Chapter 1538: [Return] (Part 1)

Xu Mitian panted softly, curled up in Hu Xiaotian's embrace, her beautiful eyes half-open, half-closed. Suddenly she opened her cherry lips and bit hard on his chest, making Hu Xiaotian cry out: "Damn, you're really doing this?"

Xu Mitian smiled charmingly, then lightly kissed his chest again, and lay back in his arms.

Hu Xiaotian said, "I want to discuss something with you…" He was worried about Long Xi Yue's safety, so he couldn't wait to bring up rescuing her.

Before he could finish, Xu Mitian covered his mouth: "Don't mention anything else, listen to me."

Hu Xiaotian felt helpless and could only nod. Since he needed her help, he had already sacrificed his dignity today, so he didn't mind hearing her say more.

Xu Mitian asked, "When did you learn the Shooting the Sun True Classic?"

Hu Xiaotian chuckled, "Impressive, huh?"

Xu Mitian nodded, biting her lip, and said softly, "You've always been amazing."

Hu Xiaotian burst out laughing; being praised by a woman like this, how could he not feel pleased? This also shows Xu Mitian still understands his psychology well.

Xu Mitian said, "I'm probably not the first woman you've cultivated with, right?"

Hu Xiaotian replied, "You're the most formidable one!" His answer was clever but dishonest.

Xu Mitian gave a cold chuckle, reached underwater and grabbed him: "Do you believe I'll castrate you?"

Hu Xiaotian nodded and said, "I believe you, but since you're so pragmatic and I'm still useful to you, you probably won't kill me now."

Xu Mitian sighed, "What use is that? I never expected you to find this place."

Hu Xiaotian spread his arms and embraced her delicate body, Xu Mitian's damp hair rested on his shoulder, she closed her beautiful eyes and quietly enjoyed the warmth and sense of security he gave her, but Hu Xiaotian felt a little unaccustomed, after all, Long Xi Yue was lying on the stone bed above. Xu Mitian, however, didn't care at all, it seems her inner self is either extremely strong, or she harbors a slight perversion deep down, Hu Xiaotian even fantasized that if one day he had both of them serve him together, Xu Mitian probably wouldn't mind. But Long Xi Yue would be too difficult.

Hu Xiaotian asked, "Why did you choose to live here?" Remembering that she had named this place the Hu Mansion and called herself Madam Hu, it was clear of his standing in her heart; being so cherished by a woman honored as the world's top poison master gave him an indescribable sense of satisfaction, proving she still liked him.

Xu Mitian said, "I provoked a powerful demon; my Myriad Poison Spiritual Body hasn't been fully cultivated yet. I can't defeat him, so I had to flee here."

Hu Xiaotian said doubtfully, "Have you been here these past two years?"

Xu Mitian nodded and said, "I rarely go out, but you've come at just the right time; if you'd arrived a few days later, I would have already left."

Hu Xiaotian asked, "Where are you going?"

"None of your business!"

Hu Xiaotian suddenly recalled the Wuxian Sect. The Xichuan region is exactly where the Wuxian Sect's stronghold lies; Xu Mitian seems to come from the Wuxian Sect. Hu Xiaotian asked, "Are you from the Wuxian Sect?"

Xu Mitian scoffed, "Wuxian Sect? I've long had nothing to do with them. Hu Xiaotian, I have a favor to ask of you."

Hu Xiaotian said, "Still cultivating?" He had obviously just practiced three times.

Xu Mitian tapped his shoulder, showing a rare coquettish side: "You're annoying! What I said wasn't about that."

Hu Xiaotian said, "Then what is it?"

"This time I'm leaving for as little as a year and a half, or as long as three years. If after three years I still haven't come to find you, then you should go to a certain place."

Hearing her speak so solemnly, Hu Xiaotian instantly realized the matter was serious: "What happened to you? I can help." He vaguely suspected it might be because of that powerful demon.

Xu Mitian chuckled, climbed off Hu Xiaotian, walked out of the hot spring, and draped herself in a white bathrobe.

Hu Xiaotian followed, grabbed a towel and wrapped it around himself.

Xu Mitian entered the adjacent stone chamber, took out half a jade pendant and handed it to him; Hu Xiaotian received the jade pendant.

Xu Mitian said, "If after three years I haven't come to find you, go to North Duan Yun Mountain Idle Cloud Pavilion. Remember to go there on September 16th. You must wait for a person; when you meet her and see the half jade pendant, you'll understand everything."

Hu Xiaotian asked, "Will you come to find me?"

Xu Mitian said, "If I come to find you, it will be to take back this half jade pendant, so you'd better keep it safe; even the slightest damage, I…" She gazed at Hu Xiaotian with killing intent.

Hu Xiaotian puffed out his chest, adopting a look of readiness to die: "What dare you do? Kill me?"

Xu Mitian coldly replied, "I won't kill you; I'll kill her!" She pointed at Long Xi Yue, still asleep on the stone bed.

