56: Chapter 56 Xiao Wu Has Me in Her Heart

"Chen Shanzhi, get the hell out of here!"

Chen Shanzhi's thoughts were still immersed in the infinite regret of how he could have finished the job if he had just been a bit more forceful a moment ago.

Suddenly, he felt a violent surge of True Yuan erupt against his chest without any warning!

Bang!

Chen Shanzhi let out a miserable cry as he was sent flying out of the Heaven-rank room like a kite with its string cut, drawing a graceful parabola in the air.

Immediately after, with a loud boom, the two carved wooden doors were slammed shut by a massive force.

Chen Shanzhi was plastered against the corridor wall in a spread-eagle shape before sliding to the floor like a rag doll.

"Hiss..."

He grimaced as he struggled to get up, rubbing his aching chest while muttering under his breath:

"Damn it, Jiang Yingrao, you heartless woman! After using me for Dual Cultivation to satisfy yourself, you just wipe your mouth and kick me out!"

The speed at which she changed her face was faster than flipping a page in a book!

But then again...

Chen Shanzhi licked his lips, savoring the taste of the forced kiss from earlier.

The lips of the Demonic Sect Saintess were truly sweet, carrying an indescribable fragrance. Could it be she grew up drinking celestial nectar?

Being blasted out of the room didn't actually make Chen Shanzhi angry.

After all, he had taken enough advantage of her, and the serious business was settled; it was best to quit while he was ahead.

He leaned against the wall, habitually circulating the True Yuan in his body, thinking to give the bruises on his chest a quick treatment.

However, the moment the True Yuan began to flow,

Chen Shanzhi was suddenly stunned!

His eyes widened as he looked inward at the major apertures within his body in disbelief.

"Holy crap?"

He discovered that his seventh major aperture was now completely filled with pure True Yuan!

That sensation of overflowing True Yuan, ready to impact the next major aperture at any moment, was incredibly clear!

"How is this possible?"

Chen Shanzhi thought back carefully.

Last night, in the Secret Realm stone chamber of the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion, after absorbing the starlight rewards for clearing the stage...

Although the vast majority of that starlight energy had been forcibly sucked away by that mysterious clump of golden flame in his Sea of Consciousness,

A small portion had still escaped the net and merged into the major apertures of his body through his Meridians.

At the time, he was in a hurry to study the 'God Forging Art,' so he hadn't paid much attention.

But he never expected that by coming to Yihong Pavilion today,

And having such an extremely deep 'tongue and lip' Dual Cultivation with this Demonic Sect enchantress Jiang Yingrao,

Under the harmony of Yin and Yang, the starlight energy hidden deep within his apertures had been completely triggered and refined!

"Good heavens... I'm already at the Peak of the Xuanguan Seven Apertures?"

Chen Shanzhi couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

According to the original settings of this eroge, his character, the playboy Heir Apparent, actually had mediocre martial talent.

His entire cultivation level was mainly built up using Heaven And Earth Treasures.

But now?

Not only had he gotten a top-tier Cultivation Technique for free and slept with the heroine,

But just by kissing and doing some Dual Cultivation with her, his cultivation level could skyrocket like a rocket!

"So leveling up in this world is actually this damn simple?"

Chen Shanzhi grinned, excitedly patted the dust off his buttocks, and looked out toward the corridor in high spirits.

It didn't look early anymore.

Since his cultivation had reached the Peak Bottleneck of the Xuanguan Seven Apertures, it was time to head to the small courtyard in the east of the city.

He needed to find that shy girl Tang Xiaowu and explore the depths of the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art of the Witch God with her.

With a two-pronged approach, he would strike while the iron was hot, letting Tang Xiaowu circulate her technique and help him Breakthrough to the Xuanguan Eight Apertures in one go!

After all, there were only a few days left until the Four Seas Academy Secret Realm martial arts exercise.

He had to squeeze every available resource dry.

...

Meanwhile.

Inside the Heaven-rank room.

