C80 (1/2)
Seeing how Wu Shuang'er was crying, Lin Zichen didn't pursue the matter any further. Instead, he helped her out of the old houses.
When they reached the road, Huo Qing hailed a taxi. The three of them first took a taxi to a hotel. After all, in Wu Shuang'er's current condition, she needed to quickly take a hot bath before sleeping soundly.
Huo Qing opened up two rooms. Lin Zi Chen handed a key to Wu Shuang'er and said, ”Shuang'er, first take a bath and rest for the night. If there's anything you want to say, we'll talk about it tomorrow.”
Wu Shuang'er nodded her head obediently, but there was still a trace of fear on her face as she said, ”I'm really sorry for causing you so much trouble today …”
Lin Zi Chen smiled: ”You're too polite, aren't we friends?”
Wu Shuang'er's small face was covered in a layer of smiles when she heard this. Indeed, she had experienced too much tonight. Having a friend in desperate times had illuminated the last bit of her life like a warm winter sun.
After returning to his room, Huo Qing leaned back on his bed. ”Master, why do you always have a relationship with beautiful women?”
Lin Zi Chen glanced at him: ”You want to be expelled again?”
”Err …”
”But it looks like Shuang'er really met with some trouble. She came from the Wu Village, and at night, she actually appeared in the Southern Water. Furthermore, her clothes must have been torn off.” Lin Zi Chen said.
”This girl is handsome, she must have been robbed.” Huo Qing rubbed his chin, ”Master, the police should be in charge of this.”
Lin Zi Chen shook his head. ”It's not that simple. Huo Qing, you don't know, but there's something wrong with Wu Shuang'er's physique. That day in the car, I touched her hand …”
In the middle of his sentence, Huo Qing revealed a smile. ”Master, you're still sticking to your face.”
”Scram, I realized that you haven't been serious at all lately.”
”Haha, who are you learning from?” Huo Qing covered his mouth and laughed. ”Master, I initially thought you were being serious, and that your words were like gold, but later on I realized that you were selective. When Lan Luoshi was around, you spoke so cutely, and each sentence made her feel good.”
Hearing this, Lin Zi Chen also laughed. Speaking of Lan Luo Shi, who didn't know what she was doing, he estimated that she was studying while worrying about her father's test.
”Alright, let's get down to business. I met Wu Shuang'er's hand the other day …” ”He noticed that her body was ice-cold and she didn't have any body temperature. Even if you measure her face, it would definitely not exceed 10 ℃!”
”What?” 10 ℃? ” Huo Qing couldn't help but laugh. His expression turned serious. ”Isn't that similar to ice cubes?”
That was true. Even though the ice was congealed at 0 ℃, to a human body, a person who was not even at 10 ℃ felt almost as cold as ice …
Lin Zi Chen nodded his head. ”Yes, that's the feeling, so at that time I was interested in this person. If I guessed correctly, she must have cultivated some kind of special cultivation technique, or had someone else used it on her!”
Huo Qing thought for a moment and said, ”Yes, Master. I've heard of some foreign Qi Methods that can change a person's physique. Although the cultivation base has been raised, the damage to one's meridians is very serious.”
”That's right, that's exactly the case, so I'm worried about Wu Shuang'er. She looks very weak, and she doesn't seem like a martial artist who has cultivated that kind of cultivation technique, so I suspect that someone forced her to use it.”
”Force it on her? Then why? A martial artist who cultivated this kind of cultivation method would often be in a bad mood. They would be anxious to achieve their goals or even use their sword as an edge. But, how could they not practice this cultivation method on their own and use someone else to practice it? Could it be … ”Do some experiments?” Huo Qing opened his eyes wide as he spoke, as if he felt a sense of terror.
Indeed, the scariest thing in this world wasn't the dangers, but the human heart.
”That's a possibility, but I know that there are a lot of strange cultivation methods among the non-humankind. For example, in ancient times, there was a race of the Yin Blood Tribe, and they relied on the blood of children to refine cultivation arrays. Moreover, these girls must have extremely dense Yin Qi, so before they can refine it, they would let these girls practice the cold cultivation method and eventually turn it into a refining product.”
”Heavens, how could there be such a cruel cultivation method?”
Huo Qing couldn't help but feel shocked in his heart. After all, he had never heard of this inheritance before, but what Lin Zichen knew far exceeded his own.
As the two of them were chatting, several knocks sounded out from the door. Lin Zichen glanced at each other, as if guessing who was knocking on the door.
Lin Zi Chen opened the door and saw Wu Shuang'er. Although Wu Shuang'er was currently wearing her own dirty and tattered clothes, after taking a bath, her face was white and tender, and her hands were slender.
She lowered her head, her hair covering her beautiful face, and said: ”Lin Zi Chen, I … … ”I'm a little afraid to sleep …”
Lin Zi Chen glanced at Huo Qing, who shrugged his shoulders to express his helplessness. Lin Zi Chen said, ”Then … …” ”Come in, let's chat for a while.”
Wu Shuang'er nodded her head and walked in to stand at the side. She didn't say anything, like an ancient maidservant. If her master ate and slept, she could only wait in a group.
Lin Zi Chen smiled, pointed at his bed and said: ”What are you standing there for? Sit. ”