Shen Qinghan, Polluted

"What's wrong?"

Noticing Shen Qinghan's unusual behavior, Lin Zichen immediately expressed his concern.

Shen Qinghan sat up from the cushion, looking flustered, and whispered in his ear, "Xiao Chen, I heard that voice again."

That voice?

Could it be the sound from the sea?

Thinking of this, Lin Zichen's expression changed slightly.

He immediately made up an excuse to leave, leading Shen Qinghan to a secluded corner, then frowned slightly and asked, "Was that the sound from the sea?"

"Yes, it's the sound of the sea."

Shen Qinghan tried her best to calm herself down and continued, "This time I heard the content of the voice clearly, but it was very fragmented. I only heard some clear words, such as 'great god,' 'revival, 'Origin Land of the Sea.' The voice was as eerie as before, making me feel uneasy."

Lin Zichen asked, "Can you still hear anything?"

"I can't hear it now."

Shen Qinghan shook her head, feeling a lingering fear in her heart.

The moment the sound rang out, her heart raced, and a nameless fear gripped her, making her feel a tightness in her chest.

Now that the sound had disappeared, my mind gradually calmed down.

After listening to Shen Qinghan's words, Lin Zichen fell into deep thought.

Great God, resurrection, Origin Land of the Sea?

Could her mysterious constitution be related to the Origin Land?

After thinking for a while, Lin Zichen said to Shen Qinghan, "Our knowledge is too limited. Even with this information, we can't find anything. We'll see what's going on after we understand the Origin Land."

"Or, once you get to university and become more familiar with your cheapskate master, you can try subtly asking her about the Origin Land and see if she knows anything about the Origin Land of the Sea."

"Also, while ensuring our own safety, we can come to the beach more often in the future to see if we can uncover more information."

Previously, Shen Qinghan couldn't understand the sounds of the sea, and he was unsure of the situation, so he didn't dare to take Shen Qinghan close to the sea.

But now, Shen Qinghan can understand the voice, and it doesn't seem to have any malice; it's just a whisper.

This made him think that he could bring Shen Qinghan over to uncover secrets in the future.

As long as they don't go into the water, they can stand on the shore and see if they can hear whispers, thereby uncovering more useful information and unraveling the secret of Shen Qinghan's special constitution.

The two talked for a while in a corner, and then quickly returned to He Yu and Li Chuxin.

After sunbathing, everyone gathered together for a barbecue and lunch.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan had no appetite for barbecue, their minds preoccupied with the sound from the sea.

I thought I'd stay by the sea and see if I could hear the whispers of the ocean again.

However, even as darkness fell and it was time to leave the beach and go home, Shen Qinghan did not hear the whispering sound from the sea again.

In the room at night.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan chatted about the sound they heard at the beach during the day while playing on their phones.

They chatted for a while but didn't get to the point, so they quickly stopped talking.

They started acting like an old married couple, each doing their own thing in the room.

Lin Zichen put down his phone, got out of bed, sat down at his desk, and began studying the "Blood Tempering Technique," paying close attention to the Bone Tempering aspect.

Shen Qinghan lay on the bed, watching anime tutorial videos on Lin Zichen's phone. Her pretty face was flushed red as she listened to the sounds of men and women making love coming through her headphones.

At this moment, both of them are diligently learning the knowledge they crave, only the knowledge they are learning differs.

It was almost 10 p. m.

Lin Zichen successfully mastered the technique of Bone Tempering, and then wasted no time, immediately beginning his first Bone Tempering.

The skeleton in an adult body is divided into three main parts.

These consist of 29 skull bones, 51 trunk bones, and 126 limb bones.

The head is the most important part, but also the most vulnerable.

Therefore, Lin Zichen prioritized tempering his skull to enhance his head's defenses.

[You are using Qi and Blood to temper your bones. Bone strength +1, Blood Tempering Technique proficiency +1...]

Bone Tempering is much more difficult than Skin Tempering Muscle Tempering.

The tempering process is extremely painful.

First, you need to control the flow of qi and blood into the bones, and then control the flow of qi and blood to repeatedly flush inside. During this process, you will experience extremely intense pain that is hard to bear.

Lin Zichen had only been tempering for less than half an hour when he was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat and his face turned pale.

My head feels like it's been stabbed with steel needles, with intermittent sharp pains.

Having endured so much pain, only the smallest piece of the skull has been tempered; there are still 28 pieces to be tempered.

"Bone Tempering is truly agonizing..."

Lin Zichen murmured something, then endured the pain and continued to temper his skull.

Set a small goal: to temper all 29 skull fragments within five days, master the Indestructible Iron Head Skill, and never need to wear a helmet when going fishing again.

