Chapter 338: The Young Bride's Expectations

otice if they paid attention to it."Yes, she is also practicing cultivation. But without a dragon丹dan, her practice should belong to the human cultivators, right" Hao Ren continued to ask."Human culti...Chapter 338: The Little Wife's Expectations

"Even dragons seek to break through their limits...

The vast sea surface, which had been pitch black, gradually turned white. When Hao Ren and Xie Yujia saw land again, they were already at the port of Donghai City.

The warm sun dried up even the tear marks on the corners of Xie Yujia's eyes. Xiao Bai suddenly descended behind the administrative building of Donghai University. After Hao Ren removed the red barrier, he checked the time; it was one o'clock in the afternoon.

"Thank you, Hao Ren."

Standing to the side, Xie Yujia let out a long sigh of relief.

If she hadn't suddenly ascended to the eighth layer of Condensation Stage and gained immense confidence, she wouldn't have dared to ask Hao Ren to take her so far. And if she didn't miss her parents dearly, she wouldn't have requested him to do this for her.

"If you want to visit your parents again in the future, just let me know. I'll take you there."

Hao Ren smiled and said.

In the abandoned bicycle shed, beams of sunlight filtered through一個個破洞，照在郝仁光澤亮麗的頭髮上，將他的笑容襯托得無比燦爛。

“以後我自己去看他們，所以我還是要努力修煉。”謝雨嘉跟著笑笑。

她忽然又抬頭看看行政樓的屋頂。“那是什麼？”

郝仁順著她的目光轉頭望去，突然感覺到自己的嘴唇被一層柔軟的東西覆蓋住。

謝雨嘉雙手放在郝仁雙肩上，踮起腳尖輕輕咬住了他的嘴唇。

一股緊張的情緒猛然從郝仁心頭噴發出來，接觸到謝雨嘉凝脂般的唇瓣，他感覺心臟都要跳出來了。

瞪大眼睛，郝仁都不知道該如何是好。

陽光反射在謝雨嘉頭頂細細的髮絲上，讓郝仁的臉和眼睛感到一絲溫暖。

“我要走了，已經缺了一節課了。”謝雨嘉忽然收回腳跟，小跑著去到外麵路邊的自行車旁。

郝仁愣愣地看著她的身影，吧嗒吧嗒嘴巴，依然感覺到一絲甜蜜的味道。

謝雨嘉騎上自行車，“嗖”的一聲朝樓的方向過去。

“咳咳”郝仁這纔想起咳嗽兩聲，摸了摸自己的嘴唇。看到附近冇有人，他深吸一口氣，拍著胸口假裝鎮定地走向行政樓的正麵。

他的課在樓裡，現在過去還能再上一節課。然而郝仁離開行政樓足足一百米遠時，陸琳琳和陸莉莉的身體才從行政樓背麵的小門中鑽出來。

"So you can do this too," said Lu Lining, touching her chin with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Sister, the young master has returned."

Lu Lili pointed to the left. As soon as Lu Lining turned to look, Lu Lili took the chance to peck at Lu Lining's little mouth and then stepped back two steps, covering her mouth and laughing.

"Is that so You've learned this trick too"

Lu Lining reached out to pinch Lu Lili's delicate nose. But with a cute cry, Lu Lili nimbly ran away.

Hao Ren arrived at the classroom in the building and quietly entered through the back door, still attracting much attention from the students.

This is an elective course that Zhao Jiayan initially chose along with Hao Ren, but lately Zhao Jiayan has been busy practicing for the team and participating in matches, so he's the only one attending this class now.

"He must be Hao Ren."

"Yes, yesterday in the bathroom, even Huang Xujie was forced back by him."

"The guy who used to take classes with him seems to have become the team captain now, right"

"Huang Xujie isn't afraid of the new basketball team captain but is very scared of Hao Ren."

"His girlfriend was formerly the basketball team's captain, Xie Wanjun's younger sister."

"Oh, I know about her. She’s quite beautiful; considering how rough and tough Xie Wanjun is, his little sister is surprisingly pretty."

The hushed whispers started to bubble up like water slowly coming to a boil when Hao Ren entered.

Hao Ren pretended not to hear these remarks as he sat at the back of the class, listening to the old professor lecture on ancient poetry.

However, he also noticed that there were several other members of his dragon clan present in the room who were all at the Shaking Realm level. They turned around and whispered among themselves after taking a look at Hao Ren.

The crisis at East Sea Dragon Palace has been spreading through the dragon clan's circles. The news about Hao Ren being the son-in-law of the Eastern Sea also gradually spread among young cultivators.

Those internal clubs that once wanted to court Hao Ren now kept their distance from him—after all, their fathers were making efforts to dissociate themselves from the influence of East Sea.

