Chapter 4709 — Back on the Road
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Now, changed into denim sportswear, her fine figure was set off all the more smartly. A ten-out-of-ten figure became twelve-out-of-ten temptation, and with that youthful, radiant, flawless face besides, she looked for all the world like a girl of the mundane world.
To be honest, looking at Huo Yudie now, Wei Zhao could not help feeling as though a lifetime had passed. Since coming to Cloud Terrace Island he had not seen a beauty dressed like this; even Han Jingyi and the others had followed local custom and put on ancient-style robes. Yet on this girl from the Eastern Continent he found that long-lost feeling again.
He had to admit, the girl fit the mundane world rather well. At least, if she walked through it in these clothes, no one could possibly guess her origins—they would take her for a native through and through.
Seeing Wei Zhao so utterly captivated, Huo Yudie was not angry at all; shy as she was, she felt a little smug besides. All along the way Wei Zhao had shown not the slightest sign of craving, which had left her confidence somewhat lacking—but now she had found it again. So she did have some pull over him after all!
"Hey, do you want to go in and wash up?" Huo Yudie asked, pursing her lips.
"Oh, no need." Wei Zhao shook his head mildly at that, his spirit-platform clearing at once; the look he turned on Huo Yudie again held none of its former desire.
Bathing, like eating, was no necessity for a high-level cultivator—merely a natural habit. Even after days of dusty travel through a wasteland, Wei Zhao need only think it and his true qi would cleanse him. Only a girl with a cleanliness obsession like Huo Yudie would want to bathe.
Huo Yudie pouted and looked him up and down with a rather odd expression, seeming to carry a note of regret.
Wei Zhao was taken aback by that look. He had no idea what was going on in the girl's head, and could only say, "We should get ready to go. Aren't you going to put your veil back on?"
"Ah?" Huo Yudie started, and only then remembered she had no veil on. Her cheeks flooded red in an instant—hadn't her face been seen clear through by the other party?
Watching Huo Yudie fumble the veil back on, Wei Zhao was speechless again. So the girl had never realized it at all, from beginning to end…
Back on the road, the mood between them somehow turned strange again—just as after that awkward scene earlier. Huo Yudie kept her head lowered, cheeks red, drifting off into frequent reveries, no telling what she was thinking now; in any case, she said not a word.
Since she did not speak, Wei Zhao found it odd but would not press her. (August 10—the iQIYI web series goes live! For more news, follow the official WeChat account 22.) (To be continued)