The white-haired school beauty sighs every day, yet he keeps getting stronger.

Inside the teachers' dormitory.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Mingzhu immediately rushed into the bathroom to wash her hands and face.

She bent over, one hand resting on the sink, and looked up at the mirror.

A young woman was reflected in the mirror, with a delicate face and captivating peach blossom eyes.

only……

Her face was slightly pale, and her petal-like lips were completely bloodless.

The exhaustion was almost palpable in his eyes.

I've been overworking lately, and yesterday I almost lost my temper and hit Suho An, which gave that damned "illness" an opportunity to flare up...

Zhao Mingzhu lowered her eyebrows slightly and raised her other hand in front of her eyes.

Looking at the bloodstains between her fingers, she sighed softly and slowly scrubbed them with hand sanitizer.

She didn't lie to Zhang Ziyang; this was indeed an old habit of hers.

In the years before joining Jinghua University as a lecturer, Zhao Mingzhu, due to her outstanding talent, became a disciple of Lei Qilin, one of the Seven Pillars of the Nation.

He became famous at a young age and was full of vigor!

After successfully killing the seventh-tier demon king in the Demon Flame Rift, she relied on her newly acquired powerful self-healing ability to quickly regenerate by bathing in flames to descend into the rift at high intensity.

At the same time, they frequently participate in various actions to combat monsters and demons.

The name "Fire Phoenix" was earned through solid achievements over those years!

Even with such a powerful self-healing ability, Zhao Mingzhu eventually succumbed to illness due to overwork.

Strictly speaking, this is not a disease.

Instead, it was the excessive abuse of Soul Card abilities that led to a series of complications caused by the "excessive accumulation of fire poison" in the body.

Zhao Mingzhu only found out later.

Each time it is reborn from the ashes, the fire element erodes its body, placing a tremendous burden on its mind and body.

This is fire poison!

Because the damage is caused by the characteristics of the Soul Card, and not a disease in the medical sense, it is incurable.

Whenever the fire poison flares up, Zhao Mingzhu feels as if her internal organs are being roasted by raging fire, causing her unbearable pain.

Their emotions are also easily out of control, leading to mental outbursts and further immersion in the bloody battles with demons.

When injured, he used his Soul Card ability to heal himself through fire.

However, using fire to heal oneself will accumulate fire toxins, creating a vicious cycle.

Unless Zhao Mingzhu can break through to the seventh level and completely integrate the soul card with her physical body, thus transcending her mortal body and completely getting rid of the effects of the fire poison!

but……

How difficult it is to break through to the seventh level!

Even for those who possess a gold soul card, it takes a long time to accumulate experience.

Zhao Mingzhu is still young and lacks experience.

His body was also severely damaged by the fire poison, making it even more difficult to break through to the seventh level.

Thus, she found herself in an extremely awkward situation.

To get rid of the fire poison, you need to break through to the seventh level!

To break through to the seventh rank, you must get rid of the effects of the fire poison!

It can be said to be a dilemma.

After learning of the situation, Lei Qilin immediately ordered her not to stay on the front line until she recovered from her injuries.

The very next day, the appointment letter from Jinghua University was sent to Zhao Mingzhu's mobile email address.

This is why she stepped down from the front lines at the height of her career to become a teacher at Jinghua University.

If she had been able to calm down and take good care of herself back then, she wouldn't have accumulated so many problems and ended up like this today.

But Zhao Mingzhu has no regrets!

The young female teacher shook the water droplets off her hands, beckoned to the mirror, and tucked the wet strands of hair behind her ear.

Her beautiful face returned to normal, and her eyes regained their firmness.

In this world, monsters and demons are endless, and they often break through the rifts to attack cities and devour people.

As a citizen of the Xia Kingdom, she naturally had to defend her homeland and fight on the front lines!

Although the fire was extremely potent, it was insignificant compared to the precious lives of the countless people of the Xia Kingdom.

Zhao Mingzhu rallied her spirits, walked out of the washroom, pulled out a chair at the table, sat down, and turned on the computer.

Then, the results of today's experiment were recorded in the experiment log.

