Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Xu Xingguang caught a whiff of sourness. She glanced playfully at Huo Wen’an and couldn’t help but laugh, ”What’s sour? In my eyes, Xiao An, you are always the best-looking.”

Really, thank you.

But Huo Wen’an did not feel comforted.

Many times, he was both grateful and resentful of Xu Xingguang’s penchant for good looks.

Grateful that he gained Xu Xingguang’s favor because of his outstanding appearance. Resentful that, aside from him, others also received Xu Xingguang’s attention.

Even this crooked and ugly thing at his feet could earn a compliment from her.

Does this thing deserve it?

Suddenly, Xu Xingguang handed him a smooth, glossy little candy and said concisely, ”Swallow it.”

Without asking, Huo Wen’an swallowed the pill directly.

Seeing him swallow the pill without hesitation, Xu Xingguang’s eyes deepened a bit before she said, ”It’s the antidote. Once you swallow it, you should be immune to all poisons for the next three months.”

”That magical?” Huo Wen’an asked curiously, ”What is it made of?”

”The most poisonous drug, which is also the best antidote.”

Huo Wen’an understood that this thing was made from poison.

Xu Xingguang told Huo Wen’an again, ”Stretch out your hand.”

Huo Wen’an turned his right palm upward and stretched it out.

So obedient, it was ridiculous.

Xu Xingguang pinched the pipe with her left hand, turned the smoking end down, and gently tapped the bottom of the pipe with her right index finger. A bit of ash fell into Huo Wen’an’s palm.

Xu Xingguang said to him as if bestowing a gift, ”Keep it well, just this bit of stuff can poison quite a few people.”

Huo Wen’an raised his eyebrows and quickly smeared the scraps onto the Divine Hidden Sword, leaving nothing to waste.

Xu Xingguang packed more white tobacco into the pipe, lit it, and slowly smoked it with her red lips on the coarse pipe.

Her face was covered in blood. Standing in the morning light, her face reflected a red glow, as if sunlight was passing through a ruby, casting a bewitching and bizarrely grand beauty on her flawless white cheeks.

Huo Wen’an was somewhat entranced, thinking to himself: Why is my wife so beautiful?

Under Yan Jingchen’s influence, both the beasts and survivors in the Toy Pool exhibited varying levels of poisoning.

Xu Xingguang opened her red lips, lazily puffed a white smoke ring upwards, and it was blown in all directions by the wind.

The poisoned beasts sniffed the refreshing scent carried by the air, and their confused minds cleared up considerably.

Once the toxins cleared, the tiger that had bitten through Yan Zhu’s skull approached Xu Xingguang with its sturdy limbs, lay down, rolled over, and exposed its belly.

Seeing this, Xu Xingguang shook her head and chuckled, ”You sure know how to please.” She squatted down and reached out to rub the tiger’s belly, ”Good boy.”

Under Xu Xingguang’s touch, the tiger wagged its tail between its legs, showing great pleasure.

Huo Wen’an watched this scene, not speaking, but his eyes clearly showed envy.

Xu Xingguang nodded toward him, ”Want to join? Come pet the cat together.”

Huo Wen’an hesitated for quite a while, eyeing the blood that hadn’t completely dried around the tiger’s mouth, before squatting down next to Xu Xingguang and mimicked her action, using his large hands to rub the tiger’s belly.

The tiger suddenly bristled, bared its cold, white, sharp teeth, and threatened Huo Wen’an.

Slap!

Xu Xingguang slapped the tiger on the head, and only then did it reluctantly shut its mouth, turning its head away from Huo Wen’an.

Huo Wen’an withdrew his hand, acting indifferent, commenting, ”Its fur is quite soft but not as well-behaved as our Fearless Baby.”

Mentioning Fearless Baby, Xu Xingguang thought of her other ’big baby.’ ”When are you planning to meet Xiao Hang?”

”In a while, after I’ve sorted out Bai Ze Island.”

Xu Xingguang gave Huo Wen’an a glance and asked curiously, ”In the life destroyed in the Mortal World, the life where you and I did not reunite, did you and Xiao Hang recognize each other?”

Huo Wen’an shook his head, ”No, I didn’t encounter you, didn’t discover the truth about the Mortal World and the Divine Martial Realm, and couldn’t recover the memories of Divine Hidden Crane.”

Standing amidst Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, Huo Wen’an suddenly had an urge to share that experience.

And Xu Xingguang was always his best confidante.

Huo Wen’an, like a narrator in a movie, recounted his past life experiences in the Divine Martial Realm.

”The old man saved me by taking me to the Divine Martial Realm for treatment but accidentally exposed the identity of ’Canghai Yishen Xiao.’ He could have taken me to escape into the Black Sea, but I had just undergone surgery at that time...”