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May 20th, rain.

"The pitter-patter of rain lulls people to sleep because its sound is a kind of white noise that naturally has a sleeping effect, just like a lullaby can calm people. That's why it always rains during the college entrance exams; it's actually nature's way of discouraging students from taking them..."

"Hahaha, Doctor Ren, you make it sound so real. And I have to take the college entrance exam next year too."

In the surgical treatment room of the infirmary at Heavenly Lotus Academy, an adult male was in close physical contact with an underage girl.

Ren Suo held Lin Xianyu's supple wrist with one hand and placed the other on her arm. His right palm emitted a warm white light, resembling a ball of light. The knife-like cuts on Lin Xianyu's arm quickly began to heal, scab over, and flake off.

After dealing with the right hand, it was time for the left. It was summer, and Lin Xianyu wore the short-sleeved uniform issued by Heavenly Lotus Academy. As soon as she held it out, ugly, curling wounds appeared before Ren Suo. Unperturbed, he used Spell Healing to treat her while asking, "You still want to take the college entrance exam? With your Talent, you'll most likely be promoted directly to the Cultivator university in Sky Capital, or even get a job right away... By the way, how much longer will this go on?"

Sitting on the hospital bed, Lin Xianyu dangled her legs and shook her head. "I don't know. They said about six or seven more days?"

"Then you still have some suffering to endure."

"It's okay. I usually get hurt while I'm asleep anyway, and I only feel a little pain when I wake up."

Lin Xianyu looked at her smooth right arm and said, "Luckily I have you, Doctor. Otherwise, I would have to go to school all bandaged up for these few days."

"I'm not a doctor. Just call me Big Brother Ren."

"Okay, Uncle Ren, hehe."

Ren Suo tugged at the corner of his mouth. Facing such a lively and youthful high school girl who carried a Key, Ren Suo had to constantly avert his gaze to maintain his composure.

Lin Xianyu was the first high school Awakener to appear at Heavenly Lotus Academy after students were allowed to practice Cultivation. After her Awakening, Ren Suo was called to work—his first emergency case was her.

It wasn't exactly an emergency; it was just that Lin Xianyu's Awakening was so terrifying that her heart rate and blood pressure became abnormal, automatically triggering the alarm system in her Wristband.

When Ren Suo saw Lin Xianyu, she had already been brought into the infirmary. Her arms, palms, and fingers were gruesomely curled and bloodied as if they'd been put through a juicer, her hands hanging limply. Several nurses were trying to stop the bleeding.

Then Ren Suo shouted, 'Let me handle this!' A beautiful nurse stood up and roared, 'Who are you? You're not a doctor! What are you doing here?' This was followed by Ren Suo performing a grand display of Spell Healing... Of course, it wasn't that dramatic. After Ren Suo identified himself, the nurses and doctors quickly stepped back to let Ren Suo perform.

To heal those hands, Ren Suo used up a large amount of Spiritual Energy, and the healing effect was quite average. He eventually had to switch to Touch of Healing, consuming his own vitality to heal her.

Touch of Healing was indeed slightly stronger than Spell Healing. Spell Healing could, at best, make the wound scab over, but Touch of Healing could ensure perfect healing without leaving any scars.

Simply put, Spell Healing was like stitching, while Touch of Healing could allow a man who had just undergone an XX circumcision to jump right off the operating table, perform high kicks, and even do the elephant dance like Shinnosuke Nohara without any problem.

After the successful treatment, he collapsed from exhaustion and slept for three hours on a hospital bed in the infirmary.

The next morning, Ren Suo hadn't even gotten out of bed when his Wristband woke him. As soon as Lin Xianyu got up, she found her hands were mangled again, as if stirred by sharp blades.

Ren Suo later learned that some particularly powerful awakened spells don't always manifest smoothly during the Awakening process. Sometimes, multiple Awakenings are required, and the Awakening itself, accompanied by spell Rampages, could lead to many consequences.

Lin Xianyu's situation was considered a relatively common Awakening phenomenon, as her spell Rampage only occurred while she was asleep and only affected herself.

Ren Suo didn't know what kind of Awakening this was. However, after the academy contacted Sky Capital, it was confirmed that there were precedents for Lin Xianyu's type of Awakening—her hands would continue to bleed for several days but wouldn't affect anyone else.

