True Solution of the Sword Dao
Chapter 437 - 402: Sudden Change I

Chapter 437: Chapter 402: Sudden Change I

In a street in the Kyoto City District.

Xu Ke leaned wearily in her seat, her entire body slowly relaxing from an intense tension she had just experienced. During the past half hour, her nerves had been tested like never before.

She breathed slowly and deeply, again and again, until her chest began to calm somewhat, but her heart was still audibly pounding hard.

"I..." she swallowed, "I can’t believe... I’m still alive..." her face was ashen.

"Was that fast?" Lin Fei asked slowly as he drove. An unspoken thought of his was that the speed wasn’t even as fast as his jogging.

Xu Ke gave him a look.

"I was nearly scared to death; you tell me if that’s fast!"

"Well..."

"I didn’t come to Kyoto to suffer; I came to relax!" Xu Ke said helplessly, "You nearly killed me..."

No sooner had she spoken these words, her face reddened slightly.

Both sensed the unintended innuendo. Lin Fei, though, was thick-skinned and kept a straight face—something he was really good at.

But Xu Ke, lacking such experience, blushed immediately. She snuck a look at Lin Fei and, seeing he hadn’t noticed, breathed a sigh of relief.

The car drifted gently through the traffic.

For a time, neither of them spoke.

At a crossroads, they caught a red light and the car stopped slowly.

The dense stream of pedestrians briskly crossed in front of the vehicle.

"You seem upset. What happened? Can you talk about it?" Lin Fei asked softly

Xu Ke stared blankly at the flowing people in front of her car. After a silence, she slowly said,

"It’s nothing. Just feeling a bit upset, so I thought I’d come out to clear my mind." She clearly didn’t want to talk about it.

Lin Fei glanced at her but didn’t press.

"By the way, how do you find the school?"

"It’s okay. Not as good as Yan Capital University, but the environment is really nice. There are a lot of beauties in our school—want me to introduce you to a few?"

"Forget it, I neither have the time nor the energy. But have you found a boyfriend? College romances are still relatively pure; you might not get another chance later." Lin Fei said offhandedly.

"Not yet, but it’s true that someone is pursuing me—I’m still thinking about it." Xu Ke laughed, "Do you feel a sense of crisis?"

Lin Fei sighed and remained silent.

Xu Ke turned and glanced at him.

"How come you’re getting more and more beautiful? I’ve been meaning to ask. With your looks, not many women would feel confident enough to marry you."

"I was born this way; there’s nothing I can do about it."

Lin Fei was speaking the truth. Whether it was True Force or demonic power, cultivation to high levels significantly enhanced one’s appearance and physique, much like Yuan Yicheng, Xie Shishi, Ye Yuhua, and Ning Que, the Star Lord. None of them were unattractive—all were exceptionally handsome or beautiful.

It was actually a thorough genetic optimization and improvement.

"What kind of girl are you looking for in the future?" Xu Ke asked casually. "What kind of girls do you like?"

"What I like?" Images of his ex-girlfriend from his previous life, regrettably now a blurred memory, flashed through Lin Fei’s mind. Then came images of the girls around him—Zhao Yuqing, Lin You’s friends, Xu Ruoruo from the Swordsmanship Club, Xie Shishi, Ye Yuhua, and so on, each flashing quickly through his thoughts.

"They’re all more or less the same." He suddenly felt a sense of loss. He would ultimately never walk the path of ordinary people. No one could ultimately stay by his side...

Xu Ke turned to look out the car window.

"Some of my classmates are already married. When we chatted on QQ, suddenly hearing this news made me feel like I’ve grown up a lot all at once."

"Really?"

The red light had passed, and Lin Fei slowly started the car, moving forward.

Xu Ke continued, "I have a cousin who’s only two years older than me, and now his son is over a year old. The last time I visited them, the feeling was really strange."

"That’s normal." Lin Fei said softly. "If nothing unusual happens, that’s generally what normal life looks like."

"Yeah." Xu Ke took a deep breath, "Graduate, go to middle school, progress to high school, enter university, and then after graduating from university, find a good job, meet a decent guy, and get married. Then, just quietly go to work and take care of the kids. Do you remember the girl you saved back then?"

Lin Fei recalled. "You mean Xie Shishi? What about her?"

Xu Ke said calmly, "After transferring schools, she had to drop out because of family issues, and she’s now married to a wealthy fat man. The last time I saw her, she had gained a lot of weight; I almost didn’t recognize her except she called out to me."

Lin Fei was also surprised; he hadn’t expected that the delicate girl from back then had come to this point.

Afterwards, the two of them didn’t speak, just remained silent.

Lin Fei turned on the car’s audio system, randomly selecting an MP3 track, which turned out to be the piano piece "Wedding in a Dream."

To the soothing piano music, the car reached Yan Capital University as dusk was about to fall.

Lin Fei took Xu Ke to a small restaurant outside campus for a meal, then settled her into a hotel nearby.

Over the next day, aside from his morning cultivation and his classes, Lin Fei spent his time wandering the campus with Xu Ke, or shopping in the surrounding districts. It was fortunate that Shuang’er and Zhao Yuqing did not come. He had informed them in advance that he was hosting a friend.

Neither of them came over to disturb him.