Book 11: Chapter 143

The only thing between Young s.h.i.+yi, who was seated on my bed, was a tiger-fur rug. Outside of the door behind me was a silver orb, and at my feet was a nail board that cost five copper coins.

Kneel! Young s.h.i.+yi ordered, arms crossed under her rack.

After I treated Uncle Feng Xue and Luo Ming, Young s.h.i.+yi dragged me back to camp, let me eat, then entered my room with me. I had no idea her short disappearance was used to go buy a nail board!

Please spare me, Young s.h.i.+yi! I summoned all the tears and snot I could humanly summon. Im honestly innocent! Its all a misunderstanding!

Explain yourself.

I-I dont know how to. B-Boss just suddenly puked when I was giving her a checkup.

That wasnt the question.

Wh-whats the question?

The question is, when did you do the deed? How is Yiren pregnant?

I shook my head as if my life depended on it. I did no such thing never! It has nothing to do with me!

Are you sure?

Yes sort of. Had I not fed Boss Pangus hearts blood, she wouldnt have suffered those symptoms, so I did play a part, right?

P-p-p-put that sword back in!

No matter what I was interrogated on, I denied it all, so Young s.h.i.+yi asked, All right, next question: what will your child refer to me as?

I scrubbed my head. Uh, Young Grandaunt?

I knew its your child!

Thats just leading me into a trap!

Besides, why Young Grandaunt? Who am I to you?

Okay, then First Mother?

Caught by surprise, Young s.h.i.+yis head turned into an active chimney. I never said anything about marrying you.

I scratched the back of my head. I thought you wanted to be main

The two of us looked down upon making eye contact, though it didnt take long for Young s.h.i.+yi to glare at me again. If Im First Mother, then doesnt that mean she is carrying your child?

No! Stop it! Stop veering everything back to that!

No! Its like this I figured out in my head where to start and then related it all back, starting from Pangus hearts blood.

Young s.h.i.+yi obviously didnt know nearly as much as I did on dragons since I had been doing extra research beyond Mount Daluos materials, not to mention throwing down with Pangu. In the same vein, she didnt know anything about the similar symptoms to pregnancy showing up.

If you want to get to the bottom of the side effects, youll probably have to consult my cousin.

Great minds think alike. I was 99.9% sure my idiotic s.h.i.+fu wouldnt know squat about the subject.

Nevertheless, its good that Yirens injury is no more. Dont worry too much. Given the energy has disappeared, the crisis is averted. With that said Young s.h.i.+yi squinted youre not trying to fool me with dragons hearts blood, are you?

Absolutely not! I swear on my life!

Let me tell you an irrefutable fact: a stubborn and clever woman is far scarier than a stubborn and stupid woman.

Following another lengthy explanation, I was finally allowed to sit on my bed, although, technically, she only allowed me on my bed so that she could inspect my condition.

Whilst checking me for scratches and bruises, Young s.h.i.+yi queried, How are you feeling?

Nothing in particular. You know Tianhu didnt hit that hard. Half of it was me exaggerating. That said, I didnt expect I was so weak; even I was shocked when I gasped so much blood. Still, State Preceptor Lais healing ability was even more surprising. Its true when they say theres no way anyone can know everything about every martial art.

I know you arent hurt that bad.

R-really? You pulled a sword on him and seemed pretty serious about it.

Thats a different story. It doesnt matter whether you were pretending or not. I get angry just seeing you spewing blood. Young s.h.i.+yi dressed me again. Seeing me relish the sensation of physical contact with my eyes shut, she poked me on the head. I was asking about the damage you sustained against Pangu. I know you lost your abilities. I was supposed to dye your hair for you while you were unconscious, but I noticed your hair stayed black.

I knew you figured it out when I woke up to see my celestial spider silk outer coat missing. Where is it now?

Thanks to you losing your strength, it kept emanating frigid energy, so I hid it in a waterfall outside of Nieyao. Three days later, over thirty kilometres of the water trail had turned to ice, drawing a crowd. Luckily, n.o.body had spare time from our side to go investigate.

I figured Young s.h.i.+yi or Hong Jiu had covered for me when I woke up to find my outer coat missing. Had they not removed it, I wouldve turned into a humanoid icicle.

Back on topic. How are your abilities now? If youve lost a lot, Ill write a letter to have your s.h.i.+fu and s.h.i.+niang come check on you.

That wont be necessary. If word got out that they had returned to the pugilistic world, theyd cause a stir. Id like to continue enjoying peaceful days.

In addition, I had a feeling that I shouldnt meet my s.h.i.+fu at the moment. I didnt know why. Maybe I forgot about something?

But in your current state

Haha, Im fine. Yes, Ive lost all my internal energy; however, its not like I wont recover. As long as I follow the correct method, its only a matter of time.

Dual cultivation?

Trivia

If youve forgotten what Ming Feizhen forgot regarding his s.h.i.+fu, here is a hint: Matriarch Zi.