My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 154 - 143: Are You Crazy?

Buzz buzz——

Chen Lusi had just returned to his rental apartment when his phone buzzed in his pocket.

He took out his phone and glanced at it.

The message was from Lin Wan.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, you’re too timid. When we were kids, my sister and I both snuggled up to sleep with you."

"You’ve practically raised me. How could I not trust you? Don’t grow distant with age. You don’t treat my sister that way... It’s not fair."

"If you’re worried about my sister, I won’t tell her! I’m easily bribed! I’m not sure about other sisters-in-law, but I’m easy to bribe! [puffs chest]"

"..."

Behind the internet, she suddenly became bold.

After reading her message, Chen Lusi replied directly, "Why didn’t you say this earlier?"

"...That’s not important!"

"Say this to me in person sometime, okay?"

Chen Lusi replied and then put away his phone, rolled a spirit ball, swallowed it, and returned to his work at the computer.

About two hours later.

The door suddenly knocked.

Chen Lusi snapped back to reality, turned his head, and got up to open the door.

Outside the door, as expected, was Li Zheng.

"Long time no see."

Li Zheng took a deep breath and greeted when he saw Chen Lusi.

Finding Chen Lusi’s address wasn’t difficult for him.

"Long time no see."

Chen Lusi replied and stepped aside to let him in, saying, "I heard from Si Yujie about what happened earlier, but I don’t quite understand something. How can you learn techniques?"

Li Zheng was slightly taken aback: "You don’t know?"

Chen Lusi was puzzled, "What?"

Li Zheng explained, "That day, after I heard you talk about the Monkey Anomaly Realm, I went to Mount Tai, and he told me about Xia Yue’s plan..."

He explained to Chen Lusi about what happened after he left, including Xia Yue’s plan and the source of their Authority Ability.

After listening, Chen Lusi was silent for a moment: "So you’re saying, currently, you have Li Ge’s Authority Ability? Or is it Sang Chao’s Authority Ability?"

"Li Ge’s."

Li Zheng replied, "Sang Chao’s Authority Ability is with the deputy leader of the squad... As for the other members’ Authority Abilities, they’ve all been transferred to other members of the squad."

"Is that why you said you need to learn techniques?"

"Exactly. We’re all outsiders; even though we often assist the Celestial Strategy Mansion... we really don’t understand much about this area."

Chen Lusi: "..."

So that’s how it is.

Li Zheng glanced at Chen Lusi and continued to ask, "So, can you agree?"

Chen Lusi looked up: "You should know, I only joined the Celestial Strategy Mansion shortly before Qingming Festival, just about a month ago. Do you think I’m qualified to teach you?"

"...Regardless, you know more than we do."

After a moment of hesitation, Li Zheng replied, "And I consulted Mount Tai and Si Yujie. They both said you’re the right choice."

He didn’t directly answer Chen Lusi’s question.

He only mentioned consulting Mount Tai and Si Yujie.

Most likely, he wasn’t very sure either.

Upon hearing this, Chen Lusi fell silent.

He didn’t know what Mount Tai’s intention was.

But he roughly understood Si Yujie’s intention...

No one else knew about his ability to roll spirit balls, but Si Yujie certainly did.

And her having Li Zheng come to him was likely to let him decide... whether to use the "spirit ball" to help these Security Army members grow quickly.

So now the question is, what should he choose?

Chen Lusi remained silent for a long time before finally asking, "How many of you are there?"

"...We’re a squad tasked with special missions. Although we’re structured like a company, due to various reasons, our numbers are far fewer than other squads, with only more than eighty people."

"More than eighty people is already quite a lot."

"Is it feasible?"

Li Zheng neither confirmed nor denied, continuing to ask.

Chen Lusi was silent for a long time, hesitating before he said, "I can help you with the basics... but as for techniques and answering questions, I can’t guarantee anything. I can only assure you that I’ll tell you what I know."

Even though he didn’t know much.

But with his current understanding of the Celestial Strategy Mansion... he felt that helping these Security Army members become Empowerers wasn’t a bad thing.

"That’s enough."

Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, just getting them started was enough; subsequent systematic training plans... might not necessarily require Chen Lusi.

He also didn’t quite understand why Si Yujie and Mount Tai were pushing him towards Chen Lusi.

Clearly the other party was also a newcomer.

However.

Now was obviously not the time to dwell on those thoughts.

"Can you go over there?"

Li Zheng then asked, "Eighty or so people can’t just mess around in the city."

"Alright."

After a brief hesitation, Chen Lusi nodded.

Meanwhile, outside the window.

The snow-white fox woke up groggily, and upon seeing Li Zheng, it froze.

When it heard what Li Zheng said, it was even more surprised.

Chen Lusi teaching people!?

Mount Tai and Si Yujie must be crazy!?

What kind of logic is needed to think of letting a newcomer teach another group of newcomers?

Even if they don’t want the Security Army contaminated, it doesn’t have to be Chen Lusi teaching, right?

