novelraw Chapter 26 : So That’s How You Want to Play, Huh
Chapter 26 : So That’s How You Want to Play, Huh
Chapter 26: So That’s How You Want to Play, Huh
Li Yunqing carried the cleaned fish and had just returned to the campfire beneath the cliff.
Jiang Yu, who had originally been resting with his eyes closed, unexpectedly opened them.
He subconsciously looked toward that delicate and flawless face, and an inexplicable joy arose in his heart.
Yet, fearing that his unusual reaction might be noticed, his gaze shifted, landing on the fish in Li Yunqing’s hands. Struggling to rise, he spoke in a gentle tone, “Let me do it.”
Although he greatly enjoyed being close to Li Yunqing and being cared for by her, there was still a faint unease in his heart.
Especially after this accident—if not for his invitation, staying within the Inner City, she probably would not have encountered such a crisis.
Moreover, she was a young lady raised within the boudoir, soft and delicate, yet she was now doing such things because of him.
“Your injuries?”
Li Yunqing looked at Jiang Yu in surprise, noticing that although there were still bloodstains on his body, he was actually able to stand up normally.
Though his limbs were still somewhat inconvenient, he could move freely.
Did martial artists’ wounds heal this quickly?
“It’s nothing, just minor injuries!”
Jiang Yu replied indifferently, stepping forward toward Li Yunqing, intending to take the two cleaned fish from her hands.
Naturally, he could not tell her that he had been driven to the brink, unwilling to embarrass himself in front of the one he admired, and thus had taken a life-saving medicine.
He had spent the entire afternoon treating his injuries.
“Forget it, just rest peacefully!”
Thinking of Jiang Yu’s injuries, Li Yunqing refused.
After all, he had been severely wounded because of her, refusing to retreat even in the face of death—it could be considered loyalty and righteousness.
Though she looked down on men and was unwilling to grow close to them, she was not so cold-hearted as to fail to distinguish good from bad.
Those who sincerely treated her well, like her father and elder brother, she had never been stingy in repaying.
What she was doing now was merely a trivial matter, not worth fussing over.
She walked to the fire, picked up branches and twigs, and fashioned a simple roasting rack.
Her expression remained calm as she turned the fish over the fire, yet her consciousness sank into her mind, beginning to examine the cultivation pills recorded in the Medicine King Scripture.
As well as the methods of fire control, extraction, and pill condensation recorded within.
“They’re also hand seals, and extremely complex.”
The fire control seals alone consisted of thirty-six hand seals, capable of controlling the size and intensity of flames to refine pills.
The extraction seals were even more numerous—one hundred and eight hand seals, corresponding to the extraction and refinement of various medicinal ingredients.
As for the condensation seals, there were also many—seventy-two hand seals.
“It also requires magical power.”
Looking at the records in the Medicine King Scripture, Li Yunqing frowned slightly. “Relying solely on the power of the Yin Spirit, I wonder if it’s possible to refine cultivation pills.”
The pills recorded in the Medicine King Scripture were all of the highest quality.
There were pills to enhance magical power, temper the physical body, regulate the internal organs, and heal injuries.
Each type of pill was greatly beneficial to cultivation.
If she could refine them, her cultivation path would become much smoother.
“With these pills assisting me, I might soon reach perfection in the Initial Realm.”
“After leaving here, I must find a way to refine these pills!”
“Even without magical power, I’ll try using ordinary fire.”
With the looming threat of those who worshipped demonic and evil gods, she naturally wanted to grow stronger as quickly as possible.
“Hmm?”
Li Yunqing slightly raised her gaze, subconsciously looking toward Jiang Yu.
At this moment, Jiang Yu sat quietly beside her, his eyes seemingly fixed on her, unwilling to move away for a long time.
“What are you looking at?” Li Yunqing frowned slightly.
Hearing this, Jiang Yu hastily withdrew his gaze, turning his head aside as if something had been discovered, his face instantly flushing red.
“What’s going on?”
“I… actually lost myself.”
Jiang Yu’s heart pounded, yet he forced himself to remain calm as he looked at Li Yunqing.
Under the moonlight, Li Yunqing emitted a faint, radiant glow, like an immortal.
Even simply sitting there quietly, her gentle and graceful figure, every movement of hers, was impossible to ignore.
Just now, he had unknowingly immersed himself in her beauty.
It was not that his willpower was weak, but rather that today’s Li Yunqing seemed to radiate an indescribable charm.
“Sorry, I lost focus for a moment!”
Having calmed himself, Jiang Yu quickly apologized.
Seeing this, Li Yunqing’s heart slightly trembled. “Could it be that Ice-Like Skin and Jade-Like Bones inherently carries a charm effect?”
In the past few days, although Jiang Yu’s eyes had shown emotions such as admiration, it had never been like this.
If this was not a change in Jiang Yu, then it must be an issue with herself.
