Chapter 197

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

"Hei Ta, you're very conspicuous."

Xuan Ge turned his head to look at Hei Ta beside him, the corner of his mouth hooking a faint smile.

He could naturally sense that all the gazes around them, half fell on him, the other half, fell on Hei Ta.

"I'm not as conspicuous as you."

Hei Ta rolled her eyes at Xuan Ge, reached out to touch the golden dragon embroidered on his chest, her fingertips lightly brushing over the pattern of the dragon scales.

Hei Ta's tone carried a hint of grievance: "Look at this black-gold dragon robe of yours, it was even embroidered by Ling Sha herself...."

Xuan Ge backhandedly grasped her somewhat presumptuous hand, his fingertips lightly stroking the back of her hand, teasing:

"Didn't you hate me the most? You always used to say I had too many women around me, and that my personality was too direct, without even a bit of a getting-along process."

"I..."

Hei Ta's tone softened instantly, her cheeks flushing slightly red.

She didn't break free of his hand, but instead lightly squeezed his fingertips, speaking softly:

"Since childhood, I've always paid attention to you."

"Hm?" Xuan Ge's steps paused, he turned his head to look at Hei Ta curiously, his eyes full of confusion.

He knew Hei Ta's life story inside out, yet this matter, he had never known.

But on second thought, he felt it was only natural.

After all, whether in the past or now, he was the most ferocious and cruel person in the world's mouth, bearing the infamous reputation of "making children stop crying."

For someone like Hei Ta to pay a bit of attention to him wasn't strange at all.

Hei Ta pulled him along to the long bench by the road and sat down, crossing her legs, her tone gradually relaxing:

"The Shen Wu Xian Zhou once circulated a novel about the Divine Might General, I read it when I was little."

"The pen name was Shi Yun She, inside it wrote you as almost catching up to the Universe's Great Villain."

She paused, turning her head to look at Xuan Ge.

"But I carefully investigated Shen Wu's history, only to discover, you were actually not wrong."

Hei Ta looked into Xuan Ge's eyes, slowly recounting the past, "I reversed aging and returned to youth, extended my lifespan, wanting to break through the limitations brought by the Universe's Knowledge Circle."

"And the first person I thought of was you——only you might be able to achieve this, because behind you, perhaps stands the Hunt Aeon themself."

"So, I've always been paying attention to you."

Hei Ta's voice was light, yet incomparably firm: "When you sent a personal letter to Ruan Mei back then, I knew I had been targeted by you."

She smiled: "Of course, I'm also willing to be targeted by you, after all, I'm very curious about you."

Xuan Ge kept smiling as he looked at her, his gaze gentle, not interrupting, just quietly listening to her recount.

Hei Ta was looked at by him until she felt a bit uncomfortable, her cheeks reddening a few more degrees, she simply confessed frankly: "I just don't like that preference of yours——liking big ones, why not give us people a chance?"

As she spoke, she slightly furrowed her brows, looking a bit angry, glaring at Xuan Ge:

"And that nickname you gave me, 'Hei Ta Brothers'!"

"I really want to bite you to death, do you know, when your Shen Wu Corps subordinates see me, they all have to hesitate a moment, calling me 'Hei Ta... Lady', that pause of a moment, the harm to me is huge okay~!"

Xuan Ge leaned back against the long bench, his shoulders trembling slightly, secretly laughing.

Giving Hei Ta the nickname "Hei Ta Brothers" back then was just to provoke her a bit, never expected it would spread widely in the Shen Wu Corps, and make her hold a grudge for this long.

"You... you must test my Simulated Universe."

Hei Ta turned her head away, wanting to put on a tsundere act, but the moment she thought of Ruan Mei telling her "tsundere is already outdated," she immediately dropped the act and stated her purpose directly.

"Anything else?"

Xuan Ge laughed lightly, his tone carrying a few parts of understanding, lightly pinched the back of her hand, and asked further.

"....... Yes."

Hei Ta hesitated for an instant, her mind furiously wrestling——reason told her she couldn't be too direct, but sensibility overwhelmed reason, she ultimately still couldn't hide her own thoughts.

Seeing this, Xuan Ge extended his right hand, gently pinched Hei Ta's cheek, his fingertips lightly exerting force, forcing her lips to pout out, looking delicate and cute.

"What are you doing~~ Let go quickly!"

Hei Ta resisted with her mouth, but her body honestly didn't break free, instead slightly turning her face away, avoiding passersby's gazes.

