Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 750 - 723: Explanation

Song Tingting wore a light gray floral dress, revealing her long, fair legs. Her hair seemed freshly washed, slightly damp, cascading freely, looking beautiful and charming.

The two walked side by side, the atmosphere slightly awkward.

Chen Shouyi was alert and observant, perceiving everything within a few kilometers around him.

Walking on the street with Song Tingting made him feel guilty, uneasy, afraid that Zhang Xiaoyue might suddenly appear.

He was now someone with a girlfriend.

And a loyal person.

Of course, with the Goddess of Fertility... it was entirely due to the influence of her Divine Power.

"Wow, there are candied chestnuts here, senior, want some?" Song Tingting said excitedly, or perhaps pretending to be excited.

"Uh, better not."

"Then how about ice cream?" Without waiting for Chen Shouyi to refuse, Song Tingting ran to the old man selling ice creams nearby. After asking about the types, she turned back with a smile and asked Chen Shouyi, "Do you want the creamy raisin, or the mung bean one?"

Chen Shouyi hesitated for a moment but followed his heart: "Creamy raisin, then."

Of course, it wasn’t that he liked creamy raisin; he simply didn’t like mung bean.

"Then two creamy raisin ones!" Song Tingting said, taking out her small wallet.

"Ten yuan in total, your boyfriend is really handsome." The old man laughed, took the money, and from a wooden box stuffed with quilts, took out two ice creams and glanced at Chen Shouyi, who stood motionless nearby, saying to Song Tingting.

Being handsome has its advantages.

Looks like he’s being pursued.

"Ah, no, no... we’re just ordinary friends." Song Tingting’s face blushed as she took the ice cream and ran to Chen Shouyi: "Here you go, senior."

"Thanks!" Chen Shouyi pretended not to have heard, took the ice cream, tore open the damp paper wrapping. The originally slightly melted ice cream crackled with crystal sounds as it rapidly froze into a solid block.

He took a bite, crunching loudly.

Song Tingting had just taken a lick, turned her head upon hearing the sound, and her eyes widened: "Senior, why is yours so hard?"

Chen Shouyi snapped back to reality, glanced at the cold-radiating ice cream in his hand.

His thoughts possessed a wondrous power, even if it was just an unconscious thought.

He felt the ice cream was melting, so it quickly froze. Such things happened all the time; he was used to it, though it seemed mysterious to others.

Chen Shouyi glanced at the ice cream in her hand and said, "Look at your own."

Song Tingting looked down and her mouth formed an O: "Senior, how did you do that?"

"Simple, whatever the heart desires." Chen Shouyi said modestly.

"Wow, you’re amazing, senior."

Chen Shouyi smiled, his mood lifted: "This is just a little trick."

This statement wasn’t exaggerated. Even though his willpower was continuously strengthening, and his power growing ever more formidable, his most powerful combat capability remained the berserk strength after Giant Transformation. In comparison, the willpower was negligible.

"Can you make a bouquet?" Song Tingting asked curiously.

"Uh!" Chen Shouyi choked, then seriously said, "That’s in the realm of creating something out of nothing. I can’t do it now, unless there’s a seed."

Song Tingting noticed a flower shop by the road: "Senior, wait for me!"

She quickly ran to the flower shop and soon returned.

"Here’s a seed. I initially wanted to buy it, but the shopkeeper gave it to me for free when I only wanted one." Song Tingting giggled.

Chen Shouyi took the seed, feeling a bit awkward. He just said that casually: "I haven’t tried this yet."

"It’s okay." Song Tingting gazed at him with large, watery eyes, full of anticipation.

Chen Shouyi couldn’t bear to refuse: "Alright, it might take a little time."

He then opened his palm.

The next moment,

A miracle appeared!

The seed burst open by a tender sprout, growing wildly.

In just a second, it grew to seven or eight centimeters.

But that was its final limit; the sprout soon began to yellow and eventually withered. Still, Song Tingting was inexplicably shocked.

Chen Shouyi’s face turned red, feeling slightly embarrassed: "If I were serious, I could grow a flower still."

Earlier, he hadn’t concentrated his willpower; the Power of Thought wasn’t strong enough.

Otherwise, various nutrients and water needed for blooming could be synthesized from the air without withering halfway.

"Senior, it’s okay, you’re already amazing." Song Tingting, snapping out of her shock, quickly comforted her capable senior.

That’s not what I wanted to hear.

Fortunately, Chen Shouyi wasn’t without emotional intelligence and decisively changed the topic: "How’s your martial arts training going lately?"

"The school’s Martial Arts Teacher said I already have the skills of a Martial Artist!" With these words, Song Tingting became excited and financially savvy: "It’s just that my parents don’t allow me to take the Martial Arts Instructor Certificate exam; otherwise, I could get a national stipend each month, five thousand a month."

Looks like giving her the Divine Blood wasn’t in vain.

"No need to take it, having a Martial Artist Certificate is enough." Chen Shouyi thought for a moment and said, "You’re a college student; you don’t rely on this to make a living."

Too strong a capability also signifies responsibility and obligation.

The government won’t let you take the Martial Arts stipend for nothing.

"Alright, I’ll listen to you, senior." Song Tingting obediently said.

"By the way, is the Martial Arts stipend so little nowadays?" Chen Shouyi recalled asking, remembering when he became a Martial Artist, the national stipend, along with the provincial and municipal subsidies, was nearly a million a month.

It has depreciated so much now.

"It’s already a lot, more than my dad’s salary." Song Tingting said.

The two chatted away, gradually easing the long-unseen unfamiliarity, as if returning to the past.

Chen Shouyi hesitated for a while in his heart: "By the way, I forgot to tell you, I already have a girlfriend."

Song Tingting’s smile suddenly froze, her face quickly losing color; she was dazed for a while before forcing a smile: "Congratulations, senior, is she pretty?"

"Quite pretty." Chen Shouyi looked at her and said, "She’s my high school classmate."

Silence.

"Senior, have you... slept with her?" Song Tingting suddenly asked abruptly.

Chen Shouyi was dumbfounded hearing this.

"Then have you kissed her?"

Chen Shouyi continued to be stunned.

"Senior, you haven’t even kissed?"

Song Tingting’s demeanor changed drastically, from a good girl to suddenly sharp and aggressive.

"No, she hasn’t reached the legendary level yet..." Chen Shouyi explained with effort, it wasn’t that he was incapable; when he was with the Goddess of Fertility...

Song Tingting captured a keyword from Chen Shouyi’s words, legendary.

Must one become legendary to be the senior’s true girlfriend?

"Senior, it’s quite late, please take me home." Song Tingting reverted to a good girl.

"Ah, okay."