Chapter 633
Chapter 633
Only after the two had spent enough intimate time together did Mulan finally appear before the people waiting for her. The Count of Xuanwu's estate was once again as joyous as if celebrating the Spring Festival. Everyone gathered around Mulan, marveling at her and staring in disbelief. She had become this beautiful after just one deep sleep? Now, even if one searched the entire State of Yue, there would be no woman more beautiful than Mulan.
Jin Hui’s wife, Jeong Hong-seon, said.
“I shouldn't stand next to Mulan anymore. What if I end up looking like the ugly duckling?”
Jeong Hong-seon had learned the story of the ugly duckling when Bing'er told it to Shen Mi. Hearing his wife's words, Jin Hui quickly added.
“In my heart, you are the most beautiful and the one and only.”
What a man, always trying to flatter women!
“Jin Hui, don't just say endless pleasantries. You should speak the truth.”
Jeong Hong-seon said with a solemn expression, and Jin Hui replied again.
“Then you, my wife, are the second most beautiful woman in the world.”
Jeong Hong-seon raised an eyebrow and asked coolly.
“I see you've grown tired of me now, have you?”
‘Trouble, big trouble!’
This is why men who just flatter women never end well!
Su Peipei looked Mulan up and down for a long while before exclaiming.
“Mulan, are you really my daughter? My daughter was never this beautiful. It seems half of your beauty came from me, and the other half from Shen Lang. Wow, this skin is like white jade. Ooh, look at the curve of these hips. Even if you asked Shen Lang to draw it, he couldn't capture this. I'm so jealous I could die.”
Halfway through her words, Su Peipei quickly covered her mouth and stopped. It was improper for an elder to say such things in front of Shen Lang. After a long moment, Su Peipei looked at Shen Lang and asked.
“Lang'er, do you have another one of those Marrow Cleansing Crystals?”
‘I really don't. Even if I did, you shouldn't use it, Mother-in-law. It's not a beauty potion.’
* * *
“My love, get ready, and... run!”
At Shen Lang's shout, Mulan's devilishly perfect body shot forward in an instant, her incredibly long legs sprinting madly. The speed was truly astonishing.
‘One hundred meters in six seconds? Two hundred in twelve? Three hundred in nineteen? A thousand in sixty-three? Two thousand in one hundred and twenty-seven?’
Shen Lang was completely dumbfounded.
‘Is... is my wife still an ordinary human?’
There was certainly something like lightness skills in this world, but that didn't mean that even with mastery, one could be faster than a car; such a thing was impossible. Lightness skills were a kind of endurance, allowing one to run quickly for a long time. Sword King Li Qianqiu was incredibly powerful in martial arts, but his running speed was no faster than Big Dummy's. Qiu Yao'er was the fastest runner Shen Lang had ever seen. Her speed was inhuman. Big Dummy wasn't a fast sprinter, but he could maintain his top speed for several hours.
So how fast was Mulan running? Her speed was similar to that of Sword King Li Qianqiu. But while the Sword King relied on internal energy and lightness skills to run at that speed, Mulan was running purely on physical strength. Not only had her running speed increased, but her reaction time and agility had also improved dramatically. The most surprising thing was her jumping ability.
“My love, try it again!”
At Shen Lang's cry, Mulan immediately leaped onto a roof nearly five meters high. She jumped straight up without using any footholds.
‘This... this is incredible.’
The people of this world had extremely high martial arts skills, and lightness skills also existed. But looking at past examples like Grand Master Banya or Su Nan, even when they tried to scale the walls of White Night County, they had to rely on something to climb; they couldn't jump up on their own power. People in this world couldn't fly, and of course, neither could Mulan. But she had used her body's phenomenal jumping power to leap onto the roof. That was something even martial arts experts at the Grand Master level couldn't do easily. No matter how strong one's internal energy was, they couldn't possess such incredible jumping power. This was like a physical buff. Were the ancient humans this strong?
Next, Mulan drew her scimitar and performed her saber arts. The result was an incredibly fast saber technique. She was performing the same techniques, but their power and lethality felt several times greater than before. Next, he tested her strength. It had increased, but not by a large margin.
Shen Lang finally understood. The Marrow Cleansing Crystal had massively enhanced Mulan's constitution, greatly improving her jumping power, speed, and agility. In terms of physical attributes alone, not counting internal energy, she far surpassed most humans in this world, but her strength and internal energy had only increased by a certain amount.
But how many times had her personal combat power increased compared to before? It was astounding to perform martial arts without relying on internal energy. Furthermore, it was even more amazing that she could fight continuously with incredible stamina. In contrast, martial arts masters who relied on internal energy might start a fight with the ferocity of a tiger, but the moment their energy was depleted, they would become completely weak.
Having just undergone this transformation, Mulan was as excited as a child with a new toy. She tucked Shen Lang under one arm and sprinted madly in all directions. She could easily climb the tallest buildings in the estate, scale the city walls, and even ascend the high mountain behind the estate. She could also climb sheer cliffs.
The mountain behind the Count of Xuanwu's estate was very high, over two thousand meters above sea level. Moreover, it was all sheer cliffs, so no one had ever climbed it before. Now, Mulan had climbed it, even bringing Shen Lang with her. The two leaned affectionately against each other and watched the sunset from there. It was so high that they could even see the seashore. Watching the sun sink below the horizon, it felt as if they were the only two people in the world, making it incredibly romantic.
