weddingnovel Chapter 145 My Portable Grandmother
Chapter 145 My Portable Grandmother
Chapter 145 My Portable Grandmother
The next morning, a shadow fell on her. Shen Wangshu, who had been squatting outside the courtyard all night, slowly looked up and met the gaze of Lu Ren, whose face was haggard and whose eyes were puffy.
"Good morning, Grand Tutor!"
"Good morning, Little Wangshu!"
"You've worked hard, Grand Tutor."
"It's not hard work at all."
Lu Ren was actually quite embarrassed, having arranged the ancestors in a hundred or eighty different poses in the family's ancestral home—but he was really doing something important!
He wasn't a stingy man. Now that he knew that the thing was very beneficial to his master, he was very generous and said he would make up for his master's lost cultivation!
Although he knew that his master was very guarded about relationships between men and women, Lu Ren would not give up. He believed that if he persevered, he would eventually be able to move his master.
So, in order to show his respect to his master, Lu Ren ate one silver-grade spirit bone every half hour on average in the middle of the night. Finally, after eating about ten of them, he successfully moved his master!
She kept saying things like, "I would never fall in love with him, but in the end I still love you," and "I really love you, Master."
"————" Who said men's words are deceitful? Women can say anything when they're happy.
Lu Ren certainly wouldn't take those words seriously. He knew that to his master, he was probably just a daring, interesting, and talented foolish disciple who didn't mind crossing boundaries with her.
The master's body has accepted him, but it will be a long and arduous journey to get the master to accept him in his heart as well. However, he will not give up!
"Grand Tutor—would you like breakfast?"
"Hey, what are you still doing here?"
Shen Wangshu felt disgusted; both of them were disgusting!
But she was soft and gentle, and dared not lose her temper with the elders. So she could only say in a weak voice, "Grand Tutor, this is Xiao Wangshu's courtyard—"
"Oh, I'm sorry—"
"Where is my great-grandmother?"
"she----"
After eating her fill, she went back to rest. As a spirit, her daily activities were limited. After gaining a lot of life force from him, she returned to the sword to rest and refine it.
Lu Ren now realized that his master He had always appeared and disappeared mysteriously, and always after sunset.
She said that during the day, with ample sunlight, the sacred tree photosynthesizes, allowing her to accumulate energy within it, which enables her to manifest at night.
In a world of supernatural powers, science has also come to be discussed.
"Grand Tutor, do you now know about Great-Grandma's condition?"
"Uh, I understand————"
"Grandma should have told you that she thought you had good talent and that you had the potential to reach the 'Burning Sun' realm, so she signed a contract with you, right? But Grand Tutor now knows that Little Wangshu is clearly a ready-made 'Burning Sun' realm cultivator—"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ren suddenly realized, "That's right, why did Master choose me?"
The old woman only chose Xiao Yan, this little scoundrel, because she had no other choice. She still had Shen Wangshu, this trump card.
However, the next moment, the small wooden sword stored inside his body flew out of his body uncontrollably and chased after Shen Wangshu's head, hitting him repeatedly.
"Little Wangshu, you've grown quite bold, daring to interfere in your great-grandmother's affairs now?"
The next second, the feather duster from the yard flew over, joining the little wooden sword in a double attack, making the white-haired loli scream and howl.
Watching the white-haired little girl run away with her head in her hands, Lu Ren vaguely felt that his master was hiding something.
But if she doesn't want to say it, there's nothing I can do—riddler, how annoying.
After a while, she suddenly returned to Lu Ren's body. This kind of alchemical creation that has been contracted can be stored in the body of a prop master, just like Lu Youhe's treasures.
But this also means that no matter what he does, his master is always in the best viewing position. Although he thinks he is upright and honest, he still feels like he has no privacy. Will she watch him go to the toilet or something?
"It's precisely because I thought you'd be awkward that I went through so much trouble with you last night. Your master has lost all face in your eyes, so what's there to care about?"
Now that she said that, it seemed to make sense. Lu Ren had heard a saying in his previous life: couples who are playful and carefree often have a deeper relationship than those who are "respectful to each other," because it means that both parties have let go of their pretenses and no longer need to pretend to be serious.
So this was all part of your plan? I really underestimated you, Master.
"But don't look for me during the day. I won't interfere with anything you do unless it's a life-or-death crisis. Just pretend your master doesn't exist. Call me only when you need to pay your taxes."
"Master, I was almost exhausted last night, aren't you going to give me some kind of reward?"
Stop talking nonsense, your girls are here.
"Yes, it's Lu Ren!"
"elder brother!"
"Lu Ren, you're alright!"
Lu Ren looked and saw that it was the young lady and her group, who had rushed over early in the morning.
Although he knew last night that the girls were all safe and sound, last night was really too dangerous. Seeing that they had all returned safely and in good spirits, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Young Miss, Xiaoying, I'm so glad you're all alright. I'm fine—"
He had only taken two steps when he suddenly staggered, feeling dizzy.
