Demon's Self-cultivation

Although he had many things on his mind, when Xu Zhengjie pushed open the door and walked towards Qiao Qiao, he had a faint smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

Seeing Xu Zhengjie like this, Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up, and he propped himself up and smiled in response.

"Great job." Raising his hand and rubbing Qiao Qiao's head, Xu Zhengjie praised bluntly.

"Then can I go to school?" Qiao Qiao was not surprised at all.

Xu Zhengjie nodded: "Of course, if you want to go to school, I will help you." After a pause, he looked at Qiao Qiao with a bright smile, and asked softly, "There is one more thing I want to ask about your Opinion—I wish I could adopt you, would you?"

Hearing Xu Zhengjie's question, Qiao Qiao froze for a moment, quite at a loss for such a development.

Adoption, JoJo had heard the word before.He had learned about "adoption" a while back when he was agonizing over how to go to school and poking around.

Many years ago, "adoption" was a relatively common thing for orphans in orphanages. Many infertile couples or same-sex couples would choose to adopt a child from an orphanage.However, with the breakthrough of test-tube baby technology, which can combine two opposite-sex or even same-sex chromosomes and conceive babies through complete in vitro culture, the number of couples who choose to adopt orphans in orphanages has been greatly reduced.

After all, rather than adopting a child who has no blood relationship with them and has even formed an independent personality in an orphanage, most people still hope to have a child who is connected with their blood and has been taught since a blank sheet of paper. offspring.

In addition to these couples who cannot have children of their own and have to adopt a child, there is another type of family who wants to adopt an orphan in order to find a playmate for their own child.

Families adopting orphans for such reasons still exist today.But the orphanage is not very willing to hand over the children to such families for upbringing.After all, if a couple cannot have children, then they will naturally devote themselves to the adopted orphan, but if they have their own children, then the parents will definitely be emotionally inclined.

Adopted children living in such a family can easily feel dependent and inferior, which is not conducive to the child's physical and mental health.That being the case, it would be better to let the child stay in the orphanage and be with other children in the same situation and life experience.

So for such families, most orphanages would reject their adoption requests, and of course Qiao Qiao himself has no interest in such a miserable life.

Throwing "adopted" out of his range of choices early on, Qiao Qiao never imagined that after going around, he would still be adopted.

However, Xu Zhengjie was alone, not to mention he had no children, he didn't even have a wife. Although he was slovenly, he should have a lot of money on hand. From this point of view, if he was adopted... it seems that this wave is not bad?

——But once you are adopted by the other party and leave the orphanage, wouldn't it be even more difficult to see your host?This is completely putting the cart before the horse for Xiaoxiaomo!

Qiao Qiao looked at Xu Zhengjie, pondered and did not answer.

And Xu Zhengjie did not urge him to make a decision: "I know this is a difficult choice, you can think about it carefully, don't worry, this proposal has always been valid."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu." Qiao Qiao bit her lip and nodded lightly, "I... I am reluctant to leave everyone in the orphanage." —Of course, this "everyone" refers to Mandel.

"You are a good boy." Xu Zhengjie admired Qiao Qiao's way of maintaining his heart and cherishing friendship in the face of a better "future" (Da Wu).He smiled appreciatively, "If you want, I can take you back to see it often."

Qiao Qiao lowered his head and did not speak.Obviously, this "come back often" does not attract him at all.

Xu Zhengjie didn't say anything more, but brought up another topic: "As for going to school..."

Qiao Qiao raised his head suddenly, his eyes finally lit up.

Xu Zhengjie smiled: "Your progress is very good. With your current level of knowledge, even going to school immediately will delay your progress. I have a friend who works at the Central Xinghua League Research Institute—you may not know this place , but I can tell you that this scientific research institute brings together all the top scientific research talents of the Huaxia Alliance, and it is the dream goal of all people engaged in scientific research. He is an exceptionally intelligent child. My friend can help you apply for the admission qualifications of the junior class, and he himself believes that in such a learning environment, you can maximize your talents—would you like to try it? "

Qiao Qiao knew that Huameng Research Institute, in the memory of "father", was indeed a very powerful existence there.But the central star or something... Sorry, the little devil has no interest in it.

