The Sword Palace: Book 5 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage

by Fat Bread

  "Unfortunately, we won't be able to eat his bread again."

  "Thinking again, the White Emperor is actually a gentleman. He signed the contract with us for saving his world but didn't do anything rude."

  Remembering their experience in the Water God's world, the girls chatted.

  Most of them were seduced by Yun Xi's hero ranked bread, so they were reluctant to part with his bread.

  Only "one person" was different.

  She not only had tasted Yun Xi's bread, but also decided to stay in the Water God's world, living there as the White Emperor's wife. However, she eventually decided to return to the Sword Palace, coming back with the other Starwing Knights girls.

  At this moment, she gazed at "Mei" with a very strange look.

  Seeing her eyes, Yun Xi suddenly had an ominous presentiment.

  Lu Lu was the only girl who had skin on skin experience with him in the Water God's world. From the first village to the Caelian City, they had become so familiar with each other, that they could discern each other's smell with their eyes shut.

  Only in front of her, Yun Xi was shy to say that he was still an upright gentleman.

  Chapter 332: Beneath the Moonlight

  "Welcome... back..." With mixied feelings in her heart, the shy little rabbit, Lu Lu stood forward bravely and hugged Yun Xi proactively.

  "Tok! Tok!" Hua Huo's body suddenly shivered while talking with the twin witches. She took a glance at the Starwing Knights girls and saw a rabbit-ear girl was hugging her Little Xi.

  No, no, it must be my imagination! My Little Xi's disguise is perfect, it isn't possible even for a legend ranked being to see through his disguise!

  She hasn't even reached the hero rank, how can she be a threat!

  Hum, hum, how can anyone expect that I dressed up my lover as a maid?! Nothing is safer than this, my decision!

  No problem, my Little Xi is an upright gentleman, how can he be tempted by such a "little rabbit"! He isn't that shameless White Emperor, who didn't refuse the girls from all races!

  "Bang! Bang!" Yun Xi could clearly feel that Lu Lu's heart was pounding heavily.

  Her fingers lightly slid across his black hair and stealthily pressed on his back, as if she was confirming the figure of his body.

  No, she can't recognize me. After all, my body now is different than when I was the White Emperor. She can't recognize me using this method!

  Yun Xi sweated profusely for fear of being exposed in the next moment.

  Fortunately, Lu Lu hesitated for a while and finally gave up.

  "Mei, can I eat your yummy bread again?" Lu Lu asked tentatively and looked at the black-haired maid in front of her, trying to find the truth through his eyes.

  "Well, of course!" Yun Xi let out a sigh of relief and made a decision in his heart that he would never make the special golden bread for these girls again. If he ever did, his identity would be immediately exposed if they tasted his hero ranked bread!

  Fortunately, he had only made them in the Water God's world. As long as he didn't make them in the outside world again, he wouldn’t expose himself.

  If he just made common bread, it shouldn't cause any problem, after all, it's a natural thing to be good at cooking as a maid.

  It just looked like Lu Lu doubted him, but wasn't sure about it.

  If possible, Yun Xi hoped that she would forget everything that had happened in the Water God's world. He felt embarrassed about the things he had done before.

  If he knew that it wasn't just a dream, he would’ve never have made those mistakes!

  Fortunately, he still could make a fresh start, he decided to be an upright gentleman!

  Just treat the things in the Water God's world as my dream! At any rate, it was a too ridiculous experience.

  Well, that's all. Even though I have done this thing and that thing with Lu Lu, the three High Priestesses, the... No, I shouldn't keep thinking about that! Forget them, forget them!

  From now on, I will begin my life anew, I will study hard, then escape again and get free to explore the vast god's domains!

  I should never forget that the threat from my four ex-girlfriends, still exists. If they catch me, everything will be over!

  He wasn't really going to abandon his one million brides in the Water God's world, he just knew that he couldn't undertake this responsibility now.

  If it wasn't because his four ex-girlfriends were still hunting him or Hua Huo suddenly appeared, perhaps he would’ve really stayed in the Water God's world as the White Emperor.

  Even though he had saved an entire world and married a million brides, Yun Xi was just a boy who was being troubled in matters of love.

  Walking along the road the stars made for him, he still needed to practice and study harder!

  "Life is full of sufferings..." Yun Xi wiped off the sweat from his forehead, then suddenly heard a voice echoing beside his ears.

  "Little guy, come to my room this night."

  "Who?" Yun Xi looked around alertly, then surprisingly found that the voice was from the person on the throne.

  The sixth Sky Sword, the Battle God, Casina.

  Apparently, she wasn't being deceived by his disguise and clearly knew his real identity.

  Oh, no, I'm done for!

  If she exposes my identity, what will my life become?!

