Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 301 - 38: Even Perversion Reaches an Artistic Beauty at a Certain Realm

January 24, 2018

In the early morning, Shen Qingming was awakened by the bright light shining through the window.

In an instant, it seemed as if she could hear the countdown of that scar-faced brute, as if slaughtering chickens and dogs, causing the young girl to break out in a cold sweat.

However, the actual silence in her ears quickly calmed her down.

There was no countdown, nor any mechanical traps from the residence to the training ground, just a quiet and peaceful sunny morning.

After being dazed for a few seconds, the girl remembered her current situation.

This was no longer the Shen Family Outer Courtyard, and she didn't need to be so tense anymore.

Since Li Wanqing, wielding the Celestial Divine Sword, had defeated Shen Qing, the Shen Family Outer Courtyard had effectively been conquered. With over a hundred people in the entire courtyard, no one could resist the Li Family's invasion anymore. Instead, after the consecutive defeats of Shen Feihong and Shen Qing, the public opinion in the courtyard had changed significantly, as if they had already been poisoned by the Li Family. Since that was the case, rather than letting them stay in the Shen Family Outer Courtyard to poison the innocent and adorable Shen family children with the backward and mistaken ideas of Qingyun City, it was better to let them roll as far away as possible.

So Shen Qingming and her group were kicked out of the Outer Courtyard and began a wandering, lonely life. Just yesterday, they were staying at Shen Ziqiong's home.

However, Shen Ziqiong's home wasn't a great place to stay either, and they should move to a more normal place as soon as they could…

As she thought about this, Shen Qingming opened her eyes and saw, not far from the bedside, a Sword Spirit in white clothes holding several volumes of books, engrossed in reading.

The girl, a bit exhausted and weary, murmured in a daze, "Ah Jiu?"

Wang Jiu turned his head, saw Shen Qingming struggling to get out of bed, nodded, stood up, and said, "Need to relieve yourself? Hold on, I'll step out for a moment."

"No!"

Wang Jiu asked, "Don't you need to? I suggest it's better to release a bit after waking up in the morning. From a physiological structure perspective, women's water storage organs are closer to the excretion outlet compared to men, making it more difficult to hold. Also..."

"Get out!"

——

After being chased out of the room by Shen Qingming, Wang Jiu found himself in a refreshing and spacious small courtyard, where he saw a sparse bamboo grove. Beyond the bamboo grove, clouds lingered in the distance, and the sight of houses crisscrossing with visible cooking smoke offered a glimpse of a human paradise.

It was a world of chirping birds and fragrant flowers, an earthly fairyland.

This was Shen Ziqiong's private residence, located at the edge of the Shen Family's Inner City, an independent cave house opened up by the power of Mountain-Overturning Realm divine techniques.

Within it, Shen Ziqiong lived with only a bamboo house, a storeroom, and a spiritual cave specially for practicing artifact refining, while the rest of the vast space had other uses. Last night, Shen Ziqiong had even vacated his own living bamboo house to accommodate the Li family, running to the storeroom to stare at a portrait of Shen Ziyu in contemplation all night long...

This kind of brotherly love is probably part of the brilliance of human nature, similar to how Li Wanqing cherishes sisterly friendships.

As he pondered, a scholarly and elegant figure approached from outside the courtyard, looking excited with bright eyes. It was the owner of the place, Shen Ziqiong.

"Oh, you're up? After washing up, come with me to visit the theme village. Last night, I only provided a general introduction and didn't have time to show you the true essence of this place. Just in time, today the theme village is offering a special brunch exclusive for VIPs, and you haven't had breakfast yet, so it would be great to go and try it out."

After speaking, Shen Ziqiong stood eagerly at the door, looking as if he'd run into the door headfirst if they didn't go with him for a tour.

Wang Jiu didn't mind and was quite interested in Shen Ziqiong's theme village special brunch, but…

"By the way, why are there only two of you? Where are the other three?" Since Shen Ziqiong was the local host, he quickly noticed that only Shen Qingming was left in the bamboo room, and the remaining three from the Li Family were missing.

Wang Jiu said, "They went out early in the morning, saying they had urgent matters to attend to."

Shen Ziqiong was taken aback and somewhat regretted it: "I don't know what could be so urgent, missing out on the theme village brunch is a real pity."

Wang Jiu explained, "They said they wanted to run as far as they could before you showed up, to avoid being contaminated by any perverse aura."

"…" Shen Ziqiong looked like he had been hit in the face with a heavy hammer, completely stunned.

"So, what does the theme brunch include?" Wang Jiu asked eagerly.

For him, whether humans are perverse or not isn't really important; higher beings always view lower beings with tolerance, and many flaws seem cute instead.

Just like how humans breed goldfish with eyes bigger than their bodies for beauty, or crossbreed short-limbed dogs with limited mobility abilities for cuteness, or adore Scottish Fold cats with congenital cartilage disease and short lifespan.

Wang Jiu also didn't mind some defect symptoms in humans, such as lower intelligence index, slow physical development, or unclear secondary sexual characteristics. None of these seemed like a big deal to him; viewed from another angle, they were even somewhat adorable.

