MTLNOVEL Chapter 229: Wearing a White Dress
If it were anyone else, Chen Pingping would simply leave. Right before doing so, he might even spit, "Pah, shameless!"
But this person was Chen Shixian.
Speaking of his grudge with Chen Shixian, it dated back a long, long time ago, roughly twenty years prior.
They had originally been strangers, merely passing acquaintances, until one day, Chen Shixian clamored to defeat him, claiming he was her King Tao calamity...
What a character!
He had never seen such a persistent girl. She had made several moves against him, tried various probes, and plotted endless schemes—she stopped just short of using her beauty as a weapon.
After entering Central Continent, Chen Shixian hadn't rested either, seeking various Great Opportunities and ways to defeat him.
Chen Pingping was left speechless. That's when he pulled out that pretext, saying something about focusing on single-realm cultivation, reaching the Transforming Realm, and unlocking the Human Body Treasure could also lead to Tao Verification.
It was all to make her stop coming after him, to encourage her to cultivate properly! Perhaps she could find a place to go into seclusion for a few hundred years or something.
Then, she believed it.
This girl must have something seriously wrong with her.
Afterwards, he carelessly let something slip.
However, Chen Pingping always felt she had grown stronger, even though her realm showed no change. Could it be that during her several retreats, she had been secretly trying it?
Chen Pingping was skeptical.
"So, you're not planning on taking responsibility for me?" Chen Shixian asked, looking at him and subconsciously rubbing her belly.
"..."
After she said this, the expressions of Zi Ji and Hong You, who were not far away, changed significantly as they looked at him.
Chen Pingping was so angry he almost vomited blood. "Have I ever slept with you?"
"You've thought about it..." Her face turned red; she was feeling rather embarrassed.
"When have I ever thought about it? Don't talk nonsense."
"Before, and even now," she said seriously. "Every time you look at me, there's something off about your eyes, which means you have ideas about me."
Anyway, she had made up her mind and decided what to do. As for her dignity, she couldn't care less. For the sake of cultivation. For the sake of becoming stronger. Once her realm surpassed Chen Pingping's, she would challenge him and defeat him.
Chen Pingping was livid. "Even if I did have some thoughts about you or looked at you with odd eyes, we've never slept together." He paused, then looked at her belly. "How could you possibly be pregnant?"
Ah? This?
Chen Shixian couldn't handle it anymore. She could abandon her dignity, act shamelessly, but... this issue was indeed a major problem. Without any contact, how could she be pregnant?
"You tell me! How did you get pregnant?" Seeing her predicament, Chen Pingping pressed his advantage. "Ha, you're obviously not."
He laughed, chuckling smugly.
The two women not far away were also staring at her, pondering the same question. How could one get pregnant without contact?
Chen Shixian, in a rush of panic, threw caution to the wind and blurted out through gritted teeth, "Everyone's constitution is different."
The two women: "..."
Chen Pingping: "..."
The things one sees... The renowned Ancient Divine Body, abandoning all dignity and becoming so brazen.
For a moment, Chen Pingping was at a loss for words.
The two women nearby looked numb.
At this moment, Chen Shixian really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She hesitated slightly. Should I, perhaps, try to save a little dignity?
"Fine!" Chen Pingping let out a breath and said, "I can teach you how to cultivate, but I only have a half-baked understanding myself and don't truly grasp it. Besides, you are an Ancient Divine Body."
HEH HEH!
Chen Shixian laughed. "It's alright, you can figure it out. After all, you've got experience."
She was implying Guang Xiaoyu and Zi Ji.
"Demonstrate your visions, your cultivation, your second vision, and your Sword Dao for me," Chen Pingping said.
"Attack you?"
"HMM!"
"Will you fight back?" She was getting excited.
"???"
Chen Pingping was taken aback. Sensing something amiss, he quickly said, "Forget it, some other time! I'm very busy right now!"
"No way, right now..." Chen Shixian suddenly made her move.
Her Sword Dao, offensive techniques, visions, and her second vision were all displayed one after another. Although she had not yet broken through to King Tao, the power she unleashed was incomparably majestic and had already surpassed the Supreme Mystery realm.
Chen Pingping, caught off guard, was sent flying.
HA HA HA!
Chen Shixian couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After holding back for so many years, I finally get to attack Chen Pingping! It's not an official challenge, but who cares? As long as I can see him get hurt, I'm happy!
Chen Pingping got up, his face sullen, and barked, "I can teach you cultivation, sure! But if, after ten months, you haven't produced a child, HMPH! Don't blame me for taking action then."
TSK! Ten months. By then, I'll be long gone.
Chen Shixian, unfazed, said with a radiant smile, "Come on, let's go again! I only used fifty percent of my strength just now."
Fifty percent? Both women were stunned.
Chen Pingping's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "You've actually cultivated it!"
His tone was one of certainty.
But Chen Shixian offered no explanation, simply drawing her sword to strike again.
She wasn't bluffing Chen Pingping; she had indeed only used fifty percent of her strength before. Now, using eighty percent, the power of her Sword Dao was tumultuous, like a churning river, overwhelmingly massive.
It instantly flooded the area.
Just as Chen Pingping was about to make a move... a Light Door appeared in his line of sight—no, it was a Divine Radiance, as dazzling as the rising sun, blindingly bright.
He was briefly dazed, and in that instant, the sword descended.
"The Divine Body seems to have gotten stronger," Hong You couldn't help commenting.
"Should I help Senior Brother?" Zi Ji asked, her face full of concern.
"Don't!" Hong You held her back. This scoundrel is finally taking a hit—a rare sight indeed!
Perhaps it was because he felt guilty towards Chen Shixian, so he didn't immediately fight back.
Or perhaps, he simply didn't have the time.
「In the deep earthen pit...」
Chen Pingping climbed out, cursing and swearing, covered in dirt, his hair disheveled, and his eyes practically spitting fire. He rolled up his sleeves, ready to give this girl a taste of defeat.
"Would you really have the heart to hit me?" Chen Shixian said pitifully. "Go ahead and hit me then! The child is yours; you might as well kill us both!" With that, she struck with her sword again!
"..."
AHHHH!
Chen Pingping went berserk, returning with gritted teeth. "Chen Shixian, don't push it too far!"
He was furious. In all his years of cultivation, he had never suffered such humiliation!
"Father of my child, what's wrong?" Chen Shixian asked with concern. "Are you hurt? Is it serious?"
"???"
What the hell is she talking about? Why that tone? That look? Wasn't she the one attacking just now?
For a moment, Chen Pingping was stunned, his mind a bit muddled; he felt that something was definitely off.
Holding back her laughter, Chen Shixian walked up briskly. This time, she didn't make a move, perhaps feeling she had gone too far. Leaning in, she whispered, "Shall we meet tonight?"
"What for?" Chen Pingping was wary.
"Want to meet or not?" She blinked, a hint of seduction in her tone. "It will be late at night, with no one around, just the two of us~"
In an instant, Chen Pingping's imagination conjured up *that* kind of scenario, and his nose began to bleed. Then, holding his head high, he said arrogantly, "No."
I have my dignity! I'm definitely not meeting her! I get it now. This girl is full of wicked schemes; I wonder who she learned them from.
"Go away, go away! I'm going to eat," Chen Pingping said impatiently.
"I'll wear a white dress, you know," Chen Shixian tempted gently, "a very, very thin one."