Chapter 028 Learning to Dance

Wang Bo smiled faintly and said calmly, "Didn't I already say? I have a small grudge with Taiyin Zhenren."

Xiao Bai let out an "oh" without much surprise. Wang Bo could tell that she herself didn't realize how important a cultivation technique was to a person.

If such a thing fell into human hands, it would basically never be passed on except to disciples or sons.

Some things wouldn't even be passed on to daughters.

From this, one could see how much ancient people valued knowledge.

Take Taiyin Zhenren, for example. His own strength was unfathomable, and he had at least hundreds of acolytes under him, but only one received his true teachings; the vast majority were merely his servants.

"Acolyte" just sounded nicer; the work acolytes did was no different from what servants did.

It was just that acolytes did work ordinary servants couldn't do, that was all.

Wang Bo kept Xiao Bai and brought out the Taiyin True Art to share with her, explaining in detail its various transformations, hoping she could master them thoroughly.

Only then would there be a chance to assassinate Taiyin Zhenren.

However, the Taiyin True Art was profound and extensive, a cultivation method directly pointing to ascension. Its transformations were naturally extremely intricate and astonishing, not something that could be fully explained in a day or two.

Fortunately, the time flow in Wang Bo's time villa differed from the outside. After he explained a bit to Xiao Bai, she agreed to stay in the time villa and discuss the Taiyin True Art with him.

So for the next month, the two spent every day together.

Using 21st-century flirting techniques, Wang Bo showered Xiao Bai with attention, often stirring her heart, only to pull back each time she started to feel moved.

Repeating this, Xiao Bai's heart soon bore Wang Bo's imprint.

And as time passed, Wang Bo's imprint grew deeper, though for the innocent Xiao Bai, she herself didn't notice the change.

After all, she was just a demon, a demon who didn't understand romance.

And while Wang Bo hadn't had many romantic experiences, he did have two concubines. His understanding of love might not make him a playboy, but it far surpassed Xiao Bai's.

At first, when discussing the Taiyin True Art, Xiao Bai remained on guard, but gradually she let her defenses down.

One day Wang Bo would hold Xiao Bai's hand, the next they would dance.

At the start, they danced Eastern dances. For instance, the Beauty Walk that Wang Bo liked. When they grew tired from studying the Taiyin True Art, Wang Bo would teach Xiao Bai the Beauty Walk.

Xiao Bai was a bit shy at first, but eventually, unable to resist Wang Bo's repeated requests, she began learning the Beauty Walk.

With her skills, in just over ten minutes, she had learned it quite well.

When she danced before Wang Bo, her white robes fluttering, she was utterly enchanting, far beyond Wang Bo's imagination. Even a fairy dancing would be no more than this.

Later, Wang Bo started teaching Xiao Bai some stranger dances.

Like Guren no Yumiya or Weißes Fächerhaus.

Fortunately, Xiao Bai wasn't human and lacked the shame ordinary human women had. She quickly learned the other dances and performed them gracefully before Wang Bo, leaving him blushing and breathless, exclaiming that no one could withstand this.

He certainly couldn't.

After that, Wang Bo began dancing with Xiao Bai—from passionate tango to dazzling tap dance to ballroom dancing. Their bodies drew closer and closer.

Gradually, their hearts also drew nearer.

A month later, Wang Bo had deeply etched his image into Xiao Bai's heart.

In exchange, Xiao Bai had also etched her image into Wang Bo's heart.

Truth be told, by this point, Wang Bo didn't know whether he had won Xiao Bai over or she had won him over. But he felt that no matter who it was, if anyone dared to harm Xiao Bai, he would make them pay.

Even if it were immortals or Buddhas, he would fight them.

And after a month, Xiao Bai had mastered all the transformations of the Taiyin True Art. Her understanding might not match Taiyin Zhenren's, but it should not be inferior to his disciple's.

That little Daoist.

So Xiao Bai felt the time was ripe to assassinate Taiyin Zhenren.

Wang Bo did not stop her.

Because he knew very well that Xiao Bai's assassination mission was on her master's orders. Her reverence for her master still far outweighed her feelings for Wang Bo.

If Wang Bo dared to stop her, Xiao Bai would dare to turn against him.

After all, one month was too short.

Even though Wang Bo had tried his best to win Xiao Bai's favor, it was far from enough to make her betray her master and cast aside his orders.

So Wang Bo naturally wouldn't stop her.

But Wang Bo also wouldn't let Xiao Bai go alone to assassinate Taiyin Zhenren. He decided to go with her.

"No." To his surprise, when Wang Bo told Xiao Bai his plan, she refused outright. "Assassinating Taiyin Zhenren is my master's command. I must complete it alone. I don't need you to come with me."

Wang Bo was initially puzzled why Xiao Bai refused so bluntly, but when he saw her eyes, he suddenly understood.

"You're worried about my safety, aren't you?"

Xiao Bai faltered. She was indeed worried about Wang Bo's safety. The more she understood the Taiyin True Art and its power, the more she realized how formidable Taiyin Zhenren was.

If at first she had a fifty or sixty percent chance of assassinating him, now she had only a ten percent chance. Even with the hairpin her master had given her, it was only thirty percent.

Those odds were far too low.

But she was unwilling to defy her master's orders, so she resolved to go alone. Even if she failed, she would accept it.

But Wang Bo couldn't go with her.

After a month of constant companionship, her feelings for Wang Bo had changed greatly. She didn't want him to die with her, so she refused outright.

Yet she hadn't expected to be seen through so easily.

"Yes, I don't want you to get hurt." Since Wang Bo had seen through her, Xiao Bai no longer forced herself and admitted frankly, "The thought of you getting hurt terrifies me, so I don't want you to come with me. I want to go alone. Don't worry, I understand the Taiyin True Art. I will succeed."

But without a doubt, that last sentence was a lie.