The young lady listened to what Xu Chang’an was saying.
"A sword... Should I try it?"
The breeze passed by, causing the white ribbon on Yun Qian’s long hair to sway slightly.
Her heart fluttered.
She liked doing the sa things as her husband.
However, she had tried it with Li Zhibai as well.
"I can’t do it." Yun Qian shook her head.
"You said you’re interested, so give it a try." Xu Chang’an smiled like an old fox: "Miss, you were able to pluck the Seven Strings earlier, but this sword... If you don’t try, how will you know the benefits of the Seven Strings?"
A fondness for swords, is it?
When she really holds the sword and finds she can’t manage it... she’ll know which is better.
He didn’t bother hiding his "malice" at all, openly displaying the word ’bully’ on his face.
"..." The hilt was placed before her eyes, and Yun Qian glanced at Xu Chang’an, not rushing to grab the sword.
She could see the system trembling anxiously.
It seed particularly afraid at this mont.
Yun Qian thought Xu Chang’an always said he was unaccomplished, but she didn’t think so; rather, it was the system on him that was truly unworthy.
With her husband watching beside her, the thought of taking up a weapon accompanied by malice wouldn’t stir any trouble, so there was nothing to fear.
Yun Qian found it a bit strange, didn’t the system realize she was the one being bullied here?
At this mont, Miss Yun forgot that she was never one to follow the rules, and her actions didn’t hold any reference value.
As for Xu Chang’an...
He might be even less useful; as soone still growing, he isn’t even competent at acting as a "regulator," hoping for him is less reliable than hoping ’Miss Yun’ is in a good mood today.
——
Xu Chang’an was puzzled by Yun Qian’s absent-mindedness.
He didn’t mind the Celestial Dao Points splashed on by the system, anyway, he had decided to ignore this thing; unless he intentionally opened the system panel, he wouldn’t look at any alerts.
As for the Celestial Dao Points, in Xu Chang’an’s heart, they had defaulted to "∞," and as long as he didn’t use them, infinity and zero had no difference.
Hmm.
Xu Chang’an suddenly felt earlier that his system was quite good.
In novels, those typical systems always hid things at the start, reluctant to present the best to the host, frequently threatening with "elimination" to promote the host’s growth.
His system was different, giving him excellent talents right off the bat, enabling him to grow by relying solely on his talents, without over-depending on the system.
Moreover, when Xu Chang’an beca cautious of the system and refrained from using it, the system neither reacted as he expected by "going berserk" to issue tasks, it just quietly subsided.
taphorically speaking, it was like the old locust tree at the front of the house in his mory, usually sothing he didn’t pay attention to, but when rembered, he could go underneath it for so shade.
So Xu Chang’an’s feelings towards the system were quite subtle.
Despite the cautiousness and non-use, gratitude remained.
No contradiction.
"Miss, what are you thinking?" Xu Chang’an asked.
"Got a bit distracted."
Yun Qian looked at the system on him and thought, those favored have confidence; it obviously wasn’t at the stage of being favored yet, but it was enough for survival.
But for her to explain, her sword couldn’t even poke it, it probably wouldn’t understand.
Indeed, if Yun Qian hadn’t forcibly lowered herself to match her husband’s level, hadn’t gained the na Yun Qian as an ordinary person, she probably wouldn’t understand either.
This is the change brought by entering the world.
It’s just that she doesn’t rember what she went through to turn from an incomprehensible existence to a young lady who can understand dust-like trivialities.
Anyway, she could enter the world, but the system couldn’t, because it is the boundary itself, and there’s no reason for it to enter itself.
So she shifted her gaze from the system to the fine steel longsword in front of her.
This is, after leaving the island, the "third party" even more intimate to Xu Chang’an than she, the wife, was.
Here cos the problem.
The third party that accompanies him when she’s not around during rest...
It’s not a woman.
It’s not a man.
It’s not Li Hua.
It’s not even a living being.
It’s a... sword?
Fashioning armor into a zither, playing sword as musical piece, she could understand, but this situation was perplexing.
Generally, a young lady wouldn’t be jealous of a sword, would she?
Yun Qian blinked blankly, wondering if there was sothing wrong with the way she was learning to be jealous.
"Speak up." Xu Chang’an was more helpless.
"I... can try," Yun Qian tilted her head, looked at her slender arm: "But forget about sword tricks, I can’t muster the strength."
At night, she had leaned on the windowsill for too long, causing tearing pain whenever she moved slightly, very botherso.
"Alright then." Xu Chang’an nodded.
——
Yun Qian grabbed the sword sheath with one hand, mimicking him in a drawing sword motion.
Monts later, the sword did not budge an inch.
"Can’t pull it out," Yun Qian said truthfully.
"Miss." Xu Chang’an’s expression was serious and sincere: "You’re weaker than I thought."
"Am I really that weak?" Yun Qian put down the longsword and thought for a mont before saying: "I can now pick flowers on my own, without needing you to lift my skirt."
Xu Chang’an: "..."
My silly girl, being able to say such a thing ans you’re already at the top of the weaklings among weaklings.
Xu Chang’an was speechless, he raised his hand and enveloped Yun Qian’s hand with a thread of True Qi, providing her with so strength.
"Try again."
"Mm."
Yun Qian responded, taking a deep breath.
With a sudden exertion of strength in her hand, accompanied by a white flash, the longsword was successfully drawn from the scabbard.
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