Chapter 182: Another one addicted
"Xuanyin, I also want to ask you something, and you have to answer honestly," Yun Wuji said as he stood up and began to slowly put on his clothes. Once dressed, he turned to Mu Xuanyin, his expression serious. "If it were someone other than me, would you still have done it?"
What he was referring to was obviously her earlier action of pushing him down. Her main motive had been to raise her cultivation, but as any normal man...no, as any human being, he couldn't help but wonder. Would she have done the same with someone else if it meant gaining power?
Yun Wuji knew he was being petty, maybe even hypocritical for thinking this way. But humans are flawed by nature, and he had no desire to become some transcendent being devoid of emotions or imperfections. He embraced his flaws, even if they made him question things he might not want to know the answers to.
"Hmph! Men and their stupid pride," Mu Xuanyin said, her icy blue eyes locking onto his for a moment before she crossed her arms over her chest and added with a snort, "Don't you already have the answer?"
As soon as the words left her lips, a faint blush crept onto her cheeks. She quickly turned around, as if she didn't want him to see her expression.
"Heh, Xuanyin is so cute," Yun Wuji said with a chuckle, feeling as though an invisible weight had been lifted from his heart. Her reaction, so uncharacteristically flustered, only made him laugh more.
He walked over to her and said, "Let's return to the Snow... Ah! Wait, what are you doing?" His sentence was cut short as Mu Xuanyin's figure blurred. In an instant, she lifted him into a princess carry, cradling him against her chest, and took off into the sky. Yun Wuji was caught completely off guard and shouted in surprise and frustration.
"Xuanyin, stop! This is embarrassing!" Yun Wuji shouted, squirming in her arms as he tried to break free. But how could he possibly escape the grip of a Divine Master? After struggling for a while to no avail, he sighed inwardly. 'First Jasmine, and now Mu Xuanyin... Why do all female Divine Masters like to do this? I'd better keep my guard up around Luo Guxie too, just in case.'
"Embarrassing? Don't worry, you'll get used to it after a while..." Mu Xuanyin glanced down at the man in her arms, a small smirk playing on her lips. Then, with a teasing tone, she added, "Isn't that what you told me when you tried all those strange positions on me?"
"...Karma is a bitch!" All the retorts he wanted to throw at her lodged themselves in his throat, leaving him speechless. Yun Wuji's head slumped, and he rested it against her chest, muttering under his breath. Then, feeling the softness pressing against his head, he couldn't help but think, 'Well, this isn't so bad after all... I may really get used to it.'
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