Lin Siyu's words landed like a bombshell, shattering the peace and leaving a tense silence in their wake.
Her siblings exchanged nervous glances, but Lin Xinyu couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Wait, seriously, Sis? An immortal guy, like, crushing on you? That's, like, sooo out there, it's like, not even in the realm of believable, you know?" Lin Xinyu said through her giggles.
Lin Chenyu, who had been observing the situation with his usual stoic expression, finally broke his composure and revealed a small smile.
"Sister Siyu, though the likelihood be distant, it is not entirely alien. Immortals are renowned for their capricious deeds."
Lin Zhirou cleared her throat and redirected the conversation towards a more realistic topic.
"Well, regardless of that, it's good to see you safe and sound, Sister. We were worried about you."
The embarrassment made Lin Siyu's cheeks burn, and she wished she could disappear into a dark corner.
'It's not my fault that I read too many brain dead novels.' She complained in her heart.
Lin Siyu felt at ease with her siblings as they continued to chat.
The group's personalities were so vibrant, and their interactions were just as lively. She loved being a part of it.
After a while, there was a knock at the door, and it slowly creaked open, causing a draft to sweep through the room.
A tall man and a graceful woman entered the room, catching everyone's attention.
As soon as Lin Siyu saw them, she felt a rush of emotion and knew instantly that they were her parents.
With a stern look on his face, the man's gaze swept over the room, taking in every detail.
His hair was a deep shade of red, almost like the colour of rust, and his eyes burned with intensity.
As soon as she saw her father, Lin Zhirou quickly got up and respectfully greeted him.
"Welcome home, father. Mother."
Lin Chenyu also got up and greeted his parents.
"Father, welcome home. Mother."
Lin Xinyu followed suit and rose.
"Welcome home, father. Mother."
Lin Siyu also followed the trend and got up.
"Yo, wassup fam?"
With a bright smile on her face, she waved her hand to greet them.
As Lin Siyu looked at everyone's stunned faces, she could feel her stomach lurch.
The room grew still, and the only thing that could be heard was the sound of her own breathing.
The air was thick with tension, and every sound seemed amplified.
After what felt like an eternity, her father spoke.
"Siyu, is it true that your memory was wiped, and the immortal bestowed a technique on you to help cultivate?"
Lin Siyu nodded her head.
"Yep, that's the lowdown on the situation."
"May I look at the cultivation method?" Her father asked with his brows raised.
"Erm, of course. But like that's in my room, yah know?"
"Then I'll come with you." He said.
"Alrighty, let's bounce." Lin Siyu said, shrugging.
They both went to her room, and the book was handed to her father.
He flipped through the book and his face was turning more and more pale.
"What's the dealio, pops? Is the technique, like, legit or what?" Lin Siyu asked, seeing his expression.
Lin Ziheng's expression turned serious.
"I can't understand a word in this book." He said, closing it. "Siyu, can I ask why are you able to cultivate this technique?"
Lin Siyu scratched her head, trying to come up with a response.
"Um, you know what? Maybe I'm just a genius?"
When he heard what she said, Lin Ziheng's eyebrows shot up, and he looked at her with an inscrutable expression.
"Well, that's fine. We will have more answers in a week."
Lin Ziheng was not sure what to do, but he could only trust the immortal from the Lotus Moon Sect and wait for him.
After a week, the immortal would come to check up on her and could answer some questions.
He looked back at the cultivation manual and wondered how his daughter could cultivate such a technique.
All other basic cultivation techniques didn't work, therefore she was deemed to have no spiritual roots.
And then the immortal came and gave her this technique, and now she was cultivating it.
This made no sense to him.
Lin Ziheng shook his head, and a bitter smile crept onto his face.
"It seems like you inherited my luck." He thought to himself.
Lin Siyu, however, was not bothered by the sudden revelation and was instead focused on gaining levels.
With a week until the immortal arrived, she needed to reach the peak of the first stage of the Qi Refinement Realm, her expression filled with excitement.
She glanced at her status screen and saw an enormous increase in her Qi level.
"Woo! I'm on a roll, baby! Now let's get to that next level." Lin Siyu muttered, a grin on her face.
She continued to train and after a few hours; she gained 0.8 more Qi, but was still stuck at the first layer of Qi Refinement.
'Hmm, I'd probably need to have it at 10 to reach the second realm.' Lin Siyu thought.
Just as she was thinking about giving up, an idea popped into her head.
"Wait, a sec. What if I just stack multiple images in my mind? That should boost my skill level even more!"
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes once more, focusing on the images.
This time, she visualised a group of butterflies fluttering through a field of flowers.
Then she imagined a waterfall crashing down into a river below.
But before she could confirm the technique, the image suddenly shattered, and she opened her eyes in horror as she spit out blood.
"What the hell?!" Lin Siyu yelled, wiping the blood off her lips.
"I thought the technique was perfect! Why the heck did I just spit blood? I was, like, this close to maxing out my skill level, yo!"
She calmed her mind for a moment and concluded.
The technique is currently at level one, meaning she can only bring out the minimum of the skill.
She felt depressed thinking about this.
If other immortals knew what she was thinking, they'd probably want to beat her.
Without thinking much, Siyu opened her system panel.
[Name: Lin Siyu]
[Age: 15]
[Sex: Female]
[Cultivation Relm: First State of Qi Refinement.]
[Spiritual Root: Yin-Yang]
[Bloodline: Spirit Fox (To be awakened)]
[Level: 1]
[EXP: 90/100]
(Note: Average human is 0.1)
[Strength: 0.8]
[Vitality: 0.5]
[Qi: 1.9]
[Agility: 1.1]
[Luck: 5]
[Items] [Skills] [To be unlocked…]
Lin Siyu took a deep breath seeing her panel.
She is also very excited, seeing that she needs to perform one more cycle to level up.
Without waiting a second, she copied what she had been doing for the past 3 hours.
[Congratulations on levelling up!]
[You've unlocked…]