Ashen God
Chapter 393 - 392: Voicing Displeasure but Acting Righteously

Chapter 393: Chapter 392: Voicing Displeasure but Acting Righteously

"Let’s get this straight, no indirect kisses or anything like that. It’s not happening anyway since my body is completely encased by an invisible energy shield, 360 degrees with no blind spots. It might look like I cracked this seed with my mouth, but what it actually touched was the outermost layer of my energy shield."

In the midst of speaking, Zhang Yanhang had used Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil to scan the seed several times, but he couldn’t see any difference from the other seeds. Therefore, he could only conclude that Zhou Muxi might have some kind of compulsion where she couldn’t stand seeing others eat seeds.

"Who would want to have an indirect kiss with someone like you!"

After hearing Zhang Yanhang’s words, Zhou Muxi couldn’t help but roll her eyes and make a disgusted face before snatching the seed from Zhang Yanhang’s hand and popping it into her mouth immediately.

"There was one just at dawn today."

Zhang Yanhang checked the glass he had left on the windowsill when he had returned home, only to find a distinct red lip print on the rim, which left him even more perplexed about what his acquaintance intended.

Zhou Muxi was shocked on the spot, "Who would be so desperate?"

"It was a Fourth Tier female Awakener, a senior from my university. She snuck into my home last night and left a whole glass of saliva in my cup, a mix that could speed up cultivation, restore physical strength, and heal injuries."

Zhang Yanhang felt that he might need to contact this acquaintance a bit more to see what she needed from him. If it wasn’t something too difficult to fulfill, he would definitely help.

"Ah, are college students playing it so wild nowadays?"

Zhou Muxi instantly felt that she was way behind the trend, like a country bumpkin, but it was fine. Being that advanced and open about these things might not necessarily be good.

"Wait, did you just mention something very important?"

Zhou Muxi was going to continue mocking Zhang Yanhang’s puzzling senior, but then she suddenly remembered some important information that she might have overlooked while grabbing the seeds.

"Important? Are you saying the part about the senior wanting an indirect kiss with me is very important? Is it? Why don’t I feel that way at all?"

Zhang Yanhang genuinely didn’t think it was important, after all, his senior wanting an indirect kiss wasn’t exactly going to help boost his power quickly.

"No, something earlier!"

Because she had been absorbing Yang Qi and Yin Qi from the Mutated Sunflower Seeds during their conversation, Zhou Muxi was a bit distracted.

"Earlier? Oh, you mean you want an indirect kiss with me? Is that so important? If you really want to experience it, I could temporarily disable my energy shield to fulfill this little wish of yours."

Zhang Yanhang felt Zhou Muxi was definitely in a state of ’speaking against her own desires’—clearly wanting something badly, yet steadfastly denying it until she heard another woman wanted the same and only then did she relax a bit.

"Yes, that’s it!" Zhou Muxi nodded emphatically.

"Huh??!"

Now it was Zhang Yanhang’s turn to be shocked; he was only teasing, but she took it seriously, catching him off guard.

But caught off guard as he might be, spilled water cannot be regained, so now he had to seriously consider what medium to use for the indirect kiss, or perhaps, could using the energy shield as a medium also count as an indirect kiss on some level?

Just as Zhang Yanhang was entertaining various wild and bold ideas, Zhou Muxi suddenly brought up another matter.

"It’s the important thing about the energy shield, that 360-degree, fully protective energy shield, what the heck is it?"

Zhou Muxi, a Third Tier Awakener, was astonished to find she couldn’t detect such a thing on Zhang Yanhang at all.

Speaking of it, Zhou Muxi had felt something was off from the start; she couldn’t fathom why. She could only determine, based on some information emanating from Zhang Yanhang and how it interfered with the surrounding spiritual energy, that he was a Second Tier Awakener, but she couldn’t detect anything inside him.

Was this so-called energy shield messing things up?

If Zhang Yanhang knew about Zhou Muxi’s doubts, he would definitely affirm it, as the Technique Immunity Energy Shield automatically blocked anything that wasn’t beneficial to him.

"Oh, that? It’s just a normal energy shield."

Technique Immunity isn’t like equipment that only provides an attribute bonus—it’s a core capability, and Zhang Yanhang wasn’t really interested in educating someone else about it.

"Normal? You call that ability normal? If that’s normal, then my Chaotic Power and Illusion Projection are even less than normal?

You’ve been boasting all along, and now you’re holding back? Spit it out, give me a break already."

Even though Zhou Muxi was mentally prepared to be shocked after asking, to the point of expecting a rise in blood pressure, the fact that he wasn’t speaking and was dangling the information only made it more painful. It’s like knowing you’ll fall into an abyss and dangling on the edge; she felt it was more torturous to keep on edge constantly rather than just jumping down to end it quickly, as a prolonged pain is worse than a swift one.

"Ah, it really is very ordinary, just a full-time 360-degree no-blind-spot protective energy shield, that’s all there is to it."

Since Zhou Muxi kept asking, Zhang Yanhang eventually gave a brief introduction to his energy shield. Although it was a simple explanation, he only added that it was full-time compared to before, as he didn’t think this was too important.

"Full-time? Does that mean it maintains uninterrupted for 24 hours? How many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures did you consume? How robust must your Energy Value be? Or is it that your energy shield has low consumption? Come on, I’m all laid-back now, please begin your show."

Zhou Muxi felt Zhang Yanhang was definitely still hiding a lot of important information from her.