Failed Awakening, Summoning a Divine Beast, I Take Off On the Spot – Chapter 26

Ch 26: Heartfelt Exchange Between Teacher and Student

Chu Qiu didn’t believe in free lunches. Even if one fell from the sky, he wouldn’t be able to snatch it from a dog. He retracted his outstretched hand.

His curiosity was thoroughly piqued. “Could it be that some rich lady has taken a fancy to me? This plot is developing too fast!”

His mind began to uncontrollably fantasize about the future: Wouldn’t that mean that in the future, he could directly choose to spend a rich lady’s money instead of making his own? The thought alone was exciting.

“Your Three Views are not right, and your facial features are even worse. Unless a rich lady is blind. Take it, this is someone subsidizing you. There’s a million inside.”

Xiao Ya’s lips curled into a playful smile, her eyes flashing with mysterious and cunning light, shattering his beautiful dream with a single sentence.

As she spoke, she forcibly stuffed the card into Chu Qiu’s hand, leaving behind an inexplicable sentence.

Chu Qiu held the heavy card and joked, “If you had said earlier that there was a million, I might have considered selling myself.”

After all, poverty is a disease, and he was now almost terminally ill.

Faced with this huge sum of one million, he only felt that it was a special medicine bestowed by heaven. He would be sorry to himself if he didn’t take it.

Although he still had many questions in his heart, since Xiao Ya was unwilling to say more, Chu Qiu didn’t ask further.

He would deal with future matters in the future. The most important thing now was to solve the immediate predicament and give Xia Mo a better life.

“I haven’t congratulated you on breaking the record yet.” Xiao Ya’s smile was like a flower blooming in spring, bright and moving. “This is a skill book prepared for you, a small congratulatory gift.”

As she spoke, she took out a book with antique binding from her exquisite bag and handed it to Chu Qiu.

The book’s cover was embroidered with intricate patterns using golden thread, making it look both mysterious and noble.

Faced with this rare skill book that might not be bought for hundreds of thousands on the market, Chu Qiu was slightly stunned, and a hesitant look appeared on his face.

After all, in his memory, he and Xiao Ya were not close, just ordinary teacher-student relationship, and there was not much interaction on weekdays.

It was only after his awakening failure that the relationship between the two rapidly warmed up due to Xiao Ya’s kindness, becoming much closer.

Xiao Ya looked at his hesitant appearance and guessed what he was thinking, so she added, “Just consider it my investment in you. If I need your help in the future, don’t refuse.”

Chu Qiu’s heart was warmed by these words, and he nodded heavily. “Since Mentor Xiao Ya says so, then I will accept it respectfully.”

“Waiting for Xia Mo?”

Seeing that Chu Qiu had finally accepted her gift, the corners of Xiao Ya’s lips curled into a happy arc.

“Yes, I’ve cleared the Secret Realm twice today. If I clear it a third time, it will be very late. I’m afraid it won’t be safe for her to be alone, so I came to pick her up.”

Chu Qiu nodded lightly, his tone carrying a hint of imperceptible tenderness.

“Only cleared it twice? Are you even human? You have to know, even if a team of tenth-level Heaven’s Chosen ones team up, it’s already rare to clear it once a day.”

Xiao Ya widened her eyes, looking at Chu Qiu with disbelief. She thought he was deliberately showing off his strength.

After carefully observing Chu Qiu’s expression, she found that he seemed to think this was a matter of course, without the slightest hint of smugness.

Xiao Ya shook her head helplessly, secretly sighing in her heart: Comparing people is infuriating, comparing goods is worthless.

“What did you do every day before?”

Xiao Ya’s gaze carried a hint of investigation. She was curious about Chu Qiu’s absent-mindedness in class.

She secretly speculated in her heart whether this guy was working hard in private, either to crush others or to crush himself.

“Me?”

Chu Qiu was slightly stunned in his heart. In theory, Xiao Ya, as a mentor, should have some understanding of his daily state.

But seeing the light of interest flashing in her eyes, he decided to be honest and said with a smile, “Eat, drink, s*it, pee, sleep, you!”

These words were unintentional. Chu Qiu had the most contact with Xiao Ya every day. From a practical point of view, there was nothing wrong with it.

It was just that he spoke a little too fast, inadvertently linking the last two words together, so that the original six trivial matters were instantly reduced to five, and the meaning suddenly became completely different.

Xiao Ya’s cheeks instantly flushed red, and the atmosphere became subtly awkward. She coughed lightly, trying to hide her gaffe.

“By the way, Mentor Xiao Ya, why isn’t there an Abyss difficulty setting in the Secret Realm?”

Seeing this, Chu Qiu quickly changed the subject, trying to use this question to ease the subtle atmosphere between the two.

In fact, Chu Qiu really had some doubts in his heart. After all, in novels, the protagonists were all about beating up the old folks in the nursing home and kicking the kids in kindergarten.

They would always buy two cups of soy milk at the same time, clear two Secret Realms at the same time, and never clear anything that wasn’t the highest difficulty.

The difficulty was either h*ll or abyss. Why did it suddenly drop in class when it came to him, becoming Nightmare difficulty?

Chu Qiu strongly suspected that the Secret Realm was looking down on him, although he had no concrete evidence.

Hearing this, Xiao Ya patiently explained, “The difficulty setting of the Secret Realm does have an Abyss level, but that’s for veteran summoners.”

“The novice Secret Realm is designed to protect students like you who are new to the world and don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. The difficulty setting has been deliberately simplified to prevent you from damaging your Soul Power due to blindly challenging it, which would outweigh the benefits.”

After speaking, a hint of imperceptible concern was revealed in her eyes, as if reminding Chu Qiu not to be too eager for quick success and seek his own death.

“I knew it, when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss is also gazing at you.” Chu Qiu smiled, his eyes flashing with anticipation. “Just for such a classy sentence, the Secret Realm difficulty should have a place for ‘Abyss’.”

At this moment, students began to walk out of the school gate in twos and threes. Chu Qiu’s gaze passed through the bustling crowd, and he saw Xia Mo from afar.

Her face was filled with a bright smile, and she ran towards him like a cheerful little bird.

“Let’s go, I’ll do a good deed to the end and give you a ride.”

Xiao Ya patted Chu Qiu on the shoulder, then turned and walked towards the sports car parked not far away, with smooth lines and a cool shape, shining brightly in the sun.

Chu Qiu looked at the sports car in front of him, feeling a little hesitant. The memories of the dead were rekindled.

Seeing that Xia Mo had excitedly gotten into the car, Chu Qiu gritted his teeth and finally decided to get in.

Along the way, the car maneuvered flexibly through the desolate streets, eventually turning towards Yucheng’s best restaurant, “Juying Pavilion”.

The table was filled with various delicacies, the aroma was tempting, making people salivate.

Being rich is a state of mind! The three of them used the celebration as an excuse to eat and drink to their heart’s content.

During the chat, Chu Qiu learned that Xiao Ya almost always cooked her own meals, focusing on cleanliness, health, busyness, and bad taste.

High-end ingredients often only require simple cooking. Mentor Xiao, who had been busy for two hours, usually ate Kang Shuaifu instant noodles.