CHAPTER 59: CHAPTER 56: FIRE ELEMENT MASTERY

Xu Xiaoyou had never seen the young girl dressed like this before.

The young girl seemed to have carefully dressed herself before setting out, evident from the details on her.

It was as if she had transformed from a stern, fair investigator into a girl-next-door walking down a summer street.

"Why are you staring at me?"

Bai Youyou felt a bit embarrassed from being stared at.

"You look nice." Xu Xiaoyou didn’t hold back her compliment: "This outfit suits you well."

"As long as it looks good." Bai Youyou breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought it might not suit me."

"Why are you dressed like this?"

"Didn’t you ask me last night if I’m free today, and if I could go out with you tomorrow?"

Xu Xiaoyou thought carefully, and it seemed like that really did happen.

"You didn’t reply to my message, so I thought you weren’t coming out anymore?"

With a shift of her gaze, Xu Xiaoyou thought of something: "How did you find this place..."

"I’ve been following you since morning." Bai Youyou made a thinking gesture: "Let me think, at nine you left with Anya and bought buns by the roadside."

"At ten, you took the tram, at eleven, you were chatting with another girl..."

Xu Xiaoyou quickly waved to stop Bai Youyou, who intended to continue.

Sis, this kind of stalking is quite odd, are you really okay saying it with such a nonchalant face?

And thinking about how she’d been like a ghost floating behind her, unnoticed for half a day, Xu Xiaoyou felt uneasy all over.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that she’s been following me like this for a few days now?

"You, don’t you need to check in at work? I’ve seen you not doing so for half a month..." Bai Youyou tilted her head and asked.

So, she’s really been following me for half a month!

Sis, are you not aware you have a bit of a yandere streak?

It’s really scary!

...

Meanwhile, in a certain office.

"I’m begging you, just say something, we need to hand over work, little Nian Nian." Gloss was about to go crazy from the expressionless blonde girl in front of her.

Substitute: "One word."

...

Xu Xiaoyou calmed herself, organized her thoughts: "Why didn’t you come out and talk to me..."

"I thought you’d remember sooner, so I kept following you, waiting for when you’d remember me." Bai Youyou lowered her head. "In the end, I just watched you go into the simulation room, and it was afternoon already."

"A lot of places to have fun were about to close."

Xu Xiaoyou reached out: "Actually, I wasn’t looking for you to have fun..."

"I just wanted to practice some self-defense skills here, as you mentioned I might be targeted by some criminals?"

"Huh?" Bai Youyou looked disappointed.

"Ahem, pay attention to my moves and see where the problems are." Xu Xiaoyou quickly changed the topic.

She first got into position, then raised her blade and swung it down forcefully, causing a sound of slicing through the wind.

"You, you seem to have practiced basic swordsmanship moves." Bai Youyou noted at a glance.

"Mm." Xu Xiaoyou didn’t deny it.

The other party, being a Three-winged Investigator, had rich battle experience and could naturally distinguish between someone completely unfamiliar with swordsmanship and a beginner.

In this aspect, she couldn’t hide it from her.

Bai Youyou didn’t say much, just nodded and then walked behind her, her gaze serene and calm, gently guiding her arms, wrapping her hands around her wrists, and pressing her body against her back.

When the girl suddenly got so close, Xu Xiaoyou felt a little uneasy.

The fragrance on her body was quite pleasant, a scent of sun-kissed skin.

"You, don’t get distracted." Bai Youyou said softly.

"Stay focused, follow my movements, step lightly."

Bai Youyou’s voice seemed to have a magical touch, echoing in her ears, and Xu Xiaoyou quickly snapped back to reality, instinctively moving along with the girl’s instructions, adjusting her steps, focusing her attention, naturally controlling her breath.

Without much realization, everything seemed to fall into place.

Suddenly, she gained a certain confidence, an inner voice telling her she could do it, as long as she swung the sword!

Xu Xiaoyou glided forward and swung the sword down!

Just the minor adjustment in movement made everything feel different; although there was no frame of reference, Xu Xiaoyou sensed that this strike’s destructive power was more than doubled compared to before!

[Your understanding of Sword Dao is deepening.]

[Swordswoman Resonance Heart Eye proficiency increased (Beginner) 3800/10000!]

This sword strike triggered a critical proficiency increase, raising her proficiency by 47 points directly!

points! She had never triggered such a high proficiency critical increase before!

Xu Xiaoyou’s eyes widened, staring blankly at Bai Youyou, then looked at the sword in her hand.

"How is it, a lot better right?" Bai Youyou blinked. "It’s the ability of the Mind Judge."

"Using mind suggestion to have your body instinctively follow what I say, do it a few more times, and just get familiar with that feeling again."

"Once you find the feeling, you can get familiar quickly."

Saying this, Bai Youyou held Xu Xiaoyou’s hand again, and whispered in her ear:

"Relax, relax."

"Just leave your body to me."

"Wait."

The enticing voice made Xu Xiaoyou suddenly feel a wave of unease in her heart, unable to pinpoint the source, like being secretly watched.

She gently pushed the other away.

"I feel a bit uncomfortable."

Bai Youyou thought for a moment and comforted her:

"Is there a little secret you can’t reveal? Don’t worry, although a Mind Judge can forcefully see others’ memories, the process is painful."

"You aren’t a criminal, I wouldn’t do such a thing to you."

Seeing this, Xu Xiaoyou couldn’t say much, took deep breaths a few times, and stopped resisting the girl’s touch.

Following Bai Youyou’s mind suggestion, she gradually crossed the previous hurdle, each swing increasing her proficiency by ten to twenty points.

Half an hour later, even without relying on the other’s mind suggestion, her body had formed muscle memory, and her movements became more skilled and natural.

The last sword strike fell!

[Swordswoman Resonance Heart Eye proficiency increased (Beginner) 5100/10000!]

In half an hour, she gained almost two thousand proficiency points, and at this rate, she’d reach the next proficiency level soon.

The upgrade in Heart Eye resonance level was already a sure thing; her body had formed muscle memory, remembering the details of the movements, and she just needed time to practice later.

What intrigued Xu Xiaoyou more, though, was earlier in the slums, when Bai Youyou used Fireball Bombardment against the Two Tier Cleaners, her body seemed to faintly resonate with the Fire Element.

With just the right timing, she needed to verify her thoughts.

"Youyou, is a Mind Judge a kind of Magic Profession?" Xu Xiaoyou casually brought it up.

"Yes, it is, why?" Bai Youyou looked puzzled but didn’t think much of it. "Why ask this all of a sudden?"

"Can you let me feel what it’s like to gather the Fire Element in my hand, I’m quite curious."

"Of course, I can."

Bai Youyou held the girl’s hand, and the searing sensation quickly gathered in Xu Xiaoyou’s hand, with the air vibrating from the heat.

A faint flame flickered in her palm.

In the next moment, a blazing flame surged in her hand, lighting up her entire face.

The raging Fire Element resembled a ferocious fiery serpent, surging everywhere, then suddenly dissipated into the air.

"That’s about it, but if you’re not in a Magic Profession, you can’t..."

Bai Youyou stopped mid-sentence.

Witnessing it herself, after she let go of the girl’s hand, a scorching Fireball suddenly formed in Xu Xiaoyou’s hand, booming as it shot off into the distance.