"You really suck at lying, Yang Wei." Zhu Wenqian chuckled softly as she found him hilarious.
He was calm and collected in every scenario. Yet when it comes to lying, he just couldn't do it correctly.
"How did you know I was lying?" Yang Wei asked.
"I made sure to keep a straight face to prevent you from telling my expression apart." He added.
Zhu Wenqian sneered as she grinned evilly.
"Promise to bring out something fun and I shall tell you the answer." Zhu Wenqian said..
Yang Wei clicked his tongue in annoyance as he took out some chess pieces.
He then proceeded to explain the rules and how the game is played for another few minutes to Zhu Wenqian.
"In the end, in this game of chess, the goal is to capture the king piece and we call that checkmate." Yang Wei said.
"Do you understand the game rules now?" Yang Wei asked.
Zhu Wenqian nodded her head.
"This chess game seems fun and requires a lot of brain cells." Zhu Wenqian was amused by the chess piece decoration as she played around with it.
"Anyway, since I took out a game for you, it's time for you to fulfill your end of the bargain." Yang Wei said as he demanded an answer.
He was eager to learn how to improve his lying skills since it's necessary to survive in the harsh cultivation world.
Yang Wei continued to wait for Zhu Wenqian to answer his question since she was taking a long time.
"So? Can you answer me?" Yang Wei asked again, urging her to answer.
Zhu Wenqian shook her head.
"When did I say I would tell you?" Zhu Wenqian suddenly said.
Yang Wei narrowed his eyes as his expression darkened. "You're seriously going to play the shameless card now?"
Zhu Wenqian shuddered when she realized Yang Wei was really enraged this time.
"Okay okay, chill, Yang Wei." Zhu Wenqian raised her hand in surrender. She was truly frightened by Yang Wei's cold and angered expression.
"Speak ahead then."
Zhu Wenqian took a deep breath first to calm down as she began speaking. "When you lie, you change your behavior and attitude completely. Although you had a poker face the whole time, it was pretty suspicious."
And she continued, "To lie, it should be something natural and the most important factor is- you must believe the lie is the truth."
"Believing the lie is the truth…" Yang Wei repeated her words and held a solemn expression.
'Ahh, I had basically next to zero emotion when I was lying so it wasn't believable…' Yang Wei noted this to mind as he nodded his head.
Sometime later, Zhu Wenqian set up the chessboard and urged Yang Wei to play with her.
"If I win the chess game, you must cook a very delicious Jagged Tiger meat for me." Zhu Wenqian said.
"Then what if I win?"
"..."
Zhu Wenqian puffed her chest out and shouted, "If you win then this queen shall let you grope my breast for a second. However, I will get to beat you up when I win as an additional condition."
Yang Wei twitched his mouth.
"No thanks, let's just play for fun."
"What? Are you scared of losing?" Zhu Wenqian sneered. "If you're afraid then you can just crawl under me and be my chair."
Yang Wei laughed heartily. "Since you asked for death then who am I to stop you."
"However, instead of touching your breast, I want to learn the technique you used to heal the injuries from Luo Zian and Peng Tian." He added.
Zhu Wenqian was dumbfounded. "You want to learn my recovery technique?"
Yang Wei nodded his head.
Her miraculous healing technique was so profound that it could even recover a genital.
If he could learn the recovery technique from Zhu Wenqian. Then he wouldn't need to rely on recovery pills much whenever he had to fight against another cultivator.
Zhu Wenqian held a solemn expression as she mumbled, "You are really like a lion opening its bloody mouth."
Her words were a proverb for 'voracious greed' and Yang Wei was in disbelief.
"H-How am I being greedy for trying to learn a recovery technique?" Yang Wei stuttered as he asked her.
Zhu Wenqian glared angrily at Yang Wei. "The recovery technique you want to learn from me is called the Nirvanic Regeneration- a secret technique from our Zhu Clan."
And she continued, "Not only does the technique require Saint Qi to utilize, but the key component in learning the technique is to have our Zhu Clan bloodline…"
As her words trail off, her expression had turned somewhat bashful, almost like she was embarrassed to even look at Yang Wei in the eyes.
Meanwhile, Yang Wei held a confused expression as he wondered what it means to have their Zhu Clan bloodline.
'Is it like my bloodline being awakened back then?' Yang Wei wondered silently as he stared at Zhu Wenqian.
Zhu Wenqian gnashed her teeth as she shouted, "You didn't want to just grope my breast but take my purity. Otherwise, there's no way you can learn about the Nirvanic Regeneration."
"How did wanting to learn a technique go to wanting your purity?" Yang Wei asked.
"I have no nefarious intent toward you and I am merely curious about the miraculous healing ability of that technique." He added.
Zhu Wenqian sighed softly as she nodded her head.
"Fine, there's another way to help you but only if you win against me." Zhu Wenqian then lifted her sleeves up as she made her first chess move.
"Best out of 3 matches." Zhu Wenqian said.
"Fine, so be it." Yang Wei replied as he responded by moving his pawn up.
Sometime later, the chess match had turned more intense and Yang Wei found himself struggling for the first time.
'Damn, Zhu Wenqian is really a great actress. Her intelligence is unlike her behavior at all.' Yang Wei cursed inwardly when he realized each of her moves was planned for the next 3 or 5 steps ahead.
'Heh, prepare to suffer a miserable defeat, Yang Wei.' Zhu Wenqian grinned evilly as she continued to corner Yang Wei's chess pieces.
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