Chapter 295

Chapter 296: Fog Rolls In Again

Because the whole thing was pretty weird, Yu Sheng did not understand what the little doll meant until Irene stood in front of him. She cupped her small hands very carefully, then rubbed them together while a scorching light beam burst from her fingertips, shaping a blinding, burning ball of light between her palms. Only then did he realize what her “charged up” meant.

Next came total confusion.

To be honest, Yu Sheng thought he was pretty good at accepting strange things. He could accept that the dishes Foxy cooked would greet him, accept that pills refined by Immortals on Thousand Peak Spirit Mountain tasted like grapes, and even accept that some readers shipped his male lead with a llama. But right now he was still a bit stunned.

[So biting a power cord really works.jpg?!]

Just then Xuan Che and Foxy ran over from the dining room to check on things, so there was one more confused person.

The confused one was Xuan Che. Foxy was not confused at all. She even came over holding a bowl. After seeing the lightning orb in Irene’s hands, she took her time, sipped her soup, and said lazily: “So you’re a lightning cultivator.”

Yu Sheng almost lost it as he said: “Seriously, a lightning cultivator?”

“It seems so?” Irene was easy to talk into things. She blinked up at Foxy and asked: “Is that what a lightning cultivator is like?”

Xuan Che looked around and already guessed what had happened, but he had taken so many shocks today that he felt numb. [In this big manor, this kind of thing is normal. Do not let small things shake your heart.] After thinking it through, he answered seriously: “Where I come from, a lightning cultivator is not quite like this.”

“In my hometown, anything related to thunder counts as a lightning cultivator,” said Foxy as she scooped another spoonful of rice and chewed. “Irene, you can draw energy straight from an electric shock. Next time there’s a thunderstorm, try it. Maybe you can become an immortal by getting struck by lightning.”

Irene, Pro Max smoky black gold limited edition, 66.6 cm, jumped up at once and tried to bite Foxy. Yu Sheng grabbed her just in time, and she still flailed in the air with arms and legs: “Silly fox, you did that on purpose! You always say Yu Sheng is an engineering immortal and a cooking immortal, so why am I the lightning-struck immortal?”

Holding Irene down (too long to list), Yu Sheng checked that the little thing really had fully recovered. The main sign was that her strength was back and then some.

After the fuss died down, Yu Sheng finally calmed the bouncing doll. He first cleared away the ruined outlet, checked that the TV was fine, then reset the tripped breaker to restore power. After that he took Irene to the washroom, washed her face carefully, and spent a long time combing her exploded hair flat.

Even after the combing it was still a little fluffy, like Foxy’s winter tail, with a bit of natural curl at the tips. There was no helping it. She would just have to wash her hair often for a few days and wait for it to settle.

When he finally finished cleaning up the mess, Irene once again became the center of attention.

“So you really got full on power just from one zap?” Yu Sheng still found it hard to believe. Watching Irene rub another lightning orb in her hands, he could not help asking: “What’s the principle here?”

“How would I know? I just realized my energy was back,” said Irene. Then she thought back to the shock. “And I didn’t get fully charged by that one zap. I think a day and a night of rest had already filled me most of the way, and the shock just topped me off.”

“Uh, alright. I already deal with plenty of ridiculous things,” said Yu Sheng as he scratched his head. Then he saw Irene focus a laser to spark a new blinding ball of light and felt cold sweat break out. “Anyway, could you not rub light balls in here? If your hand slips, you’ll punch a hole in the house.”

“Okay,” said Irene, dispersing the light with a regretful look. “I finally recovered and just wanted to practice a bit.”

Yu Sheng knew she was showing off, but since she had been unlucky lately, he let it slide.

“Forget the theory for now. We finally found a way to charge you quickly. At least we have an idea. Next we should figure out how to make it practical.”

Irene looked up at him and asked: “Practical?”

“Come on. We can’t scrap an outlet every time, and you definitely can’t chew on live wires,” said Yu Sheng, rolling his eyes. “You saw it trip the breaker, and you were literally smoking.”

