In order to celebrate Ling Xiao's return to being a Profound Practitioner, Meng Xiyun and Bai Yuxi prepared a table of good wine and dishes, preparing to reward Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao accompanied Luo Qingshuang to sit on a stone bench in the courtyard.
Ling Xiao sized up the beautiful and graceful Luo Qingshuang, and his heart skipped a beat. He couldn't help but laugh, "Little fat girl, could it be that you've taken a fancy to me, and I won't marry you?"
In his previous life, although Ling Xiao did not lose his "virginity", he had the feelings of a prodigal son, attracting countless beauties to bow down to him. In this life, he had also inherited his previous life's wanton personality.
Luo Qingshuang spat and said, "You're really thick-skinned. I heard that you were injured, so I came to see you out of goodwill."
Luo Qingshuang's face was flushed red as she said something that didn't match her heart.
Ever since she was defeated by Ling Xiao, her clothes had only been torn in a few places, and her body was completely unharmed. It could be seen that Ling Xiao did not have the slightest bit of killing intent towards her, otherwise, she would not have been able to stand here so intact.
After experiencing that defeat, there was an inexplicable shadow in her heart.
Last night, when her father talked to her, his tone actually faintly revealed that he wanted her to get close to Ling Xiao.
Luo Qingshuang was inexplicably happy. She was just worried that she wouldn't have the chance to see Ling Xiao.
Thus, early in the morning, she used the excuse of apologizing to Ling Xiao to see if Ling Xiao's injuries had healed.
However, when she saw Bai Yuxi running out of Ling Xiao's room, her heart only felt sour and uncomfortable, as if her beloved thing had been snatched away by someone else. However, when she discovered that not only had Ling Xiao recovered from his injuries, but he had also become a Profound Practitioner once again, her heart was even more shocked. It seemed like a few days ago, he was only a Martial Disciple of the eighth level.
She remembered that she had spent a year and a half to go from a Martial Disciple of the eighth level to a Profound Practitioner!
However, when she thought of how Ling Xiao had already broken through to the Mystic Realm, she wasn't too surprised that he had only returned to the Mystic Realm.
Ling Xiao curled his lips and lightly said, "Isn't it because of you that I'm injured? You have to take responsibility for this!"
"What does that have to do with me?" Luo Qingshuang said, feeling wronged.
Originally, she wanted to apologize to this bastard. Who knew that this bastard didn't have the demeanor of a man at all, and was still calculative. She couldn't help but be angry, but at the same time, she liked this feeling.
"You can't say that. First of all, if you hadn't randomly attacked me in the restaurant, I wouldn't have suffered a backlash. Then I wouldn't have been injured. That bastard who sneak-attacked me is definitely dead. How could I have been injured?" Ling Xiao said grumpily.
Whenever he thought of this woman flipping out for no reason that day, he really wanted to press her to the side and give her a good spanking.
Luo Qingshuang said angrily, "Hmph, who told you to be so annoying!"
"I hate it?
How am I annoying?
First of all, I didn't peep at you bathing. Second of all, I didn't touch your chest. Third … "Ling Xiao refuted without stopping.
He hadn't finished speaking when Luo Qingshuang's face darkened, and she pulled out the flexible sword at her waist.
"Hey … if you have something to say, then say it. Why do you have to use weapons? It really hurts a girl's modesty!" Ling Xiao said timidly as he took a step back and waved his hand.
Luo Qingshuang glared at Ling Xiao, and then burst into laughter. Her incomparably beautiful face made people unable to help but exclaim that she was really a beauty.
"That's right. You should smile more. That's how you look!" Ling Xiao was not stingy with his praise.
"None of your business!" Luo Qingshuang said grumpily. Then, she slightly lowered her head and said in a mosquito-like voice, "I'm sorry."
"What?
What did you say? "
Ling Xiao had broken through to become a Profound Practitioner, and all of his senses had been enhanced. Naturally, he could hear Luo Qingshuang's apology, but he had to pretend that he didn't hear it and play with this girl.
Luo Qingshuang's face turned red, and she shouted to Ling Xiao, "I'm sorry …" Then, she turned around and fled like a swallow.
Ling Xiao touched his ear and looked at the running Luo Qingshuang. He said to himself, "This girl isn't bad. If I can take her as a personal maid, she'll be a perfect match for Yuxi."
If these words were heard by the young masters of the various families in Meteorite City, they would probably take a kitchen knife and chop Ling Xiao to death. Such a beauty, who wouldn't fight to be a wife and raise her well? This guy actually arranged for her to be a maid? What a fool's dream.
