Chapter 148 - 109: Ah! Miss Sai, Be Gentle

Chapter 148: Chapter 109: Ah! Miss Sai, Be Gentle

Although his eyes were looking at Zeng Anmin, he deliberately raised his voice, striving to catch the newcomer’s attention. At this moment, Sai Chuxue just happened to walk up to the three of them and stopped.

Hmm?

Seeing that his voice had indeed attracted the girl’s attention, Liu Xian’s smile grew increasingly confident, and a look of smug satisfaction radiated from his face.

"How could mere members of the Demon Race frighten us Confucian Cultivators?" he asked, feigning ease as his voice became even more leisurely.

However...

"Zeng Anmin... I... I’m looking for you for something," Sai Chuxue said, not even glancing at Liu Xian. Her limpid eyes, clear as autumn waters, rested on Zeng Anmin’s face. After speaking, she lowered her head, exuding a bashful demeanor.

Liu Xian’s eyes widened. The Little Fatty Crown Prince stared at the standard uniform of the Profound Array Department on Sai Chuxue, a thoughtful gleam flickering in his eyes.

"What is it?" Zeng Anmin asked, a smile appearing on his face when he saw the part-timer arrive.

"That thing from last time, I’ve used it all up," Sai Chuxue said, pursing her lips. The stares from the surrounding crowd made her a little uncomfortable, so she didn’t look up.

"Oh." Zeng Anmin’s lips curled up slightly.

Talk about someone handing you a pillow just when you’re feeling sleepy. He had just been wondering how to bluff his way through the selection exam, and now the part-timer had shown up?

"I do indeed have some more here." Zeng Anmin approached Sai Chuxue with a chuckle.

"Really?!" Sai Chuxue’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked up at him with immense hope.

"But you have to do me a favor," Zeng Anmin said, his face turning serious.

"What favor?"

"Let’s talk in private."

Watching the retreating figures of Zeng Anmin and Sai Chuxue slowly walking away, Liu Xian and the Little Fatty Crown Prince exchanged bewildered glances.

"Brother Wang, has Brother Quan Fu always been this much of a ladies’ man?" Liu Xian asked, a look of admiration on his face. "First it was Qin Wanyue, and now this fairy from the Profound Array Department..."

"What does it have to do with you?" the Crown Prince retorted, glancing at Liu Xian.

"Hey!" Liu Xian curled his lips, too lazy to engage in a battle of words with him.

Zeng Anmin and Sai Chuxue arrived at a secluded spot.

"What do you need my help with?" Sai Chuxue asked, looking up at Zeng Anmin with curiosity.

"It’s simple. Didn’t you say last time that you know how to engrave an Array? I have an exam coming up soon. Give me about eighty to a hundred Power Arrays," Zeng Anmin said, looking at her with a chuckle.

"What kind of exam requires..." A blank look flashed across Sai Chuxue’s face. "...eighty to a hundred Power Arrays? Are you planning to fight Si Zhongxiao to the death?"

Si Zhongxiao was the current Imperial Eunuch. He was famous for being the number one expert in the imperial palace.

"It won’t go that far." Zeng Anmin waved his hand and chuckled. "I have to participate in the selection exam between the two academies in a while.

"I’ll need to compete in archery with others. As a frail scholar, you know, I can shoot thirty paces at most; any further is impossible."

"Oh." Sai Chuxue breathed a sigh of relief. Then, with a hint of seriousness in her eyes, she said, "That’s easy. Given your physique, engraving two Power Arrays is already your limit, but drawing a bow to shoot a hundred and fifty paces shouldn’t be an issue."

"Two Power Arrays can let a frail scholar draw a five-stone heavy bow?!" Zeng Anmin’s eyes widened.

"Mhm..." Sai Chuxue lowered her head bashfully. "I currently only know how to engrave a Star-Expanding Power Array. If it were a Moon Level Array, engraving two of them would increase your explosive strength fivefold.

"Drawing that Black Gold Bow I gave you last time to a full moon wouldn’t be an issue either.

"If I can learn the Sun Level Power Array in the future, there will no longer be an upper limit. No matter how much natural strength you have, as long as it’s applied, you’ll be able to break past your limits... It’s just that none of the disciples in our Profound Array Department have been able to learn the Sun Level Power Array yet.

"Even our teacher can only carve it on himself; he can’t apply it to others."

HISS!

Zeng Anmin gasped sharply.

He thought, "Holy crap. Isn’t she basically a top-tier support?! No wonder the Direct Disciples of the Profound Array Department are all such exceptional talents! And they’re hailed as little Immortals by the commoners. If this isn’t a little Immortal, what is?!"

"Phew..." He took a deep breath and said, "Then give it a try. Engrave two Power Arrays on me first."

"Ah?" Sai Chuxue looked up blankly, her small mouth parting. "Right now?"

"What’s wrong?" Zeng Anmin paused, then nodded in realization. "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely give you the Weijixian seasoning."

