Chu Ge, having verified the progress of Chef Jin and the others, left the dark room satisfied and rode his electric scooter to pick up Qiu Wuji.
This group's superpowers are getting more and more interesting.
Chef Jin makes food seem unpalatable, and his wife makes food seem shiny. Essentially, it's not about the food itself; the food isn't unpalatable or shiny, but rather a problem with their five senses.
Taste, smell, and sight.
It's just that the sense of taste can only be perceived through food, making it seem like a food-related superpower. However, their superpower doesn't affect food; it directly affects their sense of taste and smell.
If they continue practicing, could it affect the other five senses?
The two of them together could even perform a five-sense deprivation technique…
Such a powerful, Gold Saint-level superpower, and you guys managed to get utterly defeated by Rong Fu… Thankfully, after much reflection, they seem to be quite formidable now.
The reason it was only "seems" was because it was useless against Chu Ge. Chu Ge now used his divine sense, so he didn't need his five senses anymore. He easily defeated the couple with a single punch.
Seeing the couple's mournful faces, Chu Ge wasn't sure how effective it would be against other powerful ability users, but it was clearly much more powerful than before…
"Sense deprivation, very powerful…" Qiu Wuji, sitting in the back seat with his arm around Chu Ge's waist, listened to his account and laughed. "Ability users in this world probably can't use their divine sense to replace everything like we do. I think your mother…"
"Hmm?"
"...Auntie, she doesn't seem to be able to either." Qiu Wuji changed his words, sounding aggrieved, and continued, "Maybe specialists of this kind of ability can. That means even the strongest ordinary ability user would have to have their five senses blocked to fight them. This would not only greatly hinder their fighting ability, but I reckon it would also significantly affect their ability's effectiveness." "Hmm...and that young man surnamed Long, I don't know him very well. He seemed quite shy and didn't talk much, so I didn't say much. But his ability to merge with the wind is very interesting, quite different from our wind-based magic. Actually, he's the one who specializes in hand-to-hand combat in the dark room; his movements are excellent, his agility is high, and he fights quite well."
"And then?"
"He exchanged three blows with me, and then he was defeated. His movements were unpredictable; I couldn't even land my first two blows on him."
"...It's not bad that he could exchange three blows with you." Qiu Wuji said leisurely, "You stayed in the first level of the Sword Testing Cave for four hours; the inner disciples were all amazed."
Chu Ge said, "I think he could switch to cultivating immortal arts, mastering a bit of wind-based magic, and then combining it with his own..." "His abilities might be even more powerful. But we're not very familiar with him, and even if we were, I wouldn't want to reveal them..."
"There's nothing to worry about revealing," Qiu Wuji laughed. "If you really think this young man is capable, you can simplify and modify some wind-based spells using the methods you teach him to train his abilities, and fuse them with his own. It's very simple. We'll talk about it later."
"Hmm." Chu Ge sighed, "That's why the Black Room is such a strong fighting force, with all sorts of strange and wonderful abilities... If Sister Mengmeng trains them too, it will be even more terrifying. Zhong Yi clearly had his reasons for establishing the Black Room."
"Of course, he wouldn't just organize a casual chat gathering. Zhong Yi definitely has his goals. But as long as he doesn't have bad intentions..." "Alright, we can't worry about that much."
"Yeah, everyone has secrets..." Qiu Wuji was too lazy to talk about others, so he asked instead, "How is it? After sparring with them, do you feel that using the Plum Blossom Hand is different now?" Chu Ge smiled and said, "Indeed, it incorporates many sword techniques and intents, not only those I learned myself, but also other sword techniques and intents I sensed in the Sword Testing Cave, all of which can be used by me."
"That's the characteristic of the Plum Blossom Hand, all-encompassing, which is why we chose it as our Father God's main cultivation..."
"Don't you think it's weird for us to be talking about this while riding our electric scooters?" Qiu Wuji secretly glanced around; obviously, the pedestrians couldn't hear what they were saying, but it did feel strange. She couldn't help but laugh, "So what should we say?"
"Old Zhu helped us with our marriage compatibility calculations." Chu Ge explained Old Zhu's cards, then said happily, "So shouldn't we say something sweet? Like, 'Chu Ge, I love you!'"
"Go away~ Only a fool would love a fool like you!" Qiu Wuji spat in annoyance.
She was also happy inside.
She didn't practice divination, but immortal cultivators at this level always had a certain intuition, and she truly never felt there was anything wrong between her and Chu Ge.
Her inner voice told her that his love was overflowing.
She could almost hear his heart filled with "Qiu Qiu~ my Qiu Qiu~," others said it verbally, but his heart was truly overflowing, a feeling like he would pluck the moon from the sky for you if you wanted it.
Like during intimacy… Qiu Wuji knew that sometimes Chu Ge wanted it so much, but as soon as she showed the slightest sign of refusal, he would immediately stop, without any intention of being forceful.
Actually, I've now given myself the suggestion of "using a secondary account," which makes me feel a little more relaxed about some things. If there's anything I need to insist on, I can maintain a facade with my main account; the secondary account allows for more freedom, something like that… Gu Chuge probably understands this too. Sometimes, being a little forceful might actually work; women need an excuse to convince themselves. "I can't resist him," or "He forced me," are good excuses… He's written these kinds of lines countless times, but he cares too much about her feelings and isn't willing to force her at all.
He likes her too much, cares too much.
When he was calculating his marriage compatibility, the image of Qiu Wuji that appeared in his mind seemed to reach his very heart, like a telepathic connection.
Qiu Wuji hugged his waist, gently resting her head on his broad back, lost in thought. After a long while, she murmured in a voice barely audible, "Chuge, I love you."
He can't hear me! So I'm not stupid!
"How's your driving lesson going?"
"..." "Uh? I'm asking you a question." Qiu Wuji snapped, "Not good! You idiot!" Chu Ge looked blank, head down, riding her bike, wondering if it was her period today...
"Never mind." Qiu Wuji said sullenly, "The instructor told me to go back and memorize the first part of the driving test, I'll take it in a few days."
"So fast? I remember it took me a month to learn to drive, even longer, three months or half a year."
"Just register for the first part, there's still time for the others." Qiu Wuji grumbled, "Besides, why would I need a month? I've only been learning for two or three days and the instructor says I drive better than her. Just learn more about traffic rules..."
"Why do I feel like I'm witnessing the birth of a road menace?"
"Hey, who said my mastery of mechanics was a piece of cake?" "Did that pig say that?"
"Uh...it seems like everything should be alright?"
"There's no way anything could have happened! I'm Qiu Wuji! Chu Ge, you pig!"
"Who told you to be unable to ride a scooter now..."
"I can't ride, I said I didn't want to ride, so you have to take me!"
"Fine, fine, I'll take you for life."
"Who wants you to take me for life! I won't need you anymore when I have my own car!"
"...I'm going to Shanghai next week, do you want to come?"
"Chu Ge, you dare to leave me alone in this glamorous world and see what happens!"
"Fine, fine, it was just a question, what's the rush...hey, periods are really strange..."
"I want to take a plane ride!"
"Fine, fine, take a plane ride..."
"What kind of tone is that? I said 'ride,' not 'hit'!"
"?" Chu Ge looked around; there were people all around.
Silence. The scooter drove away amidst the young couple's argument. The passersby, who hadn't heard the earlier discussion about immortals and martial arts, had overheard the whole argument, watching the electric scooter disappear into the distance with smiles on their faces.
The girl's ponytail still swayed and bounced in the wind, radiating youthful exuberance.
Youth is truly wonderful.