Shen Yaoxing caught him, her face showing worry. "You're so badly injured! You've been treated all night and you still haven't recovered?"
Seeing Lu Ren like this, Ji Liguang couldn't help but feel guilty. As the shield warrior in the team, it was her responsibility to protect everyone, but she had become the one who needed to be protected by her teammates.
"Lu Ren, are you still injured? You look quite weak."
Jiang Yueying's eyes were also full of worry, but after meeting Lu Ren's gaze, she suddenly became reserved.
"Lu, Lu Ren, you, you're actually not dead! No, no, I mean—"
Lu Youhe sniffed. Although it was very faint, the smell was a little off. It was like the smell of his future nephew that he had occasionally smelled when he was in the rented house.
Because she had inside information, she wasn't worried about Lu Ren at all and slept soundly last night. However, she still acted like a concerned younger sister: "Lu Ren, you look terrible. Should we continue the treatment for a while longer?"
Looking at the girls' worried and self-reproachful eyes, Lu Ren felt a little guilty.
Sure enough, even if you become a professional, you can't act like that. But last night, when I saw my master looking like he hadn't eaten enough and was hungry, but you—never mind, who could resist?
"I'm really fine, I'm just a little tired."
Although Lu Ren said that, seeing his haggard appearance, pale face, and unsteady steps, the others understood his true intentions: he just didn't want them to worry!
Ji Liguang, looking utterly despicable, put his arm around Lu Ren's shoulder and said with great righteous indignation, "Lu Ren, you brat—consider it a debt I owe you this time, next time it'll be Ali's turn to protect you!"
Jiang Yueying also revealed her usual gloomy, homebody smile, looking at him and laughing: "Lu, Lu Ren, you just like to show off, to be strong."
Shen Yaoxing felt helpless, but she also knew that when a boy was being stubborn, it was best not to expose him. She said, "Are you hungry? Let's go, I'll take you to get something to eat."
Lu Ren quickly said, "I'm hungry, I'm hungry. Miss understands me best!"
While having breakfast, Lu Ren suddenly learned that late last night, in the Ye family's branch territory in Yanzhou, seven or eight out of ten experts were slaughtered. Later, there were also terrible fluctuations outside Yanzhou, which seemed to indicate another battle between experts.
The Four Ministers of the Great Yu Dynasty, Zhuque, were ambushed by three bishops of the Divine Mother Sect when they left Yanzhou last night. They were rescued by an unknown master while fleeing along the Tianshan Mountains.
Ye Tianhan, the patriarch of the Ye family of Beidu, was furious. He sought out the Tianyan Master of the Surveillance Bureau, and after some unknown calculation, he secretly left Da Yu early this morning, his destination unknown.
Hearing this news, Lu Ren felt a sense of impending doom.
But those are matters for important people, and it's not his place to concern himself with them for the time being.
The disaster in Yanzhou has been severe these past few days. Moreover, due to the appearance of rifts in the mortal realm, many mortal beasts have taken advantage of the chaos to come to the real world. Although the cleanup has dealt with the vast majority of them, there are still many hidden in the corners of the city or in the rural gullies.
Therefore, the number of silver-level missions from the Yanzhou Association has increased significantly. Lu Ren rested for a day and then went to accept missions.
One month later, at the Autumn Gathering, one of the conditions for participation is to complete five Silver-level missions within Yanzhou.
Silver-level missions are already few and far between. Under normal circumstances, Yanzhou might not even have 20 silver-level missions a month. These missions are then divided up among many local Yanzhou members, or small teams from outside Yanzhou like Lu Ren and his group, who are affiliated with the Autumn Society.
Shen Wangshu originally planned to let them do as many tasks as possible, and if that wasn't enough, she would use the Shen family's resources to help them.
But now that a disaster has struck, the workload has suddenly increased—well, although this is definitely not a good thing.
Then Lu Ren also noticed that several of the girls in the group seemed to have changed quite a bit for some reason.
When it came to tasks, they were all incredibly enthusiastic, some even volunteering to let Lu Ren cover for them.
A professional's attributes are influenced by daily training and combat. In this high-intensity real combat against the virtual beasts, Lu Ren noticed that the girls had improved rapidly in just half a month.
On rare occasions when there are no missions, Ali doesn't go out for a stroll in the street, and Xiaoying doesn't hide in her room playing video games. Instead, she comes to find Lu Ren to train with them.
"One or two of them suddenly became very motivated, so I can't spoil their fun."
Lu Ren then sparred with Ali, Xiao Ying, and his silly younger sister in the Shen clan's territory. He fought against all three of them with ease, even though he was only at the Fire Realm.
Although his physique was similar to Ji Liguang's, and his magical cultivation attributes were even inferior to Jiang Yueying's, his strong overall abilities meant he had more ways to change his tactics.
