Chapter 65 Battle
Night Sky
Shi Hanqiao: "You lose."
Luo Wusheng was a little discouraged. He originally thought that he could force Shi Hanqiao to use the moves used by the Demon Lord, but he used up all his moves and didn't see any familiar moves of Female A.
Moreover, he fought her three times, and she changed into three styles: brutal, gentle and conventional.
He cautiously probed with curiosity: "You never repeat your moves?"
"Isn't it better to practice different things?"
Shi Hanqiao asked back.
The young man choked and took a deep breath, "Again!"
Shi Hanqiao smiled and said, "I'm at your service anytime."
Luo Wusheng was sitting on the ground. In the previous match, Han Qiao's style was quite standard. The two fought for nearly thirty minutes. He focused on attacking and defending with his hands, but gave her the opportunity to attack his calves. In the end, he was tripped by a sweeping kick and lost the fight.
Three consecutive matches, coupled with the focus on dealing with the ever-changing style of the female A, took a lot of his energy. He sat on the ground sweating profusely. Known as the "Flower of Gaoling", he was exhausted and panting after the high-intensity battle, like a stray cat sitting on the side of the road.
Woman A stood calmly under the light, her face unblushing and her heart unbeating, reaching out to him. Luo Wusheng looked up at her. The light was behind her, so he couldn't see the expression on her face, but her calm demeanor didn't seem like she had just finished three rounds of fighting.
The difference in their status was too obvious. Luo Wusheng no longer had the envy and admiration he had when they were strangers. Instead, he felt a sense of grievance and dissatisfaction in his heart, but he was definitely not angry.
With his evil intentions growing stronger, he took hold of girl A's hand and fell backwards with force as she was pulling him up.
It was the first prank in his life, and the time seemed to stretch infinitely. Luo Wusheng naively thought that even if he fell on his butt, he would make her fall to the ground like him.
However, when he saw him flying in the air and being pulled up by her, and her body was about to fall down because of his trick, he did not feel the joy that his prank was about to succeed, but regret. How could he play a prank on the person he liked!
The young man was already pulled into the air, and Woman A leaned down, but not too far. Even though he knew he would fall to the ground again if he let go, he still chose to break free from her hand to prevent her from falling because of his prank.
His eyes suddenly widened. He tried to pull his hand back, but Woman A held it tightly. Due to the closer distance and the shift in the lighting, he could clearly see her smiling face. Her slightly curved eyes, unlike the usual perfunctory and cold expression, now held a faint, genuine smile.
Somehow, he even saw a subtle indulgence and pampering in it. Like an illusion, he woke up in an instant and realized that it must be his illusion.
Unable to break free, his arms tensed from being pulled forward, he suddenly felt the grip on him tighten. Things didn't go as he'd imagined, and Woman A's shaky form collapsed because of his prank.
On the contrary, she merely swayed a bit in response to his prank, then quickly regained her composure. Her straight arms were smooth, their thin muscles neither exaggerated nor thin. As she pulled upwards as usual, Luo Wusheng felt himself being drawn toward her.
Just like the feeling of falling, the young man's heart tightened slightly when he suddenly rose. His body moved instinctively. He reached out and grabbed the back of Woman A's neck, trying to dispel the feeling of emptiness of falling in mid-air.
The prolonged senses returned, but in reality only a few seconds had passed. He threw himself into the arms of woman A due to inertia, and as he put his arms around her neck, he naturally bumped into her left shoulder, accompanied by two muffled groans.
Luo Wusheng hit his jaw, and when he heard the voice of Girl A, he tried to raise his head in panic, while her hand reached to the back of his neck to steady him.
Both of them took action, but neither of them expected the consequences of their simultaneous actions, which made them stunned at the same time.
The slightly opened lips were pressed against the skin on the left side of girl A's neck. The closed space above and below was like a dark and deep cave, and bursts of moist heat hit the Alpha's insensitive glands.
The two people who were stunned at the same time were still hugging each other. Luo Wusheng's face turned red. Even though his head was still confused, the fear of excessive intimacy with female A was engraved in his instinct. He reflexively wanted to raise his head and keep a distance.
However, Woman A's hand was still on the back of his neck. When he raised his head, Shi Hanqiao's body encountered resistance and her instinct to suppress it reflexively made her press down hard.
His upper teeth gently knocked against the delicate skin. Girl A didn't feel much, but Luo Wusheng felt like his ears were burning. He tightened his arms around her neck, raised his head slightly without going against the strength of the hand on the back of his neck, and rested his chin on her left shoulder.
