Chapter 8: Could this woman actually be serious?

"Little Mu, how does it feel? Are you getting used to it?"

After Liu Xiaoya left, Liu Qingmei looked toward Ning Mu, searching for a topic of conversation.

The requirements for Task Three were the most demanding.

Not only did she have to expose herself, but she even had to say she liked him.

As a graceful and dignified Manor Mistress, she had never even said those words to her husband, Ye Bufan.

Yet now, she had to say them to a junior.

But for the sake of her husband's injuries.

To obtain the Spirit Returning Pill from the task reward, she had no choice but to find a way to steer the conversation in that direction.

Ning Mu blinked his eyes, and feigning confusion, he asked in return, "Master, what are you referring to..."

It was mainly the beautiful scenery before him that had caused his eyes to wander.

Liu Qingmei pretended to inadvertently pull together the lapels of her robe at her chest and turned slightly to the side, but this small movement only displayed the breathtaking sight hidden beneath her clothing even more vividly before Ning Mu's eyes.

Especially after she turned to the side.

Ning Mu's gaze went straight across, almost level with the grains of food Ye Yin had craved in her childhood.

"Hmm, suddenly moving from the stables to a private courtyard and becoming my disciple, are you getting used to all aspects of life?" Liu Qingmei asked with great concern, pretending not to see Ning Mu's gaze.

She had never done such a demeaning thing before.

She did not realize that the range of her movement was overly excessive, causing the rations that Ye Yin had craved in her youth to now be fully exposed to the young boy's eyes.

Gulp~ Ning Mu 'subconsciously' swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Then, he pretended to be flustered and lowered his head, his face showing discomfort at the right moment, and whispered, "Um... everything is quite good, thank you for your concern, Master."

Seeing Ning Mu's reaction, Liu Qingmei found it difficult to continue pretending to be unintentional, and her face instantly grew a bit hot.

Especially after the system notification flashed across the light screen before her, she felt even more embarrassed.

【Notification: Your elegance and charm have shocked the young man before you; the Strategy Value for your Binding Companion Ning Mu has increased by 5 points, current Strategy Value is 32 points!】

She corrected her sitting posture, coughed lightly, and with flickering eyes, she continued, "Little Mu, I have inquired; your background is quite tragic, having had no parents to love you since you were small. If you don't mind, your Master will love you from now on."

Liu Qingmei stared at Ning Mu with a serious expression.

She also wanted to use this to take precautions in advance.

Perhaps if the day truly came when she stepped into the abyss, would Ning Mu be restrained by today's conversation and stop in time, sending her out of the abyss? "Master..." Ning Mu called out affectionately.

Damn it! This woman couldn't actually be serious, could she?

Ning Mu had a bit of a headache.

It seemed he had to change his task strategy!

"Yes!"

"Little Mu, Master likes you very much!"

"Stay well at the manor from now on. If you have any trouble, find Xiaoya; if that really doesn't work, come find your Master."

"Do you want to learn Martial Arts?"

"At your current age, it is a bit late to step into the Martial Dao, but if you want to, even if I have to pile up resources, I can make a Tongmai Realm expert out of you!"

Liu Qingmei pretended to say those words inadvertently, looking at Ning Mu earnestly.

"Okay! Then thank you, Master!"

Ning Mu naturally nodded and agreed.

Although he had the system and could increase his strength entirely by having Liu Qingmei complete tasks,

he still needed a legitimate reason to tell others.

Now that Liu Qingmei had brought this up herself, wasn't this the best excuse! 【Notification: Congratulations to the Host for completing Task Three, rewarding 100 Heroic Couple Points, 100 Cultivation Points, and 6 Spirit Returning Pill Fragments!】

Hearing the system notification sound in his mind, the task was complete, and Liu Qingmei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that this system was not all-knowing and all-powerful.

She had merely changed her identity and used verbal techniques to say those words, and the task could still be completed! At this moment, Liu Qingmei actually felt a small, smug sense of joy, as if she had discovered a loophole.

Looking at it now, this task wasn't that difficult after all.

But it was too wanton!

And after hearing Ning Mu's words, her brows furrowed imperceptibly.

Clearly, she hadn't expected Ning Mu to climb up the pole and want to get in touch with the Martial Dao, but since the words were already out, she had no choice but to fulfill her promise.

At least the Tongmai Realm wasn't that difficult.

