Chapter 338 - Xue Yin (1/2)

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”Good work, everyone.”

Nik smiled and offered his praise to the sweat-soaked girls as they wheezed with their waists bent and their knees clutched. Korra was dandy, however. Sweat made her alluring as a woman to Nik, but to others, she was a monster. Even to Ryu'er.

When a spiritual beast forsook their bodies to become humans, their previous monstrous incarnation becomes their martial spirit, and they also give up on their superior body and bloodline. Ryu'er was the same. Even if her body was naturally strengthened by her mother's nurturing, she admitted that Korra was a 'monster' on a different level.

The sharpness, flexibility, and sheer stamina made others feel numb.

Ning'er did not feel depressed, unlike Ryu'er and Ye Ziyun, who barely reached the third phase of Nik's routine, Ning'er was on a higher level. Even though her body felt the strain, it was nowhere near comparable to the pain she felt during her strange condition where she cried during the lonely nights.

Korra, meanwhile, extended her arms and interlocked them to stretch her upper body as she gazed at the slightly tired Shen Xiu with surprise, ”Ho? I thought that it would take weeks for you to complete the routine. Color me surprised.”

Shen Xiu tilted her head to match Korra's gaze and let out a derisive smirk. She could barely speak, but her ego made it impossible for her to remain quiet, ”Just you wait, *Haah*, I'll crush you.”

”Anticipating the moment, teach,” Korra grinned and then extended her hand towards the kneeling Shen Xiu, ”But you gotta stand, the other teach can't get enough of 'ya.”

Nik turned his head sideways wordlessly while a crimson tinge touched Shen Xiu's cheeks as she hastily grabbed onto Korra's arm and stood up. Strangely, Ryu'er's body slumped down further while her butt seemed to be slightly raised.

”Are you alright?”

Ning'er asked with concern. Before replying to the orange-haired girl, Ryu'er looked towards Nik and finding that his gaze was now attracted to Korra, she sighed and shook her head, ”You wouldn't understand.”

Ning'er looked at Ryu'er strangely before nodding and then looked at the bitter Ye Ziyun before pondering for a moment and giving her a hand, ”I- your moves are getting better.”

Ning'er opened up with a stutter as Ye Ziyun felt pleasantly surprised, and she instantly took Ning'er's hand and nodded, ”Th-thank you.”

While the three kids slowly helped each other up, Shen Xiu regained her bearings shortly and inquired, ”Why didn't Huyan Lanrou come today?”

Nik smiled, ”She had prior commitments.”

Nik then looked at the five of them and thought for a moment. He wanted to make a trip into the Star Dou forest and collect the items whose spirit rings are needed by the trio within his spiritual world and cultivate them in the city.

”Anyway, I think that from tomorrow, we all would only be able to practice in the morning since I will be meeting with an Inscription Master to teach me the basics of inscriptions.”

At Nik's words, Korra couldn't help but take another look at Nik. Burly physique and a devilish face with an equally wicked talent in fighting, so, ”Why would a monkey need to learn how to write?”

”Pfft!”

Shen Xiu turned her face while Nik's expression turned bleak. He refused to comment further.

”Also, I was planning to make a trip to the Star Dou forest to collect a few things. Now, I don't think I need a bear for a company.”

Nik spoke calmly, and Korra's expression changed significantly, ”No, no! I wanna join in, Teach!”

”Ho? So I am still your teacher?”

Nik smiled mockingly as Korra nodded and then rubbed her palms together with a sly smirk, ”Teach, we all know about 'ya. Don't you want a babe like me alongside you in a desolate forest?”

This time, Korra's words made Ning'er and Ye Ziyun look away while Ryu'er seemed to have realized how big of an opportunity she missed after becoming a human. Shen Xiu, meanwhile, floundered as she felt sour all over again. The worst part, she wanted to resort to violence once again, even without knowing why she felt the way she did.

”Sigh,” Nik sighed deeply while rubbing the space in between his eyebrows. Korra got that right. He wanted a girl like Korra alongside him in a desolate forest. No point in denying the fact.