Ch16 – Shy.

Editor: LotusEater

“Wow—” 

In the warm yellow light, hot water rushed out of the shaggy head, carrying a dense mist that blurred the glittering mirror on the wall.

All that could be vaguely seen was a tall, white figure.

 

 

In the next moment, a hand wiped the mirror’s surface, revealing the clear reflection of a face.

Ling’s appearance was ravishingly beautiful, save that he was cold by nature – even before he met Song Jianshu, who often had a smile on his face – and keen military females could always sense a bit of coldness from him, which made him a difficult person to get close to. 

Later, he simply didn’t even smile.
Although his face was still beautiful, others became more and more afraid to approach him.

 

The bathroom was a magical place.
The water mist strangely validated that point wonderfully.
Ling’s white face was baked red from the heat, and even his ever-pale lips were plumped up a bit.

A drop of water fell from his brow, slid down his cheekbone to his jaw, and then dripped free…..

He gave out a seemingly ravishing and enchanting look.

 

Ling lowered his eyelashes and stretched out his hand to turn off the water, then picked up the bathrobe to put on.
While drying his wet hair with a towel, he turned on his communicator.

A light screen appeared out of thin air, projecting a blonde, curly haired female with an excited expression, “Boss!!! Boss!!!”

Ling’s face was expressionless, “What is it?”

“The video! That video online!” Blondie danced around, “That video in the underground garage!” 

Ling and his adjutant had spent years together, and even though the adjutant had been too excited to speak, he understood the other man well enough.

He nodded, “Yes, it’s me.”

Blondie: “That—that—”

Ling: “That’s indeed my Master.” 

Blondie’s mouth opened wide as he stiffened, falling backwards into the wide, soft couch behind him, “It’s true.”

A complicated expression gradually appeared on his face.
If a metaphor was used to describe it, his expression would be as complicated as “Seeing the beautiful little golden pig of his family leaving a large field of radishes untouched, and instead embracing a small cabbage that is the sickliest of all.”

Ling raised his eyebrows: “If you have nothing to do, I’m going to hang up.”

“Wait, wait!” 

Blondie quickly stopped Ling from going through with his words.
He sighed deeply and asked, “Boss, what are you doing?”

At first glance, that male was of an extremely low grade Even if the boss was deeply broken-hearted, he shouldn’t just make do.

 

Ling was noncommittal: “I don’t lack anything.”

He had power, wealth and reputation. 

Thinking of that, Ling sighed shallowly as he remembered Lu Mo’s car, and the 300 million union coins that Song Jianshu had to pay Lu Mo—

It was just a pity that what he had, Lu Mo didn’t seem to need either.

Looking into Ling’s eyes, the adjutant understood that it would already be too difficult for Ling to recover at that point.
He rolled his eyes and said, “Well, I kind of understand that love makes a zerg blind.
You’re already deaf, blind and hopeless.”

He continued bitterly: “But you need to have a reason, don’t you? What exactly do you like about him?” 

Ling: “Do I need a reason to like him?”

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Blondie gazed at his justified appearance, and his words couldn’t help but get stuck in his throat: “Uh…usually you would.”

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The Level 2 reward package was purple.
If there was no mishap, the highest possible reward would only be of purple quality.

With the familiar upbeat music playing, rewards emanating various colored lights burst out and scattered all over the place. 

Blue items:

【中级体力增幅剂】X99

 

【中级敏捷增幅剂】X99

【Intermediate Mental Power Restorer】 X99 

【Intermediate Stamina Enhancer】 X99

【Intermediate Agility Enhancer】 X99

【Primary Mental Strength Enhancer】X20

Purple items: 

【Legendary Weapon】 X1

Those were all the dropped items.

Lu Mo exclaimed, “How generous! It would be more rewarding to play online games, the novice package would even give me 999 damage!”

System: [It’s the free ones that are the most expensive – stop comparing or your scum value will be deducted from.] 

Lu Mo pouted his lips and examined that sole purple weapon closely.

It was a very delicate, fine sword.
The blade was slender and straight, with complex and gorgeous dark patterns carved into it.

Lu Mo recognized the type as the war sword prevalent in the Tang Dynasty army, also known as the “Tang Crossed Sword“.

He gently touched it with his spiritual power, and in the next moment he felt a weight sinking into his empty right hand.
When he opened his eyes again, a heavy Tang Crossed Sword was lying quietly in his grip. 

The black blade gleamed brightly under the light.
The texture was luxurious, and you could see the extraordinariness of the blade with simply your eyes.

System: [Tsk.]

