Full-Time Magister: White Tiger's Power Lock, Unrivaled Sacred Beast

Chapter 31 Mo Fan breaks down in tears, Mu Ningxue: Cheng Yue, could you please check my body?
"Ning Xue, why do you need Zhao Chengyue's phone number?"

Mo Fan felt a surge of inexplicable frustration as he helplessly gazed at the aloof beauty before him.

"You don't need to worry about that. Just tell me, do you have it or not?"

Mu Ningxue's voice was calm and expressionless, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"..."

Mo Fan knew almost without guessing that Mu Ningxue's initiative to seek out Zhao Chengyue meant that their relationship was far more than just that of ordinary friends.

But before Zhao Chengyue came to the capital, they were complete strangers!
They were clearly childhood sweethearts.

Mu Ningxue even approached him back then, asking him to elope with her!
It should be Mo Fan who deserves to be treated like this by Mu Ningxue!

Ming
Seeing Mu Ningxue turn to leave, Mo Fan had no choice but to chase after her and give her Zhao Chengyue's number.

Watching Mu Ningxue's departing figure, Mo Fan felt very aggrieved.

After a long pause, he uttered a sentence:

"Clearly, I was here first!"

A coffee shop, a window seat.

Sunlight streamed through the clean glass, falling on the light-colored wooden table, and the air was filled with the rich aroma of coffee.

Zhao Chengyue specially changed into a neatly tailored, refreshingly colored casual outfit, which made him look tall and straight. The sunlight falling on his shoulders added to his free and unrestrained masculine charm.

Zhao Chengyue slightly curled the corners of his mouth, and that knowing and confident smile made Mu Ningxue, who was sitting opposite him, momentarily lose her composure.

"cough…"

Mu Ningxue looked away awkwardly, coughed lightly, and unconsciously stroked the warm cup with her slender fingers, as if trying to draw out some warmth.

His cool voice tried to remain calm, but a hint of barely concealed emotion lingered beneath.

"Zhao Chengyue, I didn't expect you to agree to come out."

She paused, then refocused her gaze, looking directly at him with the sharpness and honesty characteristic of an ice mage:

"In terms of ice-based cultivation, I admit that I am inferior to you."

"Not only that." Her voice lowered, carrying a hint of confusion and inquiry that she herself didn't fully understand:
“Yesterday in the arena, when your domain unfolded… the ‘it’ in my spiritual world resonated with an unprecedented intensity. I could feel… a certain power within you, a power that… was attracting ‘it’.”

She took a deep breath, a barely perceptible longing flashing deep within her icy blue eyes:

"I want to figure out what this is. If possible... I hope you can help me."

Yesterday in the arena, the moment Zhao Chengyue's vast [Absolute Zero] domain pressure descended, a faint pressure...

Deep within Mu Ningxue's spiritual world, the Ice Crystal Bow, connected to her soul, trembled and hummed violently, like a ferocious beast awakened.

At first, she thought it was an instinctive reaction brought about by a powerful enemy and did not investigate further.

However, when she meditates alone in the quiet of the night, trying to calm her mind...

The desire conveyed by the ice bow grew clearer and stronger, even carrying an almost urgent urging.

It was as if the soul-tearing pain caused by the demonic bow that tormented her constantly could be strangely relieved as long as she got close to the mysterious power emanating from Zhao Chengyue.

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Chengyue's eyes.

Mu Ningxue's initiative to ask for help, especially her talk about "attraction" and "power," was completely unexpected.

'Resonance? Attracting the ice bow?' His mind raced:

'Could it be because of... the power lock?'

He knew Mu Ningxue far better than she did.

The ice crystal bow she carried was a heavy legacy passed down to her by her mother at the cost of her life.

From the day the Mu family acquired this forbidden magic bow, they began to implant the ice bow fragments into the bodies of the most talented ice mages in their collateral bloodlines.

They are used as "containers" or "bow breeders" to nourish the demonic bow. This is a cruel game of raising venomous insects.

Ultimately, only one "container" can become the true master of the bow; the rest will be mercilessly stripped of their fragments by Pansy, the ghost-like executioner of the Mu clan.

The price of this separation is the complete destruction of one's lifelong cultivation, rendering one a cripple.

Losers often die of depression.

Mu Ningxue's mother was such a loser.

He died shortly after being stripped of the ice bow fragments.

If things had proceeded as planned, after the catastrophe in the ancient capital and the exposure of Mu He's true identity...

Mu Ningxue's lineage will inevitably be implicated and purged.

Losing the identity of "bow keeper" meant certain doom.

At that time, Mu Ningxue did indeed unleash her power in a desperate situation, relying on the Ice Crystal Bow that she was about to master.

She severely injured Pansy, Nan Rongni, and Mu Tingying, who coveted the ice bow that had merged with her soul.

But this also puts them in complete opposition to the powerful Mu family.

As the host of the Demon Bow, Mu Ningxue constantly suffers the torment of soul erosion caused by the backlash of the Demon Bow.

Mu Ningxue's icy demeanor, which keeps people at arm's length, largely stems from this deep-seated torment.

'Could it be... that the soul of the sacred white tiger within the White Tiger Ability Lock can neutralize or alleviate the corrosive influence of the Blazing Bow on her soul?'

This idea quickly took shape in Zhao Chengyue's mind.

After a brief moment of thought, he suppressed his casual smile, his expression becoming solemn and serious. Meeting Mu Ningxue's gaze, which held a hint of barely perceptible hope, he nodded steadily:
"Alright. This resonance... is indeed worth exploring. Since you think I can help you, let's give it a try."

"Then...where should we try?" Zhao Chengyue leaned forward slightly and smiled.

Mu Ningxue was taken aback; she hadn't thought of that.

To verify whether Zhao Chengyue could counteract the erosion of her soul by the ice bow, they would probably need to find a secluded place where the two of them could be alone.

'It must be absolutely secret...and only the two of us...'

The thought clearly emerged.

This means that she needs to share a completely private space with a man she has only known for two or three days.

This realization suddenly stirred up her frozen heart, and an unprecedented sense of embarrassment gripped her.

Her fair cheeks flushed uncontrollably, the blush spreading all the way to her ears.

The air seemed to freeze for a few seconds.

She took a deep breath, as if to encourage herself, and finally raised her head, but her gaze was still somewhat evasive, not daring to look directly into Zhao Chengyue's eyes, which seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.

That clear, cool voice trembled slightly, barely perceptible, as it struggled to utter two words:
"…hotel?"

The moment she finished speaking, she could almost hear her own heart pounding like a drum.

In the past, she would never have dreamed that she would actually take the initiative to invite a man she had only known for two or three days to a hotel room.

Zhao Chengyue took in her struggles, her embarrassment, and her resolute determination.

Although his face remained expressionless, he was inwardly somewhat unsettled.

Mo Fan, the woman you've been licking for years is now inviting me to a hotel.

Although it's not the kind of thing couples do, it's still kind of exciting to think about.

"Okay." Zhao Chengyue nodded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)