Chapter 55: An Exchange with the Noble Lady

Considering that soul swapping was the core feature of the life experience game, Lu Xing did not hesitate much and poured his only skill point into soul swapping.

If leveling up could turn a passive skill into an active one, that would be wonderful!

Unfortunately, it did not.

"Soul Swap (Level 3)
Swappable characters: 4
Notifications appear at the start and end of a swap.
During each swap, you have ten opportunities for cross-world telepathic communication."

Finally, the option for cross-world communication with them had finally appeared!

But it was still not enough!

Ten times was far from enough!

Both he and the other party were strangers to each other's worlds, and there were too many questions that needed to be discussed. Ten conversations were simply not enough!

Lu Xing gritted his teeth and invested another two thousand experience points into upgrading.

"One thousand experience consumed, your level has increased to Level 2."
"Your attribute panel has been updated, please check it."

With a surge of excitement, Lu Xing checked the panel again and found that he had gained a new skill.

"Player: Lu Xing
Age: 20
Level: 3
Skill Points: 1
Skills: Soul Swap (Level 3), Soul Strengthening (Passive, you possess a stronger soul)
Experience Points: 2100"

The description of the new skill was very simple, and Lu Xing knew that the soul was important, but he still closed his eyes and continued to allocate the skill point to soul swapping.

"Soul Swap (Level 4)
Swappable characters: 4
Notifications appear at the start and end of a swap, and you can slightly adjust the start time and end time of the crossing.
During the swap, you possess the ability for cross-world telepathic communication."

"!!!"

Lu Xing felt comfortable all over. Smooth and unrestricted communication was precisely what he wanted! How could ten times ever be enough?

He could barely wait for the next swap!

Glancing at the notification, the next swap would take place tomorrow morning at six o'clock, with Anne in the magical world.

After a moment of thought, he chose not to adjust the time. Waking up in the magical world tomorrow morning sounded quite nice.

During the next upgrade, I wonder if an inventory will appear?

Additionally, Lu Xing also really wanted to cross over with his physical body instead of just swapping souls.

...

When he woke up again, Lu Xing was already lying inside the ducal castle, transformed once more into the slender and delicate form of a noble young lady—he confirmed this by touching his own arm.

An ethereal angel silver lamp sat on the bedside table, emitting a faint glow. Noticing a slip of paper beneath the copper lamp, Lu Xing propped himself up slightly to take a look and found that Anne had written a single line of text on it:

Please press it ^_^.

An emoji was appended right after the text, making it overwhelmingly adorable!

Lu Xing chuckled, reached out, and pressed it. The angel silver lamp immediately illuminated, lighting up the surroundings.

There was another slip of paper on the wall:

I am the switch ~

Lu Xing could not help but laugh again. It seemed Anne had not made her trip to Earth in vain; she had actually learned how to apply Earth's electric light switch within the magical world.

However, he was in no rush to get out of bed and simply lay back down.

The noble young lady's boudoir bed carried a faint, pleasant fragrance, and coupled with Anne's slender limbs, it was exceptionally well-suited for lying down and sleeping.

Unfortunately, he forgot that the telepathic connection was two-way.

"Mr. Lu Xing?"

A crisp, melodious, and pleasing young girl's voice resounded in Lu Xing's mind. "Is that Mr. Lu Xing?"

Anne?

"Are you Anne?"

"Yes, I am Anne. May I ask if you are Mr. Lu Xing?"

"Yes!"

"That's wonderful! I guessed it was Mr. Lu Xing. Heehee, isn't it magical? Right now, I've turned into Mr. Lu Xing, and you, Mr. Lu Xing, have turned into me, right? ~"

Despite having experienced it a few times, Anne still asked again, her tone brimming with happiness.

"Yes! I'm currently lying in your bed, thinking about sleeping in, but I didn't expect you to wake up too."

"Heeheehee, Anne can't sleep anymore. If Mr. Lu Xing wants to sleep, please go right ahead; I'm going to get dressed and get up."

"I can dress myself! Mr. Lu Xing doesn't need to worry about me!"

Anne added specifically.

Lu Xing found her endearing, suppressed a smile, and said, "I wouldn't really know how to dress in your clothes anyway; your maids always help you with that."

