After seeing that the previously fraudulent All-seeing Eye actually worked because of the system, Lan Xiang got excited.
"What else is there...?"
Needle Techniques, Time to Sew!
White level technique
Average practicing speed: Very slow
Limit: Level 0.1 (Not Even Close Bro)
Tool/Weapon mastery: Mediocre
Founder: Judy Ren (19 years ago)
Sell value: 20 t-pts.
"Needle Techniques. This has potential!"
A sewing book. Lan Xiang read through it and it basically taught him nothing about using the needles as a weapon, it was all about sewing and nothing else. Of course, he expected this.
"I'll upgrade this to blue level as well!"
Needle Techniques Revised ver.
Blue level technique
Average practicing speed: Very high
Limit: Level 15 (Adolescent Soul Realm)
Tool/Weapon mastery: Extremely high
Founder: Lan Xiang (just now)
Sell value: 75 t-pts.
As he read through the new and improved technique book, he was disappointed. It was still all about sewing, but with qi. "Will this be applicable to humans? Well, whatever, I already upgraded it anyway, might as well try it."
He took out a needle from his drawer — don't ask why he has one. After positioning it on his fingers to the point he feels comfortable with, he started to control his qi.
"What fabric should I work with...?"
He looked at the nearest cloths that he could reach immediately.
A few seconds later, Lan Xiang was naked, save from his boxers. He made a tear in his t-shirt effortlessly, and he used the needle to start sewing the hole.
"...Hey, this is more fun than I thought."
He pulled out the needle and tore off the thread as he finished sewing the tear. The result was astonishing — it was like there was no tear in the first place.
"Hey! That's awesome! Guess I like sewing now, huh?"
He made more holes in the other clothes he ripped apart, to continue practicing his mastery with needles. Although he could fix a tear like it wasn't there, he still fumbled around a little bit and was unfamiliar with how to use a needle.
Only when he felt satisfied with himself did he stop. Luckily, he was easily satisfied... Well, in sewing, at least.
"Okay, I'm having fun! Next random technique, here I come!"
Stretching Techniques
White level technique
Average practicing speed: Mediocre
Limit: Level 0.5 (Half-Step Elemental Awareness Realm)
Body augmentation: Extremely low
Founder: Mr. Green (2 years ago)
Sell value: 20 t-pts.
"Body augmentation? So stretching techniques... is a body augmentation?" Lan Xiang was suddenly into it."
A little later.
Tech points: 310
Stretching Techniques Revised ver.
Blue level technique
Average practicing speed: Extremely fast
Limit: Level 15 (Adolescent Soul Realm)
Body augmentation: High
Founder: Lan Xiang
Sell value: 75 tech points
"They're all stopping at Adolescent Soul realm, huh?" Lan Xiang shrugged. It was none of his business, he hadn't reached that realm yet. In fact, he was still far from it, 9 levels away.
"Well, I suppose I can practice these Stretching Techniques right now, huh? I'm naked after all."
Soon, dawn arrived.
.....
In the Xie family mansion.
Xie Dali smiled amicably at the physician, sweat running down his back at a constant rate.
"Doctor Guo, I apologize, but my father seems to have run off to somewhere."
"Somewhere not here, I presume." Doctor Guo let out a sigh of exhaustion. He looked at his watch. "I suppose he won't be back any time soon, then?"
"Ah, er..." Xie Dali scratched his head.
Doctor Guo glared at Xie Dali for a good few seconds. He suddenly turned around and walked to the exit.
"W, wait! Doctor Guo, you can't just leave like this! You know how severe his condition is!" Xie Dali was worried.
"...I will be back in three days. If, in three days, your father still isn't here, I will assume he's given up on the treatment." Doctor Guo adjusted his glasses as he continued exiting the mansion.
A moment of silence followed.
Xie Dali regained his composure. "What are you lot looking at?! Get back to work!"
The house servants hurriedly scurried away, not wanting to deal with their master's fury.
A timid man in a black suit gulped. He was the only one approaching instead of running away.
Xie Dali noticed him. "What do you want?"
"Erm... I was told to inform you that the young miss has escaped her confinement." He immediately ran off.
After a few minutes of staying silent, Xie Dali kicked a vase full of flowers!
"Sh*t! The heavens are working against me! Goddamn you all!"
Meanwhile, in Lan Xiang's house.
"Young master."
A maid incessantly knocked on the door to Lan Xiang's room.
He rubbed his eyes, getting up from the bed. Even though he was awake the whole time, his eyes were closed.
"What is it?" He opened the door.
"Young master, th- um..." The maid was startled, Lan Xiang was only wearing boxers and nothing else. She covered her eyes with her hands, not without sneaking a little peek...
"Just tell me." Lan Xiang was irritable as the stretching techniques gave him really sore muscles..
"There is a guest outside the door..." The maid was red all over.
"A guest? We never have guests here. Who is it?"
"A- all he stated was that he was related to Ms. Xie Jian."
Before the maid could finish talking, a shout came from the door.
"Little Jian! Open the door! I know you're in there!"
"Grandpa Xie?" Lan Xiang muttered.
From another room emerged Xie Jian, who had droopy eyes and obviously did not sleep the whole night. It was evident that her grandfather's voice alarmed her.
She ran down the stairs and stood by the door, not opening it.
"Little Jian! It's me, your gramps! Open the door!" Xie Gang knocked on the door repeatedly, the loud noises reverberating throughout the house.
"Little Jian? Jianjian? Pretty Jian?"
"Stop! Stop it!" Xie Jian was fed up. "I, I'm here, be quiet for a moment."
"You're here? Why are you not opening the door then?"
"First off, I'm not little anymore, so stop calling me that! Secondly, this is not my house, I've no right to let you in on my own volition. Most importantly, I don't even know why you're here!" Xie Jian was anxious.
They had trapped her in the Xie mansion because she opposed to having her current engagement broken. What if her grandpa was here to bring her back?
"Come on, Little Jian. Just let this old man in. I'm gonna get a heatstroke out here..."
Lan Xiang walked down the stairs and nodded to Xie Jian.
"But..."
"Let's let him in first. Don't worry, I won't let you be taken away."
"Okay..."
Before she could open the door, the locks suddenly turned into water, sloshing on the floor over there. Xie Gang pushed the door open with his wooden cane, looking displeased.
A few minutes later.
"Whew! Nothing like a fresh cup of water, am I right boy?"
Xie Gang slammed his glass of water on the table. His whole body reeked of sweat, a result of staying out in the sun for too long.
"Let's get straight to business. Old man Xie, what are you doing here?"