Chapter 33: An Uninvited Guest
The leggy neighbor was indeed cultivating.
After completing one cycle of her Cultivation Technique, Han Shuangjiang once again heard Chu Huaixu’s earth-shattering screams from next door.
Breaking through three acupoints consecutively amplified the pain.
If the pain of the first breakthrough was like a motorcycle running over her body, and the second was like a motorcycle carrying passengers running over her body, then this time, breaking through three levels at once was like an entire taxi.
Han Shuangjiang was immediately alarmed. Although she knew it was due to his Cultivation Technique, she couldn’t help but walk to his bamboo house, wanting to check on him.
When she reached the door, she hesitated.
A few seconds later, perhaps sensing her footsteps outside, Chu Huaixu’s hoarse and weak voice came from inside.
“I… I’m fine, cough… it’s the Cultivation Technique breaking through.”
He wasn’t wearing his outer robe, and was covered in cold sweat, almost practicing naked on the meditation cushion.
Chu Huaixu had a lean physique, the kind that looked slim in clothes but well-built when undressed, without overly bulky muscles.
He was currently covered in sweat, and under the light, the muscle lines became even more prominent.
He realized that after cultivating the Sword Refining Art, his physical strength was continuously increasing, truly akin to Body Refining.
However, it didn’t seem to be on the path of a hulking brute, as frightening solid muscles hadn’t appeared on his body.
“Good, I’m glad you’re alright,” came the girl’s voice from outside, still sounding cold, not like she was truly concerned.
But to be so young and already possess a bit of a mature aura was truly remarkable.
Han Shuangjiang returned to her room and continued cultivating.
She hadn’t expected Chu Huaixu to break through so quickly again.
“Has he already opened his third acupoint?”
“I need to work harder too, I don’t want to be left behind,” she thought.
Only after hearing Han Shuangjiang’s retreating footsteps did Chu Huaixu lie on the ground and let out loud “Hoo— Hoo—!” groans.
He had been trying to save face just now and was holding back, thinking she wouldn’t be able to hear him.
Although he had prepared himself mentally before leveling up, he had almost blacked out and fainted again from the pain.
“Instead of leveling up one by one and enduring the pain three times, it’s better to get it all over with at once. A long pain is not as good as a short one,” Chu Huaixu had resigned himself to his fate.
The result was that he was still involuntarily twitching all over.
He endured the body convulsions for a while before gradually adapting.
Chu Huaixu stood up and executed the first stance of the Boundless Heaven-and-Earth Eight Trigrams Palm.
The room was filled with gusts of palm wind, far more powerful and imposing than before!
“So strong!” he exclaimed in amazement.
Although the Sword Refining Art was like a demonic technique, with a deadly cultivation process, its approach of cultivating both internally and externally was quite formidable, making him feel somewhat invincible in the Meridian-Opening Stage.
“This situation actually suits my cheat-like body control perfectly,” Chu Huaixu mused.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a profound regret.
“If only I had been this powerful when I was in the dungeon.”
“The sound of Liu Chengqi’s ribs cracking was quite pleasant,” he still relished the memory.
With that thought, Chu Huaixu suddenly remembered: “Han Shuangjiang doesn’t seem to have fully mastered Roaming Dragons of the Eight Desolations?”
“I’ll teach her personally when I have time.”
He opened his character panel to check his remaining experience points.
He had 136 experience points left for free allocation, which was far from enough for him to open the sixth acupoint.
As night fell, Chu Huaixu finally ate the meal personally prepared by Han Shuangjiang.
“It tastes very good,” he praised.
Perhaps thinking it sounded perfunctory, he praised each dish in detail.
“This way, she should be more motivated to cook,” the man with astonishing culinary skills planned to remain hidden and not even wash the bowls.
Han Shuangjiang merely nodded slightly on the surface, but she felt a surge of joy inwardly after receiving his approval.
After the meal, Chu Huaixu packed up and left.
The cold-faced housekeeper showed no emotion and silently cleaned up his bowls and chopsticks as well.
At this moment, they couldn’t be said to be living together, but rather like roommates sharing a place.
As Chu Huaixu watched her clear the table, he noticed that when Han Shuangjiang bent over, her well-endowed buttocks stretched her dress taut, making her wide hips and plump, round figure even more apparent.
