Chapter 105: Zhu Zhuqing's Counterattack, Returning to Notting City
Although Ah Yin had never been with a man, not having eaten pork didn't mean she hadn't seen pigs run.
Zhu Zhuqing's sudden appearance and the look in her eyes made Ah Yin instantly realise that this girl liked Qi Tian.
And Qi Tian's willingness to explain on her behalf proved he liked her too.
"Qi Tian, let me ask you—after finding someone else, will you abandon me?" Ah Yin asked directly.
Though this life was different from the "previous life" she believed in, she and Qi Tian's split soul had spent years together on and off. She had long grown used to his presence.
Now that the real Qi Tian had "resurrected" and looked exactly to her taste, she naturally saw herself as his wife.
"Of course not. I've done so much to save you—how could I ever leave you?" Qi Tian said earnestly.
Ah Yin exhaled in relief. As long as she could stay with Qi Tian, everything else was negotiable.
"Then it's settled—you can't abandon me!" Ah Yin declared.
Zhu Zhuqing overheard their conversation but caused no scene. She simply turned and resumed cultivating.
She had already guessed the woman who suddenly appeared was in the same situation as herself.
There was also Ning Rongrong—she had long grown numb to it.
She was already on this sinking ship; all she could do was cultivate harder and find a way to keep Qi Tian's other women in line.
That was what her mother had taught her since childhood.
Besides, her life wasn't only about love—she still carried the mission of changing the Zhu family's fate!
So she only glanced over a few times before returning to cultivation. She could ask about the woman's identity tonight.
...
Night fell.
Qi Tian and Zhu Zhuqing finished cultivating and returned to their room to rest.
Ah Yin had gone back to Blue Silver Forest to visit her people; Qi Tian had thus fulfilled his promise to the Blue Silver King.
"Qi Tian, what are you doing?"
Qi Tian noticed Zhu Zhuqing was unusually proactive tonight.
In the past they had always restrained themselves to small tastes, but tonight Zhu Zhuqing clearly had no intention of stopping.
"I want to be first!" Zhu Zhuqing declared, rare fire in her voice.
Qi Tian froze, then understood. She had accepted that Qi Tian had other women, but she wanted to be the first to receive the reward.
Over the years her body had fully matured, and Qi Tian no longer held back.
Their passionate night shocked Ah Yin, who had just returned from Blue Silver Forest.
The next night, Ah Yin used the exact same method to keep Qi Tian busy until dawn, officially confirming their husband-and-wife relationship.
The lie Qi Tian had spun had now become reality.
"Alas—the land of gentle pleasures is the graveyard of heroes!"
Qi Tian had originally planned to return to Notting City, gather information, contact Bibi Dong for revenge, and hunt spirit beasts.
But because Ah Yin and Zhu Zhuqing took the initiative, he couldn't help staying several extra days.
Fortunately, his body-type spirit and powerful physique meant such things would not delay his cultivation.
...
Notting City, Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy.
The master's dejection had eased a little. He handed a letter to Tang San with some instructions.
"Xiao San, deliver this letter personally to Flander, dean of Shrek Academy."
Tang San was reluctant. "Teacher, aren't you coming with me?"
The master saw the reluctance in Tang San's eyes and realised he had raised an outstanding disciple—one who respected him. It gave him an unprecedented sense of fulfilment.
"Xiao San, you've learned all my theories. There's nothing more I can teach you. From now on, you must walk your own path."
The two parted with reluctance. Neither noticed a youth had just stepped into the work-student dormitory area.
"Everything really has changed!" Qi Tian thought.
He had first gone to Holy Soul Village, checked the valley and the cave above the waterfall.
Unfortunately, there was nothing—no spirit bone, no Blue Silver Emperor seedling.
Five years later, Qi Tian once again entered the work-student dormitory known as "Seventh Shed."
In recent years Notting Academy had not taken in new work-students, so Seventh Shed had become a double room for Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Their living conditions were worse than even the paying students.
At this moment only Xiao Wu was inside, packing luggage to leave for Soto City with Tang San.
She turned and suddenly saw a handsome youth walk in.
"Who are you looking for?" Xiao Wu asked.
After several years apart, she no longer recognised Qi Tian.
Qi Tian was multitasking; his divided soul was currently possessing Bibi Dong.
Meanwhile, the real Bibi Dong, accompanied by several elders of Spirit Hall, had already arrived in Notting City.
"Xiao Wu, don't you remember me? I'm Qi Tian!" Qi Tian said with a smile.
How could Xiao Wu forget Qi Tian?
For years she had nightmares about him—dreams of her identity being exposed, of being killed and her spirit ring and spirit bone taken.
But how had he changed so much? She almost didn't recognise him.
"You're Qi Tian? Why are you here?" Xiao Wu's hair stood on end; her legs tensed as she watched him warily.
Several years had passed. Xiao Wu did not believe Qi Tian had already cultivated enough to absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring.
Nor did she think he would reveal that she was a transformed soul beast.
Revealing her secret meant giving up the chance to absorb her 100,000-year ring and bone himself.
So Xiao Wu felt no panic—only the urge to kill Qi Tian and then flee Notting City with Tang San.
"Xiao Wu, of course I came to see you!" Qi Tian said.
"See me? More like you came to die!"
After years of playing around and bullying students at Notting Academy, Xiao Wu had regained her confidence.
She was now level 28 and believed that with her Blue Silver Grass spirit, Qi Tian was no match for her.
She was about to leave Notting City anyway; she no longer feared Qi Tian's threats. She could kill him and disappear.
With that thought, Xiao Wu activated spirit possession.
Her second yellow spirit ring lit up as she used her charm skill on Qi Tian.
At the same time she rushed forward, wrapped her arms around him, and prepared to use her first spirit skill, Waist Bow.
Normally, a same-level Soul Master hard-controlled by her combo would either die or be crippled.
Though Qi Tian's body was strong, he wasn't foolish enough to tank a century-old spirit skill head-on.
Xiao Wu's charm had no effect on him.
In Qi Tian's eyes, her charge was no different from walking into a trap.
He simply reached out and used raw physical strength and soul power to pin Xiao Wu down.
The gap of more than twenty soul-power levels gave Xiao Wu no chance at all.
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