60 Uzumaki Ling (1/2)

After putting aside that barely alive Golden Thread Red Refined Snake, Little Ling’Er showed a boring expression, totally failing to see that as a “mere” mortal world’s martial artist, there should be a sense of accomplishment in “one shot killing” a monster who already had an inner core.

However, wouldn’t this show how peerless she was!? If she was instead overjoyed, exclaiming “yay! I won!”, then her image would drop. Wang Lu inwardly sighed with emotion, thinking that he didn’t befriend a wrong person to bring to this “picking herb” trip. “Sister Ling, as a mortal world’s martial artist, your power has truly broken all the limits!”

A snake with an inner core, even if it was just a basic inner core, should have the strength that was far beyond an ordinary category three monster, solely based on its core ray alone [1] that has a kind of one-sword-broke-ten-thousand-skill aggressiveness. Wang Lu’s Non-Phase Sword Bone was able to resist the Little Thunder and withstand the Full Moon Roar, yet he was still completely unable to resist that golden core ray. Let alone a Qi Cultivating Stage cultivator like him, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would find it hard to resist that attack… However, such a powerful beast couldn’t even last a round against Little Ling’Er!

That being the case, what was her true level then? High-level Foundation Establishment? Xudan?

No, she was obviously just a mere mortal… Wang Lu was confident that he didn’t misread this. As a possessor of the Void Spirit Root, Wang Lu was very sensitive to the surrounding spiritual energy. If Little Ling’Er ever manipulated the surrounding spiritual energy, he would immediately know it with just a glance.

The apex of the mortal world’s martial art, in theory, was comparable to a high-level Qi Cultivating Stage of an ancient sect. This was already quite a high appraisal. However, Wang Lu believed that even in his Spirit Sword Sect, no disciples has the body that could resist this golden core ray. Even an invincible tanker like him, when he reached the higher level of Qi Cultivating Stage in the future, wouldn’t necessarily come out unscathed against that ray...

Then what about the Lady Boss? Did she find another path after the end path of a martial art master?

There were many questions in his heart, but since she didn’t say anything, Wang Lu was also too lazy to ask.

Unfortunately, even though Wang Lu knew not to ask such private questions, someone else couldn’t resist.

“Wh-what just happened? I clearly saw…”

Wang Lu directly kicked his butt. “Damn! When it’s time for you to take action, you’re too slow to react; but when asking a question, you’re so quick!”

Wen Bao was bewildered. “W-what’s wrong?”

The Lady Boss actually didn’t mind. “Forget it. Look at his appearance; no need to embarrass him any further…” With that, she turned her head and looked at Wen Bao.

No matter how slow this fatty was, he knew what to do at this time. Although he was afraid, he clenched his teeth. “I-I want to take a piss!”

Then he ran to the far corner as he warily and innocently looked at Wang Lu and the Lady Boss from his peripheral vision, looking forward to when their conversation would end.

After Wen Bao had left, the Lady Boss smiled as she looked at Wang Lu. “To be honest, I’ve been waiting for you to ask. But after two years, you still kept the questions to yourself, which really makes me worry sometimes.”

Wang Lu sighed. “Men sometimes need to endure much longer than women.”

“... Actually, when you first entered the sect, I was about to say it when I first came to visit you. You ought to have some questions about me, right?”

Now that it has come to this, Wang Lu no longer hesitated. “Of course I have.Sister Ling, your identity is so special; even that idiot Wen Bao could see that you’re different. How could I not recognize it?”

The Lady Boss replied him with another question, “What do you think?”

Wang Lu said, “In the beginning, my gut feeling told me that you should be the Sect Leader’s illegitimate daughter. After all, you could freely go up the mountain any time you wish, and you even possessed that Firmament Cloud Ancient Coin; all of them refer to the illegitimate daughter identity.”

“...” The Lady Boss didn’t say anything, but as she heard Wang Lu’s deduction, it was clear from her eyes that she was distraught.

After a while, she asked, “Then what happened? Did you change your mind? If so, why?”

Wang Lu threw up his hands. “Because my Master calls you Little Ling’Er and claim to have a deep sisterly love with you. Moreover, not long ago, she also told some nonsense about wanting to marry you or something, so I thought that you shouldn’t be an illegitimate daughter.”

“What… does it have to do with this?” Little Ling’Er was confused.

“If you’re the daughter of Sect Leader Feng Yin, wouldn’t Wang Wu be a generation lower if she was your sister? Usually, she despises the Sect Leader very much, so how could she be willing to lower herself a generation lower in front of him? I made my judgment based on this reasoning.”

The Lady Boss was stunned and then shook her head as she held back her laughter. “You are really… too smart; always thinking a few steps ahead of other people. But sometimes, you’re too smart for your own good. Actually, your first guess is right. I… am indeed the Sect Leader’s daughter.”

“What!?”

Wang Lu was startled; he even took a few steps back to size up this pretty, lively, and smelled-of-flower girl.

“Sister Ling, to be honest, I really couldn’t see it.”

The Lady Boss casually stroked some of the disheveled hair on her forehead. “That’s fine, after all, I am an illegitimate daughter. As for your slut Master, you actually should be able to guess. In her wishful thinking, if she could get my hand in marriage, she could openly compete for the succession of the Spirit Sword Sect Leader position as a ‘son-in-law’ identity.”

“Puff!”

Wang Lu finally couldn’t hold back and spurt out all the liquid in his mouth. Though he had gotten along with his Master for two years, she could still show a degraded part of her that was new to him!

“However, you don’t need to blame her; there are reasons why she became like this.”

Seeing that Wang Lu didn’t seem to believe her remark, she was about to argue; but before she could open her mouth, she heard Wang Lu said, “Sister Ling, since your identity is so prominent, why don’t you live on the mountain and be a little princess there, instead of running that… that daily-turnover-of-more-than-ten-thousand family inn at the Spirit Creek Town?”

When he brought up this topic, the Lady Boss’s expression suddenly turned cold. “What? What did you say?”

Wang Lu shrugged. “It seems like your father-daughter relationship is quite poor; is it because of your mother?”

The Lady Boss said, “No. Actually, I don’t have any impression at all about my mother. According to the recorded events at the Spirit Sword Sect, I was brought here by him alone. I have never seen my mother, and he also never brought up this matter to me. So, our poor relationship is not because of my mother.”

“Well, what then? I thought his treatment of you is quite good.”

“Good? Are you sure?” The Lady Boss sneered. “The daughter of the grand Sect Leader of the Spirit Sword Sect was actually just a mortal, why do you think it’s like this?”