Yun Che unconsciously stretched his body from this novel perspective.
Beneath the plain white scholar’s ruqun dress, her curves suddenly stood out as she stretched, and the fabric pulled slightly taut.
Then Yun Che walked over to the dressing table.
Through the polished bronze mirror, he could clearly see the face before him… beautifully featured, carrying a strong scholarly grace, a textbook talented-woman charm, except that those pretty eyes had widened slightly from shock and a little panic.
Seeing her body move without her own conscious control, the scholar-robed woman’s voice came through: “Are you my inner demon?
Otherwise, why can you control my body?”
Hearing the woman’s voice again, he finally understood the system’s ability: this body now held 2 souls!
But if a person suddenly got possessed by another soul, then…
This inner-demon excuse was pretty good, so Yun Che simply followed her lead and answered, “Mm, I am your inner demon!”
The scholar-robed woman was a little puzzled. “Strange. Inner demons are formed from a person’s desires, but over the years I have always kept my mind clear and my desires few, and I have not wanted much at all. When did such desires arise?”
Yun Che walked over to the most comfortable-looking meditation cushion in the quiet room and tried to sit down cross-legged, but the scholar-robed woman’s chest, um… was very large… and the restraints of the scholar’s dress made the motion look a little awkward.
Then he asked, “How do you usually cultivate?”
The scholar-robed woman was shocked to hear that. “As my inner demon, you actually do not even know the cultivation methods of the Confucian school?”
Yun Che hurriedly said, “I forgot!”
The scholar-robed woman said, “That does not feel right… Inner demons are mostly formed from obsessions and are meant to unsettle the mind.
How could someone like you be curious about how to cultivate?
This situation sounds more like dissociative disorder (schizophrenia).”
He then fell silent for a moment.
“That does not seem right either.” The scholar-robed woman’s voice sounded again, carrying a trace of doubt. “A patient with dissociative disorder could not ask such logically clear questions.
Could you be an outside soul?”
“Have I been body-snatched?”
“But I cultivate righteous qi, and righteous qi naturally counters evil and corruption. How could I have been body-snatched?”
The scholar-robed woman really could not make sense of it.
Seeing her guesses grow ever more absurd, and still wanting this woman to teach him things, Yun Che quickly soothed her. “Don’t panic!”
“I am indeed an outside soul, but this is not body-snatching. It is only temporary possession, and I will automatically go back when the time comes.”
Then Yun Che continued, “So can you teach me the methods of Confucian cultivation now? I cannot leave anyway.”
“Do you think that is possible?” The scholar-robed woman’s tone turned cold and guarded. “You took over my body without permission, and you still want me to teach you the path of cultivation?”
Yun Che tried to reassure her. “Don’t worry, I won’t stay long. I will leave before long.”
“I just wanted to be curious about my ability and take this chance to learn a bit more.
As for an exchange… I can help you with something. For example… organizing the writing desk?” He glanced at the somewhat messy desk beside her.
“Stop dreaming.” The scholar-robed woman refused decisively, clearly determined not to cooperate with this “invader.”
Yun Che pleaded, “Miss, could you please reconsider?”
“Miss?” In the mirror, those beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and the woman asked in shock, “You… you are calling me miss?
Ordinarily, women were addressed that way, and unless they were familiar with one another, people often called them “miss.” That form of address sounded more like the way a man would call an unfamiliar young woman.”
Her voice suddenly rose, filled with disbelief and anger. “You are actually a man!”
“A man’s soul can actually enter my body and even do… do that sort of thing!”
Yun Che’s heart tightened, and his habitual form of address had actually become a flaw. He hurried to cover it up. “Th-this is just a calling habit from my hometown…”
“Lies!” the woman said coldly. “Soul intrusion, effortless control, complete ignorance of the Confucian cultivation path, and even your manner of speech reveal traces of a man…
Who exactly are you?”
Faced with this string of sharp questions, Yun Che knew that if he did not come clean, things would only get worse. He said in a low voice, “Miss, you are clever. I am indeed a man.”
