Chapter 40: Heart Sword
They say a person has three urgent needs.
But what exactly are these three urgent needs?
In reality, they are the needs to pee, poop, and fart.
As mentioned before, the Profound Yellow Realm is about cultivation, not immortality, hence there is no period of abstaining from grains.
This means that the little fairies of the Profound Yellow Realm also have to…
Chu Huaixu possessed excellent physiological knowledge. He knew that the bladder capacity of adult males was about 100 milliliters larger than that of females.
This meant men were less likely to feel the urge to urinate and could hold it longer than women.
Furthermore, the male urethra is long and curved, which helps control the timing of urination.
Conversely, the female urethra is short and straight, making them more susceptible to external stimuli, thus triggering the urination reflex.
Therefore, on certain special occasions, they would also exclaim, “I need to pee, I need to pee.”
If there were problems with the pelvic floor muscles, it would be even worse.
Chu Huaixu knew it was not appropriate to joke around at such a time.
After all, these were maidens of the Profound Yellow Realm, not some experienced women from Earth.
Although this Sister Han came from a brothel and the Joyous Sect, with extensive theoretical knowledge and worldly experience,
she was averse to her past, meaning she would vehemently resist certain jokes.
As a “fellow professional” of sorts, Chu Huaixu was willing to give her “professional respect.”
He merely glanced at the blushing and embarrassed Han Shuangjiang, said nothing, and quickly strode forward.
Later on, he even deliberately increased his pace, as if stomping his feet, so she could hear his continuous footsteps and feel at ease.
Watching Chu Huaixu’s retreating back disappear, she immediately moved forward, went to the most secluded corner, and then removed her outer robes and undergarments.
However, it was too quiet in the Secret Realm.
Therefore, she could clearly hear the sound of flowing water herself.
As expected, Chu Huaixu must have already gotten far away. Although his five senses had been enhanced by breaking through the acupoints, he probably couldn’t hear it.
Yet, listening to the sound of water, she couldn’t help but purse her lips tightly, clench her robes with both hands, and her pretty face turned so red it seemed about to bleed.
She finished quickly, then quickly put on her undergarments, covering her full and round, fair buttocks.
She had pulled them up with so much force that her undergarments felt tight and skin-close, revealing that she was from a wealthy family.
Han Shuangjiang looked ahead and heard some footsteps still coming from within.
“How hard was he stomping his feet?” the cold-faced girl tilted her head slightly and, for some reason, a faint smile appeared, melting away the icy demeanor.
After adjusting her outer garment, she began to walk inside. Her steps were initially quick, but then they slowed down.
Especially when she spotted Chu Huaixu’s figure.
It couldn’t be helped; she was still a bit embarrassed.
Unexpectedly, the man said irritably, “Walking so slowly, hurry hurry. I’m also feeling a bit of an urge to pee. At the next fork, you go first. No peeking, I warn you.”
“Who would bother looking at you?” Han Shuangjiang immediately put on a cold face again, her tone returning to its icy demeanor, as if she found him utterly exasperating.
But all the embarrassment vanished in an instant.
The path was quite long. She noticed Chu Huaixu wasn’t speeding up, maintaining a steady pace.
This made her realize he probably wasn’t in a hurry to pee at all, perhaps deliberately easing her embarrassment.
At this thought, Han Shuangjiang couldn’t help but cast a deep glance at his retreating back.
“He knows how to put pressure on me, but this fox still has some conscience,” she thought.
Arriving at the new fork in the road, Chu Huaixu didn’t actually go to pee, as if he had forgotten about it.
Han Shuangjiang had almost developed a conditioned reflex. She casually glanced at the fork ahead and said, “Let’s choose the left path.”
As she was about to move forward, Chu Huaixu suddenly grabbed her arm.
“Don’t move yet,” he said with a frown.
“What is it?” Han Shuangjiang also became tense.
“I feel like something’s not right.” He looked ahead.
“In what way?” Han Shuangjiang asked.
The frown on Chu Huaixu’s face gradually eased, and then a smile appeared.
“This is interesting.”
“I know what’s going on!”
He declared loudly, “This isn’t a maze at all. This is just a mere illusion!”
As soon as the words fell, it was as if the entire world began to collapse.
Everything around them started to shatter, like a cracking mirror, creating irregular cracks one after another.
Intense light streamed through these cracks, making it impossible to open their eyes.
Until the fragments turned to dust, the intense light blinded them.
When their vision slowly returned, they were standing in a large open area paved with bluestone.
“Is this the eleventh fork?” Han Shuangjiang asked in surprise.
“Yes,” Chu Huaixu replied with a knowing smile.
He had felt it strange before; why was it that after reaching this open area and choosing one of the six paths, the [Map] did not continue to expand, as if it had frozen?
So it wasn’t that my level was too low and I was restricted by permissions.
Turns out we were just going in circles within this large open area and never left this region.
Chu Huaixu looked behind him. Ten paths led to this place from there.
“So, no matter which path we choose at the Secret Realm entrance, it ultimately leads here?” he voiced his guess.
After speaking, he looked at Han Shuangjiang beside him and playfully said, “Big Ice Block, I told you, you’re my lucky star.”
“Huh?” Han Shuangjiang met his intense gaze and shifted her sight slightly, feeling somewhat perplexed.
Chu Huaixu explained, “Because didn’t we encounter 10 forks before?”
“Did you leave a mark every time you made a choice?”
“We never got lost in there.”
“If my reasoning is correct, all ten entrances of the Secret Realm ultimately lead here, then others are probably still trapped in the maze ahead.”
“Some forks were a choice of two, some a choice of three, four.”
“This indicates the complexity within.”
“Across ten choices, you chose correctly every single time.”
Hearing this, Han Shuangjiang was astonished: “Is that really true?”
She didn’t believe herself, but Chu Huaixu believed in her.
“And, perhaps the path before was also an illusion?” she remained unconvinced.
Chu Huaixu would naturally not tell her that his [Map] could still record and save information before.
He simply shook his head and said no more.
He was also shocked internally.
“Ten consecutive correct choices, is this the terrifying power of great destiny?” Chu Huaixu felt his scalp tingle.
At this moment, he looked around and noticed a wet patch on the bluestone slabs not far to his left.
Because the rest of the area was dry, it was quite noticeable.
Han Shuangjiang followed his gaze and immediately fell into a state of social mortification, her eyes flustered, her cheeks burning.
Fortunately, Chu Huaixu quickly averted his gaze. After all, what was there to look at?
He was actually more concerned about another matter now.
The moment he uttered the word “illusion,” a transformation occurred within him.
His Spiritual Embryo was the [Heart Sword].
In his Sea of Consciousness, a sword entirely black was suspended.
Chu Huaixu had always felt that it was in tune with his thoughts and possessed its own sentience.
However, it was always lifeless, like a half-dead thing.
Up until now, he had no idea what its function was.
But the moment he firmly uttered the word “illusion,” this little black sword in his Sea of Consciousness vibrated almost imperceptibly.
Once, just once.
Immediately afterward, the entire illusion coincidentally shattered.
—As if cleaving through all falsehood.