She didn't want others to see herself in such a disheveled and shy state.

"Kind-hearted and beautiful Hei Ta Lady, may I ask, are you willing to stay in Shen Wu?"

Xuan Ge released the hand pinching her cheek, his fingertips lightly brushing over her cheek, his gaze serious.

"Of course I'm willing."

Hei Ta didn't think at all, immediately blurted it out, after finishing speaking, she felt a bit embarrassed and lowered her head, adding softly:

"I want the same treatment as Ruan Mei, no differential treatment."

"Hehe~"

Xuan Ge let out a low laugh, lightly nodded, "Good, all as you wish, Simulated Universe, I'll go back and help you test it."

Hei Ta raised her head, her gaze looking elsewhere, secretly muttering in her heart:

She thought Xuan Ge would say something, turns out it's just this....

"Hope you're not like Ruan Mei, two times and you can't take it anymore." Xuan Ge looked at her somewhat disappointed look, deliberately teasing.

"You're talking nonsense!" Hei Ta immediately turned her face away, her ear roots red through and through, even her neck dyed with a layer of pink.

She crossed her arms, let out a light hmph, her tone carrying a hint of indignation yet also a thread of bashfulness:

"Hmph~ I'm not some roadside tower, you... rest assured, I'm definitely more impressive than Ruan Mei!"

Xuan Ge watched her delicate and pretty appearance, couldn't help but laugh again, tone gentle: "Are you staying on the Luo Fu, or returning to Shen Wu to wait for me?"

Hei Ta turned her head, looked at Xuan Ge, tone carrying a hint of anticipation: "This is a universe-shaking major incident, Xuan Huang ascending the throne, I absolutely don't want to miss it."

She paused, a flash of research curiosity flickering in her eyes: "Perhaps even the Memory Aeon Fu Li will come to record this moment; then, my Simulated Universe will have many more material options."

"Acceptable, Xuan Huang, sounds pretty good too."

Xuan Ge stood up, gaze directed toward the distant Tai Bu Si direction, where a faint speck of light flickered.

He knew clearly in his heart, Kafka should have already communicated with Xing, the Express crew side should have also obtained the news they wanted.

"Go be busy, I'll go check on Xiao Hui Mao at the Express crew side."

Hei Ta also stood up, patted the dust off her clothes, tone light and cheerful, preparing to take her leave.

"What's the rush? Don't want to let me test you?"

Xuan Ge pulled her over in one motion, arm tightly encircling her waist, pulling her close to himself, tone ambiguous.

"Bastard, don't say it so bluntly!"

Hei Ta pressed both hands against Xuan Ge's chest, cheeks burning, voice pressed very low, yet she didn't push him away.

A moment later, Hei Ta collected her bashful expression, raised her head to look at Xuan Ge, tone serious as she reminded:

"You must pay attention to safety, you haven't not been beaten by Hua."

The Divine Might General being beaten by Xianzhou Marshal Hua no fewer than dozens of times, this matter is widely circulated on the Xianzhou, practically known to everyone.

"Uh... rest assured."

The smile at the corner of Xuan Ge's mouth stiffened for a moment, then he nodded, tone firm:

"This time, I'll ride her and beat her back, wiping out the past humiliation."

But even so, thinking of Hua's fair yet astonishingly powerful little fists, his abdomen faintly ached.

Hei Ta watched his somewhat stiff expression, couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Look at that expression of yours, are you thinking of the days being beaten by Hua again?"

Xuan Ge didn't rebut, merely rolled his eyes helplessly — poked at a sore spot by Hei Ta, he also felt somewhat helpless.

Hei Ta no longer teased him, lightly pushed away his arm, raised her hand in a wave, a crystalline mirror appeared before her.

"I'm leaving, remember to test my Simulated Universe!"

She spoke, turned and walked into the mirror, figure instantly vanishing without a trace, leaving only a crisp instruction echoing in the air.

Immediately after, Xuan Ge turned his head to look toward the not-far-away place, beneath a big tree, a youth was leaning against the tree trunk, quietly standing there, gaze falling on him.

"Grown up."

Xuan Ge watched that youth's figure, gaze gentle, softly murmured a sentence.

That youth, was precisely Xuan Yao.

Current Xuan Yao, has already grown to one meter seven-something, figure tall and straight, very much like himself back then.

He keeps a head of white hair, tied into a high ponytail.

The clothing he wears, is also exactly the same style as when he himself was still the Divine Might General.