“As for how I ended up here, this is some indescribable fate. After 2 hours, I will leave on my own, and I have absolutely no intention of staying here long.
The various offenses just now were truly because I had only just arrived in your esteemed body and was still unfamiliar with controlling it, and I also lost my composure out of curiosity for a moment. I absolutely did not mean to profane you.
I hereby offer my sincere apologies.”
After learning that he was a man, the scholar-robed woman in the mirror revealed a lovely face that was slightly flushed and glistening with a thin sheen of sweat. Her brows were like distant mountains brushed with dark blue ink, her eyes like autumn water rippling with waves, her nose was slender and straight, and her lips were red without makeup.
At this moment, because of anger and shame, those clear eyes widened a little more, adding a few more shades of vivid beauty. She really had the scholarly grace of a talented woman, only now that grace was mixed with obvious panic.
The scholar-robed woman said in shame and anger, “Get out of my body right now!”
Yun Che said helplessly, “I do not even understand this ability myself. I only know that I will automatically return after 2 hours, and right now I really do not know how to get back!”
Yun Che threw caution to the wind. “Then teach me already. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee what I might do during these 2 hours.”
Yun Che looked at the beauty in the mirror, with her graceful figure and elegant scholar’s robe, yet it could not hide those breathtaking curves.
After all, Yun Che was a hot-blooded young man, and before transmigrating he had also been a normal man. Right now, experiencing such a body from an unprecedented perspective, it would be a lie to say he had no impure thoughts.
“Y-you…!” Sensing the strange change inside her body, the scholar-robed woman’s voice finally could no longer maintain that forced calm, and her shame and anger surged together.
She finally showed a hint of compromise.
You… you will leave my body when the time comes? Can you guarantee that?”
Yun Che said firmly, “I always keep my word. I never break promises. Time is passing right now, so Miss can just wait and see.”
After another moment of silence, Yun Che seemed to hear the silent ripples of fierce debate within the woman’s consciousness.
The scholar-robed woman’s voice came again. “All right, I can teach you.”
Yun Che immediately controlled his expression and made it as sincere as possible. “I was rude just now. Please forgive me, Miss.”
The scholar-robed woman asked again, “By the way, what is your name?”
Yun Che’s heart skipped a beat. Should he say his real name, “Yun Che”? An instant later, countless thoughts flashed through his mind: this woman was in such an elegant quiet room, with shelves full of books, and every word and action she made was anything but ordinary. Her background was probably not small.
He was just an inconspicuous nobody at the Qi Refining stage in Shenxiao Palace. If this possession matter leaked out and the other side had some divine ability or means of tracing it back… it would be wiser to be careful.
Yun Che answered, “My name is Xiao Che.”
“Xiao Che?” The scholar-robed woman repeated it once, and her tone clearly carried suspicion. “Are you sure you are not making up a name on the spot to fool me?”
“Really,” Yun Che immediately promised. “It’s more genuine than gold. Then, what is your name, Miss?”
He asked back in turn, trying to change the subject, and he was also genuinely curious about this host’s name.
After a moment of silence, the other side seemed to hesitate before answering, “My surname is Li, and my given name is Zijun.”
“Li Zijun…” Yun Che repeated softly. The name, spoken through her lips, had a special flavor.
He almost subconsciously added, “Just by hearing the name, you can tell she is a beauty.”
The moment the words left his mouth, Yun Che immediately sensed trouble. That flippant tease did not fit the serious image he had just worked so hard to maintain.
Sure enough…
“You…!” Li Zijun’s voice suddenly rose, and the shame and indignation in it were almost tangible. “You are still teasing me?!” She could feel her cheeks growing faintly hot, and that only made her even more exasperated.
Yun Che quickly collected himself and tried to sound serious. “I misspoke, I misspoke! Please don’t blame me, Miss Li. Your name is just too pleasant to hear, so it slipped out… I absolutely meant nothing by it!”
Li Zijun seemed to be forcing down her anger. “Xiao Che, if you dare say one more frivolous word, I…!”