Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 170 - 140: Eternal Youth, Lasting Petite Form

After a tea break.

Li Wanqing, filled with dissatisfaction, walked to the edge of the training field and expressed her strong protest.

"Wang Jiu, you're going too far! What kind of off-field manipulation is this!?"

On the other side, Shen Qingming, despite winning the martial practice with an invincible and brave demeanor, also felt no joy and followed behind Li Wanqing with a face that was both crying and laughing.

"Ah Jiu, you really are... we agreed that I would rely solely on my own strength, so what was all that about?"

Wang Jiu curiously said, "You did indeed rely on your own strength to win just now."

"You're the only one who'd believe that!" Shen Qingming retorted angrily, "Clearly you were pulling all the strings behind the scenes! As soon as I entered the arena, everything went black and I lost consciousness!"

Wang Jiu patiently explained, "That was you entering the frenzy state of the Immovable Tyrant Body, fighting in complete self-forgetfulness."

Li Wanqing was also angry, "Nonsense! I clearly saw you controlling her with your fingers!"

"Yes, otherwise how could she grasp the battle opportunities so precisely? What's the problem?"

Shen Qingming questioned, "…Do you not understand the meaning of relying on one's own strength!?"

Wang Jiu said, "I did not provide her with any external powers through improper means, I merely used my wisdom to allow her to utilize her strength more efficiently."

Shen Qingming angrily said, "Intelligence is a type of strength too, thank you."

Wang Jiu curiously said, "If that's how we count it, then there really is no such thing as purely one's own strength. Is the swordsmanship you practice entirely your own creation? Are the clothes and accessories you wear stitched by your own hand? Human beings, as social animals, human society as a civilized society, rely on the wisdom of others as a fundamental premise for survival."

Shen Qingming was tongue-tied, unable to respond for a moment.

"But, when I made the agreement with mom... oh, I mean Lu Xin, to win the Cyan Cloud competition, I wasn't supposed to rely on your strength."

"By the strictest standard, without me, you should still be miserably gnawing on carrots, crashing headfirst into the Wind Barrier without even the qualifications to register to participate."

"Hey!"

Li Wanqing timely interrupted, "Strictly speaking, if it weren't for you messing things up, Little Sister Qingming should be in my arms right now."

Shen Qingming was both embarrassed and angry, "Your side is even more overboard! You big-headed ghost!"

Wang Jiu then said, "Without me, there wouldn't be the Spirit Cat Plan, you wouldn't have returned to Cyan Cloud early, nor would you have placed such importance on Shen Qingming."

Li Wanqing argued, "What a joke, my feelings for Little Sister Qingming have been deeply rooted since before I left QingCyan Cloud yun City, the Spirit Cat Plan is just the cherry on top."

Shen Qingming stomped her foot angrily, "Are you two done yet!?"

Li Wanqing quickly backed off with a smile, no longer teasing the angry, nearly baring her claws little Spirit Cat, and instead tossed the mess back to Wang Jiu. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Gritting her teeth, Shen Qingming questioned, "That state I was just in, the unexplained outburst and your off-field remote control were clearly against the rules. Not to mention the bet with mom... I mean, Lu Xin, even the basic rules of the Cyan Cloud competition wouldn't allow it."

Wang Jiu said, "Why? I've confirmed that similar situations are allowed. City Lord Zhao of Golden Jade City encountered a similar problem in a similar competition twenty years ago, and neither the organizers nor the Saint Sect judges denied it."

Shen Qingming was momentarily stunned, "That naturally knowledgeable, seemingly reincarnated Zhao Chenlu?"

"Yes, if even reincarnated people can participate, then of course, those like me who control from afar can as well."

"How can that be the same!?"

Wang Jiu asked back, "In what way is it different? So-called reincarnation is merely replacing an old personality with a new one. From the perspective of personality differences, the gap between a personality that has experienced countless years and has a mature worldview and life philosophy and a freshly born, blank slate personality is even larger than the difference between you and me. So if reincarnation phenomena can be permitted, then what's wrong with the remote control dynamic between us?"