It was just that her hands were temporarily unusable, to the point where even going to the bathroom presented some rather delicate difficulties. In theory, as long as the bleeding was controlled daily, there would be no life-threatening danger.

However, with a medical Cultivator like Ren Suo available, Heavenly Lotus Academy naturally didn't want any mishaps befalling their first Awakener. Therefore, Ren Suo, who had essentially been paid for half a month of doing very little, had no choice but to start working—for the past few days, he had to come to the infirmary every morning to treat Lin Xianyu's arms.

After the treatment, Lin Xianyu looked at her clean hands and said, "Thanks, Big Brother Ren."

"Hehe, you're welcome."

Ren Suo casually suggested, "Why don't you get some extra sleep here? I requested an hour for the treatment. After I leave, no one will come in to disturb your rest. Back when I was a student, all I wished for was more sleep..."

"Oh my, you're actually flirting with me! Believe it or not, I'll tell Teacher Dong."

Lin Xianyu gave Ren Suo a mischievous smile. Ren Suo hesitated slightly. "Hmm?"

"Stop pretending. Who in our class doesn't know you're chasing Teacher Dong? You and Teacher Dong are our class's hot topic."

Lin Xianyu said excitedly, "Our class is made up of students from all over. Originally, we didn't have much in common except for poking fun at our teachers. But you and Teacher Dong are way more sensational than just joking about teachers. We're all guessing whether Big Brother Ren can melt Teacher Dong, that mountain of iron!"

Watching Lin Xianyu, Ren Suo suddenly remembered that during his own high school days, he too would discuss the love lives of handsome male teachers and beautiful female teachers with his classmates.

He just hadn't expected that one day he himself would become the subject of such gossip.

"Kids shouldn't talk nonsense," Ren Suo said, employing the age-old tactic adults use against minors.

"Hmph." Lin Xianyu jumped off the hospital bed. "You have it good. It's like you're always on vacation, unlike us, who have school from morning till night, five days a week."

Ren Suo said earnestly, "Those two days off feel so joyful precisely because they're preceded by five days of school."

"Let me tell you, based on my experience of eleven summer vacations: as long as it's a vacation, there's endless joy. No buildup needed."

Nowadays, high school students are much better at arguing back. I used to need a whole night's sleep to come up with such a great rebuttal...

Ren Suo watched Lin Xianyu pick up her backpack and asked, "You really don't want to sleep for a while?"

"I had plenty of sleep last night. See you later, Big Brother Ren."

"Be careful on the roa— WHOA!"

The moment Ren Suo turned his head, Lin Xianyu's pretty face was right in front of him. Seeing Ren Suo's reaction, Lin Xianyu was delighted, patted his head, and ran off laughing.

After the treatment room door closed, Ren Suo yawned, rubbed his temples, and lay down on the hospital bed.

He had been thinking about snatching her Key while Lin Xianyu was asleep.

Forget it, as long as we maintain a good relationship, there will be opportunities...

With that thought, Ren Suo fell into a deep sleep in the treatment room.

In his sleep, Ren Suo felt himself transform into a stick-like object, as if falling into the endless Abyss of Divine Sea, being caressed and drawn close by countless tentacles...

When he woke up, he felt two or three hands on his own.

"It's really comfy!"

"I almost don't want to wake him up."

Ren Suo opened his eyes to find Dong Chengling and other nurses reaching out to touch his hair.

Veins pulsed on Ren Suo's forehead. "What... What are you doing?"

"It's nighttime already!" Dong Chengling said. "You've been asleep all day."

As she spoke, she ruffled Ren Suo's hair again. The other nurses let go, but not before giving his hair another playful rub.

"So, why are you all touching my hair?"

"We don't know, but it feels really nice!"

Ren Suo sat up and looked outside. It had already turned dark. A large bird was barely visible flying by.

It was May, and a glance at the time showed it was indeed almost 7 p.m.

"To think I slept the whole day..." Ren Suo rubbed his eyes. "Well then, it should begin tomorrow..."

「Just then, a strange, solitary bird flew over the Lian River.」 It resembled a seagull but had wings as large as an eagle's, and an extremely sharp beak.

As it sought a mountain peak to rest on, it encountered a drone. Without any fear, it swooped down, striking with its talons and directly damaging the drone's wing.

Employees of a company, having just finished a team-building barbecue at a mid-mountain site, watched as the drone taking photos for them was struck down by the bird, whining as it plummeted.

"Are birds these days really this fierce?"