After swallowing the Calamity Egg, it proved completely useless.
Not only could he not feel any power, he even had the sensation that the Calamity Egg was lting away inside him.
After retrieving the Calamity Egg, Jiang Si took out a knife and made a small incision in his abdon.
Then he inserted the tiny Calamity Egg inside.
Three years ago, this was exactly how he had preserved a Disaster Beast's tentacle within his body, nourishing it and thereby gaining the ability to transform into a Magical Girl.
He still rembered that feeling vividly - massive amounts of negative emotions seeping through his flesh and blood into his brain: irritation, terror, anxiety...
Once those sa negative emotions were triggered, they would beco nourishnt for the Disaster Beast, and even the negative emotions of people around him would similarly feed the creature.
Using a human body to cultivate a Disaster Beast was simply too prone to losing control.
However, Jiang Si's emotional control had always been quite good, so even after several days, the Disaster Beast wouldn't grow enough to go out of control.
But when he inserted this Calamity Egg into his flesh, Jiang Si imdiately noticed sothing different.
There was no massive diffusion of negative emotions; instead, even his own negative emotions were being absorbed by the Calamity Egg, maintaining his emotional stability.
Once inside his flesh, there was no foreign body sensation either - it quickly integrated with his tissue.
The Calamity Egg seed to beco a living entity, beginning to move through his flesh and blood. Jiang Si imdiately detected that the Calamity Egg was heading toward his heart.
Naturally, he wouldn't give it that chance. Purple magical energy quickly surged through his body, wrapping layer upon layer around the Calamity Egg.
Although his attempt to reach Full Bloom had failed, his seed had not only undergone morphological changes resembling sprouting, but the nature of his magical energy had also changed significantly.
Shion was now probably at the peak of Blooming perfection.
The purple magical energy no longer carried its forr violent nature, instead becoming docile like water. After enveloping the Calamity Egg, it neither released heat to destroy the egg nor imdiately dissipated.
Instead, it clung thickly, slowly fusing the Calamity Egg's shell with his flesh and blood.
Only after fixing the Calamity Egg near his rib area did the purple magical energy gradually fade away.
Its duration within his body had lengthened, but fundantally it remained the sa as before - continuously in a state of dissipation within his physical body, except that his magical energy's properties had changed sowhat, becoming more adhesive.
Sensing the Calamity Egg fixed near his ribs, still possessing vitality and remaining quite active.
Even Jiang Si couldn't consider this thing as a Nascent Soul.
Never mind that he couldn't control it, nor was it born from his Golden Core - that is, his seed - it was far from what could be called a Nascent Soul.
Although Jiang Si didn't watch many movies, he had read Infinite Terror; this thing was probably more similar to an alien egg.
With the Calamity Egg remaining constantly active, he couldn't sleep.
So he simply picked up the dumbbells in the room - about two hundred kilograms, barely enough for a warm-up - planning to exercise until exhausted, then ignore the Calamity Egg's activity and sleep.
Unexpectedly, after moving around a bit and expending so energy, the previously active Calamity Egg actually quieted down sowhat.
Slightly surprised, he exercised more vigorously.
Jiang Si quickly detected sothing unusual - a faint power within the Calamity Egg was continuously transporting into his flesh and blood.
Although the strengthening effect wasn't particularly impressive, it consistently maintained his physical vitality and was reducing his fatigue.
Moreover, the Calamity Egg gradually beca less active than before.
But whenever he stopped exercising, the Calamity Egg would imdiately beco active again, struggling inside him, trying to escape from his body.
Jiang Si had pretty much figured out this thing's characteristics.
Once integrated into his body, whenever he engaged in high-intensity exercise, this Calamity Egg would uncontrollably provide him with magical energy.
So that's how it worked. Rather than a Nascent Soul, it should be categorized as a second Golden Core?
Finally found it - my very own internal core.
Only it was difficult to use together with the external core, the Miracle Seed.
Detecting the Calamity Egg's struggles intensifying, Jiang Si stretched his body and smiled.
For Jiang Si, exercise was certainly enjoyable, but endless training without goals could sotis feel tedious.
But now, this internal core gave him a genuine purpose.
The room was a bit cramped, so he went downstairs planning to use the yard.
Keke and Li Yi seed to have finished eating, and the table had been cleaned neatly.
Passing by Keke's bedroom, he could faintly hear sobbing and the low voices of two girls, but Jiang Si had no interest in listening.
