Because I was in a state of meditation, Philiya was always worried. Fortunately, she knew that Xiaoyu and I had signed a soul contract, so she could see my general situation from Xiaoyu's state and knew that I should be fine, but she didn't have the heart to cook.
Alice was even more listless. Even Xiaoyu's strength could only make her happy for a short while.
When camping, because the tents were all in my space ring, when others were setting up tents, they sat by the fire, staring at me in meditation.
The others sighed secretly when they saw their appearance.
Fortunately, I finally woke up when I was about to eat. In fact, when I was in a state of meditation, I still had enough understanding of the situation outside, otherwise I would not sit down on the roof casually.
In the afternoon, the reason why I didn't take action was that the power was at a critical moment. If I took action at that time, all my previous efforts would be wasted. And with Xiaoyu there, I believe that nothing will happen to them, and the life-and-death dilemma is the best time to promote a breakthrough.
I think the person who was following and protecting me didn't take action earlier because of this reason.
From this incident, we can also find the shortcomings of Philiya's martial arts. It's a win-win situation. Why not do it?
After opening my eyes, I just sat cross-legged and jumped down from the roof of the car. My legs were like something holding them up. I slowly fell down and floated towards Philiya and Alice.
After a whole day of meditation, although the lost original vitality could not be replenished, the consumed true energy had been completely restored.
Philiya was already tearful, but Alice didn't care and rushed to me directly.
"Brother, Alice is not interested in anything without you. You have to play with me!" Alice hugged my neck excitedly, hanging on me, swinging like a swing, and said coquettishly.
"Okay, okay! Whatever Alice wants to play, brother will accompany you!" I said helplessly. Alice was very skilled in this business. She jumped, hugged, and shook me, and then started to act like a spoiled child.
Although I have been defeated by her trick many times, I still have no ability to resist her trick.
Turning to Philiya, I said, "I'm sorry, I made you worry again!"
Philiya shook her head, hesitating, and finally said affectionately, "It doesn't matter, as long as you are okay, I will be relieved."
I nodded secretly. After telling her everything, she was no longer as innocent as before and knew how to keep secrets.
Turning around again, facing the other people, I said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I couldn't help you today and got you hurt again!"
Qinsi was surprised and said: "Did you wake up in the afternoon? Then why didn't you..."
I said lightly: "That's because I was at a critical juncture in my exercise, so I couldn't go over to help. Besides, I believe Xiaoyu can handle everything. What's more, in that situation, it is the easiest to make a breakthrough. Didn't Nick break through to the sword master, right?"
Nick was surprised and said: "You are so accurate. I just found out after I recovered my fighting spirit!"
Qinsi sighed and said: "You are really a very mysterious person. If I guess correctly, Xiaoyu should be the sacred beast Bird of Paradise?"
I nodded and said: "I am a very lucky person, am I not?"
With Xiaoyu's performance in the afternoon, if they can't see that Xiaoyu is a sacred beast, they are simply blind.
Since it is impossible to conceal it, I will naturally not waste my energy.
Kelly looked at me in admiration, with little stars in her eyes, and said: "Brother Edmund is really amazing. He can even catch a sacred beast as a pet."
I shook my head and explained: "Xiaoyu is not my pet, nor was I caught! I found it by chance on a mountain when I was adventuring. Its mother was attacked by a level nine magic beast when she was about to give birth. Later, after both of them were injured, she entrusted Xiaoyu to me! It is my friend."
Kelly immediately felt sympathy and said with pity: "Xiaoyu is so pitiful. She lost her mother when she was born."
Qin Si and the others rolled their eyes at her in anger, obviously they understood her overflowing sympathy.
I said lightly: "I hope you don't tell others that Xiaoyu is a sacred beast, otherwise, I am afraid that our future life will not be peaceful."
Several people nodded quickly. As adventurers, they naturally understood the reason.
After putting Alice down, I started to set up the tent, but Nick came to help and pulled over a packed pig-shaped monster. He said with a sullen face, "Brother Edmund, leave the small matter of setting up the tent to us. Look, this..."
I smiled bitterly and said, "Okay! Leave the barbecue to me!"
Shaking my head, I took the monster and started to grill.