"No!" He shook his head resolutely, without any hesitation.

"Why?" Xu Zhengjie was a little surprised.

"Because... I don't want to go to Central Star, and I don't want to leave everyone!" Qiao Qiao was very anxious, and when she was anxious, her sensitive tear glands became a little uncontrollable.

Xu Zhengjie couldn't laugh or cry when he looked at the little devil who was tearful for a moment.

"This opportunity is very rare, and it is very beneficial to your future development. Don't you want to learn more profound knowledge?" He tried to persuade the crying little guy in front of him.

"Don't! Just don't!" Xiao Xiaomo had to give up the illusion of being a good boy, revealing his unreasonable side.What is the chance?What is the future development?What about learning esoteric knowledge?For a heart demon, everything is imaginary, only the host is the direction for them to work hard!

——Everything that tries to keep the demons away from their hosts is the enemy of the demons!

Xu Zhengjie tried to present the facts and reason to Xiaoxiaomo, but Xiaoxiaomo just wouldn't listen to the bastard's chanting.In the end, Xu Zhengjie was still no match for Xiaoxiaomo's stubbornness, so he sighed helplessly and gave up first.

"Okay, since you don't want to, then don't go." He pinched his brows with a headache, it was the first time Xu Zhengjie saw the little angel turned into a little devil, and instead of feeling bored and disappointed, he was quite happy.

After all, when he was in contact with Qiao Qiao before, Xu Zhengjie always felt that this child was too quiet and well-behaved, and even made people feel distressed.Now seeing the other party being so childishly "unreasonable", he let out a long sigh of relief.

——Of course, poor Uncle Xu didn't know that Xiao Xiaomo was obedient and well-behaved in front of him, but he was just imitating the quiet child in his memory.But in front of Mandel, he loves to be coquettish and pester others, leaving the other party helpless except to follow him.

In short, under Qiao Qiao's strong request, Xu Zhengjie quickly helped him complete the admission procedures as a sponsor.Since all the expenses for going to school are paid by Xu Zhengjie and will not take up any funds from the orphanage, the orphanage has no objections, and the procedure went quite smoothly.

In order for Qiao Qiao to better adapt to the school environment, and for him to go to school with close friends, Qiao Qiao did not go directly to the senior grade that matches his current level after entering school, but still started from the first grade.As for whether to skip a grade in the future, it depends on Qiao Qiao's own wishes.

The little devil who didn't want to hang out with Zhang Jie at all, but couldn't beat himself up because he kept using him as an excuse: "…………………"

— Forget it, just endure it for a year!Anyway, all the children in the orphanage go to the same school during the compulsory education period, even if they are not in the same grade, he can have more opportunities to get along with his host.

So comforting herself, Qiao Qiao readily accepted Xu Zhengjie's arrangement.But before enrolling, he had to leave the orphanage for a while, and was taken by Xu Zhengjie to the Central Star to do Lao Shizi's "check".

Qiao Qiao didn't have the slightest curiosity about her level of spiritual power, but Xu Zhengjie's attitude on this trip was very firm, even if Qiao Qiao acted coquettishly, she never wavered a bit.

From Xu Zhengjie's attitude, Qiao Qiao could faintly feel the heavy worry and...fear in his heart.Qiao Qiao didn't know what the other party was worried about, but it was obvious that this matter had something to do with him.Qiao Qiao knew that it was impossible for Xu Zhengjie to hurt himself. Could it be that he forced himself to be checked because of some hidden danger in himself?For the sake of his own safety, after thinking about it for a long time, Xiaomo finally let go and agreed to go to the central star with the other party.