Therefore, the issue of Shen Ziqiong being perverse was also a passing cloud to him.

Wang Jiu's indifference earned Shen Ziqiong's admiration.

Shen Qingming didn't really care much about these issues either.

"After all, there aren't many normal people in my family. A father who doesn't understand human language, a stepmother who looks like my own sister, a second uncle who's a bookworm and never leaves the house, and a third uncle who's dead fat... My mom's side is actually quite normal."

This optimistic and cheerful outlook on life was something Shen Ziqiong appreciated.

"Indeed, no matter how many foolish people there are in the world, as long as you have one soulmate, it doesn't matter how many fools and idiots there are. Come, let me show you the charm of the theme village I've painstakingly managed for years."

Once Shen Qingming had finished washing up quickly, Shen Ziqiong perked up and led the two through the bamboo forest, arriving in front of a village not far away.

A huge stone tablet several feet high stood at the main entrance, clearly marking the theme of the village: Ziyu Village.

Standing in front of the stele, Shen Ziqiong reminisced with a sigh, "This village was built and managed in memory of Shen Ziyu, and it's been over thirty years now..."

Shen Qingming couldn't help but interrupt, "He hasn't been gone for that many years, has he?!"

Shen Ziqiong replied curiously, "I'm not commemorating his running away. I started building this village before he left. What's so strange about that?"

Shen Qingming: "...I can't help but wonder about his reasons for leaving back then."

Shen Ziqiong smiled slightly, "You simply haven't spent enough time with him, so your understanding of him isn't deep enough. It's natural to have doubts. Once you've seen the whole village, you should have your own answers."

Shen Qingming asked again, "Why is it so foggy here?"

Before arriving, they'd seen from afar at the bamboo pavilion that Ziyu Village seemed enveloped in mist. Now, up close, the view remained obscured by the mist, making it impossible to fully take in the village scenery.

Shen Ziqiong explained, "This is to express my heartfelt remembrance of Ziyu, as the designer and builder. You see, isn't the most intense human emotional expression usually associated with bodily fluids?"

"...What?"

Knowing about this child's Intelligence Index from Wang Jiu, Shen Ziqiong patiently elaborated, "Tears of joy, crying sorrowfully, cold sweat like a spring, boiling hot blood... Extreme emotions are always accompanied by vigorous secretion of bodily fluids, right?"

"...Well, now that you mention it, it seems to make sense."

Shen Ziqiong went on, "So I connected the spirit veins to make the village constantly produce mist, imitating human bodily fluids to express my sincere emotions."

"I... I just want to know what kind of bodily fluid you're imitating..."

"Heh, you'll find out once you go inside."

Hesitant to take risks, Shen Qingming asked Wang Jiu, "Ah Jiu, do you have a raincoat?"

"A little raincoat?"

"..." Shen Qingming was stunned, incredulous that Wang Jiu would say something like that. In her eyes, the whole world had been tainted by filthy thoughts, and she believed Wang Jiu, the Whiteboard Dull Sword, could maintain his purity until the very end, but...

Then Wang Jiu took out a small-sized transparent crystal silk raincoat from the Sword World and handed it to Shen Qingming: "The smallest size from the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion. It should fit you."

Shen Qingming blushed on the spot, took the raincoat, and quietly put it on.

Shielded from the mist, Shen Ziqiong led the two officially into the village.

Upon entering, a row of charming young girls greeted them gently, "Welcome to Ziyu Village~"

Each girl was as pretty as a picture, dressed simply yet elegantly. They wore white blouses with nearly flawless smiles of Shen Ziyu printed on them. At first glance, it looked like a row of heads fluttering in the wind, truly making a person shiver with awe.

Shen Ziqiong asked proudly, "How is it?"

Wang Jiu commented, "It's quite impressive!"

"Exactly, it's meant to impress! Even Ziyu himself was startled when he came to see it previously." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Shen Qingming had to say, "Started enough to run away, right?"

Shen Ziqiong ignored that and continued leading the way, introducing as they walked.

The villagers in this village were moved here by him from a ruin near Shen City, which had almost been wiped out by a Demon Essence attack. For decades, they have recuperated in this Immortal Grotto Heaven Blessed Land. Though isolated from the outside world, they enjoy themselves. If anyone wants to leave the village to develop in Shen City, Shen Ziqiong fully supports them. However, most people enjoy this beautiful life where Shen Ziqiong provides for all their needs and are quite enthusiastic about managing the theme village.

Like most tourist villages, most buildings in Ziyu Village are functional. The group first arrived at the restaurant, where a spacious hall that could accommodate thousands was filled with dozens of dining tables, richly laid with hundreds of exquisite dishes. Some villagers in work attire smiled, welcoming the guests.

But naturally, they were the only guests for the whole day.

Shen Ziqiong was not bothered by the empty restaurant and enthusiastically explained: "Today's special brunch, using all Ziyu's favorite dishes from before. Not only are the dishes' colors, aromas, and flavors restored, but each dish also has a photo of Ziyu dining and the diary entry of the day. This way, people can enjoy delicious food while learning about Ziyu's life, gaining both material and spiritual fulfillment!"