Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 181 - 181 178 Going to the Provincial Capital_1

181: Chapter 178 Going to the Provincial Capital_1 181: Chapter 178 Going to the Provincial Capital_1 Glancing around and noticing that there was no one else in the courtyard, Lu Chuan muttered, “It must be that shameless Su Ming, daring to steal the drink my sister-in-law made especially for me.

He’s really asking for a spanking.”

He didn’t dwell on it much, swiped the cup clean, and went back to his room to pour himself a glass of water to drink.

It wasn’t long before Mu Nanqing returned from outside, holding a box of tiny umbrellas in her hands.

“If I’m not mistaken, the effects of the drink Xiaochuan had should be kicking in soon.

I might as well go straight to his room.”

With a face full of nerves, shyness, excitement, and anticipation, she walked toward Lu Chuan’s room and knocked on the door.

“Come in.”

Mu Nanqing pushed the door open, closed it behind her, and unable to look directly at Lu Chuan, said with a blushing face, “Xiaochuan, do you remember me saying I wanted to tell you a secret…?”

Lu Chuan was sitting at the table.

Hearing what Mu Nanqing said, his eyes lit up, and he quickly responded, “Sister-in-law, I’ve been wanting to know what that secret is for a long time; you’re finally willing to tell me.”

Mu Nanqing was startled by Lu Chuan’s tone, then lifted her head and looked over.

Seeing that Lu Chuan appeared as if nothing was amiss, she was caught off guard.

“Xiaochuan, don’t you feel that something is off?”

Lu Chuan, puzzled, said, “Not at all.”

Mu Nanqing immediately panicked.

Wasn’t the Wound Healing Ointment mixed in water supposed to have the same effect as an aphrodisiac?

Why was Xiaochuan showing no reaction at all?

Could it be that he was resistant to it?

If he didn’t react at all, how was she going to break the ice with him?

She had a whole plan figured out in her head, but with this start, everything veered away from her script, leaving her clueless about what to do next.

“Sister-in-law, aren’t you going to tell me that secret?

Why have you stopped talking?” Lu Chuan asked, looking at Mu Nanqing with confusion.

Mu Nanqing, her face a picture of chaos, stammered, “I I I…

I just remembered I have something else to do; I’ll tell you later.”

After saying that, she quickly turned around, opened the door, and fled Lu Chuan’s room in a disheveled state.

Lu Chuan was baffled, not understanding what Mu Nanqing was up to.

“Sister-in-law wouldn’t be using that secret to motivate me because she’s afraid something might happen to me in the Provincial City, would she?”

“Indeed, sister-in-law is the one who treats me the best in this world,” he thought to himself.

“But next time, I must find out that secret she mentioned; I can’t let her keep my curiosity hanging like this.”

Having figured out Mu Nanqing’s unusual behavior, Lu Chuan felt a wave of gratitude and then sat cross-legged on the bed, entering a state of cultivation.

…

After leaving Lu Chuan’s room, Mu Nanqing was so embarrassed she couldn’t even bear to see anyone.

She couldn’t understand why Lu Chuan showed no reaction after drinking the mixture, throwing her whole plan into disarray.

“Sigh, it seems I won’t be able to break through that barrier today; I’ll just have to wait until Xiaochuan comes back,” she thought despondently.

Feeling somewhat dejected, she headed back to her room and saw that Suzumiya Ichikazu was already lying in bed.

The little girl was lying on her side, back to Mu Nanqing, with her legs wrapped around the blanket, her breathing somewhat labored.

“Let’s not think about this for now; it’s better to go to bed early,” she decided.

Mu Nanqing walked to the bed, took off her clothes, put on her pajamas, lay down, and turned off the light.

No sooner had she lain down than Suzumiya Ichikazu rolled over and hugged her.

“Sister Nanqing, I feel so hot…”

Mu Nanqing was startled; she felt the warmth from Suzumiya Ichikazu’s breath and quickly extended her hand to feel the girl’s body, which was burning up.

“Ichikazu, what’s wrong with you?

Do you have a fever?”

Suzumiya Ichikazu’s voice was soft as she said, “I…

I don’t know.

After I drank the drink you prepared for me, I became like this.

Sister Nanqing, why do I feel so weak and want someone to be close to…”

Mu Nanqing’s eyes widened, “The drink…

You drank it?”

Suzumiya Ichikazu replied, “Yeah, wasn’t that what Sister Nanqing prepared for me?”

