Chapter 59: Beginning Seclusion, Azure Thunder Breath

A few minutes later.

Siano had already finished breakfast and was watching with great interest as the Alaskan pig at his feet buried its head in the bowl, gulping down milk.

There were only five boxes of strawberry milk in the fridge, all poured into this single bowl; in no time, it drank every last drop, its pink little tongue lingering to lick the rim several more times, still unsatisfied.

Its small belly was bulging plumply, utterly adorable; Siano couldn't resist crouching down to poke it with his finger.

Seeing Siano lean closer, the little creature immediately pounced into his arms, its purple pupils narrowing into crescent moons while a coquettish purr rumbled from its throat.

"Burp—"

It suddenly let out a milky burp scented with sweet strawberries; its fluffy tail instantly froze mid-air in embarrassment as it cautiously glanced up at its master.

"Hey, learning to read the room at such a young age." Siano couldn't help but chuckle; wolves and dogs truly were one family, which explained why its initial Loyalty had been as high as 89.

He glanced at the panel; the Loyalty had now updated to 92.

"Silver hair, natural curls, loves strawberry milk, and wise dead-fish eyes."

Siano stroked his chin. "Hmm, seems I don't need to overthink your name; how about calling you Ah Yin?"

Ah Yin?

The little creature happily wagged its tail again; it didn't understand what the word meant, but anyway, it now had a name of its own!

"No objections? Then it's settled."

Laughing heartily, Siano said, "Let's go, Ah Yin, time to head out for training!"

Pushing open the door, he saw the two parrots kept by the neighbors already perched on the courtyard wall.

"My brother, the champion!"

"My brother, the hero!"

Siano's face immediately darkened.

So shameful.

The sin Nami committed a year ago still hadn't been paid off even now.

"Ah Yin, scare them!" he immediately ordered his newly acquired little lackey.

"Grrr—Woof!"

Ah Yin bared its milk teeth with all its might, letting out a roar toward the wall top.

To Siano, this look was purely acting cute, but surprisingly, the two parrots instantly shuddered, trembling with fear and daring not to chirp another sound.

"Whimper whimper..."

Another fearful dog bark came from nearby; Siano turned to look and saw that on the tree-lined path, the big white dog that had nearly been sacrificed by him back then happened to be passing by, yet now it was lying flat on the ground, foaming at the mouth, its four limbs shaking like a sieve.

Was there really a bloodline suppression?

It seemed to be especially effective against canines.

Siano felt a surge of delight; rubbing Ah Yin's belly, he said, "Not bad, little one; if you can scare Akainu flat on his back in the future, I won't question your Wang Zu bloodline anymore."

Akainu?

Ah Yin tilted its head, huge confusion swirling in its small eyes: What was that, and was it edible?

At the mountain peak, cold winds howled.

Siano, however, stripped off his outer jacket and trousers, tossing them aside casually to reveal a body of robust, powerful muscle.

Beside him, Ah Yin immediately acted eagerly, picking up the clothes in its mouth and carrying them to a clean stone stool not far away.

"Jarvis."

Expressionless, he lightly touched his chest.

Ripples instantly spread across the surface of his skin; just like a nano-steel battle suit, a pure black tight-fitting outfit rapidly covered his entire body.

Of course, this was purely fantasy.

Ah Yin obediently squatted beside the stone stool, watching blankly as its master pulled a set of black clothes from who-knows-where and huffed and puffed, struggling to shove his legs into the pants...

High elasticity was high elasticity, but it still needed to be worn before it could automatically adapt to his current physique; the process of putting it on was still somewhat difficult.

"Finally got it on."

Siano set the weight to 2.2 tons; the long-forgotten sensation of heaviness instantly pressed down upon him.

Ever since defeating Arlong, he had given himself a break to relax his mind and body; having gone without weighted training for quite a while, he truly felt a bit unaccustomed to it now.

Doing handstand push-ups to loosen his muscles and bones, he simultaneously browsed through the three secret manuals before him.

