149 Spiritual Treasured Saber! (1/2)

In some matters, the reaction of the person at the heart of the affair would be the slowest to realize the truth – just like Ji Lingxi right now. She really did not notice the difference that had come over her.

Yu Xiang’er charged over and grabbed Ji Lingxi’s elbow before pushing her sleeve up and doing the same to herself to compare their arms. She cried out in agony, ”Look, all of you, look! This girl must have some divine method. All of you, look! How tender is this elbow, how smooth and soft!”

The girls cramped over when they heard her, eyes of various sizes stared in the same direction as a wave of gasps resounded in disbelief. ”It’s true! Look at this rosy flush within the fairness… it’s really delicate!”

It was not just Yu Xiang’er; how could any woman protest against the temptation of flawless skin with a complexion as fair as snow and impeccable like jade!

”I’ve bathed with Lingxi last time…” Yu Xiang’er admitted grudgingly, ”Her breasts were smaller than mine and her skin was darker than mine... Her breasts are now bigger than mine and her skin is fairer than mine too! She’s already taller than me… This is outshining me in every aspect… Oh my god, I don’t wish to live anymore!”

The other sisters looked at Ji Lingxi curiously as they gathered together. ”Lingxi, tell us honestly, what secret have you used?”

”Quick, surrender it and share it with us! Otherwise, we won’t let you go!”

”Exactly right! Be honest and generous, or else we’ll serve you the severest of punishments!”

Ji Lingxi was in a trance as she said in confusion, ”Did I… really change? I didn’t notice it… Haven't I always…”

”Are you saying that you didn’t change despite these obvious differences? Are you trying to fool a fool?!” The sisters berated her together.

Ji Lingxi wore question marks on her sleeves as she looked utterly lost.

She really could not remember that she had any unusual encounters that could have resulted in this… She had only felt delighted and at ease every time she held the saber. There had been nothing else.

”Then you girls tell me when have I actually changed?” Ji Lingxi asked blearily.

Yu Xiang’er remembered it precisely as she replied immediately, ”You began to shed your skin not two to three days after we got out of Tiantang City. You were still complaining about the amount of dead skin you had on yourself then!”

As she spoke, all of them recalled the time. ”That’s right, Lingxi. You did complain about it in those days about the ever shedding flakes of skin and we comforted you about it…”

Ji Lingxi recalled it at once but grew even more helpless. ”But what is going on? I didn’t have any unusual encounter and all of us are stuck together everyday…”

Yu Xiang’er frowned when she these words and thought hard about it. Suddenly, she said out of nowhere, ”Could it be that… could it be that Lingxi has already… um.. been… um... in Tiantang City?”

The sisters echoed the question, ”Been what?”

Yu Xiang’er blushed and said, ”Uh… been… nourished… by… Young Master Yun?”

Her unexpected words were indeed shocking as the girls all blushed at once. They were sisters, after all, so they spoke with fewer qualms; Xia Yuhan slapped her thigh and said, ”It must be so. They say women who have been nourished are the most beautiful. Lingxi, tell us honestly, did you give yourself away?”

Ji Lingxi was abashed as she cried out with a sob. Her face was flushed red as she answered, ”No, not at all. How could I?”

As she spoke, a sigh followed, ”It’s not like you girls don’t know how much a woodblock that fellow is…”

Her sigh resonated with what she felt.

”Oh… why does this girl look like she’s rather disappointed that she didn’t give herself away…” Yu Xiang’er pursed her lips and immediately put her hands on her hips. ”Tell us honestly! What is really going on?”

Yue Rulan had not been talking but her eyes had been boring holes at Ji Lingxi’s face in wonder as well as the Phoenix’s Cry in her grasp. The saber had not left her hands since they had left Tiantang City. She spoke while thinking, ”Lingxi, pass me your saber.”

The girls were intelligent and knowledgeable. Once Yue Rulan remarked upon it, they immediately connected the dots. ”Could it be that the oddity lies within the saber?”

Ji Lingxi hesitated. It was not that she was reluctant, she was just not used to the saber leaving her hands.

It was already a habit to constantly have the saber by her side since she had been hugging the saber every day.

Just as Yue Rulan accepted the saber, the Phoenix’s Cry suddenly shook; she almost lost her grip on the saber in surprise.

Yue Rulan exclaimed in shock and raised her head to look at Ji Lingxi. ”Lingxi, this Young Master Yun of yours is really generous…”

Ji Lingxi was still in confusion. ”What is it?”