Chapter 216

Night.

You diligently cultivate the Spirit Nurturing Technique; congratulations, you've earned a reward: Spirit Power +1+1+1……

Wang Ping'an didn't, as usual, seize the night to immediately practice the Moon Worship Sutra.

Night practice of the Moon Worship Sutra yields the same effect as daytime practice of the Purple Yang Sutra, granting a lunar bonus and absorbing moonlight energy.

His master Xuanqing Daozhang slept next door; although it was the dead of night and all was quiet, given his sensitivity to spiritual energy, he was probably not asleep but sitting up in bed cultivating.

Not to mention his master's current cultivation; even a novice who has just stepped onto the path can mostly replace sleep with practice.

The effect is better than sleep!

The next day they are full of vigor!

This is the conclusion he reached through personal testing!

Once he practices a technique, drawing the wandering spiritual energy around him into his body, it will surely attract his master's attention and arouse suspicion.

If his master were to examine him closely and discover the problems in his body, it would be troublesome; he could not explain it even with a hundred mouths.

He could only practice the Spirit Nurturing Technique while his master resided in his home during this period; he dared not practice any other technique.

"My master really has good intentions!"

Wang Ping'an let out a faint sigh; he naturally understood that his master's sudden decision to reside in his home carried meaning.

It wasn't that today's Hu Meiniang made his master worry, fearing that she would come to their home in the dead of night to harm him, so he proposed staying at his home to protect him.

His mother, and even his grandparents, understood this, so they felt deep gratitude toward his master.

"She really came, so impatient?"

Wang Ping'an frowned slightly; the paper person he had hidden at his home's gate detected an anomaly—a human figure, none other than Hu Meiniang, who had visited their home today.

Given his current cultivation—no, it's his Spirit Power; using one mind for two tasks is nothing unusual.

Not only his master, but he himself guessed that Hu Meiniang would come again to his home; from her today's demeanor, eager to reexamine him, it was evident.

Just.

He hadn't expected Hu Meiniang to come so quickly.

Logically, Hu Meiniang shouldn't be stupid; she couldn't fail to guess that his master would stay at his home to protect the family's safety.

Even if Hu Meiniang intended to come, she should have waited a while, not come so soon.

Countless miscellaneous thoughts flooded Wang Ping'an's mind; his face darkened as he muttered to himself:

"It's as if she doesn't put my master in her eyes; even if my master has broken through to the Golden Core stage, she doesn't care, coming to our home tonight, my master will reside in our home, completely indifferent to whether my master is present or not!"

Just thinking of this made Wang Ping'an's face turn extremely grim; his master had broken through to Golden Core, which Hu Meiniang knew, yet she dared to do this, showing no regard for his master.

This indicates she believes her own strength surpasses that of his master.

That's why she dares to act this way!

Wang Ping'an was deeply worried; if a conflict truly broke out, he wondered whether his master would suffer, how he should act—perhaps by sneaking an attack on Hu Meiniang when she's inattentive to help his master win.

But doing so would easily risk exposure!

Just.

He couldn't bear to watch his master possibly lose and gamble on whether Hu Meiniang would seize the chance to deliver a killing blow, let alone if his master were defeated.

That would be the moment he confronts Hu Meiniang face to face!

He couldn't guarantee that if Hu Meiniang focused her attention on him, she wouldn't notice his abnormality; if she discovered his unusual traits, he didn't know what she would do to him, but surely it wouldn't be good.

Otherwise.

Mere curiosity couldn't make Hu Meiniang knowingly rush to his home so quickly, certain to meet his master, which would almost certainly lead to a conflict.

Although.

Her strength may exceed his master's, but in battle, especially a life‑and‑death struggle, there can be surprises; aside from an insurmountable gap, one cannot guarantee a hundred percent victory.

Obviously.

There must be some vested interest driving Hu Meiniang to do this.

He may not understand how examining his own background could involve vested interests, but surely it bodes ill for him and his family.

"I hope my master's powerful imagination can find a plausible explanation for me!"

Wang Ping'an silently prayed, then furtively drove the sword apparatus within his body outward, restraining its aura with magical power, thus avoiding waking the three pets sleeping beside him.

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He carefully maneuvered the sword apparatus out through a narrow crack in his home's window.

"Lady Hu, it's so late, you're not asleep at home—what business do you have coming to the Wang Family?"

Next door to Wang Ping'an's room, the tightly closed door suddenly swung open, and Xuanqing Daozhang walked out from inside, striding toward the outside of the courtyard.

A pure surge of magical power emanated from his whole body, enveloping Wang Jia Xiao Yuan; in an instant, it gave Wang Jia Xiao Yuan an additional protective magical barrier.

Today.

When fighting to the death with Shumu, Xuanqing Daozhang likewise used magical power to protect the Wang Family's safety, which allowed him and Shumu, each time they performed the General's Ode in a life-and-death struggle, not to destroy a single plant or tree of the Wang Family.

Compared to the magical barrier at noon, the magical barrier Xuanqing Daozhang now displays again is obviously much stronger than today's noon barrier.

This is one of the earth-shaking changes brought about by his breakthrough to the early Golden Core stage!

Compared to him just recently, who had still been at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, the magical technique Xuanqing Daozhang now displays can be said to be worlds apart.

There is no comparability at all!

"Why have I come, old Daoist? Don't you understand in your heart?"

Hu Meiniang gave a charming laugh, looking at Xuanqing Daozhang walking out of the room, without the slightest surprise—just as Xuanqing Daozhang knew she would come, she likewise knew he would be at the Wang Family, and she said with a smiling squint:

"Old Daozhang, rest assured, I won't harm that child; let me examine that child, and if the child has anything out of the ordinary, I will find a good teacher for that child!"

"Don't trouble yourself, Lady Hu, worrying..."

Before Xuanqing Daozhang could finish his words, Hu Meiniang interrupted him dissatisfiedly:

"Old Daoist, don't harm that child because of your selfishness. Although you have some ability, it's only some ability, not that impressive, and you can't teach an impressive disciple. If that child is some kind of sacred body or an excellent spiritual root, taking you as a master will only delay the child's future."

"She would guess that Wang Ping'an is some kind of sacred body or an excellent spiritual root, because after she returned, she learned in detail about Xuanqing Daozhang's situation."

"What a guess!"

"A cultivator who had come to live in seclusion in the remote mountains for many years, besides the two children he had picked up, had never taken on a disciple, yet he inexplicably took Wang Ping'an as a disciple, giving no reason; to say there's nothing suspicious about it."

"Not to mention her, even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe it!"

"(End of chapter)"