My Martial Spirit is My Fiancée

Chapter 8: Practicing the Spirit Manual

Zheng Li didn't hear Teacher Jin's call. In his battle state, he was quite fast, and by now, he had already entered Shrek Academy and covered quite a distance.

However, Teacher Jin and Yuan Qin caught up with him.

"Is there something you two teachers need?" Zheng Li inquired.

Teacher Jin still had a surprised look on his face as he asked, "Young man, do you have a Twin Martial Spirit?"

"Yes." Zheng Li responded with an air of nonchalance. "Teacher, is there a problem?"

Teacher Jin and Yuan Qin exchanged glances.

There's no problem, but why do we suddenly find your expression irritating?

"No problem," Teacher Jin shook his head, then looked curious and asked, "Young man, what kind of martial Spirit is 'Spirit Heart'?"

Zheng Li thought to himself that this teacher's brain wasn't functioning too well.

"Just like what it sounds like, it's a heart!" Zheng Li replied. "I just gave it a nice-sounding name."

Of course, he had to leave some details undisclosed.

"A heart..." Yuan Qin furrowed her brow. She hadn't guessed it wrong earlier, but as far as she knew, there hadn't been any martial Spirit owners with internal organs like hearts on the continent. Maybe she was just uninformed.

How would a heart martial Spirit develop? Would it be focused on offense, agility, support, defense, control, or something else entirely?

It's not easy to figure out!

What if someone accidentally damaged their heart?

Teacher Jin clearly had the same concern in mind. After a brief silence, he said, "Young man, let us give you a ride."

With that, he lifted Zheng Li and headed toward the New Student Teaching Building, where registration and orientation took place.

Yuan Qin followed closely.

Well, Teacher Jin was quite enthusiastic. With his help, Zheng Li quickly completed the registration process, paid the ten gold coin tuition fee, received his new student badge, two sets of white school uniforms, and a dormitory key.

When Zheng Li received the uniforms, his only thought was, "Finally, I have clothes!"

Sigh... too many words would bring tears!

When they parted ways, Teacher Jin curiously asked, "Young man, why are you still manifesting your martial Spirit? There's no rush now, right?"

Zheng Li explained the mechanism of his Spirit of Light.

Teacher Jin and Yuan Qin were left speechless, thinking that he was quite peculiar!

They had never seen a martial Spirit that also served as clothing, or perhaps the clothing was a part of the martial Spirit.

They initially thought that the so-called "Spirit of Light" was just the peculiar golden ring behind Zheng Li's head.

After parting ways, Zheng Li checked the bulletin board, which displayed information about class assignments.

Zheng Li was impressed by the efficiency; they had already assigned classes right after registration and orientation.

He quickly found his name.

"Zheng Li... Freshman Class 5?"

"Class 5? Wasn't I supposed to be in the same team as the protagonist?"

Furrowing his brow, Zheng Li left, not paying too much attention to his class assignment.

He had no intention of trying to impress anyone, so he didn't really care whether they were in the same dormitory.

As the sky gradually darkened, the golden radiance emanating from Zheng Li's body attracted the attention of many people. This light couldn't be fully concealed, and even when he tried to hide it, a faint glow still emanated.

Completely concealing it would probably be impossible. After all, how could you hide a golden ring that was part of your martial Spirit?

Even if Zheng Li had no Spirit power, his martial Spirit would automatically retract.

At night, his martial Spirit was like a walking flashlight - not very subtle.

At the dormitory entrance, he didn't see Mr. Mu. His dormitory was number 111.

Zheng Li: "???"

He wasn't a loner!

With a malicious intent behind his room number, Zheng Li found and entered his dormitory.

The moment he pushed open the door...

"Meow?" A young man who was using something like a feather duster to clean the walls turned his head. He had green eyes, gray hair, fair skin, and a cute face.

On top of his head were a pair of white cat ears, and behind him was a black and gray tail.

A catgirl? No, it's a catboy, right?