Jiang Yingrao was acting like an ostrich, burying her face firmly under a silk pillow embroidered with mandarin ducks.

On that devastatingly beautiful face, where was the usual coldness and majesty of the Demonic Sect Saintess?

In its place was a bashful red that looked ready to drip blood, along with gnashing anger!

"Chen Shanzhi... you damned rogue! You lecher!"

Jiang Yingrao let out muffled curses from under the pillow.

The thought of being in Chen Shanzhi's arms just now, as that True Yuan carrying the aura of the Yang Parasite frantically circulated and merged in her mouth...

She had... she had actually lost control and reached the heavens right in front of him!

Jiang Yingrao felt a rush of blood to her head, and the sense of anger and shame on her face intensified.

It was too humiliating!

If this got back to the White Lotus Sect, she, the Saintess, might as well find a block of tofu to bash her head against!

But...

Just as she was feeling utterly mortified,

In her mind, she couldn't help but recall that Soul-shivering pleasure of spiritual and physical Dual Cultivation.

It was an extreme bliss she had never experienced in all her years of cultivation.

At this thought, Jiang Yingrao's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

On that small morning path, many more dewdrops had appeared at some point.

"I'm going to die!!"

Jiang Yingrao let out a low cry of shame, her legs snapping shut.

She then pressed the pillow in her hands down hard, trying to completely smother herself in the room.

...

On the other side.

The capital, the small courtyard in the east of the city.

The early morning mist hadn't completely dissipated, and there was a slight chill in the air.

Tang Xiaowu yawned and pushed open her door with a creak, preparing to get some well water from the yard to wash up.

However, as soon as she stepped out,

She froze.

In the courtyard, Tang Liu was standing outside the door like a wooden stake, sporting two massive dark circles under his eyes and holding a steaming oil-paper bundle.

Clearly, he had been waiting here for a long time.

Upon seeing Tang Xiaowu come out, Tang Liu's originally haggard face instantly transformed, piling on an extremely fawning smile.

He stepped forward quickly, presenting the oil-paper bundle to Tang Xiaowu like a treasure, and said with a smile:

"Xiaowu, you're awake? These are your favorite vegetable-filled buns, fresh from Old Li's shop in the west of the city!

I was afraid they wouldn't taste good if they got cold, so I used my True Yuan to keep them warm the whole way. Eat them while they're hot!"

Looking at her sixth brother in front of her, who was smiling broadly and trying his best to please her,

Tang Xiaowu couldn't help but recall the middle of last night.

That hideous face of his, distorted by jealousy as he pointed at her nose and cursed her.

The two faces overlapped, making Tang Xiaowu feel a surge of intense nausea for some reason.

She didn't reach for the bundle of steaming breakfast, but only gave Tang Liu a cold glance, her tone flat and devoid of any emotion:

"No thanks, I'm not hungry."

After saying that, she walked right past Tang Liu and headed straight out of the courtyard gate.

Tang Liu's hand holding the buns froze awkwardly in mid-air.

The fawning smile on his face solidified before he managed to squeeze out a forced dry laugh and hurried to catch up.

"Hey! Xiaowu, how can you not eat breakfast? It's bad for your stomach! How about you just take it and eat it when you're hungry?"

Tang Liu followed behind Tang Xiaowu like an unshakable tail.

He constantly racked his brain for topics, trying to break the awkward icy silence:

"By the way, Xiaowu, the Four Seas Academy martial arts exercise is only a few days away. How are your preparations going? Do you need me to spar with you?"

Faced with Tang Liu's almost humble fawning, Tang Xiaowu's pace didn't even falter.

She walked straight ahead, only offering a few perfunctory responses out of the sentiment of having grown up together:

"It's fine."

"No need, I can practice on my own."

"Just worry about yourself."

The conversation between the two was filled with an extremely stiff sense of disconnection.

Early this morning, many students of Four Seas Academy living nearby were also heading out.

When they saw the two in the alley, one following the other in a bizarre atmosphere, they all wore strange expressions.

In the impressions of these students, Tang Liu and Tang Xiaowu used to be inseparable childhood sweethearts.

