Chapter 399: Killing Two Birds With One Stone
Luo Wusheng's plan for a pleasant dream failed.
He hadn't even been asleep for long—hadn't even had the chance to start dreaming—before he was abruptly awakened.
As he yawned and sleepily opened his eyes, the first thing he saw in the dark room was an extraordinarily beautiful face, adorably puffed up in anger.
Then, his gaze lowered… and saw a seemingly ordinary wooden sword pressed right up against his neck.
His mind instantly snapped awake.
Then, his face began twitching violently.
"Wait, you actually brought your sword over here?!"
"Hmph."
The Sword Fairy, now kneeling straddled over his chest and looking down at him, turned her little head away with a pout—completely silent, as if sulking.
'Was that really necessary? It was just… just cutting a chapter at a tense moment. She actually—'
Wait a minute!
Though his just-woken mind was still groggy, Luo Wusheng quickly realized something was off.
"No, hold on. My adorable Yuli, how did you even get in here? And how did I not notice anything at all?"
This didn't make sense.
What was his cultivation level again?
Even an ordinary peak Golden Core realm cultivator in a deep sleep would become instantly alert if someone approached.
Even if Yuliu didn't harbor any murderous intent or emit killing intent to trigger his danger sense, she only had late stage Foundation Establishment realm cultivation—how did she climb into his bed and press a sword to his neck without him waking up?
Did the original protagonist get another cheat?
On the other side, hearing Luo Wusheng's question, the Sword Fairy sheathed the Sword Ancestor's wooden sword and raised her chin proudly.
"You want to know? Well, I'm not telling you!"
She still looked angry, but there was a glint of smugness in her posture.
Hmph! Let him feel what it's like to want to know something and not get an answer for it for once!
Just because he said things like: "I'm going to sleep. I'm not telling. If you have a problem, bring your sword and come to my room to cut me."
Did he really think she wouldn't come?
'Hmph! Honestly, I wasn't planning on revealing this new ability so early….'
But that guy was just so damn punchable. She couldn't help herself.
Especially when he ended his story right at the most agonizing part on purpose. Just thinking about the unknown continuation and his deliberate teasing made Little Yuli's fists tighten in rage.
So she—
"You used a new technique from the Sword Ancestor's inheritance?" Luo Wusheng muttered, clearly musing to himself. "Tsk, as expected of the ancestor of the Sword Sect, she's a true ancient powerhouse. I can't believe the inheritance included a technique like this… it's definitely more reliable than the last one."
His tone was thoughtful and casual—but it immediately froze the expression on Lu Yuliu's face.
He had already figured out that much?
The smugness faded from her expression, replaced by a tinge of embarrassment.
And when he mentioned "the last one"… Scenes from that time in the Sword Ancestor's secret realm flashed through her mind, and her already-annoyed face flushed red with shame.
Seeing she wasn't replying, Luo Wusheng—now fully awake—swept his gaze across the room.
"Hmm… There's no signs of the doors or windows opening, my Junior Sister didn't notice anything, and you don't look like someone who'd sneak in…"
"There's no fluctuation of the essence of heaven and earth, so it wasn't true teleportation. It must've been a near-instantaneous movement te—wait! Don't hit me! You'll—"
The Demon Sect's Holy Saint's voice came to a sudden stop.
There was a bit of commotion in the room… but it quickly quieted down.
Occasionally, the wooden bed creaked, accompanied by a young girl's soft, pained whimpers.
...
A dim lamp was lit, casting a warm glow around the room.
Under the flickering light, a young man and woman now sat facing each other on the bed.
"…I told you not to hit me. You regret it now, don't you?"
"I don't regret it."
The stubborn Sword Fairy mumbled softly, biting her lip hard.
Her once-soft and fair little hands were now flushed red—but the young man in front of her gently held them in his palms, circulating spiritual energy to gradually restore them to their original color.
Luo Wusheng looked helpless and amused all at once.
This girl had learned all the wrong things—copying those adorable "little fists pounding the chest" moves…
Did she really think her tiny punches could hurt someone whose body was strong enough to withstand attacks even from Nascent Soul cultivators?
She had been in such a hurry to hit him that he'd only just woken up and didn't even have time to restrain the strength in his physical body or dispel the rebound force.
'Forget it… it's not a big deal anyway.'
Gently massaging the small hand in his own, Luo Wusheng looked at the girl still turning her head away, only stealing occasional glances at him from the corner of her eye, and smiled helplessly.
"Alright, alright. You actually came all the way over here with your sword just to hear the rest of the story—how could I not finish telling it to you?"
Upon hearing this, Little Yuli, who had traveled across the "internet cable" just to challenge him in real life, shifted her head back a little… only to turn it away again, her cheeks slightly flushed.
"I—I didn't come all this way just to hear your story… I had something else to do…"
…
Luo Wusheng ended up telling her stories for the entire night.
She insisted it wasn't the reason she came—but her honest body told a different story.
Still, it wasn't entirely false that she had something else to do.
'So what exactly is this thing…?'
Now standing in the courtyard of his own residence, Luo Wusheng held up his right hand beneath the light of the newly risen sun.
As spiritual energy flowed, a small sword-shaped mark appeared on the back of his hand, glowing faintly in the morning light.
"Just from the appearance, it's pretty similar to the sword mark that appeared between Little Yuli's brows when she received the Sword Ancestor's inheritance from that broken sword. It gives off the same faint glow…"
But beyond that… he didn't feel anything.
Could it be just for decoration?
Luo Wusheng recalled the moment when the girl had left it with him.
At the time, Yuliu had asked him to place his hand on her forehead. After a short moment, this sword mark had appeared—and as long as he channeled spiritual energy into it, the mark would become visible and emit a soft glow.
Thinking about it like that, it was definitely connected to the mark that had once appeared on the Sword Fairy's forehead.
Unfortunately, that stubborn girl refused to say what this thing actually did.
When the sky began to brighten, and she had gotten her fill of the story, she happily skipped back to her own room.
'Oh well. I'll just coax the answer out of her later—it won't be too hard.'
As for now, he had other things to deal with.
Luo Wusheng's thoughts shifted, but his gaze turned first toward his Junior Sister's room.
The little demoness was doing who knows what behind sealed space-isolating barriers—completely cutting off any means of detection.
"She's probably preparing some unknown method to quickly accelerate the Predestined Effect's progress…"
He still didn't know exactly what that Predestined Effect entailed… But judging from some of her earlier "bond-forming" behaviors, the specifics were probably something that could easily stir the imagination.
There's no point dwelling on it.
Luo Wusheng stepped out of the residence.
Today, he planned to officially open the Wandering Immortal Inn.
That way, once his Shuangxue completed her preparations and arrived secretly in the capital, she could stay in this inn—maxed out with anti-surveillance capabilities—and carry out their plans accordingly.
Not to mention, within the inn he could also… do that, with her.
Mm. It's like killing two birds with one stone.
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