Chapter 2071 — Thank You!

"I... I... actually..." Wang Xinyan was somewhat incoherent, but in the end she still said in a low voice, "When I was little, my health was terrible—frail and sickly. The doctors at the hospital said I wouldn't live past five. My parents sought out physicians everywhere for me back then, but nothing came of it. When I was two, my parents took me along once to the mountains and wilds to buy medicinal herbs... my father was in the herb trade... and that time we unexpectedly ran into an old man who roamed the four seas. Seeing my condition, he gave me something he said was a heaven-and-earth spirit medicine, saying it was to form a karmic bond—and that if fate allowed, we would meet again... From then on, my health began to improve, and my body also gave off a kind of delicate fragrance. According to my parents, it was the scent of that spirit medicine... Of course, all of this is what my parents told me. I was too young then and have no memory of it..."

Wang Xinyan did not know why she had told Wei Zhao so much. She was not one who liked to talk, yet just like that time on the plane, she had still told Wei Zhao some things about herself, as though it were simply how it ought to be.

"A karmic bond? A heaven-and-earth spirit medicine?" Wei Zhao frowned. He had no idea what Wang Xinyan was talking about, but one thing was certain: that old man was definitely no ordinary person. The conduct of such a lofty wanderer of the four seas could not be measured by common sense.

"Mm, supposedly, ever since then, this scent has been on me..." Wang Xinyan said.

"It smells very nice," Wei Zhao said. "And it seems this scent can speed up my cultivation."

"Ah... is that so..." Wang Xinyan's face grew even redder. She lowered her head, not knowing how to answer Wei Zhao's words.

Wei Zhao was in fact quite embarrassed as well. If he had not truly needed this scent for cultivation, he would never have brought it up. After all, this was a girl's private matter; unless the relationship were extremely intimate, it was not a topic one ought to discuss.

So when he saw Wang Xinyan lower her head, Wei Zhao too was at a bit of a loss for words. Just as the awkwardness hung there, White-Collar Chief walked into the classroom—the afternoon lesson had begun!

White-Collar Chief's appearance rescued Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan from their predicament. The two tacitly opened their books and prepared for class...

But after class had gone on for a while, Wang Xinyan, beside Wei Zhao, stirred. She gently undid the buttons of her windbreaker, then took off the windbreaker she was wearing, folded it neatly, and placed it on the innermost seat. And that was not all—Wang Xinyan then unbuttoned the topmost button of the blouse beneath...

In truth, Wang Xinyan had gone through a great inner struggle before doing this. She had heard Wei Zhao say that the scent on her body could aid his cultivation, and somehow a strong urge to help him had arisen in her. Yet she was also rather embarrassed, so she had hesitated and fidgeted, waiting until now to take off her outer coat...

Wang Xinyan's actions surprised Wei Zhao somewhat. Although she was still wearing a fair amount of clothing, a faint, elusive wisp of fragrance drifted over!

Wei Zhao looked at Wang Xinyan, too stirred to speak. But feeling Wei Zhao's gaze, Wang Xinyan blushed even harder with embarrassment: "I... I'm a bit hot... the classroom has started running the heating now, and I'm wearing a bit too much..."

"Ha... thank you!" Wei Zhao knew Wang Xinyan was only making an excuse. Although the classroom had heating, wearing an outer coat would absolutely not make one too hot. True, some others had taken off their coats as well, but in the previous few days Wang Xinyan had never taken hers off, so what her action at this moment was for went without saying.

"Thank me for what? How strange... hurry up and listen to the lesson!" Wang Xinyan buried her head in the textbook before her and did not look at Wei Zhao.

Seeing Wang Xinyan's bashful manner, Wei Zhao sighed inwardly. He knew that his relationship with Wang Xinyan was probably growing closer and closer. Although nothing had happened yet, if things went on like this, some inexplicable feelings would inevitably arise.

Even now, Wei Zhao's fondness for Wang Xinyan was already much greater than when they had first met. Yet all of it seemed to have happened imperceptibly, changing without anyone noticing!

Wei Zhao did not let this golden opportunity slip by either. While listening to White-Collar Chief's lecture, he circulated the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art and began to cultivate. After all, he was in the classroom; he was not worried about any great enemy arriving, nor did he have any burdens.

With the aid of the fragrance from Wang Xinyan's body, Wei Zhao's cultivation speed could only be described as advancing a thousand li in a day. Although the aura now was not as rich as during the military training, it was still more than twice as fast as cultivating on his own!

This cultivation speed already left Wei Zhao quite satisfied! After all, this was in the classroom—surely he could not ask Wang Xinyan to take off all her clothes? Or rather, surely he could not go over and embrace Wang Xinyan?

Naturally, Wei Zhao would not waste such a fine opportunity. He seized every minute and every second to cultivate!

Although Wei Zhao did not know exactly why this was so, no matter how one looked at it, it was a good thing. Wei Zhao did not think about anything else and entered a state of cultivation with complete focus...

Wang Xinyan herself did not know why she had taken off her windbreaker, nor why she had unbuttoned the top button of her blouse. Was this deliberately letting Wei Zhao smell the scent on her body? Did this count as seducing Wei Zhao?

However she looked at it, Wang Xinyan felt her behavior seemed a little shameless. Yet when she secretly saw Wei Zhao cultivating with a solemn expression, she felt again that perhaps she was overthinking things. Wei Zhao had helped her so much, and she had nothing to repay him with. Now that she finally had a bit of body fragrance that could aid his cultivation, she might as well let him absorb it as he pleased!

Thinking this, Wang Xinyan took the initiative to shift herself a little toward Wei Zhao, so that her collar came closer to his body...

But doing so threw her heart into complete disarray. Whatever White-Collar Chief was saying on the podium, she did not take in a single word—her mind was full of shyness and nervousness! She kept comforting herself: I'm only helping Wei Zhao cultivate, repaying him, nothing more...

In a daze, the whole afternoon slipped by. Wang Xinyan was so flustered that she took in nothing, while Wei Zhao had quite a bountiful harvest!

However, in his cultivation state, Wei Zhao did not want to withdraw from it lightly. Even when everyone in the classroom had left, Wei Zhao was still sitting in place cultivating!

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