Why did it feel like the two were... as distant as enemies today?

Moreover, looking at Tang Liu following behind Tang Xiaowu, bowing and scraping while constantly searching for topics...

These students couldn't help but feel a very strong sense of déjà vu.

This scene looked more and more like a dog frantically wagging its tail for scraps around its master... a simp?

Among the crowd, a few students who usually disliked Tang Liu's aloof attitude couldn't help but laugh secretly.

One of them lowered his voice and mocked to his companion:

"Heh, I knew it! How could a goddess with Tang Xiaowu's stunning looks and perfect figure ever really have a thing for a poor kid like Tang Liu?

Besides having a bit of talent in martial arts, he has no money and no background. What does he have to compete with others?"

Another student, who seemed to know some of the capital's hidden gossip, let out a disdainful scoff upon hearing this and said mysteriously:

"Tsk, what do you know! You're out of the loop!

Tang Xiaowu is now a favorite around the Zhenguo Marquis Heir Apparent, Chen Shanzhi! I heard she was personally escorted back by people from the Heir Apparent's mansion last night!

What kind of noble status does Heir Apparent Chen have? Even a single hair on his leg is thicker than Tang Liu's waist!

How can Tang Liu compare to the Heir Apparent in any way? Look at the lowly way he's chasing after her; he really looks like a damn simp!"

"Hahaha! Exactly, a toad trying to eat swan meat..."

The group looked at each other and let out a round of piercing laughter.

Although these idle gossips weren't loud, in the quiet morning alley, they were clearly heard by Tang Liu.

"The Zhenguo Marquis Heir Apparent's person..."

Tang Liu's footsteps came to a sudden halt, and his eyes instantly turned blood-red!

He stared fixedly at Tang Xiaowu's resolute back, feeling as if a knife were viciously carving out his heart!

The intense sense of humiliation and jealousy caused his whole body to tremble uncontrollably.

His hands clenched tightly, his knuckles turning white!

Splat!

Because of the excessive force,

The bundle of breakfast in his hand was crushed by his bare hand!

The tender bun skin instantly burst, and the green vegetable filling flew out in all directions like hidden weapons!

Some of the vegetable scraps that flew further drew a green parabola in the air.

Coincidentally, they landed right on top of Tang Liu's neatly combed head!

The green patch was extremely conspicuous!

Tang Liu, who was on the verge of extreme rage and going berserk, was completely oblivious to this, still staring fixedly at Tang Xiaowu.

Tang Xiaowu grabbed a few bites of breakfast from a stall at the alley entrance.

Naturally, she had also heard the students' gossip, but she couldn't be bothered to care, let alone speak another word to Tang Liu.

After finishing breakfast, she returned to the courtyard.

Just as she was about to push open the door to her room, she caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye and saw Tang Liu still standing in the yard.

Haggard and with bloodshot eyes, he was staring fixedly at her.

Seeing him like this, a very faint trace of pity finally flashed through Tang Xiaowu's heart.

After all, they were childhood sweethearts who had grown up together.

She sighed, her tone softening slightly as she pointed to Tang Liu's head and said:

"Um... there's something dirty on your head, wipe it off yourself."

After saying that, she didn't linger, pushing the door open and closing it behind her.

Tang Liu was stunned for a moment when he heard Tang Xiaowu's words.

Then, a look of wild joy instantly surged onto his face!

Xiaowu spoke to me! Xiaowu actually cared that I had something dirty on my head!

He hurriedly reached up to touch the top of his head.

He felt something sticky.

He pulled it down to look, and opening his palm, he found it was full of green vegetable leaves.

"Haha..."

Looking at the green stuff in his hand, Tang Liu wasn't angry; instead, he grinned and began to laugh foolishly.

"I knew it! I still have a place in Xiaowu's heart!

She's worried about me! She even noticed the green on my head and reminded me!"

Tang Liu stood in the yard like a fool, looking at the green vegetable leaves in his hand while feeling incredibly smug.