Xu Zhengjie looked very eager. As soon as he got Qiao Qiao's consent, he immediately bought a direct ticket to Central Star the next day.The arrangement was so urgent that Qiao Qiao was taken to the station by Xu Zhengjie before he even had time to tell his host. He could only tell Zhang Jie his itinerary before leaving and asked him to tell Mandel.Although Zhang Jie was very unwilling, he still nodded and agreed, which made Qiao Qiao feel at ease.

Although the trip didn't start very well, Jojo was quite happy during the trip.

As a "bumpkin" who has just crossed over from the world of cultivation, although he more or less knows what the universe looks like from the memory of his "father" and his original body, this kind of understanding through a veil is not as good as seeing it with his own eyes. It was shocking to see.

Standing on the porthole of the interstellar express train, Qiao Qiao stared at the vast starry sky outside the window without blinking, and felt a sense of awe in his heart—as if his "father" failed to cross the catastrophe, was discovered by heaven and It was like when it was captured, in awe of the fearful majesty of heaven.

However, compared to the oppression and fear brought by the way of heaven, the feeling that this starry sky brings to the little devil is more inclined to tranquility and surprise.Even if the little devil knows that this universe is full of dangers like heaven, and regards everything in the world as a dog, but its magnificence is enough to make people forget this danger for a short time.

"Do you like it?" Sitting next to Qiao Qiao, Xu Zhengjie looked at the amazed child with a gentle expression, and raised his hand to stroke his soft hair.

Qiao Qiao didn't go to see Xu Zhengjie, but nodded affirmatively: "I like it!"

"In the future, you will have more opportunities to contact it, understand it, explore it, and even...conquer it." Xu Zhengjie said softly——Although Qiao Qiao refused to study in the youth class of Huameng Research Institute, Xu Zhengjie believed that , the future of this child in front of him is bright and dazzling, he belongs to the entire human race, and belongs to this sea of ​​stars.

Hearing Xu Zhengjie's words, Qiao Qiao blinked and tilted his head slightly: "Sounds great."

- Yes, that sounds really good!Isn't conquering this universe the same as conquering the Dao of Heaven?As long as he thinks of this, Xiaomo's soul that is both shaking S and shaking M begins to move around the corner.

——This difficulty is much higher than that of conquering Mandel. It can be called a gnawing tree, but who makes the heart demon be such a kind of existence with infinite desire, eager to control everything and challenge everything?

——Then, let’s make a decision like this!After Master Heart Demon conquers Mandel, let's conquer this vast universe!The little devil who is overestimated is so happy and has set the next goal for himself, it's really... If you don't do it, you can't die.

In short, after trying to conquer the universe in vain, the sight of the little devil looking out the porthole seems to be a little green.It's a pity that Xu Zhengjie didn't know what unbelievable things the little thing beside him was thinking about. After noticing that Qiao Qiao was very interested in the universe, he began to tell Xiaomo what he knew about the universe. Come on.

As a former high-ranking military officer of the Huaxia Alliance, Xu Zhengjie is very familiar with the starry sky he guards. He knows the humanities and landforms of each planet, remembers all the asteroid belts, and even the orbits of comets that cross this star field are all the same. Clearly.

Xu Zhengjie picked out the information he thought was interesting and passed it on to Qiao Qiao. Although his description was really not vivid and interesting, Qiao Qiao listened very seriously.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of peril." With a serious attitude of understanding her "future host", Qiao Qiao deeply remembered all Xu Zhengjie's words in her mind.

Following Xu Zhengjie's narration, Qiao Qiao really opened his eyes, and even completely forgot his dissatisfaction with being forced to leave the "current host".

So, along the way, Xu Zhengjie and Qiao Qiao had a good talk, and Xu Zhengjie also felt how unbelievable Qiao Qiao's memory was—a boring number he said casually, the other party could remember Clearly, this probably really can be called "remembering with a photographic memory and recitation with a passing ear".

To be able to have such a strong memory at the age of four or five, one can imagine the strength of his mental power.While being proud of Qiao Qiao, Xu Zhengjie couldn't help feeling more and more worried.