It has been about a year and a half since Xia Lin was adopted by Xia Hongyi. He has been getting close to Xia Yuanba and Xia Qingyue that Yuanba seems like he worships him now and he thinks that he turned Qingyue into a hardcore bro-con.
Xia Lin was terrified of what he'd done to Xia Qingyue, he liked the cold and aloof girl that seems she doesn't want to get close to any boy she knows but she has turned warm and kind now! Xia Yuanba continues to say to him that he wasn't used to Xia Qingyue being like this. She is very different now, but when he asked the guards at the gate that if she seems any different to them, they just said that Qingyue was still very cold to people around her.
But the more that he thinks about it, she just acts like that when we are around or especially to Xia Lin. That seems to puzzle him even more because he wasn't even trying to get close to her too much.
On the bright side, he increased theirs and his cultivation level over the year and a half. Qingyue's cultivation has increased to the 8th level of the True Profound Realm and Yuanba's cultivation has already reached the 10th level of the Elementary Profound Realm. Xia Lin just smiled at the fact that he helped those two reach these realms in just a short time. Remembering that he also increased his cultivation level in the past year and a half, he just thought of 'Status.'
[Ding!]
Status
Name: Xia Lin
Status: Healthy
Cultivation: 3rd level of the Earth Profound Realm
Profound Veins: Primordial God Veins
Profound Arts: Primordial God Arts
Skills: Killer Instinct (45%)
Universal Sword Arts (79%)
Way of the Fighting Fist (81%)
Fluid Movement Arts (79%)
Energy Manipulation (100%)
Medical Knowledge (64%)
With having no new techniques to work on for the past year, he just continued to cultivate the 4 skills that he has. Seeing that he couldn't keep on training on the skill Killer Instinct due to no one being his test subject. He knew he could compile all the books in his library but he couldn't help but feel like it wouldn't be a challenge anymore and he doesn't have any techniques in his library that could match with his Primordial God Veins.
Looking at Xia Yuanba revolving his Profound Energy throughout his body, he couldn't help but look at his status. He just thought of the word 'Observe' and then the screen just popped up in front of him that said all the things about Xia Yuanba's cultivation information.
[Ding!]
Status
Name: Xia Yuanba
Status: Healthy
Cultivation: 10th level of the Elementary Profound Realm
Profound Veins: Tyrannical Emperor's Divine Veins
Profound Arts: Tyrannical Emperor's Divine Profound Arts
Skills: Cutting Mountains Splitting Boulders (75%)
Seeing his Profound Arts, it made Xia Lin shine with pride due to it being made by him specially made for Xia Yuanba. He studied everything about the Tyrannical Emperor's Divine Veins and made a breakthrough after a few months of studying it. It made Xia Yuanba so happy breaking through to the 5th level of the Elementary Profound Realm a few months ago. It made him so happy watching Xia Yuanba jump around the manor for breaking through to the next level. But it made him shiver to remember that it wasn't the only thing Xia Yuanba managed to breakthrough.
It didn't make sense to him! He was already at the 7th level of the Spiritual Profound Realm at that time but Xia Yuanba still broke his bones! Due to the broken bones, he had to compile all the books about the medical knowledge he had in the library. It even made the skill Medical Knowledge jump to (64%)! That was just one treatment! It made him shiver on how crushed his bones were that day. Xia Yuanba was scolded by Xia Hongyi and Xia Qingyue so much that he thought Xia Yuanba was left deaf for life due to Xia Qingyue.
'Speaking about Qingyue, where is that girl?' Xia Lin thought as he pondered on where Xia Qingyue just up and went to. After thinking that he saw that his vision was blocked and felt that two hands were covering his eyes. 'Speak of the devil and she shall appear,' Xia Lin thought as he sensed that it was just Xia Qingyue. Removing her hands, Xia Lin just looked at Xia Qingyue who was smiling down at me. I just looked at her and thought,
'Observe'
[Ding!]
Name: Xia Qingyue
Status: Healthy
Cultivation: 8th level of the True Profound Realm
Profound Veins: Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins
Profound Arts: Frozen Cloud Arts
Body Physique: Heart of Glazed Grass
Nine Profound Exquisite Body
After looking at her status, Xia Lin couldn't help but smile. He thought, 'Now I remember why Qingyue is so attached to me now.' A few months back, he noticed Qingyue was practicing the Frozen Cloud Arts alone but her body was getting ice cold and he could see a slightly pained look on her face.
