Chapter 198 - Personality Changes
The golden rain of light completely stopped, leaving behind the newly nourished Immortal-Slaying Square and the more active spiritual particles in the air.
The reconstruction work of Guixu Sect was carried out in an all-round way in a subtle and enthusiastic atmosphere.
The skeleton of the third floor of the Talisman Array Tower has finally been completed.
Iron Ox grunted as he carried the last piece of star-patterned iron plate that needed to be quenched. His huge eyes would occasionally glance towards the tower base, and he would mutter in a muffled voice, "Big Brother... when will you come to quench it..."
Next to the tower base, Chu Linyuan was holding the Frost Silence Sword. He was not practicing with the sword, but using the sword as a pen to draw out the pure black ice evil spirit. On a huge piece of Shenyuan black rock that was to be used as the tower wall, he carved the core runes for reinforcement and spiritual gathering.
The movements were smooth, precise and cold, and every sword mark was deep and restrained, containing powerful power.
Xie Zhao, on the other hand, moved a cushioned recliner and leaned against it crookedly.
He held the Jinghong Talisman Pen in his hand, but did not work. Instead, he wrote and drew on a piece of animal skin paper, holding a grass stem in his mouth. His peach blossom eyes occasionally lifted up from the drawing, and glanced at Chu Linyuan's focused profile, his tightly pursed thin lips, and the smooth lines under the black clothes that slightly rose and fell with the movement of the sword.
"Brother," Xie Zhao suddenly spoke, his voice lazy and deliberately dragging, "Did you put too much force on the corner of the third stroke of this rune? It will affect the smoothness of the subsequent nesting of the small soul-returning formation."
Chu Linyuan's sword movements did not pause at all, and he didn't even raise his eyelids.
The cold sword tip was still steadily carving runes, but the direction of the sword edge was slightly adjusted by half a degree, just in line with the optimal force mentioned by Xie Zhao.
"Yeah." A cold monosyllable was his response.
Xie Zhao's mouth curled up in triumph, like a cat that had successfully stolen some fish. He continued to write and draw on the animal skin paper, humming a tuneless little tune.
After a while, he poked Chu Linyuan's lower back with the talisman pen again: "Brother, are you tired? Take a break? Have a drink of water? Junior Sister Luo's newly prepared Hundred Herb Condensation is said to nourish yin and replenish yang..."
Chu Linyuan finally stopped and turned his head.
His cold eyes fell on Xie Zhao's face that said "I'm very considerate, praise me quickly", and then swept over the cup of condensed dew in his hand, which he had obviously just taken from the small table next to him.
He stretched out his hand, but instead of taking the cup, he directly grasped Xie Zhao's wrist holding the cup, and took a sip from the other's hand.
The movements were incredibly natural, as if they had been rehearsed a thousand times.
Xie Zhao: "..."
Feeling the coolness and unquestionable strength of the other person's fingertips on his wrist, and watching Chu Linyuan's Adam's apple rolling as he drank the condensed water, Xie Zhao's ears began to heat up again.
This ice chip... his methods of teasing people without being seen are getting more and more sophisticated!
"Tsk, senior brother, don't you have hands?" He tried to pull his hand back to hide his heartbeat, and his tone was deliberately filled with disgust.
Chu Linyuan loosened his hand, but his fingertips gently brushed across Xie Zhao's palm as if unintentionally.
Brings a slight shudder.
He picked up the Frost Silence Sword again, his voice still calm, but he threw out a sentence: "Your hand is so sweet."
Xie Zhao: "!!!"
He suddenly retracted his hand, feeling his entire palm burning, and his heart beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to jump out of his throat!
This, this, this… In broad daylight! This idiot is actually saying dirty talk! And he's saying it so seriously!
"Pfft!" Su Tang, who was furiously peeping under the pretense of recording supplies not far away, was the first to burst out laughing. She quickly covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking like sieves, and she whispered madly to the Star Attraction Order on her waist: "Senior Mo Chen! Did you hear that?! Senior Brother Bingshan! He actually knows how to flirt! And he's so sweet! Ahhhh, I'm losing it! Second Senior Brother's ears are red as hell!"
Luo Hongyi was checking a batch of newly delivered spiritual herbs marked as "highly toxic". Upon hearing this, she rolled her eyes in disgust. The poisonous mist at her fingertips became unstable and almost over-catalyzed a "Bone-Eroding Orchid".
She angrily yelled towards Taki, "You two idiots! If you want to flirt, go back to your room! Don't be an eyesore here! You're delaying my medicine test!"
Tie Niu's huge body froze in place, watching the natural and intimate interaction between the eldest and second brothers, then looking at the heavy star-patterned iron plate in his hand, and then looking at Luo Hongyi's enchanting yet cold back in the distance.
A huge, indescribable feeling of envy and bitterness surged in my heart.
His bronze face drooped, and his huge eyes were even covered with a layer of mist. He murmured in a muffled voice with tears in his eyes: "I... I also want to feed Senior Sister Luo water... My hands are also very big..."
Su Tang, who happened to be passing by him, heard his silly mumbling and stumbled, almost falling.
She patted Tie Niu's thick, pillar-like arm sympathetically: "Brother Tie Niu... the road ahead is long and arduous... I suggest you start by making sure you don't get poisoned to death..."
The little white deer was holding the rabbit, sitting on a pile of soft spiritual grass mats, weaving something with the newly acquired silk thread that emitted starlight.
She heard the noise, raised her clear eyes, looked at Senior Brother Chu and Senior Brother Xie who were in a "strange atmosphere" beside the tower base, then looked at Senior Brother Tie Niu who was "about to cry" and Senior Sister Luo who was "very fierce", and a trace of confusion appeared on her little face.
She lowered her head and whispered to Bunny, "Bunny, everyone seems very busy... Let's be good and don't cause any trouble."
Bunny rubbed her palm.
A busy day is coming to an end.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the evil clouds, stretching the shadow of the Talisman Array Tower very long.
Xie Zhao stretched and climbed up from the recliner. He used the Jinghong Talisman Pen to command several talisman puppets to put the scattered tools back in place.
He walked to Chu Linyuan and naturally helped him sheath the Frost Silence Sword, his fingers inadvertently brushing against the other's slightly cool hand.
"Brother, it's time to call it a day! What are we having for dinner tonight? Tie Niu seems to have hunted a fat Abyss Shadow Leopard and asked Junior Sister Luo to stir-fry it... Ouch!"
Before he could finish his words, he felt a tightening in his lower back, and his whole body was pulled over by an irresistible force, and his back hit a solid and slightly cool chest.
Chu Linyuan's arms were wrapped around his waist like an iron hoop, his chin resting lightly on the top of his head, and his cold breath brushed against his earlobe.
"Tired." Chu Linyuan's voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of imperceptible laziness and...suggestion.
Xie Zhao's body froze instantly, and his heartbeat went out of control again!
This... is this icy bastard so direct in his coquettishness now?!
He struggled a bit, but failed to break free; instead he was held even tighter.
"If you're tired...just go back and rest! Why are you hugging me? I'm not a pillow!"
"Hmm." Chu Linyuan uttered a single sound from his nose, and his arms tightened a little. He actually hugged him like this, closing his eyes slightly, as if he really wanted to use him as a human pillow to rest.
Only the chin that was resting on the top of his head rubbed it lightly, almost imperceptibly.
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