Volume 1 Chapter 4: Night Exploration of Strange Abilities

  At night, a bright moon hangs in the sky, shining through layers of obstruction, pouring silver light over the entire earth, casting a layer of cool and clear radiance over this land.

  On a late autumn night, the cold wind was still raging, cutting like a knife on people's skin. No one wanted to venture out into this icy night, except for one person.

  Lin Jinghan pulled her thin cotton-padded jacket closer, and as soon as she came into contact with the cold air, she couldn't help but shiver, "Hmph, it's so cold!"

  To study her supernatural abilities, Lin Jinghuan deliberately chose to come out at this time when no one would disturb her and she wouldn't arouse anyone's suspicion. Of course, if the weather wasn't so cold, it would be perfect.

  "Ugh, this awful weather, I'd better hurry up and get back to my warm bed! Oh, my cozy bed!" Rubbing her hands together, Lin Jinghan muttered to herself as she quietly slipped out of the courtyard under the faint moonlight.

  "I felt the fire element and water element today, now I'll try the metal element, wood element and earth element. If these three can also be clearly felt, then it's basically confirmed. Earth element? Should be land, right?"

  The earth is everywhere, Lin Jinghan stood in the yard, staring at the ground under her feet, but for a long time there was no movement. What's going on? Can't feel the earth element? Lin Jinghan felt a little puzzled, wasn't it what she thought?

  Just as Lin Jinghan was about to give up, she felt a faint yellowish mist rising from the ground beneath her feet. The mist was very thin and yellowish in color, and on such a night, it was hardly visible at all.

  After feeling it, Lin Jinghan finally let out a sigh of relief, stretched out her hand to feel it, and found it was steady and warm, just like the earth.

  But why is it that fire and water elements can be easily sensed, while earth element is so difficult?

  Lin Jinghan was a bit confused, standing in the yard, looking at the ground under her feet, thinking.

  Suddenly, Lin Jinghan's eyes lit up, could it be like this?

  Lin Jiehan suddenly ran to the backyard of the yard, where there were several vegetable fields opened up by Grandma Lin, planting some common small vegetables, which could basically maintain the vegetable output of the orphanage.

  As soon as Lin Jinghuan arrived at the vegetable field, she clearly felt the thick earth element and the lush wood element. A layer of green mist floated on the vegetables, while a thick yellowish-brown mist was present at the roots of the vegetables.

  "That's great, it really is! The yard has become hard and dry because the kids are always jumping on it, the elemental energy has thinned out. But in the vegetable garden, due to fertilization, watering, loosening the soil and removing pests, the elemental energy can maintain its active state."

  Lin Jinghan excitedly summarized, exploring her heterochromia bit by bit. Under close observation, Lin Jinghan also discovered that where the earth element was active, the land became more fertile and the vegetables grew better. The wood element was even more flourishing. Could this be what they called the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint? Wood restrains Earth.

  The wooden element is lively and refreshing, the fire element is warm and explosive, the water element is cool and moist, the earth element is thick and gentle, what's left is the gold element, but what should the gold element be? Metal?

  Having made up her mind, Lin Jinghan headed towards the kitchen, where metal... a kitchen knife should count!

  Picked up the kitchen knife and carefully felt it. Huh? Why is it white? Thought the gold element would be golden!

  A thin layer of white mist swirls above the blade, reaching out to touch it, cool and sharp, this is the feeling of the golden element.

  After experiencing all five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, Lin Jinghuan finally put down her mind and had a certain understanding of her own abilities.

  The five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water are interdependent and interconnected, constantly circulating and transforming. The elements take on a mist-like form, with metal being white, wood green, water blue, fire red, and earth yellow. The density of the mist represents the strength and weakness of the element. She can control and manipulate the elements, but her spiritual energy is not yet strong enough to perform more complex manipulations beyond simple movements.

  Having figured out the superpower she possessed, Lin Jinghuan let out a long sigh of relief. Now the most important thing was how to use her superpower to make money for her grandmother's medical treatment.

