บท 24: Progress (1)
Chapter 24 – Progress (1)
<<Ding>>
<<You have entered Isolation Training Space.>>
Miaomiao returned to the system space after he fell asleep. He stretched and waved his arms around, feeling refreshed.
'Time to practice the new skill.'
Miaomiao opened his system menu and viewed the Dual Flame manual file. Since it came in PDF format, it was easy to read.
The manual consisted of five chapters, Fire manipulation, Yang Flame, Yin Flame, Yin-Yang Flame, and Dual-Flame. Each chapter explained step-by-step training routines, starting from a newbie level to a master level. With over 1,000 pages in each chapter, Miaomiao got dizzy thinking about when he would finish reading the entire manual and master everything.
Still, he psyched himself up and slapping his face again.
'The first step is always the hardest! Come on!'
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= 2 Hours later =
Covering in sweat, Miaomiao stood still, naked. His right palm pointed forward while he was focusing on controlling his Yang Qi in his dantian, manipulating a strand of Qi from his belly to his chest, then from his chest to his arm.
The task was easier to be said than done without the system's help. After two hours of trials and errors, Miaomiao could finally sense and manipulate his own Qi in his dantian, but he still wasn't good enough to move them around.
"Ughhhhh!"
*PFFFFFF*
Miaomiao concentrated so much that his butt released some gas. Exhausted by the training, he sat down and caught his breath.
"Why is it so difficult!?"
He couldn't understand why every strand of Qi refused to move through his body. It felt like pulling a rope that had been tied into something beforehand.
<<The first stage of cultivation is called Muscle Tampering Realm for a reason. In this stage, cultivators shouldn't be able to use Qi as their muscles and bones aren't adapted to Qi flow, and there isn't any meridian channel for a Qi strand to move through. Thus, it is the job of cultivators to refine their muscle and evolve them so that the muscle fibers and blood cells can absorb Qi.>>
Miaomiao didn't refute or complain that the system had never taught him about this basic. He flipped through the Dual Flame manual and returned to the introduction page.
[Stage 3 or higher in cultivation strength is the minimum requirement to practice this skill.]
"…"
Miaomiao's bloodshot eyes widened and almost slipped off the sockets. He felt like he had bought an expensive graphic card for his PC. But when he put it on the mainboard, he found out later that they were incompatible.
Qi Hong never told him that the core library was for core disciples, who possessed the strength of stage 4 or higher. Getting a skill from this library might be useless for him right now.
Again, Miaomiao realized that he might have been tricked. He bit his lower lips in anger that his teeth sunk into his flesh.
Yet, as stubborn as he was, Miaomiao refused to give up. He still remembered that a beggar child A.I. could use Qi even though his cultivation base was level 1 of stage 1. It might be possible that he could break the common sense by mastering the Qi manipulation technique before he got to the 2nd stage.
Miaomiao spent an hour, flipping through hundreds of pages, skimming the content of the first chapter.
Then, Miaomiao sat crossed-legs and started over, controlling a strand of his Yang Qi to move around. This time, he didn't try to move them too far. The Qi strand only traveled 1 centimeter, but Miaomiao ordered it to stop there.
'Dissolve and nurture everything in that area!'
Miaomiao got this inspiration from the manual. Some of the techniques required Miaomiao to dissolve Qi strands or Essence into particles. By dissolving a Qi strand, it would be consumed by his blood cells to nourish them, increasing their technique power. Therefore, if the cells could eat his Qi and get stronger, his muscle fibers, blood cells, tissues, bones, innards, and blood vessels could also be evolved by utilizing this trick.
As soon as his first Qi strand dissolved, Miaomiao's stomach churned. A burning sensation spread as the blood cells carried hot particles through the bloodstream. He felt like he was cooked from the inside.
Miaomiao didn't realize the condition inside him. His blood temperature in his stomach increased to 50 degrees Celsius, which ruptured and burned several areas of small blood vessels and other organs. Still, the Isolation Space and the system continued to heal him as he endured the pain.
Miaomiao ignored the burning pain and let the Qi particles merged with his bloodstream. Undaunted, he manipulated another Qi strand and moved them.
"!!!"
When the strand moved to the area where Miaomiao had dissolved his Qi, it went smoother. The Qi wasn't hindered by his clog blood vessels and muscle fibers anymore. Still, it got stuck again when it reached another area, which hadn't been touched by the burning particles.