"That’s not what I’m worried about." Sai Chuxue shook her head, her gaze drifting toward the pointing and staring eyes around them. "I can’t engrave the Array while you’re wearing clothes."

Uh.

Zeng Anmin looked up and scanned their surroundings. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "How long will the Power Arrays applied to my body last?"

"For normal people, it’s five days," Sai Chuxue said, frowning. "It’s hard to say for sure; it depends on the firmness of the skin. For some it’s five days, for others, it’s three."

"Then can you tell for mine?" Zeng Anmin asked, blinking.

As soon as professional matters were brought up, the aura around Sai Chuxue shifted. She looked at Zeng Anmin with utmost seriousness. "Hold out your hand."

"Here." Zeng Anmin extended his hand toward her.

Sai Chuxue slowly closed her eyes, then extended her fair fingers to gently tap on the back of Zeng Anmin’s hand. Afterward, her fingers slowly moved up toward his wrist and arm...

Feeling the enchanting sensation of her ice-cold, jade-white fingers trailing over his skin, Zeng Anmin pursed his lips tightly to keep himself from making any strange noises.

HISS!!!

Witnessing this scene from a distance, the Little Fatty Crown Prince and Liu Xian both gasped sharply in unison.

"Brother Wang, am I seeing things?! In broad daylight... they’re going straight to hands-on action?!" Liu Xian felt his throat tighten.

"An offense to public morals! Utterly indecent!" A flash of envy crossed the Crown Prince’s eyes, though his face remained a picture of righteous indignation.

Before the two could say anything more, a sudden CLATTER sounded from behind them. The Crown Prince and Liu Xian looked back at the same time.

Standing there was the incredibly beautiful figure of Qin Wanyue. The food box that had been in her hands had fallen to the ground at her feet, spilling a few pieces of fish-shaped pastries that exuded a tempting aroma. Yet, completely ignoring the dropped food box, she stared blankly at the distant figures of Zeng Anmin and Sai Chuxue, her lips pressed tightly together.

Seeing this, the Crown Prince and Liu Xian exchanged a glance, both catching the glint of schadenfreude in each other’s eyes.

"Mhm, your skin is extremely firm!" Sai Chuxue opened her eyes in surprise. She let go of Zeng Anmin’s hand and asked in astonishment, "Have you practiced martial arts?"

"I learned a bit from the family servants when I was a kid," Zeng Anmin said, brushing it off with a laugh.

"All right," she said. "Then follow me. Let’s find a place with no one around."

"Okay."

Over the past few days, Zeng Anmin had also become familiar with the layout of the Imperial College. He knew of a certain storehouse that no one usually entered. Before long, the two arrived inside that storehouse.

"How exactly do you engrave an Array?" Entering the storehouse, Zeng Anmin looked at Sai Chuxue curiously.

"By carving the Array onto the skin, it will continuously absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power to replenish its energy," Sai Chuxue explained the principles to Zeng Anmin while pulling a black pen out of her small bag. "Although the Spiritual Power absorbed by the Array flows evenly throughout the entire body, the specific area where it is carved will gain a more noticeable boost in strength."

"Oh?" Zeng Anmin’s eyes lit up slightly upon hearing this.

He wondered, "Is there an Array that can make body parts bigger? If it were carved on my... ahem."

"Manifest!" Sai Chuxue commanded softly.

Following her word, a bright light flickered from her fair fingers, and immediately after, the tip of the pen emitted a crackling BZZT BZZT sound of electricity. She took a slow breath and looked straight into Zeng Anmin’s eyes. "Take them off."

Uh...

"Where are you engraving it?" Zeng Anmin suddenly felt a bit bashful. This was the first time since he had transmigrated that he had to strip in front of a woman. It felt rather strange.

"Your back. The surface of your arm is too narrow, making it inconvenient to carve," Sai Chuxue said with a serious expression.

"Oh."

Zeng Anmin slowly took off his clothes, revealing a masculine physique practically overflowing with hormones. His clearly defined muscles looked like a flawlessly assembled mecha, seemingly ready to roar to life.

Sai Chuxue only glanced at his body briefly without staring too much. Her eyes turned exceptionally serious as she pressed one hand against Zeng Anmin’s back while the other guided the tip of the pen slowly closer.

"Ah~"

The moment the pen touched him, Zeng Anmin subconsciously let out a soulful groan. The electric current stimulating his skin, coupled with the touch of Sai Chuxue’s jade-white fingers against his body, made it hard for him to hold back.

Meanwhile, Qin Shoucheng had just finished teaching his calligraphy class.

Holding a stack of unused rice paper in his hand, he walked up to the door of the storehouse. Stopping in his tracks, his hand paused just as he was about to push the door open. He frowned and muttered to himself, "What is that sound?"

"Ah~ Miss Sai, be a bit more gentle."

Another voice rang out. But this voice was all too familiar...

Staring at the tightly shut door of the storehouse, Qin Shoucheng’s gaze slowly grew razor-sharp.