Pushing open the door, he walked into the yard. Beihai was experiencing light rain again in the evening, the cool raindrops pattering against his face, feeling sowhat refreshing.
Nice weather.
Jiang Si liked this kind of weather - the rain wasn't heavy enough to be botherso, soaking clothes and making skin stick uncomfortably to fabric.
Nor was it so light that you barely felt it, as if the air was just humid.
Perfect drizzling rain, cool drops hitting his forehead - truly the best weather for exercise.
Taking a deep breath, he started warming up with squats in place.
Next, burpees, push-ups, running in place, wildly venting his excess energy!
The Calamity Egg inside him soon began emitting pitiful cries, as if begging for rcy, no longer struggling.
But Jiang Si completely ignored it, simply exercising relentlessly, squeezing every bit of energy from the Calamity Egg.
Show your limits, internal core!
......
"Big sister always loved Magical Girls since she was little."
Li Yi had changed into sowhat childish pink pajamas.
They were what Keke wore in elentary school, fitting Li Yi perfectly...
Fortunately, after their parents passed away, Keke kept her childhood clothes out of nostalgia.
Both girls now held cups containing the milk tea Keke brought back yesterday.
"Back then, I actually didn't believe Magical Girls existed, but big sister always firmly believed they were real when we were kids. She always wanted to play Magical Girl gas with , making Magical Girl dresses for . We would fight monsters together - the codena Silver Lotus was sothing big sister thought up for ..."
After being silent all day, the dazed Li Yi finally began pouring out her feelings, while Keke quietly listened beside her.
When her own parents passed away, she had gone through similar tis.
Wanting to vent, wanting to tell soone about her past experiences with her parents, to ease her pain.
But Jiang Si hadn't stayed with her back then, and Keke couldn't confide in those unfamiliar relatives either. In the end, she could only sit before her parents' photos late at night, crying and pouring out her grievances and complaints until she cried herself to sleep from exhaustion.
She didn't want Yiyi to suffer like she had, so she sat quietly beside her, hoping to alleviate her pain.
"Later, no matter how hard she tried, big sister couldn't beco a Magical Girl, while I succeeded. Although big sister never told , I knew she felt disappointed and sad. Her younger sister, who was inferior to her in every way, beca a Magical Girl, while big sister worked hard since childhood but never obtained a Miracle Seed. Part of was secretly happy that I could catch up to big sister, but another part knew it was completely unfair to her."
"There's no fair or unfair about it." Keke took the empty cup from Li Yi and placed it on the bedside table. "The selection of Magical Girls is quite random to begin with; it's not sothing people can control."
"Yeah."
Curling up, hugging her legs, Li Yi rested her chin on her knees. "I knew big sister never gave up on her dream of becoming a Magical Girl. She often risked facing Disaster Beasts, hoping to obtain a Miracle Seed, but she never succeeded, almost losing her life instead. That last ti, when I saved her, big sister suddenly beca terrifying, angrily accusing of not wanting her to beco a Magical Girl..."
She took a slight breath.
The Disaster Control Bureau had already issued a notice about Yinluo being a mber of the Witch Association.
Both Li Yi and Keke knew about this.
Probably afraid that Li Yi might cause trouble and clash with the Azure Cloud Sect, the Disaster Control Bureau imdiately notified Li Yi and provided all the evidence to her.
Keke felt it really wasn't necessary to be so hasty...
At that ti, Yiyi clearly didn't have the ability to seek revenge, and Keke believed she wasn't that reckless.
Although small in stature and sotis appearing naive and cute, Yiyi was truly a competent captain of the Magical Girl combat team.
But she could understand the Disaster Control Bureau's perspective, though it still felt sowhat painful.
"Actually, I knew big sister was very resentful. Clearly she put in the most effort, but ended up with nothing. Every ti she watched transform into a Magical Girl, she felt both proud of and resentful, always appearing so lonely. I knew all of this."
Speaking slowly, Yiyi sohow produced a seed.
Keke stared at the seed, stunned.
She had seen Yiyi's seed before - it was pink, and Yiyi was only at the Seedling level.
She understood the magical energy capacity and properties of the Seedling level because she was about to reach that stage herself.
But this seed before her wasn't just white; it clearly wasn't Yiyi's own Miracle Seed.
Moreover, the internal magical energy capacity and properties were obviously far superior to Seedling level - it should be Blooming level...
"There are three ownerless Miracle Seeds within the Disaster Control Bureau."
