Boom! The ground slightly shook when the Jade Frog landed on Xiao Hua’s small frame.
Yuan’s eyes widened, and his jaw dropped from shock. In his mind, Xiao Hua has most likely turned into a pancake after being squashed by the Jade Frog’s massive body and weight.
Suddenly, purple mists began seeping out from beneath the Jade Frog, almost like it had farted, and Yuan returned to his senses.
The purple mist distanced itself from the Jade Frog and gathered beside Yuan, before forming into the figure of a small girl.
“Xiao Hua!” Yuan was baffled by what he’d just witnessed. What just happened?
“What’s wrong, Brother Yuan?” she asked him in a normal voice as though she did not just get flattened by the Jade Frog.
“You… what happened just now?”
“Xiao Hua’s Purple Mist Physique?”
“Yes… but I am also talking about why you just stood there to take its attack! You nearly gave me a heart attack!”
“But Brother Yuan said Xiao Hua cannot use her power until Xiao Hua has permission, and Xiao Hua did not have permission…”
Yuan looked at her with wide eyes, his expression perplexed. “Are you an idiot?!” he suddenly yelled at her.
Startled, Xiao Hua shrunk her head like a scared turtle.
“Even if you didn’t want to use your powers, you could’ve just dodged! There was no reason for you to stand there and take the hit!” Yuan was upset, but mostly at himself for telling her to do something without thinking about it.
Xiao Hua is just an NPC, someone programmed to act and do things a certain way, so if Yuan told her to sit, then she will sit without questioning him, her ‘master’. But Yuan didn’t take into consideration that she was an NPC, who is also his Servant, and treated her as a real human, hence why he believed that she would have some logic in her when he told her to not use her power recklessly.
“Sorry…” Xiao Hua apologized.
“Aiii!” Yuan facepalmed when he saw her sad face. “I should be the one apologizing, Xiao Hua… I had told you to do something without thinking… I’m sorry.”
“?”
“When I told you to not use your powers, I didn’t mean to completely seal off your power and be a punching bag… If you are in danger or feel like you need to use your powers, then just use it.”
“What about Brother Yuan’s permission?”
“Forget I had ever said that and use it according to your judgment. What I am trying to say is there’s no need to crack an egg by smashing it with a large rock, and think about your surroundings and the environment before you decide to use it.”
“Xiao Hua understands.” She nodded.
“Good. Now, give me that sword. I have a debt to settle with this damn frog.”
The moment Yuan grabbed the steel sword by the handle, information about the sword appeared in his head.
«Spirit Sword»
«Grade: Spirit»
«Quality: Peak»
«Physical Strength Required: 900»
«Mental Strength Required: 1,500»
«Sharpness: 1,000»
«Description: Cuts metal like butter.»
“Good sword!” Yuan instantly took a liking to it after swinging it a few times in the air.