Chapter 195: Wood-type Spirit

Mi Li felt like she was going crazy, thinking she could actually have feelings for such an insignificant being.

As Mi Li was questioning her life choices, Zu An quickly circulated the Grand Primordium Scripture to heal his injuries. He had to admit, his body, tempered by the Primordial Qi, was far more resilient than before.

Previously, if he had been struck by a sword of such immense power, his chest would likely have been ripped open by the incomparably sharp sword energy, and his internal organs would probably have been shredded.

But now, there was only a moderate wound on his chest. Although his insides had been thoroughly mangled by the sword energy, his muscle tissues were repairing themselves at a visible rate.

With great difficulty, he finally pulled the long sword from his chest. Hearing the grating sound of the sword scraping against his ribs, Zu An felt a sense of unreality. If it had been his past self, he would most likely have fainted just from the sound.

He even wondered if Chu Chuyan's sword might carry tetanus. However, given his current physique, he probably didn't need to fear such viruses.

"What are you doing?" Qiao Xueying's startled voice suddenly rang out from nearby. She had evidently heard the commotion from the doorway and came to investigate.

The scene before her, however, terrified her. Zu An, covered in blood, fell from the wall. She thought she had vaguely seen him pull a sword from his chest?

That sword was Chu Chuyan's Snowflake Divine Sword. Having been by her side for so many years, how could Qiao Xueying not recognize it?

Qiao Xueying leaped to the wall and quickly helped the collapsing Zu An. Upon closer inspection, she finally saw how horrifying the wound on his chest was. She wanted to get some medicine to help him, but halfway through reaching for it, she realized that after successive battles, she had already used up all her healing supplies.

"Miss Chu, have you lost your mind?" Qiao Xueying turned and glared at Mi Li. "I know what just happened was hard for you to accept, but he was trying to save you. You didn't have to be so ruthless!"

Zu An was somewhat surprised. He looked at Qiao Xueying's profile and chuckled, "I really didn't expect this. The one who wanted to save me now wants to kill me, and the one who wanted to kill me is now saving me."

Qiao Xueying glared at him fiercely. "You're this injured, and you still have the nerve to joke around."

"Aren't I still alive?" Zu An, supported by her, could feel her soft, slender body. It was hard to reconcile this with the girl who used to have such a murderous aura.

Qiao Xueying was suddenly stunned. She used to think he was cowardly, despicable, and shameless, but she never expected him to be so surprisingly calm when facing death. In contrast, some seemingly refined individuals often revealed their ugly sides in critical moments.

Mi Li looked at the two of them, a hint of mockery on her face. "Well, well, I never thought a shameless fellow like you would be liked by so many women."

Hearing her words, Qiao Xueying reacted as if pricked by a needle. She immediately jumped up and pushed Zu An aside. "Who likes this guy?"

Zu An, however, looked smug. He spread his hands and said, "There's nothing I can do. I'm not only devastatingly handsome but also incredibly profound. Women find it hard to resist my charm after interacting with me for a while. Perhaps, Queen Sister, you've secretly fallen in love with me, and that's why you're speaking out of jealousy."

Qiao Xueying was speechless.

Mi Li was speechless.

Mi Li's Rage +513!

"You're asking for death!"

She flicked her sleeve, and a colossal sword energy, dozens of meters long, tore through the air!

"Watch out!" Zu An had just finished speaking when he prepared to dodge, instantly grabbing Qiao Xueying and rolling several times on the ground, narrowly escaping the devastating blow.

From where Mi Li stood to the wall the two had just been leaning against, a deep sword mark appeared, as if the entire ground had been split in two.

Qiao Xueying looked horrified. "This... this..."

The scene before her was unbelievable. Having been with Chu Chuyan for so long, she naturally knew she was a cultivation genius. But even for a genius, Chu Chuyan was still young and there wasn't a qualitative difference between them. So what was happening now?

Zu An quickly explained to her, "Be careful, she's not Chuyan. Mi Li has possessed her!"

"What!" Qiao Xueying abruptly looked at Chu Chuyan. No wonder the feeling from her was vastly different from the image she held in her memory. "Has Miss Chu been killed?"

Zu An shook his head. "No, Mi Li has only temporarily taken over her body. Her soul still exists, but it's suppressed and has lost control of the body."

Mi Li did not attack again. Instead, with her hands clasped behind her back, she regarded Zu An with a hint of curiosity. "Though your strength is meager, your knowledge is quite impressive. I wonder how you came to know so much."

"I'm famously knowledgeable about everything under the sun," Zu An said with a grin. "If you spend more time with me, you'll discover I know even more. I can even show you the unique secret techniques of those highly skilled teachers from Japan."

"Japan? Where is that?" Mi Li frowned, clearly unfamiliar with the name. However, she wasn't interested. "With your pathetic skills, any secret technique you might know would be useless."

She paused, then continued to size him up. "On the contrary, I've always had a question: why did you know my name from the very beginning?"

Of course, Zu An couldn't tell her about the Rage Points system. He chuckled and replied, "What if I told you we were fated in a previous life? Hearing your voice was like hearing my wife speak, and your name naturally appeared in my heart. Do you believe me?"

