

Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess’s figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

In Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess’s room, Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess, who had been meditating with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her stark white eyes and looked into the void.

“Great Holy Spirit Master, are you contacting me?”

Lu Yang’s voice echoed in her mind: “What’s going on? How can I hear your voice?!”

Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess: “Great Holy Spirit Master, don’t you know? This is an ability you already possess—absolute control over us, your contracted Heroic Spirits.”

“It’s just that before, you hadn’t bestowed rewards upon me or performed the materialization ritual, so it wasn’t obvious enough.”

“After last night’s bestowal and our intimate fusion, the connection between our spirits and flesh has become even closer, so now we can naturally hear each other.”

Lu Yang: “So my mental power increase is also related to this?”

Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess: “Yes, but the one who benefited more is still your subordinate, me. Under the great Holy Spirit Master’s bestowal, my mental power has increased by more than sixty percent. When I preside over the Heroic Spirit transformation ritual in the future, it will be even easier.”

Lu Yang quickly pressed: “And after that? Will there still be an increase?”

Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess nodded: “As long as the great Holy Spirit Master bestows rewards upon me, there will be, but it won’t be as significant as the first time.”

“It might only be an increase of one to three percent. This is also one of the important ways for the Holy Spirit Master and their contracted Heroic Spirits to increase their strength and enhance their soul compatibility.”

Lu Yang nodded.

He realized that his understanding of the damaged Heroic Spirit Page was still too limited.

He knew far less than Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess, who had been passively contracted as a Heroic Spirit long ago with the Ghost Pact Soldier Talisman.

Fortunately, Rui Ran, Train Captain of Ghost Princess held nothing back from him.

He just needed to learn more, and eventually, he would master everything.