Almost Ruined My Face

"You're awake!" Jing Ni's exquisite doll-like face showed no emotional fluctuation as she lowered her head to look at Qin Xuan, but her voice abruptly cut off.

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Qin Xuan's appearance at that moment was simply too ridiculous.

Yes, that's right—ridiculous.

His features were still handsome and unchanged, but his flowing black hair, which had cascaded like a waterfall, was gone. In its place was a red mohawk.

No matter how she looked at it, it felt completely out of place.

Qin Xuan froze. "What's wrong?"

"You should come take a look." Jing Ni took Qin Xuan's other hand and led him to the lakeside. The water reflected their figures.

Though Jing Ni looked somewhat weary from going without rest for so long, she was still breathtakingly beautiful. Naturally gorgeous enough to topple kingdoms, her skin was like creamy jade, fair with a rosy glow, translucent and lustrous. It was as if every beautiful word used to describe a woman could be applied to her.

As for Qin Xuan... he immediately blurted out a curse. "Fuck."

Martial Souls could affect one's appearance too.

Could it be that the Youth-Preserving Pill had failed, leaving him with a hideous hairstyle like that Brothel Phoenix's?

He hurriedly recalled the Vermilion Bird and put away his Martial Soul.

Only after watching his flowing waterfall-like black hair gradually return in the lake's reflection, then summoning his Martial Soul several more times to confirm that disgusting red mohawk would not appear again, did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness! Thank goodness he'd had the foresight to take the Youth-Preserving Pill early. Otherwise, who the hell could handle that?

No matter how handsome someone was, there were still hairstyles they simply could not pull off.

Even a celestial beauty at the height of her looks could not withstand the devastation of a highway-head hairstyle.

And with that red mohawk, Qin Xuan had looked utterly stupid, no different from a celestial beauty wearing a highway-head hairstyle.

So he had childish moments too. Watching Qin Xuan's reaction from the side, Jing Ni smiled. "It seems you gained a great deal this time. Your Soul Power is nearly catching up to mine."

"And from this close, it seems that aside from Divine Slaughter's Domain, there is something else different about you."

"My lady truly has sharp eyes." Qin Xuan gently stroked Jing Ni's slightly tired, rounded face. "But you've been guarding me, and before that, you were traveling while being hunted by the Web. You probably haven't had a proper rest in a long time, have you?"

"Even though you're a Soul Saint now, your body won't be able to take it if this continues."

"And it isn't good for the baby either."

"Mm." Jing Ni nodded slightly. She had long since noticed that Qin Xuan liked touching her doll-like face.

In her original world, if anyone had dared touch her like that, she would have cut them down with a single sword strike.

But when it came to Qin Xuan, she felt no disgust at all. On the contrary, she rather enjoyed the sensation.

Just as Qin Xuan had told her when she asked why he liked pinching her cheeks, it was an expression of love.

And that was what she wanted as well. Women of the feudal era shared one common trait: once married, they followed their husbands.

Since she had decided to become Qin Xuan's woman, she naturally hoped he would cherish her from the bottom of his heart.

Qin Xuan carried Jing Ni horizontally in a princess carry and said softly, "For now, sleep in my arms. Since you're pregnant, traveling will only become more inconvenient. Our training has also come to a temporary end. I'll buy a carriage in the nearest town, and we'll ride back."

"Mm." Jing Ni answered softly again. She felt as though Qin Xuan's warmth passed through their clothes and flowed into her heart, warm and soothing. Slowly closing her eyes, she drifted into sleep.

With Soul Power coating his feet, Qin Xuan moved quickly. Ever since cultivating the Ghost Valley Breathing Technique, his control over Soul Power had already reached a masterful level.

Empowered by his sixty-eighth-level Soul Power, his speed was no weaker than that of an agility-type Soul Master of the same level.

Combined with the lightness skill inherent to the Ghost Valley Breathing Technique, after leaving the valley, he could practically ignore the terrain within the dense forest filled with jagged rocks. He leaped several yards at a time, always finding a foothold to borrow force from as he sped ahead.

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During the journey, Jing Ni's affection in Qin Xuan's arms steadily climbed.

Though the increases were small, Qin Xuan was still delighted.

But the pop-up notifications and voice prompts constantly echoing in his ears truly interfered with his travel. Since he also had to guard against possible Soul Beast attacks, he simply muted the notification prompts for the time being and quickened his pace.

Before nightfall, he finally left the Far Western Wilderness and the mountain range where Slaughter City was located, arriving within the Heaven Dou Empire.

It was nearing evening. As the sun set, the western glow spilled across Qin Xuan's face. His waterfall-like hair fluttered in the breeze, and he looked exceptionally handsome and heroic.

Jing Ni, who had long since awakened, stared somewhat dazedly at Qin Xuan's perfect profile, as though carved from an ancient mountain spring. She called softly, "Husband... you've been traveling all day. Why don't you put me down and rest for a while?"

She had already said this an unknown number of times.

Qin Xuan lowered his head. Now that they had left the Far Western Wilderness, there were no longer any Soul Beasts capable of threatening him. He no longer needed to constantly sense his surroundings and could use his spiritual power to scout the road ahead. His eyes had become much less important.

Perhaps because Jing Ni was pregnant and nearing delivery, aside from her faint feminine fragrance, she also carried an especially unique milky scent.

Having remained celibate throughout both lives, Qin Xuan was rather enamored with that feeling. If Jing Ni had not been pregnant, he would have wanted to find somewhere to take her on the spot.

He discreetly inhaled her scent and held her tighter. "It's fine. We're already within the Heaven Dou Empire. Once we pass through this Soul Beast Forest, we'll find a town. We can rest there tonight."

As soon as he said that, Qin Xuan's spiritual power suddenly sensed something. His speed abruptly slowed, and he sprang onto a tree branch, bending one knee slightly to halt his advance.

"What is it?" Knowing Qin Xuan would not stop for no reason, Jing Ni was slightly startled and tried to rise, only for Qin Xuan to hold her again.

"It's nothing. I merely sensed two fluctuations of Soul Power ahead. One is roughly at the level of a Soul Emperor, while the other has only just entered the Soul Ancestor rank."

"Although ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts are extremely difficult to encounter in this Soul Beast Forest, thousand-year Soul Beasts are not uncommon. They should be here to hunt Soul Rings. There's no need to mind them. Let's continue."

Qin Xuan smiled, held Jing Ni close, and continued onward.

"How many times have I told you? I can protect myself. I don't need you to interfere. Now that the Soul Ring has been obtained, you can leave too. Get as far away from me as possible. I don't need charity from that man."

A woman around twenty years old, beautiful and refined, dressed in tight black leather armor, strode in the direction opposite the Soul Beast Forest's exit as though throwing a tantrum.

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