In the morning sunlight, Zhang Yuan stood looking at the sun as the gentle breeze caressed his face.
'As Big Sister said... sex alone was not enough. Sex with love was so much better... and I think it is time to talk with the three women back in my palace.'
While he was thinking like this standing outside the inn, Zhang Ming who was passing along the door saw Zhang Yuan standing outside.
She walked to him and saw the subtle smile playing on his lips "Little Brother..."
Hm? Zhang Yuan turned to face her "Ming..."
Chuckling, Zhang Ming teased "Seems like you were reminiscing about something?"
With a shake of his head, Zhang Yuan's eyes softened as he spoke "No... I just thought how beautiful it is to live as a human and experience these emotions."
Giggling, Zhang ming spoke "To be invincible is to know no fear, no pain... but to be human is to feel it all, to ache and bleed, yet still choose to love despite the breaking."
"In weakness, you find the strength that power alone could never grant you."
Hearing Zhang Ming's profound words, Zhang Yuan let out a soft chuckle and Zhang Ming spoke "I heard from Min'er, how you strive to feel emotions and be a human."
With a nod, Zhang Yuan replied "In all my endless knowledge, it took becoming human to understand that the smallest smile can hold more power than a thousand lifetimes."
Zhang Ming's eyes grew tender and she replied "You have learned to love... which itself is already great and speaking with you, I feel like you are a human."
"Even with all that power you hold, you are not arrogant in the slightest and you are being so kind." she said in admiration.
Zhang Yuan just smiled looking at her and Zhang Ming tapped his shoulder "The breakfast should be ready right now. Come on..."
"Yeah..."
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"Haah..."
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Fumin opened her eyes after her hours of cultivation and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"I will go and freshen up first."
She got down from the bed and stretched her body walking toward the bathroom in her room.
A few more minutes passed and wearing normal clothes, she stepped out of the room, tying her hair in a ponytail.
Hm? But she was startled to see Zhang Yuan standing in front of her and raised an eyebrow in surprise "Yuan?"
Letting out a sigh, Zhang Yuan asked in a soft voice "I want to know... why are you holing yourself inside the room and cultivating..."
With a shake of her head, Zhang Fumin prepared to walk away from there "I told you already, Yuan... I want to cultivate like this."
"Ah!" However, Zhang Yuan gently grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him, his arm taking her delicate waist.
Holding her in his arms, he gazed into her blue eyes "Why are you even cultivating like this? Last time, you said you want to get your revenge by yourself..."
"So, what is your motive now? I can make you powerful... so why are you choosing the hard path?"
Being held in his arms, Zhang Fumin blushed faintly and placed his arms over his shoulders "I already told you... I want to cultivate this in this way."
Zhang Yuan sighed helplessly and Zhang Fumin continued "It is uh... just that uhm feels boring to suddenly power up like that."
"It is no longer fun."
"So, I think... cultivating like this is better than suddenly powering up."
"You there, young man. you wanna try? The price to join is 10 silver coins."
"If you hit three kites continuously... we double the coins. How is the deal?"
"And another thing, you should not use profound energy... if you do, you will be immediately disqualified."
With a nod, Zhang Yuan gave 50 silver coins and entered the area to shoot the arrows.
"E-Eh? Yuan... I told you, I don't know about archery."
Smiling, Zhang Yuan replied "might as well try."
At this time, a young woman came with two bows and some arrows to them.
Taking the bow in her hand, Zhang Fumin smiled dryly "I am sure, I am going to embarrass myself in front of these people."
"And Yuan, you should not use your powers."
Zhang Yuan just smiled and took three arrows at once in between his fingers.
He raised the bow and pulled the string by placing the three arrows on the string. 8sleesh*
As he let go of the arrows, the three of them pierced through the air forming a blue streak in the sky, and hit three different kites.
"WHAAAA-"
The audience was dumbfounded to see Zhang Yuan casually hitting three kites and whatnot, he did them in one try with three arrows at once.
"It seems like along with looks, that brother also has skills..."
Zhang Fumin raised an eyebrow and she also took an aroow in her hand preparing to shoot the kite.
She pulled the arrow in the string and as she let go of it, it hurled from her bow and missed all of the kites.
Seeing this, she smiled dryly "Well, this is to be expected."
She took the next arrow and steadied her breath, focusing her sharp eyes on the kite up above in the sky.
"This time for sure..."
As she muttered, the arrow instantly slipped past from her fingers and its trajectory was right as it inched close to a red kite in the sky.
*woosh* However, as it reached close to the kite a sudden strong wind came shaking the kite and the arrow missed.
-_- Her lips twitched in frustration looking at this and she slowly turned her head to Zhang Yuan who was struggling to control his laugh.
"Yuan... just now, was it you... who created the wind?"
She didn't need his answer... just by looking at the playful smile on his face, she knew the answer.
"You damn bastard..."
She jumped at him, throwing fists at his chest...
"Hahahaha..." Laughing, Zhang Yuan received her feeble punches.
As she hit him, a smile appeared on her lips and she stopped her beating... instead hugged him.
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