Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 632 - 406 Tick-Tock

Chapter 632: Chapter 406 Tick-Tock

"Drip-drip..."

Stalactites dripped down, splashing water in the dim underground, slightly cool and somewhat gloomy.

The alternation of hot and cold from nearing death made Xu Yuan want to grasp at anything he could, but everything around him seemed so out of reach.

The familiar darkness, the familiar chill made Xu Yuan feel like he had returned to that initial cave.

But perhaps it was because of that past experience, that even as chaos and dizziness constantly eroded his consciousness, Xu Yuan felt he still maintained a certain level of cognitive ability, able to hear the dripping water by his side.

As everyone knows, a person who has become demented wouldn’t be so rational, and one wouldn’t hear the ’drip-drip’ of falling water after death.

That is to say, in the gamble with Tian Ye, Tianyan had already helped him win...

The Life-Death Lock was a secret technique that dealt five hundred to the enemy and a thousand to oneself.

Unless one committed suicide, even tearing one’s own foundational will-spirit would not cause a backlash effect to Tian Ye that was equivalent to his own injuries.

Tianyan was indeed the divine teammate he’d appointed; she had actually been able to react in such a short amount of time.

And fortunately, she had reacted.

The chaotic spread of his thoughts continued to expand, and his consciousness gradually cleared from its initial haze.

But Xu Yuan quickly realized that in this boundless darkness, being lucid was not a good thing.

It felt like torture to maintain clarity in the timeless darkness.

Unable to move, unable to speak, even unable to twitch.

You don’t know how much time has passed in the outside world, nor do you know how long you will stay in this darkness, and even less do you know what you will face when you wake up again.

If possible, he would rather lose consciousness and then, the moment he opened his eyes again, see the Washboard Saintess giving him a knee pillow and casting a disdainful glance at him from above.

But thankfully, in the void-like environment, there was the constant dripping sound for self-consolation; regrettably, this sole sound gradually became part of the torture as time unknown to him passed by.

"Drip-drip..."

"Drip-drip..."

"Drip-drip..."

After an indeterminate amount of time, when Xu Yuan had become numb,

another drop of stalactite fell, splashing droplets of water and at the same time, some other sounds made their way into his ears...

"...Finally can’t help but ask, huh..."

"Drip-drip..."

"...If you’re willing to betray, you should be prepared for death..."

"Drip-drip..."

"...Overestimating oneself, defying the heavens..."

"Drip-drip..."

"...Since I am Heaven, if he does not die, who does?"

"..."

"..."

The faint voice got closer and closer, from intermittently unclear to gradually being able to identify the owner of the voice.

Tian Ye...

It wasn’t Tianyan, but Tian Ye.

Upon this realization, Xu Yuan’s numb consciousness instantly snapped to alertness.

Why was it Tian Ye?

Under normal circumstances, Tian Ye was no match for Tianyan, especially since Tian Ye had been struck in the heart by him and then suffered severe injuries from his self-destruct through the Life-Death Lock.

In such a situation, even if Tianyan was also not at her peak, there should have been no chance for a reversal.

No way...

He couldn’t be waking up to find that Tianyan had been cut in half after Tian Ye somehow hacked a new skill...

"Drip-drip..."

Another drop of stalactite fell, interrupting Xu Yuan’s chaotic thoughts.

And with this drop of stalactite, Xu Yuan realized his senses were flowing back into his body like water returning to its channel.

The moment his five senses fully returned, Xu Yuan went numb all over.

The tearing pain from deep within his will-spirit nearly made him faint again from the agony; the harder the initial blow, the greater the current pain.

Barely adjusting for a few moments, when Xu Yuan’s heavy eyelids arduously opened, the sight that met his eyes made him slightly relieved.

Although he didn’t get to enjoy the Saintess’s soft and warm knee pillow, at least he was intact, not mysteriously cut in half as he had feared.

Tianyan sat quietly to one side, with her eyes closed, seemingly cultivating.

In front of her, a sealed furnace stood, waves of fragrance emanating from it.

Withdrawing his gaze and surveying the surroundings, what he saw was a dark cavern, filled with thick mist, the ground very wet, coated with a thin layer of an unknown liquid.

It was viscous, yet touching it gave a refreshingly cool feeling to the heart.

Lying back on this layer of liquid even seemed to soothe some of the tearing feeling in his Sea of Consciousness.

"Drip-drip..."

As he pondered, another drop of stalactite cut through the mist and fell, landing right on Xu Yuan’s forehead with a ’plop’, dispersing into mist and bringing a cool sensation that seemed to penetrate his Sea of Consciousness...

"Awake?"

A crisp voice suddenly came, and Xu Yuan turned to look only to see her already opening her eyes, her golden pupils shining a dazzling light in the darkness.

"Yeah, awake..."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan realized his voice was as raspy as a saw cutting through old tree bark.

"How do you feel?" Tianyan slowly stood up from the ground, her steps causing ripples as her feet touched the water, her voice carrying a hint of pity, "Does the tearing of the will-spirit hurt?"

Looking at the approaching girl, Xu Yuan, lying on the ground, grinned:

"It does hurt a little... what are you doing?!"

As he spoke, Xu Yuan’s pupils contracted; he saw the girl in front of him lift her foot.

Then,

Bang!

She stomped on Xu Yuan’s lower abdomen, right where his Dantian was.

