Chapter Fifteen: The Car Accident

  "Hold on," Guo Ming shouted loudly.

  Seeing the two stop, Guo Ming came to Shui Mengyao's side with extreme sorrow and pain, tears streaming down his face as he wailed: "Mengyao, I'm sorry, it was my fault two days ago. These past two days, I've been filled with regret, thinking about how wrong I was to leave you behind that day. The reason I didn't go to school was because I had no face to meet you."

  Yu Xia was stunned, and Shui Mengyao was also stunned. Looking at Guo Ming's extremely painful appearance, it is said that a man has tears but does not easily shed them, but the tears in Guo Ming's eyes fell like unstoppable pearls, truly heartbreaking to hear. Shui Mengyao ultimately had a soft heart, and upon hearing this, she spoke softly: "At that time, I was also wrong, I...I don't blame you anymore."

  "Really?" Guo Ming asked with tears in his eyes.

  "En, Shuǐ Mèng Yáo nodded heavily."

  "That's good." Guo Ming exclaimed with great joy. The tears in his eyes dissolved and disappeared at a terrifying speed, but in an instant, Guo Ming returned to normal, and there was no longer any hint of sadness on his face.

  Shuimeng Yao and Yu Xia were both shocked with their mouths wide open.

  Guo Ming secretly thought: "This water path is indeed not bad, who would have thought that it's possible to control the tear glands at will, haha."

  "You, Shuimeng Yao still can't understand that Guo Ming is deceiving her, feeling angry but unable to express it, and can only turn around and leave."

  Yu Xia gave her son a glance, and Guo Ming nodded hastily and chased after him. But Shui Mengyao didn't pay attention to him, yet her footsteps slowed down slightly.

  Guo Ming smiled and walked shoulder to shoulder with her towards a nearby park.

  Shui Mengyao stole a glance at Guo Ming, who was not very handsome but had an extraordinary demeanor. His expression was calm and serene, as if nothing could disturb his heartstrings, and he had indeed changed a lot.

  Looking at Guo Ming's calm and composed appearance, Shui Mengyao couldn't help but feel annoyed. She dared to guarantee that if she didn't speak up first, he would never open his mouth. Shui Mengyao stopped in her tracks and said softly, "Do you know what rank you got this time?"

  "How much, Guo Ming also stopped in his tracks, with a clear and transparent look in his eyes."

  She stared at the bottom of his eyes, and was shocked to find that there was not a single bit of desire for knowledge in his eyes. How is this possible? Even if he had already gotten used to being first, every time the results were announced, he would still be extremely excited. Guo Ming's performance was too abnormal, as if he had already known his score beforehand. Could it be that someone had told him ahead of time? No way, otherwise Yu Xia wouldn't have been so excited after hearing her own news. In other words, Guo Ming didn't know his score beforehand.

  She was deeply interested in Guo Ming's change for the first time, and the fact that Guo Ming could see the yin soul with one glance yesterday proved that he was not simple. Could it be said that Guo Ming had met a legendary immortal?

  "You ranked 15th with a score of 610 points," said Shuimeng Yao in a soft voice.

  Guo Ming nodded, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared. Shui Mengyao looked towards the direction of the primeval forest, her voice low and solemn: "Shouldn't you give me an explanation? Why were you able to see the yin soul two days ago?"

  Guo Ming took out a jade Guanyin from his neck and said softly, "This was given to me by a Taoist priest years ago, saying it could ward off evil spirits. So that day, I don't know why, but I suddenly saw that ghost."

  Shui Mengyao took a step forward, about to reach out and touch it, when Guo Ming hastily dodged and exclaimed in a urgent tone: "You absolutely cannot touch this, otherwise it will lose its protective function."

  "Why, Shui Meng Yao didn't understand the way."

  "Don't you know that men belong to yang and women belong to yin? This jade pendant I've been carrying for years has already possessed yang energy, if you touch it, it will affect my jade pendant," Guo Ming explained with a smile.

  Shui Mengyao was taken aback and nodded. She only then remembered that there was such a saying. Perhaps in the past, she would have laughed it off, but now she wouldn't dare not believe it?

