A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 2260 - 1529: Going Out for a Walk (The Heater’s Too Hot, Need a Thin Blanket)
Practicing martial arts is troublesome, and difficult practice is even more troublesome. Duanmu Huai and the others were practicing Dao Heart Planting Demon for the first time, so it naturally took quite a bit of time. By the time Duanmu Huai pushed open the bedroom door to leave, it was already the morning of the third day.
"Phew... I really didn’t expect this method to be actually useful."
Duanmu Huai came to the deck, stretched lazily in the morning sun, and remarked with a sigh, showing a bit of a smile on his face.
Frankly speaking, dual cultivation between a man and a woman is naturally a delightful thing, and Duanmu Huai is quite experienced in this area. He has to admit, this dual exercise does have its fun. For Duanmu Huai, the most enjoyable part is their reactions. People might lie, but the body doesn’t. When it comes to close physical contact, there’s no need for words, one can feel the instinctual reaction, which is quite interesting.
Take the Little Dragon Girl for example, usually, she appears indifferent, like an ice-cold, emotionless mountain, wanting nothing. However, who would’ve thought she is so fragile and sensitive? Duanmu Huai only just made a move, and she was already utterly defeated, leaving herself wide open, allowing Duanmu Huai to advance without obstruction, even fainting several times, completely unlike her usual cold and distant demeanor.
On the other hand, Wang Yuyan is the exact opposite. On the surface, she looks weak and easy to bully, as though a single punch could make her cry for a year, sometimes covering her face with both hands, shaking her head, appearing to resist intensely. However, inwardly, she clings to Duanmu Huai like a snake, refusing to let go, almost like a starving ghost biting and refusing to release, so much so that Duanmu Huai has a hard time extricating himself. Together with her outwardly resisting appearance, the contrast is highly striking.
It’s only because Duanmu Huai has been through many battles, seen a lot, and being a deity with full stamina, that he escaped unharmed.
If it were someone else, they might have been drained dry.
Perhaps due to both women practicing the Nine Yin Scripture, during dual cultivation, Duanmu Huai indeed felt a chilling force being drawn out from within them. This was something he hadn’t felt before, the force was very cold but not freezing. If described, it felt like mountain spring water, soft, delicate, clear, and refreshing, quite comfortable.
Moreover, subsequently, both women indeed saw a considerable increase in their strength. For instance, previously, Little Dragon Girl’s Sword Control Technique could only control one sword, with a range of just over a hundred meters. But now she can control flying swords within about a three hundred meter range. Not only that, Little Dragon Girl has also integrated the Jade Maiden Swordsmanship into it, transforming the originally male-female joint Jade Maiden Swordsmanship into a Sword Control Technique that simultaneously controls two swords.
And to celebrate Little Dragon Girl’s understanding of this swordsmanship, Duanmu Huai also re-gifted her two Kalia Knight Swords, which he initially fished out from the Borderland. The Kalia Knight Sword contains a Sword Technique named "Great Calia", which, when infused with Magic Power, transforms into a massive Magic Sword sweeping the battlefield.
Since Mary had Lani teaching her Caelia Magic, she didn’t need to use such weapons, and Duanmu Huai had no use for them either, keeping them as a collection, but now it seemed they were put to use.
Previously Little Dragon Girl couldn’t use it, but after this dual cultivation, as long as she infuses True Qi into the Kalia Knight Sword, she can activate this sword technique effect.
Hmm, two Magic Swords, also flying.
Tsk tsk tsk, it’s truly an impressive sight not to be missed.
Wang Yuyan didn’t have any weapons, nor did she use any, but the advantage was her Five Thunders Spell, which previously could only target a single enemy, has now been transformed into an AOE, which is of course a step forward for Wang Yuyan.
"Alright, since we’re free, let’s take a walk around Yangzhou."
Just then, Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl, having finished washing up, arrived by Duanmu Huai’s side, and thus Duanmu Huai suggested. Neither woman objected, as they had been on the Immortal Boat the entire time, only occasionally going ashore. Although the boat was comfortable, after a long time, they desired to get some fresh air on land.
Thus Duanmu Huai put away the yacht, and the three of them went ashore in a secluded area, then arrived at Yangzhou City.
Within Yangzhou City, it was bustling, unaffected by the wars outside. Walking in the city, looking at the bustling streets, and thinking about the chaos along the way, it felt absurd. However, it had nothing to do with them, so Duanmu Huai, as usual, took the two around to explore, inquired about the renowned restaurants in Yangzhou City, and then went to the inn for a meal.
The inn was lively, Duanmu Huai secured a private booth, ordered their house specialties, and then sat on a chair drinking tea, enjoying the view to pass the time. Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl sat opposite him, and the people around them glanced at them frequently. The three didn’t mind, having experienced it all along the way.
After a while, the people in the inn turned their gaze away, starting to discuss the current situation—though not out of patriotic zeal, but in hopes of sharing something interesting, perhaps winning over the lovely ladies.
This kind of scene was something the three encountered often along the journey, naturally not paying it any mind. In fact, it was even better, as in order to attract the attention of Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl, people would share secrets or important news unknown to the public—news that might usually require private exchange or money, but to gain the ladies’ attention, they would share it openly.
It shows that no matter the world, no matter the era, simps are always the same.
And what they talked about was naturally the situation in the Southern Martial World.
"Ah, the current situation is not good, whether in the martial world or the country, there are plenty of troubles."