Even if his aptitude was extremely poor, if the resources were sufficient, he could reach it in twenty or thirty years. "Alright, let's leave it at that for now. Later, I will have Xiaoya teach you the basics of cultivation."

Liu Qingmei issued an order to leave.

She was now impatient to combine the ten Spirit Returning Pill Fragments into one and then take them to treat her husband.

"Understood, this Disciple takes his leave."

Ning Mu stood up and left.

【Notification: The owner of the Number One Sub-System, Liu Qingmei, has completed Task Three. Feedback on task rewards: Liu Qingmei's Loyalty has increased by 2%, current Loyalty is 5%!】

After Ning Mu left, Liu Qingmei couldn't wait to open the System Interface to take a look.

Xia-Lu A System Binding Host: Liu Qingmei Age: 38 years old

Cultivation Points: Sitting Reflection Realm 【Grandmaster】 (2550/51200) + Martial Arts: Willow Leaf Sword Technique (Perfect) +, Water Asking Sword Art (Great Success) +, Movement Technique · Jade Spring Fish Leap (Minor Success) +...

Current Task: None

Binding Companion: Ning Mu

Strategy Value: 32 Heroic Couple Points: 550 Xia Lu Black Market: Opened

Warehouse: Spirit Returning Pill Fragment X10 (Can be synthesized)

This time.

She was in no rush to synthesize the Spirit Returning Pill.

Having already had the experience with the Returning Yang Pill, there was no need to rush for this moment.

What she was more concerned about now was that her Cultivation Points seemed to have increased.

The moment each of the three tasks was completed, she could feel her cultivation improve slightly; combined, the progress from the three was quite significant! At her level of cultivation, it was actually very difficult to make further gains.

In the path of cultivation, Opening Apertures comes first, followed by gaining the sensation of Qi, the Nine Meridians Realm, forming a complete circulation, and finally reaching a state of full spirit and Qi, known as the Inner Profound Realm.

If the Opening Apertures Realm can be considered stepping over the threshold of Martial Dao.

Then the Inner Profound Realm is almost the peak for an ordinary martial artist.

Only when one is full of spirit and Qi can one reach the Zuozhao Ziguang Stage.

Upon entering this level, one's martial arts techniques become profound, shining with brilliance like supernatural powers.

A martial artist in the Sitting Reflection Realm is immune to a hundred illnesses, and good fortune comes naturally.

But likewise, progressing further from the Sitting Reflection Realm is very difficult for those without great fortune and great perseverance to reach the next level.

In the Sitting Reflection Realm, one can already establish a sect and become a founder of one's own.

Therefore, martial artists at this realm are often revered by the world as a Grandmaster! Beyond that, Qi transforms into Divine Origin, harboring primordial power.

The reason Ye Bufan was obsessed with cultivation was that he wanted to break the curse that Cangjian Villa had not produced a Divine Origin Realm expert in five hundred years.

This was passed down by ancestors from who knows how many years ago.

According to the Elders, it was a curse cast before death by a certain Divine Origin True Person, a mortal enemy of Cangjian Villa who had died at the hands of Ye Family predecessors.

Of course, Liu Qingmei just listened to these past events and left it at that.

But as a martial artist, she was equally incredibly eager for the Divine Origin Realm.

At the age of thirty, she had reached the Zuozhao Ziguang Stage and achieved the Grandmaster Realm.

Yet for eight whole years, she had remained stuck at the Zuozhao Rumeng, completely unable to glimpse the threshold of the Divine Origin Realm.

Today, the Cultivation Points provided by these three tasks gave her hope!

The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon System presented realms directly in numerical form; according to the Cultivation Points provided by the three tasks, as long as she took on and completed more tasks, given time, wouldn't reaching the Divine Origin Realm and achieving the title of True Person be right before her eyes? Perhaps... this invasion of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon was not necessarily a bad thing!

For the first time, Liu Qingmei had some expectations for this system.

She glanced at the Spirit Returning Pill Fragment in the storage, and then...

Opened the Couple Black Market.

【Would you like to automatically categorize items that can be purchased with current Heroic Couple Points?】

At this moment.

A notification flashed in her mind.

Liu Qingmei was stunned for a moment, then chose to agree.

She had not yet fully adapted to the system's "intelligence."

Then, a dazzling array of various items and props appeared before her eyes.

(End of chapter)