Mulan was overjoyed inside. She had finally become strong enough to protect her husband. But this wasn't enough; it was only the beginning.
“Lord of Desire, were the ancient humans like me?”
Mulan asked in an affectionate voice. Her calling him "Lord of Desire" in such an incredibly lovely voice made Shen Lang's own desires stir even more.
‘Hmph, if I hadn't overdone it today, I would have pounced on you right here on this mountaintop.’
But when Mulan looked at Shen Lang with eyes full of love, he immediately shrank back.
‘My lady, I can't. I really can't today. I think I need to rest at least until tomorrow.’
“At any time, in any place, my wife is one of a kind.”
Mulan kissed Shen Lang's lips and then said seriously.
“My husband, you are the most amazing person in this world. You are my sun!”
‘That's right, I am yours.’
In her heart, Mulan worshipped her husband. Especially after she fell into that inexplicable deep sleep, her husband had traveled over ten thousand li for a month on her behalf. He had gone to Mount Fudao, crossed several nations, and finally reached the ancient ruins near the South Sea Sword Sect. Most importantly, even though he had clearly opened the ancient ruins, he hadn't even thought of entering them. Ancient ruins were incredibly alluring to everyone, yet Shen Lang's heart was not swayed by such things. Because he had to bring back the Marrow Cleansing Crystal to save her. These were things Wu Daozi had told her. At the time, Mulan had been in a deep sleep, but she could hear and feel what people were saying.
Of course, she automatically filtered out some of Wu Daozi's words. For example, things like "Your husband is a scumbag; even though I'm his master, he tried to humiliate me," and "After he finished treating you, Jin Mulan, your husband stole a glance at my chest roughly nineteen times." Hearing Wu Daozi's words, Shen Lang had thought.
‘Master, you speak such nonsense. With an A-cup like yours, what is there to see even if I did steal a glance?’
In the end, Wu Daozi had concluded with these words: "Your husband is definitely a scumbag, but he's a scumbag who loves you the most, a scumbag who belongs entirely to you."
* * *
“My husband, did I mention I've awakened a new ability?”
Shen Lang was startled and asked cautiously.
“My lady, I know your new ability is amazing and has infinite power. But I really can't today. Even a body of steel can't take any more.”
Mulan was annoyed.
‘A dirty mind sees dirt everywhere, is that it? Yes, that's a superpower too, I suppose. But I have other superpowers besides that one.’
“A different superpower, not that one.”
Astonished, Shen Lang's mind was instantly filled with images of incredible heroes from Marvel movies.
‘A superpower? Like Professor X, able to enter people's minds? Or like Magneto, controlling all magnetic forces? Or maybe transforming like the Hulk? My dearest Mulan, I... I swear I never intended to be unfaithful. A physical fling doesn't count as cheating!’
“I can feel the entire world.”
‘Ugh! I... I can do that too.’
“I don't know how to explain it. But I can feel the trees growing, I can feel the earth whispering quietly, I can feel the sounds of the mountains and rivers, and I can feel the sea roaring.”
Hearing that, Shen Lang's mind snapped to attention.
‘That doesn't sound like a superpower... but then again, maybe it is.’
“It will rain in six hours. I can even feel the water vapor gathering in the sky.”
Shen Lang looked up at the sky.
‘The moon is bright, the stars are sparse, and the sky is clear. It doesn't look like it's going to rain at all.’
“I can feel that a typhoon will form over the eastern sea in two days. Because it's preparing to form one over there.”
It was already the tenth month, almost the beginning of winter. It wasn't typhoon season.
“Then let's wait and watch the sky.”
After speaking, Shen Lang lay his head on Mulan's lap and continued to fiddle with her slender waist. Sure enough, four hours later, the stars and moon were obscured by dark clouds, and it really looked like it was about to rain.
Mulan took Shen Lang down the mountain and returned to the Count of Xuanwu's estate. Just as they entered the house, they heard Shen Ye's cries. The baby was very upset. After waking up, his mother had only looked at him a couple of times before abandoning him at home to go out and play with his father. When Mulan took the baby, Shen Ye's crying stopped instantly, and he pressed his face against Mulan's chest.
‘Son, you're about to be disappointed.’
After her body's transformation, Mulan's milk, which had been flowing abundantly, had completely dried up. Shen Lang held Shen Mi, and Mulan held Shen Ye. The two stood by the window, watching the heavy rain pour down outside. They truly looked like a couple out of a picture book.
Two days later. A typhoon formed over the eastern sea, and Shen Lang couldn't help but be amazed.
‘Mulan's superpower is so accurate! It's more accurate than a weather bureau. Is this also a special ability of the ancient humans? Perhaps they could sense the changes in this world, or maybe it was an ability that humans inherently possessed but gradually lost. Did the ancient Marrow Cleansing Crystal activate that ability in Mulan?’
Mulan had already shown signs of this ability when she was pregnant. Even from over ten meters away, she had sensed Shen Lang just as he entered the garden and had said that her husband had arrived. At the time, everyone had been very surprised and said it was because Mulan and Shen Lang were so deeply in love that their hearts were connected.
Shen Lang let his imagination run wild about the superpower Mulan had mentioned.
‘For example, could she also know about earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or tsunamis? Those things also have omens and an accumulation of energy before they occur. If so, could Mulan sense such phenomena in advance?’