After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

She gently touched the girl's eyes. When a person is asleep, their eyeballs will involuntarily move; that's when they're dreaming.

But beneath her fingertips... there was only a slight tremor.

Hua Xiangrong even slowly held her breath. Shi Yan could see... a blush gradually spreading across the girl's face, starting from her neck.

She leaned down playfully.

Shi Yan, with a rather wicked curiosity, wanted to see just how long the girl could endure it.

In the blink of an eye... the girl's face was as red as a camellia.

The sweet, faint fragrance emanating from Shi Yan made her limbs weak and her mind sway.

Hua Xiangrong held her breath, as if she was about to suffocate herself.

Shi Yan knew that girls could be the kind of idiots who could suffocate themselves.

She leaned down and... gave him a light kiss.

Shi Yan got up, leaving the girl some space to "struggle," and took the opportunity to explore the depths of Yinghua City a little more.

Behind her, those fearful yet radiant golden eyes suddenly opened.

Hua Xiangrong curled up and slowly covered her mouth.

So...sweet.

Beside him, Shi Yan swiped down with his right hand, bringing up the character attribute panel and log.

[Name: Shi Yan]

Race: Human

Gender: Female / Celestial Status: Male

【Charm: Graceful and Ethereal】

[Cultivation Level: Body Tempering Stage 9 "Hit a Bottleneck"]

【…】

The properties panel remains unchanged.

However, the logbook... is frighteningly long.

"You have encountered the 'Shadow Demon Lord'."

"Successfully entered battle."

"..."

"The Shadow Demon Lord has been killed, and you have gained cultivation."

"Your cultivation level has reached its limit."

Judging from the log, I'm probably saved. I just don't know who helped me.

But... there's one thing Shi Yan made very clear.

blood loss.

This was a huge loss.

That's a demonic soul incarnation from the Spirit Realm.

Even if you only get "assist" goals, you can still gain a lot of experience.

If I had taken a "Qi-Inducing Pill" before going out, I would have been at the third level of the Qi Refining Realm, reaching the next bottleneck.

However... Shi Yan gently patted his trembling chest.

Being able to survive with Hua Xiangrong is already the best outcome.

But... afterwards, Shi Yan's face darkened as she looked at the seemingly endless diary entries.

She turned around and glared at Hua Xiangrong, who had fallen asleep again and was even snoring softly behind her.

This idiot deserves to be fooled by himself.

So tired.

Don't you have any idea of ​​your own capabilities?

And... one's cultivation level, one's own cultivation level!

"never mind."

Master's words could only comfort himself. This little fool, who wasn't even a cultivator, couldn't offer him much cultivation.

Shi Yan stood up and looked around Hua Xiangrong's boudoir.

The girl's bedroom was nothing like a place like Yinghua City; it was surprisingly unique and cozy.

Yesterday, the guqin that Shi Yan couldn't put away was also brought back.

Almost casually... Shi Yan's right hand rested on the guqin.

This zither possesses an ancient and elegant charm, as if it were perfectly carved from a piece of fine, pure white jade. Only the goose-foot-shaped insignia are as black as ink.

Unfortunately... Shi Yan gently stroked the guqin, but she couldn't pluck the strings.

Such a fine zither, perhaps even a magical artifact... yet it lacks spirit.

Part 43 Buy one get one free? ? ? [Second update]

In the game, this zither is one of Hua Xiangrong's few pieces of equipment.

Just like Hua Xiangrong's character attribute panel, this zither also has the same grade [--].

There's only one simple sentence about the zither—

"Tao creates one, creates two..."

Shi Yan knew that this zither might not be so simple.

However, in the game, the description of this instrument is simply, "A seemingly magnificent ancient zither, but unfortunately..."

Gently stroking the strings, Shi Yan felt he understood what was so regrettable.

This instrument... has no spirit.

The zither is hollow.

No matter how good the material is, it's just an empty shell.

Shi Yan tried to pluck the strings, but found that they were like iron and he couldn't touch them at all.

I don't know how Hua Xiangrong's soft little hands managed to make that sound.

Perhaps... this zither has a chosen owner.

Just as Shi Yan was about to try, creak—

Hua Xiangrong's door was pushed open.

The master stopped and turned to look behind the door.

Standing behind the door was a cool, aloof woman in a white dress.

very beautiful.

Or rather...it has an ethereal quality.

The ink paints a delicate beauty, its charm subtle and elegant; even within the painting, one can appreciate its delicate fragrance.

The woman bit her lip and looked at Shi Yan's hand that had just been plucking the strings of the zither.

"Miss Shi..." It wasn't difficult to find out Shi Yan's identity.

You can tell from the cloud patterns on their clothes that they are from the Shi family.

What surprised her the most was that the young master of the Shi family, who was said to have "hidden his sword for ten years; when he drew it, its light chilled nineteen provinces," was actually a woman disguised as a concubine.

"You..." Shi Yan looked at the girl who pushed the door open and entered, and she seemed somewhat familiar.

The chances are actually quite slim.

There were only two girls serving Hua Xiangrong.

She wore a flowing white dress, exuding an ethereal beauty, yet her expression remained aloof.

It is roughly the same as "Yunyi".

But...didn't Hua Xiangrong say yesterday that Yunyi is still in Youzhou?

Youzhou is not close to Yizhou.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would need two days to travel that distance.

Forget it.

Listening to the girl's cute, soft snoring in the room.

If this idiot said it, it's possible she misremembered.

"Yunyi." The girl turned her head to look at the guqin placed to the side.

Shi Yan looked at the obedient girl serving him and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

After all... in the game, he was always the one bullying her.

Although he didn't immediately max out her favorability rating, Yunyi's favorability rating skyrocketed almost instantly after he and Hua Xiangrong became acquainted.

In addition... the embarrassing things he and Hua Xiangrong did together occasionally, meant that the girl's affection for him was close to "unwavering until death" if not "till death do us part".

Shi Yan could even catch a glimpse of the tips of the girl's ears, which were slightly tinged with iridescent color beneath her dark hair.

After all... teasing the aloof, icy girl is quite fun.

The two sat down in the room. Yunyi turned her head to look at Hua Xiangrong, who was fast asleep on the bed, her eyes full of doting and tenderness.

"Yesterday...was it Yunyi who saved us?" She had slept with the master of the house on their very first meeting. Shi Yan was still a little embarrassed, but the atmosphere in the room was too oppressive, and she had to break the silence.

The girl nodded gently.

"Then thank you very much, Yunyi."