The Night Before the Battle (3)

"Why is this lass sleeping on my bed? Was it more comfortable than her own?" Yanglin curiously stares at the soundly sleeping Xia Xuan-Xuan while relying on the dimly illuminating lamp he's holding.

Although she's not the most beautiful maiden in this village, her looks were not bad either. Added with the suppleness at where it should be, she would easily score much more than the girls he had seen before from where he came.

She's also gradually going through a beautifying process, likely because she's getting closer to be-called a cultivator. The second one started to assimilate with the Spiritual Energy surrounding them. Their body is known to undergo a renewal process and expelling toxins from within.

This is like going through plastic surgery, but without the need to went under the operation knife.

Looking at her also made Yanglin quietly chuckled. He knew that he should stop looking at her before being charmed by her cuteness. But that was only part of his reason to giggle while staring at sleeping beauty.

Her innocent and defenseless posture made Yanglin not knowing what to do. Lucky for Xia Xuan-Xuan, Yanglin was not a regular 16 years old virgin without control over his lower half. But nevertheless, he is still a virgin, with two lives worth of experience in this body.

He immediately turns his attention away from Xia Xuan-Xuan. He tries to start a fire using the flint in the kitchen. The meat and flatbread are then added to the cooking stone to let the food gradually warm up.

The sound of him doing something in the kitchen wakes Xia Xuan-Xuan up.

She immediately checked herself the moment her senses returned. After making sure that her clothing was tidy and untouched, she exhaled the mouthful of air she's been holding for a while.

'Looks like he still knows some decency. I've overreacted...' Xia Xuan-Xuan patted her clothing to remove the crease caused by staying in a posture for too long. She then walked over to Yanglin's side to see what he's preparing at this late of night.

"Why are you still not sleeping? You do know that your match is coming up soon, right?" Xia Xuan-Xuan said. She sneakily opens the lid covering that cooking stone to see what he was making and was bombarded by the aroma of the smoked meat inside.

"Smoke meat from the Fiery Six-Legged Boar! Had you gone mad from practicing too much, or you're worried that you'll lose, so you went splurging with your money right now?" Xia Xuan-Xuan asked. It seems she knew that was quality meat from the smell coming out from the gap.

"Why can't you say something nice? I am just feeling hungry after practicing until late at night." Yanglin stands beside her and removes the lid. It was already warm enough to soften the flatbread with smoked meat on the inside.

Taking out one and stuffed himself from talking, Yanglin pointed at the remaining bread and hinted Xia Xuan-Xuan took one of them.

She looked skeptical and curious but eventually gave in to the temptation. Xia Xuan-Xuan looked jumpy as she bites into the flatbread with smoked meat stuffed inside. The piping hot steam was gushing out from her mouth as she sucked in some air to remove some of the heat.

Then, it was replaced by a smile on her face as she tasted the aroma and saltiness of the smoked meat. The juices from the thin slices permeated into the bread made her bite tastier. She will be biting her own tongue if more of the meat juices are flowing out.

The two of them were quiet as they enjoyed the late-night snack.

After finishing what was left on the cooking stone, it was time for Yanglin to ask her purpose for coming here and waiting for him.

"So... What brings you here. Shouldn't you be training in your room by now? Who knows if there'll be a scandal tomorrow that you stay overnight at my place?" Yanglin purposely picked a few irritating words to speak with her.

He has no idea why, but he felt it was fun to tease this maiden before him. Perhaps it was a way to compensate the previous Yanglin for getting so infatuated with this girl until his death.

"Wh - What scandal you're talking about!" Xia Xuan-Xuan quickly responds to what Yanglin said. Her flustered face shows that she's still too young to be playing mind games with Yanglin.

"I'm only here because mother called me to check if you need any help. That's all!" she added before covering her face and run out from his house.

'Silly girl... If you're going like this, won't the scandal got worst if people saw it? They'll be going from Xia Xuan-Xuan staying overnight at my place to Xia Xuan-Xuan was molested by Yanglin in the middle of the night...' Yanglin shook his head.

As someone with hundred of books read and more than ten thousand chapters worth of storyline in his head, how can he be clueless about what will follow next morning?

But instead of feeling discouraged, he would rather spend some of his time cultivating a little more. Seating on top of his bed with a lingering smell belonged to Xia Xuan-Xuan, Yanglin was surprised to find it harder for him to concentrate.

'Maidens are indeed troublesome. Just her smell alone actually made me find it difficult to focus.' Yanglin complained. He eventually got into the meditation state after some effort and restarted his practice against Tong Xun.

Morning.

The gong was beaten to attract more spectators to witness the duel between Yanglin and Tong Xun. To those people that knew when was the time to take advantage of such an event, they're already here before sunrise to prepare to open their stall.

Although the fight might end faster than they could imagine, it was still an opportunity for them to earn a few foundation pills.

It seems that Tong Xun was already here waiting for Yanglin to appear. He had no idea that his opponent was still soundly asleep due to his rigorous training to hit the tree from afternoon till midnight.