SWNOVELXO Chapter 431: Since You’re Idle, How About Lending Me Your Body?
Chapter 431: Since You’re Idle, How About Lending Me Your Body?
Luo Xue chuckled softly. “Not to mention whether the Twin Fish Pendant would allow such a long stay. What about you?”
“That is your body. Are you really okay with sharing it with me?”
Lin Fengmian responded without hesitation, “Of course I’m fine with it! Sharing a body with you sounds great!”
“When I don’t feel like cultivating, you can handle it. And if I can’t defeat an enemy, you can fight for me!”
Luo Xue couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re really something, aren’t you? I don’t want to share a body with you, it must stink!”
Lin Fengmian didn’t take it too seriously. It was still early, and he was just throwing the idea out there. Naturally, he wanted Luo Xue to be whole and well, not just a soul barely clinging to existence.
Suddenly, Luo Xue snapped back to reality and blinked as if something felt wrong. “So what does all this have to do with you holding me for so long?”
Lin Fengmian admitted candidly, “Well, it’s easier to hear you when we’re close, and I get to take a little advantage.”
“You pervert! Always trying to take advantage of me! You’re asking for a beating!”
Blushing with rage, Luo Xue broke free from Lin Fengmian’s grip and unsheathed Zhen Yuan, chasing him around and forcing him to desperately dodge.
“I’m a saint, you know! How dare you strike me? When a Saint gets angry, corpses pile up for miles – have you ever heard of that?”
“So what if you’re a Saint? I’ll be one soon!” Luo Xue retorted, still angry.
“Mercy, Fairy Luo Xue! This Saint admits his mistake!” Lin Fengmian quickly raised his hands in surrender. “Just don’t send me back by mistake, that would be inconvenient.”
Luo Xue sheathed her sword, hugging it to her chest as she coldly snorted. “It would be better to send you back, you lecher! That way, you’ll stop scheming against me!”
Lin Fengmian coaxed her with a mix of flattery and threats. “Luo Xue, don’t be like that. Tomorrow, when you go to compete for the Saint position, who’s going to protect your body? Isn’t it dangerous?”
“Didn’t we agree? I’ll protect your body. Even if a supreme being comes, I’ll handle it! It will be as strong as an old dog!”
In general, when the soul leaves the body to enter the Heavenly Kingdom, the physical body is left unguarded and vulnerable to exploitation. That’s why when you enter the Heavenly Kingdom, you usually entrust your body to the most trustworthy person or set up several protective arrays. Otherwise, even if one returned victorious, there might be no body to return to, forcing them to possess someone else’s body and start over.
Luo Xue naturally knew that Lin Fengmian wasn’t lying, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that the real danger came from him, not some Supreme Being or Saint.
“I think you’re more dangerous than any supreme being. I’m afraid you’ll do something strange to my body!”
“Come on, my character…”
Before Lin Fengmian could finish, Luo Xue rolled her eyes and laughed. “Do you think you have any credibility with me?”
Lin Fengmian was speechless for a moment. He knew that Luo Xue was joking, but he still played along, putting on a pitiful expression.
“I’ve already told Shangguan Yuqiong that I’m going to fake my death for a while. Fairy Luo Xue, won’t you take me in?”
“Since you’re going to be idle while competing for the saint position, how about lending me your body to play with?”
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“Play with?!”
Luo Xue’s eyebrow twitched as she silently unsheathed her sword. It seemed like she really had to send this pervert back!
“No, no! I mean, I’ll help you guard your body!”
Lin Fengmian quickly pressed her hand, forcing the sword back into its sheath and smiled ingratiatingly. “Luo Xue, Fairy Xue, my dear Xue…”
The more he called her, the more nauseating it became. Luo Xue hastily interrupted, “Stop, stop! Fine, I agree!”
Lin Fengmian’s face instantly lit up with a dazzling smile, leaving Luo Xue both annoyed and amused, yet helpless.
Being with this guy was making her act childish.
“Luo Xue, will there be many people competing with you for the Honored Position this time?” Lin Fengmian changed the topic.