Hao Ren didn’t pay attention to what they were discussing; instead, he focused on regulating his inner energy, allowing Sword Shadow Art’s five-element sword qi to circulate within his body and continuously strengthen his dragon pearl.

His mind was calm, his heart was tranquil, and his spirit was peaceful. The Sword Shadow Art's five elemental sword energies flowed ceaselessly through his body as the dragon pearl grew bigger bit by bit.

The Shaking Realm doesn’t have upper, middle, or lower tiers; based on Hao Ren’s Force Aperture realm, he had reached the middle of the Shaking Realm. However, with his supernatural abilities, he could single-handedly deal with any Shaking Realm cultivators in the classroom, so Hao Ren didn't really care about their gossip.

Time ticked away gradually until several afternoon classes were over. Hao Ren hurried to pack up and return to his dormitory before catching a ride on Xiao Bai’s express train for a visit to East Sea Dragon Palace.

Entering the palace as the son-in-law, Hao Ren faced no obstruction; he smoothly arrived at the small black room where Zhao Yanzi was being held.

Zhao Yanzi had been waiting in the room for Hao Ren all day long. Upon hearing someone knock on the door and seeing him come to visit her every day, she quickly stuffed her book under her pillow and asked coldly, "Who is it"

"It’s me!" Hao Ren answered from outside.

Zhao Yanzi's heart was sweet but still pretended to be aloof as she said, "Come in then! You're really annoying coming every day."

Hao Ren smiled and pushed the door open. Would he not know Zhao Yanzi’s little thoughts at such a time She loved lively scenes, so being shut up inside this small palace would drive her mad from boredom. Zhao Guang used this method to discipline his daughter's character.

"What have you been doing today" Hao Ren asked as he closed the door and walked over.

"Nothing much, just sleeping," Zhao Yanzi replied in a bad mood.

"Did you review your lessons at all" Hao Ren continued to ask her.

"No! I slept all day!

"Oh, what's this then" Hao Ren pulled out a math tutoring book from under her pillow; half of the book was peeking out, just visible to Hao Ren.

"My pillow is too low, I needed something to prop it up!" Zhao Yanzi pouted and said after hesitating for half a second.

"Did you eat" Hao Ren put the book down on the table next to her and asked again.

When he entered earlier, he saw an empty food box at the door and knew that today Zhao Yanzi finally agreed to have something to eat.

"Hmph!" Zhao Yanzi didn’t answer directly but thought Hao Ren was being very annoying.

The whole day she had been waiting for him

Hao Ren sat down in a chair and opened the tutoring book, looking through it to find some exercises for her. Seeing that Hao Ren wasn't saying anything, Zhao Yanzi felt uncomfortable and coughed twice before asking, "Did you do any bad things today"

When Zhao Yanzi asked this question, Hao Ren's heart skipped a beat. Today’s actions of Xie Yujia indeed caused some commotion in his mind, and now that Zhao Yanzi had suddenly asked him about it, he felt somewhat guilty.

Seeing that Hao Ren still wasn’t talking, Zhao Yanzi huffed again. "You must have gone on a date with that Xie Yujia!"

In fact, she didn't hate Xie Yujia either, but she always felt that Xie Yujia was gentle and beautiful, could do housework, had excellent grades, and in every aspect, she couldn’t match her.

Unbeknownst to Zhao Yanzi, Xie Yujia thought Zhao Yanzi was lively and cute, with such great potential in cultivation that she felt inferior to Zhao Yanzi.

"Let's catch up on your physics today. The pinhole imaging and plane mirror imaging concepts will be solidified again." Hao Ren placed the tutoring book before Zhao Yanzi.

“3! Hmph! Hmph!” With three huffs, Zhao Yanzi slightly sat up, leaning against her pillow as she bent down to look at the tutoring book.

Studying alone did leave some unclear spots. For this final exam, she didn't want a failing grade again because Zhao Hongyu had promised that if she improved in ranking this time, she would take her abroad for vacation during summer break.

Hao Ren pulled the chair close to the bed and carefully explained how to solve such problems to her.

Shoulders touching each other, with candlelight flickering inside the palace—this was what they called enduring hardship together.

After two hours of tutoring ended, Hao Ren closed the book, stretched his shoulders, then stood up.

Zhao Yanzi's legs and feet were a bit sore from sitting still. Seeing that Hao Ren was about to leave, she felt somewhat reluctant.

"I'll come over again tomorrow to tutor you. Ten days should be quick enough." Hao Ren consoled her.

Given Zhao Guang's temper, it would likely be impossible for Zhao Yanzi to be released earlier.

