#164 - Brother Xu is indeed a very good person (4000 words)

Chapter 164: Brother Xu is Indeed a Very Good Person (4000 words, two-in-one)

Wang Jie, Lord Wang, looked at the little girl beside Xu Ming and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

This little girl gave people the feeling of a human, but she had horns on her head and vertical pupils in her eyes, but she didn't have any demonic aura?

"I encountered some things before, and this girl saved me." Xu Ming said what he had already prepared, "This little girl may be a human-demon hybrid, with a stronger human bloodline and a weaker demonic aura."

"That is indeed possible." Wang Jie nodded.

If the offspring of a human-demon hybrid were to combine with a human again, the demonic aura would indeed be very weak, almost nonexistent.

Wang Jie didn't waste any more words and directly summoned a flying boat, carrying Xu Ming and the others to the Qingyang County Governor.

On the flying boat, after some conversation among the group.

Xu Ming learned that after Yuwen Xi and the others became powerful, they went to ask for reinforcements separately.

Originally, there was also an old gentleman from the academy, but that old gentleman was not there, and his disciples were not highly skilled, so it wouldn't be good to send them to their deaths for nothing, so they decided against it.

Fortunately, the Qingyang County Governor was invited.

The Qingyang County Governor's name was Wang Jie, a Nascent Soul Stage strategist who had been serving as an official in the dynasty for five years.

Although serving as an official of the dynasty would deplete one's life essence, the capital gave too much.

Wang Jie's term was ten years. After ten years, the capital would give him the resources he wanted. If he could break through with the resources given by the capital, the lost lifespan could not only be recovered, but there would even be some left over.

Of course, the prerequisite was that Wang Jie could break through.

"Where is Qing Wan? How is she?"

According to Qing Wan's personality, she would definitely keep looking for him.

Yuwen Xi replied, "Brother Xu, don't worry, Miss Qin is fine. She has already been taken away by Taoist Wang Xuan."

Miao Feng added, "When we came to find Brother Xu, we happened to encounter Taoist Wang Xuan taking Miss Qin back. It was also Taoist Wang Xuan who guided us in the right direction, so we were able to find Brother Xu. Otherwise, we wouldn't know how long we would have to wander around."

"That's good." Xu Ming put down the last of his worries.

But then again, Taoist Wang Xuan was able to arrive as soon as possible, probably because he sensed that something had happened to Qin Qingwan's Dao Lotus, which meant that the Dao Lotus was indeed very important to Qin Qingwan, so she had specially set up a magic seal.

"Scholar Xu, regarding the things you encountered in Baiwa City and the things you encountered after leaving Baiwa City, I need to trouble you to tell me. I need to write an urgent memorial to the capital." Wang Jie said to Xu Ming.

"Of course." Xu Ming nodded.

Xu Ming truthfully told everything that happened in the Baiwa Secret Realm and the Lava Heart Cave, including some of the experiments that the Black God Cult was doing.

Xu Ming would naturally not tell Wang Jie about Shen Sheng's matter.

Otherwise, even Xu Ming couldn't guarantee what kind of treatment Shen Sheng would be subjected to.

After hearing this, Wang Jie was extremely surprised and looked at the little girl beside Xu Ming, wondering if it was the result of the fusion of demons and humans.

However, Wang Jie didn't want to ask directly, as the top scholar seemed very protective of her.

In the end, when the medical cultivator diagnosed Shen Sheng, Wang Jie asked the medical cultivator to secretly take a drop of blood.

Wang Jie investigated this drop of blood and found that it did indeed have the aura of the human race and some demonic aura of the demon race, but there was no demonic nature of any demonic beasts.

Xu Ming and Shen Sheng were placed in a courtyard of the County Governor's Mansion.

Medical cultivators sent medicine to Xu Ming every day.

In the courtyard, Xu Ming recuperated from his injuries while reviewing the battles he had experienced these days.

Xu Ming was thinking about one thing, which was how to fuse his martial artist's true energy and spiritual power.

A long time ago, Xu Ming discovered that the martial artist's true energy and spiritual power in his body could not be used at the same time.

For example, when he threw a punch, the power of this punch was composed of his strength and martial artist's true energy, but it could not be mixed with spiritual power.

Similarly, when he delivered a sword strike, the sword used spiritual power, but it could not be mixed with martial artist's true energy.

At first, Xu Ming thought it was because his realm was too low.

As a result, he later discovered that the higher his realm, the more the martial artist's true energy and spiritual power repelled each other.

Now it seems that the reason why most cultivators do not cultivate both body and magic is not only because of the energy consumption, but also because the two cultivations do not result in a 1+1=2 improvement in combat power.

However, Xu Ming still wanted to cultivate both body and magic, after all, having more skills meant more options, and the toughness of the martial artist's physique was also very important.

