Chapter 112: 112
Chapter 112: Try
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Hearing Kong Hou say something was wrong with her cultivation, Huan Zhong pulled her into his arms in a panic and channeled spirit energy into her body to search her meridians . A person’s body ought to have an energy sea and hundreds of meridian points . Any place could not go wrong .
He carefully went through Kong Hou’s meridians and didn’t find anything wrong . He feared he had missed a place, and redid a search from head to toe . He still found nothing wrong .
As Kong Hou lay in Huan Zhong’s arms, the warmth of his body reached her face through the cloth . Her heart beat even faster .
The spirit energy took several revolutions around Kong Hou’s body . Huan Zhong, who could not find a problem, picked her up his arms . “I will take you to see Peak Master Qing Yuan . ”
“Wait . ” Kong Hou pulled Huan Zhong’s clothing and whispered, “Why don’t we wait a moment? Maybe I am fine?” Otherwise, she would definitely get laughed at by the disciples of Daybreak Cloud Peak .
“You cannot be careless with problems of the body . Be good . ” Huan Zhong patted her head . “When something went wrong with my mental state, I felt it was a minor problem . Who knew…”
Hearing Huan Zhong speak of his problem, Kong Hou suddenly felt her heart was not beating so quickly . Even her breathing smoothed out . She bit her lip . “Huan Zhong, put me down . I really am fine . ”
Huan Zhong hesitated . Seeing that Kong Hou had smooth circulation of spirit energy and no other special signs except a red face, he moved to put her on the bed . “Sit properly . I will sort out your meridians again . ”
Kong Hou sat cross-legged . After closing her eyes, her mind was completely focused on the pair of hands on her back .
“Focus and breathe . ” Huan Zhong noticed that Kong Hou was not focused and reminded, “Do not change your breathing . ”
Kong Hou did not dare to think more . She allowed Huan Zhong to control spirit energy and comb her meridians over and over .
After focusing, her heart gradually calmed .
Two hours later, Huan Zhong pulled his hands away and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her face . “Rest a while . ”
Kong Hou grabbed at the jade belt at his waist so he could not rise and leave . “Stay here and keep me company . ”
Looking down at her hand that gripped his belt, Huan Zhong sat back down . “All right, rest well . ”
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Kong Hou did not have a good sleep . For some inexplicable reason, she thought of the black-robed woman who had married a nomad cultivator, and Queen Qing Luo who had turned into a ghost out of discontent and misunderstood the king for a millennium .
The red flowers covering the mountains were beautiful, but Queen Qing Luo and her king were fated to never meet again in their future lifetimes . Was this kind of feeling the love that protagonists of stories desired?
She opened her eyes . Huan Zhong was still sitting next to her . There was no lit lamp in the cave . He was not reading, just sitting there silently, and made Kong Hou feel his continuous presence was as expected .
“Awake?” Huan Zhong looked down at her with gentleness . He bent and put a bottle of spirit liquid to her mouth . “Today, we won’t make seals and will rest for a day . ”
“Huan Zhong…” Kong Hou climbed up from the bed and played with the bottle in her hand . “Do you remember the black-robed woman?”
“I remember . ” Huan Zhong nodded .
“Do you think she regrets it?” She looked down . “Throwing away her sect and disciples to roam with her love . But she received betrayal . ” She sympathized with the black-robed woman, but could not understand her .
Were men so important that she would abandon everything?
Kong Hou couldn’t help but think of her master, shixiong and shijie . If it was her, even the best-looking man in the world could not make her give up all this .
“Maybe . ” Huan Zhong took the empty bottle from her hand and shoved a spirit fruit at her . “But she was too decisive in her attitude when leaving the sect back then . Even if she wants to return, she cannot get over herself . ”
“If she wants, she should do it,” Kong Hou said . “She even dared to kill the nomad cultivator that betrayed her . Why isn’t she willing to admit her mistakes to her sect and return?”
Huan Zhong laughed . “Maybe not everyone is this brave . ”
Because they cared too much, were too cautious and feared being refused .
“Huan Zhong, are you ever afraid?” Kong Hou asked .
“Yes . ” Huan Zhong moved his gaze away slightly to not look at her eyes .
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“Don’t fear . ” Kong Hou patted the back of his hand . “I will keep you company . ” As she patted, she felt that Huan Zhong’s hand was as warm and smooth as jade, and couldn’t resist pinching gently .
“Kong Hou, you…” Huan Zhong was surprised by Kong Hou’s actions . He looked at Kong Hou with slight panic on his face .
Kong Hou suddenly realized what she was doing . She pulled her hand back like lightning . “I… my hand just itched . ”
Heavens and the three gods, how could she let Huan Zhong believe she was not a pervert? She peeked at Huan Zhong . His handsome face revealed shock, as though he had not expected that she would do this .
It was finished . Nothing she said would be of use now .
“You…” Huan Zhong sighed helplessly . “You are more and more mischievous . ” He had seen how the elders of Splendid Cloud Sect treated Kong Hou . They had no bottom line in how they spoiled her .
“Actually, I am not very mischievous . ” Seeing Huan Zhong look at her as though he was looking at a child, Kong Hou whispered, “Your hand is just too good to the touch . ”
The cave residence immediately became silent . Kong Hou felt speechless and wrapped herself up tightly . Just as she prepared to throw a tantrum and turn the page on this matter, a jade hand with long fingers appeared in front of her .