  Her jade-like hand gently touched the jade pendant on her neck, if it weren't for that, she would probably have been dead already.

  "Alright, it's getting late, let's head back. Guo Ming looked up at the sky."

  Shui Meng Yao nodded, she looked at Guo Ming wanting to say something but stopped herself, in the end she just let out a soft sigh and didn't ask. She believed that even if she asked, Guo Ming wouldn't give her a straight answer anyway.

  Mr. Li visited the next day, as promised, to discuss learning methods. Guo Ming didn't say anything and directly took his homeroom teacher to his room. After seeing the piles of papers, Mr. Li suddenly understood what was going on and looked at Guo Ming with a changed expression. Now he understood everything - Guo Ming was indeed a genius who had achieved all this through self-study. In just over 20 days! What would happen if they waited another two months? He didn't know, but he was looking forward to it. Before, he hadn't believed in the existence of geniuses, but now he did, because Guo Ming was a miracle.

  In the blink of an eye, more than 20 days had passed. Guo Ming sat cross-legged on his bed with a white mist floating above his head. After five minutes, the white mist was absorbed into Guo Ming's body. He took a light breath and a brilliant divine light shot out from his eyes. His bones crackled with a popping sound as he floated lightly off the bed.

  Guo Ming muttered to himself, "I've finally fully absorbed the true yuan that Master left behind. Now I've reached the first layer too. It seems that just cultivating like this won't be enough anymore." Guo Ming was able to cultivate the Water Path to the first layer so quickly because of the old man's lingering true yuan in his body. Although Guo Ming directly absorbed it, he still took over twenty days, which shows the gap between him and the old man.

  Guo Ming stretched his waist and opened the sealed window. It was already past five o'clock, and the desk lamp in the opposite window also lit up. Shui Mengyao was quietly reciting words. Guo Ming didn't disturb her and pushed open the door to head downstairs.

  Yu Xia had already gotten used to her son's mysterious nature and smiled: "Come on, dinner is almost ready. Why don't you go out for a walk and come back later?"

  Guo Ming nodded, there were very few people now, and most of the pedestrians on the road were elderly people, young people could be said to be scarce. Guo Ming jumped up and down, then quickly ran out, soon overtaking a girl wearing sportswear.

  That girl is a high school student in her second year, and she's an athlete. Now that she's been surpassed by a boy, she naturally feels indignant and immediately accelerates to catch up.

  Guo Ming, however, was completely unaware of this. He was fully immersed in the sensation of his body's power, feeling as if his strength was boundless and endless. His speed continued to increase explosively, and anyway, there were no people on the pedestrian path at this time.

  Chen Qing was shocked, was this still human speed? But in the blink of an eye, she was left far behind by that boy. Moreover, based on her observation, she came to a conclusion that even she found hard to believe - that man's speed was still increasing. Soon she stopped and panted heavily, slowly walking towards the chair at the side of the road and sat down, calming herself down after a long while.

  If that person were to enter Number One Middle School, and introduce himself to his uncle, getting into the Shanghai Sports Academy would be absolutely no problem. His uncle would definitely be extremely happy about it. Having made up his mind, Chen Qing waited for Guo Ming on the spot.

  Guo Ming ran for a long time and still didn't feel the slightest bit tired, he couldn't help but feel extremely delighted. Ahead of him was an intersection, Guo Ming immediately slowed down, but his speed was too fast, where would he easily come to a stop, wouldn't that go against Newton's laws?

  His eyelids suddenly jumped up uncontrollably, and a bad premonition surged in Guo Ming's heart. The next moment, a strong screeching sound came, and Guo Ming's body flew backward like a cannonball.

  Wang Jinfeng felt an unusual sense of depression in her heart, never expecting that the first mission would fail, and a vampire bat from the West escaped under her nose. It was really embarrassing. She casually opened a sports car and, feeling anxious and irritable, started it with full force. Who would have thought that suddenly a reckless person rushed out in front? Wang Jinfeng was so frightened that she slammed on the brakes to stop the car, but how could the speeding car be stopped so easily?

  The glass was dented, but not shattered. Wang Jinfeng didn't have the mood to appreciate the car's excellent performance anymore, and hastily opened the door, walking towards Guo Ming.