AST 2151 - Qing Shui’s Divine Technique, Stellar Transposition (1/2)

The whole journey took roughly three to four days. After that, Qing Shui returned to the Imperial Cuisine Hall, letting out a sigh of relief when he saw Nuo Lan. Though she wasn’t sure of what was on Qing Shui’s mind, she chose to not ask about it. Nevertheless, she could more or less figure out that his trip had been dangerous.

“You’re back! Is everything solved now?” asked Nuo Lan, a little smile on her face.

“Yes, everything is fine now.”

“Ah, so you and Young Mistress Bei Huang are finally together now.” Nuo Lan forced her smile even more.

“Together? What do you mean by that?” Qing Shui asked, confused.

“Didn’t you go out with Young Mistress Beihuang? I thought that there is something going on between you guys.” Nuo Lan knitted her brow, feeling confused obviously.

Qing Shui shot a speechless gaze at Nuo Lan. He suddenly realized that before he had made this journey, Nuo Land had asked casually if she could have been of help to him. It turns out she came up with the assumptions that he had gone on a date with Beihuang Fan. It was understandable, as he had mentioned to her before that Beihuang Liefeng had shown interest in him marrying his daughter.

“I have gone with her for a bit of treasure hunting since she knows where the treasure is.” Qing Shui shook his head.

“Treasure hunt? I would have gone with you if I knew about the occasion beforehand. But would I end up bothering you guys instead?” Nuo Lan sneered at him, laughing at her own misunderstanding.

If you had been there, I wouldn’t have been able to take advantage of Beihuang Fan verbally, Qing Shui said to himself.

Qing Shui kept a little smile on his face as he answered, “How is that possible? It’s not like you don’t understand that woman. She isn’t interested in men.”

“See, I told you so! So that’s how it is! She isn’t interested in men!”

“Nor is she interested in women either,” Qing Shui followed up.

“Hmph, you need to make sure to complete your sentence next time. Then what does she like?” Nuo Lan shot a glare at Qing Shui.

“I don’t know, everything is normal about her. The only problem about her is that she has yet to come across a man whom she would like.”

“That’s true. Women like her would definitely bring the downfall of a nation, resulting in the suffering of others. It’s not that easy to get her attention. Thus, you should already feel proud of yourself.” Nuo Lan looked at Qing Shui seriously.

“It’s not like she likes me. What is there for me to be proud of?” Qing Shui shook his head and said.

“You don’t know women. Perhaps, maybe even us women don’t understand ourselves. The only thing which I know about Young Mistress Beihuang is that she has never been with a man longer than the time needed to make a tea. Thus, you should already feel happy with what you got,” Nuo Lan smiled and looked at Qing Shui after her reply.

“Is that so? Alright then, let’s stop talking about this. I am already a person with a family.” Thinking up to this point, Qing Shui felt that he might as well let things go. All 12 of the Portraits of Beauty belonged to him now, he should’ve felt blessed enough to have that. Meeting them was a kind of a blessing which he gained for himself since his previous incarnation. It was better to quit while he was ahead. Since there were countless beautiful women in this world, there was no way he could possibly take all of them for himself; nor would he be able to look after every single one of them at the same time.

“Alright then, if that’s what you wish. How did the treasure hunt go this time?”

“Two Hearts of Spiritual Beasts and a set of female clothing, as well as this battle technique. I gave Beihuang Fan the female clothing and one of the Hearts of the Spiritual Beast. I plan to give the remaining one to you since it won’t be of much use to me.” Qing Shui passed the Heart of Spiritual Beast to Nuo Lan.

Nuo Lan smiled, “What’s wrong? Are you scared that I may get mad?”