That morning, she had used the pond water to examine herself—her appearance had not changed, but her skin seemed to come with its own beautifying filter.
Her skin was delicate and lustrous, like carved ice and jade.
It was indeed extremely beautiful, yet she herself had not felt anything unusual.
But Jiang Yu’s reaction now gave her some speculation.
Ice-Like Skin and Jade-Like Bones was originally a special physique, somewhat similar to men’s Copper Skin and Iron Bones or Tiger Back and Bear Waist physiques.
This should be a physique unique to women.
Just like cultivators, whose bodies were nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth—even if their appearance was not extremely outstanding, their skin would still be crystal-clear like jade, radiating a unique charm.
Its attraction to mortals was extraordinary.
It was even an attraction on the level of life itself, causing people to sink into it.
“Could it be that this Ice-Like Skin and Jade-Like Bones is the same, possessing a unique attraction toward men?”
“Then wouldn’t I be even more in danger in the future?”
At this thought, a sense of urgency inexplicably arose in Li Yunqing’s heart.
Compared to the threat of the God-Worship Sect, it was no less severe.
After all, if the God-Worship Sect captured her, it would likely be for sacrificing her to evil gods and demons—ending in death.
But if her body held a special attraction to men, it might be a good thing for normal women.
For her, however, it would be a nightmare.
“It’s still that my strength is insufficient!”
Li Yunqing felt a heaviness in her heart. Without strength, yet possessing such beauty—
In this Chaotic Martial World of imperial power and demons, where women were treated like goods and wealth, the consequences required no imagination.
After eating the roasted fish, Li Yunqing walked alone to a corner beneath the cliff, using the mountain wall to block Jiang Yu’s line of sight.
With an outsider present, it was inconvenient to practice the technique of object control, so she immersed her entire mind into the Medicine King Scripture.
“Medicine King Scripture Experience +1.”
“Medicine King Scripture Experience +1.”
She circulated the method of drawing Qi into the body. As her experience with the Medicine King Scripture increased, strands of the heaven and earth’s spiritual energy gathered above her head.
They then flowed into her dantian, gradually dispersing and nourishing her body.
As time passed, she could clearly feel the changes in her body.
Her skin became increasingly crystal-clear, and within her bones, there faintly echoed sounds like jade and sword chimes—like pearls falling onto a jade plate, crisp and pleasant.
Even her breathing became longer and lighter.
Her body naturally emitted a pure and flawless fragrance, like a precious medicine formed from absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.
Moreover, she could feel that her strength and Yin Spirit were also slowly strengthening under the nourishment of spiritual energy.
“Ice-Like Skin and Jade-Like Bones becomes even more extraordinary under the nourishment of spiritual energy!”
Feeling the changes in her body, Li Yunqing frowned slightly. “Let’s test some defensive measures.”
After thinking for a moment, she half-reclined on a green stone, and her Yin Spirit leapt out of her body, soaring upward.
Not long after her Yin Spirit left her body, Jiang Yu, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.
After listening carefully for a moment, he murmured, “Her breathing is steady and rhythmic—she should be asleep.”
He slowly stood up and walked closer, looking at Li Yunqing, various emotions flickering in his eyes.
“What is he trying to do?”
In the void, Li Yunqing’s Yin Spirit stood tall, staring directly at Jiang Yu, her fingers forming hand seals, sword intent sharply condensed at her fingertips.
Even the needle pouch at her waist on her physical body trembled slightly.
If Jiang Yu dared to have any improper thoughts, she would make sure he understood how to spell the word “death.”
The reason she repaid others was precisely because she did not want to entangle herself in so-called love and affection.
If others treated her well, she could repay them—even double it—unwilling to owe anyone.
But if someone coveted her body, then she would not hesitate to be ruthless.
“Hu…”
After a long while, Jiang Yu let out a long breath. His gaze regained clarity as he shook his head and sighed, “So this is what liking someone feels like?”
“I really am just an ordinary man!”
He carefully removed his outer robe and gently covered Li Yunqing with it, then moved the campfire slightly closer to her.
Only after standing in front of her and feeling the faint warmth of the firelight did he smile and turn away.
With a light tap of his toes, he executed his movement technique. His entire body leapt upward, his feet stepping lightly in the air, and he directly ascended the cliff, his figure quickly disappearing into the darkness.
“Didn’t he say he couldn’t go up?”
“Didn’t he say he was seriously injured?”
Watching Jiang Yu’s departing figure, Li Yunqing was momentarily stunned before quickly reacting.
In her mind appeared the image of Jiang Yu being gravely injured, being cared for by her—wearing that satisfied yet somewhat unsatisfied expression.
Li Yunqing suddenly clenched her fist tightly, a surge of anger rising within her at being deceived.
“Good, good, good… so that’s how you want to play, huh?”
“You really think I’m some harmless little white flower?”