Chapter 0: 86. Not a Thing
“Good lad, that flattery was quite pleasant, just a bit too exaggerated,” Qin Gou said with a smile, touching his nose.
“Flattery? Master, Xinting is speaking the truth! Didn’t you just enter the Realm Lord Realm? But what I saw just now truly made it hard to remain calm,” Zhao Xinting said with awe flickering in her eyes, greatly moved.
“But Xinting, haven’t you already unleashed your own Little Profound Realm?”
“What?”
Upon hearing this, Little Zhao immediately covered her chest with a dejected expression. “Master, so you’re admitting that facing you, a cultivator who just entered the Realm Lord Realm, Xinting needs to directly unleash her Profound Realm just to maintain a calm state of mind before you? Your seemingly casual self-praise is far more terrifying than my previous exclamation!”
Qin Gou shrugged and chuckled. “Actually, I didn’t think too much about it. Although I did get a lot stronger after this promotion, a cultivator’s combat power can ultimately only be truly displayed in a spellcasting battle! I wonder Xinting, would you be willing to…”
“On such a joyous day, Xinting won’t disgrace herself,” Old Qin hadn’t finished speaking when Xinting preemptively replied. In this situation, it was already absurd for her to deploy her Profound Realm against Old Qin, who had just broken through, and even then, it didn’t seem like an absolutely guaranteed victory.
“Then…”
As Qin Gou turned his head, Ye Qishuang and Qiu Qianyue, those two cunning spirits, had already very naturally pretended to look elsewhere.
“Why does it seem like Master is bullying you? Can you hear me out? What Master wanted to say was…”
Qin Gou spread his hands, and let out a chuckle. “How about this, the three of you come at me together.”
“Master?!”
In an instant, Zhao, Ye, and Qiu all looked at Old Qin in disbelief, their eyes wide and faces flushed.
“What you said can’t even be considered ‘bullying’ us anymore, this is outright ‘humiliation’!”
“You’re stomping your own disciples’ faces into the mud!”
“I’ll steal your belt!”
“Reporting, Qiu Qianyue is teasing you amidst the chaos.”
“This is betrayal!”
“Cough, alright, Debt Girl, stop messing around. And Xinting, Qishuang, why are you two making it sound so serious? Master genuinely wants to spar a bit. Isn’t that normal for someone who just broke through?” Qin Gou said, feeling ashamed. “By the way, to avoid damaging this place, Master will definitely have to enter one of your Little Profound Realms later.”
“Master, no matter what, this matter will have to wait until your aura stabilizes. Therefore, before that, please hear me out,” Ye Qishuang suddenly glanced at Zhao Xinting, her pretty face complex. “I think you’d better pay more attention to Eldest Senior Brother as soon as possible.”
“Master knows.”
In just a moment, Qin Gou understood what Little Shuang’er meant. The System had also reminded him earlier that because Xinting had suddenly revealed the shocking truth of her Female Body to Qishuang and Debt Girl, the topic among the three had inexplicably gone off track.
What surprised Qin Gou himself was that Little Zhao from ‘this side’ seemed more accepting of this truth. After all, it had only been a few days, and she was already planning to be forthright with Qishuang and the others. Xinting from his original world still hadn’t dared to speak up.
Ye Qishuang said very seriously, “No, I think you might have misunderstood something else, and what Qishuang is saying now…”
“Qishuang, Master really does know,” Zhao Xinting said with a helpless smile.
“Ah? So, Eldest Senior Brother told Master about that matter where he was misled and developed strange thoughts?” Little Shuang’er asked with concern in her eyes.
“The biggest shock I’ve received recently is that I’m about to faint from anger because of you, Wench,” Zhao Xinting said, wanting to cry but having no tears. The most fatal thing was the deep gentle concern in Ye Qishuang’s eyes. This Wench genuinely believed that her psyche had some strange distortion!
“Alright, Xinting, calm down. Actually, you complicated this matter at first. Words are not enough; why not just present some Genuine evidence?” Qin Gou waved his hand. “You’ve been talking about it all along, and Qishuang and Debt Girl were also confused.”
Zhao Xinting’s eyes showed a hint of surprise. “So, during your seclusion in this cave, you could fully pay attention to everything we were doing outside?”
Qin Gou smiled faintly, not elaborating further. He simply said, “How about this, let’s use the simplest and clearest method. When the time comes, you and Qishuang go find a hot spring to bathe in together, and I’ll explain properly during that time. Won’t that be convincing enough?”
“What are you saying, Master?” Ye Yatou quickly said. “As the saying goes, men and women should not touch each other. Even for Eldest Senior Brother… that’s too strange.”
“Yes.” Unexpectedly, Zhao Xinting herself repeatedly nodded, appearing to agree. “After all, Qishuang is no longer a child from back then, not to mention with Qian Yue… If it were really like that, wouldn’t I be taking advantage of them? This is not what a Gentleman would do!”
“What? It’s understandable that Qishuang says so, but Xinting…” Qin Gou’s expression was filled with bewilderment. “What are you thinking? I’m starting to get confused by you. Why would women bathing together be considered taking advantage?”
“It’s not?” The one who spoke was Qiu Qianyue, who was smiling.
“I was wrong.”
Old Qin quickly realized his error and exchanged a look with the dry-laughing Zhao Xinting.
Good heavens, the reason Xinting suddenly brought up being a Gentleman was probably her deep fear of Debt Girl, and she was just saying it in a more tactful way?
“Forget it, let’s get serious. Do you three still remember the ‘Fate-Changing Soul’ technique that A’Yuan mentioned in the letter to Xinting?” Qin Gou asked first.
“I remember. Back then, it was said that Master was affected by the Fate-Changing Soul technique, and only Eldest Senior Brother could help remove it!” Debt Girl nodded.
“Actually, A’Yuan deliberately said the opposite. The one who was truly affected by the Fate-Changing Soul technique back then was not Master!” Qin Gou’s expression turned solemn. “It is precisely because of this Fate-Changing Soul technique that Xinting has always misunderstood that she was a Male Body!”
“What?! Master, you weren’t joking with Eldest Senior Brother?”
“If, if this is true, to dare to use such a vicious Spirit Charm on Eldest Senior Brother, this bastard…”
“Not a bastard! Nor a pervert, nor a scoundrel, absolutely not…” at that moment, with the peculiar experience of scolding himself last time, Qin Gou rapidly explained, racing against time, solely to block Qishuang and Debt Girl’s scolding as much as possible.
“Understood!”
“This guy is absolutely no good!”
