Magic world

"Dong dong dong dong..."

Japan, in a villa in the suburbs of Tokyo, Athena, who is always at home, is absentmindedly chopping vegetables in the kitchen.

However, at this moment, Athena suddenly fell into a trance and dropped the kitchen knife on her finger. Fortunately, the stinging pain when the kitchen knife cut through the skin brought her back to consciousness, and she used her strong body control to stop the chopping action, so that she did not let tragedy happen to her fingers.

"Huh." Athena exclaimed softly as she pulled out the injured finger, put down the kitchen knife, and pointed the palm of her right hand at the injured finger.

The next second, a ball of light appeared in Athena's palm, wrapping the injured finger, causing the slender wound on the finger to shrink and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, until in the end not even a trace was visible.

Then Athena walked to the sink nearby, turned on the faucet and washed away the blood on her hands. Then she returned to the table and continued to cut vegetables.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

A rhythmic sound immediately came from the kitchen.

"Athena."

But before she could continue, an old voice suddenly sounded in her ears, interrupting her work again.

"Yes, master." Athena quickly agreed after putting down the kitchen knife. Then he turned around and walked out of the kitchen and into the living room.

In the spacious living room, the somewhat slovenly Zhen Yuanzhai was sitting on the sofa in a leisurely manner, watching the Peking Opera video being played on the TV.

"Master." Athena walked to Zhenyuanzhai and called softly.

"Sit down." Zhen Yuanzhai said quietly.

Athena blinked in confusion and sat down as she was told.

"Are you worried lately?" Zhen Yuanzhai looked away from the TV. Turning his head, he looked at Athena and said.

Athena's expression changed slightly, and she said unnaturally, "No, no."

"Really?" Zhen Yuanzhai asked noncommittally.

"..." Athena remained silent.

Zhen Yuanzhai didn't say anything else and turned around to continue watching Peking Opera.

For a moment, the only thing left in the room was the sound of Beijing Opera reciting in perfect harmony from the TV.

"Master..." After a moment, Athena, who looked hesitant, broke the silence in the room and said softly, "I may have some things to do recently and I can't come back every day. Regarding cooking..."

"Don't worry. If you can't eat delicious food for a few days, your master will starve to death." Zhen Yuanzhai said in a joking tone.

"Haha." Athena chuckled.

"But we have a three-part agreement. Master, you are still not allowed to drink secretly while I am not at home." Then, Athena looked at Zhen Yuan Zhai like a housekeeper and said.

"I know." Zhen Yuanzhai said impatiently. At first glance, it seemed that he didn't take Athena's words to heart.

"Hmph. If I find that there is less wine in the basement when I come back, master, don't expect to get pocket money from me anymore." Athena, who fully knew her master's character, snorted and announced with a serious face. road.

"Uh..." Zhen Yuanzhai was stunned, then shook his head helplessly and said, "I know. I promise not to steal alcohol."

Speaking of which, this guy Zhen Yuanzhai is also very speechless. Although it cannot be said that he has no income at all, judging from his income situation, it is not enough for him to buy drinks. After all, this old guy is a pure He is an alcoholic, and he is also an alcoholic with a very bad taste. With the support of the rich Athena, he can say that he will not drink good wine!

In addition, he was now in Japan, not his homeland of China, so even if he went out to show off his face and hang out drinking, there was nowhere to go, so he had to succumb to Athena's female power.

"Then it's settled. Those who regret it will be swallowed by thousands of needles." Athena said.

"You girl, you are so wordy." Zhen Yuanzhai said helplessly.

"Then I'm going to cook."

After saying that, Athena stood up, walked around the sofa, returned to the kitchen, picked up the kitchen knife, and continued to chop the vegetables on the cutting board.

"Chop chop chop chop..."

The rhythmic muffled sound sounded again.

"Huh." But secretly, Athena secretly exhaled and relaxed.

"This girl." Zhen Yuanzhai shook his head slightly and sighed as he watched Athena walk away.

Obviously, with the power of the universe that he has mastered, which is similar to the Buddhist mind, he can peek into other people's thoughts in an instant. If he does not master the power of Athena, who uses mental power to shield his own thoughts, there will be no place for him. Hidden, almost when she behaved abnormally, Zhen Yuanzhai, who cared about his apprentice, saw clearly. It was only because he wanted to let his apprentice decide on the future relationship that he did not make some things clear.

After all, he considers himself to be quite enlightened, and will not be like those old antiques in the past, who arrange the future of his apprentices like a patriarch and decide every choice they make!