Moreover, he has many skills and flashy abilities, making him incredibly powerful against teams one level below him.
Of course, without the young lady joining, Shen Yaoxing's Medusa Gaze was still too overpowered; Lu Ren would be forcibly controlled for a few seconds when she stared at him.
Moreover, Shen Yaoxing obtained another spirit bone and successfully acquired the "exchanging vines for fruit" technique, which is the same move Shen Wangshu used to transfer tens of thousands of people on Luntai.
However, the effect she achieved was naturally not that good. She could exchange positions with non-extraordinary life forms within her resonance attribute detection range, move around in space for about 500 meters, and exchange positions with beings that she had marked with her mental power.
With her current spiritual attributes at the Flame Realm, it's difficult for her to mark enemies in actual combat, but she can mark teammates in advance, thus enabling her to perform more actions.
For example, if Jiang Yueying is in a bad position, Lu Ren and Ji Liguang can switch positions with her to protect the team's damage dealers.
During this time, Lu Ren also familiarized himself with the skills he had acquired recently.
Another strange thing is that the young lady's love rival has been coming to their side a lot lately.
Then he saw Shen Yaoxing looking helpless, talking to Xiaoyu in a corner. After that, Lu Ren saw the naturally naive magician leave looking sullen.
"What's wrong with Sister Xiaoyu?"
Shen Yaoxing sighed, a bit of a headache: "She said she wants to join our team."
"Huh? What happened?"
Shen Yaoxing initially thought she was joking, but the child had been a bit depressed lately.
"I'm not quite sure either. Maybe the young couple had a fight? I'll try to talk to her again in a couple of days."
Lu Ren felt that the young lady had really grown a lot. When he first met her in the Linjiang Void Realm, whenever the topic of her childhood sweetheart who had ended without a trace came up during the day, although she seemed calm, there was a hint of melancholy in her eyes.
Sometimes she would mutter to herself in a corner with a gloomy expression. If you went over to listen, you would find her saying something in a daze, such as why this person can eat so much, whether it costs so much to support someone, and that if she kept eating like this, she wouldn't be able to stay in a hotel tomorrow, and other things that he couldn't understand.
Although he didn't know what she was talking about, Lu Ren could clearly sense that she wasn't in a good mental state at the time.
But at this moment, the girl stated directly that the two were a young couple, and her face remained very calm.
Noticing Lu Ren's gaze, Shen Yaoxing was a little confused and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lu Ren sighed, "Miss, you've grown up too."
Shen Yaoxing "————" Although she didn't know what this kid was saying, she vaguely felt that it wasn't anything good.
"The Gu family is hosting a banquet tonight; you few will come with me."
"Miss, you can represent the Shen family. What are we going there for?"
"The Gu family is not looking good this time. If they hold a banquet, it will probably be extremely luxurious, with many delicacies from land and sea, some of the rare foods on the Great Yu Food List, and precious beast meat, probably all of them—"
"Young Miss, please take me there!"
Shen Yaoxing smiled and said, "Tell them all to change into more formal clothes, especially Ali. She's a member of the Ji family, so don't dress like a hooligan."
As evening approached, the young lady changed into an elegant evening gown. Actually, she often dressed formally, so it was fine.
But this was the first time he had ever seen Ji Liguang in a formal dress. She was wearing high heels, had her blonde hair styled in a very elaborate way, and was wearing light makeup with pendants dangling from her earlobes.
Those who don't know her might think she's a goddess because of her noble and unapproachable aura, but Lu Ren always feels a bit out of place looking at her.
"Isn't this a bit too narrow? It feels so tight around my chest. Lu Ren, could you check if it's going to rip in the back?"
Lu Ren found it a bit funny and went over to show her, "Don't make any big movements, it's rare to see Ali being so ladylike."
"What? What? Don't laugh at me!"
Jiang Yueying was also dressed like a small cake, with a pair of boneless socks under her wine-red skirt. She had attended many such social occasions, but she was still a little reserved in front of a super clan like the Gu family.
What caught Lu Ren's attention the most was a young girl who seemed to be a servant, but was equally stunning.
Lu Ren was taken aback: "Who are you?"
Lu Youhe was furious: "I'm your older sister! Call me 'older sister'!"
"How did you turn back?"
Lu Youhe said irritably, "Then if I attend this kind of formal banquet, I'll cancel those contracts."
Yes, the person in front of him was his younger sister, Lu Youhe. She was no longer a primary school student, but a sixteen-year-old girl. She had transformed from a doll-like little girl who was a little over 1.4 meters tall into a beautiful young woman who was a little taller than the young lady, close to 1.7 meters.
She's lost her previous petite cuteness, and instead exudes a girlish charm. Her eyes seem to speak volumes, and every smile and frown captivates young boys. In high school, she would definitely be the object of many boys' secret crushes.
Looking at his younger sister like this, Lu Ren felt utterly bored.
"What's with that regretful look on your face?!"