Chapter 52: You Like Me
“Regarding the Beichuan blood pool in your body, do you have any solution?”
“…”
Su Huanhuan gazed into Luo He’s eyes, then slowly said:
“Yes, I plan to refine it myself, though I can’t do it yet.”
“What’s your specific plan?”
“It’s simple. As I mentioned earlier, to utilize Beichuan, two conditions are needed: the qualification of a Sect Leader and the ability to refine resentful energy.”
“But in essence, both conditions are about subduing Beichuan and gaining its obedience.”
Su Huanhuan looked at her constantly burning, painful chest, then at Luo He beside her.
“I already have the demonic seed you gave me years ago. If I find a few more things… I’ll have a way to make Beichuan suffer badly, to let it know who’s the boss.”
“That’s my plan, and that’s why I seized Beichuan from that dog Si Yu in the first place.”
“Sigh, doesn’t that mean you didn’t actually need to carry this thing around tormenting yourself?”
“Hehe… This girl just loves doing things that harm others without benefiting herself.”
Faced with Luo He’s light sigh, Su Huanhuan just smiled.
“If Si Yu dared to target me, how could I not let him taste what it feels like to have his treasures taken?”
“He wanted to use me as a sacrifice, so I was determined to shatter all his plans completely. Even if I suffered for it, it was worth it.”
“Because people, you see, are spiteful.”
“Without a hard hit, they never learn their lesson.”
“I needed to make him understand exactly who he was messing with…”
Su Huanhuan’s crimson pupils reflected the leaping flames, making her gaze somewhat inscrutable.
Luo He made no comment on the viciousness and vengefulness in her words, merely nodding.
“What a coincidence, I can help you with that.”
“So, what’s this business you mentioned?”
Faced with Su Huanhuan’s somewhat hesitant question, Luo He calmly replied:
“As a ghost spirit now, I need to absorb the vital energy of living beings.”
“But firstly, I’m unwilling to prey on ordinary people, and secondly, I don’t want to resort to sneaky methods. So I thought of finding a cultivator willing to provide me with life energy as a companion.”
“The amount I need for survival is a mere trifle for a cultivator.”
“In return, I will help you achieve your goals as much as possible without going against my own principles.”
“This includes, but is not limited to, assisting with your cultivation, fighting alongside you, or other matters… Well, think of it as having a spirit ring grandpa like in storybooks.”
“Besides that, there’s something I just discovered recently… Let me enter your body again.”
Back inside Su Huanhuan, Luo He began operating the Crescent Moon mental technique.
Su Huanhuan felt a small figure appear in her spirit platform.
Her expression was puzzled, somewhat hard to describe, but then… immediately changed to shock that pierced through her understanding.
Under Luo He’s influence, Su Huanhuan’s dantian was activated, quietly absorbing surrounding spiritual energy at an alarmingly terrifying speed.
Even that demonic relic began to slowly rotate with Luo He’s technique, further accelerating this crazy absorption rate…
The Crescent Moon mental technique had been taught to him by her, and the demonic relic had been in her body for six years.
Why couldn’t she do this?
In just a few breaths, Su Huanhuan’s previously barren dantian instantly recovered two or three tenths, and even though the speed slowed down later, it was still far beyond what she could achieve on her own.
Even her cultivation realm was advancing much faster.
Is this… is this the gap in talent?
“Now that I’m residing in your spirit platform, I can hear your thoughts. Be careful.”
“!!”
“Don’t panic, I can only hear the most surface-level thoughts… Anyway, the point I want to make isn’t about the speed of spiritual absorption.”
“But time. This means that as long as I’m inside you, you have an automatic cultivation machine.”
“You can use this time to do other things, or rest, which is equivalent to having more disposable time than other cultivators.”
“This is very valuable.”
As Luo He finished speaking, he also stopped his technique and emerged from Su Huanhuan’s body.
Su Huanhuan stared at him blankly, feeling like her mind was in a storm.
Increasing cultivation while lying down was the kind of dream talk that others would only laugh at.
But if it could come true, which cultivator wouldn’t want it to?
And today, it seemed about to come true for her, Su Huanhuan.
As for having some of her thoughts heard… Su Huanhuan didn’t mind, as she had nothing to hide from him anyway.
Although she consistently presented herself as calculated and cautious, she didn’t actually mind being honest.
She even secretly looked forward to this feeling of trust and entrusting… something she had always lacked and yearned for.
But, how to put it.
Su Huanhuan felt that this benefit was too great, so great that even someone as thick-skinned as herself felt somewhat embarrassed to accept it all at once.
“What… what benefit do you get from this?”
Su Huanhuan looked at Luo He, tentatively asking.
“Benefit? I’m essentially borrowing your spiritual root to cultivate, and I can extract a bit of the cultivated energy to strengthen myself.”
“But the efficiency isn’t high, as spiritual energy isn’t my native cultivation resource.”
“…”
Su Huanhuan remained silent for a while, staring directly at Luo He.
Being stared at for so long without response, Luo He thought she was carefully deliberating.
Indeed, after all, he and Su Huanhuan didn’t have the kind of deep, enduring friendship where they knew each other inside out.
Counting carefully, it was just a matter of you help me once, I help you once, and now they’re even.
This was, after all, about allowing Luo He to enter and exit her life-and-death gateway as a cultivator.
With her cautious and meticulous nature, it was only natural that she needed to think it through carefully.
However, Luo He still hoped she would agree.
Firstly, it was convenient; he knew Su Huanhuan.
Secondly… he genuinely wanted to help her.
She wasn’t a good person, but she was an adorable one.
Luo He believed that adorable people deserved adorable endings.
Since waking up in the bamboo grove, Luo He had been wondering what he wanted to do.
Besides seeing the colorful world, perhaps making sure Su Huanhuan could always remain that adorable Su Huanhuan, without being changed by anything else.
This might also be something he wanted to do.
“So that means…”
Finally, Su Huanhuan spoke again.
She took a deep breath, wearing a somewhat mysterious smile:
“You can help me cultivate, help me face enemies.”
“Yes.”
“You can accompany me to achieve my goals, protect my safety.”
“Yes.”
“You can appear at my time of greatest need like before, helping me solve problems?”
“Yes.”
“And for this, the payment you need is just some insignificant vital energy, plus that little spiritual energy you can’t fully utilize from your own cultivation?”
“That’s right.”
“Stupid fox.”
Her expression suddenly became richer, various emotions intertwining on her face.
Her tone carried hints of disbelief and expectation as she continued:
“You… don’t happen to like me and want me as your cultivation partner, do you?”
“?”
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