Ning Li put down the kitchen knife in his hand and wiped his hand on the apron. Before Ning Meng's schoolbag could be put away, she turned around and opened the door to see clearly the two figures standing outside.
A man who looks about twenty-seven or eighty-eight, wearing a simple summer dress, and a girl who is the same age as him next to him, holding fruits and pastries in their hands, both look quite kind.
"Ah, you are next door..." Ning Meng was stunned before reacting.
"Yes, just moved here, come and meet."
Lin Tuo, who changed his appearance slightly to make himself more "mature", smiled and looked at the girl who opened the door.
Wearing a clean but slightly small school uniform, carrying a school bag, dark hair tied behind his head, a little thin, but his eyes are bright.
Frankly speaking, it doesn't match the name, but she is the kind of girl who knows her very early.
"Welcome..." Ning Meng said hurriedly, and after walking a few steps back, he invited people into the living room, let them sit on the two sofas, and then turned to boil water and prepare tea.
The action is a bit nervous, mainly because there are really few guests at home.
Ning Li also walked out of the kitchen at this time, and talked with Lin Tuo expertly, showing maturity beyond what a young person should be. Huaxi rarely spoke from beginning to end, and established his "shy" personality.
Lin Tuo did not talk briefly, nor did he talk in depth, nor expressed excessive concern about Ning Li. He only said that he had just moved here with his younger sister and had already completed the admission procedures for Huaxi... Well, and Ning Meng A school.
This is not obtrusive. There is only one middle school closest to here. As for describing himself, Lin Tuo had already prepared the script? He said he was transferred to work in the high school of Star Academy.
Didn't elaborate on the specifics? Ning Li didn't have the opportunity to follow up, but was a little surprised? Finally? Lin Tuo smiled and said:
"My sister just came here to study, and everything is unfamiliar? It happens to be at the same school as Xiaomeng. If possible? Tomorrow I hope to help familiarize myself with the environment."
Next to? Ning Meng, who was sitting on a small stool that was temporarily moved, glanced at Huaxi, who was obviously not a local, and a little shy, with a big sister-like smile on her face, and said:
"No problem? I'll take her with me tomorrow."
Although the true age of Huaxi is even bigger.
"Thank you." Huaxi blinked? She whispered cowardly.
"Then don't bother too much." Lin Tuo got up when he saw this, and then left with a few more polite words.
When the door was closed, the two brothers and sisters returned to the living room. Ning Meng glanced at the fruits and pastries on the table? After thinking about it, he said:
"Choose the perishable fruits and eat first, and I will keep the pastries first? How about you?"
"Ning Li?" As she said, the girl who had not received feedback looked towards the teenager? Seeing the latter frowning slightly, what was she thinking? He suddenly said, "He is very strong."
"what?"
"I said that Teacher Lin... uh? If he really goes to work in the college, he will have to be called that in the future," Ning Li said seriously, "Although he didn't show it, I can feel that he is at least one The name is Intermediate.
It is likely to be the higher one in the mid-level.
And that Huaxi, I’m afraid it’s easy to enter the college. "
Ning Meng said, opening the fruit basket while saying:
"Isn't this normal, otherwise, how can I go to work in your college?
The formal teachers are at least mid-level, and my brothers are all mid-level. They must have started practicing at a very young age. Eat a banana, this will easily deteriorate after a long time. "
With that, the girl handed one over.
"That's true." Ning Li smiled, thinking that he was too suspicious recently, and seeing no one is right, then think about the nightmare last night...
"Is it really because of too much mental pressure?" Thinking of this, Ningli took the banana peel and ate it, and secretly decided to take a risk tonight, with the help of that world, to settle down.
But this must not be said to my sister.
...
next door.
On the spacious living room table, Hathaway saw the two returning, and immediately flew up, curious:
"Do you see anything? Is there any problem?"
Lin Tuo took off his coat, hung it on the coat rack, and glanced at her: "Why are you more anxious than me?"
"I'm curious." Hathaway said confidently.
Beside, Huaxi didn't pretend to be shy anymore, blinked and said:
"Teacher, the goal of this mission is the brother and sister?"
Huaxi didn't know much about the threats to the spirit world before. She didn't come into contact with these threats until the "ghost website" and the history of this world.
And know that a few people came to this world this time to solve some hidden dangers.
But she still finds it difficult to connect him with the siblings.
"To be precise, it's the Ning Li, but I'm not sure, so I need to observe," Lin Tuo sat down on the sofa, thinking that the feeling was indeed better than the old one, and then looked at Huaxi, "And you are responsible for observing Ning. Cute."
After a pause, he smiled and said, "This is also a test of your abilities. It will only fight head-on."
