Chapter 149: Chapter 149

"That's right. I remember its scent. It rubbed against my face at that time."

"Yes, it did. I remember."

"I don't recall that happening."

"Then you're admitting it, it's the same rabbit."

Fu Manman got up and walked elsewhere, then she remembered to ask, "Why are you here?"

"I asked the Sect Leader for leave, wanted to go back home once. Came to ask if you wanted to go back too, if you wanted to come with me. I remember my home is near Canglang Country."

Fu Manman turned to look at him, seeing his sincere gaze, she slightly furrowed her brow and asked, "Is that really what you think?"

"What else could there be?"

"The Sect Leader didn't mention anything else to you?"

Fu Manman's tense shoulders relaxed a little, but her brow immediately filled with a touch of sadness. She was conflicted. Young girls are always conflicted.

"You seem very disappointed."

Fan Wubing laughed, "You don't want the Sect Leader to tell me the truth, yet you're disappointed because I don't know the truth. Sometimes, it's really hard to guess what you girls are thinking."

Fu Manman paused, staring blankly at him, "You're lying to me."

"I immediately told the truth, so it doesn't count as a lie."

The Seventh Princess of Canglang Country lowered her head and said in a tangled way, "I'm afraid you'll worry about me, but also afraid you won't worry about me. Isn't that strange?"

"I don't know what I'm thinking now, probably really need to return to Canglang Country and calm down for a while."

"I'll accompany you."

As soon as these words came out, the Seventh Princess shuddered. She couldn't distinguish what the words meant, on one hand, it seemed like a trivial "sharing the journey", and on the other, it felt like some sort of deep promise. She didn't dare to ask which it was, maybe afraid of getting the former answer.

She habitually thought of things in a negative light, which was completely opposite to Luo Qingyao's character, so she said, "I can give you a lift."

"Thank you, Seventh Princess."

"What are you laughing at?"

"What about you? What do you mean?"

"Nothing... nothing."

Fan Wubing sighed, "Why did you lose the courage you had in Peach Blossom Spring?"

Courage in Peach Blossom Spring? Fu Manman thought for a moment, it seemed to refer to the time she unintentionally blurted out her inner thoughts. She was inexplicably scared, her fingertips trembling, "That's not courage."

"You need to say what you want, no one can always guess your thoughts."

"If I say it, will I get the answer I want? If not, what's the point of saying it?"

"If you don't say it, you'll never have the chance to get an answer."

Fu Manman gritted her teeth and looked at Fan Wubing. She felt a bit indignant, thinking Fan Wubing was criticizing her, "If I say I don't want to face the fire poison anymore, will it leave my body?"

"Do you mind if I take a look? What if I can help you?"

Fu Manman stiffened, "There's a way like that?"

"So you never even considered me?" Fan Wubing was both amused and frustrated.

"But, the fire poison is really formidable." The Little Princess was eager to explain herself.

"At least let me try."

Fu Manman had little confidence, "The Sect Leader couldn't do anything either..."

"Do you really want to try?"

"I don't know what you're hesitating about."

"Because! Because..." The Little Princess said with embarrassment, "You, are a man."

"The Sect Leader is also a man."

"It's different." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⦿fire.net

"Isn't the Sect Leader a man? I say his name sounds like a woman's."

"No, that's not what I mean! Ugh! Then let's try it, since it came to this." Fu Manman gave up her hesitation, closed her eyes, stood up straight and slightly spread her arms.

Fan Wubing felt a bit nervous, as if he was about to taste forbidden fruit.

"May I touch your hand?"

"You can. Just the hand! No other places!"

Fan Wubing stepped forward and took her left hand. She visibly shivered, the back of her hand tensed, and eyes tightly shut.

Fan Wubing looked at her face, thinking, this girl has such long eyelashes.

Using the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill, he guided a wisp of energy into the princess's meridians through the back of her hand. The moment it entered, he felt a resistance, growing stronger as it progressed, gradually forming a sense of oppression.

From the transmission of the oppressive feeling, the source was... the heart!

Fan Wubing moved forward with a gentle approach towards the heart, avoiding direct confrontation with the resistance to prevent damage to her meridians. Even so, the closer to the heart, the stronger the oppression.

He heard Fu Manman lightly humming, as if suppressing pain. He stopped, thought for a moment, then transformed his energy using the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill to match Fu Manman's blood energy.

In this way, he successfully tricked the oppression, and Fu Manman clearly felt relieved.

Finally, he reached the position of the heart.

Then Fan Wubing paused... for he didn't see a heart.

Did he find the wrong place? After feeling it for a moment... no mistake, this should be where the heart is. But why is there no heart?

Could it be that Fu Manman is naturally a heartless body?

When he was younger, Sister would often tell Fan Wubing stories, and he heard about this heartless body constitution. Generally speaking, it means some people are born without a heart, unable to form life force, relying on innate life force, they will quickly wither away, and without a continuous supply of life force, generally wouldn't survive a day.

The heartless body has a powerful advantage, that is, due to the lack of personal life force, it is ignored by the so-called "Heaven and Earth Laws", and in cultivation, generally won't be restricted by the Heavenly Dao. It is even rumored that after Mahayana, there will be no heavenly tribulation.