He couldn't help but try and help her, noticing his Energy Manipulation at 100% and his Medical Knowledge at 64% and he has the Primordial God Veins that was the fusion of both Primordial Chaos Veins and the Godly Profound Veins Mesa Uchiha had. Remembering that the Primordial Chaos Veins can absorb the energy from the coldness of Qingyue's Meridians, he too cultivated the energy and made it his own. (AN: Do you remember that Xia Lin doesn't have the Sharingan like Ryusuke so he needs medical knowledge for this to work not just the energy manipulation.)
A week after treating Xia Qingyue from her illness, her master Chu Yueli came to her room while Xia Qingyue was not in her room and Xia Lin was in it while waiting for her to arrive. This just made the two of them stare at each other not expecting the other to be there.
Flashback
Xia Lin was laying on Xia Qingyue's bed while waiting for her to take her out of the manor to spend time with her. While doing so, he felt another person's presence enter the room and look at the person who dared enter his sister's room sneakily. Looking at the intruder, he noticed that the person was a woman and a pretty one at that. The woman noticed him laying on the bed and looked at him confusedly.
'The two then proceeded to have a staring contest on who will first break and ask the other who they were and WHO AM I KIDDING!? Who is this woman!?' Xia Lin thought. Not having the patience to wait anymore he proceeded to open his mouth not knowing that the other was also copying him.
"Who are you?" The two people in the room asked simultaneously. The unknown woman then had an annoyed look on her face while Xia Lin just gave her a cold look.
"You go first," commanded Xia Lin with a blank look on his face. He then sat up and put his guard up feeling that the woman in front of him was Realm higher than him. Due to his paranoia, he forgot that he could observe people who are unknown to him.
The woman then remembered that she was the unknown here and wiped the annoyed look on her face while putting an understanding look on her face. She then said, "I apologize for barging in like this but I am Chu Yueli, Xia Qingyue is my disciple and I am here to check up on her. May I know where she is and who you are?"
Xia Lin still kept a blank face while thinking, 'Shit! Why did she come at this moment!? I should keep acting, Qingyue still didn't tell me that she was a disciple from the Frozen Cloud Asgard sect.' He then said in a cold voice, "I am Xia Qingyue's older brother, Xia Lin. If you are really her master then why didn't we know anything about this? She is with our little brother cultivating at the training ground."
Chu Yueli thought, 'Huh? Why didn't I know that she had an older brother? I thought that they were only a family of three?' She just shook her thoughts away and said, "If you don't believe me, then let's just wait for Qingyue here."
At this Xia Lin just nodded at her and thought, 'I should make some small talk, I don't want to wait for her here in awkward silence.' He then sat up straighter and asked, "So Chu Yueli, where do you come from? And if you are her master then why didn't you treat the coldness in Qingyue's meridians?"
Hearing this, Chu Yueli gave him a cold and calculating look and demanded in a cold voice, "How do you know of that? People from outside the Frozen Cloud Asgard sect should not know of this." She then thought, 'This kid is not simple. How did he know of the illness that follows practicing the Frozen Cloud Arts?' After thinking this, she was preparing her profound energy to attack Xia Lin to keep him silent.
Xia Lin then replied with the same tone of voice, "I know of this because of sensing the cold energy in her meridians while holding her a few months ago. And you should think twice about killing me. If you kill me do you still think that Qingyue would still want to go with you?"
After hearing this, Chu Yueli faltered on killing him. Then all of a sudden a murderous smile was present on her face and she released her killing intent and focused it all on Xia Lin who was shocked that she would still do it. After saying this, she smiled and said with a cold voice, "She would still come with me if she doesn't know if I were the one to kill you."
"Master!" An angry voice echoed in the room.
Noticing that there was a third party with them, they looked at the person who shouted at Chu Yueli and found Xia Qingyue at the door. Seeing her, Chu Yueli then stopped revolving her profound energy in her body and stopped releasing her killing intent. She walked over to Qingyue who was giving her an angry look and held her hand. She then gave her a worried look and said, "Qingyue, I was just trying to make him keep the illness a secret and he cou-"
After noticing Xia Qingyue's cultivation level Chu Yueli was beyond shocked, she was amazed. She then circulated her profound energy in Xia Qingyue and was even more amazed. Her student has reached the 8th level of True Profound Realm in only a few months and even had all her profound sentences opened! She was overjoyed in this matter and felt great! She was never more proud of her student other than this moment. She knew that the higher you climbed the ladder of cultivation, the harder it gets when you want to go even higher.
