NOVEL WEB chapter 124
124. Ruo’er’s Massage
Lin Nuo and the others left Hucheng and returned home, bringing back great achievements and becoming heroes to the people of the Hucheng region.
This was a great thing for Lin Nuo, saving him from being called a hero every day in Hucheng and from being grouped with Su Kexin by a bunch of fools, hailed as the Divine Couple.
That was too much.
Being bestowed with the title of hero, listening to it every day felt like a curse.
Luo Xiaoxue took a different path; she led her troops back home. In time, she would speak highly of Lin Nuo and the others in front of her imperial father, praising and rewarding them, bestowing titles.
The biggest gain from this trip was confirming that Lin Nuo and Lin Fanpai were the same person, making it much easier to find him in the future.
As for herself, she had to work even harder. If she wanted to be worthy of Lin Nuo, a hero who upheld righteousness, she couldn’t disgrace herself in martial arts.
Luo Xiaoxue was naturally gifted in martial arts, but due to her previous frailty and noble princess status, she had always been seen as a delicate beauty.
However, after Lin Nuo secretly placed an explosive pill in her pine nut cake, which cured her cold constitution upon consumption, she was inspired by Lin Nuo’s humble, low-profile advocacy of modern chivalrous morality. Determined to catch up with him, the delicate princess began to practice martial arts and discovered her exceptional talent and rapid progress.
After all, she was the future empress. In the future, when the Pohan Empire was in decline, it was she who would lead the nation out of adversity, wage wars to pacify foreign tribes, remove traitors from within, and most importantly, make the still-forming great demon Lin Nuo flee in panic.
Luo Xiaoxue’s martial arts practice, compared to her previous life, started at least half a year earlier. In her previous life, the “Heavenly Fire” meteorite failed to annihilate the foreign army, and the enemy forces successfully invaded the Pohan Empire. During the six months of resistance, the Pohan Empire was in dire straits, and Luo Xiaoxue’s health deteriorated. The royal physicians had no choice but to treat her as a last resort, which unexpectedly cured her cold constitution.
With the nation in crisis, she, as a princess, chose to shoulder the burden, began studying martial arts and military strategies, and ultimately became an empress whose fame shook the four seas.
In both lives, Luo Xiaoxue’s inherent coldness was cured, and she willingly took up the path of martial arts. However, the catalyst and motivation were different—one was driven by a sense of national duty for the people, and the other by the aspiration to become a “chivalrous hero.”
Lin Nuo carried a phoenix sword on his back, engraved with the character “Su.” He planned to adopt a method of enduring hardships to boost his morale, staring at the “Su” character every day to remind himself of his original intentions and to avoid idleness.
Due to Lin Nuo’s semi-disabled state, they rested for a few days in Hu City. The news of Hu City’s victory against the foreign tribes had already reached Xuan Yun Sect. By the time they returned, their fame had spread within the sect, adding luster to Fairy Han’s face.
After they descended on Tianling Mountain with their swords, Elder Yuan was the first to come forward to greet them:
“Haha, I’ve heard of the great deeds you three accomplished in Hu City, becoming national heroes. I’ve come especially to welcome and congratulate you.”
“Elder Yuan, you flatter us. All this is the merit of our junior brother. Hmm? Junior brother, where are you going?”
“Going back to sleep.”
Faced with such flattery, Lin Nuo naturally didn’t want to engage. What national hero? It was merely the effect of a failure.
Along the way, there were numerous praises, which made Lin Nuo extremely uncomfortable.
It would have been better if they had mocked him like in the past.
Returning to his room, he quickly shut the door. He planned to hide away and rest in seclusion for a few days, waiting for the buzz to die down a bit.
“Young Master, Young Master~!”
Li Ruoruo knocked on Lin Nuo’s door, and he hurried to open it.
“Young Master~ I heard that you~”
“Come in.”
Lin Nuo pulled her in with one hand and quickly closed the door.
Li Ruoruo was shocked; her young master had actually pulled her in and closed the door directly.
What was this about~
Regardless, she still had to congratulate the young master~
“Young Master, I heard that you were brilliantly strategic in Hu City, using a meteorite from beyond the skies to annihilate a million foreign troops~”
“Li Ruoruo, I’ve always taught you, rumors stop with the wise. You need to discern right from wrong.”
“Oh, so it was ten million foreign troops~!”
“Ten million your head, do you think they’re ants?”
Lin Nuo patted Li Ruoruo’s little head, “Listen, it’s not like that. I didn’t use the meteorite to annihilate the foreign troops, nor did I have any intention of fighting them. They were just unlucky to be hit by the meteorite; it’s not my achievement.”
“Oh~ I understand~”
Li Ruoruo rubbed her little head, which still hurt from her young master’s pat.
Ah, the young master has always been low-key and unassuming, indifferent to fame and fortune. And in the young master’s room, one must not speak of his glorious deeds. Yet, she had suddenly spoken too much, and the young master didn’t like that.
Got it~ Got it~
“So what do you understand now?”
“In the young master’s room, try not to talk about the young master’s glorious deeds.”
“Know that’s fine. I’m asking you, is there anything big going on in the Heavenly Mountains recently?”
“There is, it’s just the Young Master’s extraordinary calculations~”
“You’re coming again!”
Linno patted Li Ru’er’s little head again, this little midget, who never grew up, had forgotten what she just said, and was talking about this ridiculous thing again, “Besides my affairs, is there anything else?”
“There is, it’s just the Young Master’s second elder sister, Shili’s sister, who killed two level-10 demons, but compared to the Young Master’s annihilation of a million alien troops~”
“You’re coming again!”
Linno lifted his hand again, and this time Li Ru’er didn’t dodge, but just closed her eyes, waiting for Linno to pat her. However, Linno slowed down his patting speed this time and only lightly touched the top of Li Ru’er’s head.
Calm down, what’s the point of fighting with a little midget?
“Does it hurt?”
“It hurts a little.” Li Ru’er, who was being patted by Linno, was still feeling quite comfortable.
“You deserve it, since you can’t remember anything. I’m tired, I need to rest, you can arrange it yourself.”
Linno pulled his hand back and was about to get back into bed when Li Ru’er suddenly thought of something:
“Master, you’re back from the battlefield, Master, don’t you want me to give you a massage?”
“No need.”
“Master, come on~ I’ll give you a shoulder massage, it’s very comfortable~”
“You’re no good, scratching like that.”
“There’s no way, I’m now very strong, Master can try it, it won’t hurt, will it?”
Li Ru’er was bouncing around Linno’s bedside, flashing her sparkling eyes, full of expectation.
“That’s fine, I think it’s not okay, you can go out and play with your little cat and dog.”
“Good, good, good~”
Linno sat on the bed, and Li Ru’er immediately climbed onto his bed, rubbed her hands slightly to warm them up, as she couldn’t let them get cold around Master.
Linno said, “Use your greatest strength to make me feel itchy, and then get out.”
“Okay~”
Li Ru’er rubbed her hands again, took a deep breath, and placed her hands on Linno’s shoulders.
Press!
“Ah!!!”
A pig-like scream echoed through the room.