Yiyi also gazed distractedly at the Miracle Seed in her hand. "I applied to the Disaster Control Bureau for a Miracle Seed. Although they refused, in the end, I still obtained one. I wanted to fight alongside big sister, to let her beco a Magical Girl too, just like when we were little - together, fighting monsters together..."
When she reached this point, Li Yi finally couldn't hold back her quiet sobs, burying her head in her knees:
"It was so close, why did it have to turn out like this, Keke..."
Hugging Yiyi, Keke also had reddened eyes, not knowing what to say.
After all these years with Jiang Si, she had never learned how to comfort people, so she could only cry along with Yiyi.
After sobbing for a while, Li Yi held the Miracle Seed, sniffling as she spoke, "Back then, the Disaster Control Bureau absolutely refused to give a seed. And now, I'm the only one left with one."
Just as Keke was about to say sothing, they heard Jiang Si coming downstairs.
Yiyi cried softly while Jiang Si quietly changed his shoes at the door, then pushed open the door and walked out without pause.
Familiar sounds, familiar circumstances, with light rain still falling outside.
As if nothing had changed at all.
"Big sister used to hate the Witch Association the most, because they always hurt the Magical Girls she loved, and they ruined Senior Susan, whom she once admired, making her unable to transform. Every ti she talked about the Witch Association and Azure Cloud Sect with , big sister would look utterly hateful."
Pulled back to attention by Li Yi's quiet confession, Keke listened to her resentful and aggrieved voice:
"How could she be a mber of the Witch Association?"
So Keke said softly, "Because she was too impatient, wanting to beco a Magical Girl, she took the wrong path for a mont. Susan said she ultimately did transform."
"Yeah, I saw it."
Yiyi said dazedly, "But that couldn't be called a Magical Girl at all. That was just a witch. How could she be satisfied with that? Because of that... that thing, facing Shion, getting killed..."
Her tone grew increasingly strained and choked until finally, she couldn't speak anymore.
Teacher Shion wouldn't kill innocent people randomly.
This sentence, Keke ultimately couldn't bring herself to say it.
Amid the faint crying, thunder roared outside. Keke thought the rain was getting heavier and turned to look.
It was Jiang Si exercising in the yard, appearing completely crazed...
No matter how many tis she saw it, Keke found it both absurd and miraculous.
Around Jiang Si, there were never such painful and tornting emotions entwined.
It was as if his world existed completely independently, incompatible with this one.
Every ti she looked at him like this, it felt like watching soone from another world.
For the first ti, Keke felt sowhat envious of Jiang Si.
"Maybe I should have challenged Shion back then."
"BOOM!"
A thunderous roar echoed outside the window.
Withdrawing her gaze, Keke pressed close to her friend, holding her hand. "That wouldn't have been right."
"Actually, I guessed back then that Shion had her reasons, because she never killed the wrong person. I also personally witnessed big sister transforming into a witch. But at that ti, I didn't think that much - I just wanted to hold big sister, hoping she was still alive."
Pushing Keke away, Li Yi lay on her side on the bed. "Later, I kept thinking that if I had fought Shion then, it would have been better. Even though I wouldn't be her match, even though I wouldn't have justice on my side, I could have said that because my sister died, I couldn't maintain rationality. Everyone would have understood ."
"Unlike now, even though I can't forgive her, can't forgive her for personally killing my sister, for making unable to see my sister one last ti, for making not know what my sister was really thinking, for making unable to save my sister. But, I clearly understand she was right. I can't even take revenge on her; even hating her makes seem ungrateful."
Keke stamred, ultimately only repeating sothing Jiang Si had said:
"With ti, it will get better..."
"It's so unfair. She's clearly the enemy who killed my sister, but she was right. I can't do anything."
Yiyi turned to look at Keke. "If, in the end, I can't resist seeking revenge against Shion, will you help , Keke?"
"I'll stop you." This ti Keke didn't hesitate. "I absolutely won't let you go!"
Another loud thunderclap sounded outside. Keke resisted the urge to turn and look.
Li Yi silently curled her lips in a bitter smile, her eyes empty as she took out her own Miracle Seed.
The originally pink seed had turned completely black.
"Don't worry, I won't do that. Because I... can no longer transform, Keke."
Outside the window, Jiang Si, who had exercised to his limit, took a deep breath.
The Calamity Egg had completely quieted down. He went back inside, took a shower, and slept peacefully.
His physical strength had increased again. As long as he could maintain the Calamity Egg's magical energy supply,
His physical body could finally advance to the early Seedling stage.
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