Was it you that night?
Chapter 247 - 245: If you can talk, say more, this lord loves to listen!

Chapter 247: Chapter 245: If you can talk, say more, this lord loves to listen!

As soon as Dongfang Wuya’s voice trailed off, Shen Qinghe’s figure was no longer visible at the entrance.

Shen Qinghe paced back and forth in the courtyard, already anticipating the reactions of others once they found out that Dongfang Wuya was sleeping in the Simple Residence Courtyard.

She should have firmly and sternly asked Dongfang Wuya to leave, but the thought of how, even half a year ago when they were disagreeing so unpleasantly, Dongfang Wuya still followed her to the Black River Secret Realm, silently protecting her from the shadows.

If not for his timely reminder, she might have been trapped inside the secret realm until its next opening.

How could she possibly utter harsh words to a man who had been so good to her?

In the end, she did nothing and obediently stayed in the courtyard, quietly copying the content of the "Ancient Divine Mantra".

Curiously, as she copied the Divine Art, she felt as though she was cultivating, with spiritual energy bursting within her, entering a state of self-forgetfulness.

When Shen Zhiyao came out at dawn, she saw Qinghe’s body floating in mid-air. The girl’s long hair fluttering, her expression serene and holy, she looked like an immortal descending from heaven...

"Qinghe?" Shen Zhiyao called out uncertainly, suddenly feeling that the sister before her seemed a bit unfamiliar.

Shen Qinghe opened her eyes and only then realized she was in mid-air, with no magical treasure beneath her feet, and momentarily panicked.

She fell from the sky, and Shen Zhiyao hurried forward to catch her.

"Are you silly?" Shen Zhiyao touched her sister’s face, saying in annoyance.

Shen Qinghe noticed something off about Shen Zhiyao’s expression, "Elder sister, are you troubled by something?"

"I feel like you’ve changed since returning from your trials, as if you have entered another realm. Just now, I even wondered if you were about to ascend," Shen Zhiyao said with a forced smile.

If one day Qinghe really ascended, would she never see this girl again? By then, she would be in the Cultivator World while Qinghe would be in the Heaven Realm, worlds apart.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qinghe laughed, "Elder sister is thinking too much. I am but a cultivator in the Emergence Stage, far from ascension. Oh, I have several Secret Manuals here. I will copy them for you to see when I’m done. I finished copying the ’Ancient Divine Mantra’ last night and now I’m starting on the other three Secret Manuals."

She then named the remaining three Secret Manuals, and Shen Zhiyao immediately took a liking to the "Heaven and Earth Heart Scripture," saying it suited her taste.

Shen Qinghe immediately busied herself, feeling that copying by herself was too slow, she tried to create an avatar, her first attempt and surprisingly it was effortless.

She found it interesting and tried to create another avatar, and again, she succeeded.

Thus, she managed to produce twenty avatars to help her with the copying.

Shen Zhiyao watched agape; swallowing hard, she felt that her sister was now amazing, almost like an immortal.

When she shared her thoughts, Shen Qinghe only thought she was joking, not taking her seriously at all.

With the help of the avatars, the "Heaven and Earth Heart Scripture" was copied in less than an hour and handed over to Shen Zhiyao.

Shen Zhiyao treasured it like a precious find and didn’t have time to banter with Shen Qinghe, taking the Secret Manual to cultivate on her own.

Shen Qinghe took the "Ancient Divine Mantra" into her own bedroom and handed it to Dongfang Wuya.

Dongfang Wuya refused to even glance at it, "This lord is too lazy to move; you recite it for me."

Shen Qinghe glared at Dongfang Wuya, who lazily looked back at her, "Was it not you who pleaded with this lord to cultivate?"

Since his birth, he had never needed to cultivate; if it weren’t for the gift she gave, he wouldn’t even bother looking at any Secret Manual.

Shen Qinghe was so exasperated she almost laughed: "Are you cultivating, or am I? Can you be any lazier? Do you need me to feed the Secret Manual to your mouth before you’ll swallow it?"

After she vented in one breath, she saw Dongfang Wuya looking at her with a burning gaze: "Talk more if you can, I love listening!"

He felt that she considered him one of her own and used such an intimate tone, full of tough love, to scold him, which he found quite satisfying.

Shen Qinghe glared at Dongfang Wuya as if looking at a monster, but Dongfang Wuya found her round-eyed expression quite appealing, so he naturally stepped forward and kissed her on the lips.

Shen Qinghe had not expected such a sudden move from him and was petrified on the spot, dumbfounded.

Seizing the opportunity, Dongfang Wuya tried to kiss her again, which frightened Shen Qinghe into hastily retreating several steps.

Seeing her dodge, Dongfang Wuya didn’t continue his advance. After all, there was plenty of time in the future—where could she possibly escape to?

"Weren’t you supposed to give me the Secret Manual? Read it to me properly," said Dongfang Wuya, leaning back on his pillows, staring straight at Shen Qinghe.

Shen Qinghe really wanted to slap the Secret Manual into Dongfang Wuya’s face, but then she thought about his status and how he had been suffocatingly cooped up in the Sky Pole Sect all these years. She also considered how well he had treated her...

Forget it, he was capricious, and she couldn’t be petty with him.

In the end, she still took out the Secret Manual and read it out word by word.

Dongfang Wuya hadn’t been listening seriously from the start, his eyes fixed on Shen Qinghe’s lips, unable to look away.

This time Shen Qinghe didn’t bother arguing with him and simply turned her back, continuing to read.

Strangely, reading the content of these Secret Manuals seemed to benefit her cultivation. Maybe her body had formed a memory of it, as she found herself unconsciously practicing according to the Secret Manual.

Dongfang Wuya watched Shen Qinghe’s figure from behind, his gaze falling on the curve of her waist and hips, finding her more and more charming, so much so that he wanted to bite her...

"If you don’t want to learn, then I’ll stop reading." Shen Qinghe suddenly turned around to look at Dongfang Wuya, her expression cold, "After such difficulty finding a Secret Manual that might suit you, don’t you want to see if it’s useful for you? Don’t you want to seek revenge on Shangxuan Yue? He might be in Heaven Realm, and if you can’t awaken your abilities, you may never be able to take your revenge!"

Under Shen Qinghe’s gaze, Dongfang Wuya finally lowered his proud head: "Fine, I’ll give it a try, although I don’t think it will be of any use."

He had seen other so-called Ancient Divine Mantras, quite a few of them, but none could awaken the Divine Power within him. That’s why seeing the Secret Manual Shen Qinghe brought, he didn’t hold much hope.

Seeing Dongfang Wuya finally get serious, Shen Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, she read the Secret Manual earnestly, and Dongfang Wuya practiced according to its content.

At first, Dongfang Wuya felt it was the same as the other Secret Manuals, but as time passed, he began to sense subtle changes.

And these subtle changes caused all the buildings in the entire Sky Pole Sect to float in mid-air...

No one knew what happened, and they ran out one after another to see what was going on.

Zuo An had lived for over a thousand years as a Cultivator, but even he had never seen such a fantastical sight.

Every building in Sky Pole Sect was suspended in mid-air, save for the Simple Residence Courtyard, which remained peacefully in place, the houses unmoved.