36 The Newton Distric (1/2)

As the store manager of ”Magical Girl”, Mrs. Hudson's eye for beauty was indeed astonishing.

Despite the spectacles, Sally nevertheless became the focus of the whole clothing store when she walked out of the fitting room. All the noble young ladies from high society and daughters of the wealthy paled in comparison to Sally's beauty.

Just that Sally was still that same old Sally. All the astonished and appraising looks scared the young girl off.

But it was also precisely because she was dragging Tang Qi out of the store in such a panic that the young girl didn't notice the rather shocking price on the bill in his hands.

Other than Mrs. Hudson's astonishing eye for beauty, there was another reason why this clothing store whose main target audience was young girls and noble ladies was favored by the upper-class stratum of Moses City — its expensive service.

But in comparison to the Condor gold coins that weren't of much use to Tang Qi, the newly-obtained Mark of Misfortune on the back of his hand was what he truly needed.

Tang Qi's intense desire for strength made him terribly anxious to put it into use.

Fortunately, he was rational enough to suppress the urge to do so.

After leaving Central Avenue, he sent Sally, whose image had undergone a huge change, home.

He didn't go anywhere else. Instead, he returned to the little brick house in school at the fastest speed he could muster.

Tang Qi didn't look any different on the outside, but he was already fatigued to the extreme on the inside.

His clash with the Witch of Misfortune sub-personality took place in a special dimension created by the witch.

While he didn't expend any physical strength, the power of the furnace that he had accumulated over several days was completely exhausted. It seemed like the process of his comeback had been within Tang Qi's expectations all along — the poor witch sub-personality, running into the crafty and cheating Tang Qi the moment she emerged.

She possessed strong magic powers, yet she had to hold back because of her reservations, resulting in her being scammed by Tang Qi, a newbie who had only just stepped into the realm of the supernatural.

However, luck also played a part in this.

Because as long as any part of the plan went awry, even if Tang Qi managed to survive, he would also need to pay an enormous price.

Luckily, he won.

The Mark of Misfortune pretty much manifested into a shortcut right in front of Tang Qi.

And through his conversation with the Witch of Misfortune sub-personality, Tang Qi got to know that the Golden Furnace Meditation Method he was cultivating came from no simple background. In addition, this particular method that he came up with would need to burn the souls of those negative and evil monstrosities to produce fuel for his furnace form.

It was similarly approved by the Witch of Misfortune sub-personality.

This was equivalent to giving a semblance of insurance to Tang Qi. However, his cautious nature prevented him from using it immediately nonetheless, so he went home instead.

In the tiny living room on the first story, Tang Qi went straight to the kitchen and properly made himself two dishes and soup. After finishing the food, he felt a bit of mental strength coming back to him. However, he still didn't go into cultivation mode. Neither did he leave the house.

Instead, he went over to his workstation and followed the same steps as what he did previously.

He melted a piece of blue sea salt again.

The result was another 30 sea monster bullets.

After putting each bullet away properly, Tang Qi returned to his bedroom on the second story and sat cross-legged on the moon-patterned rug again. When the first ray of moonlight shone upon him, he entered a meditative state as per usual.

Boom~

The golden sun appeared. Perhaps due to Tang Qi exhausting his spiritual energy, the sun's rays were rather weak as compared to what they were before.

But in no time, when all the monstrosities that surged through the gaps were burned away, the sun's radiance turned strong and intense once more.

…

A night went by. By the time Tang Qi stepped into the main teaching building with books in his arms, the radiance in his eyes was enough proof that all the spiritual energy he had expended had been fully refilled. In fact, it was even more abundant than before. This matched very well with the notion that improvement would come after an intense battle.

Tang Qi had originally thought that he would see a very happening sight today.

After all, Sally's image in the Magical Girl store the previous night was such that even he, who had been bombarded by beauties on the Internet during his past life on Earth, couldn't help but marvel at. These visual creatures of Holy Thorns High School emanating hormones definitely wouldn't be able to keep their cool too.

But unfortunately, and also very surprisingly…

Sally was here, except she was still the same ”Unlucky Sally”.

Ordinary and unfashionable with messy blonde hair, sweatpants, a loose and baggy sweater, and even an additional knitted beanie that was already out of fashion.