Chinese Superman

Gu Zhi Qiu's voice trembled slightly: "Her appearance after her recovery is something that preservation technology cannot explain."

"She... was like a female immortal who had stepped out of a thousand years ago. Her appearance was ageless, her aura was ethereal, she wore celestial robes, and the artifacts around her seemed to have ascended to heaven, all of them revived as relics."

However, beneath this 'ethereal beauty' lies an extremely terrifying nature!

"At the beginning of her recovery, she almost instantly drained the life force of hundreds of researchers and staff working in and around the cemetery."

Xia Xinghan gasped.

Instantly draining the life force of hundreds?

This is no immortal being, he's clearly a great demon!

"In order to stop her and to reclaim Mawangdui, the state dispatched several powerful weapon wielders, among whom was Tan Qingyue, the national protector."

"Senior Tan Qingyue wielded the national treasure, the Sword of Goujian, King of Yue, and unleashed a strike without reservation."

She paused, as if recalling an earth-shattering scene.

"That sword strike... is beyond description. The sword energy crisscrossed, as if it had fused the weight of history, the brutality of metal, and the decisiveness of a king into one. The light was not dazzling, yet it made the world lose its color, and even space itself distorted and trembled."

"I couldn't understand that sword strike."

Both were sword-wielders, and their relics came from the same period of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, but Gu Zhi Qiu felt a huge sense of disparity, like someone standing at the foot of a mountain looking up at the summit.

This also made Gu Zhiqi realize that there is a huge chasm between the State-Protecting Authority and the World-Transfer Authority.

Even if she were as powerful as an immortal after her resurrection, she would still be unable to escape death from the full force of that ancient sword that represents the "Number One Sword Under Heaven"!

"So Lady Xin Zhui is dead?"

Gu Zhi Qiu nodded.

She witnessed Lady Xinzhui being beheaded—

As the head fell to the ground, "celestial light" gushed from the neck, dazzling and brilliant, as if the person had ascended to immortality.

Xia Xinghan was deeply moved and filled with longing.

The full power of a national treasure artifact unleashed was truly astounding!

That scene must have been a hundred times more stunning than any special effects movie.

An ancient corpse resurrected, a banished immortal woman, Lady Xin Zhui, the sword of King Goujian of Yue...

This also gave him a more intuitive understanding of the true power contained in relics, especially high-level relics.

"If Lady Xin Zhui is as powerful as a female immortal after her resurrection, then I probably wouldn't be able to withstand the sword of King Goujian of Yue, which has unleashed its full potential," Xia Xinghan secretly speculated.

A national treasure relic, terrifying beyond belief!

"Beautiful lady! Absolutely gorgeous! Come have some fun with me—!"

A sudden voice rang out from the back seat.

The two people who were interrupted fell silent at the same time.

Through the rearview mirror, one could see the green-haired man who had been knocked unconscious earlier waking up in a daze, struggling to get up from the back seat, with bright red handprints on both sides of his face.

Gu Zhi Qiu didn't even turn his head, but simply called out, "Junior Brother."

"clear."

Xia Xinghan, with perfect timing, turned around and swiftly punched the green-haired man in the eye socket with his small fist. The movement was smooth and decisive.

"Well……"

The green-haired man let out a short, muffled groan, rolled his eyes, tilted his head back, and slumped back into the back seat, falling asleep immediately.

Xia Xinghan curled his lip: "What a scumbag."

Gu Zhi Qiu's lips curled up slightly, and he couldn't help but tease, "Junior brother, you can't become a scumbag in the future."

"..."

He really wanted to say that when he was in school in his previous life, people nicknamed him "the heartless man".

……

Shicheng, a night market street.

Neon lights flashed, voices rang out, and the aroma of various foods wafted through the chilly autumn night air, creating a picturesque scene of everyday life amidst the cold and warmth.

Xia Xinghan was like a little mouse that had fallen into a rice jar, excitedly darting between the various food stalls.