He was now feeling the heat rushing straight to his brain, and his face and ears were covered in hot steam. He didn't dare to let go and face Woman A directly, so he had to act like an ostrich for the time being, taking deep breaths to calm his violently beating heart and hoping to lower the temperature on his face and ears as soon as possible.
The touch on the side of his neck felt like a light scratch by a feather, making him feel tingling. When Shi Hanqiao came to his senses, he didn't feel any discomfort.
After all, the one who played the prank was Luo Wusheng!
Shi Hanqiao released the hand that was pressing on the back of his neck and chuckled: "The prank failed, so you're pretending to be an ostrich?"
She had seen many friends playing and joking around on Starnet, and she had never imagined that the usually calm and intelligent young man could have such a childish side.
On second thought, he wasn't a cold-blooded person. He just suppressed a lot of emotions beneath a calm surface. Thinking of Luo Wusheng's experience and his habitual suppression of emotions, Woman A felt inexplicably distressed.
According to worldly standards, her experience seemed to be worse than his, but Shi Hanqiao did not feel sorry for herself.
She is herself, she completely accepts her past, she doesn't care that her past is known to all three realms, she has a complete self and is not distracted by external things.
But the more she understood Luo Wusheng, the more distressed she felt.
This feeling did not come out of nowhere, but rather as she indulged him in getting close to her time and time again, the strange emotions gradually accumulated. When they accumulated to a certain level, at a certain moment she would feel the presence of a strange emotion of heartache.
Shi Hanqiao actually didn't know what this emotion was called, but after comparing it with the characteristics described on the Star Network, she thought it was a kind of heartache.
She had always been indifferent, more focused on herself. In the world of cultivation, after Luo Wei's death, aside from the initial attacks after the bombing of the Three Realms' main city, she hadn't had a single opponent in the hundreds of years that followed, with the Demon Lord's name resounding throughout the Three Realms. She only occasionally troubled them to pass the time when balancing forces.
During this period, her cultivation level steadily improved, but her emotions towards the outside world became increasingly indifferent.
Hunyuan Ling even teased her, saying that her situation was very suitable for the ruthless path or Buddhist practice.
Shi Hanqiao didn't take it seriously. The purpose of her cultivation was to be free from constraints, not to seek constraints for herself.
She doesn't believe in Taoism or Buddhism.
She only believes in herself and does what she wants without any constraints.
But now, the almost heartache she felt towards Luo Wusheng meant that she had an invisible bond with him.
Shi Hanqiao didn't care. Friendship was a strange relationship to her, and she would not end the relationship just because it might bring her trouble.
Luo Wusheng had misjudged one thing. He had struggled, hesitated, and perhaps avoided it because he was still influenced by the external environment and his own perceptions. He wanted to get closer to Woman A, but he was also careful to maintain a certain distance, fearing that excessive intimacy would cause her to avoid him.
He used his past experiences to speculate on her reaction when she realized that their relationship was too close, which was wrong in itself.
Shi Hanqiao is just simply slow.
In her past, only Luo Wei had established a relationship with her that was both a teacher and a friend, like a relative.
As for love, she was used to seeing the infatuated men and resentful women in the world of cultivation, so she was completely disdainful of it and naturally had no longing or expectation.
She doesn't even have the concept of love.
To put it bluntly, when it comes to relationships, she's a complete blockhead.
But subjective cognition and subjective feelings are separate, that is, she thinks she doesn't have it, but her behavior unconsciously condones the young man's approach.
Reason and emotion are always entangled and mutually exclusive, a pair of inseparable enemies.
Luo Wusheng reveals a more diverse side of himself in front of Woman A, and even starts playing childish pranks. He falls deeper and deeper into the whirlpool of emotions. It is difficult to realize that the reason why he becomes "childish" in front of her or reveals his ambition without reservation is because the signals she invisibly sends to him will make him let down all his defenses.
Only those who are favored have nothing to fear.
Luo Wusheng was very sensitive to everything related to female A, but he was so indulged that he was unable to notice this invisible change for the time being, let alone a purebred big wooden man who was emotionally dull.
"Who's playing the ostrich?"
Luo Wusheng took a deep breath to suppress the surging emotions in his heart, trying his best to calm his mind and try to make the blush on his face and ears fade away quickly.
Hearing the soft laughter of girl A in his ear, her voice somehow penetrated his eardrums and hit his heart hard. He felt a kind of shame and anger he had never felt before, and his speech became a little willful.
"Yes, it's me."