Hu Xiaotian gave a wry smile, "Grudges have origins and debts have collectors; why are you targeting her?"

"Then I'll go after her!"

Hu Xiaotian nodded in appeasement, "Okay, okay, Grandma, I'm scared of you. I'll keep this with me at all times; you'd better return within three years, or I'll definitely come looking for you."

Xu Mitian shook her head, "You don't need to worry about my affairs; I might come to find you in half a year."

A thought arose in Hu Xiaotian's mind; he wanted to ask, but his lips moved and he held back.

Xu Mitian said, "What do you want to say? Are you asking me to save her?"

Hu Xiaotian no longer worried that Xu Mitian would harm Long Xi Yue, since she had just entrusted him with an important task; if she wanted to hurt Long Xi Yue she wouldn't have asked him for help. He shook his head and said, "I'm just curious—we've done this many times before, have you…" He gestured on his belly.

Xu Mitian blinked and said, "What?"

Hu Xiaotian sighed, "Pregnant?"

Xu Mitian snorted coldly, "Do you even have the ability?"

That remark was truly hurtful—'don't strike the face when hitting, don't expose the shortcoming when revealing.' Hu Xiaotian, however, suspected he had a problem in that regard, and Xu Mitian's words rubbed salt in his wound; he felt embarrassed, his face turning green. Since she answered that way, it proved he hadn't impregnated her, showing that despite his years of diligent effort, he had gotten no result.

Xu Mitian, also extremely clever, saw his expression and knew her words had hurt his pride; she whispered, "I have a secret technique that can force out whatever you've left inside my body."

Hu Xiaotian chuckled, but deep down he didn't believe it—there's no such heretical martial art in the world; if such a skill existed, all kinds of contraceptive tools and medicines would have no market.

Xu Mitian shifted the conversation: "If I truly bore your child, would you love him?"

Hu Xiaotian nodded, "Of course, how could one not love one's own flesh and blood?" His expression, however, showed some disappointment; it seemed he indeed had an issue, and he needed to think of a solution, how to cure his infertility—if in this life he couldn't get every beautiful woman around him pregnant, what a loss that would be.

Xu Mitian reached out and gently patted his cheek: "Because of that comment, I might consider helping you have a child."

Hu Xiaotian seized her wrist and said, "Why not now?" This remark carried a hint of 'slapping one's face to look fat'.

Xu Mitian chuckled, "You should go now, take your precious princess and leave."

Hu Xiaotian said, "You haven't detoxified her yet."

Xu Mitian replied, "No need; in two hours she'll wake up, and once she's awake she'll be fine—how could I poison my beloved?"

Hu Xiaotian said, "I knew you cared for me." Confirming Long Xi Yue wasn't poisoned, he finally relaxed.

Xu Mitian recalled something, went back into the stone chamber, and handed him a wooden box: "These are some detoxifying pills I refined; take them, they might come in handy later."

Hu Xiaotian felt inevitably moved; although Xu Mitian was a feared demoness, after their intimate relations she had been quite good to him. He wondered when they'd meet again after this parting, and what major trouble she had encountered—why she had solemnly entrusted him with the jade pendant earlier? He asked, "Are you facing some trouble? Maybe I can help you resolve it."

Xu Mitian looked somewhat displeased: "As I've said before, don't meddle in my affairs; also, don't come here again—after I leave, I'll destroy this place entirely."

Hu Xiaotian thought of having just met and now having to part, feeling truly reluctant in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Why don't I stay a few more days to keep you company?"

Xu Mitian laughed and said: "Where have you put the princess? You really want to have a beauty on each arm, enjoying the blessings of Qi."

Hu Xiaotian nodded repeatedly.

Xu Mitian patted him on the chest, then gave him a hug: "Take care!"

When Long Xi Yue woke up, she found herself by the Tongji He, lying in Hu Xiaotian's embrace; Hu Xiaotian gazed silently at the river ahead, his look somewhat lost, as if deep in thought.

Noticing that Long Xi Yue had awakened, Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "You're awake?"

Long Xi Yue nodded and said: "How long have I slept? How did I end up here?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "Not long, just a few hours." Actually, from when Long Xi Yue fainted until now, a full six hours have passed; Long Xi Yue doesn't know anything that happened during that time, but she was present for all of it, and fortunately she was asleep, otherwise seeing herself and Xu Mitian's intimate scene, she wouldn't know how to be angry.

After a brief realization, they then parted resolutely; this is Xu Mitian's nature. After leaving the Hu residence, Hu Xiaotian kept thinking: what does Xu Mitian actually intend to do? Why does she insist that I go to Duan Yun Shan on September 16 three years from now? Could it be that she's going to find that formidable enemy to take revenge? Is she worried that I'll encounter danger? Thinking of this, Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel nervous, but Xu Mitian's temperament won't allow others to meddle in her affairs.

At that moment, a crane's cry came from the sky; it was Xia Zhangming arriving on time to meet them. Hu Xiaotian helped Long Xi Yue up and said softly: "Xi Yue, let's go home!" (To be continued~^~)