Chapter 10: 10 When no one is around, I'll call you sister!

Main System

Name: Ning Mu

Age: 18 years old

Gender: Male Height: 181 Cultivation Points: Opening Aperture Realm (3/200) + Martial Arts: Frost-Proud Saber Technique (Beginner 3/100) + Cultivation Points: 100 Inventory: Wind-Snow Cold Crow (Weapon · Saber type · Earth-Tier) X1, Floating Mystery Steps (Movement Technique Manual · Earth-Tier) X1 Couple Black Market: Opened

Bound Companion Number One Sub-system Target: Liu Qingmei Age: 38 years old

Gender: Female Height: 170 Temperament: 95 Size: 35E Loyalty: 5% Cultivation: Sitting Reflection Realm 【Grandmaster】 (2550/51200) + Martial Arts: Willow Leaf Sword Technique (Perfected) +, Water-Question Sword Art (Great Success) +, Movement Technique · Jade Spring Fish Leap (Minor Success) +……

Current Task: No new tasks released yet Bound Companion: Ning Mu

Heroic Couple Points: 350 Couple Black Market: Opened

Operation Record: At the end of the Si hour, Liu Qingmei spent 200 Heroic Couple Points to purchase 'Heavenly Silkworm Black Ice Silk Stockings'; extracted and synthesized Spirit Returning Pill.

Huh? Seeing that Liu Qingmei actually used Heroic Couple Points to buy silk stockings instead of improving her cultivation, Ning Mu couldn't help but be stunned.

Even if she had purchased some medicine or pills, or even cultivation manuals, he would not have found it strange.

But...

She would actually waste these incredibly precious Heroic Couple Points to buy silk stockings?

It seems this mature woman's heart is not as mature and steady as she appears!

Ning Mu immediately checked what the Heavenly Silkworm Black Ice Silk was like.

After seeing the picture, he couldn't help but imagine how charming Liu Qingmei would look wearing them! Tsk tsk.

It must be very exciting! It seems I need to pick up the pace and change my task strategy! Ning Mu thought to himself.

Returned to Qiyun Tower.

Ning Mu added all 100 cultivation points obtained today to his cultivation.

Then.

He learned the newly obtained reward, Floating Mystery Steps.

【Do you wish to learn the Earth-Tier movement technique · Floating Mystery Steps?】

【Learn!】

Martial Arts: Earth-Tier · Floating Mystery Steps (Beginner 0/100)

As a vast amount of knowledge flooded into his mind like an enlightenment, Ning Mu instantly felt he had gained a special ability.

Immediately.

He began to unfold the movement technique, practicing according to the moves in his memory.

Floating through heaven and earth, mysterious tracks without a shadow, ethereal and unreal.

Although it was only the beginner stage, Ning Mu's entire body moved like a lingering shadow, suddenly advancing and retreating, appearing and disappearing, flashing and swaying in the courtyard.

【Notification: You have practiced the Earth-Tier movement technique Floating Mystery Steps, proficiency +1, current proficiency level: Beginner, please continue to work hard!】

After running a lap around the courtyard to his heart's content.

Ning Mu supported his knees with both hands, bending over and panting continuously; this movement technique is very badass.

But the internal energy it consumes is also very badass.

With his Opening Aperture Realm cultivation, he nearly couldn't hold on after just one lap.

After resting for a moment.

He picked up the bamboo pole again and continued to practice the moves.

Regardless of whether it's useful or not, getting more familiar with it is always good.

"Second Young Master."

【Notification: You have practiced the Earth-Tier martial art Frost-Proud Saber Technique, saber technique proficiency +2, current proficiency level: Beginner, please continue to work hard!】

Accompanied by a soft, sweet call, Ning Mu ended his practice, and the system skipped the notification message.

Ning Mu turned his head.

He saw Liu Xiaoya carrying a specially made golden nanmu food box, walking into the courtyard with a graceful gait.

"Ah, Young Master is practicing martial arts; what kind of move is this? These chopping and lifting motions don't look like sword techniques?"

Liu Xiaoya spoke softly, her gentle, beautiful eyes dancing with shimmering admiration, as she walked to the pavilion in the courtyard with the food box, looking at Ning Mu curiously and asking.

Ning Mu also walked into the pavilion and said casually, "Just practicing blindly. Xiaoya, what is this?"

"Oh, this is the lunch I prepared for you from the kitchen, Dragon Blood Rice paired with Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf; it is of great benefit to cultivation."

While speaking, Liu Xiaoya smiled and opened the food box.

Then, she laid out the food from the box onto the stone table one by one.

The first thing was a bowl of rice placed in front of Ning Mu.

However.

This rice was very different from ordinary rice.

It appeared crystal red overall, shimmering with light, as if it contained bright red fresh blood, translucent and bright, as if it were about to overflow at any moment.

If this rice were in the modern era, Ning Mu would definitely think that too many gelatinous additives had been added.