Last time it had given too much.
Afterwards, the more it thought about it, the more loss it thought it had suffered.
And the more it thought about that, the angrier it became.
This time, it had stuffed the most special purple item into the package.

There was a 99% probability that items such as Advanced Magic Books and Heavenly Taoist Formulas would have been issued instead. 

Although they were very powerful, they couldn’t be utilized in the zerg world setting, so it was fancy rubbish at best.

There was also a one percent chance of obtaining a top-tier weapon, such as the one Lu Mo was holding.

 

In different world settings, such as the world settings of cultivation and magic, all hosts had prayed to not to allow them to get any weapons.
Although weapons were good, they could refine those by themselves.

In the system’s records, fifty hosts had opened that specific reward package, yet none were issued weapons. 

Unexpectedly, one was issued when it was opened to Lu Mo.

We might say he was lucky, but then he would then go on to draw 10 percent of the low grade items.

We might say that he wasn’t, but then that sword was the only thing in the reward package that was useful.

—And, quite useful at that. 

It reluctantly said: [Congratulations to the host for drawing a legendary weapon…]

But then, Lu Mo let out a “Huh”.

A burst of golden light had lit up the bottom of the hilt, gradually spreading upward until the golden light covered the entire blade—

With it, a natural-like female voice rang out. 

【Congratulations to Mr.
Lu Mo, your legendary weapon has been successfully transformed into an epic weapon.
Please use it to open up a brighter future! 】

Lu Mo: “Eh?”

System: [……]

It was completely numb. 

That was not the first time such a thing had happened.
The items issued had a very, very low probability of rising to a higher rank.

But that was the first time the system had seen that a legendary item could be upgraded.
That chance was infinitely close to zero!

It looked at Lu Mo with pity: [I can see why you were hit by a truck.]

Lu Mo froze, “Why?” 

The system faintly said: “Life expectancy card drawing is not advisable.”

Lu Mo: “…..”

 

He played with the beautiful Tang Crossed Sword.
It was not much different from before, but there was an additional note.

【Growability: S】 

Could weapons…… grow too?

If the system knew Lu Mo’s thoughts, it would disintegrate on the spot in anger.

How scarce were growable weapons?

——So scarce that even with a handful of blue quality items, they could only be found by chance.
They were of golden quality. 

Fortunately, the system did not know.

Lu Mo put the sword back into his spiritual sea, and only then did he remember something.

He left the room and went straight to Ling’s room.

Be sure not to knock on the door before entering the room. 

It was impossible for a scum to respect the privacy of others.

Lu Mo turned the door handle and opened the door: “Ling, go order a dress tomorrow—”

Halfway through speaking, he choked.

Lu Mo stared at Ling.
The silver-haired, red-eyed female had his back to him, as if he had just finished taking a shower. 

His bathrobe wasn’t worn properly either, just a thin belt tied around the waist and spread loosely to reveal a wide, tight back.

His back was full of old scars, but it didn’t blemish the perfection of his body at all.
On the contrary, it gave off sexual appeal in a war-damaged sense.

Ling held his long wet hair in one hand.
Hearing the sound, he turned his head in a daze.
His side profile was similar to a flower stained with dew.

Lu Mo clearly heard his own violent and rapidly beating heart. 

“Master.”

“You, you—”

 

The dark-haired, green-eyed male’s face exploded red as he pointed at the female in panic, his pupils quivering.

After holding his breath for a long time, he seemed to have finally found his soul, and spewed out a pile of words: 

“Slutty, slutty!

“Shameless!

“Lecherous and lustful!”

Ling obeyed, “But what’s wrong with me being lecherous and lustful towards my own master?” 

There was a faint ‘Boom’ in the air.

Like a volcanic eruption, Lu Mo’s face was as red as a ripe tomato.
He used all his strength to spit out: “Bah, shameless female!”

Then he slammed the door shut.

Ling looked at the closed door blankly, and slowly let down the hair in his hand. 

The adjutant on the communicator screen looked stupid, and said dryly: “… Wow.
Sir, your male is actually so innocent.”

Can you still find such males these days?

How many males had seen stormy waves before they became adults.
If it were a different male, such a scene would be almost normal.

Some might even view Ling’s scars as eyesores. 

The adjutant breathed out slowly: “He’s really a rare species.”

And then, the door ‘creaked’ and another crack opened.

The male didn’t come in.
He stood behind the door and cleared his throat: “Well… Ling, remember to go order your dress tomorrow.

Ling: “Yes, Master.” 

That crack then closed quickly, followed by the quick departure of messy footsteps.

Ling: “…..”

 

He slowly covered his face and let out a low, muffled laugh.

How on earth was that male zerg raised?