Chapter 250: Brother-in-law, have I grown taller?

June 15th, night.

The three of them sat on the peak of a high mountain.

Under the moonlight, the clouds looked like a slowly churning sea, illuminated by the moonlight with a silvery-white color. An exotic flying beast surged above the clouds, spread its enormous wings, rushed toward the bright moon, then suddenly changed direction and dove headfirst, its figure disappearing into the sea of clouds.

Chen Shu and Qingqing sat together, almost touching.

Zhang Suannai sat alone two meters away, her expression blank, wondering what she was thinking about.

From below, the sound of a steam whistle could be faintly heard.

"Woo~~"

"The ship is here."

Chen Shu actually felt a bit reluctant to leave.

Although the days of surviving on a desert island lacked the internet and were far from modern civilization, they were still very much to his liking. It was just that after coming to Nanzhou and learning the deepest hidden historical secrets of this world, he felt a bit mentally exhausted.

Chen Shu turned his head to glance at Zhang Suannai, trying to find a shared sentiment: "Zhang Suannai, do you have a feeling of reluctance?"

"..."

Zhang Suannai turned her head mechanically to look at them, opened her mouth several times, and finally said: "You actually brought a washing machine..."

"You only just noticed?"

"I only noticed when I saw you packing your things just now..."

"What's wrong?"

"I've been hand-washing clothes for over half a year..."

"Hasn't the washing machine been sitting there the whole time?" Chen Shu was stunned. "I thought you felt it was unhygienic to share a washing machine with us and insisted on hand-washing."

"I..."

Zhang Suannai didn't want to say anything more; she blankly withdrew her gaze and looked into the distance.

The sea of clouds seemed to have solidified, looking exactly like a land covered in cotton. A giant dog walked upon the clouds, its eyes reflecting fluorescence under the moonlight. Before long, it jumped in front of them and stood majestically, the night wind making its fur tremble slightly.

"Leaving?"

Master Huang's voice was low and magnetic.

"Yes."

"I'm actually a bit reluctant to see you go."

"We are too."

"Once the war here comes to a complete end, perhaps I can visit you in Yiguo," Master Huang said, pausing before looking at Chen Shu again and saying, "Due to your special relationship with the Shengzu of Great Xia, our King has decided to give you a gift. Hmm, right, you two have a share as well."

Following its words, three irregular stones flickering with a faint light flew out toward them.

Chen Shu was stunned for a moment.

As his gaze flickered, he quickly understood; the stones were likely recognized as the Crystal of the Shengzu.

So that was it...

Zhang Suannai was also stunned—

There was a farewell gift?

Is it that good?

Wait! What does that mean?

Why does it sound like we received the gift because we were tagging along with him? Shouldn't it be that they received the gift because they were tagging along with me??

Am I not the VIP customer???

Zhang Suannai's expression became even blanker, but she still instinctively reached out and caught the stones.

They didn't feel like stones.

They were warm to the touch, light in weight, and contained vast vitality and Spirit Power within.

Even she, who prided herself on being knowledgeable, had never seen this before.

Zhang Suannai opened her mouth, but her throat was a bit dry, and no sound came out.

Almost simultaneously, Chen Shu beside her asked:

"This is..."

"Seventh-tier Beast Essence, also called a Beast Pill."

"Beast Pill? I've never heard of it..."

"It only appears after a High-Tier exotic beast dies." Master Huang's voice was calm but contained a hint of emotion. "It is very helpful for human advancement. A Seventh-tier Beast Pill can help a human advance to the Sixth Stage, and an Eighth Stage one can help a human advance to the Seventh Stage; it can also help exotic beasts advance. You are very lucky; in history, we have rarely gifted these to humans."

"I see..."

Chen Shu understood immediately.

Exotic beasts were allies, and since only High-Tier exotic beasts possessed these, they were destined not to circulate widely.

"Many thanks."

"Do not spread this."

"Understood."

"Let us part here..." Master Huang turned its head to look at the full moon in the sky, and only a low, resonant voice came: "May we meet again if fate allows."

"Take care!"

Chen Shu said solemnly.

Zhang Suannai also cupped her hands toward it:

"See you in the world of martial arts!"

Master Huang said nothing more, took a step, leaped, and jumped back onto the sea of clouds. After taking a few steps, it sank into the sea of clouds.

