Chapter 51 Your Senbei

Lu Yusheng was truly shocked this time. She had prepared herself to be greeted by a bloody, grotesque face, but she never expected that behind the mask was someone she knew so well.

Words like "little boy" and "little girl" flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern, but in the end I chose to call him by his real name.

Seeing that she finally recognized him, Sikong Zhaixing nodded with satisfaction, still wearing the dress.

Seeing how relaxed and carefree he was, Lu Yusheng felt that his carefully constructed image of a master was unnecessary, so he asked somewhat unhappily, "What's going on? Aren't you supposed to be very good at light-body skills?"

Mentioning this, he couldn't laugh anymore. His face suddenly turned sour, and he curled his lip and said, "Those Tang Clan brats, they use both hidden weapons and poison. They're very cunning. After hitting me with the first dart, those two scoundrels chased after me and shot two more darts in succession."

Are you alright?

Lu Yusheng hadn't taken it seriously at first, since he seemed so lively and energetic. But then he realized there was a hidden weapon involved, and he immediately became tense again.

Sikong Zhaixing didn't mean to worry her. She waved her hand and explained, "The injury is minor, but the effects of the drug on the dart are still there. Although I've been using my internal energy to expel the poison, it will still take some time for me to fully recover."

"Oh, it's just a sleeping potion."

After listening to Lu Yusheng, he nodded knowingly and felt relieved.

Seeing that her reaction was so mild, Sikong Zhaixing became displeased.

"What do you mean 'just'?! That's three times! Do you know what three times is?! If it were you..."

Thinking that the person in front of him was, after all, his savior, Sikong Zhaixing stopped her temper before speaking and used a different analogy: "If it were Lu Xiaoji, he would have been captured long ago and would be waiting for me to save him."

Seeing his reaction, Lu Yusheng finally became serious.

Indeed, three needles of aphrodisiac—given the ingenuity of ancient medicine, that would be enough to bewitch an elephant, wouldn't it?

So, somewhat nervously, he asked, "Can you still walk now?"

"Of course I can. Otherwise, what do you think I relied on to subdue that guy just now? A last burst of energy before death?"

The person who was doubted once again realized that she still cared about him, so he was no longer angry. He just snorted and looked very proud.

"Then what are we still standing here for?"

Seeing that he had almost recovered, Lu Yusheng no longer stood on ceremony. He gestured to the two people who had fallen to the ground, then turned and left first.

"Where are you going? Your shop isn't over there."

Sikong Zhaixing remained motionless, assuming that she had remembered the wrong direction.

"Get the food!"

He was taken aback by the answer, but then he couldn't help but grin and quickly followed, saying, "There's even a big meal to be served? Xiao Lu is getting better and better at getting things done."

Lu Yusheng walked ahead, retracing his steps, while keeping an eye out for the blue cloth bag he had tied to the trees on both sides.

After successfully retrieving the bag and confirming that it hadn't been touched, she finally felt relieved, realizing that her hour-long journey hadn't been in vain.

Seeing her beaming smile, Sikong Zhaixing, who was gradually regaining her strength, also breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been poisoned and was still circulating his internal energy after being hit by the third dart, which is why he suddenly lost all his strength and fell down.

Now that I've followed Lu Yusheng all this way, the toxins have gradually dissipated, and I finally have time to take off my disguise one by one.

Lu Yusheng, who was walking beside him carrying a bag, couldn't help but steal a couple of glances at him.

Even after he removed the human skin mask and knew that he was Sikong Zhaixing, the women's clothing still looked perfectly natural on him.

Upon closer inspection, her facial features seem unchanged, but her eyebrows and eyes no longer have the ruggedness she had when dressed as a man. She has become gentler, and even her figure has been softened to the point that she is only one of the taller women, making her impossible to associate with a man.

Seemingly sensing Lu Yusheng's gaze, Sikong Zhaixing smiled slightly, turned to her, and asked, "Do I look convincing?"

What does it look like? Like a girl?

Just as Lu Yusheng was about to answer, a strange sense of familiarity washed over her. Subconsciously, she followed her heart and answered as she had rehearsed countless times before: "You look like a cute, sexy, white-haired fox-eared girl who is 1.6 meters tall, with a slim waist, long legs, and can cook."

After saying this, Sikong Zhaixing's smile froze for a second, and she asked with some doubt, "What does '1.6 meters' mean? And what does 'fox-eared girl' refer to?"

She casually gestured in front of her: "160 cm is about this tall... A fox-eared girl is a woman with fox ears on her head."

Upon hearing this, Sikong Zhaixing touched the top of her head with a hint of doubt, and finally said, "I don't have fox ears. I don't know if those things would make a person look like a woman or a female demon. Why would I want to learn them?"

Lu Yusheng, who had initially expressed his fantasies with a mix of shame and strange anticipation, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed upon hearing such criticism. He explained, "I'm definitely not talking about using real animal ears... Well, although there are people selling such props where I live, not many people can make the tools themselves because it requires a high level of skill and is quite expensive."

Sikong Zhaixing originally asked her if she looked like a woman just to show off her skills in disguise. Now, hearing this again, it seemed that an invisible competitive spirit surged up again.

"If you're talking about making props, I might not be an expert, but if it's for disguise, there's nothing I can't do."

"Really?" Lu Yusheng was somewhat skeptical, remembering the cell phone he had been carrying in his pocket the whole way without ever using it.

Since the other party was already used to her image-recording device, she simply flipped through the album and handed over a screenshot of a corresponding anime.

