The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Tang Rao was well aware that the reason the Blood Princess was willing to share the Blood Clan legacy was that she had reached a bottleneck, and most likely the kind that she couldn't break through.

So, she hoped that by letting someone else comprehend the Spiritual Technique, they might gain a different insight.

"Hmph, you're quite aware of your situation," the Blood Princess pouted and said.

Tang Rao: "..."

Big sister, you've lived for over a thousand years, could you please not talk with a teenage girl's attitude? I really can't handle this.

Also, if those fanatical devotees of yours in the Blood Clan were to see you like this, I'm afraid they'd be utterly shocked, jaws dropping to the floor.

"Ha ha ha, you must be joking. As for me, I've always known to be pragmatic. Ah, it's hard to explain in words; I'll write it down instead and give you the full version later," Tang Rao said.

"That would be better. Make sure you write it down clearly, in detail," the Blood Princess cautioned.

"You have to trust me!"

"You have integrity? I saw everything that happened in the secret realm, tsk, tsk, tsk, I still feel ashamed for you," the Blood Princess hummed.

Tang Rao: "..."

"That was the only way to collect a hundred thousand points, you know? If I had to hunt Spiritual Beasts all by myself, who knows how long that would take... You should be praising my intelligence, not calling me shameless," Tang Rao grinned as he spoke.

"Pfft!" The Blood Princess rolled her eyes.

"You're just jealous, aren't you? Jealous of my cleverness, my exceptional talent. Don't be sad, don't be heartbroken, Xiao Ji. You just have to keep trying, keep pushing, and strive to become even more formidable," Tang Rao made an encouraging gesture.

"What did you call me!" The Blood Princess glared.

"Xiao Ji..."

"How old are you to be addressing me in such a manner?"

Tang Rao thought for a moment, then said earnestly, "Well, if you count the years in the Nine-Headed King Hall and the Seventy-two Domains, I should be about thirty-three or thirty-four years old."

"I'm already a millennium old!" the Blood Princess exclaimed.

"But I was once at the peak of transcending tribulation, I'm your senior..."

The Blood Princess was stunned for a moment, thirty-three or thirty-four years old, at the peak of transcending tribulation, are you joking, Tang Rao, or just mocking me?

Over thirty years old and at the peak of transcending tribulation, how on earth did you cultivate!

"So, should I call you Xiao Ji..."

"Xiao Ji sounds terrible..." the Blood Princess rolled her eyes again.

"Then how about I call you Xiao Ji Ji, how does that sound?"

"Get lost!"

"Don't be like that, we should live in harmony."

The Blood Princess: "..."

...

Tang Rao stayed in the Blood Princess's wooden hut for ten days, and during those days, except for writing down his insights, he spent most of his time practicing his new Spiritual Technique.

The power of this thing was ridiculously awesome.

Within those ten days, Tang Rao's absorption range had expanded to cover a radius of ten kilometers, with the hourly intake of Spiritual Energy being awesomely high, at least a million units.

It was hard to imagine how terrifying it would be if he could expand the absorption range to cover the entire Blue Star.

Just siphoning a little would result in an immediate promotion.

As for the Blood Princess, she studied Tang Rao's insights every day and naturally also gained quite a few understandings.

It should be noted that Tang Rao was cultivating with a combination of Bloodthirsty Demon and Blood Clan Spiritual Techniques. Although he intentionally avoided certain parts of the Bloodthirsty Demon's semi-Spiritual Technique, that approach still provided much inspiration for the Blood Princess.

...

Ten days had passed by in the blink of an eye for Tang Rao.

To those familiar with Tang Rao, there was no issue, because the guy would disappear from time to time, and it was no longer strange.

Even Bai Yushu couldn't be bothered to call; after all, she had seen through him—Tang Rao was a tough one, he wouldn't die that easily.

But for Yun Xi, these ten days were an everyday torment.

She asked Yun Hai, asked Zhou Boxiong and Yan Wei, she even asked Tang Rao's homeroom teacher Li Xuerui.

However, no one knew where Tang Rao had gone; he seemed to have vanished into thin air.

The world did not stop because Tang Rao disappeared, but Yun Xi knew her world was utterly in disarray.

Her mind was filled with Tang Rao, unable to study, unable to think about anything else.

Whenever she calmed down, her mind would be full of images of Tang Rao.

"Xiao Xi, actually, you could go to Tang Rao's house, his mom must know where he went," Luo Lili said in the dorm.

Yun Xi had seemed thinner these days.

Hearing Luo Lili's words, Yun Xi still shook her head.

"Yun Xi, what are you really thinking? You rejected Tang Rao when he pursued you, and now that he's gone, you're feeling this way or that every day, what do you really want!" Luo Lili suddenly shouted, she just couldn't understand what Yun Xi was thinking.

Do you have to be so dramatic?

"I don't know either..." Yun Xi shook her head, her gaze somewhat vacant.

"Then tell me, if Tang Rao appears right now, what would you say to him?"

"I don't know," Yun Xi still shook her head.

"If you don't know, then why are you looking for him? You're seriously nuts. You rejected him, didn't you? After rejecting, what more do you want? Yun Xi, you better not turn into the kind of green tea bitch I despise the most. If you do, we can't even be friends," Luo Lili was truly angry.

"Lili, don't be like this, I... I really can't make up my mind," Yun Xi was already crying, tears brimming in her eyes, "I know I like him, but I can't, I can't be with him."

"Why?" Luo Lili asked.

"Because... he can't give me a future." After a long pause, Yun Xi finally spoke in a daze.

In fact, she saw things more clearly than anyone else. If she were to be with Tang Rao, what awaited her could be some happy times and sweetness, but more of it would be worry and anxiety, frequent separations and scarce meetups.

"You haven't even tried, how do you know he can't give you a future? Have you given Tang Rao a chance?" Luo Lili asked.

"I asked him, and he admitted it," Yun Xi said, tears streaming down her face.

Luo Lili fell silent.

"Forget it, I can't deal with this." In the end, Luo Lili waved her hand and shook her head.

This was a messy matter between Tang Rao and Yun Xi, none of her business; it would just waste her mental energy.

As for what would happen between the two of them, it was left to time.

...

"Xiao Ji, I'm getting ready to leave, do you want to give me a hug or a farewell kiss?" Tang Rao shouted loudly in front of a small cabin in the Nine-Headed King Hall.

"Get lost!" The Blood Princess's voice came from within the cabin.

"You're really heartless, after all, we lived together for ten days. If not love, there's still affection, don't you even want one hug?"

"If you keep this nonsense up, I'll send you straight to heaven!"

"Alright then, take care of yourself, make sure to rest well, eat well, and take good care of yourself, don't mistreat the crystallization of our love in your belly!"

"Tang Rao!!"

Bang! The door was flung open abruptly, but by then, Tang Rao had already walked far away, waving his hand in the morning sun, shining with golden brilliance, dashingly impressive.

The Blood Princess did not chase after him but just stood there watching until Tang Rao's silhouette had completely disappeared.