Chapter 295: Husband and Wife Reunited, Lingqi's Progress

"Understood, Father, Mother, then your child takes his leave." Nan Feihuang left immediately; he had long wanted to go back and see them.

While in Slaughter City, the people he missed the most, besides his parents, were ranked in order: Lv Lingqi and Qian Renxue. And because Lv Lingqi had already shared a marital relationship with him, his longing for her was slightly greater than for Qian Renxue.

Inside the Eastern Palace, Lv Lingqi had not yet received news of Nan Feihuang's return.

At this moment, she was practicing her Halberd Technique in the training grounds.

Compared to over a year ago, her Halberd Technique had become increasingly refined. Besides the family-inherited Ghost God Halberd, she seemed to have integrated her mother's Heavenly Queen Halberd Technique, forming a style of her own.

After all, her weapon was a Cross Halberd, which was completely different in style from Nan Feihuang's Fangtian Halberd.

It would be counterproductive to force the use of the Fangtian Halberd's techniques, but Lv Lingqi was the daughter of Lv Bu; having inherited her father's natural talent, she was fully capable of applying what she learned flexibly and carving out her own path.

One could see that when Lingqi brought her twin halberds together, her speed was so fast it was shadowless and formless; with the Cross Halberd spinning madly, it was also indestructible.

After the Cross Halberd separated, her left hand wielded the Ghost God Halberd, the technique gloomy and ghostly with strange force, while her right hand wielded the Heavenly Queen Halberd, the momentum flowing like water, continuous and unending.

Feihuang was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected that Lingqi, just like him, had reached the realm of being able to use both hands with equal skill.

The talent of this Daughter of Ghosts and Gods was truly no exaggeration.

Feihuang looked at his beloved with burning eyes. Lingqi had grown a little taller; her face remained soft and beautiful yet resolute, heroic and spirited—she had truly pushed the charm of a female general to the extreme.

What was even more terrifying was her level. The soul power fluctuations radiating from her body were, if anything, even stronger than his own current level; she was at least at the sixty-fourth level.

When they parted back then, Lingqi had used dual cultivation and a soul bone to raise her level from forty-four to forty-seven, and later reached level fifty after consuming the Immortal Herb Acacia Heartbroken Red. At that time, she hadn't yet obtained her Fifth Soul Ring, so it could only be displayed to that extent.

It seems that the Acacia Heartbroken Red had increased her level by at least ten, and with the Fifth Soul Ring inevitably adding a bit more soul power, she likely reached the sixtieth level not long after she started cultivating.

That was why her current power exceeded Nan Feihuang's.

Feihuang couldn't help but praise her inwardly; the Acacia Heartbroken Red was worthy of being the strongest Immortal Herb. Having consumed it, the quality of Lv Lingqi's talent likely already surpassed that of Dian Wei.

Her cultivation speed was at least on par with Qian Renxue under full-effort cultivation.

If Qian Renxue remained immersed in the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan, wasting a large amount of time handling government affairs and the like, it was feared that in a few years, her level would inevitably be surpassed by Lingqi.

Feihuang did not disturb Lingqi, watching her quietly as she finished the entire set of her Halberd Technique.

Halfway through the practice, Lingqi suddenly added footwork to her Halberd Technique. It seemed that because she had been restrained by Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track back then, she had learned from the pain and started learning to integrate footwork with her Halberd Technique.

At this moment, Lingqi looked as if she were performing a dance of the halberd—beautiful and magnificent, yet filled with killing intent at every step.

Not until the entire set of the Halberd Technique was finished and she slowly withdrew her power did Lingqi turn her head with a smile, "Husband, how is your wife's Halberd Technique?"

As a female general, she kept a lookout in all directions even while cultivating. She had long noticed someone peeking, but when she realized that person was Nan Feihuang...

She almost impulsively dropped her Feilian Halberd and pounced into his arms.

Whether in her original world or the Gulei Kingdom where she was now, many customs were similar. After she had given herself completely to Nan Feihuang, in her heart, Feihuang was her husband, her heaven.

A woman who had been separated from her husband for over a year, no matter how strong she was, would always miss him.

But she felt that rushing into Feihuang's arms crying and begging for comfort did not fit her persona, so she chose another way to welcome her husband's return.

