Chapter 262: Chapter 262: Detached Radiant Sword, Jian Ruyi (2)

Seeing Li Feng remain silent, Jian Ruyi closed her eyes, looking as though she was quietly awaiting his judgment.

She knew she was asking for a lot.

But no matter what choice Li Feng made, she wouldn’t blame him for it.

She had already started thinking of a plan on how to hunt those demonic cultivators while being armless.

’It seems I have to resort to the Swordless Style that Father once showed me…’

Just as she braced herself for harsh criticism from Li Feng, his answer came—completely unexpected.

“Sure. Let’s have a spar, Jian Ruyi.”

She looked up at him, surprise flickering across her face.

Ning Jianli, standing nearby, let out a quiet sigh of relief when she saw the familiar smile return to Li Feng’s face and heard his words.

Seeing the two women act as if something monumental had just occurred, Li Feng smiled and shook his head.

’Ah… getting good women is never easy.’

Yes, he had been irritated.

Yes, her demand was unreasonable.

…But something about her made him change his mind.

He simply decided to treat this as a trial to win a good woman.

“But I have a condition of my own,” he said with a smirk.

Of course, Li Feng never let an opportunity for benefit slip away…especially since he knew Jian Ruyi was fully aware that her request was quite rude.

…So he could afford to be a little excessive with his demand.

Jian Ruyi straightened her posture and replied solemnly,

“Please tell me your condition, Brother Li.”

Li Feng smiled, pointed at her, and grinned.

“If I win, you will be mine.”

Seeing her puzzled expression, he slowly reached out, gently lifted her chin, and continued,

“And I don’t mean metaphorically or poetically… I want everything of you. Your body, heart and…future if you understand what I mean.”

Li Feng smiled smugly as she fell silent.

He could tolerate others taking advantage of his kindness but if they did, they better prepare to repay him back triple.

That was his principle.

’Now… choose.’

His eyes brightened as he gazed at her small yet beautiful face, feeling a spark of anticipation.

What would this righteous prodigy do?

Would she still refuse? Or would she casually accept?

No matter what she chose, Li Feng had already decided…he would not give this woman another chance.

But Jian Ruyi tilted her head slightly, frowned in genuine puzzlement, and answered in the most matter-of-fact tone with her solemn face.

“Hm? If I’m already your wife, then isn’t it the same thing?”

Her tone suggested she was stating something completely obvious and even seem to be in genuine puzzlement at his questions.

“Huh?”

Li Feng blinked and stared at Jian Ruyi as if they weren’t even talking about the same subject.

“Wait, wait. Wife?”

“Yes.” She nodded once, as though explaining that fire is hot and water is wet. “If you defeat me and claim my body, doesn’t that make you my husband? And if you’re my husband, then naturally everything I have already belongs to you.”

He stared.

She stared back, perfectly sincere.

After several long heartbeats Li Feng pressed a palm to his forehead, looking like a man who had just been hit with an invisible brick.

“….Let me ask you something,” he said very softly. “Who exactly taught you that having your body claimed automatically turns a man into your husband?”

“My mother.” Jian Ruyi answered without the slightest hesitation. “She told me I may only allow the one who defeats me to take my body.”

A tiny, proud smile touched her lips.

“And she said only my husband is permitted to touch me.”

“I see…”

He rubbed the space between his brows once more, then asked one final question.

“By the way… what exactly do you define as a ’husband’?”

Jian Ruyi tilted her head slightly.

The motion was unconsciously cute, yet her expression remained perfectly solemn.

“Husband?” she repeated

Then, without pause.

“Isn’t a husband the person you give your everything to? The one you listen to, obey, bear children for, and devote yourself to making him happy?”

A beat of absolute silence.

Li Feng stared at her.

She stared back…open, earnest, utterly without guile like a innocent child.

Yep.

This Heavenly Sword Sect was indeed full of strange fairies.

…Not that he minded.

_

_

_

At that memory, Li Feng could only smile wryly.

And it seems her way of treating a husband is… quite unique.

His gaze settled on the woman before him.

Jian Ruyi’s aura was no longer restrained.

It rose steadily, like a sword sliding free of its sheath, sharp and unyielding.

Every breath she took seemed to sharpen the edge in the air around her.

And yet…

The fiercer she became, the more unbearably cute she appeared in his eyes.

Who would have thought such a formidable woman could carry this kind of pure, guileless innocence?

And for some reason, he had a feeling that if he truly won and make her his….

….he would undoubtedly become the happiest man alive.

But then his expression hardened.

He remembered her earlier words very clearly.

“Do not hold anything back.”

This was no longer a casual spar.

This was a marriage trial.

To toy with her, to hold back out of arrogance or playfulness…it would be the height of disrespect toward someone so straightforward and earnest.

If she was giving everything, then he would answer in kind.

With that decision made, Li Feng’s eyes sharpened.

For only the second time since arriving in this world…

…he unleashed one of his true trump cards again.

“[Star Ignition],” he murmured softly.

BOOM—!

An invisible, crushing pressure slammed down on the entire clearing.

Crack…!

The ground trembled.

Nearby trees bowed as though an enormous hand were pressing them toward the earth.

The very air thickened, turning heavy and oppressive.

A terrifying, tyrannical aura erupted from Li Feng’s body.

Delicate silver lines bloomed across his skin like celestial tattoos….beautiful, yet radiating devastating power as Li Feng body slowly bath in silvery light.

His original fifty-two star had, in this instant doubled into…

….One hundred and four.

Jian Ruyi and everyone else froze in place, stunned by the sudden shift.

Especially Jian Ruyi, who stood closest.

Before she could even form a complete thought—

….Li Feng vanished.

“What?”

The word had barely escaped her lips when the world… flipped.

One moment she was standing on her sword gracefully, full of battle intent.

One heartbeat later, she was flat on her back, staring up at the sky…

….as she watched, a single hand that seemed to bear the weight of the heavens themselves descended.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep