Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 536: See the real - in two hours (content of the new leisure book)
But the tone Rosenberg revealed was terrible, clearly anticipating that some students would not be able to complete it.
Meditating on a line within the sphere of light...
Might it be a bit too little.
Li Qing sensed the light sphere in his mind, emitting a shimmering glow, with three hundred and sixty-five lines shining brightly, waiting to disperse starlight across the entire sea of consciousness, thereby forming magic power within his body.
After Rosenberg left, the entire classroom descended into an oddly silent atmosphere. After a minute or two, seeing someone leave, Li Qing also left calmly.
Midway, Anna turned her head to glance at him, and Li Qing keenly sensed the malice within that look.
These guys are as disgusting as some people in the workplace, narrow-minded to the extreme, holding grudges for the slightest things that displease them, or even for actions and words said without intent.
Li Qing had no interest in engaging in such mind games with them. Instead, he simply turned the tables, went out and bought a burlap sack, and waited for one of them to work late trying to impress. Then he’d ambush them in an alley and give them a good beating.
Of course, Li Qing was extremely cautious when doing such things, planning out their route and avoiding various surveillance cameras.
If he weren’t utterly disgusted, he wouldn’t have resorted to such measures.
He staked out for several days, silently beating the person several times. Eventually, they called the police, and Li Qing was questioned. However, using his good psychological endurance and manufactured time discrepancies, he left no clues.
Thinking of this, Li Qing pushed open the classroom door with a bit of a headache, his wrist badge lighting up. Once back in his safe house, he swiftly closed the door.
Doing such things, although venting his anger, involved numerous plans requiring significant meticulousness, not unlike playing mind games with that guy.
However, as long as he didn’t remove his cloak, didn’t reveal his name, fully adhered to Gray Magic Academy’s school rules, and returned from the safe house to his own world.
No matter what the other side does, his life safety would not be an issue.
After entering the safe house and resting for a bit, Li Qing directly descended to the basement, slowly walking to the altar.
Summoning the demon within, judging from the magic technique, this magic connects to an unknowable otherworldly space, summoning a fearsome creature. Whatever state his mind is in, it will likely be reflected.
After taking a careful look at his textbook, Li Qing furrowed his brows. What the hell is all this?
Li Qing murmured unconsciously.
"Let me see, shattered viscera, coagulated blood, winding tentacles, silent eyeballs, twisted plants, shriveled limbs, a mangled brain, scarlet fruit..."
Li Qing set down the list, remained silent for a while, then quickly left the safe house and returned to the real world. After taking off his cloak, he checked the time, 12:01.
He hurried downstairs to a nearby 24-hour supermarket’s fresh produce section, buying a haul of items, before heading back to his rental unit. Once there, Li Qing donned his cloak again, activated his badge, and entered his safe house.
Heading straight to the basement, Li Qing set up a small pot on the alchemy platform by the altar, casually tossing in hot pot base ingredients, while stirring with chopsticks and sorting through the items he had purchased.
"Tripe, blood tofu, squid tentacles, lamb eyeballs, kelp knots, cured pork, brain tissue, and spicy hot pot, hmm... and a cup of lemon juice."
Once he ensured these ingredients corresponded to the sacrificial items needed from the list, Li Qing boiled the hot pot until it was steaming. He then carefully placed it on the altar.
Li Qing straightened up, his face grave as he slowly closed his eyes, emptying his mind and slowly uttering the magic syllables.
"With my true name as a sacrifice, please connect to the depths of Hell, summon the Demon, let Him descend into this world, take away the sacrificed items, by my name, with your power, awaken the holiness of this world, may the sun fall dust in the west, may the light vanish, with the soul as a lead, hear my call, rise from Hell, let darkness descend."
The awkward and strange magic syllables slowly slipped from Li Qing’s mouth, the spiritual light sphere in his mind began to vibrate continuously, emanating a barely visible spiritual power that, upon reaching a specific frequency, allowed Li Qing to sense an otherworldly space that existed in the unknown.
It seemed impossibly distant, yet also near at hand.
It was not a spatial distance but a temporal gap.
Next was using his spiritual power to summon the demon residing within his own heart.
He didn’t know how long it took, maybe three minutes, maybe half an hour.
Unknowingly, the entire basement was engulfed in countless shadows, with the light from the wall lamps and candles quickly receding. In the less-than-one-hundred-square-meter basement, apart from a few dwindling light sources, everything else fell into darkness.
Gradually, some cryptic words quietly arose around Li Qing’s ears, as if something eerie was watching him, discussing in an odd language.
Upon sensing these, the hair on the back of Li Qing’s neck instantly stood on end, and under the expansion of spiritual perception, around him, perhaps from the left, perhaps the right, a vague shadow seemed to hover, with no specific form.
Even with his eyes closed, Li Qing could feel that thing observing him with its wildly twisted gaze, tilting its head at an impossible angle, then edged closer and closer, until it was almost brushing against his skin.
It seemed to circle around him, finally staring straight at him, head-on.
It was a pair of nonexistent eyes.
Under no circumstances should he open his eyes, or he would be devoured!!!
At this moment, Li Qing was trembling all over, experiencing a dimension of suppression from his body and soul.
After a while, Li Qing forced himself to calm down, still with his eyes closed, proceeding with the established summoning ritual process.
The opponent’s malicious gaze was undeniable, but it was confirmed that the opponent was still following some specific rules, unable to inflict any effective harm on him, aside from possibly instilling some psychological shadows.
As long as he diligently followed the rules, no problems would arise.
Then, what would this demon, summoned by his heart, bring to him, and where would it take him?
"So... hiss ha... what do you want... hiss ha..."
A fragmented voice suddenly echoed beside his ears, the only thing that surprised Li Qing slightly was that when the other party spoke, their mouth seemed to have a slippery feeling, he could understand, yet it was peculiar.
What did he want?
Li Qing paused in silence for a while. Finally, as per Rosenberg’s instruction, he cleared his mind, followed his true self, obtained what he truly desired, and correspondingly, lost something.
