Chapter 102: with translation of chapter title

The atmosphere in the secret room, for a moment, had some inexplicable subtle ambiguity; if following past patterns, Zhou Shuo would already be restless, then go with the flow to do certain things, but today he completely lacked that mindset, because it felt too awkward, flirting with girls felt so awkward; although Chan Yin Sha seemed to have been flirted with a bit, he himself still felt awkward.

In his mind there seemed to be two thoughts: one shouting, if he didn't seize this opportunity he'd forever remain a virgin; the other more rational: women are nothing but a bunch of carbohydrates, no matter how beautiful they look they're just superficial flesh, once he does that with a woman all his prior cultivation would be completely wasted.

The rational thought in his mind held the upper hand, but more importantly, Zhou Shuo felt his basal desires had become shallow; he hadn't lost interest in women, he simply no longer had that impulsive urge to indulge in fantasies, with the great medicinal accumulated inside him and the five qi settled in his chest, he had a feeling of essence full and not lustful, spirit full and not sleepy.

"Hey, Zhou Shuo, what's wrong with you?" Chan Yin Sha looked at the guy whose eyes were crystal clear and whose demeanor seemed to have changed a lot, and involuntarily waved her hand in front of his eyes.

"No, nothing, what's up? Have anything happened lately?" Zhou Shuo stared straight into Chan Yin Sha's eyes, from her eyes to her nose, then to her features and waist, very pretty and well-proportioned, her muscles evenly full, the physique of someone who trained martial arts, beautiful yet with a wild, free-spirited wildness.

"What are you looking at? These days a distinguished guest has come to visit." Chan Yin Sha looked at the guy sizing her up, her face reddening involuntarily, as if she felt he had truly changed, having accumulated a special masculine aura; why hadn't she noticed before?

"A guest?" Zhou Shuo averted his gaze, sat on the futon, interlaced his fingers and stretched them upward; hearing the words he was slightly stunned, then had a faint premonition.

"Is it Hong Yi?"

"Yeah, that's right, it's him; he said he rescued Monk Jingren and wanted to take those few little monks from deep space away, but he didn't mention the Qiankun Pouch." Chan Yin Sha nodded.

"That guy said he wouldn't go to the Wastelands?" Zhou Shuo's expression gave a faint smile; the last time he went to find that kid to cooperate, the kid had refused, yet in the end he himself went to the Wastelands.

"But he still went, not only went, but also seemed to have picked up some advantages; he has already become a Ghost Immortal." Chan Yin Sha looked at Zhou Shuo's face showing a faint smile, and involuntarily narrowed her eyes.

"Mm, normal; if he didn't have this luck, that'd be weird, you didn't return the person to him, did you?" Zhou Shuo hearing the not-so-good tone raised his eyebrows slightly; Chan Yin Sha, who seemed not too friendly toward Hong Yi.

"Of course not; why would I return him, he said he'd come visit together with Monk Jingren in a few days." Chan Yin Sha nodded as a matter of course; that kid puts on one act to your face and another behind your back, why would I hand the person over to him?

"If he comes next time, just let him take the person away! Anyway, keeping the person is useless." Zhou Shuo looked at the girl pouting like that, and couldn't help but laugh; clearly a demon immortal who's lived several hundred years, why act like a little girl throwing a tantrum!

"How so, you're leaving?" Chan Yin Sha hearing Zhou Shuo's words involuntarily glanced askance; the meaning of his words was that he didn't plan to see Hong Yi, so where was he planning to go?

"Mm, in a few days I'll probably need to make a trip; trouble you to lend me the Xiandu Jade Pendant first, and preferably charge it up inside." Zhou Shuo gave a slight nod; he indeed had the plan to leave here first, he had to fulfill his promise to Wei Zhuang, and also deal with matters in the World of Strangers, all of which needed to be handled.

"Where are you going?" Chan Yin Sha instinctively asked.

"Or I just won't tell you." Zhou Shuo looked at the woman who instinctively asked, gave a calm refusal; everyone has their own secrets, even with a person who is very close and sincere.

"All right! I'll give you the Xiandu Jade Pendant later." Chan Yin Sha looked at the man who flatly refused her, felt a bit awkward inside, but still nodded.

"Thanks." Zhou Shuo seeing Chan Yin Sha not making a fuss, involuntarily broke into a smile.

"No problem, the jade pendant was originally yours." Chan Yin Sha imitated Zhou Shuo's shrug; that piece of jade pendant was originally snatched by Zhou Shuo, so in meaning she was merely borrowing it.

"We took it together." Zhou Shuo looked at the shrugging demon immortal princess, couldn't help but grin; the affair of robbing the Fubo Army's fleet, he certainly didn't do it alone.

Facing Zhou Shuo's words, Chan Yin Sha's eyebrows twitched slightly, her face showing a somewhat different smile; the affair of seizing the Great Qian Dynasty's maritime patrol fleet could be big or small, the Xiandu Jade Pendant is also stolen goods, the two of them sharing treasures like this actually gives them a bit of the camaraderie of splitting loot among the four sworn brothers of life.

After saying a couple of words, Chan Yinsha left on her own, while Zhou Shuo stayed to cultivate quietly, then he researched the Qiankun pouch in his hand; while gathering herbs for cultivating the Aperture of Grain Spirit, he entered a deeper level in his meditation, and also gained a deeper insight into celestial space.

