Chapter 337: What Should I Do If I'm Discovered by My Teacher?

Over the next month, Qin Jian spent his days in Death Canyon collecting data on Evil Soul Masters for the registry, and his nights with Hu Liena.

The breakfast and dinner he prepared for Hu Liena were constantly changing, yet no matter how they changed, they always involved chicken as an ingredient.

Perhaps foxes just love eating chicken; steamed, boiled, braised, pan-fried, deep-fried, roasted, or hot-pot, no matter the method, Hu Liena could always eat it with great relish.

However, feelings are the sort of thing that heat up quickly in the beginning; once Qin Jian reached Level 65, it became difficult to improve rapidly.

Because this requires the settling of time, as well as completely opening up to one another, and finally achieving true mutual trust.

Only through such a process can one gradually ascend to the realm of love...

But that is fine too; Qin Jian was in no rush.

Improvement after Level 60 is naturally slow, and for him to maintain that miraculous speed of improvement would have been too eye-catching anyway.

Besides, setting aside the God Trial and soul power levels, isn't it good to just properly enjoy this ambiguity and excitement?

Why spend all day chasing strength, wishing one could gain ten levels a day, living those dull days of an infinite loop of pursuing power...

It really is completely meaningless.

"What are you thinking about?"

Sunlight shone brightly over the woods.

Qin Jian was lying on a tree trunk, his head pillowed on soft legs, sniffing the faint fragrance in the air.

On a bright afternoon, his whole person became lazy.

Just then, Hu Liena pulled a foxtail grass from somewhere and tickled the tip of Qin Jian's nose with it.

"Stop it."

Qin Jian grabbed her hand, annoyed.

Hu Liena gave a soft laugh, not minding at all.

She was already used to such contact; after all, she was now even kneeling to let Qin Jian pillow his head on her lap, so what else was there to be shy about?

"What are you thinking about?" she asked again.

"I was thinking... um..."

Qin Jian looked up at her and suddenly took two cotton swabs out of his Soul Guidance Device: "Can you help me clean my ears?"

Hu Liena was slightly stunned, then happily agreed: "Alright, turn your head to the side."

Qin Jian turned his body to the side, enjoying the beauty's ear-cleaning service.

The soft cotton gently scraped inside his ear, an indescribable comfort rising straight to his brain...

Actually, in a relationship, blind devotion is no good; that only leads to diminishing marginal utility, making one appear increasingly cheap.

This is the reason why a Lick Dog never has a good outcome.

Therefore, whenever Qin Jian gave a lot, he would also make some small requests of Hu Liena, which both increased their intimacy and formed a virtuous cycle, while also providing himself with the motivation to give—why wouldn't he be happy to do so?

"Qin Jian... have you ever thought... what if we get discovered by Teacher... what should we do?"

Hu Liena gently turned the cotton swab in Qin Jian's ear.

Qin Jian kept his eyes slightly closed, enjoying it: "If we get discovered, we get discovered; why worry about it?"

"Why not worry?"

Hu Liena whispered: "Teacher... she is clearly very different toward you; if she saw you secretly with me, she would definitely be furious."

Just as the ear cleaning finished, Qin Jian suddenly sat up, turned his upper body, looked into Hu Liena's eyes, and laughed: "You seem like such a coward whenever you face your teacher."

Hu Liena curled her red lips: "Of course; she is the Pope, you know how majestic she is usually? It's only in front of you that she becomes so strange."

"Actually, I don't have any special relationship with her, you don't need to worry about anything," Qin Jian said, shrugging.

Hu Liena rolled her eyes: "No special relationship? If there's no relationship, how can you just casually play with her Scepter?"

"That's just because none of you dared to ask for it; maybe if you went to ask, she would give it to you too?" Qin Jian laughed.

Hu Liena shook her head vigorously: "I wouldn't dare."

Qin Jian stretched out his arms, one hand around her waist, the other supporting her legs, and easily pulled her over, placing her on his lap.

And Hu Liena also very naturally hooked her arms around his neck, leaning her head on his shoulder; clearly, she was very used to this as well.

"Nana, the one in my arms right now is you..."

Why does it feel like I've said this many times... *cough cough*...

Qin Jian tilted his head slightly, pressing his cheek against Hu Liena's forehead, and said softly: "Actually, from the very beginning, I wanted to come to Death Canyon with you; if I could, I really wish I could accept this punishment with you..."

"You must be saying sweet things to make me happy, right?"

Hu Liena rubbed against his cheek and said: "In such a harsh living environment as Death Canyon, where one must scramble and toil for survival every day, fighting and killing, never able to relax for a moment, who would want to come here to be punished?"

"Even if life here is difficult, but..."

Qin Jian lowered his head and gently bit her earlobe: "But you are here..."

"Ying..."

Hu Liena's face was flushed red, almost turning into a 'ying-ying' monster...

"You man is just too good at flirting..."

If it were anyone else, they would definitely have melted into water from these sweet words by now, but she was, after all, a little fox spirit.

"But... I like it very much..."

She bit back at Qin Jian's earlobe and licked it gently.

Qin Jian went completely stiff.

Although his flirting techniques were good, when it came to allure, he simply couldn't be mentioned in the same breath as a fox spirit.

Every move this woman made carried a natural Charm, and every smile or frown tugged at a man's most primal desires.

What's more, she, who previously had reservations, now had none at all; compared to conquering Qin Jian, what she wanted now was to have Qin Jian's affection, and to be inseparable.

So, she was now firing on all cylinders...

"Swish!"

A figure stepping on a scarlet Soul Ring tore through the air from the horizon, heading straight into the area guarded by the Death Valley Knights...

Qin Jian was finally provoked to the point of being unable to hold back; he suddenly pulled his head back a little, cupped Hu Liena's pretty face in both hands, and pressed his forehead against hers.

"Na... Nana... are you... seducing me?" he said, panting.

The two were too close to actually see each other clearly; they could only feel each other's breath intermingling...

Hu Liena lifted her head slightly and then lightly pecked Qin Jian on the nose.

"I am indeed seducing you..."

She smiled charmingly: "I don't know when Teacher will return; don't you want to seize the time to be intimate with me?"

"Given our current relationship, is it already okay to do that?" Qin Jian said, his eyes looking somewhat strange.

After all, their soul power level was only 65; no matter how one looked at it, they hadn't reached the point where they could do that thing.

"Then... can you still hold back?"

Hu Liena's eyes were filled with seduction, and her hands gently caressed and touched him bit by bit, very easily setting Qin Jian ablaze.

He bit down fiercely, taking that desirable softness into his mouth, his movements unusually impulsive.

At the Death Valley garrison, a scarlet Soul Ring unfolded, and a tyrannical wave of soul power surged out at this moment, instantly shrouding the entire canyon.

Dark clouds gathered from all directions...

The clear sky was gone.

(End of chapter)