Bu Wuchen's heart tightened. He hastily spread his hands. "Don't get worked up. You've misunderstood."
"Everything you're suspicious about was actually caused by that 'strange illness' I suddenly contracted."
Having been reborn in another man's body, Bu Wuchen naturally knew that the former young master of the Bu Lineage had died from deliberate poisoning, not some so-called "strange illness."
All of it had been the doing of that "viper-hearted beauty," the Prince of Nanling's daughter!
Unfortunately, Bu Wuchen had no evidence to prove it;
and for Bu Wuchen, who had already been banished from the imperial capital and lost the protection of the Grand General's estate...
If he created complications at a time like this and his cleverness backfired, he would only give those who had plotted against him a chance to finish him off!
Rather than create complications, I might as well go along with the story of that "strange illness."
That way, everything "inconceivable" will become "perfectly natural"...
Having made up his mind, Bu Wuchen put on an earnest expression and said, "That strange illness was what caused my cultivation to plummet back then."
"Now that my physical condition has improved, the cultivation I lost has naturally begun returning little by little."
"Is that so?"
By now, the expression of the girl in green silk had returned to normal. She narrowed her eyes thoughtfully and asked, "Judging by your complexion, you no longer show any signs of illness."
"By rights, most of your cultivation should have recovered too. But why do I sense that your Mystic Qi cultivation is still in the Savage Martial Realm?"
"At the same time, your actual combat strength far exceeds the peak of the Brute Martial Realm..."
Bu Wuchen froze at her words.
Then, his thoughts racing like lightning, he came up with an excuse. "As the saying goes, 'Illness strikes like a mountain collapsing, but leaves like silk drawn out thread by thread.'"
"It will take a little more time for my cultivation to fully recover to the level it was at when I first entered Blood Dragon City Academy."
"But I do, after all, have the foundation of the 'peak of the Qi Observation Realm.'"
"So, when I fought Lin Zhuxian, although my cultivation had outwardly only recovered to the ninth layer of the Brute Martial Realm, my actual combat strength far exceeded the level of the 'Brute Martial Realm.'"
Judging by the deep suspicion in the green-robed girl's eyes, she clearly did not entirely believe Bu Wuchen.
After taking an elegant sip of fragrant tea, the girl spoke in a tone that brooked no argument. "Since you relied on your foundation at the 'peak of the Qi Observation Realm' to defeat Lin Zhuxian after he took a 'Qi Burst Pill,'"
"presumably, your cultivation is close to a full recovery."
"I'll give you three days."
"If you really recover to the peak of the Qi Observation Realm in three days, I'll accept everything you said as true."
"Otherwise, it will prove that you've deliberately concealed something!"
With that, the girl in green silk raised an eyebrow and fixed a profound gaze on the young man beside the table, enunciating every word. "An incoming student from elsewhere with sinister intentions, lurking in Blood Dragon City Academy with an unspeakable purpose..."
"As the vice dean, I can't turn a blind eye to such a situation!"
At her words, Bu Wuchen smiled bitterly to himself. Heh, no wonder she knows so much about me... no, about the previous Bu Wuchen.
Presumably, the moment that "mysterious outsider" passed the entrance examination for Blood Dragon City Academy, he had already attracted special attention from the academy?
And here I was, foolishly thinking the special effect of the "Spirit of First Impressions" had made this fairy-like young lady take a fancy to me!
"Finished asking everything you wanted to ask? Then I'm leaving."
After tossing out those words, Bu Wuchen abruptly rose.
Although sharing a room with such a fairy-like beauty was a delight many could only dream of;
for Bu Wuchen, whose soul had only just transmigrated and been reborn in this other world, he really did not want to linger under her scrutinizing gaze...
The girl in green silk did not stop him.
Instead, the instant Bu Wuchen rose, her bright eyes discreetly glanced toward his chest.
That was because she knew that beneath the clothes covering the left side of Bu Wuchen's chest was a dark red birthmark the size of a fist!
The pattern of that birthmark was actually a dragon with its body coiled and its head raised, its pride towering to the heavens!
As it turned out, this girl in green silk had not initially taken notice of Bu Wuchen because of his identity as an "outsider from another land."
Rather, shortly after Bu Wuchen had been banished to Blood Dragon City, he had gone to the beast-fighting arena to participate in battles against beasts to vent his anguish;
and when a savage beast's claws tore open the clothing over his chest, that dark red, dragon-shaped birthmark had been exposed...
Back then, as the owner of the beast-fighting arena, the girl in green silk had already considered finding Bu Wuchen for a proper talk.
After all, that lifelike, blood-red coiled dragon birthmark held extraordinary significance.
Unfortunately, the young master of the Bu Lineage had been brimming with hostility at the time. Because of the Prince of Nanling's daughter, his hatred had spilled over onto this fairy-like beauty before him, and he had never once shown her a pleasant face!
The green-robed girl's first attempt had failed, leaving her very displeased.
Yet she truly could not let go of the secret behind that "blood dragon birthmark."
Moreover, to achieve the goal she yearned for, she absolutely could not use force. She could only find a way to make the bearer of that blood dragon birthmark willingly lend a hand...
If, at first, this green-robed girl's interest in Bu Wuchen had stemmed entirely from the blood dragon birthmark on his chest;
then now, she had also developed some interest in Bu Wuchen himself. Even when faced with Lü Chunyang's terrifying pressure, which could almost kill a man and seize his soul, his proud spirit remained unbowed, holding firm to the death.
That temperament certainly does justice to the "Blood Dragon Mark" choosing him as its master...
Then, her expression turned serious. "Remember, you only have three days to prove yourself."
"No problem."
Thinking of the two peculiar tokens he had received earlier after making choices according to the system's prompts, Bu Wuchen unconsciously gained a measure of confidence.
The green-robed girl chuckled softly. "Hehe, I hope you'll still be as composed as you are now in three days."
"That's all. You may go."
With that, she stretched languidly, a trace of drowsiness rising in her eyes.
That movement of hers seemed to fill the entire room with radiant spring sunshine!
Bu Wuchen stared blankly, unconsciously stopping in his tracks.
"Hmm? Why aren't you leaving?"
"Oh~ I understand. Do you want to lie down here and rest too?"
As she spoke, the girl in green silk watched Bu Wuchen with a teasing half-smile.
Moving with misty grace and casting alluring glances, she deliberately licked her soft red lips. "Shall I make a little room for you?"
Bu Wuchen almost wanted to nod furiously and say yes!
But the moment he remembered the outcome of the first option the "God-Level Choice System" had offered earlier, he felt a chill in his crotch.
He hastily shook his head and said, "The reason I haven't left yet is that I wanted to ask your name."
"My name?"
"Yes."
Bu Wuchen nodded with an air of earnestness. "After what happened in the arena, you count as my lifesaver."
"I can't very well muddle along without even knowing my lifesaver's name, can I?"