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Published at 23rd of October 2023 08:03:49 AM


Chapter 40

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Listening to the pleasant tune of the zither with the warm breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers, Shu Yu sat comfortably in Shu Yu’s embrace, nodding off to sleep.

Drowsily, she felt something tickle her face, she even thought it was Fu Wang messing with her, but when she opened her eyes, she noticed Fu Wang’s eyes were lowered and he was focused on playing his zither. The ticklish feeling on her face was due to some petals that had fallen from the flower trees looming over them.

Shu Yu leaned against Fu Wang’s chest, tilting her head to look at the flowering trees in full bloom above their heads. She held out a hand and flicked out a ray of spiritual energy, hitting some tiny light-pink flowers on the branches, those flowers slowly fluttered down and landed right on Shu Yu’s palm. Shu Yu distractedly fiddled with the flowers in her hand, sometimes putting them on the tip of her nose to smell them, looking content while entertaining herself.

Meanwhile, Fu Wang played his zither leisurely, occasionally glancing at the well-behaved Shu Yu in his arms. He watched her cover her mouth and yawn, blearily squinting for a while, and after completely waking up she started playing with flowers. At this moment, Fu Wang felt tranquility in his heart, even the devil qi churning inside him had calmed down.

The reason why the two were comfortably sitting here enjoying the flowers and playing the zither, was because, after the arrival of spring, many places in the secret realm had turned into seas of flowers, and the sceneries became extremely breathtaking. While Shu Yu was sparring against someone, she happened to see an unknown flower forest and remembered the branch of peach blossoms Fu Wang had gifted her not long ago, and suddenly, she wanted to prepare a date.

Thus, with a slightly blushing face, she wrote down an invitation and shoved it towards Fu Wang, who had come out of their room after cultivating overnight. Shu Yu’s face was still very thin and there were many things she couldn’t say, she was more used to writing them down. Anyhow, the reason was probably that modern time’s technology was very advanced and used so many social apps, so there weren’t many chances to practice speaking face to face!

Of course, Fu Wang was surprised when he received the letter, but most important was the tenderness that suddenly hit him in the heart. Every time Shu Yu took the initiative, he would always feel this way, and at the time he agreed with a smile. His gaze made Shu Yu’s legs weak, and she couldn’t help but sigh that Fu Wang’s charm had become stronger again.

Since the two of them met, they have been working hard to improve themselves, learning all kinds of things with no moment for respite; speaking of, they have never had an official date either. Thinking about it, they agreed they should relax for once, and the two decided to take a day off and do nothing but admire flowers together.

In the morning, the two arrived at the flower forest Shu Yu found. The vast continuous stretch of crimson, light reds, light pinks, and whites was indeed beautiful, and what was rare was that there were no traces of demonic beasts or other demons around. This was a peaceful and serene place.

Fu Wang generously set down a formation that enveloped the whole forest, ensuring they wouldn’t be disturbed by demonic beasts or other demons’ prying eyes, and then he and Shu Yu took a leisurely walk in the forest. On their walk, Shu Yu would see beautifully blooming flowers and take them down, making a bouquet of flowers for Fu Wang.

Fu Wang, who received the flowers, originally wanted to use some kind of formation to preserve the bouquet, but Shu Yu thought for a bit, and then suggested seriously, “Actually, I think making these flowers into snacks and eating them will be more meaningful.”

Fu Wang readily accepted the suggestion, putting away the flowers and promising to make delicious snacks for her when they returned. The two got entangled in a friendly and harmonious discussion about what kind of snacks they could turn the flowers into, and what kind of flavors to make.

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The sun shining upon them was warm. Shu Yu’s hand was held by Fu Wang as they walked for a while. She heard his gentle murmuring voice speaking next to her ears and felt her eyelids were particularly heavy, this was comparable to her history teacher’s hypnosis in a summer noon during high school. Of course, the difference was that back then it was scary to get sleepy, and now she felt safe getting sleepy.

As he spoke with her, Fu Wang noticed that she was getting fast sleep while walking and could only shake his head in amusement and find a place for her to rest. He laid a brocade mat beneath a pink flower tree, settling Shu Yu in his arms to let her take a break.

The sunlight shining through the gaps of the flowers was warm and not searing at all, but after lying down like this Shu Yu couldn’t fall asleep. She lay limp on top of Fu Wang and tried to doze, but she still ended up opening her eyes.

“Can’t sleep?”

“Mn.”

“Then how about I play the zither for you?”