Kong Hou looked up at Huan Zhong, not understanding his meaning .
“You like…” Huan Zhong’s ears were red . “If you like, then play . ”
Kong Hou: “…”
This was a hand, not a toy . She took out an illumination talisman from her storage ring and the talisman shone on Huan Zhong’s blushing face . Seeing Huan Zhong clearly, Kong Hou immediately laughed out loud, all of the awkwardness and restraint disappearing . She threw the illumination talisman to the side, and grabbed Huan Zhong’s hand . “You said you would let me play—then this is mine . ”
“All right . ” He was more than three hundred years older than Kong Hou . He would agree to everything she said .
Kong Hou kneaded his index and middle fingers as she laughed, ignorant that her face was as red as Huan Zhong’s . She tilted her head like a kitten who had just stolen fish . “I feel that I am better now . Let’s do paired cultivation . ”
Huan Zhong reminded helplessly once again, “It is universal paired cultivation . If outsiders hear, they will have misunderstandings about you . ”
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“Only you and I are here—who is the outsider?” Kong Hou got off the bed, released Huan Zhong’s hand and came to sit next to the dragon phoenix cauldron . “Huan Zhong, come here . ”
Huan Zhong’s index and middle fingers rubbed against each other . Without that warm palm, his fingers seemed to feel cold . He rose to sit next to Kong Hou and looked at her silently .
Kong Hou blinked at him and hooked a finger with his pinky finger . “I hear during universal paired cultivation, it is better if our palms are facing each other . Should we try?”
Huan Zhong looked at her face and desired to speak but didn’t . That method of paired cultivation would have better effect, but when people’s minds were together during this time, it was easy to give rise to mutual feelings . He had not told Kong Hou this method before because he did not want Kong Hou to be affected mentally by outside forces at such a young age .
Seeing Huan Zhong not speak, Kong Hou grabbed his arm and swung it . “Come, come, let’s try . ”
“All right . ” Huan Zhong’s throat was dry . He nodded slightly .
Just this once . He would be this selfish and shameless just this once . He reached out palms outward and met Kong Hou’s hands .
Kong Hou smiled as she watched Huan Zhong close his eyes . Then she closed her eyes . Some matters, if she did not try, how would she know if they were suited to her?
So she wanted to try .
A man so good-looking, so capable, so considerate . She did not want him to run away with another woman .
In this world which woman did not like good-looking men?
“Wu Chuan, how long until Kong Hou comes out?” Heng Yan paced in the room . This month, he used the excuse of seclusion to hide in the main hall and not see others . He even kept the other shidi out .
Wu Chuan flipped through the sect information in his hand and said without raising his head, “Master, you have asked this five or six times these days . Kong Hou Shimei will come out in three days . ”
Heng Yan said, his expression one of defeat, “If I knew before that the dragon phoenix cauldron had other abilities, I would not have meddled and given it to Kong Hou . ”
“Master, do not overthink . If Spirit Master Zhong Xi and Kong Hou Shimei have no emotion between them, the dragon phoenix cauldron cannot draw out their hidden desires . ” Wu Chuan closed the book and looked at the restless Heng Yan . “If the two of them have a meeting of minds due to this item, it means they already had mutual feelings . This is a good thing . ”
“But your Kong Hou Shimei is not yet eighteen . If the two of them do something in the cave residence…” Heng Yan sighed . With Wang Tong’s terrible temper, if he learned of this, he would tear down half of the main hall .
“Even if Shimei is young and does not know too much, Spirit Master Zhong Xi’s principles are trustworthy,” Wu Chuan said . “He is impossible to do something detrimental to Shimei . ”
While Spirit Master Zhong Xi was a man of few words, he could be said to be an honorable gentleman . Spirit Master Zhong Xi could not be ignorant of how important the first yin was to female cultivators .
“While he is a gentleman, he is also a man,” Heng Yan muttered . “How adorable and likable our Kong Hou is . Which man wouldn’t like her after meeting her?”
Wu Chuan knew that his master would not listen to anything he said now . He could only say, “Master, do not worry . In three days, I will go in the morning to wait outside Kong Hou Shimei‘s cave residence . ” Wang Tong Shishu was always caring of juniors . If he was present, even if something happened, Wang Tong Shishu would be slightly restrained for him .
Heng Yan felt both guilty and worried in this moment . While he was talking about Wang Tong, in reality, he truly feared that a mistake of his would affect Kong Hou’s cultivation .
Three days later in the morning, many people were standing outside Kong Hou’s cave residence . Almost all the disciples of Moon Perching Peak were present . The apprentices of the other peaks on good terms with Kong Hou were also present . Everyone looked at each other, then found positions to start snacking .
About an hour later, the door opened . Everyone saw Kong Hou come out holding Spirit Master Zhong Xi’s hand .
The morning mist wrapped around them . They were as beautiful as a painting .
Wait, why were they holding hands?
Wang Tong saw Kong Hou holding Huan Zhong’s index finger in her hand . He opened his mouth but couldn’t say a word . In the end, he used a sound art to Kong Hou with a complicated expression .
[My good apprentice, Spirit Master Zhong Xi is the sword cultivator with the most potential of Radiance Sect . He carries the hope of the entire cultivation world . You… what are you planning to do to him?]