Chapter 856: What to Say to the Blind Sister

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Xiao Feng felt awkward.

On the day he gave his teammates the Main God Artifact as a gift, Mang Mei had always been somewhat resistant to accepting his things, feeling embarrassed to take it.

To smooth things over with this somewhat stubborn girl, he leaned close to Mang Mei's ear and whispered, 'Just take it; you don't need to compensate me with flesh—consider that you owe me ten kisses, and you can repay me after you become a god.'

Then Mang Mei took it seriously!

Actually, according to his usual personality, Xiao Feng was just occasionally speaking flippantly; he still respected the girls around him.

Especially with Mang Mei, he didn't dare speak too loudly, fearing that being too harsh would upset her.

But that day, after being teased nonstop by Dun Dun and Xing Yun Miao, his heart felt a little dishonest, so after Mang Mei refused to accept the Main God Artifact, he blurted out that line.

At first he also just took it as a joke, mainly aiming to get Mang Mei to accept the gift.

But over the following days he gradually felt something was off.

Because Mang Mei, in order to repay him for this gift, went crazy, desperately honing her willpower!

This clearly shows she wants to break through to god-level as quickly as possible!

The meaning of that remark that day can be understood as: as long as she breaks through to god-level, she can return the Main God Artifact, or use ten kisses in place of the artifact to repay him.

This is what embarrassed Xiao Feng!

You can tell with your toes that Mang Mei definitely won't return the weapon to him; she'll choose the latter option.

Without a doubt, Mang Mei harbors affection for him, and this has lasted for quite a while.

Anyone can see that!

But she is introverted, not good at expressing herself, and due to her blindness she feels deeply inferior, so she dares not speak up.

Even in their daily interactions, she doesn't dare to flirt with Xiao Feng as boldly as Dun Dun does.

So their distance has always been just a step apart—close, but not intimate.

This time, Xiao Feng's offhand remark became the reason Mang Mei mustered the courage to take her first step toward him.

After she becomes a god, she will summon the courage to 'repay the favor'.

Xiao Feng understands he cannot refuse, or else he would hurt her heart, causing this already emotionally fragile girl to completely lose her desire to express herself and never dare to act again.

But if he accepts it……

It really seems a bit like he's playing the rogue!

And it's the kind of rogue who lures innocent girls into doing bad things!

This made Xiao Feng feel some guilt.

His thoughts flashed in an instant.

Looking at the clear-eyed girl before him, Xiao Feng felt embarrassed for only a moment, then smiled and replied, 'Well, of course it counts.'

Hearing this, Mang Mei's lips curled up, she beamed, and her mood became pleasant.

For a moment, it was as if a hundred flowers bloomed, and the surrounding air seemed to become much livelier.

She looked at Xiao Feng and said in a small voice, 'I will undergo the Tribulation tomorrow; if you want the Tiger God Ancient Blade, you need to say so in advance……'

Xiao Feng smiled inwardly.

Is she testing him?

Afraid of being embarrassed if rejected later, she's probing his bottom line in advance?

He couldn't help but chuckle, replying, 'What would I need that for? I'm not a dexterity-based class.'

Such a simple sentence, yet it made Mang Mei's cheeks flush slightly.

She felt a little too shy, quickly lowered her head, and said, 'I, I… I need to continue training. Xiao Feng, big brother, you… go about your business.'

'I'm not busy; I'll train too.'

Seeing her bashful appearance, Xiao Feng suddenly found it amusing.

Among the girls he knows, Mang Mei's nature is the purest, somewhat like Dai Ni Si, yet with a significant difference.

Dai Ni Si is the pure innocence of a child inexperienced in the world; her actual personality is lively, she can act spoiled and mischievous with the Mother Goddess, having the temperament of a little princess.

Whereas Mang Mei is the sort who, despite having seen much darkness and ugliness, still retains a sincere, kind heart—a purity that remains unstained even after rising from the mire.

Her background is quite tragic; she never received a happy life from childhood to adulthood, the only thing worth celebrating is that she had a kind grandmother who taught her many principles of being a person.

Amid endless curses and insults from childhood onward, she could still be this kind, without harboring any vengeful thoughts—truly rare!

And such a pure, kind girl is now showing him a bashful expression!

This feeling… is incredibly enjoyable!

Xiao Feng's vanity was greatly satisfied; seeing Mang Mei lower her head, not daring to look at him, he couldn't help but feel the urge to tease her.

He stepped forward half a step, bringing their distance to within half a meter.

Seeing him approach, Mang Mei instinctively stepped back half a step, pulling the distance apart again.

She also said, 'Um… um… we'll each train on our own; I, I'll start first.'

While speaking, she raised her longbow, stepped to the side, drew the string, and shot an arrow.

Whoosh~

This arrow traced a simple wave in the air, just like her mood.

Xiao Feng also pulled open his training-use ordinary attack longbow, used no strength, just plucked the empty string, and flicked it toward her direction.

Ah,

Mang Mei thought he was going to shoot an arrow at her, and she jumped in fright.

But after the bowstring twanged empty, she didn't lose a drop of blood, nor was she even touched, leaving her astonished.

'Xiao Feng, big brother, what are you doing?' she asked, puzzled.

Xiao Feng laughed and asked, 'Shooting arrows—don't you feel it?'

"No, you don't have any arrows, and you didn't hit me." Mang Mei carefully examined her body; indeed, she had not been hit by a physical arrow or an energy arrow.

Xiao Feng stepped closer and said softly: "This arrow of mine is called the Heart-piercing Arrow; it struck your heart."

"Ah……"

Upon hearing that, Mang Mei's expression froze instantly.

Her pretty face quickly turned red, redder and redder, as red as a ripe apple, with even her ears and neck suffused with a blush.

She lowered her head, gripping the bow, her fingers clenched so hard they turned white.

After half a minute, she bit her lip and replied: "Bad person……"

After speaking, she let out an extremely shy chirp, turned her head and ran off at a sprint, disappearing in no time.

Xiao Feng burst out laughing helplessly.

"This girl, how can she be cuter than Dun Dun?"

One cheesy love line made her blush like this; if she had to receive ten kisses, wouldn't her face flush to the point of fever, steam practically rising from her head?

But… this look is really endearing!

Moreover, only he can see this side of her; Mang Mei would never act like this in front of others—this is precisely what most satisfies a man's vanity!

"Sigh, this deadly charm of mine." Xiao Feng shook his head, casually grabbed a few arrows from the nearby rack, and fired them randomly at the training ground for fun.

Mang Mei ran several kilometers in one breath, all the way to the foot of Chai Chai Cheng's city wall, with no one around, before she stopped.

She faced the towering city wall, her training bow long lost somewhere, hands pressed over her pounding heart, she murmured: "It should, it shouldn't be a dream. Xiao Feng, big brother… he… responded to me!"

A wave of deep happiness made her heart feel sweet and she was extremely happy.

Then she thought that tomorrow, after her willpower is full and she passes the Tribulation to become a god, she could still give him ten kisses.

Instantly she became even happier, so happy she felt like flying, unable to resist wanting to shout twice.

In the farthest corner of this city, she let out a tinkling, bell-like laugh.

But just a few seconds after she laughed, an NPC soldier on Cheng Tou Shan shouted: "Who's there? Trying to nap? Don't make noise!"

"Huh?"

Mang Mei's pretty face flushed, as if someone had exposed her embarrassing secret.

Upon reflection, she thought an NPC wouldn't go around spreading her "shameful" affair.

She stuck out her tongue, turned her head, and walked away without a care.