Chapter 640 – Eating the Tree (2/2)

However, he had made it in here at last. Li Qingshan exhaled and discovered Hua Chenglu was still clinging onto him firmly. He could not help but smile. “Hey, you can let go now!”

“Ah!” Hua Chenglu let go in a hurry. Her face was bright red. Her heart that had calmed down after so much difficulty began to thump violently again, but not out of fear. She feigned calmness by looking around, and her eyes gradually became accustomed to the darkness, only to find a long cave leading off to who knows where!

“Are we in the tree?”

“Yeah!”

The ray of light suddenly began to vanish. Li Qingshan turned around, only to see the tree bark close up at an alarming rate, healing perfectly very soon. Complete darkness set in.

Hua Chenglu could not help but inch a little closer to Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan smiled. “Come, I’ll give you something nice to eat!” He picked up the tree bark that resembled a pillar from a buddha’s hall. It gave off an extremely refreshing smell.

“The tree?”

Hua Chenglu extended the tip of her tongue hesitantly and licked it gently. Immediately, wood spiritual qi surged into her body. A faint taste filled her mouth, and the hidden injuries from the battle rapidly recovered. She could not help but lick it a few more times.

“You could just break off a piece. When are you going to lick it until? Here!” Li Qingshan could not help but laugh aloud, breaking off a piece and passing it to her. However, her demeanour earlier truly was very enchanting.

Hua Chenglu also realised her actions earlier were rather inelegant, which made her cheeks burn. She accepted the wooden piece and shoved it into her mouth, biting down hard before exclaiming in pain. She clutched her cheek and stamped her foot. “You’re bullying me! How am I supposed to chew something so tough?”

“Then just suck on it slowly!”

Li Qingshan laughed. He found the topic of the conversation to be very interesting, going from licking to biting to sucking. He gazed at her pink, glossy lips and wondered who would be fortunate enough in the future.

Hua Chenglu was no longer a child. She had spent plenty of time in the Parlour of Clouds and Rain too, so how could she not notice the teasing words he said? If another man had spoken to her like that, she would have lost her temper long ago, but she was unable to get angry at him.

She said in discontent, “Big brother Li, you’re so inappropriate. So much for calling you big brother. When I get back, I’ll tell big sister Qiongzhi and my elder brother!” That was what she said, but even if Hua Chengzan and Han Qiongzhi interrogated her, she would never tell them this.

“Alright, alright, alright. It’s all my fault. It’s just like what they say, a friend’s sister is off limits!”

Li Qingshan carried the pillar of bark and casually broke off a piece, shoving it in his mouth and chomping away. The bark was very tough, but it was not tougher than his teeth. The grassy scent hid hints of sweetness, which made it feel a little like eating sugar cane. He chewed until it ran out of taste and spat it out before breaking off another piece. The spiritual qi in his dantian suddenly began to recover much faster.

He took out the Three Absolutes Calligraphy again and condensed another strand of sword Qi in his body, allowing it to freely absorb his spiritual qi and grow stronger. He thought, Just half of my spiritual qi has already made it so impressive. If it takes all of it, then wouldn’t that mean it can even kill Golden Core cultivators?

Hua Chenglu saw how delighted he was with eating the bark. She shoved another piece into her mouth and muttered ambiguously, “Hmph, as long as you know!”