It would have been better if Shi Hanqiao hadn't said anything. His casual "Yeah, it's me" made the young man feel that he was being unreasonable. It was indeed him who had somehow gotten the idea to play a prank first. The blush that was about to fade suddenly came back. He unconsciously buried his head tighter in Woman A's shoulder, acting more like an ostrich.
Shi Hanqiao let him hold her without urging her. Her cold white fingertips twirled around her golden hair, and she didn't feel bored at all.
The young man's hair is very soft and feels great to the touch.
Luo Wusheng struggled in silence, then gradually calmed down. He pretended nothing had happened and backed away from Woman A, as if the person who had thrown himself into her arms just now was not her.
"Don't worry, I won't take revenge on you personally."
Seeing that the young man had adjusted himself, Shi Hanqiao continued to tease him. Seeing his phoenix eyes shining at her, she felt very happy.
Her opinion changed again. The phoenix eyes looked beautiful when they were calm, but just like water, being calm was not a good thing.
No matter it is a gurgling stream or a surging wave, eyes that burst with emotions are vivid and beautiful.
Luo Wusheng launched the attack first, using the battle to mask his vulnerability to being easily influenced by Woman A. His emotional attacks calmed him down under her deft defense. His dark phoenix eyes gradually hardened, revealing a tenacity that refused to give in.
In their fourth match, Female A completely gave up attacking and only defended. Even though she didn't use any moves that the Demon Lord had used, the fear of being dominated by him came over her - Shi Hanqiao was fighting in the center of the ring and hadn't moved a single step since the start of the fight.
Luo Wusheng is the commander, but he tries his best to make up for the physical weakness of Omega. He actively participates in the training courses after entering school. Although his progress is not as good as his teammates, he can be on par with other Alpha students.
However, he couldn't even make Shi Hanqiao move even half a step!
The training in class was focused on specific areas. Luo Wusheng wasn't yet able to balance the movements of his hands and feet, so Shi Hanqiao's defense was easy. She practiced not only gathering her spirit and breathing, but also wielding swords, spears, and whips day after day, persisting for hundreds of years...
Mechanical and repetitive behaviors test a person's patience and willpower, but also give her an indestructible physique, all-seeing vision, and conditioned reflex nerves.
If this incompletely tempered body was not only half as strong as her original body, Shi Hanqiao could even take on the young man's attack with one hand.
However, even if she could do it with one hand, she would not do it to Luo Wusheng, as she was afraid of hurting him.
The young man, who had been hit hard, fought more and more bravely. This one-sided attack lasted for nearly three hours until he was exhausted. He took two steps back and sat down on the ground, his limbs so sore that he didn't want to do anything.
The young man was drenched in sweat as he sat on the ring with his knees bent. He supported himself weakly with his hands behind his back, tilted his head back and gasped heavily. A few naughty strands of hair escaped the restraints of the hair tie during the fight and stuck messily to his sweaty face.
After a while, Luo Wusheng stopped holding on, put down his elbows, and stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes like a fish dying of thirst on the beach.
Shi Hanqiao adjusted the control panel in the training room and turned off the glaring incandescent light. The training room, which was as bright as daylight, suddenly became dark, and it was pitch dark.
The sudden darkening environment made the young man feel insecure. He looked towards where Woman A was and instinctively searched for someone familiar in the darkness.
He slowly supported himself with his elbows, but before he could force himself up, the ceiling split open from the center and opened at a constant speed.
Starlight fell from the sky, and the little bits of light dispelled the darkness.
The star Xia is located in a special position in the galaxy, and is especially beautiful at night. Whether it is a starry night or a moonlit night, it is breathtakingly beautiful. The Star and Moon Lake of the Sphinx reflects the beautiful night.
The starlight broadened the young man's vision, but he had no interest in the night sky and only looked up at Shi Hanqiao's back.
Even after an intense fight, she remained calm and composed, with only a thin layer of sweat and slightly messy hair revealing signs of exercise.
"Can you still get up?"
Woman A turned around and raised her left eyebrow slightly. Luo Wusheng relaxed his elbow and fell back. "No, I can't get up."
Shi Hanqiao sat down next to him, looked up at the night sky for two seconds, then leaned back and lay flat next to the young man.
The night wind flows through the sky, gently and lightly.
"Last time, the story you told me,"
Luo Wusheng paused and finally did not say the word "dog". Instead, he said, "God, what happened next?"
What he actually wanted to know more was what the "dog" had gone through to escape from the "master" who wanted to cut up its flesh and bleed it, and who the "dog" met later.
Intuitively, he felt that person was extremely important to Shi Hanqiao.
