The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead-Chapter 449 - 448 Xiao He Gets Promoted

"Xiao He, come!"

Even if Shutong hadn’t called, Fu Yunhe was already walking towards her, but her call quickened his steps.

"What are you doing? Covered in dust."

As Fu Yunhe approached, he already had a tissue in his hand and naturally tried to wipe the dust off Shutong’s face.

It was an action extremely gentle; unfortunately, it was Shutong he had encountered.

"Stop it! We have serious matters."

Shutong slapped Fu Yunhe’s hand away, and suddenly, a dark flying knife appeared in her own palm.

"Let’s go, shall we try it?"

Although Shutong asked, she did not give Fu Yunhe any time to respond and directly dragged him away.

And this time, they didn’t even use the Shadowless.

Fu Yunhe felt a pull, and he stood on the familiar green light, with the whooshing of the wind in his ears.

Normally thin, Fu Yunhe’s face was almost distorted by the wind.

Fu Yunhe had no choice but to gather his spiritual power into a wall to block the painfully blowing wind.

Shutong initially wanted to help, but seeing Fu Yunhe handling it by himself, she stopped.

The two reached a secluded area full of tall trees that were almost leafless, but it was definitely a good place for practicing with the Flying Knife.

Shutong brought Fu Yunhe to the ground, sweeping her hand horizontally in front of her.

"Eighty-one Flying Knives, give it a try."

In front of Fu Yunhe, blade after blade of dark knives stood, forming a knife formation.

"You...I... so many?"

Fu Yunhe didn’t know what to say, he was in disbelief and yet overwhelmed with gratitude.

"Yes! Give them a try, see if they work? I used the limb of a Mantis Beast as the main material and added some other things. I think breaking through SS-level should be no problem."

Fu Yunhe didn’t know what to say.

A Mantis Beast? Nearly at SS-level?

"Don’t go alone next time, I am afraid..."

Before Fu Yunhe could finish, he saw Shutong staring at him, and he quickly changed his tone, "I am afraid you’ll kill all the strong members of the Insect Race, and if I become a Commander in the future, I won’t be of much use."

"Hehe... You really have it tough."

Shutong naturally knew what Fu Yunhe meant to say, but she was not a child; she was a thinking adult and knew what she should and shouldn’t do.

"Don’t worry, I won’t put myself in danger."

"Give it a try."

Fu Yunhe nodded; he knew that for Shutong to say this much was her greatest compromise.

Fu Yunhe didn’t say more, and extended his spiritual power to connect with each Flying Knife.

The first knife even resisted Fu Yunhe’s spiritual power a bit, but Fu Yunhe wasn’t weak, with his Triple-S spiritual power, he easily connected to the first Flying Knife.

After the first, the following ones got a bit easier.

Though easier, the sheer number was still daunting.

When Fu Yunhe connected to about fifty knives, his spiritual power started flagging—not because it was insufficient or not strong enough, but because his body couldn’t keep up.

However, he never thought of giving up.

The brain-splitting pain didn’t make him hesitate or pause; he continued.

Sixty.

Seventy.

The pain, sharper than needle pricks, couldn’t aptly describe his situation then, as sweat uncontrollably broke out on his forehead.

The sweat flowed down his head like a little stream, trickling quietly.

Shutong, observing quietly from behind, could see Fu Yunhe struggling, yet there was no way anyone could help with this.

If Fu Yunhe couldn’t persist, Shutong’s opinion of him would lower a notch.

Humans, some things are all about endurance.

Endure it, and it’s clear skies.

The path of cultivation was never easy.

Fu Yunhe didn’t know Nian Shutong’s thoughts, as he himself had never thought of giving up.

Seventy-seven, seventy-eight...

The last three became increasingly difficult.

Fu Yunhe clenched his teeth, fresh blood seeping from between his lips, once more!

Seventy-nine!

Eighty!

And the final one.

Nian Shutong, standing behind, couldn’t help but tightly clasp her hands, yet she made no sound and simply stood by protectively.

Even a mosquito that flew in carelessly was silently turned into dust by her Spiritual Power, leaving nothing behind.

"Ah—"

Eighty-one!

Success!

"Sit down, cultivate."

Nian Shutong immediately spoke out, throwing top-grade crystal stones into Fu Yunhe’s arms as if they cost nothing.

Fu Yunhe also recognized this as a rare opportunity and immediately sat down, hugging the top-grade crystal stones and began cultivating.

Nian Shutong watched as the crystal stones shattered one by one and disappeared in Fu Yunhe’s arms, yet she didn’t feel the slightest heartache.

Each time one disappeared, she immediately replaced it without a moment’s pause.

Opportunity knocks but once.

At this moment, Fu Yunhe’s spiritual power was exhausted, the perfect time for advancement. If his spiritual power recovered to S-rank, Nian Shutong could rest a bit easier.

The path of a Commander was not one that could be walked by ordinary people without formidable strength.

As the crystal stones continued depleting, twenty, thirty...

After throwing another one, Nian Shutong secretly checked her inventory.

Fourteen left, she had to go out and find more crystal stones.

Nevertheless, today she was determined to help Fu Yunhe advance.

Or rather, she couldn’t let him fail his advancement due to a lack of crystal stones.

"Xiao He, get ready, I’ll need to draw on our reserves of crystal stones."

"Okay, host. But Xiao He would remind you, due to your frequent advance requests, the crystal stones will be a bit pricier."

"Fine!"

Nian Shutong didn’t inquire about the nature or the amount of the price increase.

Because those things, for her at the moment, weren’t important.

As the crystal stones continued, Fu Yunhe used up forty, leaving Nian Shutong with four.

Forty-one... three left.

Forty-two... two left.

Forty-three... one left.

Just as Nian Shutong was about to trade, Fu Yunhe advanced.

"Xiao He, no need to exchange."

The smile spread across Nian Shutong’s face, her own Yun He was quite thoughtful, knowing to leave her one piece.

At this moment, Fu Yunhe’s spiritual power began to advance, his entire storage area for spiritual power was modified, expanded.

His previous SSS spiritual power, depleted and then replenished, surged into its new "home" in a more abundant form.

Although it still couldn’t quite accommodate all his spiritual power, it was much better.

It was like a house, where before one could only curl up, now one could sit and even stretch.

Fu Yunhe didn’t feel much time had passed, but when he opened his eyes, the sky turned orange.

It was already sunset.

He looked tenderly at Nian Shutong, who was leaning against a tree and resting with her eyes closed.

In his heart, there was only one thought: How could she be so kind!

Nian Shutong felt Fu Yunhe’s intense gaze, but the her who wasn’t quite ready to agree expressed her annoyance.

"Fu Yunhe, you’d better become the Commander you aspire to be, so all I’ve invested doesn’t go to waste!"

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