Chapter 38 [Black Market]

"It's nothing…Are you doing homework?"

"Um...What's wrong, brother Lu Li?"

"It's nothing, go ahead and finish your homework."

In the end, Lu Li did not ask her to help with his testing.

After all, just thinking of him holding an empty bottle for her to smell seemed a little strange.

He would be like a suspicious old geezer, and he's just 18 years old.

Lu Li recalled that there were many potted plants in front of his house. They were all planted by his mother in her spare time. There were camellias, peach blossoms, and so on. There were also a bunch of flowers that had yet to bloom. Lu Li could not even name all of them.

Lu Li quickly walked down the stairs.

Under Liu Shi Ting's weird gaze, he hurriedly ran out of the living room with an empty bottle and came to the entrance.

It was the end of February, the beginning of the camellia season.

Under his mother's meticulous care, the two pots of camellia at the door were blooming beautifully. They were pink in color, it looked better than roses and peonies.

The people on the roadside would usually take a backward glance at them.

It even looked like someone had picked a few of them! There were a few broken branches!

"Who's the asshole that picked my mother's flowers?"

Lu Li seemed indignant.

Then, he picked the most beautiful one and reached out, breaking it off its stem.

He took a whiff.

There was the unique fragrance of camellia, which was refreshing.

Lu Li opened the bottle and used the gravitational spell to coax a wisp of pure spiritual energy out, attaching it to the camellia.

Then, he put away the bottle, took the flower, and returned to the house.

He walked into the living room.

Liu Shi Ting was doing her homework. As she heard Lu Li's footsteps, she couldn't help but look toward the door.

She saw Lu Li walking toward her with a beautiful camellia with its leaves attached to it.

Liu Shi Ting was confused.

Lu Li's eyes never left her, which made her thoughts go wild, "Are these flowers for me?" She was usually shy and reserved, so her face immediately turned red.

"For you."

"Uh, thank you, brother Lu Li."

It really was for her!

Liu Shi Ting carefully took the flower, and her blushing face was full of surprise.

"Smell it."

Lu Li quickly signaled for her to smell it.

Liu Shi Ting nodded obediently, brought the camellia flower to her nose, and gently sniffed it.

The fragrance of the flower was elegant and long-lasting.

The mellow fragrance of the flower had a warmth that made one's heart beat faster.

But soon, she realized that something was wrong. Her body seemed to have warmed up after taking in the fragrance of the flowers.

The warmth spread throughout her body.

She looked at Lu Li in surprise, but she was not sure if this feeling was because of the fragrance of the flowers.

When Lu Li saw her expression, he felt that something must have happened!

He asked, "Do you feel anything special?"

Liu Shi Ting, who had already felt that her body was a little strange, could not help but turn pale when she heard that. She looked at Lu Li with a puzzled face and asked timidly, "I feel strange, brother Lu Li, what was it that I sniffed?"

"Good things that are beneficial for your body."

Lu Li asked urgently, "How do you feel?"

"I feel very hot..."

Liu Shi Ting unconsciously scooted backward, as if she was a little vigilant.

Lu Li didn't care, he nodded and replied, "It's good that it's hot. Then what? Do you still feel anything?"

"Brother Lu Li, what was it that you gave me?"

Liu Shi Ting felt the situation was getting weird, and a coquettish look appeared on her face.

"It's good for your body. Now, close your eyes and feel the spiritual power in your body."

Lu Li guided her.

Liu Shi Ting was skeptical. She just closed her eyes and then opened them again, as if she had thought of something, she said to Lu Li, "When, when I close my eyes, you shouldn't abruptly come towards me, okay? My teacher said that if you don't concentrate during cultivation, it will hurt your body."

Lu Li was also puzzled. "Come towards you? That won't happen. Feel it quickly."

"En..."

Liu Shi Ting felt that it wasn't so hot anymore. Moreover, she didn't know if it was just her, but she felt much more comfortable now.

She closed her eyes.

After meditating carefully for a while, she slowly entered a state of inner vision.

Then, she saw that the ball of spiritual power in her body was a little bigger and denser than before.

She cultivated every day, so she was very familiar with the state of her spiritual power ball in her body.

She could tell even if there was only a little change, not to mention such a big change.

"Is it because of the flowers that brother Lu Li gave me?"

She got out of her state of inner vision, surprised.

When she opened her eyes, the flush on her face had faded a little. When she looked at Lu Li again, her eyes were full of surprise. "Brother Lu Li, my spiritual power ball seems to have grown a little bigger."

"That's good!"

When Lu Li heard this, he was also delighted.

It seemed that it was just as he had thought! The pure spiritual power refined by the Ethereal Jade pendant could be absorbed by others!

While Lu Li was delighted, he did not forget to remind Liu Shi Ting seriously, "You can't tell anyone about the flower. This is a secret between us. Unless I take the initiative to make it public, you can tell no one, understand?"

Liu Shi Ting had been very compliant ever since she was young, so Lu Li wasn't particularly worried that she would tell anyone.

"Okay..."

Liu Shi Ting nodded obediently.

She knew the severity of the situation. She could roughly guess that Lu Li must have mastered some kind of method to increase his spiritual power. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to increase it to 198 points this month.

What surprised her was that Lu Li would let her know of his secrets. Although she didn't know why Lu Li did it, could it be that... Lu Li had a crush on her?

Liu Shi Ting and Lu Li had grown up together and she had always thought of him as a handsome older brother. She never thought of him as anything else. But now, her imagination went wild…

However, no matter what reason Lu Li had, since Lu Li said that she couldn't tell anyone, she naturally wouldn't.

"Good girl."

Seeing her nod, Lu Li reached out and patted her head. He was in a good mood and said with a smile, "From now on, just follow your brother Lu Li and you'll eat well."

"Okay..."

Liu Shi Ting could only nod with a red face.

She thought of something... Lu Li had never touched her head before. Now that he did, it seems a little ambiguous.

She didn't know that although Lu Li looked 18, his soul was already 26 years old. To Lu Li, Liu Shi Ting, who was only 16 years old, was like a little sister similar to Xu Chen'an.

Her face burned as Liu Shi Ting was immersed in her wild thoughts.

Lu Li naturally didn't know what Liu Shi Ting was thinking. His mind was filled with ways to make money.

Lu Li said, "Alright, continue your homework. I'll continue to study."

Lu Li smiled and patted her head, causing the young girl's heart to palpitate harder.

Then, he went back upstairs and returned to his room.

Next, he had to think of a way to find a place where he could sell this pure spiritual energy.

Lu Li returned to his desk that was filled with books. He took out his phone and began to search for where he could sell this spiritual energy bottle.

He quickly found several useful answers.

Many people were looking for answers to such questions on the Internet.

Many people, more or less, accidentally obtained some medicinal herbs and spirit stones that could improve one's spiritual power and needed to find a place to sell them.

Lu Li found many related posts.

Some people even took photos and uploaded them directly on the Internet to contact the buyers.

There were a lot of replies from people who wanted to buy.

However, Lu Li still felt that it was not safe enough to sell such things online openly.

After looking through many solutions, he found a place that suited him best.

A Black Market!