Chapter 59 - Where Did You Learn That From?
"So, what's the situation over there?"
Looking at Su Huanhuan returning to the bamboo forest, Luo He, who was sitting by the river looking at the sky out of boredom, asked her.
It was a pity that in the end, Su Huanhuan still didn't manage to bring back that half of the Autumn Maiden Sword; who knew that Gu Jing would be so unreasonable.
After listening to her talk for so long, when Su Huanhuan asked her for the sword, she just pretended she hadn't heard and turned and left.
If she weren't at the Spirit Transformation Stage, Su Huanhuan would have long since tried to snatch it.
Hateful.
Thinking of this, Su Huanhuan couldn't help but want to say a few bad things about Gu Jing.
She sat down beside Luo He and said to him:
"You know, that Boss Hua really is a bit like that Senior Sister Gu of yours, who's all benevolent and serene."
"Both have an appearance that looks gentle, graceful, and poised, but in the end, their hearts are as fragile and sensitive as a rabbit's; when they encounter danger, they just play dead."
"This time, if I hadn't gone to help out, I estimate she would have stood there stunned like a fool for who knows how long."
"Is that so."
Although he didn't know what Su Huanhuan was specifically talking about, it sounded like the problem had apparently been solved.
"That's very bad."
The rabbit in his arms had run back again. It seemed to have sensed Luo He's presence and was a little reluctant to leave.
At this moment, it was butting its head against him continuously, a little excessively enthusiastic.
Luo He, while stroking it, said faintly.
"You don't have any thoughts on it?"
"I wasn't even involved, what thoughts would I have."
"However..."
Luo He tilted his head and thought for a moment.
"Senior Sister Gu is indeed someone who is good at torturing herself."
She had always used guilt to flog herself.
But Luo He had actually never expected her to uphold justice for him.
So-called shame is a name tag that cannot be stuck onto a despicable person.
If from the beginning she had just regarded it as a matter that had nothing to do with her, how could there have been so much embarrassment and pain?
Luo He shook his head.
However, this was ultimately a matter of the past, and also people of the past.
There was no need to get hung up on these things now.
"How is your condition now?"
"Me?"
Su Huanhuan looked at Luo He, her eyes revealing a playful look never seen before.
"Thanks to you, Great Sir Luo He, much better than six years ago.”
"You can be so familiar with my body, and I can be so compatible with your form... Frankly speaking, I never used to believe in fate, but now I believe in it a little."
"How can there be such a coincidental thing in this world?"
"Is that so."
From her tone, it seemed she believed this was a rather perfect coincidence.
However…
According to Luo He's own speculation, his operation of acting as a cultivation booster for someone could, with high probability, also be performed on others.
And, uh, if the other person's talent was better, perhaps the effect would also be better.
Of course, Luo He would not tell Su Huanhuan this.
"Although I eliminated the traces on those few pursuers, after resting for this long, their side should have just about noticed... So, I think it's about time to set off."
Moreover, the matter on Gu Jing's side was also resolved; there was indeed no need to remain in Xianfeng City.
"Alright, where to next?"
"North, into the territory of Yedu. There is an Immortal's tomb there. Inside, there might be something I need, called Star Essence Molten Iron."
"Isn't that blood pool very arrogant? My first step is to use that thing to forge a cauldron to put it in... and slowly stew it into congee!"
"Good."
Looking at Su Huanhuan's confident expression, Luo He also smiled.
Although he wasn't too clear where Yedu was, nor was he too clear what Star Essence Molten Iron was, seeing her like this, he was also quite happy.
"...Luo He."
"Mm?"
"Although it's a bit strange for a deviant like me to say it, this world, although rotten, always has some beautiful and interesting places."
"You follow me, and I'll take you to see them."
"Alright."
...
Liu Miao didn't know what that elder sister in red had said to Boss Hua after separating her and going inside that day.
But she learned that elder sister in red's name was Su Huanhuan.
Since Su Huanhuan left, she felt that there had been some changes in Boss Hua.
What exactly, she couldn't say clearly, but she felt it should be a good change.
The Boss Hua from before, although she had always had a gentle appearance towards them, often gave off a feeling…
that she wasn't looking at them, her gaze wandering and uncertain, seeming completely lost.
The current Boss Hua still seemed as if she wasn't looking at them, but her gaze was no longer wandering and uncertain.
Liu Miao could feel that Boss Hua was looking in one direction.
However…
This also meant that Boss Hua was going to leave.
She personally dismantled her flower room; those flowers, the building, all of it, was gone.
All that was left there was that Wutong tree... oh, and that small grave mound.
She said she was going to leave Xianfeng City and would most likely not be coming back.
This made Liu Miao a little sad.
She had told Boss Hua about learning an absorption heart method from someone else; after Boss Hua examined her and found no problems, she didn't ask any more about it.
These past few days, Liu Miao had felt the spiritual energy within her body was quite abundant, to the point where it was difficult to absorb any more from the outside world into her body.
So she began to think about the uses of spiritual energy, and after thinking it over and over... what she could think of was Luo He's sword strike that she had secretly watched in the bamboo forest back then.
After so many days of recalling, practicing, and imitating... she had finally learned how to slash out with spiritual energy like Luo He.
And now, she planned to show this sword strike to Boss Hua before she left.
Because this might be the last time she could pester Boss Hua with questions.
Liu Miao took a deep breath.
At this moment, she stood on the former site of the flower room; now, it was just an empty plot of land.
Boss Hua sat to one side, looking at her with gentle eyes and brows.
In her hand, she held a straight wooden stick; because she had no sword, this was the most sword-like thing she could find.
Liu Miao once again continuously replayed in her mind the sight of Luo He drawing his sword that she had seen back then…
That sharpness, that quietness, that precision, that flawless feeling of never causing wasteful excess of spiritual energy…
Liu Miao felt a profound insight emerge from her heart. She looked at a withered leaf falling from the Wutong tree, and the wooden stick in her hand moved with her heart.
She leaped up lightly, a wave of ethereal and silent spiritual energy fluctuated, and then she landed gracefully.
That withered leaf still fell as usual, but when a gust of wind blew, the withered leaf split into two halves.
Standing on the ground again, Liu Miao felt the spiritual energy that was originally in surplus within her body suddenly scatter to every corner of her body, transforming into the cornerstone of her meridians.
In the near future, she would only then learn that this feeling was called Foundation Establishment; she had, by observing Luo He's sword strike, successfully established her foundation.
But at this moment, she had not yet realized what this meant.
She just stared, adorably dazed, as Boss Hua abruptly rose from her seat, walked before her step by step, and grabbed her shoulders.
"This sword of yours..."
"Where did you learn it from?”