Even though she wasn’t wearing shoes, it might as well as have been.

The fading sense of tearing in his will-spirit instantly swept through his body again.

"How about now?"

Tianyan’s words were icy cold, her gaze devoid of any emotion as she looked down from her superior position, "Does it still hurt?"

"....."

After a long silence, Xu Yuan clenched his teeth, his cheeks twitching, and forced out a sentence through his teeth:

"Are you... are you fucking sick?!"

Bang!

The girl applied a bit more force with the tip of her foot on his abdomen, causing Xu Yuan to grimace in pain.

This Washboard Saintess wasn’t content with just stepping on him; she had to use Origin Qi too!

After a few painful moments, Xu Yuan stopped talking and just bit down hard, holding her gaze without giving an inch, though he managed to refrain from cursing.

Because he couldn’t beat her, he had to endure from the heart.

They locked eyes for several moments, and Tianyan, still with her superior air, unconsciously bit her lip corner.

"Drip... Drip...."

Another droplet of stalactite water fell.

Under the man’s fiery gaze, the girl was the first to look away, retracting her foot, but her voice remained as cold as snow,

"Knowing it hurts, why would you still do something like that?"

"None of your fucking business," Xu Yuan replied sarcastically, "Keep hitting me then, you crazy person."

"....." Tianyan was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath, "Xu Yuan, I don’t want to argue with you right now."

"Argue? Kicking is still considered arguing?"

Xu Yuan’s lips curled up slightly as he continued sarcastically, "It was so hard to wake up, only to be greeted straight away with a kick that almost sent me back. Tianyan, don’t unleash your foul temper on me here. I’m badly hurt yet I did it to save someone... Oh no, now it’s repaying kindness with ingratitude."

He, of course, knew the Washboard Saintess was angry.

Angry because of his reckless action.

But was this a matter of recklessness? It was about not being reckless and everyone ending up finished together.

He was risking his life on this side, and she couldn’t even speak kindly out of anger?!

Seven years and still can’t be trained, huh?

Lost in his thoughts, Xu Yuan suddenly realized that the petite frame of the girl before him was trembling slightly.

Tsk... did he speak too harshly?

Tianyan glared at him, her lips also curving into a cold smile as she said coldly,

"Wait until you’re at full strength? Someone who relies on Jing He’s cultivation to reach the Iron Body Realm, what ability do you think you’re displaying?!"

Xu Yuan’s eyes twitched, and he chuckled,

"I don’t know about displaying ability, but I can at least handle you, Saintess."

A dangerous glint appeared in Tianyan’s golden eyes,

"Fine, give it a try. I won’t hold back this time."

"Suit yourself, half a month is almost up, isn’t it? I really want to see how you deal with that Charm Poison."

"Hmph...." Tianyan let out a laugh of anger, "Xu Yuan, those are the only low and despicable tricks you know."

"Despicable is the impotent barking of the mediocre."

"I’m mediocre? I who stepped into the Primordial at the age of twenty-one am mediocre, then what are you, Xu Yuan?!"

"You don’t think cultivation is everything, do you?"

Though his body lay on the ground, there was a look of contempt in Xu Yuan’s eyes as if he was looking at an idiot, "If it weren’t for me, with just your intelligence, Saintess, surviving a year in this Illusionary Realm would already have your ancestors’ graves smoking. Ah, I almost forgot, in this Illusionary Realm it seems like it’s your own ancestral tomb trying to kill you, tsk tsk...."

"Xu Yuan! Have you said enough?!"

"What, are you getting impatient? Just look at your intelligence, tsk tsk...."

"....."

After speaking, there was silence for a moment.

Tianyan clenched her fists tightly, looking away, her voice softened a bit, "Xu Yuan, can’t you speak nicely for once?"

"Me, speak nicely?"

Xu Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, "Come on, Tianyan, tell me, who the fuck was it that started kicking people the moment she arrived?"

Tianyan’s delicate body shook as if it had reached its limit, her voice trembling as well,

"This.. isn’t it because of what you did?"

"What did I do?

"Ah, so you were worried about me? Your concern sure is unconventional, Saintess. My body can’t take it right now."

Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow, teasingly said, "Tianyan, our parents gave us a mouth to speak and communicate, not to..."

Boom!!!

The conversation abruptly halted, interrupted by a tremor in the cave.

The tremor’s origin was the girl’s fist, poised in front of Xu Yuan’s forehead, with cracks spreading out like a spider’s web from behind him on the ground, reaching the end of the cave.

The air fell silent for an instant, and Xu Yuan coughed slightly,

"Cough, actually...."

"Say another word, I dare you."

Xu Yuan shut up.

Tianyan slowly withdrew her fist, silently turned around, barefooted and stepping through the liquid on the ground, and sat down without a word where she had stood up before.

Xu Yuan continued to lie there in silence, using the unknown Spiritual Liquid to repair his torn Will-spirit.

Quiet again enveloped the two, only the seemingly eternal sound of dripping stalactites remained in the background.

"Drip... Drip..."

"Drip... Drip..."

After an indeterminate amount of time,

"That...."

Her voice suddenly sounded, still clear as a bell.

Xu Yuan opened his eyes and glanced sideways.

In the darkness,

Tianyan clenched the hem of her robe tightly, her voice barely above a whisper,

"I was wrong about that... don’t be angry."