Chapter 50: Su Yuexian

Looking at the bewildered Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi’s exquisite face was almost red with embarrassment.

Of course, she would never voice her suspicion that he intended to consummate their marriage in broad daylight; she merely murmured, "Then... then turn around."

Sikong Jing froze, only then realizing that this was no longer the military, and the man before her was not a hardened soldier, but his wife.

A peerless beauty who had finally regained her original appearance.

At this thought, he eventually turned his back with a sullen expression, listening to the sound of garments falling to the ground one by one.

Sikong Jing’s heart rate accelerated alongside hers; it was a sensation he had never experienced before.

After a long while, Su Yuexi’s parched voice finally drifted over: "Brother Jing, I'm ready. Can you... without turning around..."

Before she could finish, Sikong Jing instinctively turned around, only to stand there like a wooden statue!

His heart exploded in a frantic rhythm!

Even during his first time on the battlefield, it had never throbbed this intensely.

The Su Yuexi before him was too beautiful, like a masterpiece of divine craftsmanship.

After an unknown amount of time, Sikong Jing said in a raspy voice, "Actually, you didn't have to take everything off."

"Ah..."

In the next instant, a scream erupted from Su Yuexi's room.

***

Fifteen minutes later, inside Su Yuexi's room.

Su Yuexi sat cross-legged in a thin nightgown, with Sikong Jing sitting cross-legged behind her.

He placed his hands against his wife's back, guiding his true qi into her body to awaken Su Yuexi's martial seed, which had been dormant for ten years.

*Hum!*

After an indeterminate amount of time, the martial seed within Su Yuexi was ignited, and a wisp of true qi surged through her meridians.

The true qi was continuously expanding!

Another fifteen minutes passed before Sikong Jing spoke again: "Yuexi, your talent is even stronger than I imagined. If we let the true qi roam freely right now, you could reach at least the third level of the Bright Realm."

"But not yet. You don't have a suitable cultivation technique, so you must first suppress the true qi at the first level of the Bright Realm."

"Stay in this room to suppress it for now. I will go find a technique for you."

With that, Sikong Jing stood up and left Su Yuexi's room, and subsequently stepped out of the Su Estate.

Cultivation techniques were vital to martial artists; the more powerful the technique, the more strength a martial artist could exert within the same realm.

Just like Sikong Jing's "Emperor-Slaying Prison-Breaking Art," which was a terrifying existence that could shake the heavens and earth.

Even when facing someone an entire major realm higher, one could possess peerless combat power!

However, there was also the issue of compatibility. It was obvious that since Su Yuexi did not possess the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts, she certainly could not practice the "Emperor-Slaying Prison-Breaking Art." Furthermore, as a woman, it was best for her to practice a technique with feminine attributes.

Sikong Jing already had a plan in mind, having formulated a cultivation roadmap for Su Yuexi long ago.

After leaving the Su Estate, he headed toward the direction of the Heavenly Martial Pavilion.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, he brushed past a woman dressed in black on a street not far from the entrance of the Su Estate.

Pausing slightly, Sikong Jing looked back at the woman's tall, cold silhouette and thought to himself, *Peak Human Realm.*

He hadn't paid attention to her features just now; that brief glance only told him she was very young.

"It seems Yunye City is not as weak as I thought. I cannot afford even a moment of negligence regarding Yuexi's growth," Sikong Jing mused privately. A peak Human Realm practitioner who was also so young was quite unexpected.

One had to remember that ten years ago, his father-in-law, Su Zhenglong, was considered a prodigy of Yunye City at only the seventh level of the Human Realm.

And Su Xuefeng could hold her position as the head of one of the four great families with just the Human Realm. The sudden appearance of such a young peak Human Realm expert certainly warranted his vigilance.

Of course, the woman in black might just have been passing through.

Shaking his head, Sikong Jing stopped dwelling on it and strode toward the Heavenly Martial Pavilion.

What Sikong Jing did not know was that as he walked away, the woman in black also turned her head slightly. Her features were not bad, but a hideous, jagged scar ran across her face.

It gave her an exceptionally wild appearance.

Clad entirely in black, she carried a cold, dark aura, as if projecting a sense of "do not approach."

"What terrifying battle intent, what terrifying killing intent... this man must have killed many people."

Though the woman's voice was pleasant, it carried an oppressive weight, as if emanating from a dark palace, leaving one feeling stifled.

"Why does he give off this feeling when he is clearly only at the ninth level of the Bright Realm?"

"He came from the Su Estate. Does the Su family have such a guest?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman in black had already stopped before the gates of the Su Estate. She stared intently, and then the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Su Zhenglong, are you dead yet?"

As she spoke, the scar on her face grew even more grotesque.

Suddenly, she vanished from the spot.

When she reappeared, she was already outside the courtyard of Su Yuexi's family; no one had noticed her arrival.

Moving like a phantom, she slipped inside, first landing outside Su Yuexi's room.

Peering through the window, she saw Su Yuexi, who was meditating with her eyes tightly shut.

After a long silence, the woman in black raised her hand to gently touch her own hideous scar, her lips twitching as she whispered, "Sister, you are truly beautiful."

Having said that, she turned and left.

She arrived at the entrance of the main hall, where a figure came rushing out—it was Mei Xiaofang.

Scrambling and stumbling, she cried out loudly, "Doctor Sun! My master is vomiting blood again!"

The woman in black gazed at the receding figure, her lips trembling slightly as she said, "Mother, you have grown thin."

With another flash, she entered the main hall and slipped into Su Zhenglong's room. What met her eyes was a pool of blood on the floor and Su Zhenglong on the bed, pale-faced and breathing weakly.

The woman in black gritted her teeth hard. She walked forward step by step, staring deathly at Su Zhenglong.

"So, you aren't dead yet?"

Her eyes burned with intense hatred. She slowly sat by the bedside, a mocking smile gradually spreading across her face. "But it seems you aren't far from death. How wonderful..."

At this point, her face contorted with extreme madness.

"Su Zhenglong, do you have any idea how I have survived these ten years?"

"You don't. All you know is how to dote on your little daughter. Even when she was so heavily injured, you went and sought out the antidote for the Crimson Spider Venom for her. Do you know how jealous I am?"

"Why can you be so cruel to me, yet so indulgent toward my sister?"

Her voice was squeezed out through clenched teeth.

The woman in black was none other than Su Yuexian, who had been taken away by a noble gentleman ten years ago.

In her eyes, Su Yuexi's recovery of her beauty was naturally due to the antidote Su Zhenglong had risked his life to obtain. She knew very well how difficult it was to acquire the antidote for the Crimson Spider Venom, yet Su Zhenglong had obtained it despite his heavy injuries.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, Su Yuexian stood up and sneered, "Forget it. You're dying soon anyway."

"I only passed by to see how miserable you've become. Now that I've seen it..."

As she turned to leave...

In the next instant, the unconscious Su Zhenglong let out a "waah" and spat out another mouthful of blood.

Instantly, the woman in black's shoulders trembled.

She spun around violently, pulled a medicinal pill from her belt, and stared at Su Zhenglong. "I don't want you to die too quickly."

With that, she flicked the pill into Su Zhenglong's mouth.

In the next heartbeat, Su Yuexian vanished.

(End of Chapter)