The second book in the Oolong Wizard series, titled The Normal Mind - Chapter 16
"Goodbye, teacher!" they had no choice but to go back.
I quickly called Mr. Li, a teacher in Class 4 of the third grade. He is my gaming buddy and computer teacher. Every night, he would call me to go to the computer room to team up with three or four other young teachers from the school to fight in the virtual world. I went there occasionally, not many times, but I got to know Mr. Li a little.
"Xiao Li, what major events happened at school this week?" I said. "Please give me a report on the week's top news."
"Xiao Luo, where have you run off to? The whole school agrees you've eloped and aren't coming back. The principal is writing your resignation, and we brothers are preparing to write your eulogy!" Xiao Li exclaimed dramatically.
"What the hell does that mean?"
"The girl who came to see you the other day must be a princess or a noblewoman from some country. Just think about it, would the king want a son-in-law like you? He should send his men to kill you first. Haha, this is the biggest topic of the week."
"I'm asking about the student who jumped off the building!"
"Oh, about this matter, the principal said that it's best to keep quiet about it and minimize the impact of major issues." But Xiao Li still recounted the whole process, which was basically consistent with Xiao Hui's account.
He added, "But it's strange, Zhao Di is usually quite cheerful in class, and she's suffered since she was young, so she shouldn't have any mental problems, right?"
"Besides that, are there any other strange things happening at the school?"
"Now that you mention it, there's something I really have to bring up, it's pretty scary. The night before last, because it was the weekend the next day, I played 'Miracle' with Xiao Zhang until 1 a.m. I went to pee by the railing and suddenly saw a pale green figure downstairs, wearing a blue school uniform, floating lightly past." He paused, as if looking around.
Then I heard him gulp down a mouthful of tea and say with lingering fear, "Because it was so dark, I couldn't see clearly at first. I didn't expect that figure to fly up. When it was about ten meters away, I finally saw it clearly. It was Zhao Di. She smiled at me with her face all green. I was so scared that I lay on the ground and screamed, 'A ghost!' Xiao Zhang ran out, but he didn't see her."
“Isn’t Zhao Di still unconscious?” I asked.
"Yes, so when I told my colleagues, no one believed me. They said I was obsessed with playing computer games and had all sorts of terrifying hallucinations. The principal also forbade me from playing games online at night anymore. But none of that matters. What matters is that I know what I saw was real," Xiao Li said, her voice slightly choked.
"Xiao Luo, my good buddy, you have to believe everything I'm saying is true. Right now, everyone except you is laughing at me for being mentally unstable!"
“Yes,” I said, forcing back a laugh, “what you said is true, I think, therefore I am. But for the sake of your peaceful sleep in the future, I suggest you forget about that night.”
At one o'clock in the morning, a bright moon quietly climbed over the grove of trees beside the playground, casting a clean and mysterious silvery light, and the grass was already glistening with dew.
In spiritualism, although moonlight is a reflection of sunlight, the reflected light energy is filtered into a kind of spiritual energy and becomes a source of spiritual practice for certain special spiritual entities.
Like a bat, dressed in a black leather jacket, I flew in as lightly as a willow catkin, silently landing in the grove of trees on the east side of the playground, and then sat cross-legged on the grass under the trees.
The entire university, covering several square kilometers, was completely silent at this moment. The lights in the teaching buildings, dormitories, canteens, computer labs, and libraries had all been turned off. Only a few streetlights were lit along the tree-lined paths and on both sides of the overpass, but they seemed so inconspicuous compared to the vast expanse of moonlight.
Several huge camphor trees cast dappled shadows in the moonlight.
I hear the night wind singing, heralding the transition from autumn to winter, singing of loneliness and freedom, just like my mood right now. The vast campus is my playground, and the vast world is my paradise of freedom.
However, all of this paled in comparison to my weariness—but for the safety of the students, I still "bravely and resolutely" sneaked into the school in the dead of night, like a thief, taking advantage of the moment when the unknown evil spirit was least vigilant to carry out the exorcism.