Shen Sheng lived in the same courtyard as Xu Ming.

Shen Sheng didn't know what to do every day, and often sat in the courtyard in a daze.

Shen Sheng didn't need to cultivate, and didn't know how to cultivate.

Her happiest thing every day was waiting for meals.

In the past few days, Xu Ming had also been trying to teach Shen Sheng to speak.

Although Shen Sheng would occasionally utter a few words, overall, it was still very difficult.

Xu Ming also taught Shen Sheng to read.

Shen Sheng's intelligence was actually not a big problem, only slightly lower than her peers, but it was really okay.

It was just that Shen Sheng often couldn't sit still.

Perhaps because of her beastly nature, she couldn't suppress her temperament.

Six days later, Xu Ming bid farewell to Qingyang County Governor Wang Jie.

Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng also had to return to White Deer Academy to report back.

"Brother Xu, if you have time during your travels, you can come to White Deer Academy as a guest." Yuwen Xi invited Xu Ming.

Xu Ming nodded: "After going to Tianxuan Gate, I have to go to Ten Thousand Sword Sect. If I have time, I will definitely find you two for a drink."

"Hahaha, I'm afraid someone won't let Brother Xu drink then." Miao Feng said with a smile.

Xu Ming: "Huh?"

Yuwen Xi was stunned for a moment: "Brother Xu, don't you know?"

Xu Ming: "Know what?"

"It's just..." Yuwen Xi was about to say, but Miao Feng poked Yuwen Xi's waist with his elbow.

Miao Feng bowed: "It's nothing, then we'll wait for Brother Xu to come. Please be careful on the road, Brother Xu."

"You too." Xu Ming bowed in return.

The four left in two directions, Xu Ming heading towards Tianxuan Gate, and Miao Feng and Yuwen Xi flying towards White Deer Academy.

"What's wrong? Why didn't you let me say it?" After the two had gone far away, Miao Feng asked Yuwen Xi, "Our academy's talented woman has been waiting for Brother Xu for a long time."

"What are you talking about?" Miao Feng said speechlessly, "Brother Xu doesn't seem to know about Miss Zhu's matter. Besides, you saw Brother Xu's relationship with Miss Qin in the Baiwa Secret Realm."

"Miss Zhu wouldn't be having a one-sided love, would she?" Yuwen Xi clicked his tongue a few times, "A woman ranked third on the Beauty List is actually having a one-sided love for a man, seeking but not obtaining. If this were to be said, I'm afraid everyone in the world would be jealous of Brother Xu."

Miao Feng smiled: "The princess of Wu Kingdom is ranked fourth on the Beauty List, and Brother Xu even rejected the marriage, so what do you say?"

Yuwen Xi: "."

What else could be said? Comparing people is infuriating.

Qin Qingwan, who is ranked fifth on the Beauty List, has an ambiguous relationship with Brother Xu, and it looks like there's a story there.

The princess of Wu Kingdom, who is ranked fourth on the Beauty List, was rejected by Xu Brother.

Zhu Cici, who is ranked third on the Beauty List, is very likely to have a one-sided love for Brother Xu.

This...

"You say, I think I look similar to Brother Xu, why doesn't Miss Qingqing like me?" Yuwen Xi asked sadly.

Miao Feng rolled his eyes at him: "Do you have the courage to fight against hundreds of demon and human cultivators alone?"

Yuwen Xi: "."

Miao Feng: "Can you learn swordsmanship on your own and defeat the direct disciples of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect?"

Yuwen Xi: "."

Miao Feng: "Can you carry a city on your own and step onto the Heavenly Ladder step by step?"

Yuwen Xi: "."

Miao Feng: "Can you survive the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation?"

Yuwen Xi: "."

Miao Feng: "Can you write that poem 'Butterfly Loves Flowers' and that essay 'Resignation of Marriage'?"

Yuwen Xi quickly waved his hand: "Okay, okay, stop talking, I know, I think Brother Xu should be liked, let's go back quickly."

Five days later, Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng returned to White Deer Academy.

The first thing after returning to White Deer Academy was to find their teacher to report back.

Guan Yan, the Libationer of White Deer Academy, thought that the Black God Cult was no small matter after hearing the report from his two students, so he quickly reported it to the Dean.

As for how White Deer Academy would deal with the Black God Cult, that was a matter for the academy and had nothing to do with Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng.

Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng returned to their courtyards to rest.

White Deer Academy didn't have enough study rooms. "Academy Gentlemen" like Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng shared a room, while Academy Sages shared a room with four people.

Of course, the royal nobles who came to study at the academy had a room to themselves.

After all, they were guests, and it wouldn't be good to neglect them.