"Ito Cheng... I hope you have no other purpose, otherwise even if it costs me my life, I will kill you and eliminate a big problem for this world!" Zhen Yuanzhai seemed to be staring at the TV screen. He said coldly in his heart.

…

One day later, Athena appeared in Ito Cheng's office again.

"Okay, I've asked for leave from my master, and I can practice with you." Athena, who was still wearing a blue and white sailor uniform and lined with tight-fitting safety pants, looked at Ito Cheng who was sitting behind the desk with a happy face. said.

"Really? Well, let's leave now." Ito Cheng then closed the computer, stood up and said.

"Yeah." Athena replied.

Later, Ito Cheng called Athena's agent, Asami Nakajima, and the head of the agency department to arrange some things. He took Athena out of the office and went straight to the parking lot underground of the building, where he found himself The seat frame sat in.

Then he started the car and drove away.

"Where are we going?" Athena, sitting in the passenger seat, asked curiously.

"Go to Nachi." Ito Cheng replied.

"Oh." Although what she was doing there, Athena, who believed that Mr. Ito had a purpose, did not ask further questions and became quiet.

"By the way, what do you think of the new songs in the new album?" Seeing Athena fall silent, Ito Cheng casually picked a topic and asked.

"It's great, every song sounds so good. I really didn't realize that you are just like Mr. Yagami. In addition to being an excellent fighter, you are also such a powerful music producer. It's really admirable. "Speaking of the song, Athena, who started chatting, turned to look at Ito Cheng who was driving with excitement and admiration on her face, and praised her unabashedly.

"As long as you like it." Ito Cheng smiled and said, "I was worried that you wouldn't like the music I provided you."

"How is that possible?" Athena shook her head vigorously and denied, "But, in the future, can you teach me how to compose music and write lyrics? I really want to sing my own songs like you and Mr. Yagami."

"Of course." Ito Cheng agreed simply.

"Thank you." Athena thanked her.

Then the two started chatting about music, and it wasn't until the car arrived at the train station more than ten minutes later that it stopped.

Nachi is a place located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Nachi Katsura Town. It is part of the Nachi Mountain on the back. Nachi Mountain is the general name of the Kumano Nachi Taisha Mountains surrounding the upper reaches of the Nachi River in the southeastern part of Wakayama Prefecture. It belongs to Yoshino-Kumano National Park. The most famous place there is the Nachi Waterfall, one of the three largest waterfalls in Japan. It is a famous tourist attraction.

Wakayama Prefecture is a city located in the Kansai area. It is surrounded by Nara and Osaka. It is very far from Tokyo. If you drive, it will be impossible to reach it within a few hours. Therefore, the best way to commute is besides domestic flights. Besides, there is only the Shinkansen that connects the entire Japan.

The two people who parked and locked the car got out of the car, walked into the train station together, bought two tickets to Wakayama Prefecture from the ticket window, and then walked into the platform under the guidance of the staff, waiting for the arrival of the train. .

The time did not keep the two of them waiting too long. In less than half an hour, a bullet-shaped Shinkansen train painted all over in white stopped on the track next to the platform.

Ito Cheng and Athena cut their tickets, boarded the train to Wakayama Prefecture, sat down on the seats corresponding to the ticket numbers, and continued chatting about the previous topic.

Then about ten minutes later, with the slight vibration of the train body, the train moved forward at high speed along the track.

At the speed of the Shinkansen, even if we had to stop and wait at various stations for a long time, we still arrived in Wakayama Prefecture after more than an hour.

Ito Cheng and Athena got off the train, took the city bus, and headed to Nachikatsu Kamamachi.

After arriving at Nachikatsu Kamamachi after a period of turbulence, Ito Cheng took Athena into Mt. Nachi and went to the most famous building in the mountain - Feitaki Shrine.

"What are we going to do there?" At this time, Athena finally couldn't control her doubts and asked.

"Borrow the waterfall there." Ito Cheng replied with a smile.

"Waterfall?" Athena repeated.

"Well. If you want to advance your mental power, you must first use some methods to temper your mental power and purify and improve your mental power. In your current state, there are only two ways. can help you complete this step," Ito Cheng explained.

"First, let me take action and use my mental power to put pressure on you. But this method has some drawbacks, that is, the competition between mental power and mental power is very dangerous, especially when the gap between us is so big. It could easily hurt you."

"The second one is to use the falling force of the waterfall to exercise. Although the effect is not as fast and effective as the first one, it is better because it is safe and the variables are controllable."

"That's it..." Athena said suddenly. (To be continued...)