“Of course, there will be many people competing for the position of Saint. Anyone who meets the requirements will be allowed to enter the Heavenly Realm with their soul,” Luo Xue replied with a smile.
“If so many people enter, won’t the battles last for days and nights? Didn’t you say that it would take seven days at most?” Lin Fengmian asked in confusion.
Luo Xue then explained the relevant rules to Lin Fengmian, giving him a better understanding of the Honored Position competition.
Whenever an Honored Position becomes vacant, those at the peak of the corresponding realm will receive an invitation from the Heavenly Realm.
The Heavenly Realm selects only individuals who follow the same path as the Honored Position. For example, only Sword Dao Void Realm experts will be invited to a Sword Dao Saint Honored Position.
Although Blade Dao practitioners can switch to Sword Dao, they can only compete by defeating Sword Dao experts, and they cannot take the position directly through the Heavenly Realm.
Once the Heavenly Realm opens, all participants will enter with their souls and fight until only one victor remains.
Except for the final battle, if the opponents fail to defeat each other within the time limit, both will be judged as failures and expelled from the Heavenly Realm.
Although the Heavenly Realm is entered with the soul, it is almost indistinguishable from the physical body. Even weapons can be replicated, but talismans and pills cannot be used.
This time, Luo Xue’s opponents were neither too many nor too few.
Lin Fengmian asked worriedly, “Luo Xue, can the battles really be completed in seven days?”
Luo Xue thought for a moment and replied, “Yes. Even if all the Sword Dao experts participated, there would only be 729 participants.”
“But how many Void Realm Sword Dao experts are truly at the peak? A quarter of that number would already be remarkable.”
“In Void Realm level battles, the time limit for each match is one day. At most, it would take seven days to determine the final winner.”
This time frame was still within the validity period of Luo Xue’s pills, although it was a bit tight.
Lin Fengmian reminded her, “Then you’ll have to finish the battles quickly. Don’t waste too much time!”
Luo Xue hummed in agreement and teased, “Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about whether you’ll be buried or not.”
Lin Fengmian chuckled awkwardly. As the space began to collapse, he quickly stepped forward and held Luo Xue’s hand, which was gripping her sword.
Luo Xue looked up at him, and Lin Fengmian responded with a gentle smile.
Darkness enveloped them, and together, they returned to a thousand years ago.
Lin Fengmian didn’t dare to appear in Luo Xue’s sea of consciousness. Instead, he hid within the Twin Fish Pendant to avoid the reappearance of Ye Xuefeng’s aura.
He shared Luo Xue’s vision and saw that they were in a cave with the sound of flowing water and light reflecting off the wet stone walls.
“Where is this?”
“This is a remote mountain in the Moon Shadow Dynasty. The Heavenly Fiend Hall still hasn’t activated the cross-region teleportation, so I can’t leave,” Luo Xue explained.
Lin Fengmian nodded and reminded her, “You should prepare yourself quickly.”
Without further ado, Luo Xue sat cross-legged and began adjusting her state.
Soon, it was noon, and mysterious Daoist chants echoed from outside.
Luo Xue stepped out of the cave and looked up at the sky, where multicolored immortal light was pouring down. Her expression became resolute.
“The Heavenly Realm has opened. I’m leaving!”
“Mm, go and return soon. I’ll take good care of your body,” Lin Fengmian encouraged.
A faint soul shadow flew out of Luo Xue’s body, and Lin Fengmian took control of it.
Luo Xue floated in the air and looked at Lin Fengmian with a suspicious face.
“Don’t take off my clothes, don’t touch me inappropriately, and don’t do anything perverted!”
Lin Fengmian forced a dry laugh and said somewhat guiltily, “Don’t worry, I’m not that kind of person!”
Luo Xue was still skeptical, but she had no choice. She rode the wind and flew into the sky.
Lin Fengmian watched in awe as Luo Xue soared into the immortal light like a celestial fairy. He couldn’t help but sigh.
“Even a heavenly immortal couldn’t compare to her, right?”