Mu Nanqing suddenly felt her head spin, realizing that Lu Chuan hadn’t reacted because he hadn’t drunk the mixture at all; it was Suzumiya Ichikazu who had consumed it.

This just complicated things!

“Ichikazu, that drink…

oh my, what are you feeling right now?”

Suzumiya Ichikazu, still hugging Mu Nanqing, rubbed against her and said, “I…

I feel a bit restless.”

Just as Mu Nanqing was about to speak up, she felt a scorching hand slide under her clothes, and her body tensed up.

“Ichikazu, stop touching, you…

oh my!”

Suzumiya Ichikazu let out a cheeky laugh and said, “Sister, let’s sleep together tonight…”

…

The next morning.

Lu Chuan, with his luggage ready, called Mu Nanqing, Su Ming, Suzumiya Ichikazu, and Zhou Siming together.

“Achoo!”

“Achoo!”

Mu Nanqing and Suzumiya Ichikazu sneezed at the same time.

Lu Chuan looked at them curiously, noticing they both didn’t seem to be in great shape, as if they had colds.

He asked, “Sister-in-law, what’s up with you two?

Didn’t sleep well last night?”

With a guilty face and evasive eyes, Mu Nanqing said, “No… It’s nothing; Ichikazu kicked off her blanket last night and caught a cold.”

Suzumiya Ichikazu blushed inexplicably and nodded along, “Mhm…”

The two women exchanged glances, their faces flushed with shame, and quickly turned away as if they couldn’t bear to look at each other.

After discovering Suzumiya Ichikazu had drunk the mixture the night before, Mu Nanqing was in a panic, clueless about what to do.

Suzumiya Ichikazu insisted on doing that sort of thing with her, driving her nearly to the verge of collapse.

It was only later that she remembered Lu Chuan had once mentioned that one could relieve the effect of mistakenly ingested Wound Healing Ointment by taking a cool shower, so she quickly took Suzumiya Ichikazu to the bathroom to shower in cold water.

For almost an hour, the two women, one adult and one child, struggled in the bathroom before they finally managed to suppress the Evil Fire within Suzumiya Ichikazu’s body.

Mu Nanqing thought of the words Suzumiya Ichikazu had said to her when the effects of the medicine had taken hold, and she felt so ashamed that she didn’t know how to confront the girl anymore.

Meanwhile, Suzumiya Ichikazu wondered whether Mu Nanqing had given her that substance because she had some feelings for her, and she also didn’t know how to face her sister anymore.

Both of them spent the night in silence, neither able to sleep, and both caught colds from the cool shower.

Without much thought, Lu Chuan quickly gave a few instructions to several people and then handed the Array Plate of the Five Phases Divine Thunder Array Formation to Mu Nanqing, telling her to use it to protect herself in case of emergency.

He also gave each of them five life-saving talismans to prevent any accidents from happening.

After everything was arranged, Lu Chuan left the Hanging Gourd Medical Hall, hailed a cab, and went to the train station.

The distance from Cloud City to the Provincial City wasn’t far, and there was a direct train.

Lu Chuan also indulged himself this time by purchasing a high-speed train ticket.

He arrived at the train station, went through ticket check, and boarded the high-speed train bound for the Provincial City.

At the same time.

Xu family of the Provincial City.

In the living room, Xu Yuan had just finished scolding Xu Shaoming.

Xu Shaoming stood in front of Xu Yuan with a restrained face, head down, not daring to so much as breathe heavily.

“Dad, you’ve been scolding me for so long now, you should have cooled off.

When I went to other places to steal things and bully people, I didn’t see you criticize me.

It’s just because of that Lu Chuan who can concoct Black Dragon Pills, isn’t it?

Since you need the Black Dragon Pill, we might as well capture Lu Chuan and that old man and force them to make it for us,” Xu Shaoming said with a sense of grievance.

He had originally thought that Zhou Siming was the one capable of making the Black Dragon Pill, so he didn’t consider Lu Chuan and even wanted Xu Yuan to send someone to deal with Lu Chuan.

However, after Xu Yuan sent someone to investigate, he found out that it was Lu Chuan who was the core figure of the Hanging Gourd Medical Hall, and it was highly likely that Zhou Siming was just an employee, and that the method of concocting the Black Dragon Pill was probably taught by Lu Chuan, so Xu Yuan scolded Xu Shaoming yet again.

“Idiot!” Xu Yuan snorted coldly, “Can’t you use your brain?

