Once her friends were gone, Wu Long looked at Luo Mingyu who seed to be pondering about sothing.
"It is unexpected of a young lady like you to have such an outlook on martial arts, especially since you explicitly stated that you do not wish to pursue it"
He said with a tone of appreciation.
Despite her naivety in interactions with people and recognizing their motives, he did admire her rather mature perspective on the question raised earlier given her upbringing and how sheltered she seed to be.
"I am only able to have such a stance now that I am being targeted and can do nothing but hide behind people who protect . It was not always so"
She said, and he now was even more appreciative of her since her introspection allowed her to see her flaws and her insight as well as her honesty allowed her to not deny them.
"It actually allowed to take a big step forward and that is why I was able to breakthrough into the Qi Condensation Realm and even reach 2nd level almost in days"
She then said in a happy tone. As Dao Cultivators required achievents in their comprehension of Dao to cultivate, they could potentially beco stuck quite easily if they were stuck in their ntal realm, but as long as their ntal realm rose they could advance a lot easier than others, and a sudden enlightennt could take one even an entire Major Realm forward without worrying about an unstable cultivation base.
"Do you think I was correct?"
She suddenly asked.
"I cannot say for sure"
"Why is that? Can you give your reasoning?"
"The Dao is formless"
Wu Long simply replied as he decided to give her a little helping hand on her path that was bound to be bitter. He was also very interested now that he saw her level of introspection about what this helping hand could give her.
She seed a bit taken by surprise at his not-straight answer, but then a little sour as she took his answer as a mocking. This part of a very famous axiom was not sothing she could be stumbled by.
On the next day when Wu Long started to follow Luo Mingyu and that Dao discussion was held, one of the capital guard commanders ca to check up on the periter, and also to ask Luo Mingyu if she noticed anything suspicious.
When Wu Long saw the fiery red hair from the distance, he smiled and waved at the surprised beautiful commander.
"Sister Feng Yi!"
Luo Mingyu greeted the commander, Feng Yi in a familiar way.
"Mingyu, how have you been? ... and ... it's you?"
Feng Yi smiled at the young lady and then shifted her eyes to Wu Long, who she did not expect to see here.
"Hello, pretty lady, it seems we et again. Thank you for your help, by the way"
Wu Long replied with a charming smile.
"Hmph, flattery won't get you anywhere. I just did my duty"
She said, not batting an eye. She was indeed sowhat surprised by his appearance, but that was just an initial surprise and she was now completely composed.
"You know each other?"
Luo Mingyu looked at them in confusion, it seed that Wu Long was a fairly widely known person. The two explained how they t, and Luo Mingyu explained to the puzzled Feng Yi why Wu Long was around her. When she heard of his supposed prowess, shock and disbelief appeared on her face. She herself was one of the most powerful practitioners in the kingdom excluding sects that were located within the borders with her Revolving Qi Realm. To kill people at the Revolving Qi Realm while being in the Qi Gathering Realm was sothing truly unbelievable.
But since it ca from Luo Mingyu, who heard it directly from an elder of the Frozen Garden Palace, she had no choice but to believe it, she also did feel when she first t him that he was a tough opponent, that she could not accurately gauge the strength of.
They talked a bit more, and then she left. She would visit like that sotis each day, sotis with a day in between it seems.
A week passed since then, and Luo Mingyu started to show signs of fatigue. She would go to sleep, and Wu Long's voice would sound with the phrase "The Dao is formless" over and over again in her mind.
She heard and read that phrase from a famous axiom of 'Dao is formless, soundless, and is incorporeal' many tis in her life. It was basic knowledge that any novice would first learn.
But in his voice and tone when he said those words, there was sothing ancient and profound, sothing she could not completely grasp.
She would sit up on her bed in frustration and start pondering until it was morning and her classes would start, giving her no ti to sleep.
anwhile, Feng Yi's visits would continue as they have before Wu Long arrived. Her family was one of the three pillars of stability for the kingdom. The Luo family of scholars, the Feng family of warriors, and the Nin family of rchants. Thus Luo Mingyu was very close to Feng Yi as she always looked up to her from early childhood.
One day, Feng Yi showed up late in the evening at the door to Wu Long's small house in the Luo Family Manor.
As he opened the door and looked at her with a question in his eyes, she folded her hands below her chest and looked at him with a challenge in her expression.
"So? Are you going to make a move or not?"
She said to him, dropping any greetings.
"What do you an?"
Wu Long replied as if he did not know what she ant.
"Cut the crap, I saw the gaze you gave , and your subtle hints did not escape either. Are we going to do it or not?"
She responded a little impatiently as she did not like to beat around the bush. During the visits, she saw how Wu Long looked at her, and she has lived enough not to know what that look ant.
"Co in"
He smiled, and let her inside, closing the door behind her.
She went to the center of the room and looked around a bit without much interest as this was a temporary dwelling provided to those helping to protect Luo Mingyu.
"You are quite bold in coming here yourself, not that I do not like it"
Wu Long said to her with a smile as she turned back to him.
"Hmph, I know what I want and am not shy to show it"
She said proudly. Her attitude toward Wu Long during the visits to Luo Mingyu was mostly cold and sowhat indifferent on the outside, but as she looked at his gaze and his handso appearance, coupled with his strength, she found him more and more attractive. Despite her beautiful appearance, not many n looked at her as a woman in this kingdom, because she was stronger than any of them. She was one of the five strongest people here, three of which were related to her by blood and the other being an old man. So seeing the look that made her feel coveted after so many years since it happened last ti when she was still not as strong, made her impatient to grasp this chance.
"Are you sure you want to do this? I may not be the one who should be saying this, but giving your Pure Yin Essence away is a one-ti act, and is irreversible"
"Are you looking down on ? I would not have co here if I was not sure. It's not like I am not interested in n because of my profession, I just never encountered any decent n except my father and brothers"
"Does that imply you consider a decent man?"
"You are passable, I guess"
"Heh, what an honor"
He looked at her with a chuckle and went a little closer.
"Though I am quite possessive and if you really beco my woman I will have to take you away from here eventually"
"Hmph, it depends if you can make your woman first, who knows if you will disappoint "
"Disappoint? Now that's sothing I have not heard in a long ti. This provocation may cost you, you know?"
Wu Long's smile widened at her words, and a slightly dangerous light appeared in his eyes, as that was a challenge he could not simply ignore.
"Heh, what confidence. I really want to see if it is empty or not"
She replied doubling down. While she did find Wu Long attractive and wanted to grasp the chance to finally experience the touch of a man, she was not a little girl in love, so she did not feel like giving him too much face and acting all submissive. She would probably not do so even to a man she was madly in love with.
"Hmm~, I see..."
For the first ti in all half a year since he has awakened in this world, the eyes of not Wu Long the mortal, but eyes of the God of Pleasure looked at a woman, as he accepted this challenge. A slight shiver of unknown origin went through her as she sensed an almost imperceptible change in his atmosphere.
"Let's start then, why don't you get out of that armor first?"
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