Yun Yun: At Last, I Can Hold You...

After bickering with Wu Changqing for a few moments, Yun Yun quickly finished dressing and grooming herself.

"Senior Sword Spirit, let's go pick out a gift for President Fa Ma together."

"I'm not going. You can go by yourself."

"Oh, come on! Won't you get bored staying in your room all day?"

As she spoke, Yun Yun grabbed the Evergreen Sword directly and forcibly took it with her.

This left Wu Changqing with no choice but to come along.

Once outside, Wu Changqing had no choice but to withdraw his soul back into the sword.

To this day, no one in the entire Misty Cloud Sect knew of his existence.

Not even Nalan Yanran, who often spent time with Yun Yun, knew.

Before long, one person and one sword arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect's treasury.

All kinds of valuable items were stored here, and they normally could not be touched at will.

Only elders were allowed to use them, and even then, they had to submit an application and register their use.

But Yun Yun could naturally come and go as she pleased.

"What kind of gift do you want to pick?" Wu Changqing asked.

"President Fa Ma definitely won't care for ordinary cultivation techniques or combat techniques, but I can't bear to give away the good ones."

"As for pills, the Alchemist Association certainly doesn't lack those."

"But high-grade medicinal ingredients should work."

For an alchemist, the best gift was naturally something related to pills or alchemy.

Yun Yun soon arrived at the medicinal ingredient storeroom and headed straight for the high-grade section.

Although the Misty Cloud Sect did not have many alchemists, its stockpile of medicinal ingredients was abundant because of Gu He, the Pill King.

Before long, Yun Yun selected a high-grade medicinal ingredient called the Life-Extending Flower, which was generally used to refine fourth- and fifth-tier pills.

Even the president of the Alchemist Association would have to take a second look at medicinal ingredients of this grade.

"This one, then."

Yun Yun immediately decided to give this as the gift.

After all, anything too shabby would be embarrassing to give away, while anything too precious was too painful to part with.

Just as she was about to leave, she happened to see Yun Leng approaching with an embroidered box held in both hands.

"Elder Yun Leng? This is...?"

"Sect Master, our people just obtained an extremely precious medicinal ingredient outside—the Transformation Grass."

"Transformation Grass?"

Yun Yun raised a delicate brow, quickly thinking of something.

"Give it to me first."

She took the medicinal ingredient from Yun Leng. He said nothing and left.

Yun Yun carefully opened the embroidered box. Inside lay a strangely shaped, twisted medicinal plant.

It was the Transformation Grass!

The purpose of Transformation Grass was simple: it could be used to refine Transformation Pills.

Transformation Pills could allow magical beasts to perfectly transform into human form.

But even without being refined into a pill, Transformation Grass alone had the same effect and could allow magical beasts to take human form early.

However, Transformation Grass had a flaw. Taking it to become human would slow one's cultivation speed.

"Senior Sword Spirit, would this Transformation Grass be of any use to you?" Yun Yun asked.

Her first reaction upon seeing the Transformation Grass was to wonder whether Wu Changqing could use it.

Wu Changqing's reaction was the same.

"I can't say for sure. I'm not a magical beast, so the Transformation Grass might not work on me. But perhaps it will."

"Then this Transformation Grass is for you, Senior Sword Spirit!"

"That way, you can turn into a human ahead of time!" Yun Yun said excitedly.

"You're giving such a precious medicinal ingredient to me just like that?" Wu Changqing asked.

"I'm the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect. What's wrong with using a bit of medicinal ingredient?"

"Even if I embezzled every medicinal ingredient here, no one would dare criticize me," Yun Yun said righteously.

For the first time, she felt that being Sect Master was so useful.

In truth, she had always wanted to do something for Wu Changqing.

All these years, Wu Changqing had been the one helping her.

Whenever she was unhappy, whenever she felt unwell, whenever she had troubles, whenever she was angry... Wu Changqing had always been by her side and had never left.

Wu Changqing had done many things for her.

So she had always wanted to do something for Wu Changqing too.

"Fine. Then I'll accept this Transformation Grass," Wu Changqing said.

"Then let's test its effects right now!"

Yun Yun was even more excited than Wu Changqing and hurried back without stopping.

The back mountain.

No one would disturb them here.

Wu Changqing floated in midair, with the Transformation Grass before him.

He was actually a little nervous as well.

He had no idea whether Transformation Grass would work on a sword spirit.

As for whether it would affect his cultivation speed, Wu Changqing was not worried about that.

His cultivation mainly relied on devouring and refining, not simply cultivating techniques.

As long as there were powerful sources of energy for him to absorb, he could break through, so there was no need to care about cultivation speed.

"Senior Sword Spirit, begin."

"Mm."

A glowing jade-green light emerged from the Evergreen Sword, refining the Transformation Grass into pure medicinal energy before absorbing it all into the sword.

The next moment, Wu Changqing felt his soul become unbearably heavy.

Based on his soul, the Evergreen Sword's true body transformed into the body of a young man.

The transformation was successful!

At this moment, Wu Changqing had completely changed from a sword into a young man!

He looked exactly like his soul!

"It worked!"

Yun Yun was so happy that she nearly jumped up.

But as the light around Wu Changqing's body faded, she suddenly let out a startled cry and hurriedly covered her eyes, turning around—because Wu Changqing was completely naked, wearing nothing at all.

"So this is my body?"

Wu Changqing's attention was still focused on himself.

This was the first time he had felt the weight and solidity of having a body.

It was completely different from existing as a soul.

Though much more cumbersome, it also felt much more real.

"Senior Sword Spirit, put on some clothes first..."

Yun Yun took out one of her own dresses from her storage ring and tossed it to Wu Changqing.

Wu Changqing: "..."

"Do you have any other clothes?"

"Just make do with it for now. I only have my own clothes in my storage ring."

She could hardly fly out right now and go ask someone at the treasury for a set of men's clothes, could she?

That would damage her image as Sect Master!

With no other choice, Wu Changqing could only put on Yun Yun's clothes with great reluctance.

The clothes carried a pleasant, delicate fragrance.

This was the first time Wu Changqing had smelled anything. He had possessed no sense of smell in his soul state or sword state.

The scent was very pleasant.

He wondered whether Yun Yun herself smelled the same.

The only irritating part was... he had just taken human form, yet he had to wear women's clothes. It felt rather humiliating.

Only then did Yun Yun lower her hands and carefully look him over from head to toe.

"Mm, Senior Sword Spirit, you look exactly the same as your soul after transforming. That's more like it. Very good."

"Not good at all!" Wu Changqing found the dress unbearably awkward.

Yun Yun was so slender, while he was so broad and sturdy. Of course, the clothing did not fit.

"Oh, just make do with it for now."

Yun Yun giggled, then suddenly rushed over and hugged Wu Changqing.

Her body was soft and fragrant.

"Senior Sword Spirit, I can finally hold you..."