Chapter 97 Soul Grafting (2/2)
”What happened to me just now?” Qili gasped for breath. He sat on the ground and raised his head to look at Zhang Quan and the rest.
”The book spirit in your soul just occupied your entire soul, so you have the power of the book.” Liu Shuai looked at Zhang Quan and said to Qili, ”it's just that the soul of the book and your soul are repelling each other. When the book spirit appears, you cannot control yourself, and you will think you're dreaming.”
”No wonder the electrocardiograph showed a completely different curve when Xiao Wen connected the instrument to Qili's right hand.” Hao Ning thought of something and whispered to Liu Shuai, ”maybe Qili's subconsciousness thought that he was some else at that time…”
”Xiao Wen…” A look of joy came over Liu Shuai's face. However, he feigned seriousness again, shook his head and fulminated Hao Ning, ”it's not the time to talk about romantic things!”
”OK, forget it.” Hao Ning wiped off his cold sweat. It was not him who thought about romantic things. It was Liu Shuai who froze at Xiao Wen's name. It seemed like this guy did not hear what he said at all.
Qili did not hear the secret conversation between Hao Ning and Liu Shuai. After careful consideration, his expression finally became severe, and a gurgling sound came from his throat. He asked with a trembling voice, ”so, you're saying that I wasn't dreaming that night? And I…”
”You smashed a restaurant.” Liu Shuai nodded.
”What about the evil person I met who was even more powerful than me?”
”Damn!” Hao Ning could not help but frighten Qili. ”Back then you were delirious, and you said that to everybody: ‘Do you always look down on customers and bully people? Come and hit me!' ”
”Oh my God!” Qili covered his head immediately and said, ”really? Is that the scene I always see in novels? ”
”Eh?” Hearing Qili's explanation, Hao Ning completely understood what happened. He slapped his thigh and shouted, ”so that's how it is!”
”What?” Liu Shuai asked Hao Ning, ”what do you think of?”
”Qili has been obsessed with novels for years and dreaming of having peerless kung fu,” Hao Ning thought as he spoke. Then he looked at Qili and asked, ”you always want to do chivalrous things or pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger, don't you?”
”No, not pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger,” Qili was a little embarrassed, ”I just want to kick those people who show off and look down on others.”
”Don't mind these details,” Hao Ning didn't pay attention to Qili's words and continued, ”Someone felt the wish in Qili's heart and used some method to intercept this wish so that the wish wouldn't appear in Zhang Chi Hang's Wishing Sutra. To satisfy Qili's wish, he cut off a hand from Qili's soul and changed it into the soul of a book. That's why Qili got the skills he wanted.”
”Intercepting a wish? Also, it won't show up in the Wishing Sutra? ” Zhang Quan's face moved slightly, and he blurted out subconsciously. Then he discovered that he had lost control of himself and gestured for Hao Ning to continue.
”But after Qili got the ability, he became unconscious. Besides, there are not so many despicable waiters or restaurant managers who look down on people in the real world as in web novels. However, his desire must be satisfied,” Liu Shuai had also figured it out, and stood up suddenly to continue with Hao Ning's words, ”that's why he smashed the restaurant and let them beat him! He did not want those people to beat him. He was fantasizing about the scenes in the novel and wanted to enjoy the feeling of being a hero! ”
”...” Hao Ning reasoned out the same reason and stared at Qili with contempt, ”hey, are you poisoned by the novels?”
”Uh …” Qili's face was full of shame, but he did not forget to ask, ”I smashed the restaurant. Do I have to give them much money?”
”Don't worry about that,” Liu Shuai clapped his breast magnanimously, ”I've settled it down for you. Just don't mess up like that again.”
It was shameless. Hao Ning ridiculed him in his mind. It was Zhang Da Long who helped settle the issue down, while Liu Shuai was kicked pitifully by the guards. However, he did not want to expose Liu Shuai's lie, so he continued with his question, ”but what's his motive for doing so? Why did he fulfill Qili's wish and give him martial arts?”
”There is no such altruistic person in the world.” Liu Shuai curled his lips, ”They must have traded book spirit for human souls for a purpose, just like …”
Liu Shuai suddenly turned his head as he spoke, and Hao Ning also understood something. Then they both looked at Zhou Yuan!