The next day Wu Long went out with Wu Mengqi.

They roamed the streets, talking and sightseeing. Wu Long did not behave any differently from his usual demeanor, and did not change his way of speaking to the less confident one he had when they were young.

Yet it did not seem to bother Wu Mengqi, as she clung to his arm the whole time, having fun just being with him.

“So, after spending time with me and the others, what do you think?”

Wu Long asked as they went through a bridge suspended over a river sometime closer to the evening.

“Hmm, you’re taller and more handsome. I think you pass”

She giggled, making him smile with a slight chuckle but then she stopped and turned to look at him since she sensed that he was asking a serious question.

“There are times when I feel you changed, and times I feel like you did not at all. Honestly, it is not really that important, since my feelings are genuine and sincere and they still exist no matter how many differences I find, no I should say they grow even more…

I don’t care if you have other women, I even like talking with them, they’re fun and I can see how much they care about you. But I also realized that if you don’t pay attention to me I might get a little jealous.

I was truly a little caught up in the feelings of the past, since I never stopped hoping to find you…”

She then slightly blushed but continued to look straight into his eyes.

“…or loving you. But even as I get to know the new you, I fall in love all over again”

Wu Long placed his hand on her cheek as warmth spread through his heart and she smiled as she placed her hand over his.

“It feels like I got a bargain, since my lover turned even more cool and dashing”

She then added with a mischievous light in her eyes and he chuckled.

“What about you?”

She then asked as her heart skipped a beat. It was more of an impulse that came in the heat of the moments, but she finally got the courage to ask the question that was on her mind for some time now. After seeing how many beautiful, talented and caring women were around him she could not help feeling anxious if he really wanted her.

“I might have changed, and you have changed as well, it is normal for people to change with time. However, even if we changed, I still love you. I love not the past you or the you from my memories. I love Wu Mengqi who is standing in front of me now”

He said as she blushed, her eyes narrowing as she brightly smiled. The last words were spoken as he looked into her eyes, the eyes of her now, standing here with him. He was speaking not to Wu Mengqi whom he once loved in his past life, or the one his younger and more innocent self fell in love with, but to the woman he fell in love with all over again.

He leaned in and gave her a kiss and she closed her eyes as she relished in the feeling of bliss while her arms wrapped around his neck.

“I must say, the fact you are so much better at kissing now is definitely a plus”

She then smiled as their lips parted but did not move away too far, and then went on to her toes to this time initiate the kiss.

They spent the rest of the day together, not being bothered by the eyes of people around and enjoying each other’s company.

As the sky grew darker, on the way back to the inn, she excitedly looked at him from time to time as her cheeks turned rosy.

“Um… Wu Long”

“Hm?”

“I heard from others that you cured yourself from that poison, right?”

“Mhm”

As she carefully asked he simply nodded.

“Since we have confirmed our feelings again… does it mean…?”

“Hahah, eager to cultivate I see”

Wu Long chuckled and she playfully pushed him while the red on her face intensified.

“Don’t laugh!”

She said with puffed cheeks, her eyes still brimming with anticipation while her cheeks were flushed and heart rate went up.

“It depends on whether you’re ready or not”

Wu Long smiled and leaned in, his face at a distance so that their lips could touch at any moment as their feet stopped. He looked into her eyes that widened in surprise, but then determination appeared in them as she nodded while looking back at him.

“I am, I even learned that Dual Extremities something from Luo Mingyu”

“… hahaha, Dual Extremes Infinite Union Art”

He first paused and then chuckled as she became redder yet again, this time from a slightly different emotion.

“Whatever, I know how it works. Mingyu praised me, saying I learned it faster than anyone else”

She said while trying to brush past her embarrassment.

Wu Long shook his head while laughing and while pulling her closer resumed their walk to the inn.

“Did you decide on whether you want to be an Armament Cultivator or fully a Dual Cultivator?”

He asked as they walked since that was something she still had a chance of changing at this point in time when her cultivation was yet not that high. She was in the Qi Condensation Realm, which for her age was already a good achievement but not as great as one would expect from someone of the Wu Family. It was mostly related to the fact that she was not able to concentrate on cultivating after their peaceful lives were disturbed by the prince’s proposal and Wu Long’s subsequent disappearance.

“I decided to take up the Sword after all”

She nodded as this was one of the questions he asked her to ponder on when she just joined them. Wu Long nodded as he expected as much.

She was the first person to teach him the sword, and she was talented with it from a very early age. This held true in this life as well as she picked up the sword and was considered a prodigy in the Wu Family, though it was not valued as much since this country was peaceful and the Wu Family was no longer a small military family, but an influential house of aristocrats. Thus, while it was encouraged, it was in the end treated as something to put on her marriage resume when she grew up.

However, it did not mean that she treated it as such as well, as she was very enthusiastic about learning the sword.

When they arrived at the inn, they went to his room as her heart was beating faster and faster, like a war drum.

As he closed the door and approached her, she looked at him with anticipation and nervousness. Yet there was also eagerness that she could not hide.

Wu Long touched her cheek and Wu Mengqi closed her eyes as they started kissing. Her mind was stirring with thoughts as her heart beat fast like a war drum, but soon she became a little light-headed and her swirling thoughts became distant and hazy. She felt that this kiss was completely different from the ones before, more passionate, more… sensual.

Her body temperature went up as she felt a weakness in her legs, and he hugged her as he helped her stand while deepening the kiss as she could not think of anything anymore, simply taking in this sensation.

When she came to she realized that all of her jewelry was already on the table and that his hands started moving across her body atop her gray-blue dress, giving her pleasant sensations all over.

His fingers skillfully untied the straps on the back of her dress and he started removing the two straps on her shoulders. Her dress slid down and her beautiful and toned figure appeared in blue-gray underwear.

‘Heh, someone came prepared’

He thought as the lingerie she wore was what could be called “battle gear”, accentuating her figure, modest enough not to be revealing and yet teasing enough to entice and stir the imagination. ．𝚌ｏ𝚖

Her cheeks flushed but she did not look away and instead looked into his eyes. Seeing his positive reaction a delight spread through her as she realized that her preparations were not in vain.