Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start-Chapter 393: Side Effects of the Death Aura

Xiao Zhan gave Emperor Bai a disdainful glance, "Forget it, I might as well stay up all night working than rely on it to keep watch; we wouldn’t even know how we died."

Emperor Bai isn’t a dog, it simply can’t stay still, especially at night – it just disappears for no good reason.

Xiao Zhan definitely didn’t trust his life with it.

Unless he had no one else to trust.

"Okay then." Liu Xin spoke up.

She didn’t really mean it seriously anyway, it’s not like she actually wanted to stay up on watch – she didn’t even want to.

Because she was sure Xiao Zhan would be in bed with Ye Youlong, exchanging tenderness, and she really didn’t want to be a third-wheel lamplight at the door.

Self-inflicted boredom.

Of course, the main reason was that she had more important things to do tonight.

Soon, Ye Youlong fell into a deep sleep on the bed.

As Liu Xin went to sleep, she glanced at the bouquet of flowers by the bed, that she picked from the sea of flowers, which looked very beautiful.

But amongst them was one flower that had a strong sedative effect.

Capable of plunging one into deep sleep.

When picked, she claimed they were for decorating the plain cave, so Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong didn’t suspect anything, let alone guess that there was a flower with hidden motives among them.

Naturally, Liu Xin’s purpose for placing the flower deliberately was self-explanatory.

And she, to avoid being drugged by the flower’s fragrance, had prepared some spirit-lifting and mind-clearing substances well in advance.

As the night deepened, Liu Xin couldn’t sleep despite the heavy drowsiness.

She calculated the time – it should be the peak effect of the drug. She got up and walked out of the cave.

Outside the cave, Xiao Zhan, with nothing else to do, lay on the sofa counting stars.

Hearing movement behind him, he thought it was Ye Youlong, but it turned out to be Liu Xin.

"Can’t sleep?" Xiao Zhan initiated a conversation.

"A bit," Liu Xin found a spot and sat down.

"Worried about something?" Xiao Zhan looked at her and asked again.

"Sort of."

"Tell me about it?" Xiao Zhan had always felt Liu Xin was hiding a secret.

Liu Xin lifted her eyelids and looked at him, hesitant to speak, but finally sighed, "Even if I tell you, you can’t help me."

"Then don’t say anything." Xiao Zhan picked up a cup of wine and took a sip.

It was fruit wine.

He wasn’t used to drinking spirits.

Seeing that Xiao Zhan wasn’t pushing further, Liu Xin actually became more inclined to talk.

She stared into Xiao Zhan’s eyes and asked gradually, "How’s it between you and Ye Youlong?"

"How?" Xiao Zhan frowned, "What do you mean how?"

"Just... how is it?"

"How...?" Xiao Zhan didn’t catch on right away.

But now that he was a grown man himself, a brief moment of thought made him understand the question Liu Xin was asking.

His face suddenly flushed with embarrassment, the wine in his mouth nearly spewed back up from his stomach.

Is this the kind of question you should be asking?

He quickly averted his gaze.

He didn’t want to answer that question.

What he and Ye Youlong did was none of your business!

Isn’t that a privacy issue?

What, do you also want to join in and have a go?

Seeing that Xiao Zhan didn’t answer, Liu Xin didn’t give up on her line of questioning and looked all-knowing, "Are you feeling lower back pain, weakened limbs, lethargic, powerless, difficulty taking steps, crying when looking at mountains..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Xiao Zhan cut her off before she could go on. What misuse of words; at this rate, it would run beyond the heavens.

"How, did I get it right?" Liu Xin was relentless.

Xiao Zhan snorted, "Not to mention it’s none of your business, even if it was, I wouldn’t tell you. I’m as strong as a blast!"

Blast?

Liu Xin’s heart skipped a beat, suddenly feeling nervous and scared.

But having glanced at the sleeping Ye Youlong, she convinced herself that it wasn’t the blast she had imagined.

"Don’t fake it, relying on those nourishing tonics is just a temporary solution. It doesn’t cure the root problem, and when you realise it later, it’ll be too late," said Liu Xin.

Xiao Zhan, who had been proud up until that moment, his expression changed instantly upon hearing that.

His eyes flashed with shock and doubt, and his tone shifted at once.

"What did you see?"

Xiao Zhan knew that Liu Xin could detect a target’s weaknesses, and her making such a statement definitely meant she saw something on him.

Considering he had gradually felt less capable in certain respects after reaching the Third Grade, Xiao Zhan grew more certain that Liu Xin had seen something and was speaking purposefully.

Seeing Xiao Zhan’s reaction, Liu Xin knew she had successfully piqued his interest.

She continued, "Your current condition isn’t just so-called kidney deficiency. Consuming those tonics only superficially eases the symptoms, but in reality, your body has reached a very severe state."

"Using those medicines, you are actually failing to notice it. And this condition will become more severe as your strength increases."

"I can’t determine the exact outcome yet, but if nothing unexpected happens, you’ll start to show other, more apparent conditions when you reach Sixth Grade."

All that sounded like nonsense to Xiao Zhan, who was becoming impatient, "Just tell me what the problem is."

"Death Aura."

Liu Xin cooperated with his request, answering straightforwardly.

Xiao Zhan frowned, Death Aura?

"What do you mean?" He didn’t understand.

Liu Xin was exasperated. You don’t grasp the simple and clear explanation, yet you think the detailed one is nonsense.

You sure are a difficult man to serve.

Forget it, bear with it.

She explained, "Simply put, although Death Aura has given you immense combat power, the Death Erosion attribute that inherently comes with it is also eroding your body."

"The underlying reason is that Death Aura isn’t your innate power; it’s a Shared power you obtained through a Contract with Ye Youlong. This force doesn’t affect Ye Youlong, but it does to you, just like it would to anyone else, with the only difference being in how it manifests."

"To be more specific, Death Aura is eroding your body and depleting your functions. If you want it even more specific, it’s manifesting in shortening lifespan, weakening constitution, draining vitality... and so on."

"And naturally, it would affect... that aspect too."

Liu Xin spoke calmly and naturally, while Xiao Zhan was caught in a storm of shock.

That’s why he felt increasingly inadequate in that aspect after reaching the Third Grade.

At first, he thought he had simply overdone it and exhausted himself.

Only now did he realize, it was the Death Aura’s fault!

No wonder, no wonder! No wonder Ye Wuming’s notes had so emphatically highlighted that line for him – when encountering any potent tonic, better to consume mistakenly than to waste.

At first, he thought it was for his daughter Ye Youlong’s pleasurable life, but he didn’t realize it was literally for Ye Youlong’s daughter’s wellbeing (in the sense of her life force).

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