"I will work hard!" Huaxi straightened her chest when she heard the words, then glanced at Hathaway next to her.
She is not afraid of tasks, but Lin Tuo will not give her tasks.
After all, although cooking is interesting, she really doesn't want to be a cook.
Lin Tuo smiled and threw a schoolbag over, saying:
"There are textbooks and materials. If there is any information you don't understand, let Hathaway check it out for you."
"Oh," Huaxi picked up the crystal ball and said, "What about you, teacher?"
Lin Tuo yawned and looked at some other information on the table: "I also have my own role."
...
That night, the old street was as quiet as ever, except that the originally dark room was brighter.
After Ningli's schoolwork last night, he raised his head and looked at the wall clock, and found that it was time to fall asleep.
He turned his head to listen, and waited to confirm that Ning Meng's room was also quiet, then got up and took off his coat, and then prepared some cold water on the table.
He took another towel and wrapped his mouth tightly, leaving only his nostrils to breathe. Then he climbed into the bed, turned off the light, lay flat in the darkness, and fell asleep.
After a while, Ning Li was in a daze, feeling that he had come to a mysterious space.
It is empty here, as if boundless.
The ground under his feet was like ice, showing a pale blue ground, but he knew very well that this was not a real color, but a reflection of the light from that door.
Thinking of this, he raised his head and looked at the huge gate that was standing in front of it, emitting a blue light, or it was hollow.
Huge, magnificent, mysterious, cold...On the opposite side is the dark "sea".
If Lin Tuo were here, he would surely be surprised to find that this was the portal he had seen in his consciousness when he was promoted to the "inhuman state".
And, it is open...
However, Ning Li seems to be accustomed to this, and it is true.
In the past many years, he would come here almost every time he fell asleep, from the fright at first to the habit later.
He knew that as long as he was at this end of the door, he was safe, and he didn't even need to do too much, just rest, and the escaped blue light would nourish his mental power.
Each nourishment will increase his mental power a bit. Over the years, his mental power has already reached an extraordinary level of mid-level, but he has never shown it to anyone except Ning Meng.
Even in the Star Academy, his performance is in line with what a normal, above-average student should have.
However, he was not going to stay here quietly tonight, but decided to go to the other side of the door.
Through the understanding of transcendent knowledge, he realized that the opposite is very likely to be the "spiritual world" in the occult concept, that is, the source of all power.
Many years ago, ancient scholars called it the "dark domain". Later, some ancient people in history learned of its real name through conversations with "observing angels" and further improved the occult system.
It is of course dangerous to enter the spiritual world. Although the internal "life" does not consciously target him, there is still the possibility of conflict between the two sides.
If Ningli infringes on a certain "spiritual life" domain, the other party will fight back, and this kind of fighting will also cause harm to Ningli.
However, there are also opportunities.
"I hope to meet a weaker one tonight."
Ning Li prayed secretly, and then cautiously came to the grand gate, looking at it, the opposite side was silent, pitch black, as deep as the universe, and irregularly floating with many golden light clusters like stars.
Through "experience", Ning Li knew that almost every light group had "spiritual life" hovering around it. The larger the light group, the stronger the corresponding life.
And as long as it can be defeated, it can temporarily occupy the corresponding light group before its resurrection, making it stronger, purer, and tougher.
In the early years, when he was still weak, even the smallest light group could not be occupied, so he could only hide in the door and cultivate with the help of the escaped blue light.
Later, when you are stronger, you can try to fight the opponent. Of course, it is currently limited to the weaker ones, and the strong ones are still unattainable.
Thinking about it, Ning Li cast his gaze on a slightly familiar light group with a suitable size, and flew into the spirit world step by step, with a sword in his hand, carefully moving closer.
The position of the light group will change, but occasionally you will encounter "acquaintances".
He felt that he was lucky tonight, remembering that this group should belong to a life that is weaker than himself. Maybe he can put a few words on each other without fighting, and then occupy the magpie's nest overnight.
"Hey, come out." Thinking, he said, trying to call acquaintances.
In the next second, behind the small light group, the void oscillated, and a huge one-eyed giant like a mountain revealed his figure, smiling: "Are you looking for me?"
Ning Li's face was instantly pale and completely bloodless.
This is also considered an "acquaintance", but not what I want to meet.
...
At the same time, on the old street, in the house next door.
Lin Tuo leaned quietly on the sofa, as if sleeping with his eyes closed.
His consciousness had already switched back to Lishan's body, and with the help of the sand table, he stared at the very special etheric line that was floating again, and then looked at the "movement of the whole world".
The instrument does not react abnormally.
"Do you want to pull him again?" Lin Tuo hesitated.
