The next morning before Paul, Anna, and Fei Fei continued on their way Paul decided to start teaching Anna about close-quarters combat.
She was a good archer thanks to her training on Earth but if her opponent got close to her, she would panic and became an easy target.
On their way, Paul was looking for some beast to let the girl have her first kill but after the whole day of walking, they didn't see so much as a forest rat.
This was not anything special since there were many people on the road and the mercenaries usually took out any beast that showed up in a matter of moments.
Anna was relieved about it since she was not a big fan of killing but Paul and Fei Fei were adamant that she had to get used to fighting and killing or she would be dead sooner or later because she would hesitate or won't finish her opponent off.
-Anna in this world there is no such thing as fair play and if you lose then you are more or less dead or left at the mercy of your opponent who will most likely finish you off in one way or another depending on the person.
Paul said trying to persuade her to change her attitude toward killing.
-But that doesn't mean that I have to kill them.
She argued back.
-All I have to do is win and I'll be fine.
Anna was stubborn and childish but she defended her point of view.
-If that was all it took then do you think I would want to kill my opponents?
Paul asked.
-Ask Fei Fei, how many times she had to kill someone or something to survive and there was no other choice.
He shifted the conversation to Fei Fei as she was the perfect example of a woman cultivator in this world.
Anna looked at the woman who had become like an older sister to her in only a day in hopes of getting some support.
-I hate to admit it little sister but he is right.
I lost count of how many people I had to kill just to get to this world safely before my whole cultivation disappeared and don't even get me started on the beasts cause there were many more of them than the people I had to kill.
This world is a jungle and there is only one rule which is supreme here.
Kill or be killed.
Fei Fei said with a serious expression, hoping that the young girl would finally realize that if she was unwilling to kill then she would eventually be killed and most likely cause their deaths as well.
-To be fair, I do not like killing any more than you do but it is necessary if you want to protect those closest to you and yourself.
Also sometimes you have to make an example of someone just to avoid killing more people.
That is just how this world operates and it won't change just because you wish for it.
Her words got Anna to think about it all and she had to admit that there were situations that required you to fight but she was not interested in becoming a killer.
-But is there no other way?
Anna asked trying her best to come up with an argument but she already knew that they were right.
-Anna I know that you would rather avoid killing and you are probably afraid that it would turn you into a bloodthirsty killer, but the truth is that it won't change you too much unless you allow it.
I already told you about my past and this time around I do not want to be a victim again.
Also, the last time I never met you so your end was most likely not that great judging by the state you were in when I found you this time.
Now tell me, do you want to become like that again in the future?
Paul tried to persuade her.
-Additionally, the humans or other races might accept your surrender if you are extremely lucky but the beasts won't, for them, you are nothing more than a meal.
So decide for yourself if you want to get eaten or if will you be the one eating them.
This was a brutally honest way of presenting her with the choices that she had in this world but Paul didn't see any other way to convince the stubborn girl.
If there was any other way to convince her then he would take it but this seemed to be the only one that got the point across.
-Little sister, I realize that you are from a world where you didn't have to kill anything bigger than a fly that annoyed you but here you only have two choices.
You will either become the victim and be prayed upon or you will become a predator and pray upon others there is no middle ground here.
Fei Fei added.
Anna knew that they were right and sooner or later she would have to choose to either kill or be killed but she didn't like it one bit.
The trio traveled till evening before stopping and pitching camp at the side of the road after the meal they all wanted to cultivate but Fei Fei had a little problem.
She had cultivated all of Paul's Yang Qi so she could not continue to cultivate even if she wanted to.
There was an easy fix to this problem especially since Paul was right there but the problem was Anna.
-Little sister can you go cultivate by yourself for a while?
Fei Fei asked the girl.
-Are you not going to join me?
Anna was surprised by the request.
-I will but my way of cultivation is a bit different than yours and I ran out of cultivation resources.
Fei Fei said with a smile.
After thinking about it for a moment Anna finally understood what she meant and she blushed right before running away.
Fei Fei could not help but chuckle at the younger woman's cute reaction it was just too amusing.
Now that this was settled she had to get Paul to cultivate with her again.
Achieving that was much easier than she thought since Paul also wanted to cultivate with her again.
After his first time, his libido hit the roof and it didn't take long before Fei Fei's moans could be heard from her tent.
This time however Paul held out way longer making her come which made her release her Yin Qi before he filled her up with his Yang Qi again.
Fei Fei was pleasantly surprised by this development and advised Paul to cultivate right after they finished to absorb as much of her Yin Qi as he could before it went to waste.
He did as she instructed and started to cultivate right then and there while she went to Find Anna since they wanted to cultivate together by the nearby stream and take a bath right after that.
She found Anna sitting in a daze under a tree not far away from the camp.
-Little sister, what's wrong?
She asked coming closer to her.
-Did you do it already?
Anna asked and blushed.
-Yes and now we can cultivate together.
Fei Fei said with a smile.
Her words made the girl sad.
-Why the long face?
She asked seeing the younger woman in such a depressed state.
-I just don't know how to react to all of this.
Three days ago I was starving on the street and now I have everything I could ask for.
The worst part in all of this is that I think I have fallen in love with Paul but now you are here and I'm practically useless to him as a slave or a woman.
I don't even dare to go and sleep with him despite having him right next to me.
Anna said with tears in her eyes.
Fei Fei understood that her little sister had a lot of grievances and needed to get them out of her system.
The one time she cried the day before seemed to not be enough.
Seeing Anna in such a state Fei Fei came to her and hugged her.
-It will be alright little sister and you are not useless, Master just wants to give you time to decide for yourself and I'm more than certain that he would love to have you as his woman and not only because of your physique.
-Then why don't I see it in his behavior or even in his voice?
Anna sobbed.
-That's because he doesn't want to influence your decision, which in my eyes makes him very special.
Fei Fei admitted.
-Anna, believe me, If it was any other man that knew about your physique then you would stop being a virgin long ago, whether you like it or not.
So stop putting yourself down over it.
As for your love for him, it is quite hard to not fall for such a caring and handsome guy especially since he saved you more than once.
But it is just like he said the decision is yours to make since this will impact your life for a very long time.
Fei Fei tried her best to comfort the girl.
-There is more to this Big sister.
Anna said hugging her.
-I don't know how to get over the fact that I can't have him for myself.
In our world, it was not normal for a man to have more than one wife and I always thought that any man I chose would be only mine.
-Ahh little sister, this is not your world and if you want my advice then as long as he loves you and respects you as his woman it doesn't matter how many others he has around him, and from what I have seen till now, he has the potential to have a lot of women fall in love with him without him even trying..
This is just the kind of person he is.
They both talked for the rest of the evening forgetting about the cultivation and Fei Fei managed to solve most of Anna's issues before they went to sleep in Paul's arms.