20: My brother doesn't want to die.

Was it an illusion?

Looking at Jiang Susu's well-behaved appearance, Chen Qingxuan really couldn't figure out where the danger lay, and simply assumed it was a psychological shadow left by that Little Pitiful One, Huang Qingxue.

Two days later.

Jiang Susu stopped her Cultivation, a strange light flashing through her eyes.

“Brother...”

The Little Girl opened her cherry-like mouth, the luster on her lips shimmering with surprise.

After two days of Cultivation, not only had the world in her eyes undergone a massive change, but she had also captured a very special power.

With a thought, the Nine Profound Pupils activated!

“These are your Nine Profound Pupils. As long as you properly Cultivate the Cultivation Technique I gave you, you'll be able to develop even more powerful effects in the future...” Chen Qingxuan saw the young girl's confusion and explained with a smile.

Jiang Susu's beautiful eyes sparkled as she listened. “Brother, then is Susu's talent considered high?”

Chen Qingxuan nodded. “Of course, to have such progress in just two days, your future is limitless!”

“Heehee, Susu didn't hold Brother back~”

Jiang Susu was happy from the bottom of her heart.

Then, she looked at Chen Qingxuan expectantly. “Brother... can Susu have a reward?”

“A reward?”

Chen Qingxuan was stunned for a moment.

Under his questioning, Jiang Susu revealed her little plan. “Last time Brother took me flying in the sky, because of those things... Susu didn't get to experience it properly... Can Brother use that sword to take Susu flying one more time... please?”

“Of course!” Meeting the Little Girl's bright, watery eyes, Chen Qingxuan agreed readily.

He was even a little secretly delighted.

Sword-riding flight was such a flashy method; it was like catching a hundred-pound fish—if someone strikes up a conversation while you're walking down the street, would you think it's a waste of time?

Of course not.

When it's time to show off, you show off; otherwise, what's the point of having it?

Little did he know;

Jiang Susu had an ulterior motive.

Whoosh—

As Chen Qingxuan summoned the divine phoenix sword and carried the young girl through the Void Realm, he didn't forget to introduce it proudly. “Relax, Susu. Brother's sword is no simple thing. Even if you jump around on it, you don't have to worry about falling...”

Just as Chen Qingxuan was still immersed in showing off, in the next moment, an unexpected scene occurred—

“Brother is so amazing~”

Jiang Susu beamed with joy and suddenly hugged him from behind.

“Eh?”

Chen Qingxuan instantly froze, turned to stone.

Following that was a surge of guilt from the bottom of his heart, and he looked around like a thief.

No one saw that, right?

Jiang Susu tilted her head and looked at him. “Brother, you're shaking so hard!”

“...Nonsense.”

After Chen Qingxuan snapped out of it, he irritably pried the small hands off his waist. “Susu, this isn't right... there should be a distance between men and women... especially outside. If someone sees us, I won't be able to explain it.”

“Explain what?” Jiang Susu blinked her large, watery eyes. “I'm your future wife!”

Pfft—

Chen Qingxuan almost fell off the sword.

What the hell do you mean, wife?

When you become the Eastern Land Mystic Maiden... you'll probably want to kill me!

As the saying goes, children's words carry no weight, so Chen Qingxuan naturally didn't take it seriously;

He was even worried that these words might lead Jiang Susu to want to kill him to erase a stain from her past after she became the Eastern Land Mystic Maiden.

In the treacherous, dog-eat-dog world of cultivation, for a woman to eventually dominate a region, besides the essential talent for Cultivation;

which one of them would be a pushover?

At least in Chen Qingxuan's mind, they were far less kind than those good girls who worked to put their brothers through school, pay for their mother's medical bills, or settle their father's gambling debts.

So he had long thought that after contracting enough talent, he would change his name and live in seclusion with his beauties.

With money, looks, and strength, why bother with the Immortal Qi of the cultivation world?

Jiang Susu pursed her lips. “Brother... do you not like Susu?”

“How would I dare to like you?”

“...”

Hearing this, a mist of tears immediately filled Jiang Susu's large eyes.

“No... Brother didn't mean it like that... I meant we can talk about it later.” Realizing he had spoken too quickly, Chen Qingxuan hurriedly tried to make amends gently.

“Brother... you said you wouldn't leave Susu... if you lie to Susu...” As she spoke, Jiang Susu grabbed the corner of Chen Qingxuan's clothes. “Susu will be unhappy... I will hate Brother!”

“Fine, fine, fine, Brother won't lie to you.”

Chen Qingxuan didn't take it seriously and just brushed it off.

After all, the Little Girl was about to cry; what else could he say? He had to soothe her first.

It didn't matter anyway.

“Little Fellow Daoist, that sword of yours is quite nice!”

Just then, a figure appeared ahead, blocking their path.

“And Senior is?”

Chen Qingxuan looked up and saw an old man with silver-white hair and beard, looking like an Immortal. He wore a simple white robe, yet it couldn't hide a certain sense of pressure.

“You may call this old man the Wandering Immortal!” The old man stroked his silver beard and said kindly, “I wonder which power you come from, little Fellow Daoist?”

Noticing the old man's gaze sizing up the divine phoenix sword, Chen Qingxuan had already sensed something. “My father won't let me say. Wandering Fairy... bah, Senior Wandering Immortal, this Junior will take his leave now.”

“Wait!”

The old man hurriedly stopped them and looked at Jiang Susu with a beaming smile. “Little Girl, why don't you tell me which power you two are from?”

Jiang Susu was young but not stupid. She immediately shook her head. “Father-in-law won't let me say.”

“Cough, cough!”

Chen Qingxuan instantly felt that he was finished.

“Oh?”

In the next moment, the old man indeed looked at Chen Qingxuan with great interest. “You look decent enough, but I didn't expect you to be a little beast who wouldn't even let go of such a young girl. It seems today this old man must act on behalf of heaven.”

Boom—

As he spoke, a terrifying Profound Power erupted from his body, to the point that even Chen Qingxuan couldn't detect his Realm.

Damn, this is a real expert!

“I don't need your help.”

Seeing this, Jiang Susu spoke up urgently.

“Stop talking, Susu.” Chen Qingxuan had a massive headache, then looked at the old man in front of him. “Old man, if you want to steal the sword, just say so. Don't give me that bullshit about serving the weak!”

“Haha.”

Hearing this, the old man laughed instead of getting angry, completely dropping the act. “Kid, put down that sword. It's not something you can possess... perhaps then I can spare your life.”

Chen Qingxuan didn't panic at all; instead, he shouted behind the man, “Dad, it seems he really hasn't noticed you!”

“What?”

The old man was shocked and quickly turned his head to look behind him.

But there was nothing behind him.

By the time he turned back, the front was empty too.

At that moment, Chen Qingxuan had already steered the divine phoenix sword around, carrying Jiang Susu hundreds of feet away.

“Good kid, you dare trick me!”

Realizing he had been duped, the old man chased after them without hesitation.

On the divine phoenix sword, Jiang Susu watched the pursuing old man and gripped Chen Qingxuan tightly. “Susu isn't afraid if I can die together with Brother!”

Chen Qingxuan looked down at her. “Don't talk nonsense, Brother doesn't want to die.”