Xiao Yu

"Who are you calling small? How am I small?" Xiao Yu was like a kitten with its fur standing on end when she heard that. She jumped onto Xiao Se from behind and started scratching him wildly.

Feeling the softness on his back and the faint body fragrance emanating from the girl, Xiao Se blushed and sighed, "It is indeed not small."

"You!" When Xiao Yu heard Xiao Se's hint, she felt both happy and ashamed, and an alluring blush instantly appeared on her pretty face.

Xiao Se, being smart, quickly changed the subject before the awkward atmosphere arose, "Xiao Yu, what's the matter with you coming here?"

"What? Can't I come to see you if nothing's going on?" Xiao Yu let go of Xiao Se and scolded.

"Of course, you're welcome anytime," Xiao Se said with a smile.

It's quite funny how the two met.

When Xiao Se first returned to the Xiao family, Xiao Yu's grandfather, who was also the eldest elder of the Xiao family, introduced the two with the intention of bringing them closer.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu resisted violently, mistakenly thinking that her grandfather wanted to arrange a marriage for the two of them. Xiao Yu, who was naturally hot-tempered, refused to agree and made a lot of noise.

Xiao Se, having some free time, went about his own business and never took the initiative to look for her.

Until one day, when Xiao Se went to the back mountain of the Xiao family to find a place to practice, he met Xiao Yu, who was about to take off her clothes to bathe in the hot spring. Being familiar with the original work, he naturally knew that Xiao Yan would come to peek.

In order to prevent Xiao Yan from getting away with it, when Xiao Yu was about to take off her coat, Xiao Se came out and told her that Xiao Yan would come over to practice later, so if she wasn't afraid of being peeped at, she could go ahead and bathe.

Then, he turned and left.

Xiao Se didn't know what happened that day, but since then, Xiao Yu's attitude toward him changed 180 degrees, contrary to her usual behavior.

It even started to become vaguely ambiguous.

Xiao Yu walked to Xiao Se's bed, lay down without any consideration, and whispered softly, "Hey, little pervert, I'm going to take the Jia Nan College admissions exam tomorrow."

Xiao Se was slightly stunned, thinking to himself that it seemed in the original novel, Xiao Yu joined Jia Nan College around this time. He immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations, Jia Nan College is a famous school in the Douqi Continent."

"Will you go with me?" Xiao Yu stood up and looked at Xiao Se, asking in a pleading tone.

"Sister, the minimum enrollment requirement for Jia Nan College is the eighth level of Dou Qi. I only have the fifth level of Dou Qi, so I'm afraid I'll be thrown out before I even register." Xiao Se shrugged.

"You..." Xiao Yu heard this, her chest trembling with anger. "Stop pretending, I know you're hiding your strength. Your cultivation is at least at the ninth level of Dou Qi."

Xiao Se narrowed his eyes slightly, "How did you know?"

Xiao Yu, frightened by Xiao Se's gaze, said incoherently: "When you were practicing, I followed you from a distance and watched you secretly. Although I don't know why you want to hide your strength, don't worry, I haven't told anyone else."

Exhaling heavily, Xiao Se whispered, "Xiao Yu, if you still consider me your friend, I hope you can keep this secret for me. As for Jia Nan College, I will go there sooner or later, but not now."

"I understand," Xiao Yu lowered her head, looking a little disappointed. She smiled bitterly in her heart: Are we just friends?

Seeing Xiao Yu's lost look, Xiao Se added, "I will see you off on the day you leave."

"Yeah." Xiao Yu nodded slightly, with a smile on her lips. Perhaps to divert attention, Xiao Yu's beautiful eyes accidentally glanced at Xiao Se's half-open wardrobe, "Are you looking for something? Why is it so messy here?"

Xiao Se nodded and said perfunctorily: "I found some methods that can increase my cultivation speed. I want to find a scroll to record them."

"Is this okay? I happen to have a scroll that I haven't used yet." Xiao Yu took out a black scroll from the ring and raised her hand slightly.

Xiao Se's eyes lit up, he took the scroll from Xiao Yu's hand, stood on tiptoe, and couldn't help but kiss her on the forehead, then hugged her, "Xiao Yu, thank you."

"You little..." Xiao Yu started to say something, but finally swallowed the word "pervert." She quietly enjoyed Xiao Se's embrace.

As evening approached, Xiao Se returned to the stone chamber in the cave again.

Looking at the black scroll on the stone platform, Xiao Se had a faint smirk on his face. The scroll was filled with pictures of young men and women, naked and doing all kinds of strange actions, such as an old man pushing a cart, sitting on a lotus etc.

Xiao Se touched his chin and nodded with satisfaction, "Such a valuable secret book, I think I should be able to exchange it for a good martial arts method!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Se rolled up the scroll.

"System, help me exchange it," Xiao Se shouted in his mind.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a copy of the nameless technique in Xiao Yan's ring.]

Hearing the words "nameless technique," Xiao Se's eyes lit up, "Nameless technique... could it be the Flame Mantra?"

He hurriedly opened the black scroll, and after a quick glance, Xiao Se took a cold breath in his heart. This black scroll was none other than the Flame Mantra that the old Yao Lao gave to Xiao Yan in the original novel.

Xiao Se's mouth curled up slightly, forming a strange arc, and he smacked his lips in his heart, "I really don't know what Xiao Yan's expression will be when he sees the skills turned into a pornographic picture. Doesn't this count as stealing Xiao Yan's opportunity?"

But soon, Xiao Se put this idea behind him. Even if the scroll of the technique was gone, Yao Lao would definitely remember such an important thing clearly.

Forcibly suppressing his impatience for the Flame Mantra, Xiao Se put it away.

Now that he has the skills and the Qi Gathering Powder, he can focus on breaking through to the Fighter level.

Having made up his mind, Xiao Se took out the Qi Gathering Powder from his arms but did not take it immediately.

He took a deep breath, sat down cross-legged, and began to adjust his body.

The Qi Gathering Powder was hard to come by. If one failed, not only would one Qi Gathering Powder be wasted, but one's cultivation would also drop from the ninth level of Dou Qi to the eighth level.

If his cultivation level declines due to his eagerness for quick success, he would probably not forgive himself, so he had to be cautious.

An hour later, Xiao Se finally adjusted his physical condition to its peak.

"Next, it's time to take the Qi Gathering Powder and prepare to break through to the Fighter level." Xiao Se smiled and took out the Qi Gathering Powder from his storage belt.