"This is..."
Master Fuli lay sleeping on the tree stump, with visible ripples emanating around him. Lin Ying was stunned, completely unaware of what was happening.
However, Lin Ying didn't forget her task. She raised her phone, already set to night mode, and began recording the strange phenomenon around Master Fuli.
Master Fuli could confirm his growth, but during this period of development, he couldn't observe any external changes.
The phenomenon continued.
Mist emerged around Master Fuli, a visible swirl of Spiritual Particles, which poured straight into his body like a whirlwind.
Beside Master Fuli, Lin Ying's expression changed as she recorded the video, looking shocked and surprised at her hand.
She had no habit of manicures; usually, she would only let her makeup artist trim them neatly.
But at this moment, her fingertips appeared as if they had black nail extensions. Lin Ying entered Spiritualization by herself, without injecting a Spirit Particle Potion.
"Are those... firefly-like dots Spiritual Particles?" Lin Ying looked incredulously at the fox tail on her rear and her beast-like nails, then turned to Master Fuli surrounded by the swirling Spiritual Particles.
"Ka ka ka..."
Master Fuli's body was expanding; first, the fox paws displayed on the tree stump gradually reached the ground, followed by his fluffy tail spreading out on the surface.
Though Master Fuli's appearance remained unchanged, his entire body was swelling and enlarging.
From a size smaller than a Border Collie, he suddenly grew to the size of a large tiger, eyes closed, his belly pressing on the stump as he emitted light snores.
"Carrying him would be quite a challenge now..."
Lin Ying, having transformed into a Fox Lady, reflexively teased, but as if recalling something, she looked at Master Fuli, murmuring:
"However... compared to the weight issue, can Ah Qing accept that Master Fuli, just after a stroll by the river with me, grew to such a size?"
Spring winds bring growth to manhood.
But this was an obscure description, not literally growing into an adult.
Lin Ying had an odd expression as an image played in her mind of herself, carrying a Nine-tailed Fox the size of a large tiger, knocking on Ah Qing's door to return Master Fuli.
"Ah Qing's expression... must be quite spectacular, right?"
The decompression of Master Fuli's Physique continued, now lying on the ground, reaching up to Lin Ying's chest height.
This phenomenon lasted for half an hour.
Gradually, Master Fuli's Physique contracted back, returning to the initial compressed state of a fox.
"Hmm..."
Master Fuli opened his eyes, the entire fox soft and fluffy on the tree stump, a hint of nostalgia and a faint smile on his small fox face.
As Wisdom reached 90 points, the fox statue in his mind transformed into a Three-tailed Fox, in a highlight moment, opening its eyes wide, proudly raising its head, gazing arrogantly into the distance.
But also, part of the memories from the past life manifested silently, anchoring as a will, preventing Master Fuli from being overwhelmed by the infinite genetic information after activating the Life Blueprint, avoiding becoming a patient like the King of the Universe.
"Master Fuli, do you feel any discomfort in your body?"
Squatting beside the tree stump, Lin Ying watched the peculiar expression of Master Fuli and expressed concern.
"It's nothing, I just fell asleep and dreamt of skipping class to go online, escaping over a wall to run a marathon with the headmaster outside the school..."
"Of course, in the end, I won," Ansheng said with a playful look, explaining, ignoring the headmaster chasing him down afterward, he asked:
"By the way, while I was asleep, did anything change about my body?"
Master Fuli sat up from the stump, subconsciously wanted to get his cola, but oddly found that his cola was knocked over on the ground, and the can was crushed by someone's foot.
"Yes, and the change was significant, in the physical sense, very big."
Lin Ying took out her phone, played the video she had just recorded, shoulder to shoulder with Master Fuli.
"Hmm?"
Master Fuli looked shocked, staring at the massive fox on the video: "I... grew that big?"
"Yes, but it didn't last long; after half an hour, it returned to the current form," Lin Ying nodded like a pecking chick, with a sparkle in her eyes.
"Hmm..."
Master Fuli pondered, then with a thought, controlled the Three-tailed Fox statue.
Ripples like those on water spread from the fox statue, extending outward, integrating into all parts of Master Fuli's Physique, then spread outside.
"Ka ka..."
The elusive Spiritual Particle mist seemed to be summoned, swarming toward Master Fuli.
Master Fuli's body began to increase, but the density of the accumulated Spiritual Particles inside remained unchanged; due to the change in container size, it could accommodate more Spiritual Particles, retained inside for internal circulation, catalyzing self-development.
"I feel..."
"My strength seems to be greater." Master Fuli had a peculiar expression, raising a paw, clenching it, then turning to the shorter Lin Ying, saying:
"It's like... a computer's compressed file package, now pressing the decompress button to start extracting data."
Ansheng's Physique didn't increase, but he could feel a special force akin to Unos' Telekinesis in his muscles and bones.
However, it couldn't extend outward; it could only emit signals externally through his physical body.
Upon receiving the signal, the Spiritual Particles would readily rush into his body for potent catalysis.
Rather than saying the power increased, it's more like the original latent power being unlocked.
"Lin Ying~"
Master Fuli thought for a moment, lowered his head, grabbed the six fox tails behind Lin Ying, swung her onto his back, and Lin Ying instinctively let out a surprised cry.
"Master Fuli, what are you..." Lin Ying hugged Master Fuli's broad shoulder, enjoying the moment, patting the soft fur, asking.
"I recall you love convertibles, right? Interested in testing speed with me?"
Master Fuli turned his head, gazing at Lin Ying with an excited inquiry.
In the past, Ansheng couldn't be bothered with such tests of strength.
Didn't he know his body well? He knew more than anyone what kind of power could be lethal and which couldn't, didn't he?
Though Ansheng wasn't sure about the specifics of his strength, he was sure of one thing: if he collided with a high-speed train or airplane, the derailment would definitely be on the other side.
Except for a nuclear airstrike, all other thermal weapons he could disassemble by hand, and sell the parts for scrap to buy cola.
And this time, with his Physique further liberated, Ansheng didn't have the same command over his newfound strength as before, unable to quantify the precise growth in his Physique.
Therefore, he planned to go for a run to see the changes in his speed and explosiveness.
"Testing speed? Master Fuli, you wouldn't..." Lin Ying reflexively looked toward the Changle River.
"In a while, I'll make a spin on the water, performing a modern version of the water fox spin for you."