Park Su hesitated and said, "But you are not a normal person. How can I compare with you?"
Xu Nuo immediately responded, "Since you say I'm not a normal person, and you asked me, this abnormal person, for help, how can you be sure I can't teach you?
As you said, I'm an abnormal person. I don't care about doing things normal people can do. I only enjoy doing things that abnormal people can do.
So, are you going to learn or not? If not, leave early and don't waste my time."
Park Su was reluctant to leave. For him, this was a great opportunity. If he could really use mental power, wouldn't he be similar to a mental power user? Mental power users had extremely powerful attack abilities, much stronger than his wood-based abilities. So he quickly approached and said flatteringly, "I'm not doubting your ability. I'm just doubting my intelligence. I'm afraid I won't learn well and ruin your reputation."
After saying this, he was worried Xu Nuo would find him stupid and not teach him, so he added, "But I believe you can definitely teach me. What should I do now? Tell me, and I'll do it immediately. If I don't get it right the first time, I'll do it twice. I won't ruin your reputation."
Xu Nuo didn't bother with his nonsense. He mainly worried that if they dragged on too long, they would miss the show outside. Ignoring Park Su's chatter, he directly said, "Close your eyes, slowly circulate your spiritual energy—um, your wood-based abilities. Slowly guide the energy to flow through your body and then concentrate it in your mind. When you feel the energy is concentrated enough, find a direction and slowly expand these abilities outward. Remember, don't expand with an attack purpose, but gently and softly probe outward."
Park Su immediately followed his instructions. He did well in the first part, but when it came to the second part, he couldn't manage to expand his abilities outward to observe the situation outside.
As a result of his energy spreading, the plants in the yard grew significantly, though Park Su was unaware of this. Xu Nuo, standing beside him, felt the gentle green light emanating from Park Su's energy, which was a source of life energy.
Although Xu Nuo did not absorb it, he still felt very comfortable. His previously tired body, from guarding them with full concentration, instantly felt refreshed.
Experiencing Park Su's energy, Xu Nuo squinted his eyes. It seemed that Park Su's life energy had become purer. This breakthrough increased Park Su's abilities, but for Xu Nuo, it was also a kind of enhancement.
Now, Park Su's cultivation was only at the third stage. If he continued to cultivate beside Xu Nuo, he might not need to rest all night and could cultivate together with Park Su. This would significantly speed up his Taoist cultivation compared to when he cultivated alone.
Xu Nuo wondered if Park Su's higher-level cultivation would help others' cultivation and if it would provide additional assistance to his own cultivation.
More importantly, he realized that perhaps because of the energy Park Su emitted, he felt more inclined to be close to Park Su.
Every time Park Su released such energy, Xu Nuo found him more pleasing to the eye. He understood that his willingness to be close to Park Su was not only because of his simple personality but also because his energy made people feel close.
This kind of energy made others have a good and harmless first impression of Park Su. But who knows if, in the future, many people would want to possess Park Su for this reason.
Thinking about this, he paused. Did he want to possess him?
While he was lost in thought, Park Su was unaware and kept trying, but unfortunately, he failed several times and felt a bit discouraged.
He opened his eyes and looked at Xu Nuo, about to complain, but noticed Xu Nuo's fox-like eyes looking at him with a slanted gaze. His heart skipped a beat, and his ears turned red.
He quickly coughed to adjust his mindset and sought Xu Nuo's help again. Xu Nuo had already come to his senses when Park Su's eyes met his.
He knew his gaze had been a bit inappropriate, but he didn't want to look away. Unexpectedly, Park Su blushed first.
Indeed, this young man always gave him unexpected reactions, and these reactions were always surprisingly cute.
Listening to Park Su's complaints, Xu Nuo guessed some of the issues and guided him to try again slowly, but unfortunately, he failed again.