Before this, Sikong Zhaixing had never imagined that the phrase "the collapse of rites and music" would one day come out of his own mouth.

"How can someone dress up like that?" he asked instinctively at first, then added, "It's not difficult at all. I can conjure up an exact replica for you in half a month at most."

The other party's level of professionalism is clearly not to be underestimated.

He changed back into men's clothing, and even the scene he had imagined of using fruit and steamed buns to disguise his female characteristics did not happen.

In Lu Yusheng's view, Sikong Zhaixing reached under his clothes with both hands and quickly pulled out two soft, bouncy, round objects that looked like silicone.

"No wonder you're the king of thieves," Lu Yusheng remarked without any malice.

Given this technological background, the fact that he could create props to this extent is enough to make him famous.

"You should have understood long ago," Sikong Zhaixing replied as she carefully placed the items into the box, clearly pleased with the compliment.

As the effects of the medicine gradually wore off, he changed his appearance once again and took the cloth bag that Lu Yusheng had been carrying for half a day.

Since Lu Yusheng had always acted in secret and had never revealed his true appearance to those two, there was no need for him to disguise himself as well.

But he couldn't bear to watch the two of them walking around in the mountains like that any longer.

"If we go this way, it will take another half an hour to get back."

"So what?"

Sikong Zhaixing shook her head and continued, "Keep your balance."

Before Lu Yusheng could figure out what it meant, the next second, his hand was already gripping the back of his clothes.

The moment she was lifted into the air, she instinctively closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she was already more than three meters off the ground, and the trees that had looked very tall on both sides were now beneath her feet.

Satisfied to hear the other person's exclamation of "Wow!", Sikong Zhaixing felt instantly refreshed. He lightly stepped on the treetops near his landing point and leaped high into the air again.

Although Lu Yusheng is not heavy, she is still an adult woman. If it were someone else, they might not be able to carry her so easily over such a high distance. Fortunately, it was Sikong Zhaixing who was carrying her.

His lightness skill was also unparalleled in the world, and it could be said that it was no less than that of Chu Liuxiang.

"He can even double jump?!"

She looked down at the scenery rushing past with a hint of surprise.

Because the speed wasn't very fast, their conversation wasn't affected.

After hearing her evaluation, Sikong Zhaixing casually asked about the meaning of the terms in her words. After receiving the explanation, she laughed and said, "According to you, my use of leverage at the top of the tree just now doesn't count as second stage."

Then it landed on a piece of ground and paused briefly.

Lu Yusheng thought something unexpected had happened and was about to ask when he saw her take a breath and then use her lightness skill again.

It takes off, and then takes off again in mid-air with no place to land.

As she fell, Sikong Zhaixing, holding her tightly, gritted her teeth and said, "This time it fits, and it doesn't seem too difficult."

Lu Yusheng was stunned. Does gravity still exist here?

But whatever, it's so much fun.

After traveling for about ten minutes, Lu Yusheng had grown tired of the aerial view and casually asked, "By the way, didn't you say you had work? Why are you back so soon?"

Upon hearing this, Sikong Zhaixing's expression changed again, and she said somewhat impatiently, "I had already finished and was preparing to come back to continue playing the game, but who knew that after resting by the roadside for a night, they would actually catch up with me."

He gestured for her to look at his soaked clothes: "I guess I was sprinkled with some kind of tracking powder, otherwise there's no reason why I could still be caught after running 170 miles and changing my face. But when we met, I wasn't too far from you, so I could only circle around here to shake them off before heading to you. I didn't expect to be hit by their first dart while washing off the medicine in the water."

Then came the second and third darts...

Lu Yusheng was taken aback by these words; it's true that every profession has its difficulties.

But at the same time, a greater curiosity took over, and he couldn't help but ask, "So what exactly did you take?"

After saying that, realizing it might involve privacy, she added, "It's okay if I can't say. Is it something very valuable?"

Sikong Zhaixing simply shook his head casually: "I can't go into details, but it's probably an antidote for a rare poison."

This sounded like something meant for saving lives, which was a good thing, and Lu Yusheng felt a bit more in agreement.

It's unclear whether the poisoned person is an enemy of the Tang Clan or an enemy of the person who bought the poison. If it's the former, he might face further trouble later.

"Why don't you just stay here with me for a while?"

At least her shop has a security system, so ensuring the safety of the two of them shouldn't be a problem.

"Don't worry, the Tang Clan has been living in seclusion for many years and keeps a low profile. Even if they send people to pursue us, they won't send too many. I can handle it." Sikong Zhaixing refused verbally, but she was still somewhat moved.

To reassure her, he added, "Besides, I have already sent out the antidote. If they want revenge again, they should at least have someone to hold accountable."

With his words, Lu Yusheng felt much more at ease when he saw the solitary building in the woods in the distance.

Although rescuing Sikong Zhaixing on the way back took some effort, the time he gained from his lightness skill was greatly reduced.

As the two drew closer to the shop, Lu Yusheng suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh right, there's another one of your seniors in the shop right now."

Sikong Zhaixing didn't take these words to heart and casually asked who it was.

"Chu Liuxiang".

As soon as Lu Yusheng finished speaking, he felt the wind from their rapid movement suddenly disappear, and the next second the two of them fell straight to the ground.

"ah?"

The rapid descent startled her, but fortunately they weren't very high off the ground to begin with, and with Sikong Zhaixing regaining her composure in time, they eventually landed steadily.