For the blue-clothed woman’s words, Jiang Xuan didn’t immediately respond but instead, in the system space, he privately said to his own system:
“System, here’s your chance to atone for your mistakes. Tell me how to break the monster clan’s curse on Xia Xiao Yu.”
“Ding! According to scanning detection, generally only the one who cast the spell can break it, but there is a unique method to counteract it.”
“What’s that method?”
“To the host, using one drop of the Water Qilin’s heart’s bl**d can forcibly break this curse.”
Jiang Xuan: “??????”
“System, do you think my fighting power can beat this Water Qilin right in front of me?”
“Ding! According to my calculations, the probability of the host defeating the Water Qilin is 0.000001%.”
Jiang Xuan: “……”
“You, System, really let me down when it counts. Can’t you upgrade or something? I’m very disappointed with you.”
“Ding! Detected the host’s strong wish; I will immediately enter seclusion for upgrading… The estimated time is seven days…”
“Hold on, don’t run off and start upgrading right away! At least try to figure out a way to save her first!”
Very soon, Jiang Xuan discovered that his system had gone completely silent, seemingly off to upgrade. He quietly kept note of this debt.
Returning to his thoughts now, Jiang Xuan smiled weakly as a greeting:
“Esteemed senior, how should I address you?”
“Senior, I dare not, my name is Lan Xin, just a passing cultivator.”
Jiang Xuan: “……”
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan inwardly muttered:
“No way, this Water Qilin is actually pretending. Even pretending to be a cultivator, at least tuck those conspicuous horns back!
Moreover, soaked to the bone, looks like she just emerged from the water. So claiming to have come from the lake by chance? Clearly, she hadn’t been prepared at all and just showed up!”
On the surface, Jiang Xuan feigned cooperation as he asked:
“Um… Senior Lan Xin… Do you have any way to save her?”
Just then, Lan Xin frowned slightly.
“I do have a way, but before that, could you tell me what relation this unconscious lady has to you?”
After this was said, Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment, then responded:
“She is my childhood friend… and… spouse.”
Jiang Xuan felt the Water Qilin’s gaze was a bit odd. To prevent complications, he explicitly stated that Xia Xiao Yu was his spouse. His intention was to dismiss any inappropriate thoughts.
However, after hearing this, Lan Xin revealed a beautiful smile.
“So that means… she’s very important to you? Would you do anything for her?”
Jiang Xuan: “??????”
At this point, Jiang Xuan felt things were getting weirder, but replied:
“Of course. If Xia Xiao Yu can wake up, I’ll do anything within my means.”
“Oh? Then you’re quite a devoted man.”
“So, if I help awaken her…”
Before finishing, Lan Xin looked Jiang Xuan up and down and licked her lips.
“To get my help to wake her, first make me a delicious meal, like that dragon meat was quite good.”
Jiang Xuan: “??????”
Upon hearing Lan Xin, Jiang Xuan’s nerves finally relaxed.
Internally, he thought:
“A dragon meat-eating Qilin, knows about the dragon meat. Looks like she was attracted by the recent dragon meat thrown into the lake.
And to get more food, she came looking for trouble. Wait, she used methods to put Xia Xiao Yu to sleep but didn’t use them on me—meant to keep me around to cook?
Quite a plan, sometimes mastering a skill unexpectedly pays off, even the skills given by my system aren’t useless.”
On the surface, Jiang Xuan quickly agreed:
“No problem, I’ll cook for you. As long as you can awaken Xia Xiao Yu, I’ll prepare a grand feast.”
Not long after, Jiang Xuan reached the thatched cottage outside, expertly took out the dragon meat to cook. He even set up a pot and processed the meat with various techniques, adding different seasonings.
Soon, dishes of varied flavors were placed before Lan Xin.
Just smelling them, Lan Xin confirmed they were entirely novel delicacies she had never tasted.
She started eating without restraint, nothing like the respectable senior she pretended to be earlier.
Observing Lan Xin wolfing down the food, Jiang Xuan mused:
“This might satisfy her for now. Not knowing her preferences, I just tried variety.
Sigh, in the past, for such a meal, the rate would be starting from ten thousand high-quality spiritual stones. Now, to please a monster, doing free meals here? Getting worse over time.”
After a while, Lan Xin finished all the dragon meat.
With a contented look, she began speaking:
“Really delicious, it’s the first time I’ve eaten such food.”
“Then… Senior feels satisfied? Could you please awaken my partner?”
“Alright, since you treated me to such food, I’ll give you a return; let’s go inside.”
Inside the house.
Xia Xiao Yu remained comatose, with the previous system’s message that her body would always stay asleep if the curse wasn’t broken. Jiang Xuan was a bit worried—Xia Xiao Yu meant a lot to him, having saved him from despair multiple times; it was hard not to be touched.
This time, he was determined to wake Xia Xiao Yu.
“Um… Senior Lan Xin… Please lend a hand…”
Before he finished, Lan Xin responded with a half-smile:
“To awaken her? No problem, but since I’ve just eaten, I need to digest by exercising first.”
Jiang Xuan: “??????”
“Lan Xin senior, your meaning is…”
“Nothing else, just what it sounds like. You wouldn’t want your partner in eternal coma, right?”
As she spoke, Lan Xin stretched out her hand and gently cupped Jiang Xuan’s face.
“Speaking of which, I’ve never seen such a handsome youth before; truly, I want to keep you all to myself.”
Jiang Xuan: “!!!!!!”