During the meal, Ling Zhan found out that his son had once again become a Profound Practitioner. While he was happy for his son, he also cursed his own cultivation speed for being too slow. After half a month, he had only broken through one meridian, and there was still a long way to go before he could break through the second meridian. Compared to his son, he was like the difference between clouds and mud.
Ling Xiao seemed to see through his father's annoyance. After the meal, he followed his father to the study and took out a half-thousand-year-old King Crow Ginseng. He placed it in front of Ling Zhan and said, "Father, this half-thousand-year-old King Crow Ginseng should be able to speed up the process of breaking through the meridian."
Ling Zhan received the thousand-year-old King Crow Ginseng as if it was a priceless treasure. He asked, "This … where did you get it? It's rare to see a thousand-year-old King Crow Ginseng even in the Spirit Herb Hall!"
Normally, a King Crow Ginseng that was less than five hundred years old was still common, but a King Crow Ginseng that was more than five hundred years old was rare. A thousand-year-old King Crow Ginseng was even rarer, and its value was even more precious.
Ling Xiao said, "I got it from my grandfather."
Ling Zhan stared blankly for a moment, then laughed bitterly, "You little brat, you even dare to beat your grandfather!"
Following that, he looked at the King Crow Ginseng in his hand and said, "I think it's better for you to use it. Before you break through to the Xuan realm, I have no use for it."
He knew that the King Crow Ginseng was precious and had the effect of smoothing the meridians, increasing one's Xuan Qi and prolonging one's lifespan. However, it could not help one break through the meridians!
That was why he rejected it.
Ling Xiao stopped him and said, "Father, keep it. Every time you break through your meridians, take a small piece. Combined with the Three Parts Returning Energy, it will have an unexpected effect. Last night, I relied on the King Crow Ginseng to break through to the Xuan realm."
Ling Zhan no longer doubted his son's words. After hesitating for a moment, he carefully kept the King Crow Ginseng so that it could help him break through the twelve standard meridians and restore his Xuan body.
After leaving his father's study, Ling Xiao went straight to the inner courtyard.
Yesterday, he had once again obtained the privilege of returning to the inner courtyard.
Thus, there were no obstacles in front of him when he entered the inner courtyard.
As he walked to the training grounds, the eighteen generations of the Ling family who were training all looked at Ling Xiao with admiration. Only Ling Zhi, who had been defeated by Ling Xiao in one move yesterday, had a look of hatred in his eyes.
Ling Xiao did not stop and walked straight to the southern loft, stopping in front of a three-storey loft.
On the top of the door, there were three big words "Mysterious Skills Pavilion" engraved. These three words faintly emitted a mysterious aura, as if it contained some kind of secret.
Ling Xiao was a top-notch XianTian expert in his previous life and had extraordinary eyesight. After glancing at the three words, his body trembled slightly. With one look, he could tell that the person who engraved these three words was definitely a strong martial artist. Every stroke contained a biting cold aura. It was as if he could see a strong martial artist brandishing a spear on the words. An indescribable image seemed to enter his mind, but it disappeared in a flash.
An old voice came from within the loft, "You can understand these three words?"
Ling Xiao first bowed towards the loft, then said calmly, "These three words were carved from a spear."
After pausing for a moment, the voice came from the loft again, "You are not bad, come in!"
Ling Xiao did not stay any longer and walked into the loft.
This was the Ling family's "Mysterious Skills Pavilion", and it contained the treasures left behind by more than ten generations of the Ling family's ancestors.
The first floor contained Grey Rank Profound Skills, the second floor contained Yellow Rank Profound Skills, and only the elders knew what was hidden on the third floor.
When Ling Xiao returned to the Inner Courtyard, he had the qualifications to go to the "Mysterious Skills Pavilion" to look through the profound skill manuals on the first to second floor.
Ling Xiao himself had quite a few martial skills, and the reason he came here was to take a look at the difference between the profound skills here and his own martial skills. At the same time, he also wanted to learn a few more. After all, there was no harm in having more skills!
Grey Rank Profound Skills were the lowest level of cultivation techniques, but they were also the most widely collected cultivation techniques. The bookshelves on the first floor were filled to the brim.
Ling Xiao casually walked around, but did not find any special profound skills, so he went up to the second floor.
Just as he reached the second floor, he saw an old man sitting on a wooden armchair, sipping tea.
