Chapter 22 – Three people cultivating together
Yue'er pondered for a moment before suddenly speaking, "Young Master, I want to try it today."
Huang Ye was a bit taken aback. This was too crazy. It seemed the allure of becoming an immortal was indeed powerful.
"Uh! Isn't that inappropriate?"
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. Qing'er and I have accompanied you before."
Damn, how could the past compare to now? Back then, I didn't know, and you were just sleeping beside me.
"If you don't believe me, ask Sister Qing'er!"
Qing'er thought to herself, my silly sister, the situation before and now are completely different.
I better play dumb. After all, we're all the Young Master's people. I'll leave this matter to him to resolve. She tucked her head back under the covers.
Huang Ye glanced at Qing'er, who was silent on the bed, and understood.
"Qing'er, stop pretending. Get up and eat!"
Qing'er had no choice but to poke her head out again, feeling her face flush with heat.
"Young Master, why don't we let Yue'er stay with you tonight," Qing'er said against her will.
"No need to gather information tonight. Both of you stay. We need to focus on cultivating and quickly improve our strength."
"Yes, yes, the Young Master is right. Sister Qing'er, we'll both stay with the Young Master tonight."
"When we become stronger, we can help the Young Master too."
Qing'er could only face reality, got out of bed, and dressed. The three of them gathered around the table and feasted.
In the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, all the food was gone.
"Young Master, I brought extra food, but it still wasn't enough."
"That's normal. Our bodies are changing and need high-nutrition, high-calorie food to nourish them."
"Young Master, where did you learn these terms? What do you mean by high-nutrition and high-calorie?" Qing'er asked, puzzled.
"Let me explain briefly. These meats and staples are high-calorie foods."
"Vegetables are low-calorie foods, while high-nutrition foods include bear paws, bird's nests, and soft-shelled turtles."
"Ginseng, deer antlers, and lingzhi are supplements that have a greater nourishing effect."
"Ah! The high-nutrition foods and supplements you mentioned are available in the mansion, but only a few madams can eat them."
"High-calorie foods can be eaten freely. From now on, we'll focus on these high-calorie foods."
"Hehe, a balanced diet is important. You can't just supplement with one type of food."
"It's like our dual cultivation technique, which is a technique of yin and yang balance."
"The reason we've been able to cultivate Qi Flow so quickly is because the technique is amazing, perfectly balancing yin and yang."
"When you go to the kitchen, prioritize high-calorie foods and bring fewer low-calorie ones."
"Keep the quantity the same as tonight's standard. Any more, and it might be noticed."
"Once we understand the guards' situation, I can go out at night to get high-nutrition foods and supplements."
"Young Master, getting those things requires silver. The little silver I have won't last more than two meals."
"That's not urgent. We can buy high-calorie foods first, which don't require much silver."
"Ensure basic sustenance first. I'll find a way to get more silver. If necessary, we'll rob the rich to help the poor. Everything revolves around cultivation."
"Young Master, robbing the rich to help the poor sounds like banditry, doesn't it?"
"Wrong, robbing the rich to help the poor is the act of a hero. Robbing homes is banditry."
The two girls stared blankly at the Young Master, who was twisting concepts, filled with admiration.
Yue'er returned the food box and came back shortly.
The three began cultivating together until dawn.
"Young Master, the feeling of Spiritual Energy entering the body is amazing. Are we really cultivating immortality?"
"If I'm not mistaken, we are now cultivators."
"Do you not feel tired?"
"Yes, we didn't sleep all night, but we're not tired at all. In fact, we feel full of energy."
"If it weren't for the dawn, I would want to keep cultivating!" Yue'er seemed addicted.
"I think this is one of the effects of Spiritual Energy. We don't know its other effects yet, but we'll discover them in time."
"It's already dawn. During the day, you must hide yourselves well, control your walking and strength."
"We've just started cultivating and haven't been through actual combat. We're only stronger than ordinary people physically."
"Compared to those guards who fight all year round, there's definitely a gap."
"Moreover, the guard captain and the three protectors are Martial Kings. They're definitely stronger."
"We must endure everything and not let them discover our abnormalities."
"Don't worry, Young Master, we'll control ourselves."
"Alright, you can leave separately. No need to stay here."
"Nobody usually comes here. As long as you don't appear in the same place at the same time, no one will suspect you."
Qing'er brought breakfast, and after eating, Qing'er and Yue'er left the room separately.
Huang Ye continued cultivating in the room.
After a night of cultivation, he felt like he had advanced a level, as if he heard a faint "poof" sound inside him.
The sound was too small, drowned out by the two girls' voices, but he vaguely felt it himself.
He also felt his physical strength significantly increase.
"System, am I cultivating an immortal technique?"
[I don't know!]
"Do you have any immortal techniques?"
[I really don't have any. I'm an atheist, focused on technology and hard work.]
Damn, you've become a system in my head, yet you're an atheist? Unbelievable!
Damn, could I be a robot, with this system as a chip implanted in my brain?
It's entirely possible. Otherwise, where does the system reside?
But that doesn't make sense. If I were a robot, the system would definitely be in control.
Yet I have my own thoughts. The experiences with the two girls last night felt real, not like a robot's.
Never mind, I'll eventually be able to introspect, and then I'll know.
Whether I'm a robot or a normal person, as long as I can live as a thinking individual, that's enough.
"By the way, do you have any martial artist techniques?"
[I do, and I have many. Let me give you a few examples.]
[Yijingjing, Nine Yin Manual, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, Buddha's Palm, Dugu Nine Swords, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, Bajiquan, Foshan Shadowless Kick, Large Capture Technique, Small Capture Technique, Boxing, Sanda, Free Fighting, Taekwondo.]
Damn, this system is actually useful. If I had asked earlier, I might have found a technique to learn.
Luckily, I didn't ask before, which led me to create my own miraculous immortal technique.
The techniques the system mentioned are not on the same level as the one I created. They're worlds apart.
Now I can find some sword techniques, blade techniques, and fist techniques among these to learn.
That's settled. Since I'm not effective at cultivating alone, I'll practice these martial skills during the day and dual cultivate at night.
I pulled out some sword techniques, looked around, and finally found a fly swatter to practice with.
After starting to learn, I realized these sword techniques seemed quite simple.
I learned the [Dugu Nine Swords] in one morning and the [Tai Chi Sword] in the afternoon.
What's going on? How am I learning so fast? It must be the transmigration and immortal technique enhancing my comprehension.
In this way, over a week, Huang Ye learned quite a few martial skills.
During this time, he felt like he had broken through again.
It wasn't just him; the two girls also mentioned feeling a breakthrough yesterday.
However, they were clearly slower than Huang Ye, only feeling it yesterday.
Before dual cultivation each day, Huang Ye also taught them some martial skills to improve their combat abilities.