78 Wholesome moment

The residual soul of the dragon god was currently looking at Meng, waiting for his answer to its request.

"Hmm...I don't really find that sword appealing as I like spear much more but Yufeng could make use of it..." Meng muttered with closed eyes and folded arms, earning a shocked look from both Su Zhu and the residual soul.

"Still, why do you trust me so much as to entrust your daughter's fate into my hands?" Meng opened his eyes and asked.

"There isn't much I can do, all I can do is find someone worthy and trustable enough. You have the former residual soul of divine phoenix following you. I have already seen what kind of person you are and I was further informed by your partner." The residual soul replied before its eyes landed on Su Zhu, still in her bird spirit form, resting on Meng's shoulder.

"I had a hard time believing those words that were told to me about you, human, however after seeing your weak reaction towards one of the strongest Heavenly Profound Treasure that's on par with Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations, I am starting to truly think of you as an ignorant individual or perhaps simply someone who is not easily moved. One is born from the Yang energy and the other from the Yin energy. With your strange profound veins, you might be capable of becoming master of both of them, however, I highly doubt your woman will be capable of taming Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword." The residual soul said.

"Then I will tame it and then give it to Yufeng with its goal being to protect her." Meng said with a carefree smile before shrugging his shoulders.

"Meng...that's not how it works" Su Zhu said with a strange tone.

"Really? If you truly become its master, it should listen to your wishes till your death. As long as you won't ask it to serve someone else but protect them instead, there shouldn't be any problem. It's all about the wording. At least that's how I imagine how something treating you as a master should behave... Anyway, regarding your daughter, if by chance I find that sword and somehow release her...what should I do then? Will she be conscious, will she possess all of her memories?" Meng replied with an expression as if it should be obvious before he turned to the residual soul and asked.

"That is something outside of my current knowledge. You will have to improvise once you find it" The residual soul replied regretfully.

"I see...well, I don't see any reason to refuse since I am planning to explore as many places as I can due to my adventurous nature. You can say that I will be actively searching for that sword but at the same time, I won't since I guess there are no directions where it could be hiding." Meng agreed to its request and was slightly surprised that Vista didn't issue him a quest for this.

"Is that so? In that case, I will gift your woman a few more things that will help her in the long run." The residual said in a relieved tone before 2 azure lights shot towards Yufeng who looked as if she was almost done fusing with the blood but when those 2 azure lights entered her body, a struggling and pained expression appeared on her face.

Meng watched Yufeng's pained expression with his own tranquil expression.

"There is no need to worry. The residual soul of the dragon god wouldn't do anything harmful to her, definitely not after passing the trial." Su Zhu reassured.

"...I am not worried." Meng replied without a change in his tone or expression.

"You can fool others but I am connected to your soul and partly to your body, I could feel your heartbeat speed up for a split second~" Su Zhu said in a teasing tone which didn't earn any response from Meng as he just kept staring at Yufeng with folded arms.

[Tsundere] Vista just displayed a large text in front of Meng's eyes while also saying it aloud in Meng's mind.

'Ugh!' When Meng heard that word, he felt as if a big boulder has directly fallen on top of his head. It didn't hurt him but he couldn't say it was a pleasant experience. In the end, Meng refrained from replying and just tried his best to smile.

'?! Maybe I should refrain from teasing him too much...' Su Zhu thought when she noticed Meng's menacing smile with closed eyes.

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They waited for a few days before Yufeng finally woke up. The moment she woke up, she felt as if she was a different person, she was the only person who knew what changes her body exactly experienced.

While she was exploring the changes in more depth, she noticed Meng staring at her from the distance with a gentle smile and proud look in his eyes, and she couldn't help but blush and look away, keeping one hand on her cheek to prevent him from seeing her like that.

"T-Thank you" Yufeng said in a whisper when Meng approached her to check up on her and her words surprised him a bit, however, she has yet to turn to him because she was too bashful and every time she saw his face, it somehow reminded her of "that" time. Although they somehow confessed to each other thanks to that, it's undeniable that she thought that it was a dream or illusion.

"For what? For bringing you here and-" Meng thought that it was because her strength increased as he knew how much everyone valued strength in this world. In truth, he didn't like it, at least not in Yufeng's case, he rather not be thanked for helping increase her strength at all than receiving her thanks and gratitude for it. However contrary to his expectations, he was quickly interrupted before he could even mention anything about the Dragon God blood.

"No! I t-thank you for giving me strength! For giving me strength every time I have faced any danger or difficult decision!" Yufeng finally turned her bashful face at him and said this aloud while intensively staring into Meng's eyes.

Her words earned Meng's shock as he widened his eyes while staring at Yufeng in confusion.

Yufeng bashfully put her hands on Meng's chest before she grasped his clothes and pulled him closer, burying her head in the middle of his chest.

"Every time I was facing any difficulty, it felt like you were always there to help me, no matter where it was. Be it here in the physical world or inside my consciousness, you have always been there for me. Maybe you will think that I rely too much on you but you have constantly shown me patience, gentleness, politeness despite me being a detestable woman who has left her husband just because she was feeling unhappy. You have even accepted my feelings despite me already being sullied, I don't know what to think...I have no idea how to repay this grace you have shown me."

When she was done saying everything, Meng was too shocked to even reply, he could even feel his clothes getting wet but it was already apparent from Yufeng's tone that she began crying in the middle of her speech.

In the background, Su Zhu and the residual soul looked at each other before Su Zhu gently shook her head.

Just now, Meng realized that Yufeng is someone from the Sacred Ground yet she has left against her father's wishes and limited her growth this way...she has done all of this just for her love. She has cut off her family and strength that everyone respects in this world just to follow her heart.

'...What a foolishness, to even think that she would be the one concerned about the strength.' Meng shook his head, being truly disappointed in himself. At the same time, he checked Yufeng's cultivation base and he discovered that she has already entered the 9th stage of the Emperor Profound Realm due to the Dragon God blood and perhaps those 2 other gifts from the residual soul.

'She advanced 4 whole stages yet she isn't even celebrating that or anything. She is instead crying with her face being pressed against my chest...' Meng thought and run his hand through her hair while with the other one he was gently rubbing her back.

'?!' As Yufeng was calming herself down, when she felt Meng's touch, she was once again reminded of that moment when he fondled her buttocks for a few seconds, she heavily started blushing so instead of releasing Meng, she pressed her face even harder against him, trying to bury her head inside his chest due to shame and the lust she just began feeling for Meng.

She didn't want Meng to think of her as an indecent woman but it was the truth that she couldn't even remember the last time she took care of her needs.

'No, no, no! I need to show some restraint even if we confessed to each other, it was still very recently! We need to take proper steps!' Yufeng began shaking her head, still buried in Meng's chest so he felt how she was oddly rubbing her nose and forehead against him.

"Are you alright?" Meng asked but all he got from Yufeng was a few very quick nods without letting go of him. She was simply too embarrassed after what she has done and said to just let go of him as if it was normal.