Chapter 43: Lu Xue

  Suddenly, the round-faced girl pointed forward and whispered: "Huh, it seems like there's someone over there!!"

  The melon-seed-faced girl looked in the direction that the round-faced girl was pointing, her willow eyebrows slightly furrowed, a hint of displeasure flashing across her face: "It's just a floating corpse, how unlucky."

  The round-faced girl said: "It's also possible that someone fell into the water, let's pick him up and take a look. After all, saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."

  The melon-seed-faced girl said: "This needs to be asked of Miss. I don't have that kind of authority."

  From the cabin of the boat came a clear and melodious voice like that of an oriole: "Pull him aboard."

  The two maidservants replied: "Yes!"

  The barge sailed up to Su Han, who was drifting in the water, and several sailors came down to pull him out of the water.

  At this time, Su Han was drenched from head to toe, his hair disheveled, his clothes tattered and worn out, his eyes tightly closed, looking extremely wretched.

  A sailor came forward and felt Su Han's breath, saying: "He is breathing, he is still alive."

  After it was confirmed that Su Han was still alive, he was carried into the guest room.

  After an unknown period of time, a huge sense of hunger rose from Su Han's stomach, interrupting his dormant state and restoring his clarity. He suddenly opened his eyes wide.

  As soon as Su Han opened his eyes, a pleasant female voice came from beside his ear: "You're awake!"

  Su Han followed the sound and saw a girl with a lake-green dress, braided pigtails, snow-white skin, and a beautiful round face sitting aside curiously looking at him.

  Su Han had just glanced at the girl when his stomach immediately began to rumble with hunger.

  The round-faced girl smiled and handed a bowl of porridge to Su Han: "Hehe, you must be hungry, here's some porridge."

  Su Han didn't hesitate and finished the bowl of porridge in one go, directly returning the bowl to the round-faced girl: "Not enough. I want to eat a meal, I want to eat meat."

  "You're really not polite at all." The round-faced girl looked at Su Han curiously, got up and walked towards the outside: "Wait a minute."

  Before long, the round-faced girl brought over a large bowl of rice and a bowl of braised pork, placing them in front of Su Han.

  Su Han similarly swept away the food with ease and handed the bowl back to the round-faced girl: "I want more."

  That round-faced girl looked at Su Han as he finished eating the meal clean, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "You can really eat!!"

  The round-faced girl put things away, went out to help Su Han fetch food, and was swept clean by Su Han again. This continued for nine times before Su Han finally felt full.

  After entering the fetal breathing state, Su Han's metabolic rate was more than a hundred times faster than normal. This terrifying metabolism allowed him to quickly recover from his injuries and condense a thread of innate true energy, but the consumed energy was also extremely massive. It wasn't until he woke up that he would feel such hunger.

  Su Han's inner vision was filled with joy and excitement as he discovered that after that one fetal breath, his martial arts cultivation had actually crossed two small thresholds in a row, reaching the late stage of the Lingqi realm. At the same time, a drop of **-shaped Xuanming true water condensed within his body. This drop of Xuanming true water was constructed from pre-heavenly true energy and its power was a hundred times stronger than ordinary true energy. If Su Han used this Xuanming true water to drive his superior martial skills, its power could even rival that of a pre-heavenly strong expert's casual strike.

  That lovely round-faced girl saw Su Han eat his fill, and only then curiously asked: "My name is Lu Xue. What kind of person are you? How can you float on the water?"

  Su Han looked at Lu Xue, who appeared innocent and lovely, and suddenly felt a mischievous heart. His face turned solemn and heavy as he said: "My name is Su Han, and I'm a scholar preparing to take the imperial examination in the capital. After arriving in the capital, my wife eloped with a wealthy man because she was infatuated with the city's splendor. In a moment of desperation, I attempted to drown myself in the river."

  Lu Xue's big eyes with clear black and white pupils looked up and down at Su Han for a while, then revealed a sweet smile: "You're lying."

  Su Han furrowed her brow and said calmly: "Miss, what makes you say that?"

  Lu Xue's lovely face suddenly puffed up, with a pouting expression: "Your breath is long and steady, your muscles are solid, and there are calluses on multiple parts of your hands. You're obviously a martial artist. Moreover, although you pretend to be very calm, there's not even a hint of sadness in your voice. You're clearly deceiving me."

  "Haha! Xue'er, I was just joking with you." Su Han smiled, then his face turned serious, slightly apologetic: "My name is indeed Su Han, as for the rest, I'm afraid I can't tell you right now. Sorry."

  Lu Xue nodded slightly and didn't continue asking awkwardly: "Mm, I see."

  Su Han took out a thousand taels of silver tickets from his bosom and handed them to Lu Xue: "This is a thousand taels of silver ticket, thank you very much for your help."

  Su Han, in a state of suspended animation, would not die even if he was underwater. However, if something unexpected were to happen, there was still a possibility that he could lose his life. Lu Xue rescued him and brought him onto the boat, which really helped him out. Moreover, this little girl Lu Xue was not only kind but also clever and lovely, and Su Han had quite a good impression of her.

  Lu Xue saw the one thousand two silver tickets, her black and white eyes widened suddenly. Although she was extraordinary, after all, she was just a maid, one thousand two silver coins were also a huge sum of money for her.

  Lu Xue took a deep breath and refused with some reluctance: "No, Su Han Gongzi, the one who saved you was my family's young lady. I cannot accept your silver."

  Su Han was able to casually give away a thousand taels of silver, and it was clear that his background was not ordinary. Lu Xue also didn't dare look down on Su Han, and her words were laced with a hint of respect. She had received good education and would absolutely not be rude in front of someone with high status, after all she represented the face of her family's young mistress.

  Su Han smiled and handed a ten-tael silver note to Lu Xue: "No need to call me Su Han Gongzi, just call me Su Han. If you won't accept this thousand taels of silver, then at least take this ten taels. If you don't accept it, I'll feel embarrassed eating and drinking for free on your boat."

  Lu Xue thought for a moment, took over the ten taels of silver, and smiled lightly: "Hmm, this will be your meal money to the next ferry."

  Su Han asked: "Right, which direction is this ship going?"

  Lu Xue's words were laced with a hint of pride: "Gu Yue Zong, my family's young mistress is going to participate in Gu Yue Zong's grand recruitment ceremony, join Gu Yue Zong and become a disciple of Gu Yue Zong."

  Su Han smiled and said, "Gu Yue Sect is one of the three major martial arts holy lands in the Great Flame Empire. They only recruit geniuses under the age of 20 who have surpassed the Post-Heavenly Fifth Layer's Strong Qi Realm. Has your family's young lady surpassed the Strong Qi Realm?"

  The younger the martial artist, the stronger their potential and plasticity. Even if a 60 or 70-year-old martial artist has achieved the state of Qi transformation, the three major sacred places will not accept them. This is because such a martial artist's potential is already exhausted, and they basically have no potential to advance to the Xiantian realm. Only those young geniuses possess infinite possibilities.