At night, it was windy and cold. And all were rustling beside the river.
Lin Jianjia was happy that day. With the beat of flaps, she had fallen asleep. By contrast, Li Ping'an was awake and preparing for something by the river.
He had been occupied before. Now he was free to test himself.
In the battle of the Taihang Mountain, Li Ping'an didn't use any kinds of Nutrition Drop. While being exhausted, he just drank some mysterious pool water, trying to wait for a natural revitalization.
As far as he concerned, this experience was far more risky, exciting and violent than any other one. Li Ping'an could even describe the feeling of breakthrough and progress clearly.
It was common of him.
Before, he had a conflict with Jiang Zhiyan, and hadn't drunk Nutrition Drop for a long time. At that time, he made progress the same as such a condition.
To his surprise, what he felt during his trip to Taihang Mountain was more clear and deeper!
Li Ping'an clearly sensed that, as there were many hidden mysterious factors rousing by inside his body, he could continue to break through to a large degree.
"Exhale, inhale."
At one bank of the river, Li Ping'an was adjusting to breathe regularly. He watched out for the surroundings as alertly as a cheetah.
"Sometimes the institution may mislead people; it is better to look at the data. Now let me have a test!"
Li Ping'an rushed forward. At the windy night, he flashed across the beach in spite of coldness.
He didn't stop to look for the explosive point. Instead, he sprinted to and fro as what Lin Jianjia had told him.
He repeated this test for 50 times, covering several kilometers.
Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At that time, it was rustling all over the riverside.
Insistently, the youth in blue sportwear was sprinting to chase the wind up. He seemed so energetic and never gave up.
No matter how long the distance was or how hard the training was, it was a piece of cake for Li Ping'an.
"113.77."
"115.89."
"114.63."
"116.07..."
After the test, with his fists clenched, Li Ping'an became so excited about the data in the communication gadget.
"Wow! What clear progress! I even drink no Nutrition Drop to strengthen myself! The mysterious pool water is so effective that I can even continue to do so at least 20 times, or even 30 times!"
"Li Ping'an, you should be modest! Let me measure your strength and neural reactions first! And then you can have a jump test!"
He said to himself, making a firm determination.
Since the battle of the Taihang Mountain, he had learned a lot.
People who could speed up was undoubtedly excellent. But when they fought in the wilderness, only those good leapers were at the first position.
It meant much the same thing when they fought in cities.
While fighting against someone, good leapers were also acute hunters and fast runners.
Especially when they fought on different kinds of lands spreading around the city and the wilderness.
"Rumble!"
Li Ping'an was calm to take a strength test first.
With dust and slurry splashed all around, Li Ping'an cracked a huge pit as deep as some meters on the beach. But he hadn't done his utmost.
"Da*n it!"
"I can't do it here. The destruction may attract others' attention. Just let it go! Now I can only continue my neural reaction test in the river. Maybe a big surprise would come out!"
Since the battle experience in Taihang Mountain, Li Ping'an hadn't been green any more. He further understood what a real fight it was.
It was at that time that he understood what the school's another name, "the ivory tower" represented.
In the school, students could only touch something fundamental. Thus, they were in narrow horizons.
While fighting against someone, they were poorly skilled.
"It seems that I should say thanks to Liu Family and Wan Family. Their spite benefits me."
"If not, even if I could try my best in the school and practice as much as possible, it would be hard for me to be admitted into Hyphalosaurus Group of Yanjing University."
"By contrast of a practice, a combat needs better skills!"
As he carefully considered, Li Ping'an stripped himself. With only a boxer underwear on, he fixed up the communication gadget around his arm and rushed into the river.
It was November in autumn and the river was slightly cold. Divers without preparations were likely to catch a cold.
Having experienced so much in the battles on the Scarp Swallow and in the Gloomy Dragon Pool, Li Ping'an had made much progress. For him, diving in the river was so simple a thing.
Rumble! Rumble!
With the water bursting and splashing more violently, Li Ping'an, such a cheetah-like man who was as agile as fish, forged ahead in the river, jumping flexibly at breakneck speed.