"I'd believe a ghost before I believe you!" Mi Li scoffed, flicked her sleeve, and another burst of sword energy shot forth.

"Watch out!" This time, even Qiao Xueying was prepared. She hastily pulled Zu An to dodge.

However, Zu An also intended to pull her in the opposite direction. Their movements were perfectly contrary.

As a result, their pulling forces canceled each other out. Both bodies jolted, and they collided hard, remaining exactly where they were.

Zu An was speechless.

Qiao Xueying was speechless.

What surprised them even more was that the incoming sword energy suddenly split into two mid-flight, cleaving past both of their sides.

Clearly, Mi Li had learned from her previous failed attempt to hit him. She had anticipated their possible dodge directions and aimed to strike there.

But by pure coincidence, they remained exactly where they were, inadvertently dodging her deadly sword energy.

Mi Li was speechless.

Zu An laughed heartily, looking at the girl in his arms. "To dodge that, it seems you really are my lucky star."

Qiao Xueying, however, quickly pushed him away, her arms crossed tightly over her chest, and her face flushed crimson as she glared at him.

"Grandma, what time is it? You're still worried about this?" Zu An was also speechless. "Besides, with your 'airport,' I couldn't feel anything just now. The only sensation was how painfully hard it was. It's nothing like how comfortable it was with Queen Sister."

He was certainly speaking against his conscience. Qiao Xueying's figure was slender, but not to the extent of being an "airport." At least she was more amply endowed than his sister-in-law.

Qiao Xueying was speechless.

Qiao Xueying's Rage +325!

Although she didn't know what an "airport" was in that context, it didn't prevent her from understanding the meaning of his words.

No woman can accept being told she has small breasts.

At the same time, few women would appreciate a strange man complimenting them on being well-endowed.

Mi Li couldn't help but recall the healing session from earlier. Although it wasn't her own body, she had experienced it firsthand from a first-person perspective.

Hearing him speak like this, it was as if he was deliberately showing off his recent experience.

Mi Li's Rage +404!

"I've never seen anyone so eager to court death. Since you're in such a hurry to die, I'll grant your wish!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a black halo appeared behind her. Long swords, formed from vital energy, extended one by one from the halo, then shot towards the two of them like machine gun fire.

"Oh, hell!" Zu An was instantly dumbfounded. Sword energy was everywhere; there was nowhere to hide.

He had seen flying swords before. During the clan competition, Yuan Dong had also manipulated many flying swords using his metal element abilities, and Shi Kun's furious wind blades in the secret realm were a sky full of blades. But compared to the scene before him, it was like a baby facing a giant. The suffocating, overwhelming pressure was simply despair-inducing.

This woman was truly aiming for a kill. People say a day as husband and wife creates a hundred days of kindness, but for them, a day as husband and wife created a hundred days of enmity.

"Watch out!"

Qiao Xueying appeared in front of him, and her beautiful hair rapidly grew, instantly forming a thick thorny bush before her. Simultaneously, countless green leaves fluttered, creating a green barrier that shielded them both.

The sky full of blades shot into the thorny bush. Countless thorns were severed, and the bush became shorter and thinner until it was completely flattened by the sword energy.

Next, the rain of swords assaulted the protective wall formed by her green leaves.

The green leaf wall only lasted for three breaths before completely collapsing.

A look of determination flashed in Qiao Xueying's eyes. She pushed Zu An far away, then remained in place, pierced through by a myriad of swords.

"Xue'er!"

Zu An's eyes nearly burst from their sockets!

Qiao Xueying was utterly pulverized, her body disintegrated into fragments by the overwhelming sword energy, leaving no trace behind.

"You actually killed her!" Zu An's eyes were bloodshot, and his gaze towards Mi Li was filled with hatred.

"Why are you shouting? She's not dead," Mi Li scoffed, then looked towards another spot.

Dozens of feet away, Qiao Xueying's figure slowly materialized, a hint of pallor on her face.

Only then did Zu An remember that when she had pursued him, he had managed to stab her with a fatal dagger, but she had used a technique called "Mirror Flower, Water Moon" or something similar to evade the deadly blow. She had most likely used the same ability now.

"Are you alright?"

Zu An rushed over, checking her body up and down.

"Don't touch me like that!"

Qiao Xueying slapped his hand away.

"It's good that you're okay, that you're okay." Zu An's heart, which had been pounding, finally settled.

"I'm okay now, but I might not be later."

Qiao Xueying's expression was exceedingly grim. This trip to the secret realm had been utterly unlucky. She was betrayed by Shi Kun, then she used her most precious Half-Life Bond, and even "Mirror Flower, Water Moon," a technique she could only use three times in her life, was wasted twice here.

Did I owe this guy something from a past life?

Mi Li looked at her curiously. "So it's the elven race's ultimate skill, Mirror Flower, Water Moon. Judging by the abilities you just used, you must be a wood elf, correct?"

Zu An was stunned and couldn't help but stare at Qiao Xueying. "You're an elf?"