And the next day, while Miao Feng was reading a book in his room, Yuwen Xi walked in quickly, "Stop reading, we have a guest."

"Guest?" Miao Feng was stunned for a moment, "Who is it?"

Yuwen Xi smiled, looking like he didn't mind the trouble: "You'll know when you go and see. Let's make it clear first, if we accidentally reveal something and Brother Xu blames us, we'll bear it together."

Hearing Yuwen Xi say this, Miao Feng guessed who it was.

"Let's go." Miao Feng put down his book, "As long as we don't mention Miss Qin, we should be fine."

Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng came to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, a beautiful woman in a black dress was already waiting.

“Greetings, Senior Brothers.” Zhu Cici placed her hands in front of her and gave a slight bow.

“Greetings, Junior Aunt Zhu.” Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng returned the greeting.

Zhu Cici is the closed-door disciple of the academy's director and holds a high seniority, so Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng must address her as Junior Aunt.

However, Zhu Cici has always felt that she entered White Deer Academy late and couldn't bear the title of "Junior Aunt," so she addresses most people as Senior Brother or Senior Sister.

This has led to the current strange situation with their titles.

“Please don't call me Junior Aunt anymore, it sounds quite strange. Senior Brothers, just call me Cici,” Zhu Cici said with a smile.

Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng had little contact with Zhu Cici and also felt awkward calling her Junior Aunt, so they both nodded: “Alright.”

“Cici, please sit,” Miao Feng invited Zhu Cici to sit down.

Yuwen Xi made tea and asked, “I wonder, Cici, is there something you need from us?”

“Actually, it's nothing much,” Zhu Cici said with a smile, “My teacher asked me to check on the injuries of the two Senior Brothers, to see if there's anything you need for healing.”

Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng knew that this Miss Cici was asking about their injuries as a secondary matter; her main purpose was probably to inquire about Brother Xu.

Miao Feng said gratefully, “Thank you for the concern from the director and Miss Cici, but we are fine. We were able to return safely thanks to a friend.”

“Oh?” Zhu Cici's eyes sparkled. She didn't expect Senior Brother Miao to bring it up, so Zhu Cici followed the topic without beating around the bush, “May I ask who that benefactor is?”

Yuwen Xi replied, “Speaking of that benefactor, Cici, you probably know him. It's the talented scholar from Wu Kingdom who gave you a poem when you were young—Xu Ming from Wu Kingdom.”

“I didn't expect it to be him,” Zhu Cici's cheeks flushed slightly, “I wonder, is he doing well?”

As she asked this, Zhu Cici's eyes flickered, the joy of a young lady hearing her lover's name, the careful shyness of wanting to inquire about her lover's news, almost overflowing from her bright eyes.

Yuwen Xi and Miao Feng couldn't help but feel their hearts race when they saw this.

Truly worthy of being the third-ranked beauty on the Red List; Brother Xu is truly blessed.

Yuwen Xi nodded and said with a smile, “He's doing very well. We were bullied in the Baiwa Secret Realm, and everyone stood by, but Brother Xu stepped forward.

We asked Brother Xu why he helped us.

Brother Xu said that because there was an old friend at White Deer Academy, he naturally had to help.”

“An old friend…” Zhu Cici lowered her head and softly repeated the two words, her eyes filled with joy and shyness.

Clearly, Zhu Cici regarded the "old friend" as herself.

Miao Feng wordlessly kicked Yuwen Xi, signaling him not to speak nonsense.

Miao Feng knew that Yuwen Xi wanted to maintain Brother Xu's image in Cici's heart, but what if something went wrong if you talked like that? Brother Xu clearly said at the time that he helped because of Mr. Xiao.

Yuwen Xi helplessly glanced back at Miao Feng, his eyes seeming to say: “Can you bear to hurt such a devoted person?”

Miao Feng looked at the girl in front of him and was speechless.

Yuwen Xi went further, “Presumably, the old friend Brother Xu mentioned should be referring to Cici. We were able to get help from Brother Xu because of Cici's blessing, right, Miao Feng?”

“Ah? Yes…” Honest Miao Feng nodded against his conscience.

“Senior Brothers, please don't say that. Perhaps the old friend in Xu Lang… Xu Ming's mouth is not referring to me. Besides, even without that 'old friend,' I believe Xu Ming would have lent a hand,” Zhu Cici said.

“Indeed.” Yuwen Xi nodded, “Brother Xu is indeed a very good person, otherwise Miss Qin wouldn't… hiss…”

Yuwen Xi was only halfway through his sentence when Miao Feng kicked him heavily again.

Yuwen Xi then realized that he had let something slip.

Zhu Cici tilted her head, questioning, “Miss Qin wouldn't what? The Miss Qin that Senior Brother mentioned, could it be referring to Qin Qingwan?”