If we capture them and force them to concoct the pills, but they harbor resentment, what if they poison the elixir pill?”

Xu Shaoming said, “Then I’ll go apologize to him, beg his forgiveness, and give him those thirty hundred-year medicinal herbs, asking him to become a guest alchemist for our Xu family.

That would be fine, right?”

Xu Yuan curled his lip, saying, “Since when has the Xu family fallen so low as to beg someone like that?”

Xu Shaoming had a speechless look on his face, saying, “This isn’t okay, that isn’t okay—in that case, Dad, you might as well just kill me.”

Xu Yuan shot him a glare and said, “We don’t need to beg him or to capture him.

I’ve talked to the female immortal about the Black Dragon Pill, and she is very interested.

She has ways that reach the heavens and the ability to turn someone into her slave.

She will take action and turn Lu Chuan into her slave, making him an alchemy tool for our Xu family.”

Xu Shaoming’s eyes lit up, “The female immortal is going to take action herself?

Then this Black Dragon Pill must really be extraordinary.”

Xu Yuan glanced at him and said, “Of course, I told you to come back because I was afraid you would spoil the female immortal’s big plans.”

Xu Shaoming chuckled and said, “You could’ve just told me earlier, and I wouldn’t dare mess with the female immortal’s business.”

Xu Yuan said indifferently, “If I’d told you earlier, what reason would I have had to scold you?”

Xu Shaoming’s expression froze.

At this moment, a person ran over.

“Family Head, we just got news that Lu Chuan has boarded the high-speed train to the Provincial City.”

Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment, “Lu Chuan has actually come to the Provincial City on his own initiative?”

Xu Shaoming’s eyes lit up and he said, “Dad, this is great news, now we won’t have to go looking for him in that broken place, Cloud City.”

After pondering for a moment, Xu Yuan said, “Quick, get the car ready, I need to go see the female immortal!”

…

On the high-speed train.

Lu Chuan was worrying about the unrest of his dragon’s yang power within him.

“With my current condition of disrupted internal energy, it probably won’t be long before I lose control.

It’s such a headache, now I have to find a way to save my life again.”

“Seeking Han Qingci doesn’t seem too realistic.

Although she is my fiancée, no one would be foolish enough to get involved with someone they’ve just met.”

“However, the Provincial City is a big city, there should be plenty of improper massage places.

If it comes to it, I’ll have to seek out such a place since it’s a matter of life and death, and I can’t worry too much about it.”

“That being said, I should be able to find a very high-end one in the Provincial City, so I don’t have to worry about health and hygiene issues…”

About an hour later, the train arrived at the Provincial City.

After leaving the train station, Lu Chuan, upon seeing the prosperity of the city, couldn’t help but feel that compared to it, Cloud City was indeed just a small place.

He did not delay, immediately taking a taxi to the Han family.

On the way, the driver told Lu Chuan that Miss Han of the Han family was a cold beauty, very aloof, rejecting people from a thousand miles away, obviously very difficult to get along with, but her face was indeed beautiful, and her skin was white and tender, though a bit too thin.

Lu Chuan was not interested in what Miss Han was like, he only wanted to get his hands on the Han family’s Dragon Soul Jade.

Soon, Lu Chuan arrived at the front gate of the Han Family Mansion.

He told the security guard at the door that he wanted to see Han Qingci.

The security guard didn’t let him in, but instead took him to the entrance of a nearby lottery ticket outlet not far away and pointed inside at a silhouette vigorously scratching off lottery tickets, saying, “That is our young miss.”

Lu Chuan was dumbfounded.

He saw that Han Qingci had already stacked a pile of scratched lottery tickets in front of her, at least three to four hundred, and she seemed to be frowning due to losing money, still fervently scratching the tickets in hopes of winning back her losses.

This image was nothing like the cold beauty described by the taxi driver!

Lu Chuan walked up to Han Qingci, while a crowd of people watched her scratch off tickets.

“I’ll scratch off one last ticket, and if it doesn’t win, I’m going home,” Han Qingci muttered to herself.

The owner of the lottery shop seriously laid out the last six scratch-off tickets on the table and said, “Miss Han, please choose one.”

Biting her finger, Han Qingci looked at the six scratch-off tickets and finally pointed to the one in the middle, saying, “Let’s go with this one.”

At this moment, Lu Chuan laughed and said, “Miss Han, if I were you, I would choose the one in the top left corner.

It might just win back all the money you’ve lost today.”