Chapter 495: Snow Country Train (Part 2)
“Whoosh—”
The train was moving fast, the wind and snow still raging, and the sound of the windows shaking could faintly be heard. Su Jiu, after Bairnis confirmed that everything was ready, quietly released her from outside the door.
“When we go in, don’t reveal that you are a monster.”
Su Jiu looked at the other party, who had returned to her original height, similar to her own. Her gaze followed her neck down to the fabric of her chest, where a black butterfly pattern was engraved.
She couldn’t help but smack her lips. This little lass looked about the same height as her, but she actually felt like she was more… gifted.
“Miss, do you like it? You can touch it.”
Bairnis’s voice came from ahead, soft and sweet, always carrying a gentle feeling, but her words felt a bit strange.
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu looked up, gazed at the sincerity revealed on her Western fairy-like face, and was somewhat lost in thought. The two looked at each other for several seconds.
Finally, with a “Miss?”, Su Jiu felt a little embarrassed and waved her hand, heading towards the compartment door: “Let’s go in first.”
After speaking, she quickly lowered her head slightly, covering her somewhat flushed cheeks with a scarf, feeling that Bairnis was becoming stranger and stranger. She used to be so obedient and well-behaved…
Although she still was…
But it felt very strange. Now she felt as if she was being looked after by an elder. She felt like she could lie in that somewhat soft embrace for half the day.
“Little Miss, I really want to… secretly eat you up.”
However, the moment Su Jiu turned away, a charming smile appeared on her delicate little face. After searching in her large pocket for a moment, she took out a slightly ancient book. On the cover, one could faintly see the title “Lady Knight and her Prince”, with a raised, curved rose pattern inserted in place of the “and”.
“But a knight is a knight, and cannot eat the princess’s cake first.”
She squinted again, smiled, and shook her head before following.
After her body fully recovered, Bairnis’s mental state was no longer in depression. After the trip to Aers, she even developed some special thoughts.
“Who is this Miss?”
Glancing at Bairnis behind Su Jiu, Rancy was slightly startled. She couldn’t sense the other party’s cultivation level either, indicating that she was at least an intermediate War God. Moreover, this noble-like aura made her almost impossible to ignore.
“She is Miss’s… Knight.”
Before Su Jiu could speak, Bairnis stepped forward half a pace, placed her hands on her lower abdomen, and assumed a very ladylike posture. She smiled slightly.
“Knight? Is this Miss Su’s knight?”
Rancy looked at Bairnis with some curiosity. Su Jiu also turned her head in surprise. She knew that this title was not common in the West; it was mostly used in subordinate relationships.
“Uh… in a sense, yes.”
Turning to look at Bairnis, the latter still wore a gentle smile and even winked at her. Su Jiu shook her head helplessly and could only agree.
After receiving Su Jiu’s reply, Bairnis tilted her head slightly, her lips forming a small arc, and then pursed them before regaining a serious expression. A faint fluorescence appeared on her hands, and she gently patted Su Jiu’s shoulder:
“Miss, that [Divine Liquid] is not actually a native product. During the European confrontation with the Others back then, it dropped from a King-level Other. It directly allowed an ordinary Earl-level Blood Clan member to enter the Elder Council.”
“Ordinary people might need special potions to assist, but for us Blood Clan members who are not afraid of mental power overload, this thing is the best enhancement potion. Its effect is even inferior to the Blood Emperor Flower, which can only be used by Duke-level Blood Clan members.”
Rancy, of course, was unaware of their quiet conversation. Seeing that they were not speaking, as if it were about the land, she picked up her phone and started typing again.
After listening to Bairnis, Su Jiu was stunned. Wasn’t that Elder Council the organization that forcibly took Doubi Xi away?
Then, she took out the blue potion bottle again, lost in thought. This thing seemed to be much more potent than she had imagined. Her mental power might reach the War God Level!
With War God Level mental power, the Blood Clan would truly possess powerful attack methods, capable of achieving decisive results in battles.
Her gaze fell on the ice-blue potion. Su Jiu couldn’t imagine that such a small amount contained the energy to change her destiny. This acquisition was purely luck.
With a sigh, Su Jiu adjusted her breathing rhythm, her external qi also slowed down, and her body gradually entered a state of cultivation, her mind completely quiet.
Then, her gaze shifted slightly downwards, falling on the small blue bottle. She used her fingernail to open the seal of the potion. After meeting Bairnis’s eyes and receiving confirmation, she dripped it into the place with the small flower on her right eye. The liquid inside seemed to connect, and all of it flowed into her eye.
As soon as it entered her eye, Su Jiu’s pupils suddenly filled with bloodshot lines, and her fair face instantly turned as red as if it had been stained with blood. Tears kept flowing out.
At this moment, Su Jiu no longer had the luxury to care about etiquette. As the liquid flowed into her brain like threads, a sharp pain shot through her nerves to her brain. Her mind felt as if it were being repeatedly clamped by elevator doors.
The energy transformed from the divine liquid quickly flowed into her eyes. Instantly, the small flower that was originally calm suddenly bloomed, becoming almost materialized on Su Jiu’s face, emitting a faint fragrance.
This caused Rancy, who was beside them, to look astonished. She was about to step forward to inquire about the situation, but under Bairnis’s “shushing” gesture, she stopped.
“Ah—!!”