In recent years, she has rarely fought with others, devoting herself entirely to the research of "spiritual transformation" in order to find a way to suppress the fire poison.

the reason is simple.

Since we can't break through to the seventh rank for the time being, let's find a way to improve on the existing foundation!

For a card master, the most important thing is mental strength.

If we can make a breakthrough in this area, we might be able to suppress the fire poison.

Unfortunately, the experiment is progressing very slowly.

But Zhang Ziyang's arrival gave Zhao Mingzhu renewed hope.

"Little Ziyang, don't let your big sister down!"

……

the other side.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ziyang sent the delivery address as instructed.

After that, I took advantage of the break to browse my phone.

In recent days, the hot news in Tianxing City has been quite intriguing.

For example, another student has gone missing;

Some people saw strange dark shadows swimming across the water on the banks of the Daxing River.

Master Yuanjing of Huineng Temple is preparing to hold a Water and Land Dharma Assembly soon;

Due to the expansion and contraction reaction, a large number of spiritual objects appeared in the gap between the forest and the sea, and many card masters entered it to search for treasures;

Recently, a new urban legend called "Enlightened Golden Beetle" has become popular among students.

Various messages were mixed together, creating an undercurrent of tension.

"We still need to improve our strength as soon as possible!"

Zhang Ziyang squinted, put his phone away, and returned to studying basic combat skills.

For some reason, he had a strange premonition.

Something big may happen in the near future!

To escape from that vortex and ensure one's own safety, it is essential to improve one's strength.

……

night.

Aunt Zhao and Uncle Huangfu finally returned home.

Both of them looked exhausted and didn't know what had happened.

Zhang Ziyang didn't ask any further questions.

After returning, Aunt Zhao greeted us briefly, then hurriedly put on her apron and went into the kitchen to cook dinner.

I was in a rush to come back this time and didn't have time to cook anything fancy, so I packed some cold dishes and braised meat along the way.

Then all you need to do is cook the rice and make a simple vegetable soup.

Huangfu rarely came back, and after arriving home, he chatted with Zhang Ziyang and casually took out a gift and stuffed it into his hand.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

"I'm so sorry, Ziyang, I've been so busy these past few days that I haven't been able to come back to see you and Yueyue on such an important day as your soul card awakening. This is a gift to congratulate you on awakening your golden soul card and being admitted to Jinghua University. Please accept it!"

Huangfu Ji sat on the sofa and smiled at him.

"This……"

Zhang Ziyang looked at the beautifully packaged gift box in his hand, somewhat hesitant.

Huangfu Ji straightened his face and pretended to be angry, saying:

"What? You don't like the gift your uncle gave you?"

"No, no, no, I just feel really embarrassed to receive gifts now, after all the years of care from you and Aunt Zhao."

“What’s there to be embarrassed about? Just accept it when I tell you to!” Huangfu Ji waved his hand. “Besides, if anyone should be embarrassed, it should be me saying so.”

After speaking, the middle-aged man took a deep breath, a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

“When your parents went to the front lines to fight the demonic disaster, they sent me a message saying that if they didn’t come back, they asked me to take care of you. But since I joined the Special Affairs Bureau, I’ve had more and more official duties, and I don’t have much time at home throughout the year. Your Aunt Zhao has basically taken care of all the big and small things at home.”

"I have neglected to spend time with Yueyue and have neglected to take care of you. I have failed as both a father and an elder. I am truly ashamed of my relationship with Yueyue and your parents."

Men usually don't easily reveal their true feelings.

Don't speak too intimately with people you don't know well; this is a lesson society has long taught them.

Only in front of people you can trust will you open your heart without reservation.

"uncle……"

Hearing his uncle say that, Zhang Ziyang also felt a strange unease.

Huangfu Ji shook his head, his expression returning to normal, and smiled:

"It's alright, people just get sentimental when they get old. Never mind, never mind. Ziyang, open it and see if you like it? I spent a lot of time carefully selecting gifts for you and Yueyue, and your Aunt Zhao nagged me a lot about it!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Ziyang smiled and nodded, then unpacked the package...