Chapter 168: Everyone Can Have Some

Chapter 168: Everyone Can Have Some

Hui stared down at the two interlopers, neither of whom showed any self-awareness, but who instead shamelessly stared back, openly stealing his qi. He sighed out and shook his head, giving up. Its fine. Jin Xian isnt absorbing much, nor is Fatty. I can still cultivate the ghoul skin despite their presence.

I cant find any oh, you found something? Bai Xue said. He set down the empty bucket hed found and walked over beside Hui. His brows furrowed. Er what, exactly, are you cultivating right now?

All of them, I guess, Hui grumbled under his breath.

Bold. Only a genius like my Hui would be so bold! Bai Xue praised him, scruffing his hair. He sighed out and ran his fingers through Huis hair, lifting it up to rub it against his cheek. Ah I missed you, Huis real hair. So soft

Hui pressed his lips together again, even more annoyed. Is everyone taking advantage of me right now? Ahh, its fine, Bai Xue, just go ahead and grope me! Dammit! Do I have a sign on my forehead telling everyone to jump in, right now?

Well, if you say so Bai Xue said, shrugging.

Oh, shit, did I say that aloud? Hui jumped back. Elder Sister! Please forgive this small cultivator, I didnt mean to speak my thoughts!

But I like those thoughts. Go ahead and keep speaking them, Bai Xue said, approaching with his hands out.

Hui dodged around the far side of the coffin, still supplying blood qi. Fatty flapped after him to follow the stream of fresh qi directly from the gem. It was sarcasm! Sarcasm!

Whats a sarcasm? Can I grope it? Bai Xue said.

Bai Xue! Im in the middle of serious cultivation here! Hui cried.

At that, Bai Xue grinned and stepped back. I was only teasing. You gave me such a nice opening. I wouldnt be me if I didnt thrust into it.

Hui opened his mouth, then shut it. Bai Xue, your phrasing

To his surprise, Bai Xue walked over and knelt by Fa Chuyou. He checked her over again, then fed a pill delicately into her mouth. Sitting with his legs tucked under him, he set her head on his lap. Ah when shes asleep, Fa Chuyou isnt too bad.

Is that so? Hui asked, glad Bai Xue had found a new target.

Bai Xue nodded. Ill act as your Dao Protector. Go ahead and refine your corpses. As long as Im here, Fa Chuyou will remain in a gentle sleep. You dont want her to see your real face, right?

Hui bowed. Thank you, Elder Sister! Thats a weight off my mind. I was worried shed wake up in the middle, but with my ghoul skin still being refined, there was nothing I could do! Now I can focus on cultivation without worrying about Fa Chuyou maybe waking up and trying to attack me in the middle.

I dont want her to see your real face, either, Bai Xue murmured, stroking Fa Chuyous hair out of her face.

Eh? What was that? Hui asked.

Bai Xue beamed at him. Nothing!

With Bai Xue and Fa Chuyou taken care of, Hui focused all his attention on the corpse refining coffin. The scrap of snake shed glowed, releasing heat and a hint of the quasi-Immortal qi Fa Chuyou had spoken about earlier. Hui reached out for it, probing that drop of qi with his. It resisted. The blood qi began to boil, and thick red mist billowed off the coffin. The snake shed trembled. Power built up inside it, the quasi-Immortal qi threatening to explode again.

Come on! Hui furrowed his brows. He jerked his qi back. The scrap of snake shed cooled down again, and the blood qi settled to a simmer. He hovered outside the quasi-Immortal qi, slowly feeling it out. As he did, he adapted his own qi to be more like it, not in terms of power, but in terms of fluctuations. He slowly approached the shed again. This time, it didnt reject him. He began to tune the sheds fluctuations, drawing them closer to the fluctuations of the ghoul skin, and vice versa.

The snake shed began to merge into the ghoul skin. It no longer sat above the surface, a raised section sitting atop the ghoul skin, but began to sink into it. Scale patterns stretched from the scrap of shed and spread across the ghoul skin. Hui bit his lip, but kept going. If it ends up giving my ghoul skin a scale pattern, so be it! Ill just have to master the skin-shedding technique and hide the ghoul skin under a false skin!