Seeing Park Su's frustrated look, Xu Nuo frowned, thought for a moment, and then placed his hand on Park Su's wrist. In a low voice, he said in Park Su's ear,
"Close your eyes, relax your body, and carefully feel the path of my energy flowing through your body, as well as the force when I release the energy outward. The most important thing is to concentrate your mental power and not get distracted."
Park Su had been close to Xu Nuo before, but that was when Xu Nuo was unconscious, and he had initiated it. Since Xu Nuo woke up, he had not actively approached him.
He was always teased by Xu Nuo's words and couldn't bring himself to get close. Later, he learned that the person he had saved was the powerful Xu Nuo he knew from his previous life, so he didn't dare to approach Xu Nuo easily and tried to please him more.
Although they still seemed as harmonious as before, Park Su was actually hesitant to make any physical gestures. Even when he wanted to act a bit spoiled, he would retreat or silently withdraw his hand whenever he faced Xu Nuo's teasing face.
But now, Xu Nuo took the initiative to grab him. Although Park Su knew it was because he needed to learn mental power cultivation from Xu Nuo and because he was too slow to learn from verbal instructions alone, he couldn't deny that when Xu Nuo's warm hand touched his wrist, he felt his face heat up. Especially when Xu Nuo whispered in his ear, it made him even more flustered.
It was the first time he realized how sensually pleasing Xu Nuo's voice was. His already red ears turned even redder, almost instantly flushing down to his collarbone.
Fortunately, he soon felt a cool energy flowing from Xu Nuo. He immediately calmed his mind, reminding himself not to be swayed by Xu Nuo's charm. Xu Nuo was not someone he could covet. He needed to focus on learning how to use mental power.
To completely rid himself of this awkwardness, he reminded himself that this was a rare opportunity. He was already labeled as fussy by Xu Nuo, and if he got labeled as stupid and clumsy, his favorability would plummet.
Moreover, he had no right to think about anything else. With his mediocre abilities, it was already difficult to survive the apocalypse with his mother. What right did he have to think about anything else?
In his previous life, others relied on him, but he couldn't hold on. In this life, relying on others, how far could he go?
Feeling a bit sad, he refocused his attention on the energy Xu Nuo was transmitting, slowly circulating his own abilities.
Following Xu Nuo's energy, he gradually released it and concentrated his mental power. Soon, he could see a meter away from himself.
The clearest thing, of course, was Xu Nuo standing beside him. He couldn't help but notice Xu Nuo, who was the most observable person around. Even though he had warned himself, Xu Nuo was too conspicuous. He felt that even if he didn't mean it, he couldn't be deprived of the right to admire a handsome guy.
Secretly observing Xu Nuo was much better than directly facing him. He believed Xu Nuo didn't know he was observing him. Since Xu Nuo always teased him, he naturally wanted to take this opportunity to look at him more.
As he observed, he couldn't help but think to himself, Xu Nuo's skin wasn't as fair as his, but it was much smoother, and his muscle lines were much better.
Despite his recent training and collecting supplies, his muscles were only slightly firm, while Xu Nuo, who stayed at home without much exercise, had such solid muscles!
The most annoying thing was that Xu Nuo had a pair of charming fox-like eyes, but he didn't look feminine at all. Instead, he was more masculine than himself, completely his type.
His almond-shaped eyes were always called cute, and as a child, his mother dressed him like a girl. Comparing himself to others was frustrating!
He didn't dare to make a move on Xu Nuo, and even looking at him more made him timid. Even if he didn't have any intentions, he felt shy just admiring Xu Nuo. He felt useless.
But he couldn't blame himself. After learning that Xu Nuo was the powerful master Xu Nuo, he felt a sense of reverence and didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the strongest person around him. Moreover, Xu Nuo was always cold to outsiders but full of mischief.
Xu Nuo always came up with bad ideas and made him execute them. If he couldn't do it because of his soft heart, Xu Nuo would do it himself and then mock him. Recently, Xu Nuo had been teasing him more, making it hard for him to handle, let alone openly admiring a handsome guy. Since he wasn't a lovesick person, he decided not to look.