"Alright, alright, get going already! You're the most annoying!" Zhao Yanzi impatiently waved her arms.

"Also, don't slack off in your cultivation. Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you can begin formal practice." Hao Ren reminded her.

“I know!” Zhao Yanzi frowned slightly out of slight annoyance.

Seeing her pouting expression, Hao Ren smiled and turned to leave the room, closing the door behind him.

Summer Chengxiang had been waiting outside. Seeing Hao Ren exit the small palace, he immediately stepped forward: "Young Master Hao, how was today"

"Azi has a good appetite. Could you add some more dishes to her meals for the past two days" Hao Ren said.

He thought about it and then continued, "How is Su Han doing these past few days"

"I’m not very clear on this matter. Envoy Su is taken care of by Elder Star Moon," Xia Chengxiang answered cautiously.

"Mm." Hao Ren nodded once and took out a delicate wooden box from his芥子空間, "Give this to Elder Star Moon for her to pass it along to Su Han."

“What is…” Xia Chengxiang was somewhat puzzled.

"These are divine pills I obtained in the Nine Dragons Palace. There’s one of each type, and seeing as she has been ill for a long time without recovery this time, might as well give them to her. It's already night, so I won’t go over to see her," Hao Ren said casually.

Xia Chengxiang felt astonished by the weight in his hands: How generous of the Imperial Son-in-Law!

The divine pills from the Nine Dragons Palace were numerous but each was priceless. Especially since the palace had closed, getting hold of divine pills was almost impossible. With every pill used, they became even more precious.

However, Hao Ren thought that these divine pills would be useless in his possession and Su Han’s cultivation level should definitely allow her to consume them. Moreover, she wasn’t a core member of the East Sea Dragon Palace, so it was unlikely they’d give such valuable divine pills to her. He decided to simply give all of his pills to her.

“There is nothing else. I will come over again tomorrow,” Hao Ren strode out of the main gate of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Xia Chengxiang watched as Hao Ren quickly departed on Xiao Bai. After a moment's thought, he hurriedly turned to go to Elder Star Moon’s palace.

He was reliable, so Hao Ren entrusted him with such tasks. However, these divine pills were precious and he didn’t dare hold onto them long; thus, he rushed to Elder Star Moon’s residence and handed them over personally.

Elder Star Moon, who received the medicine box, was equally astonished. She was a core elder of the East Sea Dragon Palace, receiving only two divine pills that aided cultivation. However, Hao Ren had sent five in one set all for Su Han.

She closed the wooden box and hid the dazzling divine pills inside again, then looked at Xia Chengxiang, "How’s Princess Azi lately"

"She practices her cultivation regularly every day and seems to have made some progress," Xia Chengxiang answered.

Elder Star Moon thought for a moment, "Mm. By rights I should guide Aizi's progress in martial arts since she has returned to practicing it. However, the practice route she’s taken is that of human cultivators and I’m not familiar with this path. The practices we have here are all those of dragon cultivators, right"

"That Flash of Swordlight technique seems to follow the path of human cultivators, but Aizi probably doesn’t have the heart or willpower to practice it. What we store in our palace should not be suitable for her," Xia Chengxiang said, then suddenly changed his tone, "The Third Master’s retraining was also this Flash of Swordlight technique; that was because his dragon pearl had been damaged. So he could start over and lay a foundation while cultivating the five elements simultaneously."

"Why bring him up all of sudden," Elder Star Moon shot Xia Chengxiang an annoyed glance.

Xia Chengxiang’s withered face broke into a smile, "The Third Master has been gone for so long without any news. I miss him very much."

Elder Star Moon toyed with her fingers and sighed softly before saying softly, “He's lucky to be alive; he’ll be fine.”

"Haha, as long as he’s alright, no need to disturb Elder Star Moon’s meditation. I’m taking my leave," Xia Chengxiang stood up and left the living room.

Elder Star Moon sat motionless on the sofa, thinking for a few seconds before letting out a sigh and stroking the warm wooden box containing the divine pills as she pushed open the small door to go out.

Overhead in the dragon palace, green waves rolled. Elder Star Moon looked up at layer upon layer of blue-green sky, her dao heart slightly agitated. She paused for half a second then passed through the little garden and went to Su Han’s quarters.

My disciple is truly fortunate; she remains indifferent yet there are still people who care about her. Unlike some others一心追求天龍之境，卻十天半月冇有一絲訊息。

They all say I love solitary, arduous meditation, but they don’t know how hard it is to chase after the great figure ahead of me.e looking at Xie Yujia through the mirror.Xie Yujia looks very pretty today. She is wearing a black-blue one-piece dress with a pink outerwear, looking simple and fashionable."Okay, okay! Let me do yo...