That was to transform all the progress she had made over the past year into a dance of the halberd, presenting it in the most beautiful form before her husband.

"Beautiful beyond compare, intoxicating," Nan Feihuang smiled.

He slowly walked forward and gently pulled his long-missed beloved into his arms, "Lingqi, you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen."

"Oh, then does husband think I compare to Mother and your Xue Jie?" Lv Lingqi asked with a smile.

Nan Feihuang paused upon hearing this. How could he have forgotten that his Lingqi didn't just have a heroic quality; she was also a black-bellied, sharp-tongued young woman.

Back then, she was a mute bride, and this trait had been forcibly hidden.

But now that her aphasia was cured, her true nature was immediately exposed. She had actually asked a terrifying question similar to "If your lover and mother both fell into the water, who would you save first?", while adding a romantic rival into the mix.

Nan Feihuang thought for a moment and said, "Uh, can I say you are all equally beautiful? Although it sounds a bit perfunctory, it is absolutely my heartfelt truth."

Lv Lingqi rolled her eyes, "If I didn't know you well enough, husband, I would definitely think you were just being perfunctory. But I know you aren't lying. Honestly, I really want to poke a few transparent holes in that woman. I, this general, have already given my body to you, yet in your heart, my status is still only on par with her."

Her question seemed to be asking who was the most beautiful, but in reality, she just wanted to see her position in Feihuang's heart. Mother was just an afterthought; the one she truly wanted to compare herself to was always Qian Renxue.

In fact, she knew that Mother's appearance was slightly inferior to hers and Qian Renxue's, but her husband had some potential to be a mama's boy and came with his own "mother filter," which was why he felt they were on par.

But since this mama's boy could say that she and Qian Renxue were not inferior to his mother, it already proved their status in his heart.

In the environment she lived in previously, the word "competing for favor" was something she saw every day, so she was inevitably influenced, and her own mother was always losing to the second mother, Diao Chan.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, my wife. However, I still hope that in the future, neither you nor Xue Jie will hurt the other." Feihuang hugged Lingqi lightly, "By the way, Lingqi, your speech has become much clearer and sharper. It seems your aphasia is completely cured."

Lv Lingqi said proudly, "That goes without saying. In the past, there were always tactless men coming to pursue me, but in this past year, there hasn't been a single piece of sticky candy around me."

Nan Feihuang could imagine that with Lingqi's mouth, which would talk about poking people like poking pigs or dogs at the drop of a hat, she had probably already retorted against everyone in the entire palace except for his father and mother.

No wonder the Eastern Palace was so deserted; it was because everyone was afraid to approach her.

Feihuang smiled evilly, "By the way, Lingqi, since your speech is so clear now, is your ability to bite also much better than before?"

"Bite?" Lv Lingqi was stunned for a moment, then her face turned bright red. After all, she was a girl who had already experienced the ways of the world and understood quite a bit, "Bad person, it's broad daylight, what are you saying? Do you not want your Crown Prince image anymore? Aren't you afraid of being cursed as a foolish ruler later?"

Nan Feihuang picked up his wife and walked toward the room, "Haha, I never needed an image like that. Besides, I never intended to be an emperor. Once I train Father into a Title Douluo and let him have the energy to be emperor for a few more years, and you help me give birth to a precious son early, once Father wants to abdicate, we'll take a shortcut and have our son succeed the throne directly."

Lingqi shook her head firmly, "I don't want to be a mother so soon. I want to go to the battlefield and help you conquer the world, so you must take precautions."

Feihuang sighed in feigned disappointment upon hearing this, "Sigh, since you don't want to help me give birth, how about I go find Xue Jie?"

"No, the eldest son must be born by me... You're hateful, you're doing this on purpose to anger me, aren't you? Forget it, no precautions then, if we have one, we have one. At worst, this lady will go back to the battlefield after the month of confinement."

"Hehe, actually, I like daughters more than sons. Lingqi, what do you say if we raise a female empress? How about it?"

"Oh, husband's suggestion is good, I like it!"

Inside the room, Nan Feihuang's teasing laughter and Lv Lingqi's protests could be heard continuously. In any case, there was no one else in this Eastern Palace, and the couple's private whispers were not concealed in the slightest.

Soon, the two, who had not seen each other for a year and were once again familiar with the taste of love, were like dry wood meeting a raging fire!

(End of chapter)