  Lin Jinghan began to think about the usage of elemental force in her mind, but her brain was a mess and she couldn't make sense of it for a while, feeling extremely frustrated.

  "Ah-choo!" A sneeze rang out in the endless night, making Lin Jinghan finally realize that her hands and feet had frozen to the point of numbness.

  Breathing heavily to warm her hands, Lin Jinghan finally stopped thinking about the uses of her special abilities. As the saying goes, "A hasty man can't eat hot tofu," and "When the boat reaches the bridgehead, it will naturally go straight." Now, what's most important is that she wants to return to her cozy bed, if she catches a cold again, it would be a disaster!

  Lin Jinghan returned to her room, thinking that with the help of her special ability, she could make more money and cure her grandmother's illness. In her sleep, Lin Jinghan had a happy smile on her face.

  As the night slowly passed, the quiet town began to wake up. The bustling sounds of the market penetrated through layers and reached this side of the orphanage, causing Lin Jinghan, who was sleeping soundly in bed, to frown in dissatisfaction. Just a moment later, Lin Jinghan suddenly sat up from bed, quickly put on her clothes, and walked out of the room.

  The orphanage wasn't big, it was a whole courtyard, somewhat like an old quadrangle courtyard. On the east side there were two rooms, on the west side one room and a kitchen, in the middle was the living room. Now with Lin Jiehan added to the six orphans, Lin Jiehan's age had already grown up, plus her original personality was a bit fierce, a bit willful, and just happened to be in puberty, she refused to let Keke sleep with her, wanting to occupy one room alone, so the west room belonged to her.

  The two rooms on the east side were allocated to a few young people, with one room for boys and one room for girls. However, Principal Lin Wanxin added a partition in the original living room and lived there instead.

  Lin Jinghan got up early, walked into the yard, took a deep breath, although the winter air was very cold, but the morning air is always fresher. She opened her arms, like a big bird about to fly, closed her eyes, and slowly felt this world that made her feel novel now.

  Slowly, the surroundings seemed to have disappeared, without houses, crowds, or noise, quiet and peaceful. Only a few bright colors remained around, rich earthy yellow, fresh emerald green, calm sky blue, distant warm red, and faint, not very visible white. These colors complemented and clashed with each other, just as the saying goes: The Five Elements generate and overcome each other.

  Her mind was empty, Lin Jinghan could clearly feel the joy and attachment of those elements to her, just like a naive child suddenly found someone she could rely on. The corners of Lin Jinghan's mouth slowly rose, with a gentle and happy smile, and the sense of integration between her and those elements gradually increased without her knowledge. Meanwhile, Lin Jinghan's spiritual power, which she was most concerned about, also made rapid progress in this environment.

  It's actually what is called enlightenment in martial arts, only Lin Jinghan didn't know that, she just felt it was very comfortable, like soaking in warm water.

  Suddenly, Lin Jinghan felt that in the direction of the backyard, there seemed to be a particularly strong earth element, very active, and it didn't have the original thickness of the earth element, but instead was warm and moist, somewhat like the water element. This made Lin Jinghan feel very strange, she opened her eyes and looked towards the backyard, just about to go searching when she discovered that the children had all gotten up and were standing under the eaves, looking at her with a dazed expression, not knowing what their sister was doing in the yard?

  "Sister, what's going on..." Lin Tianyi was the first to ask the question that had been on all the children's minds.

  "It's nothing, just taking a breath of fresh air. What time is it now?" Lin Jinghan also felt a bit strange, how did these kids get up so early?

  "It's past eight."

  "What? It's already eight o'clock?" Lin Jinghan exclaimed in surprise, she remembered that it was only six o'clock when she got up, and she had just stood there for a while, had two hours passed?

  "Uh, sister, you still have class today, the leave of absence is only until yesterday." Lin Tianyi's face was expressionless, but his words made Lin Jinghan feel like a thunderstorm on a sunny day.

  Go to school?

  Digression

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