"Who doesn’t know that? Rumors say that recently, the leader of Zunxin Sect, Thief Lord Chi Zunxin, attacked the Nu Jiao Gang but was repelled by Lang Fan Yun, suffering heavy losses. The struggles among the three major gangs seem to continue."
"In my opinion, this gang struggle will likely come to a stalemate. Who doesn’t know that Demon Master Pang Ban is about to exit seclusion, and the martial world situation will definitely change. Once Pang Ban is out, unifying the Yakuza, the three major gang struggles would be meaningless."
"Forget it, these matters have nothing to do with us. By the way, have you heard that rumor?"
"I’ve heard, the He Shi Jade and Yang’s Treasure Vault, having one of these can bring peace to the world. Currently, with chaos everywhere, those with power all aspire to rule and become the Emperor. It’s said that the He Shi Bi appeared in Luoyang, making it a lively place."
"Tch, just some boring stuff."
Duanmu Huai listened for a while, and upon hearing this, he also snickered coldly and then looked at the two people.
"Look, it’s all the same pattern, something like the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, commanding Jianghu with absolute compliance. Now it’s about the He Shi Jade and Yang’s Treasure Vault, obtain one to secure the realm... In this world, nothing spreads faster than gossip. And this gossip always follows the same routine, it’s extremely boring. Without martial arts or the realm, it seems like we can’t compete for anything."
At this point, Duanmu Huai curled his lips. The Southern Martial World was unlike the peaceful West Martial World or North Martial Arts, it was rife with conflict, truly boring to the extreme. Duanmu Huai came to this world just wanting to see the scenery, take a walk, oh, and yes—also flirt with beauties.
Indeed, that Dao Heart Planting Demon was beneficial not only to the two girls but also to Duanmu Huai.
However, this benefit wasn’t about improving strength, but when Duanmu Huai brought up the system after going out for a glance, he inadvertently discovered—that his experience bar for the God of Joy had risen by more than half!
Wow, this thing can actually increase pleasure? This was really beyond Duanmu Huai’s imagination!
But for Duanmu Huai, this was also a good opportunity, next, catching this chance, he’d go find a few beauties for dual cultivation, push the progress bar, and incidentally have some fun, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Thinking about it carefully, there are quite a few beauties in the Southern Martial World, but... well, they’re simply uninteresting.
At least, there aren’t many as pure as Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl, basically, each one has more tricks than the other, frankly, Duanmu Huai isn’t interested in such women. It’s not that he dislikes smart women, just that he has no fondness for those with many tricks. In Duanmu Huai’s view, most of the time there’s nothing wrong, it’s self-made trouble by those women thinking too much.
"Mr. Duanmu, you’re not interested in competing for the realm?"
Wang Yuyan asked curiously, although they knew Duanmu Huai was an immortal from the heavens, looking at his demeanor, there was none of the asceticism shown by immortals in mythical tales, he loved good food and beauty, enjoyed pleasure, unwilling to suffer grievances, and was fierce in fights.
Wang Yuyan reckoned that if there were such an immortal, probably no one would believe it.
"Competing for the realm is easy, governing the realm is hard."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand.
"Competing for the realm is simple enough, just kill everyone who dares stand in my way, or not talking about the future now, I will bring you into the palace, kill Yang Guang and sit on the dragon throne, kill anyone who comes, wouldn’t take more than ten days and half a month, then there’ll either be corpses or people calling me ’Long live’, what’s so hard about that?"
".........."
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl were speechless, but they knew he was being factual, given his nature, rather than raising an army to compete for the realm, he’d prefer to kill his way into the palace, kill as many as come, anyway, with Duanmu Huai’s skills, this really wasn’t a problem.
"But compared to that, governing the realm is much harder, even if you’re the world’s top master, this position will exhaust you to death. So I don’t understand, many people don’t have big ambitions but still keep chasing this position, what’s the point?"
Duanmu Huai said while shaking his head. What’s the point of being the world’s number one? Even a powerful Emperor eventually ends up in despair. Governing the realm is simply not a task for humans, that’s why Duanmu Huai prefers to remain as a Judge, he knows himself better than anyone, Duanmu Huai doesn’t believe he can manage a country or a Star Territory.
He’d even be bothered to manage a single city.
"If everyone thought like Mr. Duanmu, then there wouldn’t be so much conflict in the world."
Recalling the displaced refugees they saw along the way, Wang Yuyan couldn’t help but sigh, especially since she’s seen Murong Fu’s obsession with restoring the Dayan, she felt deeply moved. Like Duanmu Huai, Wang Yuyan also didn’t think her cousin’s restoration of the Dayan was meaningful, given his reputation, South Murong and North Qiao Feng were renowned in the North Martial Arts. In terms of wealth, the Murong family wasn’t poor, having a villa-level residence like Yanzi Dock.
If Murong Fu could be satisfied with being a martial arts master, many troubles wouldn’t occur. Unfortunately, he was determined to restore the Dayan and collaborated with Outer Domain, leading to the extermination of his clan and the obliteration of nine generations, ending up in such a state.
"But going to Luoyang is also good."
Duanmu Huai put down his wine glass and made a decision.
"Since we came for the fun, let’s go see the biggest fun, of course..."
At this point, Duanmu Huai paused and grinned at the two of them.
"Practice can’t be neglected either."
".........."
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl blushed simultaneously and lowered their heads.
