Chapter 846: Gathering Qi

The next day was the weekend, and Miss Luo Quan slept in, not getting up until nearly ten o'clock.

Sometimes sleeping too long makes the spirit become dazed; Miss Luo Quan woke up and sat on the bed, staring at the air, her brain empty, thinking of nothing.

It took a few minutes to successfully boot up, which made her realize she should clear her memory, so she went into the bathroom to take a shower first.

When she came out, Miss Luo Quan was wrapped in a bath towel brought from home.

The reason for not using the hotel's is, first, worrying about hygiene, and second, not wanting to hand over such private things to others to handle.

Including the clothes she changed out of, Miss Luo Quan washed and dried them herself.

Although it was a bit troublesome, at least she could be at ease. 【

The brand of the bath towel is definitely not Chanel; it's just the most popular mass-market model on Taobao.

Like these clothes, as long as they aren't too shoddily made, there isn't actually much difference when worn on the body.

After coming out wrapped in a bath towel, Miss Luo Quan began to apply a bottle of transparent moisturizing lotion to her skin, which was dazzlingly white.

This was sent back from the UK by her mother on her birthday, saying it was a new product researched by the laboratory where her third aunt works.

It extracted the essence of nine types of animals and nine types of plants, which can resist oxidation, whiten, and increase elasticity and firmness.

In short, it's all kinds of beautiful, belonging to quite high-end skincare products that many European noblewomen want.

However, because this product is troublesome to produce, the output is not very high, so those nobles have a hard time getting it.

And because her third aunt is an insider, she sent several boxes to the family.

And since it happened to be Miss Luo Quan's birthday, her third aunt used this as a birthday gift and had Miss Luo Quan's mother send it back.

Although she doesn't usually use skincare products, it is at least her third aunt's kind intention; she couldn't have so much sent back, and then if she were asked about it one day and hadn't even used it, wouldn't that be awkward?

So Miss Luo Quan has been applying it these past few days, and incidentally shared two bottles with Seeing Wen Xia.

According to Seeing Wen Xia, this stuff seems quite good to use; her skin is whiter and smoother than before.

However, Miss Luo Quan herself doesn't feel anything.

It's probably because her skin was already white and smooth enough, so using this wasn't very obvious.

After roughly applying it to her upper body, Miss Luo Quan went to the bathroom to wash her hands.

At this moment, a knock sounded outside the door.

"Who is it?" Miss Luo Quan asked loudly.

"Me!" Seeing Wen Xia's voice came in.

Miss Luo Quan went over and opened the door directly.

Outside was just Seeing Wen Xia; after entering and closing the door, she smiled and teased: "Yo, not wearing clothes in broad daylight, huh?"

"…………"

Miss Luo Quan expressed speechlessness: "Aren't I wrapped in a bath towel?"

However, a bath towel doesn't really count as clothes, but if covering flesh counts as clothes, then that's another matter.

"What's the matter coming to find me early in the morning?" Miss Luo Quan couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with her and went straight to the point.

"One piece of good news and one piece of bad news; the good news is that another top-tier celebrity in the entertainment industry has had their reputation collapse, caught by someone entering a room in a hotel with multiple internet celebrity models, and only coming out after three hours."

Miss Luo Quan was puzzled: "This... others having a group exercise, what good news is that for us?"

Seeing Wen Xia explained: "This top-tier celebrity has a big-budget TV drama, and the broadcast time is about the same as 'The Outcast'; now that their reputation has collapsed, the crew plans to replace the person and reshoot, doesn't that mean we have one less competitor?"

"That really is good news." Miss Luo Quan immediately beamed with joy.

Although she is very confident in her own TV drama, the appeal of a top-tier celebrity is still very powerful.

She is currently a newcomer in TV dramas; if no one can steal her thunder when the drama starts airing, then the advantage is too great.

"What about the bad news?" Miss Luo Quan remembered Seeing Wen Xia still had something left to say and asked immediately.

"The bad news is that someone online is reporting that you are the young leader of the Chinese film and television circle, and it even hit the hot search; it feels like there's some intention of 'killing with praise'."

Seeing Wen Xia said worriedly; now the haters are using all their strength to smear people, if direct insults don't work, they switch to "killing with praise."

After all, whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.

Arrogance is often the beginning of a person's ruin.

But when Miss Luo Quan heard this news, she wasn't angry at all, instead, she tilted her head and smiled subtly: "Hmm... why wouldn't I be?"

"Huh?" Seeing Wen Xia was stunned.

"I mean, why wouldn't I be a leader?"

Miss Luo Quan continued to answer: "I've already won a round of Oscar awards, and I've already got two Best Actress awards; calling me a young leader isn't going too far, right?"