It was almost midnight.

Lin Zichen painstakingly refined the three skulls.

By this time, his clothes were soaked with sweat, his breathing had become erratic, and he could no longer continue his training.

I have to stop and catch my breath, otherwise my head will hurt so much I'll lose consciousness.

"Xiao Chen, why are you sweating so much?"

Shen Qinghan had just finished watching a learning video, noticed Lin Zichen, who was covered in sweat, and was immediately puzzled.

Lin Zichen, panting, explained, "I was just using my Qi and blood to Bone Tempering, and the process was incredibly painful; it made me break out in a sweat."

Is it really that exaggerated?

Shen Qinghan was somewhat surprised by this.

After regaining her senses, she quickly got out of bed, grabbed a few tissues, and went to Lin Zichen, gently wiping the sweat from his face.

Seeing Lin Zichen covered in sweat, she couldn't help but think of the scene in the learning video she had just watched. In the video, the male protagonist was also covered in sweat after fighting with the female protagonist.

Just thinking about this scene brings to mind a whole host of other battle scenarios, and I can't stop them from popping into my head.

As she thought about it, Shen Qinghan's body became hot, and her cheeks flushed red.

Why is your face so red?

Lin Zichen noticed Shen Qinghan's unusual behavior and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Shen Qinghan blushed and said, "The male lead in the video just now was sweating profusely, just like you are now."

"..."

Lin Zichen was speechless for a moment, then said, "Try to watch less of that stuff in the future. Look at you, your thoughts aren't pure anymore. You'll end up like Shen Wuhan sooner or later."

"I'm eighteen now, I can be dirty-minded."

"If you're eighteen, you're eighteen. Why get dirty if you can stay innocent?"

"No way! If you're over eighteen and still don't understand anything, that's not called purity, that's called stupidity!"

After speaking, Shen Qinghan hesitated for a moment, her cheeks flushed and hot as she asked, "Xiao Chen, do you think doing that kind of thing is really as comfortable as it looks in the videos?"

She was very curious about this and wanted to try it with Lin Zichen, but she didn't know how to bring it up, so she took the initiative to bring up this topic.

I think so.

Lin Zichen gave a somewhat perfunctory answer.

He didn't want to talk about this, feeling that with a man and a woman alone together, discussing such matters could easily lead to something more serious.

However, Shen Qinghan's thoughts were the opposite of his. Seeing that he was being evasive, she simply mustered up her courage and said directly, "Xiao Chen, I want to try with you..."

These words were quite surprising, leaving Lin Zichen speechless.

He hadn't expected Shen Qinghan to be so proactive.

After a moment of silence, he said, "It's a bit too fast. Let's wait until school starts."

It had only been a few days since his first kiss, and he wanted to slowly savor the gradual progression of their relationship, not rush into it all at once.

We should wait at least one or two months before making any further progress.

The view from the summit is certainly beautiful, but the scenery along the way has its own unique charm and shouldn't be missed.

Seeing that Lin Zichen refused, Shen Qinghan felt somewhat disappointed.

She pursed her rosy lips and said, "Xiao Chen, you always massage my muscles after training to make me feel better, and I want to make you feel better too."

"What, are you going to give me a massage?" Lin Zichen smiled and said, "But you're so weak, I'm afraid you can't massage my body."

When Lin Zichen mocked her like that, Shen Qinghan, unusually, didn't banter back. Instead, she said shyly, "Close your eyes and don't open them. Sit still and don't move. I definitely won't let you down."

What kind of massage requires you to close your eyes and sit still without moving?

Lin Zichen was a little confused, but he didn't dwell on it and obediently closed his eyes, letting Shen Qinghan do as she pleased.

Soon, he felt the warmth of Shen Qinghan's palm, and his body trembled slightly in surprise.

Hiss!

This massage was incredibly comfortable!

That's really gone too far...

The next day, at 9 a. m.

The two stayed in bed chatting, showing no intention of getting up.

It's so comfortable to be snuggled up in bed with the air conditioning on early in the morning; it feels like I'm sealed in bed.

"It's already 9 o'clock, aren't you two going downstairs for breakfast?"

Zhang Wanxin, who was cleaning on the second floor, heard chatting coming from the room and knew that Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan had woken up, so she came over to knock on the door and call them to get up.

The two of them didn't want to get up at first, but when Zhang Wanxin knocked on the door, they had no choice but to get up, change their clothes, and go downstairs for breakfast.

Breakfast consisted of sandwiches and soy milk, both made by Zhang Wanxin, a culinary expert.

"Hanhan, quickly taste the soy milk and see if it's sweet."