  ...

  In the night, Yun Xi stealthily walked out of his room and looked for Casina's room.

  At present, the Sword Palace team was on a floating ship which was far bigger and faster than the floating ship White Lotus.

  Its name was "The Sands of Time". From the name, Yun Xi knew that it must be Casina's ship.

  "Don't look around, I'm on the top of this ship, and don't afraid that anyone will see you, I have closed this area. Come here and drink with me, little guy."

  A lazy voice appeared. Yun Xi looked up and saw Casina laying on a bed made of transparent jellyfishes. She was only wearing a dancer dress and looked at him with a spurious smile.

  "Ok... well... why me…?" Yun Xi walked to her nervously. He wasn't the White Emperor at this moment and wasn't wearing the three artifacts, he was lacking in self confidence when facing Casina.

  "Because it's you, so I choose you." Casina drank a blood colored wine and looked at Yun Xi with her hazy eyes.

  "Do you remember the words I said before? You have a great talent... you should be my disciple..."

  "But I refused." Yun Xi pretended to be innocent. He couldn't be the Battle God's disciple, no matter whether he was in the identity of the White Emperor or Yun Xi.

  "Ha ha..." Casina laughed.

  "You can't refuse me. Don't you know even Hydra doesn't dare to refuse me?"

  "Ah!" Yun Xi was dumbfounded.

  "When you used my Magnificence of Sky Dance, you were doomed to be my disciple."

  "No matter whether you are Yun Xi or Mei, and I don't mind whether you are a boy or a girl."

  "I want you to be my disciple, this is what I want, nothing more."

  Chapter 333: The Practice of the Battle God Genre

  She was persistent and even much more persistent than Hydra. Yun Xi realized that Casina wouldn't change the decision she had made, no matter what his decision was.

  His refusal meant nothing to this Battle God.

  "But I had never learned any martial arts, the reason why I could use the Magnificence of Sky Dance before was because your will possessed my body at that time." Yun Xi was still struggling, trying to change his doomed fate.

  "Everything happens for a reason. No matter whether it is your martial arts or talent, some things are doomed in this universe. What we humans can do is to find the rules of the universe and control those rules." Casina shook her head.

  It wasn't just an accident.

  When she explored deep inside the highest realms of the legend rank, she found a rule that all accidents were just the results of the endless necessities.

  It was rare that a human could obtain the "Soft
Body". Moreover, this owner of the "Soft Body" could reproduce her "Magnificence of Sky Sword" with his body memory, how could he lack any talent in martial arts!

  The fact was that Yun Xi had a great talent for martial arts, which was so great that it was far beyond his own imagination.

  The Magnificence of Sky Dance wasn't common martial art that could be learned by anyone. Although he had the help of the will of the Water God's world at that time, the fact that he could reproduce this skill again, had proved that he had a godlike understanding about martial arts.

  In other words, although he refused to admit it, his body had told her the right answer honestly.

  How can any martial artist let go of such a good disciple?

  "Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!" Before Yun Xi realized it, Casina had patted dozens of times on his body.

  All her pats contained a gush of heat flow. These heat flows permeated into his body and went deep into his muscles and nerves, finally forming a special circulating system.

  "Whoa! Why is my body moving uncontrollably?!"

  Yun Xi's hands stretched out and pressed down on the ground. His body bent at a ninety degree angle and his legs did the split naturally.

  Quickly, his body made a position like a duck sitting by the road.

  "Hum, remember this position, it's the first step to start practicing your Soft Body, which is called 'Sitting Duck'." Casina explained with a show of seriousness, "Generally, only female humans can make this sitting position after practicing. If you want this position to look more beautiful, you need to increase the tenacity of your knee-joint and hip-joint."

  "The basics of the Battle God Genre starts from practicing your legs instead of building your muscles."

  "Sitting Duck is the basic of all basic training."

  Of course, it was also the cutest, "feminine might" position, Casina decided to ignore this and said nothing.

  "But... I'm a man..." In front of Casina, Yun Xi stopped pretending. He had never really regarded himself as a maid.

  "I don't mind." Casina patted his shoulders with a generous attitude.

  I mind it! Yun Xi almost went crazy. No one wouldn't go crazy in the face of such a "teacher"!

  "Tsk! Tsk! Not bad! Not bad!" Casina ignored his words and walked around him with her naked feet, lightly kicking his body from time to time.

  From her foot feelings, Casina found that Yun Xi's body was softer than when he was wearing the White Emperor Mask. Yun Xi himself didn't realize that when he wore the maid uniform, he had a quiet, gentle temperament.

  This was "soft", the core of practicing the "Soft Body". Yun Xi had mastered this key point without learning.

