"Starforge Body—just hearing the name sounds impressive. How do you know about it?" Evan Chu muttered to himself, standing in the water.
"All I can say is, you’ve got ridiculous luck. Born with a Pure Yang Constitution and Dragon Clan bloodline—though your bloodline hasn’t awakened yet. If it did, your clan has a body-tempering technique called the Mad Dragon Battle Art, said to be the number one in the world.
Once you master it, you’ll have the Mad Dragon Battle Body, which can rival the Starforge Body. But training the Starforge Body normally takes at least Earth Martial Realm strength, and you’re only fifth-level Xuanwu Realm.
It’s a miracle! You actually reached the first tier of the Starforge Body on your very first try. See that black filth on your skin? That’s the impurities in your body being forced out.
"Heh, do you know who I am? Of course the Starforge Body is easy for me! But this is just the first tier—when will I ever reach the ninth?" Evan grumbled.
"After you survive this kind of pain nine times, you’ll be there. Each time is even more dangerous. Right now, it’s just your muscles and meridians. Later, even your organs, bones, and brain will have to endure it.
When all your bones and organs turn golden, then maybe you’ll have finished. The Starforge Body doesn’t have any special techniques—only when the stellar force inside you reaches a certain level will it trigger.
Not everyone can trigger body-tempering with stellar force. Some people never experience it in their whole lives, even after reaching the Heaven Martial Realm.
Evan Chu finally finished washing off the grime. But a new problem stared him in the face—he didn’t have any clean clothes in his storage belt.
His current clothes were filthy, stinking, and covered in blood. Wearing them again was no different from not bathing at all.
Evan Chu glanced at the lotus leaves in the pond and suddenly had an idea. Not long after, a figure wrapped head to toe in lotus leaves stepped out onto the shore.
"Who’s there?" A sudden voice startled Evan as he came ashore.
The person rushed over. It was still before dawn, so she couldn’t see clearly—only a figure with one arm across his chest and the other covering his crotch, looking completely ridiculous.
Anyone showing up in the City Lord’s Mansion at this hour had to be up to no good. "Thief! How dare you sneak into the City Lord’s Mansion? Today I’ll show you this isn’t a place just anyone can enter!"
A fierce palm strike shot out, the wind howling. Evan’s instincts screamed that this attack was no joke—if he didn’t block, he’d be hurt for sure.
But both his hands were occupied, and the other side attacked without giving him a chance to explain. Evan realized it was Jenny Sima, though he couldn’t imagine why she was here so early.
Could she have trouble sleeping and come looking for me?
In a panic, Evan could only block with one hand and shouted, "Jenny beauty, it’s me!"
But it was too late—Jenny Sima’s palm was already in front of him. "Bang!"
Their palms collided directly. Evan was blasted away—he was strong, but still nowhere near Jenny Sima’s Earth Martial Realm power.
When Jenny Sima’s palm struck Evan Chu, she instantly recognized his voice—especially that unique nickname, ‘Jenny beauty.’
As far as she could remember, only he ever called her that. She tried to retract her palm, but it was too late. As Evan was sent flying, she rushed forward.
Evan slowly struggled to his feet, but the last thing covering him was blasted to bits by the palm’s force. Now he was completely exposed—naked before Jenny Sima.
Even though it was still dark and she couldn’t see his appearance clearly, Evan felt utterly mortified. This was the last thing he’d ever imagined happening.
Jenny Sima knew exactly how powerful her palm was—it could seriously injure a seventh-level Xuanwu Realm expert.
Realizing it was Evan, she hurried over and supported him. "Why… why are you here? Why didn’t you say anything when I called out? Are you hurt?"
Her barrage of questions made Evan’s head spin. The warm fragrance of her breath only made him blush harder. If Jenny Sima realized he was stark naked right now, who knew how she’d react.
Evan wanted to speak, but couldn’t get a word out—making Jenny Sima think he was too badly hurt to talk.
Gritting her teeth, Jenny made a bold decision. She hoisted Evan onto her back and hurried toward a building.
Jenny Sima had struggled with the decision for a long time. At this point, the whole ‘men and women shouldn’t touch’ thing was out the window. Besides, he’d already stolen her first kiss—by that logic, she was half his person anyway.
Jenny Sima just wanted to get him inside quickly to check his injuries, while Evan Chu was dying of embarrassment. He tried to struggle free, but she held him tightly on her back.
"Put me down!" he finally protested, unable to take it anymore.
"We’re almost there—just be quiet!" Jenny snapped. Suddenly, she felt something hard like a wooden stick pressing against her back.
When Jenny Sima set Evan down on the chair in the hall where he’d rested earlier, the sight before her made her let out the loudest scream of her life.
"Ahhhh!"
Her scream was so loud it nearly shattered Evan’s eardrums. He panicked, "What are you screaming for? Hurry up and get me some clothes! If you keep yelling, people will rush in and see everything!"
Jenny snapped out of her shock, spun around, and rushed into a side room. Soon she came back with a garment that looked suspiciously like a woman’s robe.
"Put it on—I'll deal with you later!" Jenny said, turning her head away.
What now?
Time was short and Evan was helpless, so he put on the clothes Jenny gave him. They were way too small, tight and uncomfortable.
"Jenny beauty, you can’t be serious—these are women’s clothes! How am I supposed to wear this?"
"This is all I’ve got. It’s the biggest one here. If you don’t want it, suit yourself—see what happens when people walk in."
"I’d better just hide in a room. I can’t let anyone see me like this."
Jenny turned around and burst out laughing at Evan’s appearance. "Not bad! Who knew you’d have such nice skin? If I dressed you up, no one would guess you’re a guy."
"Forget it, don’t even think about dressing me up. If anyone finds out the Chu Family’s second young master looks like this, I’ll bring shame on my whole clan."
Just then, several guards rushed in. One respectfully asked Jenny, "Miss, are you all right?"
Jenny Sima replied sternly, "I’m fine. All of you, leave—nobody comes in without my permission."
The guards all saw Evan, and though they thought it was strange, none dared to ask. They quickly withdrew.
"Evan Chu, what happened to you? How did you end up like this?" Jenny’s cheeks flushed as she spoke.
At last, she realized what that stick-like thing pressing against her back had been.
"I… I just took a bath. My clothes were filthy, so…"
"So you just skipped clothes altogether?" Jenny was speechless. This guy was basically a pervert.
"You already saw everything, so what are you complaining about? It’s not like you lost anything."
"You… you really are a molester!"