My biggest wish right now is to capture them once and for all, and solve the problem once and for all.
That ghost dares to cause trouble on my turf, it must be tired of living!
After Teacher Li's narration, I am absolutely certain that the reason the student fell from the building and remains in a coma is due to the evil spirit that transformed into the appearance of Zhao Di. If I am not mistaken, it is a ghost spirit similar to the hair-eating ghost, with considerable spiritual power.
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Reply [30]: I just don’t know how it came to appear here at this time and start targeting students.
All around me was the sound of wind rustling through the leaves. As I listened intently, I activated my spiritual energy, closed my eyes, and probed for any fluctuations in spiritual energy within the school.
At that moment, I resembled a bat, using brainwave-like psychic abilities to probe for foreign objects.
Time passed by, second by second.
I've never stayed up this late before, so I was incredibly bored and exhausted.
Half an hour later, I felt drowsy, as if I were about to fall asleep, and suddenly the wind around me turned into a lullaby: "Sleep, sleep, my dear baby..."
Then, in a daze, I saw a graceful, turquoise figure walking towards me, carrying a strong smell of fatty pollen, while murmuring a seductive, intoxicating melody.
A warm, restless feeling welled up in my heart, and a gentle, caring voice whispered in my ear: "You're tired, you should rest. Come with me to bed. Imagine yourself covered with a soft, warm quilt, the Simmons mattress is so comfortable, a high pillow, and the person you love is beside you, sweetly watching you, gently kissing you without you noticing, with a shy and sweet smile..."
"Yeah, I'm so tired. I want to fly, fly to heaven," I muttered to myself. Before I knew it, I stood up and, like a thin sheet of paper, was blown by the wind and floated up to the treetops more than ten meters above the ground.
"Yes, you're in heaven now. Your loved ones are here, and they'll always be with you, never leaving you again. Relax, relax as much as you can, and then gently lie down, letting it feel like you're falling. Then, suddenly, everything brightens up, and you'll find yourself landing in a heavenly cloud, reaching eternity!"
"Yes, Xiaoyue, I want to be with you..." I said with a beautiful smile, then fell backward. In front of me was a silver light, and behind me was like heaven.
The wind was howling on both sides, and my body was sinking endlessly, just like when Gan Tiancun fell from the roof of the ancestral hall.
Yes, that feeling of falling was wonderful.
Just as I was about to fall and be seriously injured, my body relaxed and I landed in someone's arms. Then, at the Baihui acupoint on the top of my head, a surge of pure true energy poured down like a clear spring, waking me from my chaotic state.
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a guy with long hair tied up and making faces, speaking:
"Boss, you're disappointed, aren't you? This time, it wasn't a beautiful woman who saved you, but your little brother Fang Long!"
Meanwhile, on the other side, two shadows, one red and one green, were fighting under the moonlight. Ya Xian would occasionally lower her head and shout, and the sounds generated by the clash of their true energies could be heard continuously.
Ya Xian became extremely cautious. Golden spiritual energy shot out with the wind from her palm, and dozens of talismans flew up and down, chasing the emerald green ghost like a shadow. Meanwhile, the ghost spewed out ice arrows from its mouth, launching them at Ya Xian from all sorts of strange angles.
It can be seen that the two forces are evenly matched and locked in a stalemate.
Strangely, the ghost made sounds that were not the usual human language of ghosts and spirits, but rather strange "yoyo" cries that were sometimes long and sometimes short, which were terrifying.
I jumped to the ground, feeling incredibly ashamed. After saying "thank you" to Fang Long, I rushed over to him without thinking.
This is the first time I've been caught off guard and almost lost my life. I must get revenge!
Fang Long followed closely behind, comforting me, "This little devil is notoriously cunning. Her signature move, the 'Soul-Stealing Technique,' has been honed over a thousand years and is now invincible. It's normal for you to suffer a loss. In history, nearly a thousand spiritual practitioners have been utterly defeated by her."
A powerful surge of spiritual energy, guided by my will, concentrated in my fist, transforming into beams of golden light that struck the evil spirits hovering around Ya Xian.