As Chen Lu and Li Zheng left.

She didn’t hesitate and immediately followed them.

...

"Where are we going?"

An hour later.

Chen Lu sat in the passenger seat, looked out the window, and asked.

"To a training base in Jiangchang City. I borrowed the place from the local department."

Li Zheng looked ahead and replied, "The location is a bit remote, but we’re not worried about causing any big commotion. We’re almost there."

"...Actually, I’m very curious."

Chen Lu nodded, then turned to glance at Li Zheng, continuing to ask, "Since you can also be endowed with authority, why do you just assist the Celestial Strategy Mansion?"

"I was there when you received the authority ability."

Li Zheng thought for a moment and replied softly, "But at that time, the activated legend chose you... That’s the reason. The activation of legends is basically elusive; even if we reach the location of a legend’s activation, those legends may not choose us.

Their choices are too vague and intangible. To let an entire squad gain authority ability is as hard as reaching the sky.

If it weren’t for Xia Yue this time, we basically couldn’t all acquire authority ability."

Chen Lu hesitated upon hearing this.

"I know what you want to say. Why not take charge of the Celestial Strategy Mansion, right?"

Li Zheng turned back, smiling, "It boils down to those old-timers. The Celestial Strategy Mansion itself is a product of compromise; it doesn’t represent all empowerers, but in some ways, it represents the collective interests of the empowerers.

And of course, it has something to do with the Ten Halls, which is very complicated... If you really want an answer, you might ask Xia Yue."

"..."

Chen Lu thought for a moment and said nothing more.

And during the conversation.

They arrived.

Chen Lu got out of the car, and before her was a small, hidden training base nestled at the foot of the mountain, not large in area, with no conventional obstacle course or tactical training ground.

There were only two bungalows, a shooting range, and an open space.

After all, Jiangchang City is not a big city.

At this moment.

In the open space.

Dozens of people were either standing or squatting, studying something.

But most people didn’t seem to be making much progress, frowning tightly and occasionally exchanging words with companions beside them.

Li Zheng came to Chen Lu’s side and asked, "How did you become an empowerer back then?"

Chen Lu thought for a moment and replied, "...recalling the scene of experiencing the legend’s activation."

"I knew it."

Li Zheng sighed, looking at the group who still hadn’t grasped the essence, "This is our biggest problem. We haven’t experienced the corresponding legends. Although we know what to do, we can’t sense the ’spirit’ you talk about.

This also leads to... We don’t even know the name of our authority now. Occasionally, we can use the authority ability, but we can’t do it stably."

As he finished speaking.

In the distance.

Sparkling fireworks suddenly appeared.

A man with a close-cropped head and a square face, who looked just a bit older than Chen Lu, raised his hand, looking at the brilliant sparks he had released, not excited, but rather puzzled.

Because when he waved his hand again.

The sparks couldn’t come out again.

Was it Sang Chao’s authority?

Chen Lu looked at the man and recognized those characteristic brilliant sparks.

And the man also noticed Chen Lu and Li Zheng, looking over.

Then.

He lowered his hand and quickly came toward Li Zheng, saluting.

"This is Zhou Jian, the deputy squad leader. You just saw it; he obtained Sang Chao’s ’Phoenix’ authority."

"This is Chen Lu."

Li Zheng introduced them to each other.

Chen Lu nodded to Zhou Jian.

On the other side, Zhou Jian looked at Chen Lu and nodded in return.

"See if you have any way..."

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, took Chen Lu, and started to walk forward, "As long as we can get started, everything is easy to talk about. But now we can’t become empowerers by recalling the legend’s activation."

Chen Lu looked around at the people frowning and realized it was quite challenging.

This was completely different from how he became an empowerer.

Back then, he only needed to follow Xia Panqiu’s guidance, close his eyes, and meditate a bit.

But these people had their authority abilities transferred.

In this situation... Could his Spirit Ball be of any help?

As Chen Lu walked closer.

Those frowning security army members all looked up at him.

A few seemed to recognize him and looked a bit surprised... Probably had seen Chen Lu when Li Zheng appeared with him at his hometown.

There wasn’t much trust or distrust in their gazes; mostly, there was curiosity and longing.

After all, they had held the authority for almost a day... But they couldn’t get started, and they were actually a bit anxious.

Eagerly needing someone to enlighten them.

...

At the same time.

Beside the open space.

A snow-white fox was lying on the rooftop of one of the bungalows, noticing everyone looking at Chen Lu, she lifted her snow-white paw, and patted her own head.

She just realized... Oh right, these people’s authority abilities were transferred.

This situation was special, and this was her first time seeing it; how could a newcomer teach them? How was this supposed to be taught?

Mount Tai... Aren’t you just setting him up for failure?

Thinking of this.

The little fox glanced again at Chen Lu, who was surrounded by everyone, and couldn’t help but lift her paw, scratching the concrete beneath her, beginning to feel embarrassed for him.

... How about she saves the day herself?