"Yes, just like that.
"You know how to bathe now. I'll head out first."
Chen Ci hunched over and left the bathroom without waiting for Gu Yuena to respond.
He could no longer keep his gun down. He felt that if he stayed in the bathroom any longer, he would lose control.
Gu Yuena was simply too alluring, and with the Golden Dragon King's bloodline in him, her pull on him was even stronger.
If he failed to hold himself back, losing his virginity ahead of schedule would be the least of his worries.
What Chen Ci feared more was that Gu Yuena might have a stress response in the middle of the act and kill him outright.
After all, they had only known each other for a few days.
Inside the bathroom, Gu Yuena froze for a moment when she saw Chen Ci flee in disarray.
Then, noticing that he had left hunched over, she broke into a breathtaking smile and continued bathing, humming some unknown tune.
The water kept splashing, plucking at Chen Ci's heartstrings, while the breathtaking scene he had just witnessed kept surfacing in his mind.
Before long, the splashing stopped, and Chen Ci finally let out a sigh of relief.
But Gu Yuena's next words sent the evil fire he had only just managed to quell surging up again.
"Chen Ci, I'm done bathing, but I'm wet all over. How do I dry myself?"
"There's a towel hanging in the bathroom. Just wipe yourself dry?"
"Chen Ci, I can't find it. Come help me~"
There was a hint of coaxing sweetness in Gu Yuena's voice. It really was an ability women possessed from birth.
But Chen Ci had to stand firm, because one wrong move might leave him dead. He recalled where the towels were in the bathroom and told Gu Yuena.
"The towels are on your right when you're facing the door."
Gu Yuena glanced at the spot Chen Ci had described and found a towel there, just as he had said, but pretended not to see it.
"Chen Ci, I can't find it. Come in and help me look~"
"How is that possible?"
Chen Ci clearly remembered that the towels were right there. When he had left the bathroom, he had even grabbed one to wipe the water off himself.
Unless Gu Yuena was deliberately failing to find them.
Chen Ci thought it over. That was certainly possible.
Although Gu Yuena currently looked like a young girl, she was actually a mentally mature woman. She simply knew little about the human world, which sometimes made her seem a little silly and goofy.
Gu Yuena had no idea what Chen Ci was thinking and continued coaxing him:
"Big brother~
"Please, help me~"
Chen Ci could not take it anymore. He pushed open the bathroom door and saw Gu Yuena wearing a mischievous grin.
He quickly pulled a towel from the storage cabinet beside the door and handed it to her.
Gu Yuena took the towel and spoke again:
"Big brother~
"I don't know how to use it. Teach me."
Chen Ci looked at Gu Yuena and smiled.
"All right. I'll help you."
After being teased this much, how could I possibly keep holding back?
Even if I don't make it to home base, I ought to collect a little interest first.
"Huh~"
When Chen Ci's response did not unfold as she had expected, Gu Yuena froze, a little at a loss.
She could only obediently let him take the lead.
Chen Ci used the towel to wipe the water from Gu Yuena's body.
When their skin touched through the towel, Chen Ci could distinctly feel Gu Yuena shudder as though an electric current had passed through her.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Ci had finished washing up, and he and Gu Yuena lay on a large bed.
Gu Yuena leaned close to Chen Ci's ear and said:
"Big brother, the way you looked and reacted just now was so funny, so interesting."
So that was it. So that was it.
No wonder Gu Yuena had kept teasing him. She simply found his reaction to seeing her naked amusing.
Still, Chen Ci would have loved for Gu Yuena to do it a few more times. He had nothing to lose, and he could feast his eyes to his heart's content.
Chen Ci patted Gu Yuena's head and smiled.
"If you think it's funny and interesting,
"you can try it a few more times in the future. I'll play along every time."
At those words, Gu Yuena's eyes lit up, sparkling like a river of stars.
She truly found Chen Ci's reactions interesting, and she said with a beaming smile:
"You said it!
"You'd better not lie to me, or I'll never speak to you again!"
"Of course. Why would I lie to you?"
Time trickled by, and soon the next day arrived.
Chen Ci and Gu Yuena stepped out of their room and happened to run into Hu Liena, who had just come out as well.
Seeing Hu Liena, Chen Ci felt strangely awkward, almost as though he had been caught having an affair.
But his powerful mental fortitude soon suppressed that feeling. There was nothing improper between him and Gu Yuena.
Last night, he had merely been teaching Gu Yuena how to bathe.
That's right. Nothing more.
Sensing that the three of them were awake, Bibi Dong came over. The four boarded a luxurious carriage and set off for Nuoding City.
Several days passed in a flash, and they arrived in Nuoding City.
Bibi Dong left Chen Ci a Pope Token and told him to handle his enrollment paperwork himself. As for her, she went to inspect the work of Spirit Hall in Nuoding City as usual.
Bibi Dong had made no arrangements for Hu Liena or Gu Yuena, so the two naturally followed Chen Ci to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
Both girls were outstanding beauties, and Chen Ci was exceptionally handsome as well. As they walked along the road, they drew the eyes of countless boys and girls.
With the two girls in tow, Chen Ci made his way to the academic affairs office of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with practiced ease.
He asked them to wait outside and entered the office alone.
Chen Ci showed the academic director the Pope Token Bibi Dong had given him and said:
"Sir, I've become a disciple of Bibi Dong, the current Pope of Spirit Hall, and I'll be going with her to study in Spirit City. This is the token she gave me. I've come to settle my enrollment paperwork."
The Nod Academy Academic Director was deeply shocked, but no one on the entire continent dared forge a Pope Token, so he processed Chen Ci's enrollment paperwork according to his wishes.
Just then, Gu Yuena and Hu Liena, who were waiting outside, received an unwelcome visitor.
When Yu Xiaogang saw the two girls, he felt that they had good potential. Taking them as his disciples would certainly give him a fine chance to show off.
"Young ladies, I am the Grandmaster. Would you be willing to become my disciples?"
Hu Liena and Gu Yuena answered in unison:
"No."
Yu Xiaogang immediately grew agitated:
"Do you two know who I am?
"I am the Grandmaster, an honored guest of Nod Academy's headmaster. Do you know what you're turning down by refusing me?"
Having just finished the paperwork, Chen Ci heard Yu Xiaogang's voice and frowned.
He stepped out of the academic affairs office and said to Yu Xiaogang:
"Yu Xiaogang, you think someone like you is worthy of taking these two as disciples?"
Hearing that familiar voice, Yu Xiaogang turned toward Chen Ci.
Their eyes met, and in an instant, swords were drawn and bows pulled taut.
But when Yu Xiaogang remembered that Luo Sanpao had actually wet himself in fear when facing Chen Ci, his own courage wilted as well, and he deliberately averted his gaze.
Still, unwilling to lose face, Yu Xiaogang said:
"Chen Ci, did you ignore my advice and fail to obtain a control-type Soul Skill?"
Chen Ci snorted coldly. "Of course."
"Then that's perfect. I've already had Tang San absorb a control-type Soul Skill. You'll fight him next, and that will naturally prove my theory and my research into martial souls."
"No problem."
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