Philiya wanted to come over, but I refused. She just sat quietly beside me and watched me grill gently.
While grilling seriously, looking at Philiya's beautiful face beside me, a kind of tender warmth came naturally. The warm atmosphere made me feel so comfortable and comfortable even grilling.
"Why do you have to consume your fighting spirit to help me improve my strength? You haven't moved for a whole day, and Alice and I are worried about it. I have no interest in it. If I knew it would make you so hard, I would definitely not let you do it!" Philiya said faintly.
I smiled and replied, "It's okay. I just need to rest for a day. You know? I may have a long lifespan like the dragons. If I can't improve your and Alice's strength, so that you can reach the innate realm like me and greatly increase your lifespan, do you want me to watch you die of old age? Now I am just helping you lay the foundation. In the future, I will teach you to practice true qi. You must practice hard!"
Nodding firmly, Philiya said gently, "I will listen to you in everything! I will definitely practice hard and won't let you down. But what is the innate realm?"
"When the true qi I practice reaches a certain level, I can transfer the acquired breathing to the body, which can make the internal breath endless in the body, and can also absorb the essence of heaven and earth to temper the body. Well, these things are very complicated to say, and I think you may not be able to understand them for a while. I will slowly explain them to you in detail later." I explained, but seeing her confused look, I knew that she didn't understand at all, so I could only let her understand slowly in the future.
Nick and his friends were very satisfied with the dinner. This time, Xiaoyu was not polite and finished more than half of the barbecue by himself, which made Nick and his friends stare at him.
If Xiaoyu was in its fighting form, it would not be surprising to eat so much, but now Xiaoyu looks like a palm-sized bird. It is not strange to eat half of a fat pig with such a body size.
Nick looked at me in surprise and said, "Brother Edmund, has Xiaoyu always been so greedy?"
I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Didn't you see it! Otherwise, do you think it is easy to raise a holy beast?"
Xiaoyu followed suit and rolled his eyes at him, which made Kelly, who had been eyeing it, stare at him.
Unfortunately, Xiaoyu would avoid her if she could, but if she couldn't, she would jump directly onto Alice's shoulder, and her plan to get her close to Xiaoyu never worked.
The next day, we finally arrived at the first large city after leaving the Wasteland City. After a simple rest in the city, we bought three horses for transportation.
It was the Nick brothers and Virsa who rode the horses, and I became the coachman of the carriage again. Alice, like before, appeared in my arms again, playing happily with me while rushing on the road.
Philiya stayed in the carriage. After all, there were more and more pedestrians on the road from then on, and her beauty was too eye-catching.
Along the way, I decided to teach Philiya and the Nick brothers martial arts.
In fact, in my opinion, the martial arts on this continent can only be described as poor, and the biggest problem is that their foundation is not solid.
As the saying goes, a tall building starts from the ground. People who practice martial arts will spend a long time practicing basic movements, such as chopping, cutting, stabbing, picking, and lifting in sword moves. Even the movement of drawing a sword must be practiced countless times. However, from the words of Nick brothers and Philiya, I found that people here constantly practice their moves, but give up practicing basic movements.
Such a result naturally leads to their moves being more skilled than agile. No wonder all opponents in front of me are full of mistakes and flaws.
So, my assignment for them is to let them constantly master basic movements and abandon gorgeous moves.
Philiya naturally believed in my words, but Nick and Rank were skeptical. But I didn't care. After all, the opportunity has been given to them, and whether they can grasp it depends on themselves.
Due to the oath, I really can't teach them further. Even Philiya, before obtaining the consent of the Kale tribe leader, I can't teach her to practice true qi or swordsmanship.
The customs and strange costumes along the way were much more interesting than before with the guides of Kelly and others.
However, because of this, Philiya would drag me and Alice to the mall every time we went to a place. We would buy some special clothes or other things in each place, whether we liked them or not.
Fortunately, we had a space ring, so we didn't have to carry a lot of bags, which didn't affect us.
After just a few days, Alice and I had a lot of strange clothes.
For this reason, Philiya also had a strange hobby, which was to make me change clothes constantly.
Every morning, she helped Alice and me prepare different clothes, and she never got tired of it. She was very happy every time she saw us constantly changing clothes.