Before going out of the river, he had repeated measuring his strength and neural reactions at least several thousand times.
"The data is 3098 kg in average, and in terms of the strength, I almost cross the threshold of excellence!"
"Hee hee, hee hee hee... I am so strong a man! That feels great!"
Li Ping'an was slightly proud.
He guaranteed the certain defeat of that loser Liu Qingyun. Of course, it was on the condition that the brat provoked him indeed.
And he could even beat the person at the interim of the Awakening Stage in the Tiangang team, in no dark means!
In the force of the mysterious stone, although Li Ping'an had just been seemingly strong before, he was weak in skills, experience and so on.
But all had been changed!
After a while, he started to have a jump test.
Differently, this time the test was more practical, as it would change itself according to the land of a battle.
Soon after the flexible youth jumped to and fro, the air rustled again. It seemed that he was a night elf.
"I can jump 90 m high on average, and over 110 m high at most. Hee hee, a good result! My attempts make differences!"
Then he dived to bathe, happy and proud.
In Lanhai City, with these achievements and fighting capability, even the Jiang Family would like to bring him in.
He could even match those at the interim of the Awakening Stage!
"Oh, the mysterious stone absorbed an odd melon before. What happened to it? Now that Lin Jianjia is asleep, let me check it alone!"
He turned around to the off-roader nearby.
There was 1 km away from the off-roader, but Li Ping'an could see Lin Jianjia clearly. With a big doll hugged by her hands, she slept like a baby in smile. It seemed that she slept soundly and peacefully.
This scene delighted Li Ping'an.
Diving himself into the river, he tried to communicate with the mysterious stone mentally.
Whoosh!
Li Ping'an went into the space of the mysterious stone as before.
Differently, the golden Kunpeng occurred again, shining even much brighter than before, which made Li Ping'an dare not to gaze it in the eye.
But he had already taken it for granted. In spite of the Kunpeng, Li Ping'an reached the pool.
But then he was astonished.
The pool had doubled more than before and there most of the mysterious pool water was stored.
Evidently, it was dripping faster. And the drips were almost to form a little stream.
"Amazing! What happened?"
"The pool is much larger than before..."
Instantly, Li Ping'an sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to measure the energy in the surroundings.
He felt thicker and better energy there, which gave him a sense of comfort.
"Is it the odd melon's effect?"
A sudden idea occurred in his mind.
And there were more and more reasonable facts supporting the idea.
The mysterious stone always desired more, which upset him so much.
But it was also effective indeed.
"Hee hee, if I fed it with my Longxian Herb and all odd melons, what would happen?"
With such an idea occurring in his mind, Li Ping'an was almost going to put it into practice.
But then he calmed himself down to ponder.
"Currently I am not be able to do so. I must at least sell some odd melons out and get some money to settle Lin Jianjia down first. And I should also accommodate myself in a fixed house. Then I can achieve something else."
"Being not the same with me, Lin Jianjia has no help of the mysterious stone. Maybe I can try one first and make a reference for her."
"Such being the case, let me strengthen myself first!"
Li Ping'an didn't think more. As usual, he sat by the pool in meditation.
...
The morning sun was just rising; with the spread of the alpenglow, the river was shining.
Lin Jianjia woke up and saw a plateful of delicate food aside.
And there was a dark man only in shorts rushing to and fro. He seemed so energetic. The great figure charmed Lin Jianjia.
"Look at yourself, Li Daniu! You should have worn something... But you are indeed thoughtful. I accept it."
She blushed in genuine smile, starting to taste the meal.
At the same time, she started to scan the screen of the communication gadget, searching for something important.
The absolute safe condition didn't relax Lin Jianjia, and she should try to make great use of every minute and second. After all, this peaceful life was hard-earned by Li Ping'an.
Besides, to make good bargains, a good preparation was also necessary.
Later, Lin Jianjia was excited suddenly.
She found that was so exciting, whatever for her or Li Ping'an!