Zheng Li: "..."

Seeing Zheng Li, the catboy's face showed a hint of surprise. "Roommate?"

Zheng Li nodded. "Yes, I'm Zheng Li."

Seeing Zheng Li acknowledge, the catboy seemed somewhat delighted. "Hello, I'm Ling Nan. I didn't expect to have a roommate. I arrived very late, and no one came until the end of the enrollment period. I thought I would have to live alone."

If Zheng Li were to speak his mind, he'd say that living alone would be much better compared to when he had to share a tiny dorm room with eight people back in middle school.

"I arrived late too, just in time for the last moment of enrollment," Zheng Li replied with a smile. "Are you cleaning up? Let me help you."

Ling Nan didn't refuse and gladly said, "Sure, I don't have any cleaning tools. I've already cleaned the cabinet, bed, table, and the floor, but the walls are left."

Zheng Li glanced around and said, "The order is wrong. You should clean the walls first. Let's leave the floor for later; there's some dust on the bed."

Ling Nan: "..."

One look, and it was true.

"Haha, I haven't done house cleaning before at home..." Ling Nan felt a bit embarrassed.

Zheng Li shook his head without saying anything.

Subsequently, the two chatted while Ling Nan cleaned the walls. Afterward, Zheng Li took the initiative to clean the floor, bed, and other areas. It was easier because Ling Nan had already cleaned them once.

Ling Nan used his martial Spirit because he couldn't reach the ceiling even when standing on the table. He could jump on the table, but he was afraid of damaging it, and the bed was the same.

Zheng Li noticed that Ling Nan was actually slightly shorter than him. In the world of Douluo Continent, people generally had a tall stature. Many ten-year-old children were already around 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) tall, and those who were eleven or twelve often exceeded 1.7 meters (5.6 feet).

So, Ling Nan activated his martial Spirit. A cat martial Spirit, light and agile, with strong jumping abilities.

However, Zheng Li couldn't help but feel slightly speechless watching him jump around to clean the walls using his martial Spirit.

Once the cleaning was done, Ling Nan retracted his martial Spirit, but Zheng Li didn't.

Naturally, Ling Nan asked about it, and after Zheng Li explained, Ling Nan gave him a strange look.

Zheng Li twitched his lips, thinking, "Do you think I want to be like this?"

When it came time to sleep, another problem arose.

Seeing Zheng Li lying flat on the bed board, Ling Nan asked in confusion, "Did you forget to bring bedding?"

Zheng Li shrugged, "I didn't. To be honest, my entire luggage right now consists of these two sets of school uniforms, but I still have some money."

Ling Nan said, "There's a student supplies store outside the dormitory... but never mind, don't bother going there. I have some extras here, you can use them."

"Thank you. I'll treat you to a meal tomorrow."

"No need to be so formal. You're my roommate, and also my first friend at Shrek," Ling Nan smiled.

Although no matter how you looked at him, he was so cute, almost like a girl.

Zheng Li nodded without saying much.

It was getting a bit ambiguous... he couldn't suspect Ling Nan was a girl because Ling Nan had just stripped in front of him.

Don't get the wrong idea; it wasn't a complete strip.

There were blankets, an unknown animal fur blanket, and thick, soft quilts.

Zheng Li couldn't help but sigh inwardly: he's a wealthy person.

The 10,000 Gold Spirit Coins the system gave him seemed like a lot, but in reality, it wasn't much. He couldn't even buy a slightly decent Spirit device with that amount.

They chatted on the bed for a while.

From Ling Nan's words, Zheng Li learned that he came from the capital, Heaven Dou City, of the Heaven Dou Empire. He belonged to a significant sect, although Ling Nan didn't specify which one.

Judging by what Ling Nan said, his position within the sect seemed to be quite high.

After their conversation, Ling Nan chose to go to sleep, but Zheng Li sat cross-legged, indicating that he wasn't planning to sleep.

It was time to begin the cultivation of the Spirit Manual.