Combined with her straight and slender legs, if she were to wear a qipao or a stepmother dress, it would surely be a breathtaking sight.
However, he was not moved. He merely tossed an Information Probe in the direction of her backside.
“The third acupoint is already open?” Chu Huaixu gritted his teeth enviously.
He estimated that Han Shuangjiang not only had full Spiritual Embryo Attribute, but possibly also high Comprehension.
If it weren’t for the fact that after a normal person opens an acupoint, their body needs a short period to adapt, she might have broken through even faster!
The protagonists of the world are truly terrifying.
After all the twists and turns, they were both tired today and fell asleep early.
The next day, as dawn broke in the east.
Han Shuangjiang woke up early and began preparing porridge, busy with her tasks.
After they finished breakfast, Chu Huaixu volunteered to teach her Roaming Dragons of the Eight Desolations.
Naturally, he wouldn’t be as lewd as Liu Chengqi and start by touching her directly.
“This spot, it indeed needs to be lowered a bit,” he said, pointing to Han Shuangjiang’s slender waist.
Although Chu Huaixu’s fingers were still a short distance away, the young girl felt a tickling and warmth in her waist.
Perhaps it was because they were standing so close.
“Come, let me demonstrate it for you again,” Chu Huaixu began to make a move.
The Boundless Heaven-and-Earth Eight Trigrams Palm didn’t need to be learned in its entirety.
After all, it was only to break the formation in the Scripture Pavilion, and he wouldn’t be using it much in combat anyway.
By the time he reached the First Realm, he would be learning proper Spells. Mortal martial arts were too weak and not worth investing too much time in, as he would reach the First Realm soon anyway.
It was evident that Han Shuangjiang’s comprehension was truly high.
After Chu Huaixu taught her a few times and corrected her movements, she had completely mastered it.
Moreover, the beautiful woman’s palm strikes were quite aesthetically pleasing.
He began to understand why some girls online, even when recording self-defense techniques, were jokingly called “arousal punches” by netizens.
Just then, an uninvited group arrived at the bamboo house.
The one leading them was Liu Tianfeng, whose hair was streaked with white.
Liu Chengqi and Liu Chenggong followed behind him obediently, forcing a fawning smile onto their faces.
Behind them were a group of servants, each holding gift boxes.
These items could have been stored in a spatial ring, but for a gift, presenting them like this looked better.
Han Shuangjiang couldn’t help but glance at Chu Huaixu, surprised that he had predicted correctly.
Steward Liu had figured it out. Since he believed their background, he had to foster good relations.
The apology was one thing, and the presentation of gifts was another.
“Steward Liu, why have you come?” Chu Huaixu asked knowingly, without even looking at Liu Chengqi.
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday that I would prepare a small gift for my nephew? I must keep my word,” Liu Tianfeng said with a smile.
However, upon seeing the two of them today, the elder felt that something was different about them.
He swept them with his Divine Sense and was greatly shocked. This time, his change in expression was genuine.
“Nephew, and this young lady, you have broken through! Congratulations!”
It was one thing for Han Shuangjiang to have opened her third acupoint.
But for Chu Huaixu to break through three acupoints overnight!
“How is this possible!”
“He’s clearly just a low-grade Spiritual Embryo!” Liu Tianfeng’s heart was thrown into turmoil.
All his doubts vanished at this moment.
If he were truly just an ordinary registered disciple, he wouldn’t believe it even ten thousand times over!
“You, put down the things, handle them with care,” Liu Tianfeng began to instruct the servants.
Afterward, he glanced at their bamboo house and said, “If you need anything else, just tell me.”
“Oh, and nephew, do you need servants to attend to you?” Steward Liu began to grovel from every angle.
Chu Huaixu definitely didn’t have such thoughts; having one more person made him feel uncomfortable.
He casually scanned the servants placing the gifts, about to refuse.
However, his gaze quickly sharpened, fixing on a short-statured servant who had his head bowed.
This person was estimated to be less than 1.7 meters tall, with a radiant complexion and delicate features.
He lacked a masculine aura and had a typical feminine appearance for a male.
“I want him!” Chu Huaixu suddenly pointed. He was more shocked than anyone to encounter this person.
“How can he be here?”
One of the four protagonists of “Sword Borrowing”, Xu Ziqing!
