When Liang Yi found out that Su Youyi was still feigning illness after her condition had already improved, he got so mad that he flipped her over and smacked her buttocks twice.
You should know that Liang Yi was concerned about her while simultaneously controlling the ship and monitoring for any emergencies nearby. He was really multitasking to the point of exhaustion, and he was just a beginner at the First Realm.
If it weren't for his Cultivation Technique having a far greater storage of Spiritual Power than the average person, and the ship being able to maintain itself using the Spiritual Power stored in spiritual coins, he would have collapsed by now.
"Big brother apprentice, I was wrong~" Su Youyi gently shook Liang Yi's arm, realizing that her senior brother apprentice seemed a bit angry and quickly started to act cute and apologize.
"Hmph!" Liang Yi crossed his arms over his chest, eyes closed, refusing to pay her any attention.
"It's just because senior brother apprentice's embrace is too comfortable, cuddling into it makes me not want to leave." Su Youyi tapped her head, starting to be unreasonable.
"Hey! Still trying to argue." Luckily, Liang Yi was a handsome young man without a beard, otherwise, Su Youyi's words might have been enough to make his beard bristle with irritation.
But as soon as Liang Yi opened his eyes, he regretted wanting to slap himself, having promised not to look at his junior sister apprentice when he was angry.
Sure enough, upon seeing Su Youyi's pitiful expression coupled with her soft and cute apology, his anger dissipated.
"Which one of us has full points in Charm?" Liang Yi knew stats couldn't be trusted, luck was different for everyone, even in terms of looks—couldn't it be that this thing had a full score of 100 points?
Seeing Liang Yi's expression, Su Youyi knew her senior brother apprentice was no longer mad at her, and her mouth corners crazily curled upwards.
"Alright, it's my mistake this time, but there won't be a next time, you hear?" Liang Yi pointed at Su Youyi's nose, solemnly warning her.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm." Su Youyi nodded obediently, knowing that no matter what, she wouldn't be at a loss. Fainting would result in her being held in her senior brother apprentice's arms, and not fainting meant holding his hand—either way, it was a huge gain for her.
"By the way, don't you need to practice your cultivation?" Liang Yi suddenly remembered that he had never seen Su Youyi cultivate at night.
"No, I'm constantly cultivating every moment, you see." Su Youyi took out snacks and started to eat, a subtle wave of fluctuations passing over her body upon hearing her senior brother apprentice's question.
Liang Yi noticed that his junior sister apprentice's current state was just like his own state while cultivating last night. The air's Spiritual Power entered her body, transformed into Mana, and then with a wave of fluctuation, that state disappeared.
"I have a special constitution. Since Master has passed me the Cultivation Technique, I've been in a constant state of cultivation. Even Master couldn't do anything about it. He could only pass me a Secret Technique to mask this condition," Su Youyi said somewhat helplessly. Her situation was entirely due to her body constitution; normally, she couldn't wholeheartedly cultivate and had to find ways to suppress her cultivation, otherwise advancing too quickly would destabilize her foundation.
Liang Yi felt sour! Twenty-four hours of uninterrupted cultivation, and you say you aren't cheating? If he could do this, with an income of over 80,000 experience per day, who needs the traditional way? He'd be playing idle games already.
But considering the vast amount of experience needed later on, Liang Yi abandoned the idea of leveling up by idling. Having cheats but not using them, and instead following traditional cultivation methods, would just be asking for trouble.
Letting his junior sister apprentice enjoy herself, Liang Yi returned to his room to make the most of the time to cultivate. Based on his estimation, traveling from Pan Yang Town to Qingfeng City with the speed of the Floating Cloud Ship would take about a day and night, primarily because Qingfeng City was relatively close and also because the Floating Cloud Ship was exceedingly fast.
A day and night would bring a good amount of experience, his level could go up, and he could make a start on his Sword technique.
After agreeing with his junior sister apprentice to wake him upon reaching their destination, Liang Yi began his first true secluded cultivation.
Su Youyi took out a lounge chair to bask in the sun on the deck, popped a plum candy into her mouth, glanced in the direction of her senior brother apprentice's seclusion, and sighed, "Life's so boring without senior brother apprentice!"
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When immersed in cultivation, time is like the "just five more minutes" you mumble when you wake up in the morning; it feels like you haven't slept for very long, but in reality, hours have slipped by.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
Liang Yi slowly opened his eyes, awakened from his cultivation by the knocking of Su Youyi.
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Su Youyi pushed open the door and, seeing her senior brother still in a daze on the bed, hopped over and gave Liang Yi a vigorous pat on the back.
"Cough cough, what are you doing? Has your evil ambition to murder your senior brother and dominate Youdao Mountain finally been exposed?" Liang Yi coughed from the pat.
"Senior brother, you really have a way with jokes." Su Youyi, of course, would not tell him that this was a little retaliation for her senior brother not keeping her company.
Liang Yi sneered, "Do you think I and the general public would believe your nonsense?"
Though Su Youyi didn't understand what the general public had to do with this, she still tilted her head and stuck out her tongue.
Actually, Liang Yi was just in a trance because he was leveling up. He had also upgraded the Immaculate Sword Technique to the First Realm, and the 86,400 experience points he just gained were gone again. Now his attribute panel looked like this:
Name: Liang Yi
Gender: Male
Template: NPC
Race: Human Race
Level: 15
Cultivation Technique: Endless Dao First Realm [Boundless Dao: Experience consumption reduced by 10%]
Life Value: 1700/1700
Attributes: Strength 170, Agility 170, Endurance 170, Intelligence 170, Insight 10 (cannot be upgraded), Charm 10 (cannot be upgraded), Luck 10 (cannot be upgraded)
Free Attribute Points: 45
Experience: 48,200/50,000
Skill: Immaculate Sword Technique First Realm [Immaculate Sword Heart: To the Brightest and the Deepest, Purest]
Equipment: A very ordinary rolling pin
He decided to save the attribute points as usual for unforeseen circumstances. Next, regarding the feature of the Immaculate Sword Technique "To the Brightest and the Deepest, Purest," he couldn't figure out what it was after a long look, so he simply stopped thinking about it. After all, he didn't even have a sword now.
"Have we already arrived at Qingfeng City?" Liang Yi turned his head and asked Su Youyi.
"Yes, but we are still some distance from the city gate. After all, flying vehicles are generally not allowed to get too close to the city without permission," Su Youyi explained. A long time ago, a Demon Path cultivator loaded a ship with terrible toxins and crashed directly into the city; since then, the Immortal Dynasty established this rule.
Liang Yi nodded to show he understood.
"Then let's go down. We'll enter the city, deliver the items early, and head back to the mountain," said Liang Yi.
After the Floating Cloud Ship transformed back into a clump of cotton and was stored away in a ring by Su Youyi, the two entered Qingfeng City.
"Brother, do you need books? The solid, proper kind!"
Liang Yi stared at the fat man in front of him, who was clearly in disguise, as he mysteriously pulled out a few books from his bosom and sneakily asked with a sly look.
"The solid, proper kind? No need for those," Liang Yi decisively refused. Who reads those serious books anyway!
The fat man was stunned in place, not sure what to say. He had never received such a response before; shouldn't all these proper young nobles care about their image and pretend to be cultured?
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