Chapter 92: Hope

  He Dong downed a cup of wine, let out a miserable cry, and stood there like a just-cooked crab, with not only his exposed skin turning red, but also emitting white steam all over his body.

  "What...what...what to do?" Seeing He Dong standing there with his eyes closed, motionless and lifeless, Fang Fang suddenly became flustered, even hastily wanting to go forward and support He Dong.

  "Don't touch him!" Just then, Chu Qian suddenly appeared and said seriously, "He's almost a ball of fire now. Whoever touches him will get burned! What a suicidal act. Does he think this is still an ordinary three-cup turnover? Those ordinary three-cup turnovers are not even comparable to plain water compared to this top-grade three-cup turnover."

  "Miss, he drank it unconsciously!" Fangfang said with some trepidation.

  "Alas, this person is done for! No one can drink down so much top-grade Three Cups Turned Down and still be fine!" Chu Qing looked at He Dong with a mixture of regret and worry, also feeling some remorse in her heart. She had only wanted to test out her idea, but hadn't expected He Dong to unknowingly down the entire cup of top-grade Three Cups Turned Down.

  "Miss, he's on good terms with the Wang family, you see..." Fangfang reminded her in a low voice.

  "The Wang family won't bother with this, and besides, He Dong isn't even a member of the Wang family, just an acquaintance. They won't turn against us because of one He Dong. However, we should make amends to He Dong's family, or else I'll really have a guilty conscience!" Chu Xian looked at He Dong, whose whole body seemed to be emitting flames, and her expression became extremely complex and conflicted.

  Just as Chu Qian sentenced He Dong to death, He Dong was experiencing a taste of living worse than dying.

  When He Dong was drinking with Zhou Fu'an, he had drunk three cups of liquor before. At that time, he was shocked by the strong liquor of the three cups, but he could still bear it. However, the cup of three cups he drank today was nearly half less than last time, but its intense degree was enough to take a life.

  At this time, He Dong only had one feeling, that was pain, a huge pain, a heart-wrenching and lung-splitting pain. This was the ultimate manifestation of being burned by strong liquor.

  Logically, having suffered such immense pain, a person should have fainted from self-protection. Even if not fainting, He Dong had drunk liquor and should have been knocked out, but at this moment, he was extremely sober.

  He felt as if a crucible had risen within his body, stirring up heavenly thunder and earthly fire from the inside out, smelting him in an unending agony that stimulated his nerves.

  Actually, the entire transformation process was very brief, and it could be said that it was just an instant thing. However, for He Dong, it was absolutely long-lasting. Nevertheless, no matter how long it took, he had to get through it. Just when He Dong felt like he was about to collapse, a cool energy suddenly rose up in his body, slowly neutralizing the scorching heat.

  "Ah! What the...?!" The cool air came suddenly and quickly, suppressing the scorching heat, even giving off an icy feeling. This contrasting sensation of hot and cold made He Dong involuntarily let out a comfortable sigh, and he immediately became interested in this refreshing air.

  He Dong could clearly feel that the cool breath was absolutely emitted from his own body, and this breath gave him a familiar feeling.

  "This... this seems to be the water system magic element that I usually absorb from the air?" After a careful observation, He Dong finally made a surprising discovery.

  For the existence of various magical elements, He Dong had already understood when he got the first wooden magic wrap, and now his body can automatically absorb water, fire, wood, and dark four kinds of magical elements.

  When He Dong accidentally observed himself at the time of breaking through the chaotic eyes, he was surprised to find that the positions of various magical elements in his body were also different. The water element existed in the kidney, the fire element was in the heart, and the wood element was in the liver. As for the dark element, it formed a black gas mass at He Dong's dantian.

  However, in his daily life, he didn't really pay much attention to these magical elements. After all, his magic power came from his pets, and he himself didn't have a way to actively absorb magic power. So when not using magic, those magical elements were almost dormant.

  But now, the water element actually took the initiative to suppress the fire heat generated by the three cups, which made He Dong curious about this wine that could trigger magical elements.

  At the same time, Chu Qian, who was filled with regret and remorse and was about to leave, suddenly turned around abruptly, stared at He Dong with wide eyes, and a surprised expression instantly appeared on her face.

  His body was still covered in a fiery red glow, with heat swirling around him, but Chu Qing's gaze was fixed on He Dong's lower abdomen. From that position, she felt a clear energy fluctuation, and it was the water-based energy she was most familiar with.

  "This He Dong is indeed an Esper!" Chu Qian's face was filled with ecstatic expressions.

  "What? Miss! You say He Dong is an Esper?" Fang Fang also asked in surprise.

  "Fang Fang, I don't want a third person to know about this!" Chu Qian's expression suddenly turned serious.

  "Yes!" Fang Fang immediately lowered her head and replied respectfully.

  "When he wakes up, invite him to my office... no, invite him to the 22nd floor!" Chu Qian finally decided.

  "Ah! Miss, twenty-two is yours... Why don't we go to the office instead? It's more convenient to talk about anything there!" Fangfang suggested with a slightly changed expression.

  "Just do what I said!" Chu Qian said firmly.

  He didn't know what was happening outside, but he was already captivated by the changes within his body. The appearance of the water element not only suppressed the scorching heat brought by the three cups, but also increased at a speed visible to the naked eye as the heat dissipated.

  He Dong had been thinking about a question since he extracted magic from his pets, that is, whether the power of the magical skills he obtained could continue to increase.

  Later, after some experimentation, he found that the magical powers could be increased, but the process was extremely slow, as the magical power was directly proportional to the amount of magical elements possessed.

  However, the growth of his own magical elements was a slow process. After all, He Dong's magical abilities were extracted from pets and could only be used passively to absorb magical elements with the help of the magical beasts' innate abilities, rather than actively cultivating them like others did. Of course, he didn't even have a method to cultivate in the first place.

  However, after drinking down these three cups today, although he experienced a period of painful torture, he also saw a glimmer of hope for the growth of his magical powers.

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