Miaomiao grinned as he believed that this was the way to make his body adapt to his Qi.
'One centimeter, one strand. Again! Dissolve'
…
<<Ding>>
<<You have died by cardiac arrest.>>
This was the 48th time he died because of the Qi dissolving technique. Every time he dissolved a new strand of Qi, his organs were cooked, and he died from cardiac arrest. Yet, he was resurrected with the body that adapted with the Qi particles.
Miaomiao kept on exploiting the Isolation Training and the respawn feature to its limit. As soon as he got resurrected, he moved another Qi strand to another clogged part and dissolved it one more time.
"AAAAAHHHHHHGGGGG!!!"
After dissolving Qi strands the 49th times, Miaomiao encountered a new backlash. Because he added Qi particles into his bloodstream too much, blood cells couldn't contain the Qi anymore. Then, the collected energy erupted.
Miaomiao's body exploded from the inside. His innards and blood scattered everywhere in the white room.
<<Ding>>
<<You have died by Qi Deviation.>>
"God, that was painful! WTF!?"
Despite being disturbed by his death, Miaomiao sat crossed-legs again to sense his internal Qi and his blood condition. He returned to the previous state after he had dissolved the 48th strand. The previous attempt wasn't added to his strength this time.
Realizing his limit, Miaomiao stopped disintegrating his Qi. He opened the system menu and summoned a sparring partner.
The same beggar child appeared. As usual, he came with a short knife.
<<Battle Record>>
<<Xin, the beggar child - Win 40: Lose 19>>
Miaomiao cracked his fingers and glanced at his record. He took a deep breath and got into a Muay-Thai stance.
"Come on, brat. Until I beat the hell out of you 100 times, I will keep fighting you!"
The beggar child screeched as if he were an angry monster. He rushed at Miaomiao with his knife.
Just like yesterday, Miaomiao spent the rest of today's training hours sparring against Xin, the beggar child. At the end of the day, he managed to score 40 more wins, but he still lost a dozen times.
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And the next night, Miaomiao returned to practice his Qi dissolving technique to improve his Qi flow. Then, he fought with the beggar again. As he got used to fighting a child, Miaomiao achieved his goal.
<<Ding>>
<<Congratulations. You have defeated Xin at 200% difficulty setting 100 times.>>
<<Xin has no useful skill. You cannot learn a skill from the clone.>>
<<An item has been sent to your Inventory.>>
<<You have obtained a magic short knife, Xin Knife.>>
Miaomiao's morale soared as the system finally rewarded him with something precious.
"Alright! System, If I beat this shitty boy 100 more times, will I get more items?"
<<No. The beggar boy that you've fought only has one type of weapon he could use. Therefore, there is no other weapon that you can receive as a reward.>>
There was a limit on how many items or skills Miaomiao could get as a reward. He could not receive the same reward twice.
Miaomiao gave up trying to exploit the system. Still, he had another inspiration, "Say, system. If I defeat another guy like that beggar boy, can I obtain more items or skills?"
<<Yes. You can obtain magic items that they can use in that difficulty.>>
"Hahaha! Okay!"
Miaomiao browsed the system menu to search for a new opponent to fight.
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Six days had passed since the lecture.
Miaomiao's lifestyle was simple after last week's lecture; Eat, Sleep, Sex, and Training. On daytime, he and Zheng Liqin indulged in carnal desire. At night, in Isolation Training Space, Miaomiao continued melting Qi into his bloodstream to its limit and trained with other level-1 cultivators and a level 2 cultivator.
The brainwashing progress was not difficult, but it wasn't easy either. Every day, Zheng Liqin digested and used some of the stored Yin Essence to practice her arts whenever Miaomiao wasn't looking. She spent five to ten essence each day, and he had to refill the stock.
Moreover, her cultivation base advanced to level 9 of the 3rd stage, which increased her Yin Essence capacity and the requirement to completely mind-break her. Instead of 55, Miaomiao needed to fill 59 Yin Essence into her dantian.
As a result, Miaomiao had to occupy Zheng Liqin all day, so she couldn't have free time to digest her Yin Essence. He increased his daily sessions from 10 to 20 per day. Whenever he was exhausted or ran out of the bullet, Miaomiao always swallowed a healing pill to replenish his stamina.
After a series of never-ending dual cultivation sessions, Miaomiao fulfilled Qi Hong's request.
"Hoo. It's done."
