Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 733 - 457 Ambiguity

Chapter 733: Chapter 457 Ambiguity

A bit of progress, but not much.

However, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

You must know that although Old Man Jiang He has always been covertly transforming the civilian technologies developed by my fourth sister into military applications, all this had been done without her knowledge. She had never been involved in the development of large-scale lethal formations or devices.

Now that my fourth sister is willing to help create lethal formations, even if it’s just this once, I’m quite satisfied already.

After all,

once there’s a first time for something, there will be a second, and a third.

Looking at my fourth sister in front of me, who let me pinch her cheeks at will, I withdrew my hand with a smile and asked softly,

"Did you rush back just to make sure I was awake?"

"Mhm."

Xu Xinyao lifted her fair hand and gently brushed the cheek that had just been pinched, nodding lightly, her voice warm and gentle, "Although Lou Ji, that Senior Luo, and I managed to stabilize your physical condition, we haven’t found any way to awaken your consciousness..."

At this point,

Xu Xinyao paused slightly, her eyes like clear water showing a hint of inquiry, "How did you wake up... what happened?"

I had readied my answer to this question the moment I woke up and stepped out of my room.

Waking up so suddenly in that state, my father’s meticulous mind would inevitably be suspicious.

But unfortunately, my dad never asked.

He continued to choose respect and trust in his offspring as he always had.

Now that my fourth sister brought it up, it didn’t seem like I intended to hide anything. Looking up towards a direction in the sky, the corners of my lips held a hint of a smile,

"I guess I was saved by an old acquaintance."

"An old acquaintance?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xinyao involuntarily glanced towards the study where my father was, the direction where Old Man Luo and Uncle had been staying these past days.

Caught off guard by her words, I explained,

"She’s not actually human. She was previously residing within that Willow Ghost Blade and during the recent incident, she merged with me."

"....."

Xu Xinyao blinked, her expression a bit bewildered.

She had encountered that peculiar blade while trying to develop the antidote for me, and had used all sorts of means to probe into my will-spirit, but she had never detected the existence of another will-spirit within me.

Was I lying...

Or had their joint consultation failed to discover it?

After a moment of silence, Xu Xinyao’s voice carried a trace of hesitation,

"Brother... do you want to visit the Geometry Institute?"

Although I was awake now, it would be best to undergo a thorough examination.

I felt a bit taken aback, letting out a small laugh,

"Are you worried that my body might have hidden dangers?"

Xu Xinyao nodded slightly, explaining in a soft voice,

"If someone else’s will-spirit remains in the Sea of Consciousness, I fear you might be in constant danger of possession..."

"That’s not something to worry about."

I raised my hand to interrupt my fourth sister’s words, speaking quite nonchalantly, "It was just a wisp of her original will-spirit, and it has already completely dissipated."

Hearing this, Xu Xinyao felt an inexplicable sense of urgency in her heart.

Because of the nearly month-long efforts to save me, she was very aware of how terrible my physical condition was.

But seeing the unconcerned expression on my face, Xu Xinyao could only suppress her emotions and asked softly,

"Brother, do you... trust your ’old acquaintance’ a lot?"

"...."

Hearing this question, Xu Yuan unconsciously thought of that demoness Tian Ye who constantly called him "big brother Changtian," and without much thought, he casually replied:

"Emotionally, I don’t want to trust that woman, but how should I put it, she’s also considered a sworn sister I recognize.

"Moreover,

"Although I can’t remember now, there must have been love between us, so she should be trustworthy..."

As the words fell, the corners of Xu Yuan’s lips unconsciously curled into a smile.

He realized that the sworn sisters he recognized were all older than him, one after the other.

The mention of Luo Xiran as a sworn sister went without saying, with her and Old Man Luo being siblings, and that demoness Tian Ye was almost ancient enough to be a living fossil.

With his thoughts ceasing, Xu Yuan suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the fourth sister in front of him, only to discover that Xu Xinyao’s fair face had turned a peculiar shade of red, and her eyes unconsciously averted his own.

Confusion flickered through his eyes, followed immediately by a moment of fixation.

He suddenly realized the ambiguity in his own words.

Dammit,

He’d almost forgotten that the fourth sister in front of him also wasn’t his blood-related sibling.

To say such ambiguous words in front of her, coupled with that ambiguous smile at the corner of his lips....

Hiss.

For a moment, an eerie silence fell over the courtyard outside the study.

In the silence, a sense of panic gradually arose in Xu Yuan’s heart.

Because he noticed that the face of the fourth sister in front of him was becoming redder and redder.

Dammit, what’s causing you, Xu Xinyao, to blush like that?

Our father is in the study, and Xu Changge is in the neighboring courtyard. With their levels of cultivation, they most likely heard what I just said, and if they misunderstood, it would mean more than me just facing a beating.

Without showing any unusual expression, Xu Yuan raised his hand and gently stroked the fourth sister’s soft hair, asking somewhat oddly:

"Eh? Xinyao, why has your face suddenly turned so red?"

"...."

After a moment of silence, Xu Xinyao forced herself to look into Xu Yuan’s eyes, her voice quivering slightly, "Xi...Xinyao just feels it’s not good for third brother to do something like this."

"...." Xu Yuan.

Upon hearing her words, everything went dark before Xu Yuan’s eyes.

The more convoluted the conversation got, the more he felt like he was half a step into hell’s gates.

Xu Xinyao seemed to realize this too, as the blush spread to her ears, her voice maintaining steadiness as she added:

"Sister Qingmo... she probably wouldn’t accept seeing third brother with other beauties."

It circled back around.

Xu Yuan let out a sigh of relief in his heart and gently shook his head:

"Ran Qingmo, huh... Everything will straighten out when we get to it. There are always more solutions than problems. Besides, she knows there are other beauties around me."

Speaking of this,

Xu Yuan took the opportunity to shift the subject back to serious matters:

"But if you’re really worried about my health, Xinyao, I suppose I could make a trip to the Geometry Institute, as I do have something to ask you about."

"..."

Xu Xinyao didn’t understand why her cheeks would heat up inexplicably after hearing her third brother’s words, nor did she know why her calm emotions had become so chaotic.

After all, the third brother had always been such a rake...

Several breaths of silence later, she pushed down the turmoil in her heart, lifted her eyes, and softly replied:

"Mhm, go ahead, third brother."

Xu Yuan casually pointed toward his own courtyard and began walking in that direction while casually saying:

"There’s something wrong with my body... cough, an issue with my cultivation. Because of this incident, it seems I can no longer absorb and exhale the Origin Qi of heaven and earth....."