“That’s true,” said Irene, blinking. She felt he made sense, but she was still unsure. “So how do we make it practical? Are you going to put a charging port on me?”

Yu Sheng was shocked as he said: “Can you even have a charging port?”

“No,” said Irene with confidence. Then she added, “But I can try a few more times and get used to it. I mainly got caught off guard just now. Thinking back, if I had been ready, maybe I could have guided the charging process. But first, stop using cheap outlets.”

From the viewpoint of home electrical safety, Yu Sheng decided not to listen to her nonsense.

“I’ll make you a charger. I’ll put a light bulb or something as the load in the circuit, and add a breaker with leakage protection,” he said very seriously. “I’ll leave two terminals on the charging end. When you run out of energy, you can touch the terminals.”

Irene lit up and said: “Nice!”

Foxy nodded again and again, even if she probably had no idea what he meant: “Benefactor, that’s a good plan.”

Xuan Che said nothing. He stood quietly to the side, watching Yu Sheng and Irene talk about the charging plan. His heart was as calm as still water, his eyes steady, and in the end he even felt a faint enlightenment. He did not know what he had enlightened, only that it felt like enlightenment. He even felt that nothing in this world could shake his heart now. Then he glanced at the time and took his leave.

Yu Sheng was surprised and asked: “You’re heading back already?”

“No. I will stay in Boundary City for a few more days,” explained Xuan Che quickly. “My master also arranged other tasks for me. But if you need anything, for example if that strange room acts up again, call me anytime.”

“I thought you were going to live here,” said Yu Sheng honestly. “I have plenty of space. I can set up a room for you anytime.”

Xuan Che instinctively looked around, recalled how everything in this house felt off, and remembered the string of ridiculous events he had witnessed since he stepped through the door. From the viewpoint of guarding his heart, he decided it was best not to accept.

Even though he had just had an enlightenment and felt his heart was firm, who knew what else might pop out in this big manor.

Seeing Xuan Che’s serious face and hearing he had other tasks from his master, Yu Sheng did not push. After a few polite words, he walked him to the door.

Before opening it, Yu Sheng suddenly remembered: “Oh, I almost forgot. How do I contact you?”

Hearing that, Xuan Che took out a small mirror that glowed with purple-gold light.

At a glance, Yu Sheng realized it was a cultivator’s treasure. He began guessing how it worked and how he should link himself to it, wondering if he could learn a flashy skill from this grand marshal while he was at it.

He got halfway through his daydream when he saw Xuan Che swipe the mirror and tap it twice to open a QR code.

With a humble smile, Xuan Che said: “Please scan this to add me as a friend on Border communications.”

“…”

Yu Sheng cooled down at once and suddenly realized how the “Wicked Disciple 4000” had been contacting him all along.

They exchanged contact info, and Yu Sheng walked the guest to the door.

Just as he was about to open it, Xuan Che felt something and looked toward the living room window.

“There is heavy fog outside,” he said in surprise.

Yu Sheng had his hand on the doorknob. Hearing that, he froze, then looked hard out the window.

Outside, thick fog rolled like something solid along the street, blurring the whole block.

Irene sprang onto the nearest windowsill and said: “What the heck, again?!”

Xuan Che had only been making a casual remark, but the reaction told him something was wrong: “This fog is strange?”

“Boundary City hasn’t been peaceful lately, mainly because of this fog,” said Yu Sheng, watching the fog outside with a serious nod. “Mistbound City. That is the new name the Special Affairs Bureau gave this fog Otherworld. They already issued danger warnings to Spirit Realm Detectives and investigators across the Borderland. Normally, this fog does not appear in the real world. But my house is a bit special and seems to attract such uncanny events. Fog outside the windows is not the first time.”

Hearing that, Xuan Che frowned. [And you do not think your own house is uncanny?]

Yu Sheng did not know what passed through his mind. After thinking a moment, he went on: “But you do not need to worry. The fog only shows up outside the windows. You need special methods to actually enter it. If I open the door normally, you can leave normally.”

Xuan Che’s reply surprised him.

“In that case, I want to go into the fog and take a look,” he said.