In the distance, the giant flying exotic beast rushed out of the sea of clouds again, leaving behind a loud, long cry in the air, and as its wings flapped, it dove down once more.

Chen Shu also put away the Beast Pill and stood up.

"Let's go."

The two of them joined hands and leaped into the sea of clouds.

Zhang Suannai remained dazed, sitting where she was, watching their figures grow smaller and gradually disappear. She couldn't help but scratch her head—at this moment, she suddenly recalled the pride she had occasionally and inadvertently revealed during this time, saying things like "You see, these beasts are so good to us all because of me." Suffering a memory attack, she felt cold sweat breaking out from her back, leaving her mind a blank.

No! I must find time to forget about it!

"Whoosh!"

A Sword flew out.

Wearing a pair of gaudy, retro shoes that looked like oversized children's shoes, Zhang Suannai stepped onto the Sword body. The tip of the Sword tilted downward, and it slid away, rushing straight into the sea of clouds amidst the sound of the wind.

The three of them boarded the cruise ship.

This cruise ship was not very large, but it was more than enough to accommodate a dozen people. What was magical was that it was unmanned; there wasn't a single person on board, yet it did not use modern intelligent driving technology, but rather the ancient principles of Artifact Spirit and Object Spirit.

One could only say that the Spirit Sect knew how to have fun.

"Woo..."

The cruise ship slowly pulled away from the shore.

Chen Shu stood on the deck, still looking back.

The continent under the moonlight was shadowy and indistinct, with rolling mountain ranges, appearing exceptionally mysterious.

Truly mysterious.

On the morning of the 16th, they left the range of influence of the Nanzhou barrier. Although there was still no internet on the vast ocean, they were already able to receive satellite signals.

At the time, the three of them were eating breakfast.

The two of them saw Ning Qing put down her knife and fork and take out her Mobile Phone unhurriedly, and only then did they realize, both taking out their own Mobile Phones at the same time.

Chen Shu logged into his Feixin. After synchronizing his chat history, he was surprised to find that he had been chatting with people for the past half year. He had chatted the most with Chen Banxia, followed by family groups and roommate groups. Looking at the tone of those messages, for a moment he almost thought he had never left Yiguo.

"This..."

Chen Shu glanced out of the corner of his eye.

Qingqing was expressionless, her finger swiping upward.

"Emmm..."

Chen Shu leaned over to take a look and discovered she was scrolling through her Feixin Moments. Looking closely, he realized she was looking at the Moments posted by "himself," averaging one post per month.

Chen Shu watched with her for a while, breaking into a cold sweat for his cute sister-in-law.

He glanced at the opposite side again.

Zhang Suannai was staring at her Mobile Phone screen with a nervous expression, her mouth slightly agape, not knowing what she was looking at.

"What are you looking at?"

Chen Shu stood up and leaned over to see.

"Click~"

Zhang Suannai instantly turned off the screen, and then the lock screen interface slowly appeared. It was a selfie of her, a girl with a bright smile and full of vitality.

Zhang Suannai raised her head and stared at him vigilantly.

Chen Shu looked at the lock screen, then looked at her, and silently sat back down. He only said to Qingqing, "Once Xiaoxiao realizes I've logged in, she will definitely sit on the sofa and frantically delete these Moments. I can already imagine that scene..."

Ning Qing pursed her lips and said nothing.

The cruise ship continued to travel at high speed.

Traveling through the night like this, cleaving through the waves, it covered at least a thousand kilometers a day.

A few days later.

The three of them arrived at the Cangzhou Sea Beast Port.

The cruise ship automatically departed again.

Chen Shu stood on the shore, looking at the civilized architecture before him, feeling an inexplicable sense of being moved. The homesickness in his heart could no longer be suppressed, but he still took out his Mobile Phone to take a few photos before walking out of the port.

Zhang Suannai followed by their side: "Where are you going back to? Yuanzhou or Yujing?"

"Yuanzhou."

"Oh..."

"What about you? Are you going back to Yujing or the Sword Sect?"

"I..."

Zhang Suannai showed a conflicted expression: "I did a quick calculation, today is not a good day to return to the Sword Sect, and Yujing hasn't started school yet..."