  "Keep this position for two hours, then you can start to practice the next position." Casina laid back down on the bed and picked up the wine from Hydra. It was a wine made of Hydra's virulent blood, which could kill a million people with its poisonousness.

  Only the legend ranked beings like Casina, whose body had entered the Battle God realm could enjoy Hydra's poisonous wine without any worry.

  After taking a sip of the wine, Casina felt a hot feeling run down along her tongue through her esophagus into her stomach. It was a gift and also a reward from Hydra.

  Compared to Casina who was enjoying the wine, Yun Xi was suffering.

  A gust of heat flowed one after another. The gusts shuttled back and forth in his body. He felt as if he was soaking in a lava pool, but didn't drip a drop of sweat. The uncomfortable feeling made him feel a painful torment.

  He didn't only feel hot, but also felt sore and numb. He could feel that his body parts were becoming soft when the heat flows passed through.

  Why does such a simple position make me feel so painful?

  Two hours later, Yun Xi finally toppled down to the ground and gasped for air.

  "Very good, you just created the longest record of keeping the Sitting Duck position amongst all my disciples." Although Casina was drunk, she still praised him with appreciation.

  Although it was the basic of the Battle God Genre, none of her disciples could keep this position longer than one hour.

  The heat flows she transferred into Yun Xi's body weren't something simple. They could help Yun Xi adjust his body breathing and were the essential factors to test his physical quality.

  Yun Xi could keep the Sitting Duck position two hours as the heat flows shuttled through his body, it was really a great Soft Body talent.

  It seems that my Battle God Genre finally has a qualified successor! Casina thought with joy.

  Chapter 334: Treasure Ship Style

  "Can we change to other cultivation methods that are much more 'common'?" Yun Xi felt that his body was like a rusty machine of gears, groaning with creaking sounds and pain.

  "Oh, what kind of cultivation method do you like?" Casina looked at him curiously. At present, he was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger.

  Teaching students according to their aptitude is also very important.

  "I did several rounds of limit practices before." He answered honestly.

  One thousand push-ups, one thousand sit-ups, one thousand squats, and ran a hundred kilometers and brandish sword for ten thousand times. It was a classic limit practice that could only be finished after using up all one's strength.

  If he didn't use the Green Hippo's Seed to refresh himself, he probably couldn’t finish one round of limit practice.

  "Limit practice... you mean that..." Casina shrugged her shoulders and touched his head with a pity.

  Fortunately, it's not too late to stop that practicing method. No, it's not a bad practicing method, however, there is a strong side effect with it.

  Well, I don't need to tell him about it. Anyway, with my guidance, he doesn't need to practice that skill that would make him lose hair... cough, cough, that secret skill with a strong sequela.

  "Well, can you try push-ups first?" It was such a basic practicing method, but it was undeniable that it was a thoroughly tempered skill that worked best for mankind.

  "Ok." he stretched out his arms and legs. He found that his resilience had really been increased and the rhythm of his breath had also been changed.

  The blessing of the Water God was changing his body unconsciously. This process was still ongoing.

  Hydra was still with him.

  "One, two, three..." Yun Xi naturally put his hands on the ground and started to do push-ups. After three times, he felt something heavy was put on his back, instantly, a fragrance with alcohol and the feeling of warm skin came from his back.

  "Master Casina?"

  "Call me teacher from now on. Keep going." Casina stretched out her toes and stepped her feet on the acupressure points on Yun Xi's back.

  "Gee?" An aching cold feeling spread throgh his whole body from his spine. He couldn't help but emit a strange groan from his mouth.

  His body parts that were being stepped on by her shivered and twisted. He found out with shame that his body had a reaction that should never appear at this moment.

  "Little guy, be more attentive to your practice."

  She smiled and tapped her foot at the back of his neck. Her naked toes didn't contain any smell of sweat but had a nice smell like a blooming flower in the dry desert.

  "Remember, this is the second position of the basic Battle God Genre: Treasure Ship Style." Compared to the first position Sitting Duck, which was used to increase the resilience of one's body, the second position Treasure Ship Style requires a higher coordination degree of all body parts, especially the connection points of joints. If Yun Xi practiced without any guidance, he would probably hurt himself.

  Casina didn't like the disciples who learned by rote but liked the disciples who learned using their own body.

  Through her toes that were pressing on his back, she guided his body to shake regularly.

  His hands supported by the ground and his body shook like a tiny boat in a tempestuous storm.

  "Ha... ha..." he felt as if he was being drowned in an
endless sea. His hands were indeed supported by the ground, but he could feel that the whole world was shaking.

  No, it wasn't his imagination. The area around him was indeed shaking like in a storm.

  She could even reverse the rules of the sky and earth, to accomplish this was just a piece of cake for her.