The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix’s Novels Also Desires Happiness - Chapter 262



40. Measure and Compare

The cold moonlight fell into the rolling hot spring pool.

In an instant, the water became utterly calm.

This was the remnants of the authority of the once-evil god, the Silent Moon, still possessing the great power to turn everything into dead silence.

The intense conflict was suppressed by the silence.

Teacher Meila’s ten fingers moved slightly, the golden threads at her fingertips swaying, mysterious waves continuously bursting forth from her petite body, pouring into the golden water.

She was using external force to propel the process of change.

Mu En could feel the heat within him beginning to subside; in this silent coldness, the alchemical core built from inanimate matter and the magical matrix began to gradually cross that chasm, completely merging with his flesh and blood.

Teacher Meila looked on with anticipation, and at this moment, even her state of mind couldn’t help but produce a hint of nervousness.

If this time could succeed, it would mean that one of the most difficult parts of this plan would be thoroughly resolved.

It could be said that it would directly pave the way for the subsequent process.

Therefore, she held her breath and focused even more, a fine layer of fragrant sweat forming on her smooth forehead.

Mu En gradually returned to calm.

It seemed that the unbearable intense pain had faded from him; he felt as if he were truly immersed in warm spring water, a serene smile lingering at the corners of his mouth.

In Teacher Meila’s crimson eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through everything, the changes within Mu En had reached the final stage.

Under the influence of external forces, those complex magical matrices had completely fused with his flesh and blood, as if they had truly transformed into his own meridians.

And that most important alchemical core was now only a step away from completion.

As long as the last bit is completely finished, it can…

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, Mu En in the spring let out a cry of pain.

And that cry quickly turned into a scream.

His entire body began to convulse violently, as if he had touched a high-voltage wire.

Gruesome wounds inexplicably emerged on Mu En’s body, crimson blood flowing out, instantly dyeing the entire golden pool red!

A scarlet flame ignited, but even that flame could not catch up to the speed at which the wounds split open. In just a few breaths, Teacher Meila could feel the vitality within Mu En quickly fading away!

“Damn it!”

Teacher Meila’s expression darkened.

Without hesitation, she pointed her hand.

Dong——

A melodious bell rang out, and a massive clock’s phantom appeared behind her.

Countless gears turned beneath her feet.

The longer hand on the clock suddenly reversed!

Dong——

The bell rang again.

The change began.

As if being played in reverse.

The blood in the pool flowed back into Mu En’s body, the wounds healed, and his expression shifted from grim to calm, then back to grim.

A beam of moonlight flew up from the pool, landing back in Teacher Meila’s palm.

The alchemical core and magical matrix within Mu En returned to their original state, as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.

The golden water in the pool began to churn again.

“Sure enough, it has appeared? The rejection reaction.”

The giant clock’s phantom disappeared, and Teacher Meila also retracted the moonlight with a flick of her hand.

After a brief moment of irritation, she quickly regained her composure.

Emotional changes would not solve any problems.

Moreover, she had not come away empty-handed.

“It can now be confirmed that this path is impassable.”

“The silent power of the moon can indeed quell the intense conflicts during the transformation process, but it cannot change the essence of this transformation.”

“Turning death into life… is indeed not so easily breached, enough to overturn the existing alchemical system, isn’t it?”

“I still need to think of other ways, think some more…”

But as she pondered, Teacher Meila suddenly went blank.

She always felt… like she had forgotten something.

“Damn it!”

Almost at the same moment this thought crossed her mind, a roar filled with three parts shame, seven parts pain, and ninety parts anger erupted throughout the sea of flowers.

“MEI! LA! TEACHER!”

“Ah, right, I forgot my silly disciple; he’s still soaking in the water.”

Finally recalling what she had forgotten, Meila lifted her head in realization, only to see a figure as red as a lobster leap out of the pool.

Mu En, feeling the almost boiling heat enveloping him, nearly couldn’t hold back his tears. With indignation, he looked at Teacher Meila and gritted his teeth, saying:

“What do you want to do? Do you want to cook your only disciple, your lovely, handsome, gentle, and charming disciple alive?”

“Oh dear, it was just a little accident; I accidentally raised the water temperature a bit.”

Teacher Meila shrugged her small hands and acted cute:

“Please forgive your teacher, dear disciple.”

“What do you mean the water temperature is a bit high? Don’t think you can just turn back time and pretend it never happened!”

Mu En shouted in fury:

“I can also connect with the Eternal Clock; memories after time has turned back won’t disappear either!”

“Oh my.”

Teacher Meila paused for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly:

“I almost forgot about that. That silly disciple of mine, what do you want to do?”

“I…”

Mu En bit his lip hard, staring at Teacher Meila, the indignation in his heart rolling like a tide.

How infuriating!

It was bad enough being tormented regularly; at least before, she would remind him.

This time, she didn’t even give him any mental preparation and went straight for something so extreme?

He had just felt clearly that he was a hair’s breadth away from death!

Even if time turned back, it shouldn’t be played like this!

At that moment, Mu En suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu, like when he was a child getting a shot, and the pretty nurse had distracted him with candy, making him laugh happily, only to turn around and get jabbed in the butt. That feeling of confusion, bewilderment, anger, betrayal, and the pain that was there but not fully felt all mixed together!

No, this kind of thing absolutely cannot happen again in the future!

“Teacher Meila, I want you to know that even if I am your little guinea pig, I still have my rights as a mouse!”

Mu En took a deep breath, suddenly bent his waist, raised his hand, and assumed a boxing stance.

“Oh? You want to practice with me?”

Looking at her clueless and foolish disciple, Teacher Meila raised an eyebrow with interest, then lifted her small hand.

“Sure, I can play with you.”

“Wait!”

Mu En suddenly called to a halt.

Seeing Teacher Meila’s familiar starting pose, a bad memory stirred in his mind, and he instinctively pressed his hands against his head.

“It’s not fair, this is too unfair! Bullying someone based on age and level, what kind of hero is that?!”

“Hmm?”

Teacher Meila smiled, half amused:

“What do you want?”

“What do I want…”

Mu En carefully scanned Teacher Meila, then glanced down at himself.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh, saying

“Let’s have a fair competition, no magic, no fighting spirit, and no special tools or means allowed!”

“Without anything, what do you want to compare?”

“Let’s compare…”

Mu En puffed out his chest and raised his head, suddenly lifting his hands halfway, squatting slightly at the knees, striking a standard pose like a bodybuilder, showcasing his physique that, while not overly bulky, had the graceful lines and explosive power of a cheetah.

“Let’s compare muscles♂!”

“Muscles?”

Teacher Meila’s willow-like eyebrows couldn’t help but rise high.

She looked at Mu En’s solid biceps and pectorals, then glanced at her own slender, weak, and completely unblemished white arms, and smiled brightly.

“Alright.”