"Heeheehee, Anne doesn't want to wear so many complicated clothes either, but there's no help for it—if I don't wear them, people will laugh at me. Mr. Lu Xing doesn't have to wear them in private... um, I mean, Mr. Lu Xing can wear very little clothing when sleeping, and when taking a bath... you can wear nothing when bathing."

From her voice, one could almost picture Anne looking shy.

"I don't really look..."

Lu Xing lacked the nerve to continue this topic. Although the young maiden's delicate body was very pleasing to the eye, he could hardly say that to her face.

"It's not that you can't look... I actually looked at yours too, Mr. Lu Xing..."

Anne's voice was very soft, and she hurriedly changed the subject: "Mr. Lu Xing, I would like to ask your advice on something. You go ahead and sleep first, and I'll tell you after you wake up!"

"I'm not tired anymore. Go ahead, and later I'd like to ask your advice on some things as well."

The noble young lady spoke with very formal phrasing, forcing Lu Xing to also use the word "advice" when conversing with her.

"It's like this. Last time I went back, I visited the church again. While praying, the Goddess gave me a revelation, asking me to investigate whether preaching is possible here on Earth."

Anne felt quite embarrassed.

Earth had billions of people. If preaching were permitted, the Goddess's followers would instantly multiply severalfold—a temptation so great that even the Goddess coveted it.

"Preaching? The Holy Light Church?" Lu Xing wore a strange expression.

"Yes. I didn't have the nerve to ask Ms. Xiao Yu. I originally planned to go and ask around today, but I never expected to be able to converse with Mr. Lu Xing, so Anne thought it would be faster to ask you directly..."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Lu Xing quickly gave her an answer: "Even if your Goddess came to Earth, she would just turn into an ordinary person. There is no spiritual or magical energy in this world, and the Goddess of Holy Light cannot perform miracles either."

"That doesn't matter! The Goddess's doctrine teaches people to do good; we don't rely on miracles to proclaim the Goddess's greatness!"

"Even so, the difficulty of obtaining official permission is extremely high."

Lu Xing explained the relevant laws and regulations to her.

Anne seemed utterly dumbfounded: "You mean, if the Goddess came to preach, she would also be arrested and taken to the police station?"

"Hahahahaha, exactly!"

Lu Xing was about to die laughing. If the Goddess of Holy Light were dragged into a police station, he would probably have to go bail her out.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Anne felt quite embarrassed. "I'll go back and tell the Goddess... Mr. Lu Xing, do you follow Taoism?"

"No."

"Buddhism?"

"Also no, I don't have any religious beliefs. What are you planning?"

"How about joining Anne in believing in the great Goddess of Holy Light? What do you say? Heehee~ The Goddess is wonderful!"

"I'll pass."

Lu Xing was not enthusiastic about deities. Fortunately, Anne was not a persistent proselytizer; having brought it up once and received a clear rejection, she dropped the subject.

"Mr. Lu Xing, it's finally fixed!"

Mid-conversation, Anne suddenly blurted out, her tone quite pleasantly surprised.

"What's fixed?" Lu Xing was baffled.

"It's... it's fixed! Now Anne can get out of bed and get dressed!"

"..."

Lu Xing massaged his temples. He finally understood.

Anne was a conservative noble young lady; making her deal with a man's anatomy was truly asking too much of her.

"Mr. Lu Xing, I'm out of bed. Clothes, clothes... found them, they're on the stool! Mr. Lu Xing, should I change out of the shorts I'm wearing?"

"Change if you want, or leave them on."

"Oh, well then, Anne will help Mr. Lu Xing change into a pair~ Are Mr. Lu Xing's clothes in the wardrobe?"

"Right, go look for them."

Lu Xing had discovered that the noble lady Anne indeed possessed a very lively and adorable personality, and she talked a great deal. Chatting with her easily lifted one's spirits.

However... with his permission, Anne had blushingly explored his body and shyly asked him some questions.

For instance, would it suddenly grow larger? She had been constantly worried that it might get caught while walking.

When Lu Xing burst out laughing, Anne became even shier, biting her lip as she told him something:

"Mr. Lu Xing, my father and mother wish to see you. When you go to see my mother later, you don't have to pretend to be me anymore!"