Free Web NovelChapter 218: Chapter 218: Leaving
Chen Nan had already said the most difficult words, so what was there left that he wouldn’t dare say? Even if Ning Xuan whipped him with her Plant Pet Ghost-faced Red Vine, he would gladly endure it.
"Oh? You want me to indulge you? Fine, Ah Nan," Ning Xuan said, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. "Come to my tent tonight. Just don’t regret it."
Ning Xuan’s temperament was never very good; in fact, it was rather vicious. When she was in the mood, she had no problem summoning these men to her side. But if they dared to actively seek her favor, Ning Xuan had to teach them a lesson they wouldn’t soon forget.
’Of course, if they used clever means to please me and pique my interest, I might let them off lightly. But yesterday’s Yun Han, and today’s Chen Nan... heh, they were both walking right into the line of fire. Especially Chen Nan. He knew full well that Yun Han had spent the night, yet he still dared to ask for my favor today. Heh heh.’
Chen Nan suddenly felt a chill. ’The Contractor clearly isn’t angry, so why do I feel so uneasy?’
Lan Xin and Qinghe silently continued their Cultivation. Both were Half-beastmen; Lan Xin’s Mutant Beast Gene was Elite Level, while Qinghe’s was Mythical Level. After this period of Cultivation, both could now retract and reveal their beastly features at will.
Similarly, they had also more or less reached a bottleneck.
After finishing a day of Cultivation and work, they returned to the lakeside dining area for dinner.
Ning Xuan first returned to the tent to check on Yun Han, retracting the vines that were wrapped around him. freёwebnovel.com
Once the vines were gone, Yun Han, who had been tormented into a stupor, finally regained his senses. Seeing Ning Xuan sitting by the bed watching him, he immediately got up and knelt on the mattress. "Greetings, Contractor."
Several crisscrossing whip marks covered Yun Han’s bare back, and his chest was covered in bleeding bite marks. He looked rather pitiful.
"Didn’t you say yesterday that you had a problem with your Cultivation and wanted my guidance?" Ning Xuan asked, impeccably dressed and looking perfectly serious. "What was the problem? Go on."
Yun Han’s claim of needing guidance had just been an excuse; his real goal was to be alone with Ning Xuan. Last night, Ning Xuan had held him nicely while they slept, but when she woke up this morning, she had imprisoned him on the bed for the entire day. He had long forgotten the question he’d hastily come up with yesterday.
However, since Ning Xuan had asked, he had to answer. Yun Han was quick-witted, after all. Under Ning Xuan’s scrutinizing gaze, he asked a few questions about Companion Spirits.
"Your Level is higher than mine, and you’ve had far more education. If you don’t know, how would I?" Ning Xuan seemed satisfied with Yun Han’s questions. "We’re going to eat in a bit. Everyone can discuss it then." She finally lifted his confinement and let him off the hook.
"Xuanyuan, Xuanyuan, come quick! Little Five’s white wolf has changed! Zhang Nan’s Golden Hamster changed too!" Tang Xue shouted excitedly from outside.
Ning Xuan raised an eyebrow. ’It seems everyone has made some gains recently.’
Since Tang Xue and the others had come over, they all decided to eat together. Zhang Nan, Min Wu, and the others went to help with the cooking, while Tang Xue and Ning Xuan sat at the dining table, eating dried Spirit Fruit. "Xuanyuan, since our Cultivation has hit a bottleneck, shouldn’t we be leaving? The deadline for the graduation trials is one year. Aren’t we going to check out other places?"
"We’ll go, of course we’ll go," Ning Xuan said. "But even if we’ve hit a bottleneck, we can still accumulate energy and absorb the spiral nebula. Let’s leave in a few days."
"Alright, Xuanyuan! Let’s cultivate here for a few more days then," Tang Xue sighed. "To be honest, the environment here is amazing. I’m really going to miss it when we leave."
"It’s fine," Ning Xuan said with a smile. "We might have a chance to come back in the future."
During dinner, Di Youlin sidled up to Ning Xuan to serve her food. His slender fingers picked up a soup ladle and filled a bowl for her with three-colored mushroom soup. Silvery-white, jade-green, and crimson mushrooms floated in the clear broth, their steaming aroma wafting through the air.
"Master, I apologize. It’s my fault you didn’t get to have this soup yesterday. I went out of my way to pick a lot of three-colored mushrooms today and even helped make the soup. Can you forgive me?" Di Youlin served Ning Xuan attentively, seizing the opportunity to speak.
Besides the three-colored mushroom soup, there were many other dishes on the table: colorful juices squeezed from various Spirit Fruits, and slivers of Spirit Bird Meat coated in an amber sauce that looked delicious.
In just a moment, Tang Xue found herself staring blankly at the solitary bowl of Spirit Rice in front of her.
Meanwhile, Ning Xuan’s celadon dish was piled high with Golden Silk Lotus Cake, Jade Coral Mushroom, and a Lotus Seed Paste pastry shaped like a water lily and painted with seven-colored Spirit Fruit juice, its center adorned with a trembling Moon Dew Condensed Pearl.
Ning Xuan glanced at Di Youlin. With Tang Xue and the others present, she gave a light smile. "Mr. Di, you’re being too formal. There’s nothing to forgive. I shouldn’t have lost my temper with you yesterday either."
The moment Ning Xuan said this, Di Youlin’s heart went cold. He glanced at Tang Xue and immediately understood—he had chosen the wrong time to apologize. Di Youlin didn’t dare say anything more. When Yun Han came forward, he silently withdrew.
After dinner, Di Youlin tried to find Ning Xuan again but was stopped by Lin Mo. "Mr. Di, the Contractor has just given orders. She will not see you, no matter the reason, and you are forbidden from entering her tent."
Di Youlin desperately wanted to force his way in regardless, but when he remembered the look Ning Xuan had given him, he hung his head in dejection.
Seeing Yun Han watching him coldly from the side, he knew Ning Xuan must have found out about him barging into her tent earlier.
Furious, Di Youlin ran off. He sprinted to the lakeshore and, to his surprise, saw the Little Fox on a large rock by the water.
The Little Fox’s fur shimmered under the moonlight. Di Youlin’s footsteps startled it.
The Little Fox whipped its head around, its fluffy, cloud-like tail fanning out in mid-air. Nine snowy tails rippled with a silvery light under the moon. The tuft of white fur at the very tip of each tail trembled gently in the night breeze, like dandelion fluff scattering in the wind, or like clouds painted across the night sky by an immortal’s brush. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Its amber eyes narrowed slightly, and its pointed ears flattened back in a wary arch.
But when it saw that the newcomer was Di Youlin, its wary gaze slowly relaxed, replaced by that familiar, almost mocking expression. Its large, fluffy tails fanned out slowly like a folded fan, their tips catching the moonlight as they tapped lightly on the green stone.
"You... You’re a Nine-tailed Fox?" Di Youlin stared blankly at the nine tails behind it, lost in thought.
’I remember the Little Fox usually only has one tail. Why does it suddenly have nine today? It’s clearly the same Little Fox.’
The Nine-tailed Fox pushed a dew-covered wild berry forward with its paw. A fluffy tail-tip curled around the Red Fruit, rolling it across the stone and leaving a winding trail of water.
The Nine-tailed Fox seemed to sense Di Youlin’s confusion. It tilted its head, a faint, pleading look in its eyes, as if hoping he would keep its secret.
"You’re actually a Nine-tailed Fox?" Di Youlin repeated, utterly astonished.