"Senior sister, this fried rice cake smells so good! Do you want some?"

"Senior sister, grilled squid! A super-sized skewer!"

"The candied hawthorns look pretty good too, they're a mix of strawberries and hawthorns!"

"Donkey meat sandwich, so much meat!"

Before long, Xia Xinghan returned laden with food, carrying bags full of delicacies in his left hand and eating skewers with his right, his cheeks bulging from the food.

Gu Zhi Qiu followed a few steps behind him, her pace unhurried.

She exuded a cool and aloof aura that kept strangers at bay, which was out of place in the noisy environment around her, causing the crowded people to unconsciously make way for her.

Gu Zhiqi held her phone, swiping the screen incessantly, looking down as if she were looking at something, and simply shook her head at Xia Xinghan's enthusiastic invitation.

"Senior sister, are you really not going to eat anything?"

Xia Xinghan finished a skewer of grilled meat, then turned around and asked, "Aren't you hungry at all after walking for so long? Or are you 'cultivating your innate energy' and need to fast?"

Gu Zhi Qiu put away his phone, nodded, and said calmly, "There's only half a day left until we reach the completion of the eighty-one days. By noon tomorrow, we will have attained the 'Great Innate Realm'."

Xia Xinghan's eyes lit up, genuinely happy for her: "Congratulations, Senior Sister! Once you become a Great Innate Realm expert, you will have truly entered the ranks of the strong."

Looking at his even more excited expression than herself, Gu Zhi Qiu felt a hint of warmth flash in her cool eyes, but it was quickly replaced by her usual calm.

Gu Zhi Qiu picked up the bottled water, took a small sip, and smiled slightly.

"greedy?"

She threw the empty plastic bottle into the trash can, her gaze sweeping over the various food stalls lining the roadside, her voice calm and serene.

"The desire for food and drink is a natural human instinct."

"But I have cultivated for so long, and the day after tomorrow will be the day after my success. At this moment, the restless mind will be subdued, and the wild will will be tamed. It's not that I have no appetite, but... I will no longer be dominated by my appetite."

Xia Xinghan slowed down his chewing, tilted his head to the side, and carefully examined Gu Zhi Qiu with his azure eyes.

The dazzling neon lights of the night market cast a soft halo over her cool profile, making her appear less aloof and sharp, and more ethereal, like a Taoist saintess who has experienced the trials of the mortal world.

Xia Xinghan knew that Gu Zhi Qiu's innate talent had already been achieved!

"Little Tiger, if you had even a fraction of your senior sister's composure, you wouldn't have been cultivating your innate card for so long," he thought to himself.

After strolling through the night market, Gu Zhiqi led Xia Xinghan to a nearby hotel to rest.

"You've had a long day, get some rest."

"Senior sister, are we staying here?"

Xia Xinghan stared in disbelief at the dimly lit neon lights.

8 Days Inn

"Otherwise what?"

Xia Xinghan covered his forehead and shook his head: "Senior sister, what kind of ascetic life are you living? We're a hereditary cultivator, do you think we're short of money?"

"With such a pure and desireless heart, no wonder he was able to attain the Great Innate Realm after eighty-one days!"

"Come on, your junior brother will treat you to a nice place tonight!"

Without saying a word, Xia Xinghan grabbed Gu Zhiqi's cool hand, hailed a taxi, and headed to the most luxurious five-star hotel in Shicheng.

Xia Xinghan leaned over the front desk and said bluntly, "Hello, we're checking in. We need the best presidential suite on the top floor."

When the receptionist saw that the person checking into the room was an adorable little child, she chuckled and replied, "Little one, where are your parents?"

"I……"

"I'll do it," Gu Zhiqi stepped forward. "As he said, book the top-floor presidential suite."

"Senior sister, that's right." Xia Xinghan leaned closer to her and whispered, "Making money is to improve our lives, why make ourselves suffer?"