"Why is it not a good day to return to the Sword Sect?"

"No reason."

"Then come back to Bai City with us, hang out for a few days, and then go back to the Sword Sect. I should be going to the Spirit Sect at some point later anyway," Chen Shu said. "Just go back with Qingqing. You came last summer vacation anyway."

"Is that... okay..."

Zhang Suannai glanced quietly at Qingqing beside them.

"It's fine."

Qingqing nodded faintly.

"That's great!"

Zhang Suannai nodded, and she even saved the price of a ticket.

A sci-fi-looking flying car was parked in the square in front of the port, attracting many people to watch and take photos.

The driver was the familiar one.

The three of them sat in the flying car.

Chen Shu thanked the pilot, and only after the flying car slowly took off did he say to Zhang Suannai, "By the way, Chen Banxia is coming back today too."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Isn't she working in Yujing?"

"She took leave to come back. She hasn't seen her dear younger brother in so long, she's been missing him so much she can't sleep."

"Oh, oh..."

"You two had a pretty good relationship before. Looking at the messages she sent me, she was always asking where I'd kidnapped you to, and even thought you'd gone missing." Chen Shu squinted at her, "Luckily our Xiaoxiao is smart and quick-witted; she used my Feixin to tell her you'd been arrested for fighting outside and sentenced to a year in prison, and only then did she finally heave a sigh of relief and set her mind at ease."

"She sent me a lot of messages too..." Zhang Suannai scratched her head, feeling a bit puzzled, "Why was she relieved when she heard I'd been arrested by the police?"

"Who knows."

"..."

Zhang Suannai stopped worrying about this question, instead leaning toward the window, staring at the city below that was gradually receding, and blinking her eyes.

This trip seemed to have no Surprise and no danger; there was neither intense fighting nor heart-stopping escapes, but the harvest was quite substantial—half a year of cultivation in Nanzhou was worth at least two or three years in the outside world, and in the end, there was even the gift from the exotic beast.

It's just that this gift... better not to mention it.

The biggest harvest was learning the secret concerning the gods.

Secrets like these should only be known by someone at the level of a Sword Master, right?

Zhang Suannai thought to herself, and a strange sense of inflation couldn't help but rise in her heart, feeling that she was just too awesome and already different from everyone else.

Everyone else was an idiot.

Of course, they were idiots before, too.

The flying car slowly lowered its altitude.

Bai City had arrived.

The residential complex where Chen Shu lived had no place to park a flying car, so it could only be parked in the parking lot outside the complex. When the three of them got off the flying car, two figures with not much difference in height were standing under the shade of a tree nearby, waiting to greet them.

It was Chen Banxia and Xiaoxiao.

Chen Banxia was about 1.65 meters tall, with a round, chubby face that was snowy white and tender, making her look very young. Her expression at this moment was one of both anticipation and anger. The little girl was a few centimeters shorter than her, and because she naturally looked youthful and didn't like to dress up, she also looked very young. Her eyes held a hint of anticipation, and also a hint of fear.

These two actually matched quite well.

Chen Shu breathed in the air of Bai City, felt the temperature of Bai City, and felt extremely comfortable, only then greeting them with a face full of smiles:

"Did you miss me?"

"Miss you, my foot!"

Chen Banxia couldn't help but give him a punch: "You went crazy having fun, didn't you? Only coming back now!"

"I missed you."

The little girl answered honestly, quickly stole a glance at her sister, then stood up straight, puffed out her chest, lifted her chin, and asked her brother-in-law with an expressionless face: "Brother-in-law, have I grown taller?"

"Ummm..."

Chen Shu hadn't expected that to be the first thing she said. After a moment of contemplation, he turned his head to say to Chen Banxia: "We were supposed to be back a long time ago, but who could have guessed that Zhang Suannai would beat someone up on the very first day she arrived? She was sentenced to a year, so we definitely had to wait for her, and we had to lobby for her, otherwise how could she have gotten out so fast? She would have been locked up until next year, wouldn't she? Don't you think?"

"This..."

Chen Banxia was choked up, and the words of accusation could no longer be spoken.

Zhang Suannai was stunned, her head full of question marks.

The little girl also stared at her brother-in-law in a daze; although there was still no expression on her face, she was extremely shocked inside.

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