237, Meng Hongchen: Senior Lin Yi actually likes me! That's why he secretly investigated me! [Big Chapter]_2

Xiao Hongchen bent down, his arms grabbed the mechanical device, and he hugged the entire briefcase to his chest as his arms spread apart, with the battle armor's metallic parts attaching one by one to his arms.

A buzzing sound emanated continuously, the palm pulse cannons lit up with white light, the chest armor fitted itself in place, and the chest pulse cannon also lit up.

Once his entire suit of battle armor was worn, the metal face mask descended from Xiao Hongchen's head, and the eyes on the mask shone with white light.

Everyone was stunned.

Accustomed to the scene of Two-Word Battle Armor instantly appearing from beneath the skin, it was their first time witnessing semi-automatic armor being worn, and the whole process was a novel experience both visually and aurally!

"Good evening, sir, I am Jarvis, and I will be guiding you through the Mark V armor experience."

"Who is speaking?"

Xiao Hongchen exclaimed in surprise inside the battle armor, although he knew how to use it, the moment Jarvis spoke, he couldn't help but voice his amazement.

"Respected Mr. Xiao Hongchen, since it's your first time wearing the Mark V armor, why not have a free supersonic flying experience first?"

"Ah?"

Xiao Hongchen was taken aback.

The battle armor's legs rapidly fitted together, palms parallel to the ground, pulse cannons firing, dust flying, and in an instant, Xiao Hongchen soared to the sky.

"Whoosh!"

This was much faster than the Two-Word Battle Armor's winged flight.

Jing Hongchen stared upward, dumbfounded.

"Eh?! He's gone?! There's a second attack coming!! You sneaky kid!"

Jing Hongchen jumped out of the cannon tower and yelled up to the sky.

But Xiao Hongchen had already disappeared from view, leaving only two long white trails behind.

Lin Yi lowered his gaze and said, "Everyone else, continue the attack."

"...Alright, then next up is our student Meng Hongchen's first attack."

"It's me!"

Meng Hongchen raised her hand high and said with a smile.

She had been very interested in Lin Yi since yesterday, but Lin Yi always seemed cold, giving off an approachable vibe.

In the academy, Meng Hongchen, with her sweet image, had a group of young admirers; this was the first time she felt a sense of defeat with Lin Yi, and what's more, he was someone of unremarkable appearance!

It was the first time Meng Hongchen found herself interested in someone of unremarkable appearance, yet also the time she received the least response, no, almost no response at all.

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Alright, begin your attack."

The linked cannon turret now only had three controlled barrel mouths left, but the damage from three cannonballs was enough to serve as data for Meng Hongchen's first attack.

Soul Power was infused, the barrels glowed red and hot, the central array emitted light.

"Boom!"

Three cannonballs fired at once.

After the attack, Jing Hongchen repeated the previous operation as usual, a pale blue soul barrier lit up, and the cannon turret started another round of attack!

The Damage Rebound shattered, but this time the impact on the barrier was stronger, causing the barrier to flicker momentarily, flickering on and off, as after all, the Damage Rebound cannonballs had been reduced from four to three, weakening the countering force considerably.

Jing Hongchen, somewhat worried, shouted backwards, "Xuan Ziwen, come up here temporarily to take Xiao Hongchen's place!"

"Yes, Headmaster."

Lin Yi looked at the panel.

[Blood loss: 300,000]

[Remaining health: 899,938,914,678]

[Damage Level: Red (Intermediate)]

[Random Reward: Octagon Frozen Grass + Fiery Apricot Jiao Soshuo (both ten thousand years)]

[Host Reward: Octagon Frozen Grass*3 + Fiery Apricot Jiao Soshuo*3 (both ten thousand years)]

The rewards for a newcomer's attack are usually based on something, but Meng Hongchen's rewards were neither soul technology nor Blue Planet technology, but two types of Immortal Herbs that appear around the Icefire Polarized Eyes, so...

Could it have something to do with her Martial Soul?

What was Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul again... Zhu Qing Bing Chan!

Lin Yi remembered, no wonder.

He looked at Meng Hongchen and said, "You caused thirty thousand damage, Red Intermediate level. Your reward is two ten thousand-year-old Immortal Herbs, the Octagon Frozen Grass and the Fiery Apricot Jiao Soshuo."

"Ten thousand-year-old Immortal Herbs?"

