I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 209 : 190. What is kissing? Kissing is...
Xia Feng hid in the shadows, silently observing the distant members of the Black Moon Church Court. There were 26 in total, and judging by their physical strength, there were 3 Level 5 Knights, 8 Level 4 Knights, and 15 Level 3 Knights.
Moreover, each one of these knights possessed a Spiritual Artifact, and their collaborative use could be said to be quite terrifying.
Xia Feng's brows furrowed tightly, knowing that with his current strength, he could at most take on a single Level 5 Knight, and two would completely overpower him.
It seemed that he needed to find a way to collect Holy Liquid first... Xia Feng looked up toward the divine statue of the Goddess at the end of the Star River.
In his perception, the Holy Liquid on the surface of the Goddess's Divine Body was like a layer of outer clothing, massive in quantity and extremely tempting...
Now, he only needed to get a little closer to the Goddess, and scraping off 5 milliliters of Holy Liquid from her should not be too difficult...
Xia Feng fell into deep thought. To approach the Goddess, one needed to use a Spiritual Artifact to first absorb 10 cubic meters of Red Mist. Whoever finished absorbing first would be granted an audience and could enter the Moon Surface Space to approach the Goddess and obtain the Holy Daughter Mark.
Then, the next steps became self-evident—he merely needed to wait for someone to finish absorbing first, then replicate their Spiritual Artifact and seize their audience rights.
Considering the current situation, those talented young girls who came from afar were clearly just spectators. The qualification for the Black Moon Church Court's reserve Holy Daughter was already reserved for that girl named Ito Mei in the distance.
Why the Black Moon Church Court, having already chosen an internal nun to be the reserve Holy Daughter, would still go to such lengths to hold a selection competition, was beyond him.
But these things no longer mattered. After observing for a short while longer, Xia Feng turned and left.
Ito Mei's rate of absorbing the Red Mist was slow; it would take at least another three to four days. Xia Feng planned to use this time to clean out all the Yao Stones.
Every time his Vermilion Bird Demon Armor underwent rebirth, it gained a temporary promotion for thirty minutes, followed by a thirty-minute cooldown period.
After the cooldown ended, rebirth could be used again. For this reason, every thirty minutes, he would turn into Little Mushroom and hide to rest before continuing his hunt.
Like this, three days passed quickly, and the number of Water Bright Stones Xia Feng obtained soared to 24.
When he silently returned to the vicinity of the Black Moon Knights, he discovered the group of Silver Knights were all kneeling on one knee, right hand over chest, bowing their heads respectfully to the Goddess at the end of the Star River in morning prayer.
It seemed to be a worship ceremony they were required to perform every morning.
Rek the Knight stood in the center of the knights, leading the morning prayer with his head lowered, his voice solemn and deep:
"...Praise our Goddess, the Lord of the night and moon and stars, the holy and pure Goddess. May your divine grace, like the morning dew and dawn, shine upon us today for success and safety. May you hear our prayers and guide us along the righteous path..."
Following Rek's prayer, the knights below responded in unison with deep voices, "Praise our Goddess."
"All glory in the world be unto you, praise our Goddess," Rek concluded, and slowly opened his eyes.
Ito Mei, who was kneeling respectfully, also stood up and continued to focus on absorbing the Red Mist.
"Master, are they praying?" Yue Hongli, who was hiding in the shadows next to Xia Feng, quietly emerged, looking at the distant scene with cold curiosity.
"It's quite evident," Xia Feng replied, turning his head in puzzlement, "what's the matter, you're not continuing to sleep?"
"I've slept enough. I want to come out and continue learning," Yue Hongli said seriously. "So, Master, will the Goddess actually grant their prayers?"
"I doubt it..." Xia Feng pondered, "The Black Moon Goddess isn't some wish-granting deity. I think those prayers are just a formality."
"I see," the woman in the red dress nodded, "So one can be called a deity even though unable to fulfill the believers' prayers."
With that thought, her gaze shifted once more, looking towards a male Knight in the distance.
That male Knight was embracing a rather plump woman with white horns... mouth to mouth.
The knight squadron had two knights infected by an Artifact Disaster, one was Jin Zhengen's Light Elf, and the other was this male knight.
The slightly plump woman with cow horns was the human form of the male knight's Spiritual Artifact.
Yue Hongli watched the male knight and the horned woman embracing and kissing without a word for a while and then posed another question to Xia Feng, "Master, what are they doing?"
"..." Xia Feng's eyes twitched slightly as he patiently explained, "They are kissing."
"Kissing? What is kissing?"
Xia Feng thought for a moment and gave a serious explanation, "Kissing is, between two people of different genders, the act of pressing their lips together in a lip friendship behavior! This act brings pleasure to both parties and can further deepen their pure friendship."
The explanation from the master was very profound, full of terms she didn't understand, but she more or less got the gist that kissing must be linked to human sexual behavior.
Xia Feng glanced at the seemingly contemplative foolish woman nodding her head, thought for a moment, and then said, "Additionally, kissing can only be an action between mutually... um, mutually exclusive and trusted individuals. Do you know why that is?"
"Mhm, Master, of course, I know that," said the woman in the red dress, nodding earnestly.
Xia Feng was taken aback, asking suspiciously, "You actually know that?"
"Of course, Master, I might have been asleep these past few months, but I have been constantly absorbing knowledge."
"Then tell me why."
Yue Hongli nodded with a cool little face and calmly explained, "When kissing, the bacteria in both parties' mouths are exchanged, including both beneficial and harmful bacteria. So kissing implies that both parties agree to take on certain disease transmission risks. For example, Master, if you were willing to kiss Hongli, it would mean you are willing to take the risk of infection, which is clearly the greatest trust in Hongli, and Hongli would also be willing to take the risk to kiss her one and only trusted Master..."
At this, the woman in the red dress paused and looked seriously at Xia Feng, "Thus, it follows that kissing is an action that can only take place between mutually exclusive and trusted individuals!"
Xia Feng: ...
Xia Feng: ⊙▂⊙
Xia Feng: (´⊙ω⊙`)!
"You... you're right!" Xia Feng smiled slightly and gave a thumbs up, "Hongli, you are so clever!"
"Master, you're wrong!" The woman in the red dress raised her pretty chin and stood proudly with hands on hips, "Hongli is a dummy!"
"Alright, alright, from now on, you're a clever dummy," Xia Feng patted the slightly raised red curls on top of her head.
"Hey, hey! Xia Xiaofeng, what on earth have you taught my stepmom... seductress?" Mushroom's teeth-gritting voice, itching to punch someone, rang in Xia Feng's and Yue Hongli's minds.
"Daughter, he's Mommy's master, and you should show the master some respect."
"Respect my foot!" Mushroom was extremely embarrassed and annoyed, really wanting to punch this seductress.
Xia Feng smiled, "Did you hear that, Little Mushroom? Show some respect, call me daddy."
Mushroom: "!!!"
While the three busied themselves with chatting and bickering, suddenly, the knights in the distance let out exclamations and quickly knelt on one knee toward the end of the Star River.
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Xia Feng followed their gazes and saw a bright golden light shining from the end of the Star River, like the first ray of dawn in the darkness, guiding those walking through the night.
Ito Mei was also excitedly looking up at this time; her face covered in faint bloodstains, a side effect of absorbing too much Red Mist, but fortunately, she held on and finally welcomed the Divine Grace of the Black Moon Goddess!