It's not just not going too far, it can simply be said to be completely unproblematic.

"It... it seems so." Seeing Wen Xia has also been in the entertainment industry for too long, her personality is cautious, and she is quite sensitive to such praise.

Only after her good friend said this did she remember that with her current achievements, whatever praise she receives doesn't seem to be too much.

Let alone a young leader, even removing the "young" wouldn't be impossible.

"Don't bother with these rhythms in the future; I now have honors equal to my height, and public opinion is invincible!" Miss Luo Quan's expression was confident, as if she is worthy of all praise right now.

The facts seem to be exactly so.

"Alright then, it seems these are two pieces of good news; it was me making a fuss over nothing."

Seeing Wen Xia nodded and stood up: "At noon, Gao Liang said he prepared a meeting gift for Cheng Nuo; do you know what it is? I also bought a necklace, but I'm afraid it's too cheap."

"Sister, do you know what Gao Liang's family does?"

Miss Luo Quan looked at Seeing Wen Xia, unable to laugh or cry: "His grandfather and his father left him money that he couldn't spend in ten lifetimes; before I invested in Nikola Motor, I wasn't as rich as Gao Liang; no matter what he sends, it will look cheap.

But for gifts, what's valued is the sentiment, not something that can be measured by money."

"It seems that's the case." Seeing Wen Xia scratched her head and smiled, "Then that's it, I'll go back first."

After speaking, Seeing Wen Xia returned to her own room.

After Miss Luo Quan waited for her to leave, she pulled off the bath towel, wiped dry the dew remaining on her body, and changed into a set of loose casual clothes.

Arriving outside Cheng Nuo's room, she knocked on the door, wanting to see what Cheng Nuo was doing, and incidentally ask how she slept last night.

Hotel pillows are generally very high, and the beds are excessively soft.

Those used to hard beds might not particularly like it here on the first day.

The door opened; Cheng Nuo was holding a piece of bread, and the phone on the sofa was still playing music.

"How did you sleep last night?"

After Miss Luo Quan went in, she asked with concern like a mother.

Cheng Nuo smiled very happily: "Very comfortable, the hotel bed is like it's made of water, it's too soft; when I got up the next morning, I felt like my bones were soft."

Miss Luo Quan smiled gently: "Actually, there really are beds made of water, but this hotel one definitely isn't; when we go back, I'll let you experience what is called concave sleep."

"Go back? Go back where?" Cheng Nuo asked curiously.

"Go back to where I live; filming in Hengdian is just staying in a hotel temporarily; my home is in Night Shanghai, usually everyone lives there, it's more spacious than a hotel and also livelier than a hotel."

Miss Luo Quan said, flipping through several family photos on her phone; inside, besides Seeing Wen Xia, Gao Liang, and Mia, there were also Chunzi, Yuner, Su Yu, Lan Xuan, and Chen Xingyu.

Cheng Nuo asked Miss Luo Quan: "Do you all live together with these sisters and the master?"

Miss Luo Quan nodded: "Usually when there's no work, we live together, but now everyone is getting busier and busier, and the time we gather is much less than before.

However, you don't need to worry, everyone is very kind, and they will definitely be very happy to see you move in."

Cheng Nuo breathed a sigh of relief as if a burden had been lifted: "That would be great; actually, I'm not very good at getting along with people, and I don't really dare to speak when there are many people."

"I understand, young people nowadays all have some social anxiety, right? You'll be fine when you're a bit older." Miss Luo Quan patted Cheng Nuo's shoulder to comfort her.

"By the way, Master, I felt a bit uncomfortable in my stomach when I got up this morning; there was a stream of Qi darting around my navel; is it because I ate too much last night and it's indigestion?"

Cheng Nuo suddenly asked Miss Luo Quan, while also rubbing her stomach with her hand, still feeling a bit bloated.

Miss Luo Quan has heard similar words not just once; Gao Liang and Seeing Wen Xia have both had similar situations.

However, the time they practiced martial arts is much longer than Cheng Nuo's, and it was under the blessing of treasures like Da Hei and Xiao Yu; compared to other martial artists, the efficiency is twice the result with half the effort.

And Cheng Nuo, who started late and didn't have antiques to help, actually condensed True Qi so quickly; to be honest, this was something Miss Luo Quan didn't expect.

Although the system said she was very talented, Miss Luo Quan thought it would at least manifest after being nourished by Da Hei and Xiao Yu.

Now she finally knows how incomprehensible she is in the eyes of others; it is indeed a bit outrageous.

"Is... is there a problem?" Cheng Nuo saw her master not speaking and thought the situation was very serious, and couldn't help but panic.