Miaomiao lost count how many rounds of sex he had with this twin-tail loli in disguise. Thanked the system's tracking, Miaomiao managed to stop before he killed Zheng Liqin.
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[Basic Information]
Name: Zhen Liqin
Cultivation Rank: 3rd Stage Level 9
Abnormal Status: Yin Cauldron (Permanent)
[Qi Absorption Limitation (Per Day)]
Yin Qi: 5,900
[Available Qi and Essence]
Yin Qi: 23,280 / 59,000
Yin Essence: 59 / 59
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Although Miaomiao was happy, Zheng Liqin's current state didn't look well. Blood ran down from her nose as her brain was damaged from rampaging Yin Essence and all side effects from excess sex. Yet, she revealed a lewd smile while her tongue stuck out. Her eyes rolled upward as she had fainted.
As for the lower parts, Miaomiao didn't want to look at it. Her belly swelled because of white liquid flooded her womb, and it leaked on the bed non-stop. The fluid gushed out like a waterfall, releasing strong odor of a man's seed.
Whenever Miaomiao looked at this devilish dual cultivator's expression, he recalled lewd arts from a famous Japanese hentai artist, Asanagi. She had a similar face outline and expression.
'I want to pity you, but you tried to enslave me. Don't blame me. Blame it on yourself, my victim girl.'
Miaomiao patted her swollen belly and pinched her cute Ahegao face. He carried her to the bathroom, so he could clean the room and this stinking girl.
Tomorrow was another lecture day. Miaomiao planned to report his achievement to Qi Hong and get the rewards. As long as he got something nice out of this deal, he didn't care no matter what this suspicious elder was scheming.
"Come to think of it, isn't my Yang Essence enough to buy a skill from the shop?"
…
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[Basic Information]
Name: Mao Miaomiao
Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 5 (17%)
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[Skills]
Dual Cultivation (Passive)
Yang Qi Auto-Gathering (Passive)
Isolation Training (LV 1)
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[Qi Gathering Rate (Per Day)]
Yang Qi: 100
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[Stored Qi]
Yang Qi: 471
Yin Qi: 5,260
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[Stored Essence]
Yang Essence: 105
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[Current Partners and Progression]
Jiang Lan (9%)
Zheng Liqin (49.5%)
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[Nemesis]
None
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[Sparring Record] – 200% Mode
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(Stage 1, Muscle Tampering Level 1)
Cheng, the hoodlum – Win: 100 / Lose: 2
Pengfei, the hoodlum – Win: 100 / Lose: 15
Xin, the beggar child – Win: 100 / Lose: 31
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(Stage 1, Muscle Tampering Level 2)
Qing Tengfei, the Qing Clan Henchman – Win: 14 Lose 0
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บท 25: Sparked Rivalry (1)
Chapter 25 – Sparked Rivalry (1)
"Excuse me, I'm here to free a debt slave."
In front of Poseidon Spa House, a dirty young man in ragged clothes carrying a large sack was asking a brothel receptionist if he could buy a slave. He had scruffy messy hair, and some of it seemed burned. His scarred and rough hands revealed that he had been working hard for a long time.
Yet, the beggar man's sharp eyes and determined pupils showed the unyielding spirit within him. He came here for a reason, and he had to achieve it no matter what the cost.
"You again? I told you, right? The minimum price for a slave is 500 raw spirit stones. If you don't have it, you should leave before I call the security."
Ma Xingjuan, who once escorted Miaomiao to Xu Xiuying, stopped this young man from seeing a certain slave.
This wasn't the first time that the ragged clothed man came here. He visited the brothel two weeks ago, but he got kicked out by this receptionist. He didn't still realize that Ma Xingjuan had saved his life from the hands of evil cultivators inside the brothel.
"I have the stones. They're in this sack," The beggar man tossed the sack to Ma Xingjuan.
The receptionist raised her eyebrows, surprised. She examined the content of the sack.
Indeed, hundreds of raw spirit stones were in there. However, she didn't know the exact number since they were hard to tell. Unless she counted it with her Succubi Sense, she wouldn't be able to confirm the number.
It took Ma Xingjuan a minute to confirm everything, "There're a total of 512 raw spirit stones. Well, I guess we can do business. But don't you think you should at least take a bath or buy some clothes with these stones first?"
"Nah, it will get dirtied again. I work in a mine."
"I see. Well, come with me. I'll take you to see the slaves."
