Chapter 336 - 147: Journey of a Delicate Master and a Fierce Disciple

Since fate had brought them together to travel side-by-side, it was a good opportunity to form a positive bond.

Besides, Qing Lian would likely be following him for a long time to come.

It wouldn’t be possible to keep everything hidden from her forever.

Furthermore, Xu Lei estimated that if he continued his Cultivation in this third life, he would surely be able to reach the state of Dao enlightenment.

At that point, whether or not he had the Phoenix True Flame would no longer have a major impact.

Even if something went wrong, not having the Phoenix True Flame in his next life wouldn’t matter much either.

And so, Xu Lei told her that he possessed the Phoenix True Flame.

Qing Lian was stunned, finding it hard to believe. Her small, tender-lipped mouth hung wide open.

Her small, pinkish-red tongue was slightly raised, frozen in the middle of her mouth.

「An hour later.」

Xu Lei had brought Qing Lian to a private room in a large restaurant in the city.

He had also ordered a grand feast of meat and fish that covered the entire table.

To Xu Lei’s surprise, this restaurant was actually run by the descendants of his family from his previous life.

In his previous life, Xu Lei had been reincarnated near the Great Xing Mountain Range.

Later, under the fortune Xu Lei had brought them, his family had also lived very well.

Of course, one or two hundred years had already passed.

Mortals reproduced quite quickly.

The bloodlines of his brothers from his second life had now propagated for more than ten generations!

’It was hard to say if they could still be considered one family.’

After spanning so many generations, there were hardly any close blood ties left.

After all, on Earth, the rule was just that marriage was forbidden within three generations.

Therefore, even if Xu Lei were to marry a daughter from this lineage and lavishly perform Charitable Giving on her, it would theoretically be completely fine.

However, in this life, Xu Lei didn’t plan on spending much energy on having children.

Once the dishes were served,

Xu Lei prepared to dig in.

Qing Lian, on the other hand, was still hesitating, staring at the table full of delicacies and swallowing hard.

This was because if she wanted to eat meat, Xu Lei would have to use his Phoenix True Flame Power to help her refine the impurities, which would definitely require some form of physical contact between them.

Either their palms would have to touch, or Xu Lei would have to place his hand on her stomach.

She had to choose one of the two.

Admittedly, Xu Lei was just a ten-year-old boy at the moment.

So there was really no reason to be concerned about the impropriety of physical contact between the sexes.

But Xu Lei’s mind was, after all, that of a very mature adult.

That was why Qing Lian had been feeling so conflicted.

"I want to eat meat!"

At that moment, she was still looking at the table full of delicacies, swallowing hard as she said with determination, "I’m going to eat it today!

I’ll have to trouble you, Senior!

Let’s... let’s just touch palms!"

She glanced down at her own stomach, her pretty face flushing as she extended a slender, delicate hand, palm facing up.

In truth, with her level of Cultivation, she would definitely be able to reach the Bodhisattva Tree Realm after just a few more years of training.

But the temptation of being able to eat meat right now was something she simply couldn’t resist.

"Alright."

Xu Lei simply placed one of his hands palm-down over Qing Lian’s delicate hand and activated his Phoenix True Flame Power, letting it flow into her. "No need for pointless chatter. Let’s eat!"

After all, Xu Lei’s current body was indeed that of a ten-year-old boy.

The physical form dictates the mind.

While a ten-year-old boy’s body could appreciate a beautiful woman’s looks, it didn’t really feel much desire.

Therefore, although Qing Lian was very beautiful,

the current Xu Lei didn’t really feel any particular tenderness or protective affection for her.

Qing Lian said no more and began to eat voraciously.

Then, maintaining this posture, they both began to devour the delicious food with their free hands.

「A dozen or so minutes later.」

"Boo-hoo-hoo! Senior, thank you!"

Qing Lian said, tears streaming down her face as she ate, "The feeling of being able to eat meat again... it’s pure bliss!"

Xu Lei was a little speechless.

’He never thought Qing Lian would cry just from eating some meat.’

’And at this point, Xu Lei felt that Qing Lian probably wasn’t faking it; she really was just a crybaby with overactive tear ducts.’

「Another hour passed.」

Xu Lei and Qing Lian had left the restaurant.

The two of them were walking together along the bustling city streets.

Qing Lian’s face was full of excitement as she looked left and right.

She explained that in the past, her master had always demanded she focus on her Cultivation.

So she rarely got to come down the mountain to have fun.

Although the Nether Demon that had previously possessed her body had come down the mountain many times,

she had resisted the Nether Demon so many times that her spirit had grown somewhat weak.

She had been in no mood to pay attention to all the bustling activity of the outside world.

Xu Lei didn’t say much in response, just smiled and told her to browse as she pleased, adding that he wasn’t in a hurry.

"I’ll take it!"

"Wrap it up!"

"The ones she just tried on—wrap them all up!"

Xu Lei would casually call out to the vendors as they went.

After all, Xu Lei wasn’t short on money.

The vendors were a bit surprised to see someone as young as Xu Lei acting like an adult and spending so lavishly.

’But then they’d figure he was probably the young master of some wealthy family.’

So they would just adopt respectful demeanors and not think much more of it.

"Thank you, Senior."

Qing Lian’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled. Although she could also procure money herself—as long as she was willing to waste some Magical Power, she wouldn’t lack for worldly currency—the feeling of receiving gifts from someone else was quite nice, so she couldn’t help but say, "But please don’t buy any more. This is more than enough."

Xu Lei just smiled upon hearing her words.

He didn’t continue the frantic shopping spree.

He only bought the things that Qing Lian truly liked.

’At the same time, as I stroll along, I should also be thinking about how I can develop a Shotgun!’

’And how to do it without letting the firearm’s design leak out!’

Xu Lei felt no so-called sense of responsibility or mission to advance this world’s technology.

If the natives of this world didn’t develop it themselves, Xu Lei had no intention of letting them know about it.

Therefore, the problem facing Xu Lei now was that he had to find people to help him develop the Shotgun.