The next moment, accompanied by Su Jiu’s cry, a powerful mental force erupted from Su Jiu’s eyes, and the airflow blew their clothes with a whooshing sound.
Rancy couldn’t help but worry. She turned to look at Bairnis beside her again and asked in a low voice, “Is she really okay? She looks like she’s in a lot of pain.”
“A butterfly breaking free from its cocoon requires enduring pain. Just hold on, it will pass soon.”
Bairnis smiled gently, raised her arm slightly, and with a wave of her fingertips, dense butterflies instantly swarmed around, forming a shield to block the outward leakage of mental power.
However, her gaze was not as calm as her words; she kept staring at Su Jiu, ready to prevent any sudden accidents.
“What you said is right, but… are you sure this isn’t for external application!?”
Hearing Bairnis’s voice, Su Jiu clenched her teeth tightly. Her shoulders, soaked with tears and blood, trembled slightly, and all the pores on her body were sweating from this intense pain.
As Su Jiu persisted, the pain began to gradually subside, but the flower on her right eye remained, quite ornamental. Of course, it would be better if it didn’t bleed.
Finally, after calming down, Su Jiu immediately used her mental power to check the condition of her right eye. She discovered that the moment she used her mental power, it had already reached the early stage of the intermediate War God level. This was a completely different feeling from before.
If she had to use a metaphor, it would be the difference between ordinary pebbles and diamonds. The quantity hadn’t changed, but the quality had directly improved.
And it was still continuously rising!
Even with the fragrance of flowers lingering, Su Jiu’s energy sea began to frantically absorb the energy from the divine liquid. The “blue small pill” that served as the moon started to spin rapidly, its speed and efficiency making one think of…
A tire flying off on the highway!
As the energy in the dan tian (energy sea) was continuously converted into liquid and filled, Su Jiu’s previously empty dan tian began to be irrigated with energy liquid. In just a few dozens of seconds, the light-colored mist transformed into pale blue energy liquid, gradually filling the dan tian.
Continuously digesting the energy, Su Jiu clearly felt that her body was absorbing energy at a rather terrifying speed. This energy could extend Elegance’s third form by more than three minutes…
Just as Su Jiu felt surprised by this, when the energy had filled the dan tian, it still didn’t stop. The blue liquid overflowed the inner core…
Then it pushed up to Su Jiu’s lower abdomen, causing her flat stomach to bulge slightly, almost reaching overflow…
“Oh no, this thing doesn’t seem to be something a Half-King can consume. Without truly becoming a Battle King, my body still can’t handle it.”
Without being able to manage much else, Su Jiu thought to herself, and began to use Elegance to consume the energy. If stage one wasn’t enough, she’d go straight to stage two. As the pressure and release balanced, her energy growth also slowed down.
“My mental power should have reached the late stage of the intermediate War God level by now. Being able to reach this level is truly beyond my expectations.”
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Su Jiu closed her eyes again and reached out to touch the small golden flower protruding from her right eye. After a slight sensation, her expression suddenly changed. There was still nearly half of the energy left inside.
There’s no way she could appear in front of people with this anime-like image, right?
Who is she cosplaying?
No, no, that’s not the point, the point is…
As the dan tian’s energy overflowed again, Su Jiu grunted, her expression turning completely grim. She quickly wanted to use [Elegance] to squeeze out the energy.
But the next moment, a great throbbing pain came from her head. This was the pressure from her mental power continuously increasing. She was breaking through a certain limit.
Damn it!
Feeling her divine sense blurring, Su Jiu felt somewhat resigned to her fate. She even idly thought that this damn divine medicine was very likely a conspiracy by [Yi], trying to stress her to death…
Just as her consciousness was about to scatter, unable to control the mental power energy, she felt something soft press against her back. Immediately, her hair was brushed aside, and a slightly cool fingertip brushed against the veins on her neck…
“Miss, the first time will hurt a little.”
As a gentle voice sounded, Su Jiu felt a slight pain in her neck. The next moment, the distending pain from the energy began to gradually alleviate, and the stinging sensation at her neck turned from pain to numbness. It was a completely different feeling from Vivian.
“Hmph hmph ♫～♪… 岜叁零 (nine):(玲⑦久⒌虾/”
A seemingly small-town ballad emerged from behind her, her voice soft, humming a melody like coaxing a child to sleep, sweet and gentle…
“zzz～” A soft snore sounded.
Rancy looked at Bairnis, who was hugging Su Jiu and biting her neck, and reached out a hand, wanting to say something.
What is going on?
Suddenly, Bairnis released her mouth. Amidst the splashing blood, she rested her chin on Su Jiu’s shoulder, licked the beads of blood from the corner of her mouth, and looked at Rancy with blood-red eyes. The atmosphere suddenly became rigid.
A moment later, she slowly raised a hand and placed it on her blood-red lips, making a shushing gesture. She smiled gently:
“Shh, she’s asleep.”
Listening to this gentle voice, Rancy had an illusion that if she said any more, the other party might not be polite…
It seemed this Knight was a bit special…
Ignoring Rancy, Bairnis tilted her head slightly, breathing in the familiar scent. She gently hugged Su Jiu’s waist, her gaze slowly sweeping over every inch of her body, a look of…
Greed appeared on her face.
Su Jiu was her only light. Why should she be relegated to just watching?
She wanted to participate!
This thought, spurred by the phrase “holding your hand, growing old together,” became even more intense.
We shared the same snow in the past, why not today?
