I Fabricated the Techniques, but my disciple really mastered them?

Chapter 1070: Chapter 553: Unexpected Reward, Establishing Dao Minor Achievement

The Domain vanished, revealing the ancient mountain landscape. The woman tilted her head slightly as she looked at Xu Yan, a thoughtful expression flickering across her face. Her slow and clumsy manner gave her a simple charm.

The two from the Imperishable Temple, however, were utterly horrified.

It was not that the Domain had completely disappeared; rather, it had transformed into a terrifying Sword Intent that enveloped the pair.

At that moment, they seemed to be standing within a domain of fierce and lethal swords.

This Domain was not large, barely covering the two of them, but it was filled with a peerless sharpness, and the aura of death hung over them.

Ah!

A loud roar sounded as the two from the Imperishable Temple immediately unleashed a secret technique. Powerful auras surged as two ferocious faces appeared, mouths agape as if to swallow up and obliterate the Sword Intent surrounding them.

Pfft!

Xu Yan raised a hand and pointed; with a thunderous roar, the powerful Sword Intent eradicated everything. Despite their desperate resistance, the pair could not change their fate of being reduced to ashes.

The battle was over in just a few moments.

The two Realm Master level experts from the Imperishable Temple had dissipated into ashes.

The Sword Intent had vanished, but the spot where the two had fallen still retained an aura of obliteration. That stretch of the mountainside was now dissolving into the surrounding Chaos, as if it too was being obliterated.

After slaying the people from the Imperishable Temple, Xu Yan turned to look at the woman.

Now, she had reverted to her original appearance, with dark, bright eyes examining him, curiosity slowly spreading across her face.

Apart from combat, the woman’s every move, her speech, behavior, and the expressions on her face, all seemed slow, clumsy, and somewhat simple and dimwitted.

“My name is Xu Yan, how may I address you, miss?”

Xu Yan offered a warm smile.

“Xu Yan?”

The woman tilted her head slightly as if contemplating, “I am… Ming Yu.”

“So you are Miss Ming Yu. To have the fortune to meet you in this vast Land of Imperishable is also a kind of fate,” Xu Yan said with a smile.

Ming Yu contemplated childishly, “Fate?”

She seemed to ponder the meaning of fate for quite some time before eventually saying, “If our meeting is fate, does that mean you can protect me? Escort me on my journey?”

Ming Yu’s dullness was exceedingly peculiar. She didn’t seem like a normal person, yet she didn’t come across as someone with an intellectual disability either. There was an indescribable strangeness about her, which ignited intense curiosity in Xu Yan about her identity.

“Fate indeed has its considerations. Escorting you is no problem, but our current fate is not enough for me to escort you on a long journey. We’ll need to add a bit more value to our fate, perhaps in the form of compensation,” Xu Yan said with a smile.

Although curious about Ming Yu, Xu Yan agreed to escort her since she had asked. Perhaps this way, he could figure out who she really was, even whether she was truly human!

Besides, Ming Yu’s enemy was the Imperishable Temple, and Xu Yan was all too happy to disrupt their plans and annoy them.

But he couldn’t just agree without conditions. He had to seek some compensation from Ming Yu—there might be unexpected gains.

Ming Yu blinked, her slow mind seemingly processing Xu Yan’s proposal.@@novelbin@@

After a while, it seemed she understood.

“Compensation? That’s fine, but what do you require?”

Xu Yan was inwardly pleased but still smiled and answered, “Common items are of no use to me. Something special, beneficial to the Domain, or exotic plants would suffice as payment.”

In the Land of Imperishable, every plant was precious, more valuable than Divine Medicine, and some even contained traits of deceased True Spirits.

Ming Yu pondered again, perhaps considering what appropriate compensation would be, so this time she took longer.

Xu Yan wondered why Ming Yu, who was exceptionally swift and decisive in combat, needing no time to think and showing no sign of slowness, appeared so dull in simple conversation.

“I don’t carry much for compensation,” Ming Yu finally said. “I’m not sure what you like, but I do have a plant that you might be interested in.”

“Let me take a look.”

“Alright!”

Ming Yu nodded.

She reached into the sleeve of her left hand with her right hand to retrieve something.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Xu Yan asked, “Excuse my boldness, Miss Ming Yu, but are you human?”

Ming Yu paused in her action, eyelids fluttering as she stared blankly at Xu Yan, “Human?”

Her mind seemed to have crashed, deep in thought.

Xu Yan couldn’t help but twitch slightly at the corner of his mouth. Ming Yu was extremely peculiar, as if her Spiritual Wisdom was not high or perhaps there was something off about her cognition.

“Oh, you’re asking if I am human? I am!”

After a considerable pause, Ming Yu appeared to have an epiphany, as if she finally grasped the meaning of “human” as mentioned by Xu Yan, and nodded earnestly to affirm that she was indeed human!

She paused again, then added, “I am a woman!”

“I am a man!” Xu Yan found himself replying.

Ming Yu blinked and stared at him for a good while, as if her brain was having trouble catching up again.

“So, you are a man. It’s a pleasure to meet you!”

Ming Yu revealed a sweet smile.

Xu Yan:…

“This is my compensation, do you like it?”

Ming Yu withdrew her hand from her sleeve, holding a vibrant green bamboo stalk about three feet long. It exuded a vigorous vitality, which infused the bamboo. The moment the bamboo was produced, the vicinity of about a yard was filled with a refreshing breath, taming the violent Spiritual Energy into a gentle state.