Two layers of false skin? Ah! Hopefully it doesnt come to that!

The snake scale patterns stretched across the entire skin, covering it from head to toe. Lying beside the skin, Jin Xian scooted subtly away from it, as though she was afraid shed get infected with the snake scale pattern. Still, she didnt leave the coffin.

Shshut up! I dont want to hear it! Hui said, embarrassed. To distract himself, he wrested the gem from the duck, flicked it into his storage ring, and shoved the duck back into his dantian. It resisted, unwilling, but with the full force of Huis power and no pain to distract him, he managed to absorb it once more.

Bai Xue chuckled, a wide smile on her face.

Behind them, Fa Chuyou stirred, her robes swishing over the earth. She sat up slowly, squinting around. Er I what happened?

Hui dove for the coffin. Bai Xues expression flickered. White hair faded to red, her body changing to the stiffer form of her male form. He walked over to Fa Chuyou, putting his body casually between Hui and Fa Chuyou. Xiao Xie Hao said he sensed something going wrong with his thing he had entrusted to you, and begged me to bring him here. We found you passed out.

Fa Chuyou jumped. She shoved at Bai Xue and clawed her way upright. The ghoul skin! Xie Haos body! Iif I ruined it, I

Dont worry, Elder Sister. I resolved it, Hui said, once more clad in the ghoul skin. Aside from the flint crystals at his forehead and the backs of his hands, and his shorter hair, which only reached past his jaw, he looked much more like himself than he ever had, and almost entirely human. The ghoul skin was clear and pale, with almost a rosy tinge to it. No longer ragged and dry, its sleek black hair swayed in the wind. When he moved, a faint shimmer of snake scales appeared where the sun hit, as if his skin was laid on top of snake skin, and moving occasionally pushed a patch of scales up against the surface of his skin.

Beautiful! Fa Chuyou cried out. Tears welled up in her eyes, and it seemed as though she were about to cry for real. She rushed to Huis side and grabbed his hand. Xie Hao, please accept my apologies. I selfishly tried to refine your ghoul skin myself, but my skills were lacking. If I had destroyed it, I could never make it up to you, nor myself, nornor the world, for depriving it of your beautiful dead body!

Er I dont think you need to go that far, Hui thought quietly.

Wiping her eyes, Fa Chuyou shook her head. I Ill find some way to repay you, trust me, Xie Hao. To think, I almost destroyed your ghoul body in my hubris I Ill do anything.

Its fine. Even some spirit stones will be

Spirit stones? SPIRIT STONES? Never! They could never measure up to the worth of this heavenly body! Fa Chuyou rubbed her cheek against the back of his palm.

Awkwardly caught there, Hui managed a nervous smile. Er, Elder Sister

Bai Xues brows furrowed. He gently pulled Fa Chuyou away from Hui. Cant you see hes uncomfortable?

Ha? Says you? Hui muttered aloud. Who just stole my first kiss? Lascivious furnace!

Have I ever done something uncomfortable to you? Bai Xue asked, drawing himself to his full height. He crossed his arms.

Youconstantly! Hui replied. You tease me all the time! How do you think that feels, Bai Xue?

But does it feel bad? Does it hurt? Bai Xue pushed.

Hui grit his teeth. Youve never hurt me, but

Ah! My apologies, touching him right in front of you I should have considered the beautiful feelings between you, Fa Chuyou said. She had her hands plastered across her face as though to hide her eyes, but her fingers were split wide to allow her to peek. Her pale, delicate cheeks flushed bright red, all the way to her nose. Please, Im not trying to get in between you two! Though if you would also take me Xie Hao?

Bai Xue harrumphed.

Feeling more awkward than ever, Hui cleared his throat. Er, Elder Sister, things between us er, you may have misunderstood, a little?

Between us? Fa Chuyou sniffed.

Betweenme and Bai Hong Xue! Hui burst, before she could cry, then hesitated. Wait, no, between us? What between us? Dont tell me, does this woman also have designs on my body?

Dangerous, too dangerous! I dont want to get caught between women! Love spats are also dangerous. This Hui needs to keep his eyes open! I never even considered that Fa Chuyou might actually like me, and not just want my undead body

no, she probably does just want my undead body. But thats dangerous too!