But he knew that he was not qualified to understand these things yet.
"Um?"
Shi Hanqiao was puzzled, then said "Oh" in sudden realization.
She remembered the bedtime story she had told the young man last time.
"At first, some people wanted to provoke her, but after being suppressed a few times, they learned their lesson and resorted to some underhanded tactics. Seeing that she didn't care, no one took the initiative to provoke her later."
It had been so long that Shi Hanqiao could hardly remember. She only remembered that in the world of cultivation, eight out of ten nights were pitch black, unlike tonight when the stars were shining brightly.
"Does she have any hobbies?"
Luo Wusheng suddenly recalled that he once felt that the Demon Lord was like an old man in the Star Realm. It was not because of her extraordinary strength, but because he felt from her a special feeling that could only be felt after being tempered by time.
The baptism of time will hide the arrogance deep in the heart, rather than reveal it on the outside.
Although the story Shi Hanqiao told lacked many details, the feeling it gave him confirmed his guesses about the Demon Lord one by one.
Shi Hanqiao rested one hand behind his head, bent one leg lazily, and looked at the starry night sky.
"Does looking at the night sky before bed count?"
"Is it because the people you care about have turned into stars in the sky?"
Luo Wusheng tilted his head and looked at him.
“Puff—”
Shi Hanqiao laughed out loud in confusion. She didn't know what the young man meant.
She also turned her head to look at him, "What do you mean? People can't turn into stars."
Looking at the corner of Girl A's mouth that had not yet been closed, Luo Wusheng's heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by a hand.
“There’s a saying that those who have passed away will become stars and accompany you in the night sky.”
When Luo Wusheng was a child, although he knew that people would not turn into stars after death, Grandpa Luo still comforted him in this way.
"That's an interesting statement."
Woman A's tone rose. It was the first time she heard this statement and she found it novel.
The unchanged curve at the corner of her mouth caught the young man's eye, but it made the hand holding his heart tighten a little.
According to Woman A's story, after overcoming numerous difficulties and finally escaping the clutches of the devil, she met a kind man, but that man died. How many years of loneliness would it take for her to utter the words, "Does looking at the night sky before bed count?"
Although he was busy on weekdays, he still planted a patch of Versilia flowers in the yard of the capital star, and he would water it himself whenever he was in the capital star.
Even if she reached the highest point, she still had no interest at all?
Luo Wusheng was silent. He didn't dare to touch the person in Shi Hanqiao's heart easily.
Although he felt a little sad when he first heard it, he now felt sorry that the man did not live longer and stay with her for a while longer.
The two of them lay on the ground side by side, tilting their heads to look at each other, so close that they could hear each other's breathing.
"You've been very sentimental lately."
Maybe it was because the night sky tonight was more beautiful than the one in the world of cultivation, but Shi Hanqiao was affected and in a very good mood. So when she saw the mist rising in the phoenix eyes, she couldn't help but stretch out her twisted fingers to the tear at the end of the young man's left eye, which looked like a drop of moon falling into the lake.
Being stared at seriously by those dark pupils, Luo Wusheng's heart was pounding. He didn't want to say that he felt bad for her. She herself didn't care about the past. He was just her friend. How could he be qualified to feel sad for her?
But emotions are uncontrollable.
Luo Wusheng was already feeling uncomfortable, and when Woman A pointed out his recent state, he also thought about how he had repeatedly revealed his vulnerable emotions in front of her. Normally, he rarely showed his emotions, and for a moment, he felt a little embarrassed and turned his head away, ignoring her.
Even though he was pretending to be indifferent, he looked at the night sky and listened carefully to the movements of the people around him.
The fingertips brushed across the young man's tall nose due to his movements, and finally stopped lightly in the air above his right eye. Shi Hanqiao withdrew his hand and twisted his fingers. The remaining touch seemed not bad.
Luo Wusheng had no intention of appreciating the night view. His attention was focused on hearing, and time seemed to slow down.
It felt like he hadn't heard anything from Girl A for a long time, and he started to get nervous again. Could she be angry?
The young man was hesitating whether to explain when the light in his vision suddenly dimmed and a shadow fell.
He raised his eyes and looked into the dark eyes of girl A. She placed her hands on both sides of his ears, as if she was holding him in arms.
"Just a reminder, lest you ruin your image outside."
Shi Hanqiao knew that he always appeared calm, composed, and steady in front of others.
She reminded him that it was not just the reasons given, but also because she had other selfish motives.
She simply didn't want others to see him differently.
She wanted to monopolize the other side of him.
【Author’s words】
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