As the granddaughter of the Headmaster, Meng Hongchen had consumed many Immortal Herb medicines, but she hadn't heard much about these two types.

Wait, Meng Hongchen suddenly remembered, she had perused relevant texts; weren't these two widely renowned Immortal Herbs that had gone extinct ten thousand years ago?

"Grandpa, I remember these Immortal Herbs! They're really famous! Great-grandpa even circled them in the book!"

Meng Hongchen said happily to Jing Hongchen.

"Ahem, in front of outsiders, address me as the dean."

"Okay, Grandpa."

Jing Hongchen: "..."

Lin Yi flicked the red light orb in his hand toward Meng Hongchen, and the orb turned into two Immortal Herbs, one blue and one red, floating in front of Meng Hongchen.

"To my knowledge, the Zhu Qing Bing Chan is a soul beast that lives on the periphery of the far northern lands, with extremely few in number, elusive, and exceedingly rare."

"That's right! I actually went to catch one for fun last time! It's a pity I played it to death!"

The Ice Emperor suddenly chimed in with a laugh but was promptly muffled by the Snow Emperor's hand.

The Snow Emperor smiled awkwardly, "Please carry on, carry on... My sister and I actually care a lot about small animals. Ice Child just likes to joke around, the ice toad wasn't played to death, it just had three legs broken off... Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."

This Scorpio is asking for a social death! Why did she have to butt in!

The Snow Emperor decisively shut her own mouth.

Meng Hongchen's eyes trembled.

Lin Yi continued:

"Although the Zhu Qing Bing Chan is an ice attribute soul beast, its pair of eyes are fire attribute, so it relies on the cold poison generated by the alternating ice and fire attributes to protect itself. The same principle applies to your Martial Soul soul skill, so these two Millennium Immortal Herbs will be very beneficial to your Martial Soul."

"How do you know my Martial Soul is the Zhu Qing Bing Chan? I haven't used my Martial Soul since yesterday..."

Meng Hongchen said, puzzled.

Lin Yi was stunned. How did I know? Of course, I knew from reading the original story.

"Meng Hongchen, address your elders properly, no 'you, you, you'!"

Jing Hongchen said sternly.

Meng Hongchen pursed her lips, her beautiful water-blue eyes turned to Lin Yi again, and she couldn't help but mutter:

"The senior has never seen me yet knows my soul skill, and understands the Zhu Qing Bing Chan's attributes so well, could it be... could it be..."

Meng Hongchen suddenly looked up, her silver ponytail trembling: "Senior Lin Yi likes me! That's why he secretly investigated my identity last night!"

Lin Yi: ?

Ju Zi (Orange) on the side couldn't help but smile.

"Smack!"

"Ow!"

Jing Hongchen immediately knocked on the top of Meng Hongchen's head: "Silly girl! Who wouldn't like you?! Senior Lin Yi is a god-like figure, is it so strange that he knows your Martial Soul!?"

Thankful for the voice of reason, Lin Yi silently thanked Jing Hongchen in his heart.

Meng Hongchen covered her head, pouted her lips, and rolled her eyes at her grandfather.

Lin Yi acted as if he hadn't heard and continued:

"You can consume these two Millennium Immortal Herbs right now. Others wouldn't dare to consume them so carelessly for fear of burning or freezing to death, but these two won't harm you."

As a reward sent by the System, any side effects must have been avoided, and still, as a product of the System, the effects are bound to be powerful.

"Why is it safe for me alone to eat these? Does Senior Lin Yi only treat me well? If so, thank you, Senior, for your favor!"

Meng Hongchen said seriously.

Lin Yi: "..."

What kind of magic does this girl have, to leave him speechless twice in the only two times they've interacted.

"Smack!"

Jing Hongchen once again knocked on Meng Hongchen's head.

"Ouch!"

Meng Hongchen cringed, closing her eyes in pain.

"Hurry up and eat, stop the noise, so much talk for just eating an Immortal Herb!"

Jing Hongchen directly stuffed the two Immortal Herbs floating in midair into his granddaughter's mouth.

"Grandpa, you old bachelor!"

Meng Hongchen quickly stuffed the Immortal Herbs into her mouth and jumped off the platform.

It was Jing Hongchen's turn to stand in disarray.

Bi Bidong tugged the corner of his mouth, what kind of people are these after a thousand years... Were the thoughts of their generation so open?

Unlike her, who silently cared for Lin Yi.

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