Lan Xiang hugged Xie Jian from behind, the latter blushing fiercely.
"Come on..." Lan Xiang had a pleading tone.
"No! W, we just did it last week..." Xie Jian refused to look at him.
"But I'm a vigorous young man that hasn't done it for 3 months!"
"Y- you weren't conscious those 3 months so they don't count!" Xie Jian tried to pull him off.
"But..."
"No!" Xie Jian finally pried him off. She headed for the door. "No means no, you got that?"
"...Okay."
Xie Jian imagined that if Lan Xiang had dog ears, they would be drooping by now. "Um, we can do it next Saturday, if you like..."
"You'll be staying here till then?" Lan Xiang's eyes were full of enthusiasm once more.
"Well, to be honest, I'll be staying here indefinitely... if you don't mind, of course."
"I don't mind! Obviously, I don't mind." Lan Xiang approached Xie Jian. "When we're married, we'll stay at the same home anyways."
"Oh, that's right..." Xie Jian got a little depressed.
Lan Xiang held her hand. "Don't worry, our engagement won't be canceled."
Xie Jian received a kiss on her forehead. She smiled. "I hope so."
She imagined herself coming home from a busy day at work, and waiting for her were her 10 beautiful children, and Lan Xiang, wearing an apron and holding a casserole...
Lan Xiang broke her from her daze. "Good night then. Don't break your promise next Saturday!"
"Good night." Xie Jian kissed Lan Xiang directly on his lips, then ran into another room.
Lan Xiang bit his lips. "Damn, I want more."
With a sigh, he retired into his own room, closing the door.
He lied on his bed and closed his eyes.
3:00 AM.
"I can't sleep."
Lan Xiang's mind was full of dirty thoughts. He slapped both his cheeks. "Next Saturday, next Saturday!"
He shook his head vigorously. It seemed to work, but only temporarily. The knowledge that Xie Jian was sleeping in the other room kept him from doing the same.
"Argh, it's not working! I need something to distract myself."
After walking in circles for what seemed like forever, Lan Xiang decided to go outside his room and wander around the house.
He wanted to go down to the ground floor.
On the way to the stairs, however, was the door to the room where Xie Jian was probably sleeping now.
Suppressing the urge to barge in the room, he carefully walked past it.
As he was right in front of the door, he stepped on one of the floorboards, emitting a loud creaking sound. His entire body froze.
"..."
Ah, goddamn floorboards! You never creaked before, why'd you decide to do it now?! Asshole!
"Did she wake up...?"
Lan Xiang opened the door to Xie Jian's room.
"I'm only going inside to check whether she woke up or not. That's right. I'm not doing anything indecent."
As he entered, he saw Xie Jian lying on the bed, her eyes closed. Her entire body was covered with the blanket.
"So... she's asleep."
All of a sudden, Lan Xiang found himself inching his face nearer Xie Jian's.
Ahem, I'm just giving her a good night's peck, nothing that'll make her angry.
After he hastily kissed her cheek, Lan Xiang rushed out the room, hoping she wouldn't notice.
As the door closed, Xie Jian opened her eyes.
"Is he gone...?"
Confirming that the door was, indeed, closed, she resumed her non-sleep. She, too, was kept awake by her imagination.
"He kissed me while I'm 'asleep'..."
Lan Xiang returned to his room. There was no point in going downstairs now that he had satisfied his desires. Well, for now, at least.
"Hm, it's already past 3 o'clock. There's no point in sleeping now."
He was bored out of his mind.
"System."
[Technique Improvement System]
Techniques currently learned: 22
Tech points (t-pts.): 850
Great job progressing!
"Techniques..."
Xie Family Technique, Celestial River Stream
Purple level technique (More details...)
Buy: 1100 t-pts.
How to Cultivate for Dummies Revised ver.
Purple level technique (More details...)
Advance: 500 t-pts.
Dragon Fist Revised ver.
Purple level technique (More details...)
Advance: 500 t-pts.
Stretching Exercises
White level technique (More details...)
Advance: 20 t-pts.
The Bible
White level technique (More details...)
Advance: 20 t-pts.
(Show more...)
"Hmm, what's the deal with these other techniques?"
Now that Lan Xiang started to think about it, he found the other techniques interesting.
If "How to Cultivate for Dummies" was a cultivation manual, and "Dragon Fist" was a combat technique, then what of these other techniques? What roles did they pose?
Lan Xiang looked for a technique with an intriguing name.
"Aha, there's one."
All-seeing Eye (Magic Trick Book Excerpt: Learn Magic With Your Friends! Vol. 2)
White level technique
Average practicing speed: Slow
Limit: Level 0.1 (Not Even Close Bro)
Body augmentation: Nothing
Founder: David Ironfield (15 years ago)
Sell value: 20 t-pts.
"An excerpt from a magic trick book? So basically, it's a fraud. But the name sounds like it could lead to something. Plus, the system accepted it as a technique so there must be some substance to it.
"Well, I have some spare tech points anyway... why don't I level this up to blue and try it?"
A little later.
Tech points: 670
All-seeing Eye Revised ver.
Blue level technique
Average practicing speed: Fast
Limit: Level 15 (Adolescent Soul Realm)
Body augmentation: High
Founder: Lan Xiang
Sell value: 75 tech points
"Time to try it!"
Lan Xiang read the revised version of the manual.
"Let's see. Circulate the qi through here... then activate it..."
Lan Xiang sat down and exhaled. Closing his eyes, he followed the instructions of the manual to the tee.
As he controlled his qi and flowed it in specific directions, he gradually felt a tingling in his left eye, followed by his right eye.
The tingling gradually turned to a sensation of burning around his eyes. Lan Xiang endured it, fully trusting the system. Soon after, his eyes started to hurt, but he pressed on.
He had no idea what it would result to but he already got this far. To stop now would be akin to not kicking a soccer ball while right in front of the goal...!
A few minutes later, the pain became milder. Finally, it completely disappeared, a feeling of pleasure overcame his eyes.
"...Alright. Time to activate it!"
He opened his eyes, seeing nothing different. Then, he circulated his qi a little.
"Woah! I can see the middle of the wall! Kinda weird... Further!"
The qi circulation sped up. He saw an empty bed, among other things.
"Oh, now I can see the other room! Nice!"
He sped it up a little bit more to see if it would extend that far.
"Woah! This is Jian'er's room! She's right there, so beautiful... Wait, why is she squirming a little bit? Could it be...?"
Lan Xiang tried to peek through the blanket, but his eyes couldn't handle any further. He coughed up a mouthful of blood as his x-ray vision automatically turned itself off.
"That... Jian'er, how am I gonna sleep now?"