This old man looked like he was already a hundred years old, but in reality, he was already a hundred and forty-three years old. His old face was crisscrossed with wrinkles, emitting the aura of a dying mulberry tree. His thin and frail body seemed to be unable to withstand the tossing of a gust of wind. Only his old eyes occasionally flashed with a few traces of imperceptible light.
Ling Xiao lightly trembled, then respectfully bowed and said: "Greetings, Grand Elder."
This old man was the Ling family's Grand Elder.
When the Grand Elder saw Ling Xiao, his eyes flashed slightly, and said with a slightly excited tone: "Kid, you actually became a profound practitioner again?
Strange … Strange … Could it be that I misjudged you back then? "
At that time, he was the one who asserted that it was impossible for Ling Xiao to cultivate Profound Strength again, unless he had a heaven defying pill of the fifth level or above. Could it be that this kid had consumed a fifth level pill?
This was obviously impossible. In Meteor City, it was already difficult to find a third-ranked medicinal pill, let alone a fourth-ranked or fifth-ranked medicinal pill. For them, it was simply out of reach.
"Kid, quickly tell me, how can you cultivate Profound Strength again?" The Grand Elder stood up and asked with a bit of excitement.
Ling Xiao naturally wouldn't reveal the secret of the Three Parts Returning to Origin Energy. It must be known that an ordinary man is not guilty, but he will get into trouble because of his wealth.
"I also don't know, suddenly it seems that I can cultivate Profound Strength again." Ling Xiao said innocently with his hands spread out.
The Grand Elder instantly appeared in front of Ling Xiao and single-handedly grabbed Ling Xiao's arm.
Ling Xiao didn't even have the slightest reaction before he was caught. He couldn't help but think that this old man must be a super expert.
The Grand Elder pondered for a moment, then walked a circle around Ling Xiao and murmured: "Strange … Strange … To think that all twelve main meridians have been restored, and the power is very pure, it doesn't seem like he cultivated a demonic art. It's simply inconceivable. Forget it … Forget it … Since it's an opportunity for you, kid, and also a blessing for our Ling family, I won't force you to answer."
After muttering to himself, the Grand Elder once again lay down on his armchair and closed his eyes to rest.
Ling Xiao then walked towards the bookshelf that stored the Profound Techniques.
The second floor was filled with yellow-tier cultivation techniques. Yellow-Tier cultivation techniques were a grade higher than grey-tier cultivation techniques, so their power was naturally several times stronger. The number of cultivation techniques collected on the second floor was greatly reduced compared to the first floor. There were only about a hundred yellow-tier cultivation techniques here.
Ling Xiao walked to the nearest bookshelf and casually picked up a Profound Technique.
"Yellow Level Fire Attribute Technique, Ardent Flame Technique." This technique could only be practiced after reaching the Mystic Knight rank. After separating the martial practitioner's attribute, it was suitable for martial practitioners at the Mystic Knight rank and above to cultivate. There were a total of three techniques, and each technique's power was extraordinary.
Ling Xiao casually flipped through it and put it back in its original position. He then picked up another one at the side.
"Yellow Level Water Attribute Technique, Five Waves Stacking Tides." It also required one to reach the Mystic Knight rank, and belonged to the category of Water Attribute Techniques that could only be practiced by martial practitioners of the Water Attribute.
Ling Xiao consecutively looked through several books. They were all Yellow Level Techniques of the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
These techniques didn't have much reference value to him at the moment. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he discovered a rather old and tattered scroll in the corner.
Ling Xiao was curious. He walked over and picked it up.
"It's actually a remnant scroll?"
Ling Xiao casually flipped through it twice. There were actually only a few pages. It lacked a lot of explanation compared to the other techniques. So it was just a remnant scroll.
He flipped back to the front page. The annotation on it said "Level unknown, attribute unknown, Vajra Five Transformation Technique …"
Ling Xiao very quickly looked through the "Vajra Five Transformation Technique" once and murmured: "I can actually cultivate it from the Mystic Realm. It's a defensive technique. Unfortunately, it only has the first two transformations. Even if I cultivate it, I can only block a peak Mystic Knight rank attack. It's not bad. I just don't know how strong the defense of the last three transformations will be."
Ling Xiao looked through it once more. When the "Vajra Five Transformation Technique" was imprinted in his mind and couldn't be erased, he prepared to leave.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to slightly bow to the Grand Elder who still had his eyes closed.
After he left, the Grand Elder opened a thread and said to himself: "I hope this kid can bring me more surprises!"