The other two both had prerequisite conditions, so he could only start by mastering Kami-e, while the priority for Rankyaku could be postponed for later.

For the coming period, he planned to cultivate Kami-e every morning and temper his Armament Haki every afternoon.

He would return home by dinnertime to eat with his sisters, and he had no intention of going out at night either; cultivating for this long each day already exceeded ordinary people, so there was no need to push himself as desperately as he had before Arlong arrived.

Being tense for just over a year had already made his mental state somewhat abnormal.

If this continued for a few more years, by the time he reached adulthood and set sail, the world would be waiting only for a madman.

About half an hour later.

Having finished loosening his muscles and bones and nearly completed reading the manuals, Siano sat cross-legged on the ground, lost in thought.

To put it simply, Kami-e was a physical technique that avoided physical attacks by perceiving changes in air currents to the extreme; it was similar to Observation Haki, yet fundamentally different.

If one could, without relying on vision, evade enemy attacks with minimal movement, lightly like a piece of paper drifting in the wind, even achieving a dodging effect that made the body appear to "dematerialize"...

then it could be considered largely mastered.

"Tekkai trains hardness, while Kami-e seeks softness..."

Siano pondered; previously, when practicing Tekkai, he had Manba and the others take turns brutally striking him with spiked clubs before his cultivation bore fruit.

Wanting to cultivate Paper Painting, relying on himself was equally futile; he absolutely needed a sparring partner capable of unleashing moves that exerted enough pressure to force him to dodge.

A sparring partner...

His gaze slowly shifted, involuntarily landing on Ah Yin.

"Wu?"

Before Ah Yin could react, Siano pinched the scruff of its neck and lifted it up, coaxing gently, "Say, Ah Yin, do you have any attack skills? The fast kind? Try using one on me, won't you?"

"Wu-ao—"

Lifted mid-air, Ah Yin was originally wagging its tail in grievance, but upon hearing this, it tilted its small head to think for a moment, then suddenly let out a low growl, its silver fur bristling strand by strand.

Siano only felt a tingling, stinging pain transmit through his palm; the instant he subconsciously loosened his grip, a blinding blue-purple lightning bolt erupted violently from the little creature's throat.

Zzzzt!

A bolt of Lei Ting, thick as a bowl's mouth, grazed past Siano's ear and slammed into the rock wall over ten meters behind him, blasting a charred hole several meters deep.

Amidst the drifting smoke, Ah Yin landed on all fours, its body still crackling with electric arcs, while its purple pupils shimmered with a luster like the silver moon.

"Ao-wu?"

It seemed to be discovering for the first time that it possessed such an ability; curiously, it raised its small paws, where electric arcs danced, turning them over and over.

"Damn!"

Siano stared wide-eyed, turning to look at the still-smoking mountain wall, then glancing down at his own slightly numb Hukou.

Was this the destructive power a cub born just one day ago could possess?

That blast just spat from its mouth—if it had hit him directly without him activating Iron Body, he would likely have suffered a large patch of mangled flesh and blood.

As for an ordinary person, they might have been turned instantly into a charred corpse.

He suddenly remembered something and hurriedly opened the system panel, looking at the pet section.

As expected.

Several lines of freshly updated information reminders floated into view.

【Pet "Ah Yin" has awakened the Basic Bloodline Innate Skill "Cang Lei Breath"】

【Pet "Ah Yin" has awakened the Basic Bloodline Innate Skill "Electric Arc Body Guard"】

【Note: The power of all Innate Skills will increase as the pet's strength grows】

Speaking of which, during the new book period, the norm is normally 4,000 words a day; I've been publishing for 28 days since opening this book and have already written nearly 150,000 words—I can't go any faster, everyone! If you still dare say I'm short and weak, hmph, I hold grudges; once I go on sale, I'll non-stop throw a huge lump of updates right in your faces, letting you know what true masculine vigor is!

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