Chapter 197 What she wanted was always within her reach.
Back in the car, Pei Hening hung up her coat. "I'm going to the study to do my homework later."
Chu Xuange, having arranged for 001 to drive, chuckled upon hearing this: "Why is there still homework? Poor baby."
Pei Hening glared at him, walked to the kitchen area, and took out the seafood that [The Runaway Mermaid] had given her: "Stop laughing, Gege, you should sort out the ingredients."
Chu Xuange followed Pei Hening into the kitchen area: "Okay, I'll take care of it. You finish your homework early and get some rest tonight."
Pei Hening didn't waste any time. She walked to the moon-white door with rose patterns, turned the handle with the intertwined roses, and entered the study.
She spread out the test paper that Sicily had given her on her desk and looked at the questions one by one.
For example: In the history of the origin of magic, when did living beings discover the existence of magic?
When was the first controlled spellcasting accomplished in the history of the origins of magic?
What was the purpose of living beings studying magic in the first place?
What are the four origins of magic from the ancient era?
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There are multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, and short-answer questions.
For more difficult multiple-choice questions, you can touch the text of the options, and each option will have a small magical projection shown in the air!
Pei Hening was doing her homework while feeling surprised. Now it was her turn to say that—if only she had this opportunity when she was studying on Earth!
She is now a model student who loves doing homework!
After she finished her homework, she wanted to share this new thing with Chu Xuange.
I opened the door and went out, but I didn't see anyone. The soup in the kitchen was simmering slowly, bubbling and steaming with fragrant aroma.
She asked, "002, where's Gogo?"
The soft, small ball of light 002 flew over from the cockpit and nuzzled her hair: "He's in the alchemy room."
Pei Hening took the exam paper and walked to the crescent-white door. She turned the handle with the intertwined roses counterclockwise by thirty degrees, and the door with the crescent-white rose pattern suddenly turned into a light green square door with white jasmine patterns. The handle also turned into the shape of a jasmine flower.
She went inside and saw Chu Xuange making a potion, with a timer clock next to him.
Seeing that he was at a crucial moment in making the potion, Pei Hening did not go up to disturb him. Instead, she found a place to sit down and quietly watched his process.
Chu Xuange poured the extract of a magical plant into the potion and waited for the medicinal effect to take effect.
"Baby?"
"Why did you come here? Did you miss me?"
Chu Xuange looked up and saw her, his eyes lit up, and his tone was light and cheerful.
Pei Hening took the initiative to walk over, pulled up a chair and sat opposite him: "I wanted to show you the homework that Xixia assigned me."
"The special process on it is very interesting."
Chu Xuange raised an eyebrow, gathered up the alchemy materials on the table, and made a clean and tidy spot for her to put the test paper: "What do you mean?"
Pei Hening spread out the test paper: "Look."
She demonstrated the magical projection of multiple-choice questions to Chu Xuange.
"Wow!"
"You think it's amazing too, right?"
"Yes, yes, to be able to incorporate magic into such fragile ordinary paper, Cecilia is really amazing. Her control over magic is already superb."
"I will become a strong person like her in the future."
From the moment Pei Hening was born, the world extended to her feet, welcoming her to set foot there. As long as she doesn't touch drugs, gambling, or prostitution, and doesn't break the law, she is destined to live a happy, carefree, and spirited life.
Her life is full of endless possibilities, and everything she wants is within her reach.
She never needs to worry about tomorrow, money, or time; simply living each day happily is the world's value to her.
Her previous life goals were to ride horses to chase the sunset in Xinjiang, ride a small motorcycle with herdsmen in Inner Mongolia, be a paparazzi for beautiful birds, occasionally participate in rescue activities, take beautiful photos while diving in Sanya (just kidding, the photographer didn't take good pictures of her), eat delicacies from all over the country or famous but strange foods, attend celebrity concerts, participate in certain banquets and commercial events, randomly give pointers to old men playing chess on the streets of Tianjin, dance in the square with aunties and grandmas in Shanghai, queue up to check in at a popular barbecue restaurant, and citywalk in places where you can see plane trees when you look up...
She is young, full of curiosity about the world, and always likes to try new things. Unlike Chu Xuange, she doesn't need to take on responsibilities early on. It can be said that every minute of her past has been enriching her life experience and pleasing herself.
Now, her life goals have changed; she wants to become a powerful figure like Xixia, who is knowledgeable and strong.
Chu Xuange laughed and said, "Baby can do it."
Pei Hening asked, "What kind of potion did you make? I can smell the scent of hibiscus buds."
Hibiscus buds – a highly versatile medicinal material, used as a key ingredient in advanced healing potions, and also as a catalyst for ulceration potions.
"Life-preserving medication".
Seeing her curious expression, he smiled and said, "After dinner, let's open the box and experiment with the monsters?"
Pei Hening nodded: "Okay!"
"Put the homework away, let's go out for lunch first. This medicine needs another half hour to react."
Chu Xuange said proactively, "The soup should be ready by now."
After the two finished their meal, the life-preserving potion that Chu Xuange had refined also began to work.
He took about two or three milligrams and put them into a test tube.
"Baby, let's do an experiment together."
Pei Hening put on a jacket and hat, and followed Chu Xuange to check on the effects of the life-preserving potion.
Chu Xuange summoned a caterpillar-like creature covered in poisonous spikes, thicker than a thigh, which wriggled and crawled while also launching its poisonous spikes.
Pei Hening watched from afar as he sliced off all the poisonous spikes from the monster's body with a single sword stroke; the movement looked somewhat familiar…
Immediately afterwards, Chu Xuange stabbed the monster with his sword: "Baby, look carefully, this type of monster can regenerate itself after being injured."
Pei Hening approached and observed, confirming that it was indeed repairing itself, and at a very fast pace.
Chu Xuange stabbed it again and poured the three milligrams of medicine from the test tube onto the monster, rendering its terrifying regenerative abilities ineffective.
Pei Hening: "!!! Would using an ulcer treatment have the same effect?"
Chu Xuange shook his head: "Not necessarily. Some monsters can heal themselves faster than the damage caused by the festering potion. In such cases, the life-preserving potion is the most suitable."
"Since their repair abilities are so fast, could we capture them and extract certain substances to make repair medicine?"
Chu Xuange quickly dealt with the monster: "The monsters on the road are no good. Apart from dropping some items and giving us experience, they are worthless. Your idea should work."