Heart Sword

They said people had three urgent needs.

But what exactly were they?

Well, they were the need to poop, pee, and fart.

As mentioned earlier, cultivation in the Xuanhuang Realm was about training, not Immortal Cultivation, so there was no fasting stage.

Which meant that the fairy maidens of the Xuanhuang Realm had to...

Chu Huai Xu had a solid understanding of human physiology. He knew that adult men's bladders held about 100 milliliters more than women's.

This meant men were less likely to feel the urge to pee, and could hold it longer.

Besides, the male urethra was longer and more curved, which helped control the flow.

By contrast, the female urethra was shorter and straighter, making women more susceptible to external stimulation and more likely to trigger the urination reflex.

So, in certain situations, they too would cry out, "I need to pee! I need to pee!"

And it was even worse if they had problems with their pelvic floor muscles.

Chu Huai Xu knew well that this wasn't the time to keep joking around.

After all, Han Shuangjiang was a young woman from the Xuanhuang Realm, not one of those worldly older women back on Earth.

Although Sister Han had come from the Brothel and the Joyful Sect, and was well versed in theory and worldly experience,

she loathed that past, so she would be utterly resistant to certain jokes.

As a "fellow professional, in a way," Chu Huai Xu was willing to show her "professional respect."

He only glanced at Han Shuangjiang's mortified expression, then said nothing and strode off quickly.

Farther ahead, he deliberately stomped harder and harder, as if he were stamping his feet, so she could hear his footsteps continuing away and feel at ease.

As soon as Chu Huai Xu's back disappeared from sight, she hurried forward to the farthest corner, then removed her robe and underpants.

But the Secret Realm was just too quiet.

That meant she could definitely hear the sound of the stream clearly.

Chu Huai Xu had surely gone a long way by now. His senses had been enhanced after he broke through his acupoints, but he probably still couldn't hear her.

Even so, listening to the water, she couldn't help pressing her lips tightly together. She clutched her robe with both hands, her pretty face red as if it might drip blood.

After taking care of things as quickly as she could, she hurriedly pulled on her underpants, covering her full, rounded, snow-white bottom.

She yanked them up so hard that they clung tightly to her skin, making it clear that she was quite well-endowed.

Han Shuangjiang looked ahead and heard the faint sound of footsteps still coming from within.

"Just how hard is he stomping?" The Cold-faced girl lowered her head slightly and, for some reason, smiled. The ice around her seemed to melt away.

After straightening her outer robe, she started walking in. Her pace was brisk at first, but gradually slowed.

Especially when she caught sight of Chu Huai Xu.

There was no helping it. Things were still a little awkward.

To her surprise, the man said irritably, "Why are you walking so slowly? Hurry up, hurry up. I need to pee too. At the next fork, you go first. No peeking, I'm warning you."

"Who'd want to look at you?" Han Shuangjiang immediately put on a little scowl again, her voice turning cold, as if she found him especially exasperating.

But all the awkwardness vanished in an instant.

The path was quite long, and she noticed that Chu Huai Xu didn't speed up. He kept walking at an unhurried pace.

That made her realize he probably didn't need to pee at all. Maybe he was deliberately trying to ease the awkwardness.

At the thought, Han Shuangjiang couldn't help taking a long look at his back.

Always putting pressure on me, but this fox does have a conscience after all.

When they reached another fork, Chu Huai Xu didn't actually go to pee. He seemed to have forgotten all about it.

Han Shuangjiang had almost developed a conditioned response by now. She glanced casually at the paths ahead and said, "Let's take the left one again."

She was about to walk forward when Chu Huai Xu suddenly grabbed her arm again.

"Don't move yet." He frowned.

"What's wrong?" Han Shuangjiang tensed up too.

"I feel like something's not right." He looked ahead.

"What do you mean?" Han Shuangjiang asked.

The furrow in Chu Huai Xu's brow gradually relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Interesting."

"I know what's going on!"

He called out, "This isn't a maze at all. It's just a mere Illusionary realm!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the whole world seemed to start collapsing.

Everything around them began to shatter like a cracking mirror, splitting into jagged, irregular fissures.

Brilliant light streamed through the cracks, making it impossible to keep their eyes open.

By the time the fragments had turned to dust, the blinding light had robbed them of their sight.

When their vision slowly returned, the two of them were standing in a vast open space paved with flagstones.

"This is the eleventh fork?" Han Shuangjiang asked in surprise.

"That's right." Chu Huai Xu smiled knowingly.

He'd already thought it was strange that after they'd reached this open space and chosen one of the six paths, the Map hadn't continued to fill in, as if it had crashed.

It turned out it wasn't that my level was too low and I'd hit a permissions wall.

We'd been going around in circles in this vast open space the whole time, never leaving the area at all.

Chu Huai Xu looked behind him. Ten paths led to this spot.

"So no matter which path we took at the entrance to the Secret Realm, they all led here in the end?" he said, voicing his guess.

Then he looked at Han Shuangjiang beside him and teased her with a smile. "Big Ice Block, I told you—you're my lucky star."

"Hm?" Han Shuangjiang met his bright gaze, then shifted her eyes slightly, looking a little confused.

Chu Huai Xu explained, "Didn't we pass ten forks earlier?"

"Didn't you leave a mark every time you made a choice?"

"We never got lost in there."

"If I'm right, all ten entrances to the Secret Realm lead here in the end. That means the others are probably still trapped in the maze up ahead."

"Some forks have two choices, some three, and some four."

"That means the place is incredibly complicated."

"You made ten choices in a row, and got every one right."

Han Shuangjiang was astonished by his words. "Is that really true?"

She trusted Chu Huai Xu, but she didn't trust herself.

"And maybe the paths before this were illusions too?" She still wasn't convinced.

Chu Huai Xu naturally didn't tell her that his Map had been able to record their progress earlier.

He just shook his head and said nothing more.

He was astonished too.

Getting all ten right—that's how terrifying it is to have great fortune on your side? Chu Huai Xu felt a chill run down his scalp.

He looked around and noticed a puddle on the flagstones not far to the left.

It stood out because everywhere else was dry.

Han Shuangjiang followed his gaze. She immediately fell into a state of utter mortification again, her eyes darting about and her cheeks burning.

Fortunately, Chu Huai Xu quickly looked away. What was there to see, anyway?

There was something else he cared about more right now.

The moment he'd said the words "Illusionary realm," something inside him had changed.

His Spirit Fetus was the Heart Sword.

A pitch-black sword floated within his Sea of Consciousness.

Chu Huai Xu had always felt that it was connected to his thoughts and possessed a kind of sentience.

And yet it was lifeless, looking as if it were barely clinging to life.

Even now, he had no idea what it could do.

But just as he firmly said the words "Illusionary realm," the little black sword in his Sea of Consciousness gave the faintest tremor.

Once. Just once.

Then, as if by coincidence, the entire illusion shattered in an instant.

As though it had cut through all falsehood.