...And Scáthach's heart and body had both been stirred by this man named Fu Yuan.
[This meant that because Fu Yuan possessed the power to kill her, her heart had been stirred.]
So, now that she had been stirred, even Scáthach herself did not know whether she would still be as calm as still water after returning to the Land of Shadows.
No one knew whether a woman whose heart had been tranquil for thousands of years would still remain obediently in the Land of Shadows after being stirred by someone else.
Fu Yuan did not believe that Scáthach was unable to return to the Land of Shadows through its gate, but since she had said so, he would not tactlessly expose her.
"If you can't return to the Land of Shadows, then its queen..."
Before Fu Yuan could finish, Scáthach interrupted him. Parting her cherry lips, she said, "You don't need to call me 'the Queen of the Land of Shadows.' I am merely its gatekeeper. Just call me Scáthach, and I'll simply call you Fu Yuan."
Because of the power Fu Yuan had displayed, because he had earned Scáthach's recognition and acknowledgment, she took the initiative to let him call her by name.
This was a privilege granted only to the strong.
Because Scáthach acknowledged Fu Yuan, she had taken the initiative to let him address her by name.
"All right." Fu Yuan nodded and continued, "Then, Scáthach, what do you plan to do next?"
"I don't know what I'll do next, but I'll follow you. After all, you were the one who pulled me out of the Land of Shadows." Scáthach pointed at Fu Yuan with her slender jade-like finger.
Scáthach's expression of I'm following you no matter what made the corner of Fu Yuan's mouth twitch.
Among the handsome men who existed on the surface of this world, Fu Yuan was now the only one Scáthach found interesting. He was the one who could fulfill her wish, the one who made her blood boil and her delicate body tremble, so she would remain at his side.
As long as she stayed beside Fu Yuan, Scáthach would one day fulfill her wish.
"Your home is so large. You wouldn't mind one more person moving in, would you?" Scáthach asked Fu Yuan, gently tilting her head.
"I don't mind."
Fu Yuan truly did not mind. After all, the person moving into his home was an incomparably beautiful woman...
Pah, that wasn't why!
The reason Fu Yuan wanted Scáthach to stay was because she excelled at magecraft, something he did not.
Fu Yuan had focused on cultivating Great Void Sword Qi and had not wasted time on other power systems, so when it came to magecraft and related knowledge, he was a complete novice.
If Scáthach were by his side, then any magecraft problems he encountered could be solved through her.
For example, the problem Fu Yuan had previously faced of using a magic circle to gather Great Source Mana.
Scáthach wanted to remain by Fu Yuan's side so that he could kill her in a direct confrontation.
Fu Yuan wanted Scáthach to remain by his side so that she could help him cultivate using her knowledge of magecraft.
Although the two had different goals, both wanted to keep the other close.
Therefore, their thoughts could be considered perfectly aligned.
So, Scáthach's next destination was Fu Yuan's home. As for whether she, having once been expelled beyond the world by the Counter Force, would be expelled again...
There was no need to worry, because Scáthach had been pulled here by Fu Yuan's Honkai System. Like Fu Yuan, her existence was concealed by the system.
Even after Fu Yuan completed his Daily Quests, Scáthach would still remain concealed.
With their sparring over, Fu Yuan and Scáthach began to leave the place that had been reduced to a battlefield.
This area, which Scáthach and Fu Yuan had used as their battlefield, had originally been filled with lush trees. But after the battle between Fu Yuan, the Skeleton Soldiers, and Scáthach, it had become a terrible sight.
Trees had been snapped in half, and the grassland had split apart, as though excavators had dug through and destroyed it without restraint.
The Vermilion Knight Didn't Lie!
Although the place that had become their battlefield now looked like this...
It did not matter!
This area had been concealed by the Magic Barrier Scáthach had set up, so no one could know that this part of Mount Ensō had been reduced to such a miserable state.
Fu Yuan and Scáthach walked through the forest of Mount Ensō. Scáthach turned her head to look at the man beside her and asked, "I'm very curious. Who exactly are you, to possess such martial skill and technique?"
Scáthach was now filled with curiosity and confusion toward Fu Yuan.
The power Fu Yuan possessed was extraordinarily rare, not merely in the modern era, but even in the mythological age when gods existed. Even the gods of legend would not possess power as great as Fu Yuan's.
"I am not someone famous. I am merely an ordinary person who happened to inherit the cultivation methods and ultimate arts of the Vermilion Knight," Fu Yuan said seriously to Scáthach.
But Scáthach's crimson eyes clearly conveyed the look of Who are you trying to fool?
Did no one believe the truth these days...
It was not that Scáthach did not believe Fu Yuan, but there was not the slightest credibility in what he had said.
"..." Under Scáthach's gaze, Fu Yuan said helplessly, "Stop looking at me like that. I'm not lying."
"Is that so? But I don't believe you. Even if you happened to inherit someone else's cultivation methods and ultimate arts, the combat experience and battle instincts you possess could not have come from inheritance, could they?" Scáthach said, shaking her head.
Scáthach's purplish-red hair swayed gently with the movement of her head, looking exceptionally beautiful.
Just as Scáthach had said, even if someone inherited another person's power, they should not be able to control it well. It was like riding a wild horse—without the relevant experience and skills, one simply could not control it properly.
And Scáthach, who had fought Fu Yuan, knew that the martial skill and technique he displayed had already seeped into every part of his body.
Without hellish training and battle, it would be absolutely impossible to achieve that.
"But I understand. It's fine if you don't want to say anything. After all, probing into someone else's power and origins is taboo."
Fu Yuan looked subtly at Scáthach, who wore an expression that said I understand you. In the end, he nodded helplessly. "It's truly wonderful that you can understand."
Fu Yuan had already given up on explaining himself to Scáthach. He would just let this beautiful misunderstanding continue.
Actually, what Scáthach said made a great deal of sense.
Although Fu Yuan had inherited the template of the Vermilion Knight, Fu Hua, and thereby gained the methods to cultivate Great Void Sword Qi and the Inch-Heart Fist Style,
the power Fu Yuan possessed now had all been gradually mastered through his own effort and cultivation of Great Void Sword Qi and the Inch-Heart Fist Style.
As for Fu Yuan's combat experience... ask the system. Ask it what sort of Daily Quests it had been constantly assigning him.
The Daily Quests the system had previously given Fu Yuan were either dealing with some serial killer or eliminating Dead Apostles and the like.
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