“Okay, yes, good!” Shu Yu agreed unanimously, watching as Fu Wang took out his zither, lit up some incense, and started playing the zither with great elegance. She propped her head on one hand and stared at how Fu Wang’s hands moved over the strings and sighed in her heart; she didn’t know how Fu Wang could’ve learned so many skills, didn’t he get tired?

Although she already knew he was capable of many things, every time she saw it, she still couldn’t help feeling admiration for him! It was like she had regained the amazement she first felt years back, when she first read this novel and learned about his character and decided she had found her Idol in him.

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“Xiao-Yu, your eyes seem a little strange?”

“Hnnng, I really love you!”

Fu Wang was just taking note of Shu Yu’s unusual gaze and opened his mouth to tease her a little, he didn’t expect to hear these words being spoken without a hint of hesitation, and immediately his hands faltered and missed a tune.

It should be known that after they confessed their feelings, he wheedled at her for a long time and still couldn’t hear these words, but now he just heard them out of nowhere, thus his expression became stunned.

Shu Yu came back to her senses and realized what she had blurted, and couldn’t help her chagrined face, but upon seeing Fu Wang’s face changing, she instantly felt guilty. Was it because she rarely said these kinds of words? For it to shock the ever-poised Fu Wang, she suddenly felt she was being a bit negligent as a girlfriend.

Thanks to the personal experiences of countless seniors, whether it be the shining moonlight, the warmth under the sun, or an environment where they were surrounded by flowers, they were all suitable for confessions. Thus, in this pink atmosphere that was very suitable for zither playing and romance, Shu Yu didn’t hunker down and instead showed an unusual assertiveness. One of her hands touched Fu Wang’s face as she earnestly confessed: “I love you.”

Although her voice could still be considered calm, her face was undeniably flushing red.

Fu Wang didn’t know the words nor the meaning of “Gap Moe”, but right now, he was experiencing the true essence of it. He adored Shu Yu’s earnestness as well as her bashfulness.

Shu Yu: “H-Hey? Wait, we’re outside! What are you going to do in broad daylight!”

Fu Wang: “Just one kiss.”

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Conclusion: When a man said these words he can’t be trusted, even if he usually meant what he said, he will still lie during these situations.

The wind gradually got stronger, shaking down delicate petals all over the ground, it was a beautiful and charming sight to the eye. Wide sleeves splayed out like the wings of a butterfly, and teal, white and red clothes mingled together on the brocade mat, obscuring the two naked bodies embracing each other.

Shu Yu pulled her robes apart and looked at the reddish hickeys on her body. She turned her head to Fu Wang, who was hugging her from the back, and asked, “… Didn’t you say just one kiss?”

Fu Wang affectionately nuzzled her hair, saying, “The weather is so nice.”

Shu Yu: “It’s useless to change the subject, how can you not keep your word.”

Fu Wang hugged the naked person in his arms tightly, blissfully sighing, and conceded, “I was wrong.”

Under the cover of their robes, Shu Yu patted his waist. “It’s good to acknowledge your mistakes and correct them. You can’t lie like this next time.”

Fu Wang: “Okay, I understand.”

After a while, Fu Wang looked down at Shu Yu’s righteous face with a small smile, and asked, “Xiao-Yu, are you sure you want to keep touching?”

Shu Yu: “Ahem, I’m just touching a little.”

Fu Wang: “Oh—?”

Shu Yu saw his mirthful eyes and indignation crept from the edges of her cowardice. “I can’t keep letting you grope me all the time, you have to let me grope you once, too!”

“Of course, as Xiao-Yu wishes.” When Fu Wang finished saying this, his whole demeanor suddenly changed, and his every gesture started exuding a scent akin to aphrodisiac. He slightly pulled open his robes, half-covering and half-revealing his skin, showing the visage of someone ripe for picking. Calling him a succubus wouldn’t be enough to describe him. “As long as you wish for it, you’re welcome to enjoy everything about me whenever you want.”

Shu Yu, who was starting to square up, shrank down. She silently gathered her robes and retreated behind a tree, only showing a pair of eyes that squinted at the sinful seducer.

Seeing Shu Yu like this, Fu Wang couldn’t maintain his expression and suddenly turn his head to the side, covering his face with one hand with his shoulders shaking. A low laugh that couldn’t quite be suppressed leaked from the gaps between his fingers.

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After laughing for a while, he saw the conflicted expression of Shu Yu, who was hiding behind a tree. Fu Wang put on his robe and offered his hand to Shu Yu. “Xiao-Yu, come here.”

Shu Yu took a few glances at his loose robes, seeing the skin so fair it was almost transparent in the sunlight. Tsk, that chest! Her feelings could be summed up in three words: Lick, lick, lick. Naturally, Shu Yu was seduced by the beauty, she approached and was pulled into Fu Wang’s embrace with her back pressed firmly against his chest.

