Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

Chapter 728: Chapter 728 Intimacy
 

“Ah?”

Su Ziling held the Frost Condense Sword with a mixture of shock and joy.

Although she was of humble birth, she was not a Loose Cultivator. Her time living in Welcoming Immortals Town made this young girl more mature than her peers, and she was not lacking in basic insight and experience.

In the three months since she followed Wang Chen to settle in Thousand Star Immortal City, she had been growing continuously.

As soon as Su Ziling got hold of the Frost Condense Sword, she noticed its extraordinariness!

“This, this is too precious.”

“What’s precious and what’s not?”

Wang Chen smiled and said, “It’s just a practice piece. You take it and use it for now. Later, I will refine a better one for you.”

A mid-grade Spiritual Sword was currently the highest level sword that Su Ziling could wield. Once she achieved her Breakthrough Mansion, Wang Chen’s Nine Directions Refinement Skill would surely reach the Great Perfection stage, and refining a Lifebound Magical Treasure Flying Sword for her would be no problem.

He did not realize that he had unintentionally shown off greatly.

Beyond gratitude, the young girl looked at Wang Chen with even more admiration.

Wang Chen encouraged her, “Try it and see if it suits you.”

“Okay.”

Su Ziling cautiously drew the Frost Condense Sword, and the cold sword light instantly brightened her eyes.

The girl took three steps back and casually swung the sword a few times.

The blade sliced through the air silently, bringing up an endless trail of cold light that significantly lowered the temperature around them.

And Su Ziling liked it more and more as she wielded it.

The Frost Condense Sword’s size, weight, and style were all a perfect match for her.

Moreover, the sword had spirituality within it that was also perfectly compatible with her own energy.

With this Spiritual Sword, her combat power could increase by at least seventy percent!

“Thank you, my lord!”

In her delight, the young girl hugged the Frost Condense Sword and lunged into Wang Chen’s embrace.

Wang Chen chuckled, stroked her hair, and felt happier than if he had obtained a treasure himself.

It must be said, having the company of this youthful girl made his life much richer and more joyous.

“Now that you have a sword, practice well.”

After settling down in Thousand Star Immortal City, Wang Chen intentionally cultivated this young girl who followed him, hence he let her choose her own path of cultivation.

Then Su Ziling chose to be a Sword Cultivator.

Because Sword Cultivators have the strongest combat power, choosing to be one would allow her to better protect herself.

And protect Wang Chen!

As for Su Ziling’s ambition, Wang Chen naturally had nothing to say and unhesitatingly bought her the Mysterious Water True Method and Sword Control Technique.

The former was the fundamental cultivation technique, and the latter was the basic swordsmanship.

Su Ziling possessed an upper-grade Root Bone. Although she couldn’t compare with the prodigies of the age, she was clever and strong. Had it not been for her background and family burden, it would have been normal for her to have achieved Breakthrough Mansion by now if she had been a direct descendent of a regular family.

In Haotian Realm, with its singularly blessed distribution of Spiritual Energy, humans are born with Root Bones, and the speed of cultivation in the early stages is often very fast.

It is very common to reach Purple Mansion by one’s teens, only the great barrier of Solidifying Pill is hard to overcome.

Although Su Ziling’s years were delayed by several years, meeting Wang Chen truly was her good fortune.

And she herself knew how to cherish the opportunity and worked very hard. Now, she had already reached the eighth level of Qi Cultivation.

Wang Chen was very gratified by this.

“It’s late.”

He gently patted the girl’s back and said, “Go to rest early.”

“Okay.”

Su Ziling nodded.

What Wang Chen did not expect was that after he took his bath, got dressed, and went to bed, Su Ziling came and crept over to him.

At the beginning, Wang Chen didn’t mind since she had spent most nights by his side over the past three months, so he had grown accustomed to her presence.

But Wang Chen quickly realized something was amiss.

The little maid was unusually restless tonight, fidgeting in his arms.

Wang Chen couldn’t help but hold her down to prevent any accidental firings, “What’s wrong?”

Despite the lights being off, he could still clearly see the flushed cheeks and watery eyes of the girl in his arms.

“Mmm~”

Su Ziling pursed her lips, her face blushing as she leaned in close to Wang Chen’s ear and whispered a few words.

After she spoke, her embarrassment was uncontrollable, and she shrank back, not daring to look at him again.

“This…”

Wang Chen was very curious, “Where did you learn that from?”

He wasn’t an old-fashioned pedant, but such words coming from a young girl’s mouth were indeed odd.

And quite stimulating as well.

Su Ziling acted like a shy turtle for a moment, seeming to make up her mind.

Wang Chen’s rented shop and living space were part of a multi-story building, with many families living above.

Over time, Su Ziling got to know many peers and the wives and young women living next door.

Wang Chen encouraged her to socialize with others, incidentally to gather information about the city, to avoid being uninformed.

As they grew more familiar, those wives and young women started sharing intimate whispers with Su Ziling.

Su Ziling, with her charming looks and distinguished demeanor, especially after cultivating the “Mysterious Water True Method,” increased her attractiveness, making her quite popular with these “housewives.”

Consequently, some questioned why she hadn’t been “devoured” by Wang Chen yet?

Experienced female cultivators could tell at a glance that Su Ziling remained a virgin and thus wondered whether there was something amiss with Wang Chen.

Cultivators are mortals too, and in essence, these female cultivators weren’t much different from ordinary mortal women.

Su Ziling, not wanting Wang Chen to be misunderstood, had no choice but to reveal the reason.

Then some “enthusiastic” female cultivators passed on their experience to her, advising her to win affection and secure love by other means.

Su Ziling even received two illustrated albums, the content of which made her heart race and her cheeks flush!

It was with this “experience” that she had mustered the courage to experiment tonight.

Upon learning the truth, Wang Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Actually, there was no need, I…”

He didn’t finish his sentence because the girl’s tender body curled downwards.

Downwards.

A twitch passed through the corner of Wang Chen’s eye, and he struggled to lie back down—let her do it!

A silent night passed.

The next morning, Su Ziling’s face still bore a shy blush, and her brows had a touch of seductiveness.

Overnight, she seemed much more mature.

Their relationship, too, had grown much more intimate.

But the details of that intimacy, of course, were not for outsiders to know!

In the following days, Wang Chen continued to accumulate experience for “Nine Directions Refinement Skill.”

Two months later, his “Nine Directions Refinement Skill” broke through to the Grandmaster level, with the help of Human Virtue points.

And he successfully refined an exceptional Spiritual Artifact!

In fact, with Wang Chen’s current level of cultivation, he was completely capable of attempting to refine a Magical Treasure, which would crown him a Great Refiner.

But the materials for refining Magical Treasures were too expensive, so that would have to wait for later.

Having rented the shop space for five months, the day of the grand opening finally arrived!

It was only because Wang Chen had cheat-like advantages and capital that he dared to operate this way; any other Loose Cultivator would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Before opening his own shop, Wang Chen had another important task to undertake.

That was to apply for his Artifact Refiner qualifications and join the Refiners Guild.

These two were not basic conditions for opening an Artifact Shop, but with these credentials, business would be much easier.

They could also help avoid a lot of trouble.

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Here’s the second update.