Chu Yueli's face was plastered with a shocked and happy looked. She then asked her student in an excited and shocked tone of voice, "Qingyue! How did you suddenly jump to the 8th level of True Profound Realm in just a few months!? And for you suddenly have the Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins is a miracle! Who was the expert that helped you open your profound entrances?"
Xia Qingyue then smiled warmly at remembering that it was her older brother who helped her reach this level in a week but she was still stuck at the 8th level of True Profound Realm due to the dwindling profound energy in the air in the Xia Manor. But when she heard that the other profound entrances were opened in her, she was shocked. She gave her master a confused look and then looked at her brother with an accusing gaze. When he met her gaze Xia Lin just looked away whistling, Xia Qingyue gave him an angry look for not helping her explain to her master about this matter.
Seeing their interaction, Chu Yueli just gave her student a confused look and said, "Qingyue, why are you not answering? And why were you looking at your brother with an accusatory look? You are even angry at him now."
Hearing this, Xia Qingyue just gave her master a helpless smile while her brother was laughing quietly in the background. She just gave him an angry look and then looked at her master and said, "Master, it was my brother who helped me cultivate and clear the cold energy in my meridians. But I didn't know how he somehow opened all 39 profound entrances in me."
Not expecting her answer, Chu Yueli just looked at Xia Lin who gave her a lazy smile and waved at her playfully. Not understanding the situation she was in, she continued to question her disciple who just gave the same answer every time she questioned her. She just looked at the boy who was laughing at her with a cold look and said, "Boy, how did you do it?"
Xia Lin just looked at her with a teasing look and said, "What do you mean?"
Chu Yueli then replied with an angry voice, "You know what I mean boy!"
Xia Lin just continued to give her a teasing look and said, "Are you talking to me? Because last time I checked, my name wasn't boy."
Chu Yueli just gave him a murderous look, while gritting her teeth she asked, "Xia Lin, how did you help her cultivate this fast and how did you open all her closed profound entrances?"
Xia Lin then gave her a lazy look and said, "Oh that? I just gave her some of my profound energy while taking some of the profound energy in the air and inserted it in her. While doing that, I just helped her turn all that foreign profound energy into hers. And for the profound entrances? Why would I tell you any of my secrets?" After saying that, he smiled at her.
After letting the words Xia Lin sink in, Chu Yueli just gave him a confused look and thought, 'People can do that? Then why didn't master do that to the other low-leveled disciples in the sect to help them cultivate faster?' She then asked him with a confused look, "People can do that?"
Xia Lin just looked at her with a grin and said, "Nope, only I can do that and it is a very complicated thing to do because if you make one wrong move then the one you are giving your profound energy and the profound energy in the to will have their profound energy poisoned and in turn making the receiver lose their cultivation level little by little."
After hearing that the other two people were shocked and can't help but be angry at him and shouted at him with an angry voice, "Then why did you do that to me/Qingyue!?"
Xia Lin just crossed his legs and said, "Because I am confident in my perfect control over the profound energy." Finishing that with a smile he then laid down on the bed again.
The two women then looked at the other continued to talk about useless things that Xia Lin just tuned it out. After realizing that the older woman was leaving, he then gave a cheerful wave with a happy look on his face.
Seeing him wave cheerfully at her, Chu Yueli just looked coldly at him and left with a harrumphed.
Seeing her ignore him and just gave him a harrumph, he just laughed it off and looked at the other person who was with him. Noticing that she was glaring at him, he quickly jumped to his feet and said, "I'll just put a rain check on our stroll tonight QIingyue, I remembered that I have to do something. I gotta go! Byeeee!" After saying this, he then hurriedly ran to the door and proceeded to get out.
Seeing him run from her, Xia Qingyue couldn't just leave her brother unbeaten. So she chased after him shouting, "Come back here and take your beating like a man!"
End
Remembering his encounter with Chu Yueli and the beating he received from Xia Qingyue. He couldn't help but look back at it with a fond smile. Forgetting that Xia Qingyue was in front of him, he continued to smile.
Looking at her brother who was unintentionally smiling at her fondly, she couldn't help the small blush creeping on her face. She then slapped him on the head and left hurriedly with a smile on her face.
Snapping out of his daydreaming, he noticed that his head hurt and Xia Qingyue was hurriedly leaving a few meters away from him. He couldn't help but smile at her, hearing another noise he put his guard up until he realized it was just Xia Yuanba laughing at him.
He just gestured for him to continue practicing and stood up, leaving for his adopted father's office. Leaving Xia Yuanba laughing behind him.