Chapter 164 (1/2)

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Chapter 164 – Person

“Thank you for picking it up for me.”

With a sincere look of grat.i.tude on her face, Xue Qilin gazed at Xihe.

“No problem.”

Faced with Xihe's indifferent att.i.tude, Xue Qilin spurted out an ill-timed laughter.

“Wait, what are you laughing at…?”

“I'm laughing at you!”

“Laughing at me? What's funny about me?”

“Your appearance is funny!”

“My appearance?”

Xihe examined herself blankly.

At this time, she looks like a cat who fell into water.

The hair is dripping wet.

The fur on the pair of cat ears and nine tails is sticking together chaotically.

Xihe looks rather down and out, so Xue Qilin couldn't help laughing.

However, her laughter was suddenly cut short. She discovered the other party's indecent appearance.

The plain white dress is clinging to Xihe's graceful body and is outlining beautiful curves, and it's even a bit transparent.

“Cough cough…”

In line with the principle “do not look at what is contrary to propriety”, Xue Qilin moved her eyes away, embarra.s.sed.

Although she is already accustomed to seeing herself and Shui Yun'er naked, but she still can't calmly accept the radiance emitted by the indecent appearance of a not familiar person of the opposite s.e.x.

Her cheeks became a little hot, and the la.s.s blushed.

“What's wrong? Your face is a bit red.”

The person herself doesn't seem to care about her indecent appearance. Is it because Xue Qilin is a girl just like herself?

“It's nothing, I'm fine…”

Xue Qilin gave a perfunctory reply. At the same time, while acting as if nothing happened, she changed the subject.

“Wet clothes are really uncomfortable…”

“Indeed… I'll help you dry them, okay?”

“Oh, okay — wait, you wouldn't want me to undress, would you?”

“Is this a problem?” Xihe tilted her head, “We are both girls, so there's nothing to fret about, right?”

“Uh, I'm shy…”

It's not a problem if it's only Xue Qilin who undresses. But if Xihe also undresses, that wouldn't be very convenient. As for the reason… Xue Qilin, naturally, won't tell it to others.

“Weirdo.”

Xihe covered her mouth with a hand.

Then, clear laughter flowed out from between her fingers. Although her smile is rather light, but she is indeed smiling.

Seeing Xihe smile for the first time, Xue Qilin grinned as if infected.

“In fact, you don't have to undress.”

While smiling, Xihe waved one of her tails. With just this, the clothes of the two people dried up in an instant.

“Did you drew the water away?”

Staring at the water ball suspended on Xihe's tail, Xue Qilin asked thusly.

Xihe responded with a “mhm”, flicked her tail, and threw the water ball into the river.

“Xue Qilin, let me borrow your flame.”

“What do you mean?”

Without answering, Xihe extended a tail towards the flame floating in midair. As if it lit up, Xihe's tail suddenly emitted a flame.

“Say, what is your ability?” Xue Qilin probed with hesitation, “Can your ability control the five elements?”

“More or less. Each tail of a Nine Lives Cat can control one of the five elements.”

“But you have nine tails. That accounts for metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. And what more?”

Xihe once used fire and turned it into water. As for her tails, they are hard enough to resist Empyrean Universe. It must be because they are filled with earth qi.

“Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.”

Xihe spoke calmly.

“Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning? Isn't that included in the five elements?”

“I can't explain it very well… If I have to say it, I can trigger phenomenons directly. They're evolved forms of the five elements.”

“Oh, I see…”

Xue Qilin understood instantly.

To use ink as an a.n.a.logy to describe the difference between the two, when Xue Qilin needs ink, she slowly grinds an inkstick. The other party's ink, on the other hand, is already made, skipping the process of grinding inkstick.

To put it plainly, it is a difference in methods and means.

Even though the goal is the same, there are more than one way to achieve it.

But why is she able to control spiritual qi? This is something that has been puzzling Xue Qilin. Is it because they have multiple functions? If this is really the case, then Xue Qilin really envy's Xihe, who has such convenient tails.

Although she is still curios and puzzled, but Xue Qilin feels that it would be a bit tactless to continue with her questions.

After all, with her and Xihe's current standpoints, the two are very likely to oppose each other again. The situation right now can only be regarded as a temporary truce — or in other word, the reason why they temporarily lost the grounds for fighting is because the both of them are of one mind about who the enemy is at the moment.

“– hey, should we ascertain our whereabouts?”

Phecda, who was put aside, suddenly chimed in and reminded.

Waking with a start, Xue Qilin slapped her forehead.

“Yes, I almost forgot about it!”

Then, the la.s.s began to look around.