Zhang Wanxin stopped cleaning upstairs and came downstairs specifically to wait for Shen Qinghan's evaluation of the soy milk.

She had just learned how to make this soy milk a few days ago, and Shen Qinghan hadn't tasted it yet.

"I'll try it."

Shen Qinghan smiled sweetly, then picked up the glass of soy milk in front of her and was about to drink it.

But when she brought it to her lips, she looked at the milky white hot soy milk in the cup, and her expression changed slightly as she recalled the embarrassing scene from the previous night.

I calmed myself down and stopped thinking about it.

Soon, she took a small sip of the soy milk in her cup.

Is it sweet?

Zhang Wanxin asked expectantly.

She had tasted it and found it incredibly sweet and delicious, but she just wanted to hear her future daughter-in-law's opinion.

"It's very sweet and delicious."

Shen Qinghan smiled and praised him highly, but it was only sweet in words, not in spirit.

Because my mind was corrupted last night.

Her name is no longer Shen Qinghan; it's now Shen Wuhan.

Lin Zichen, who was eating a sandwich nearby, noticed the strange look on her face and teased, "It can't have such a strong aftereffect, can it?"

"How dare you laugh at me! It's all your fault!"

Shen Qinghan bit her lip, looked at Lin Zichen with a hint of resentment, and said reproachfully.

Lin Zichen felt wronged. "You were the one who took the initiative, how can you blame me?"

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

Shen Qinghan said in a spoiled, domineering way, like a wild little girlfriend.

These two are such a perfect match... Watching the two children flirting, Zhang Wanxin, the mother, had a big smile on her face.

During the upcoming summer vacation.

Lin Zichen's life was very dull and monotonous. He was basically busy with Bone Tempering. Every time Bone Tempering, he would break out in a cold sweat from the pain and his face would turn pale.

In comparison, Shen Qinghan's life is much more colorful.

She follows the Gene Fusion Path, becoming stronger entirely through Gene Fusion. She only needs to complete the basic amount of training each day, and the rest of her time is hers to do as she pleases, going wherever she wants.

She almost always agrees to meet up with Li Chuxin.

I've been living such a repressed life before, I need to make the most of this summer vacation and have some fun to make up for it.

Mid-August.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan took some time to take their driver's license test.

When practicing driving, every time Shen Qinghan gripped the gear shift lever of the training car, she would involuntarily recall the scene of being violated by Lin Zichen that night, and then feel that her hand gripping the gear shift lever was strange.

It wasn't just during driving practice; when I went to Guo Yanling's house with Li Chuxin to sing karaoke, I felt strange holding the microphone and singing.

Even sometimes, seeing children playing with water guns on the street makes me feel uneasy, and those messy images keep replaying in my mind.

"Oh no, I've really become Shen Wuhan..."

Shen Qinghan felt that she was no longer pure, and therefore felt somewhat distressed and anxious.

Summer vacation is passing by day by day.

Before we knew it, it was September 7th.

There are only two days left before university starts.

Unlike primary and secondary schools, the start date of Shanhai University is scheduled relatively late, usually in the second week of September.

On September 7th, Lin Zichen, who had been tormented by Bone Tempering for more than a month, finally succeeded in tempering all 206 bones in his body.

At the moment his entire skeletal structure was tempered, his Biological Rank also jumped from Ordinary Rank 8 to ordinary Tier 9, just one step away from evolving into Advanced Being.

That very day, he began researching how to Opening Acupoints.

According to the annotations in the Blood Tempering Technique, as long as one can successfully open the Aperture in their body, even just one, they will definitely be able to break through the ordinary limits and evolve into Advanced Being in one fell swoop.

However, this only sounds simple; when you actually do it, you'll find it's incredibly difficult.

To this day, there has never been a case of Pure-Blood Human evolving into Advanced Being.

In this situation, to take the first step, one can only be a pioneer, feeling one's way across the river.

"How exactly do we open these Aperture?"

Lin Zichen spent a day researching how to Opening Acupoints, trying all the methods in the Blood Tempering Technique annotations, but to no avail.

Previously, when Skin Tempering, Muscle Tempering, Bone Tempering, the Body Tempering Method were clearly explained in the annotations, so there was no need to figure it out on one's own, which is why the cultivation was so fast.

Now, however, they have to figure it out on their own, which suddenly makes it much more difficult.

Forget it, let's put the matter of Opening Acupoints on hold for now. We'll discuss it with Liu Chuanwu, that Pure-Blood Human expert, after university starts.

For now, let's continue with the body tempering and see if we can temper it a full five times.

Before I knew it, university would start in two days. I wonder what university life will be like...

Lin Zichen was thinking about all sorts of things.

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