"No need. I'm here for a friend of mine."
Ma Xingjuan found him amusing. Normally, men who came here to buy slaves always chose to browse through the list first, and they usually picked the best looking slaves. Yet, in this dirty man's case, he came here to free his friend.
"Oh, really? How noble of you."
"Just get to the point. How much does it cost to free my friend?"
"Who is your friend? Can you give me her name?"
"Jiang Lan."
"…"
Ma Xingjuan frowned. She had heard this name from somewhere recently, but she couldn't recall where she had heard about this slave. Also, Ma Xingjuan had a feeling that trouble was brewing.
"Give me a moment. For now, hold on to that sack. I don't want to be branded as a robber if I keep holding onto it."
"Sure."
Ma Xingjuan strode into the brothel to inquire about a slave with this name.
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30 Minutes later, Ma Xingjuan returned with a bitter smile on her face. She remembered where she heard Jiang Lan's name, and where she currently was.
The receptionist gave the young blacksmith an apological smile, "I'm sorry. Jiang Lan has already been freed. She has already been accepted an outer disciple of Silver Phoenix Sect."
"R-Really!?"
Ma Xingjuan didn't tell the young man that Miaomiao had already bought Jiang Lan. As a professional receptionist, she cared about all her potential customers' feelings. But in this case, she had to gather some information.
"Yes. By the way, what's your relationship with her?"
"Why do you ask?"
"It's our sect's policy. Silver Phoenix Sect is an all-female sect. We forbade the man-woman relationship during our training. It affects our discipline and principles."
That was a lie. Ma Xingjuan probed the young man if he had any ulterior motive behind his request.
"Err, your sect is running a brothel, though."
The beggar pointed out the flaw in Ma Xingjuan's lie. However, the girl came prepared.
"Prostitution is a business that our sect runs. It doesn't mean that our disciples are working as one of those girls."
"O-Okay."
Aside from Silver Phoenix Sect's disciples, workers, or elders, outsiders didn't know that dual-cultivators were disguising as prostitutes here. The beggar also wasn't aware of the secret of Xu Xiuying's sect, so he couldn't refute.
"Now, back to my question. What's your relationship with Jiang Lan?"
"Oh," the beggar's eyes turned bright, "To tell you the truth, both Jiang Lan and I grew up in the countryside. Our parents were ordinary people without a cultivation background. You see, we were farmers."
Ma Xingjuan listened to this man's story to kill time.
…
This beggar's name was Xie Tian. Judging from the tone that he talked about Jiang Lan, this man was her childhood sweetheart.
Jiang Lan used to date Xie Tian and promised each other to be husband and wife in the future. Even their parents approved their relationship.
However, two years ago, cultivators from Wei Clan visited their village. Wei Feng, the youngest child of the clan master, discovered Jiang Lan's beauty. He proposed to her and promised her that she would become a cultivator and obtain immortality.
Jiang Lan declined. Yet, Wei Feng's words ignited her family's desire to attain immortality. Even Jiang Lan's heart wavered when she imagined herself having a never-aging youthful body.
Wei Feng withdrew without doing anything to the family, but the harm had been done.
A month later, something happened to the Jiang family. Xie Tian didn't know how it began, but he discovered later that Jiang parents borrowed several spirit stones from both Xu Clan and Wei Clan to cultivate. Jiang Lan also had a few raw spirit stones in her hands!
The Jiang parents and Jiang Lan suddenly became 1st stage cultivators, but they often got bedridden because of Qi Deviation sickness, which was caused by Qi radiation.
The parents stopped cultivating, but they pressured Jiang Lan to continue doing so. They were planning to send her to a sect to earn spirit stones so that they could pay off the debt.
Xie Tian tried to persuade the Jiang Family to stop, but Jiang Lan didn't listen to him. Her family kept borrowing more spirit stones and hired doctors to treat her. As time passed, the debt kept increasing and reached over 100 raw spirit stones.
In the end, Jiang Lan's family gave up. They sold Jiang Lan to the Xu Clan as a slave to pay off the debt.
Xie Tian followed after Jiang Lan to Mountain Goose City, hoping to free her from the slave status. He worked as a miner and a blacksmith for a year. And now, he had a fortuitous encounter and managed to collect enough spirit stones to free her.
…
Ma Xingjuan wanted to laugh and mock Xie Tian, but she refrained herself. It would be rude to reveal that Jiang Lan had become Xu Miao's chambermaid.