"No problem, this is the manifestation of your talent; some people don't necessarily practice True Qi even after half a year." Miss Luo Quan said, reaching out to place her hand on Cheng Nuo's wrist, preparing to perform a diagnosis.

At the same time, a certain world's most handsome person suddenly sneezed loudly: "Hey, which turtle-grandson is scolding me?"

After taking the pulse, Miss Luo Quan confirmed that Cheng Nuo had already cultivated True Qi in her body.

"Congratulations, you can be considered to have entered the door; you have True Qi in your body, and you have already surpassed many martial arts beginners." Miss Luo Quan reported the good news to her apprentice.

Cheng Nuo clapped her hands happily: "Really? I'm a martial artist now too? Then what rank should I be?"

The martial artist ranking system specified above is probably one of the topics with the highest discussion heat among netizens recently.

From first to ninth rank, all have celestial stars as substitutes, the style is full, and every rank has strict promotion standards; it feels just like a martial arts novel.

Cheng Nuo had imagined what it would be like to climb up step by step from a ninth-rank martial artist and finally become a peerless expert.

But at that time, she was just an ordinary person without a rank; she just didn't expect the entry to come so quickly.

"If you don't take the professional knowledge test, you are already considered a ninth-rank martial artist; although the rank is the lowest, you indeed already have a certain combat capability.

If you can use this True Qi in your body, ordinary adult women are no match for you."

The master's words made Cheng Nuo beam with joy.

Miss Luo Quan continued: "So in order to let you control this True Qi, now I want to teach you a set of Qi-running methods; remember to practice diligently in the future.

With your talent, if nothing unexpected happens, it won't be difficult for your strength to break through to seventh rank before the end of this year."

Next, Miss Luo Quan told Cheng Nuo the Qi-running methods and the cultivation method of the Eight Inner Gates.

The former belongs to a relatively simple type of cultivation technique; many sects have it, and it's not valuable.

And the Eight Inner Gates is quite powerful; it is a post-martial art that will definitely become stronger as long as you work hard.

Other profound martial arts might require a certain level of comprehension to enter the door.

But the Eight Inner Gates is different; one point of cultivation brings one point of harvest, equivalent exchange, very fair.

It's just that I don't know if Cheng Nuo's talent can also be manifested in the Eight Inner Gates.

Now, besides her, those who know this physical technique are Seeing Wen Xia and Gao Liang.

The time the three of them practiced is actually about the same, differing by less than a month from each other.

And now everyone is outside and cannot get the nourishment of Da Hei and Xiao Yu.

Then it is very likely that Cheng Nuo will use her talent in martial arts to come from behind.

"I wonder if Seeing Wen Xia and Gao Liang will be so surprised that their mouths won't close when they know Cheng Nuo's cultivation progress?" Miss Luo Quan thought to herself.

At noon, several people gathered in the room to have lunch together.

To celebrate her sister taking an apprentice, Gao Liang specially had the hotel prepare a sumptuous feast.

A dozen dishes combining Chinese and Western styles, all kinds of high-end ingredients, made Cheng Nuo dazzled.

"Come, this is the meeting gift I, your uncle, give you; practice martial arts well in the future!"

Before the meal, Gao Liang directly placed a car key in front of Cheng Nuo: "Maserati Phoenix, limited to fifteen units worldwide; this is one of them, now it belongs to you."

"Maserati!" Cheng Nuo was very surprised, but she actually didn't know what brand this was.

Just like she didn't know Chanel yesterday, her concept of high-end cars was still stuck on the doggerel of Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and Jetta.

However, to avoid embarrassment, she still pretended to be surprised and happy.

Although she has no experience, she can pretend to have experience.

"Do you think this is the United States? Where is there a gift of a car for a sixteen-year-old minor?" Miss Luo Quan looked at Gao Liang reproachfully.

And the car sent is so expensive; however, she didn't say this sentence.

It's not that she's reluctant, mainly because Cheng Nuo is still quite young; if she is dazzled by these luxury goods, leading to a change in values, that wouldn't be very good.

However, she doesn't have the position to say this sentence; after all, she just bought a bunch of Chanel and Gucci for her good apprentice yesterday.

"Hey, she'll grow up sooner or later, just prepare it first." Gao Liang has always been informal and kept urging Cheng Nuo to accept it.

"By the way, where did you ship it from? Clearly Cheng Nuo only became an apprentice yesterday." Miss Luo Quan asked him curiously.

"If you hadn't said it, we would have almost forgotten." Gao Liang snapped his fingers at Mia.

The latter took a leather wallet out of her pocket and placed several black bank cards on the table.

"You know, my family runs a bank; it's reasonable to have a few bank cards, right?" Mia said with a light laugh.