Space has a comparative reference quality; for example, an infant's volume: before a mountain the infant is tiny as an ant, but before an ant the infant is huge as a mountain. The infant's size is not decided by itself but determined by the mountain and the ant as reference objects. Mastering this reference object is the key to controlling space—making the large small and the small large, containing Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed, boiling mountains and rivers in a cauldron.

Just as Zhou Shuo was deeply researching the Qiankun pouch in his hand, the outside world was changing dramatically; on the vast seas, the Great Qian Dynasty and the Yunmeng Empire launched a massive naval battle, which ended with Yunmeng's defeat, the Yunmeng state's giant warship Mengshen captured, and the Iron Pagoda Commander Bishua slain. The battle shocked the seas, and war reports spread everywhere; when Chan Yinsha delivered the Xiandu Jade Pendant, she also sent one to Zhou Shuo.

"Hey, this is interesting, someone even took the blame for me." Zhou Shuo wasn't surprised by the war's outcome; that Champion Marquis, being a transmigrator too, could still win such a battle, but what amused him was that, on the battle reports issued by both the Great Qian and Yunmeng sides, not only Bishua but also the Fubo General Xiao Tianyao and Fang Xiandao Xiao Shaonan were actually credited with the achievement.

"Now we don't have to worry." Chan Yinsha likewise wore a smile; provoking such a colossus as the Great Qian Dynasty was not her wish, but now that someone has taken the blame, she can henceforth have nothing to fear, and she has something to say.

"However, it's best not to be careless; the Great Qian Dynasty has masters emerging endlessly, and the waters here run deep." Zhou Shuo, while amused, also didn't forget to remind Chan Yinsha.

"I know that; when are you planning to leave?" Chan Yinsha restrained her smile, slightly nodding as she gazed at the Xiandu Jade Pendant in Zhou Shuo's hand.

"I'll leave right away, because things have been delayed for quite a while, but I'll be back soon." Zhou Shuo followed Chan Yinsha's gaze, glanced at the half-round jade bi in his hand; he had promised something to Wei Zhuang, and he had indeed delayed it for a long time—last time he secretly went to the Qin world to gather materials for forging a sword, he hadn't even dared to meet him.

"Alright, how will you leave? Do you want me to see you off?" Seeing that Zhou Shuo had no intention of explaining, Chan Yinsha didn't want to press further.

"No need, uh, someone's outside, seems to be looking for you." Zhou Shuo looked at the hesitant Chan Yinsha, shook his head to decline the offer to see him off, while using the approaching aura outside to change the subject: to go to the Qin world, he only needs to summon a gateway and then directly travel through—no need for a send-off.

"Mhm!" Chan Yinsha, hearing Zhou Shuo's words, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly, rose and came to the door of the secret chamber, and indeed saw only a Silver Shark warrior walking in from outside.

Zhou Shuo also rose from his seat and came to the door of the secret chamber, seeing the Silver Shark warrior standing outside in a full set of silver-gray armor, with a white bone warblade on his back, half-kneeling before Chan Yinsha and then chattering in Chuyun language to report some matters.

"Why does the father king want to summon me?" Chan Yinsha glanced at Zhou Shuo behind her, not using Chuyun but speaking in Great Qian to ask; afterward the Silver Shark warrior uttered another burst of Chuyun chatter, which Zhou Shuo couldn't understand either, but it seemed to be Chan Yinsha's father, the current ruler of Chuyun, seeking her, and it was an unavoidable reason.

"The Champion Marquis has come to Chuyun; my father king is preparing a banquet to receive him and wants me to accompany him." Hearing the Silver Shark warrior's words, Chan Yinsha's expression shifted slightly as she explained to Zhou Shuo—just moments ago she had been telling him about the naval battle, never expecting the Champion Marquis to show up now, and she didn't know whether it was about the Fubo Army.

"……" Zhou Shuo, hearing Chan Yinsha's explanation, couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, then gave her a half-smiling look; that transmigrator truly lived up to being the cream of the crop among transmigrants.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chan Yinsha, looking at the oddly examining fellow, couldn't help but glance over her own person.

"It's nothing, I'm just surprised by your reputation, Yinsha!" Zhou Shuo gave a small smile; he wasn't worried about the Fubo Army matter, since someone had already taken responsibility for it, and even if trouble came looking for him, it wouldn't be so blatant, and that Champion Marquis fellow's temperament wouldn't bring him here for such a thing.

"You say that Champion Marquis came here for me?" Chan Yinsha's pretty eyes widened slightly, then she narrowed them again, the light in her eyes flickering.

"I've heard a few things; that Champion Marquis even flirted with the Heavenly Serpent King." Zhou Shuo curled the corner of his mouth and nodded; that Champion Marquis, in the whole Yangshen realm, could be considered an outstanding figure—though he is a transmigrator who gathers immense fortune, in essence he's a clumsy clown who was defeated by the protagonist Hong Yi.

"Flirted with the Heavenly Serpent King?" Chan Yinsha, hearing Zhou Shuo's affirmation, still couldn't help but be a little shocked; the Heavenly Serpent King is among the eight great demon immortals of the world, far surpassing her.

"You didn't hear what Xingxuan said about him that day? Lustful and gallant to the heavens—never mind, I'll first accompany you on a trip!" Zhou Shuo didn't elaborate further; the Champion Marquis coming here is looking for his own trouble, and he needs to settle this before he can leave with peace of mind.