"I understand. I'll tell Jiang Lan that you've come to visit her. Give me your address, so we can contact you in the future."
"Thank you, senior sister! Err, but I'm staying at my master's storehouse at the moment. He told me that he had a connection with one of your executives or so."
"Your master? Who is he?"
"Senior Luo."
There were not many people with surname Luo in this city that had a connection with Silver Phoenix Sect. She wondered who it was, "What's the senior's name again?"
"Luo Cheng, Senior Luo Cheng from Mountain Goose Sect."
"…"
"I'm working as his blacksmith apprentice at the moment, and I'm working in the mine part-time. Please tell Jiang Lan that."
"… Okay."
Xie Tian cupped his fist and bowed to Ma Xingjuan before he departed with his spirit stone sack. The receptionist could only send him off with her gaze.
'Too bad, lover boy. Your girlfriend has ditched you. Your master is also a spy from our clan. Well, what should I tell Jiang Lan and young master Xu Miao?'
…
= Jiang Lan's Room =
At the corner of the room stood a 20-cubic-feet refrigerator. It was filled with canned food, grain pills, spirit drinks, and water, which was automatically refilled. This was a magic item of Silver Phoenix Sect that could teleport supplies to fridges of disciples, who were a closed-door training, so they wouldn't die starving.
Jiang Lan opened the fridge and opened a canned fermented herrings, which had an iconic label.
Surstr*mming
As soon as she opened the can, the rotting fishy smell filled the room. Yet, Jiang Lan inhaled it as if it was the tastiest smell in the world. Then, Jiang Lan chowed the fishes in the can.
*RING*
As Jiang Lan was enjoying her fermented fishes, her jade phone rang. She picked it to see who was calling.
"Senior Ma?"
The caller was Ma Xingjuan, who was an inner disciple senior. Jiang Lan picked it up without hesitation.
*PIIP*
"Hello, E1053 here."
[Jiang Lan?]
"Yes? Can I help you?"
[Ah, I'm just curious. Do you know a guy named Xie Tian?]
Jiang Lan froze. She furrowed her brow, annoyed that she heard this name at a time like this.
"I know him. Is there something wrong?"
[He visited the brothel just now and claimed to be your boyfriend. He wants to buy you.]
"I'm already a free woman, though. Also, I'm not his girlfriend."
[Are you sure? He said that you had promised to marry him.]
"That was when we're kids. Do you think I have to keep that silly promise?"
Jiang Lan was serious. Their promise was already 10 years old, which was made when Jiang Lan was 8. She hoped that Xie Tian should have moved on since she was now a cultivator, and he was a commoner without cultivation strength. Their status was now different.
Moreover, she had become the favorite wife of Miaomiao, the adopted son of the vice master, Xu Xiuying. Her future seemed more promising if she could become Xu Xiuying's daughter-in-law.
Also, Jiang Lan didn't forget the hot nights. Her husband's yang qi and his dual cultivation techniques could boost her levels. Just by getting inseminated once, her strength increased by a level.
In summary, Xie Tian was just a slum boy while Miaomiao was a rich stud with exceptional bed skills. It was an obvious choice who she should choose as a husband.
[Of course not! Say, he left me an address and a contact number. Do you want me to contact him for you?]
"No, please. I'm in the middle of closed-door training. I'm about to break through, so I don't have time for something stupid."
[Ah, what a pity. I was hoping for a melodrama.]
"Not gonna happen, senior. Anyway, is there anything else? I'm busy."
[Eh, fine. You're no fun. I won't continue bothering you, then.]
"…"
[Oh, by the way, do you mind if I abduct him and throw him to the dungeon?]
Jiang Lan almost said, "Yes, please," but she managed to hold back her words. Although she planned to abandon Xie Tian, her lingering guilty conscience stopped her from harming him. Childhood memory and his smiling face were still precious to her. It was a happy memory that Jiang Lan wanted to treasure, and she didn't want to ruin Xie Tian's future.
"… Please don't. At least, leave him alone."
[Hahaha! Just kidding. I was messing with you. Have fun cultivating.]
"…"
Ma Xingjuan hung up the phone, but she sent a MeChat message.
<<I'll leave Xie Tian's address here just in case. He is living at ….>>
Jiang Lan stared at the address, hesitated if she should go out and meet her ex-boyfriend.
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