Fu Wang settled her in his arms and started playing a tune. Shu Yu didn’t understand the zither, but she could tell the song Fu Wang was playing now was different from before. The previous song was leisurely and laid back, while this one was vaguely revealing a sense of persisting joy and lightness. It was like she could feel Fu Wang’s mood through the sound of the zither, which was the same as hers.

“Fu Wang, days like these, how much longer can we live them?” Shu Yu suddenly hugged Fu Wang’s waist and asked in a tiny voice.

Fu Wang stopped playing the zither. He put a hand on her back and patted her reassuringly. “For a very long while, long enough that it will only cease when Xiao-Yu gets tired of me.”

“If it’s like that, then it won’t ever end,” Shu Yu said firmly, burying her face in his embrace.

“Mn.” Fu Wang was taken aback, then his expression softened, and he tipped down to kiss the top of her head.

After a while, Shu Yu seemed to have decided something, and suddenly lifted her head and stared at Fu Wang with bright eyes. She said, “After we leave the Clear Wilderness, let’s not return to the Tianfeng Manor, okay? No matter where we go, let it be just the two of us, okay?”

Any who entered the secret realm, the Clear Wilderness, had to stay for a full year before they could leave, and once the one-year period arrived, they would be ejected from the secret realm whether they wanted to or not. If they wanted to enter again, they would have to wait another three months as well.

Once they went out, it was easy to deduce that they will face the members of the Heavenly Fox Clan, who were sent to welcome and escort Tianfeng Jinyu back to the manor, possibly one of the Twelve Elders will also be present.

Fu Wang thought for a while before replying, “What will we do if the Elders make a move at the time? And I’ve always had a nagging suspicion that Tianfeng Jinyu and the Tianfeng Manor might be hiding a huge secret. They likely won’t allow you to vanish without a trace, as I see it.”

The former Tianfeng Jinyu, aside from participating in various martial tournaments and expeditions to secret realms, spent the rest of her time on the Heavenly Center Island of Tianfeng Manor. It was alleged that the Elders of the Fox Clan restricted her from easily leaving Heavenly Center Island due to her tyrannical nature, yet it seemed a bit odd no matter how you looked at it.

Hearing this, Shu Yu’s hopeful expression dimmed, and she lowered her head in silence. She was being impulsive, she knew it wasn’t possible as well, after all their strength was still too diminutive and not enough to fight against a Clan.

But just then, Fu Wang changed his tone and carried on, “But if you don’t want to go back, then let’s think of a way to avoid the eyes of Tianfeng Manor. Just like you said, it will only be the two of us, no matter where we go.”

Unexpectedly, Fu Wang who usually had a clear plan and rarely changed his mind, suddenly said this, and Shu Yu’s eyes widened. Even though she was the one who proposed it, she still couldn’t help but be surprised when Fu Wang actually agreed to her impulsive request, and she was filled with joy afterwards. Fu Wang valued her and was willing to accommodate her more than she initially thought. Involuntarily, she sat up straight and pestered him, “Really? We really don’t need to trouble ourselves with them? But maybe we will be hunted down, what then?”

“Then are you afraid?” Fu Wang asked, smiling.

“I’m not!” Shu Yu immediately shook her head.

“Then, perhaps we can go see other places in the Demonic Realm of Mengze.” Fu Wang smiled while pressing her shoulders.

When he had been within the Qing Fox Clan, in order to climb to a higher position and reap more benefits, he didn’t hesitate to resort to any means. Afterward he went to the Tianfeng Manor and met Shu Yu and had just wanted to use her position. But now looking back on those days, they seemed so very long ago, those memories were dreary and dim as if covered with a layer of dust.

He was no longer obsessed with ephemeral authority and vanity, he had come to realize there were more meaningful things than that. It wasn’t until now, when he heard Shu Yu’s words and the first thought in his mind was to agree without hesitation, that Fu Wang became aware of one thing—— he had, unknowingly, been profoundly changed by Shu Yu to this extent.

But he liked these changes.

“Ah! Fu Wang, I love you!” Shu Yu cheered after receiving his affirmative answer and smeared two big kisses on Fu Wang’s face.

“Then, since it’s still early, one more time?”

“Of course, of course, I’m happy today, so come at me however you please!” Shu Yu waved her hand generously.

After a while.

Shu Yu: Is it too late to take back those words now?

Chapter Description: Jotting down an ordinary date —— Journal.

Author’s Note:

Where is Our Flowing Clouds Cutting Blade? Someone, bring Us this Emperor’s sword right now!

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