However, the moment the food box was opened, an indescribable fragrance immediately rushed to his nose.

This was definitely not made from any additives.

In front of the rice was a plate of crisp, tender green vegetable leaves glowing with a green light.

The shape of these leaves could no longer be discerned, but generally, they looked somewhat similar to crown daisy.

The other two plates were more normal.

A portion of ordinary venison and a portion of soup.

"Dragon Blood Rice?" Ning Mu looked at the crystal red rice and asked curiously.

"That's right, Dragon Blood Rice and Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf are both foods specifically for martial artists; ordinary people shouldn't eat too much of them."

"Moreover, these two items are extremely precious, worth their weight in gold. Just this small bowl of Dragon Blood Rice and this plate of Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf cost at least fifty taels of silver, and that's even with them being priceless and in short supply. They are specially supplied to the Imperial Court and major martial arts sects, and are strictly controlled; ordinary people simply cannot buy them."

"Many genius martial artists in the martial arts world are held back by economic reasons, unable to get Dragon Blood Rice, and in the end, they cannot improve, even dying from a deficiency of Qi and blood."

"However, Young Master, you don't need to worry. Cangjian Villa and our Young Lady's Liu Family are both top-tier sects in the martial arts world. We have our own Dragon Rhyme Spirit Field, and every year we produce quite a lot of Dragon Blood Rice and Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf."

Liu Xiaoya explained to Ning Mu with a grin.

"Young Master, eat!"

Following that, she handed a pair of ivory chopsticks, white as jade, into Ning Mu's hands.

Ning Mu took the chopsticks, and without further hesitation, he began to shovel the rice into his mouth.

It must be said.

The texture was good; it had a rich, fragrant aroma, was sweet and delicious, and melted in the mouth.

If he had to describe it... Ning Mu felt it was like the sensation of eating jelly.

However, it was piping hot.

Next, he ate the Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf to taste it.

And as he consumed the expensive Dragon Blood Rice and Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf one after another.

The System Interface also flashed a notification.

【Notification: Spirit Item consumed, Cultivation Points +1!】

"Hmm?"

Ning Mu's eyes lit up.

This stuff really could increase Cultivation Points.

He ate with even more relish.

Watching Ning Mu tuck in, Liu Xiaoya also sat down, resting her chin on her hands, her eyes sparkling, and said: "Young Master, I observed the moves you were practicing just now; they don't seem like aimless practice. There is an indescribable dominance to them. I feel... those moves seem more suited for a saber?"

Ning Mu's heart stirred.

He calmly changed the subject and said: "Sister Xiaoya, what is your current realm?"

Since Liu Xiaoya had come of her own accord, and even brought Spirit Items like Dragon Blood Rice and Dragon Bone Fragrant Leaf, she must have received instructions from Liu Qingmei to come and assist in his cultivation.

Liu Xiaoya was clearly living well under Liu Qingmei's protection; her temperament was very straightforward and she had no ulterior motives.

"Oh my, I said not to call this servant 'sister'; if people hear it, they'll say I have no manners again."

Liu Xiaoya waved her hand; though she said that, her beaming eyes revealed her inner joy and satisfaction.

"Then when there's no one around, I'll call you sister."

Ning Mu laughed and went along with Liu Xiaoya's lead.

A few words coaxed the simple little maid, Liu Xiaoya, until she was completely charmed.

"Me? Hehe, I'm currently in the Tongmai Realm, a very powerful expert!" Liu Xiaoya laughed, looking a little proud.

"So powerful!" Ning Mu praised her at the right moment.

The perfectly measured look of admiration in his eyes made Liu Xiaoya feel a bit embarrassed, but she was mostly secretly delighted.

Next.

Ning Mu ate while asking Liu Xiaoya various questions about cultivation or this martial arts world.

Liu Xiaoya answered everything she knew.

After an hour, the two had become completely familiar with each other.

And Ning Mu also learned a lot of useful information from Liu Xiaoya's words.

For instance, the Tongmai Realm is the third realm of cultivation.

For instance, a Sitting Reflection Grandmaster can dominate a region and establish a sect, and to become a Sitting Reflection Realm Grandmaster expert, one must have great fortune and great perseverance.

For instance, Divine Origin Realm experts have a lifespan of up to five hundred years, are immune to all diseases, and the world calls them True Persons! For instance, above the Divine Origin Realm, there are even more powerful existences with lifespans of a thousand years, living freely and unfettered...

For instance, the current Cangjian Villa, because the Villa Master is seriously injured, has gradually become a target for everyone in the martial arts world, with countless sects tending to draw a line, or even becoming enemies...

This information undoubtedly played a key role in assigning tasks to Liu Qingmei in the future; he wouldn't have to assign them blindly like a headless fly as he was doing now.

【Notification: Spirit Item consumed, Cultivation Points +1!】

(End of chapter)