"This, this..." Shen Qingming was once again tongue-tied, unable to speak for a long while, and only after pondering for a long time did she say, "No, no, I almost got roped into your way of thinking, Zhao Chenlu's so-called reincarnation is just a rumor, there's no evidence proving the existence of reincarnation!"

Wang Jiu said, "Don't worry, I won't leave any evidence proving the existence of remote control either. During the practice just now, I already activated the training field's practice mode, theoretically screening all inappropriate external interference, but clearly, the bond between us isn't so easily severed."

"You..." Shen Qingming was completely out of things to say, finally deciding to keep her mouth shut.

Having lived with this stupid Sword Spirit for so long, Shen Qingming had long since learned to behave, no matter how she practiced, she could never match this Whiteboard Stupid Sword in this kind of poker-faced nonsense, but feeling extremely downcast in her heart, she pouted heavily, turning her head away to sulk.

Wang Jiu, seeing this, sympathetically offered, "Want to drink some hot water?"

"Drop dead!"

On the other hand, Li Wanqing was not fixated on the outcome of a single practice, nor did she care about the rule issues.

She was interested in only one thing.

"How did you manage that? Little Sister Qingming's power just now was more than ten times stronger than usual. If you didn't boost her with extra power... then where did her power come from?"

Wang Jiu explained, "Of course, it came from herself. Her current Bloodline Divine Techniques is the Immovable Tyrant Body, with two main characteristics, one is overall physical enhancement including explosiveness, endurance, flexibility, agility, recovery ability, etc., with defense and recovery ability being the strongest, this is the Immovable part. The second is, as needed, gaining several-fold explosive power in a short time, by employing a special Qi Blood circulation method, this explosion can be concentrated on specific attributes, such as pure strength, pure endurance, etc., this is the Overlord Body."

Halfway through, Shen Qingming frowned and questioned, "Wait a minute, didn't you tell me that this technique is named Immovable Tyrant Body because Ancestor Shen Kaishan often stayed bedridden..."

Wang Jiu thought for a moment, "If you prefer that explanation, that's fine too."

"Hey, is this a matter of explanation methods?!"

On the other side, Li Wanqing was even more shocked after hearing the explanation, "There's such a Divine Technique? Little Sister Qingming has only been practicing for no more than 5 months, and she has leapt from Mortal Level to mid-late Wind-Rising Realm, which is already amazing, but on top of that, she has such powerful bursts, and doesn't seem to have any side effects."

Wang Jiu wondered, "Who said there are no side effects, of course there are, didn't you notice?"

"Wait, there are side effects?!"

Shen Qingming couldn't remain calm anymore, hurriedly using the Introspection Method to examine her own meridians and Divine Sense, finding no serious problems other than a slight weakness from the fierce battle... but...

Li Wanqing also wondered, "Side effects? Are they obvious?"

Wang Jiu said, "The explosive nature of the Immovable Tyrant Body theoretically calls upon all the deeply buried energies within the human body, burning and converting them at maximum efficiency in a short time. The energy of the Immovable Tyrant Body mostly exists in the form of tangible substances like flesh and bones, so when this energy is summoned and burned, the side effect is a slight reduction in the body's size..."

"What!?"

Before he finished speaking, Shen Qingming let out a shrill scream, looking in disbelief at her slightly widened sleeve, her voice shaking, "Did I really shrink!?"

Li Wanqing's eyes lit up as well, "Wow, she's indeed a tiny bit shorter than before! How adorable!"

"Not cute at all!"

Wang Jiu laughed and said, "The beauty of the Immovable Tyrant Body is that while consuming internal energy, it's done in an equally proportional way, so shrinking the body won't result in localized deformation or anything... but mastering the burst technique usually requires reaching the Seventh Heaven of the Immovable Tyrant Body, it's also thanks to my skilled techniques as a remote controller that she could have burst capabilities at the Second Heaven."

"You shameless bastard bragging about yourself! I want to duel you!"

Li Wanqing eagerly asked, "Will the loser wear a mini skirt?"

"...You all can go to hell!"