Special Training

Si Jingyu's eyes narrowed. "So you're going to be ungrateful and help outsiders against my sister?"

"Well... Si Huaruo isn't exactly an outsider, is she? She's related to you by blood, and within three generations. If you two are of different genders, you can't get married! I promise this will be a fair and square duel, decided by force, without any underhanded tactics,"

"So, you're determined to help that little bitch go after my sister?"

Si Jingyu immediately changed her tone, flicking her sleeves and sitting diagonally on the bed. In a mournful, plaintive voice, she said, "Heavens! What have I done wrong to deserve this? Am I destined to be abandoned by everyone, to have a short and Beauty life? The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and longevity. Heaven and earth! You who bully the weak and fear the strong, have also gone along with this. Alas, all I have left are tears streaming down my face."

Si Ming couldn't help but complain, "The second half doesn't make sense. You seem to be on the side of enjoying wealth and luxury, not poverty, right? Besides, Si Shuiyun will definitely stay by your side; she'll never end up isolated and abandoned by everyone."

Si Jingyu pouted, then lay back on the bed, flailing her arms and kicking her legs, yelling, "I don't care! I don't care! I don't care! Why am I always the one who suffers? You have to pay me back! You have to pay me back! You have to pay me back!"

Holy crap, sis, your persona has completely collapsed!

On the day of the funeral, where was the Lineage leader who, dressed in pristine white, sat on the platform, effortlessly resolving the difficulties posed by numerous enemies, remaining unfazed even in the face of imminent collapse? Where was the composed and wise man we knew?

Do you live up to that image of a man in flowing Baiyi?

Si Jingyu moved so violently that her skirt was lifted up, revealing glimpses of her skin, while her chest rose and fell in waves.

Si Ming, mindful of not looking at indecent things, and especially worried about being used against him, quickly said, "I give up, I've lost. Tell me, what do you want me to do for you to back down?"

Si Jingyu immediately stopped what she was doing, revealing a victorious smile, and said, "Sigh, what can I do? I'm the older sister, it's my responsibility to be considerate of my younger brother. I won't make things difficult for you. I heard you've learned the 'Ice Silkworm Heavenly Net Hand' martial art?"

"Uh, this seems to have happened this morning. You haven't been having someone spying on me all this time, have you?" Si Ming asked suspiciously.

"Cough cough cough! This is your older sister's concern, worried that you'll be bullied, how can you call it spying?"

Si Jingyu looked slightly guilty, coughed a few times as if to appear serious, and then quickly changed the subject. "In short, I reluctantly agree to your help to Si Huaruo, but you can't favor the younger sister over the older one. Being too biased won't do. I need someone to use the alternating ice and fire finger techniques to massage and stimulate acupoints to speed up the recovery of my injuries. Fortunately, you know the corresponding martial arts, so I'll have to trouble you with everything."

"Well, men and women shouldn't touch each other. What if someone misunderstands..."

"You wouldn't refuse such a small thing, would you, dear brother!"

"Yes, leave it to me. Authentic blind massage, I'll make you feel right at home!"

Si Shuiyun was patrolling outside the courtyard wall when she suddenly heard a faint moan. Her spirited face flushed slightly. "Who is so shameless in broad daylight?"

She took a few steps, then suddenly a question arose in her mind, "Hmm, why does that voice sound so much like the young lady's? Haha, I'm so confused. How could the young lady make such a voice, and the person she's sharing a room with right now is...?"

Si Shuiyun changed instantly. She used her lightness skill to rush into the room, pounding on the door and shouting in panic, "Sikong Ming, you shameless lecher! I'll tear you to pieces! Release the young lady! If you have a problem, come at me!"

The following day, a rumor about Si Ming and his servant began to circulate in the Water Mirror Manor.

Chapter 314 Special Training

On a small island in Weiyang Lake, Si Ming and Si Huaruo were undergoing special training.

"The Lingering Lotus Breaking the Waves!"

Si Huaruo activated her Divine Arts, causing the water below to whirlpool and lock Si Ming's feet in place, while a water lily bloomed above, descending upon him.

Si Ming remained calm and composed. He gripped the water with his toes, generating a burst of energy that temporarily freed him from the whirlpool's hold. Then, he lightly touched the water's surface with his toes, making a soft rustling sound, and swam sideways outwards, brushing past the water lilies. This was the Spirit Crab Step.

"The Water Moon Mirror Shatters!"

Si Ming stretched out his arms, reached out and grabbed, then flipped his arms into a grabbing stance. As his body swayed, a powerful spiral force erupted, stirring the nearby water and condensing it into a giant drill that charged forward head-on.

Si Huaruo's expression changed slightly. She took three steps back, then divided her True Qi in two, concealing one part and transforming the other into divine power, pointing it towards a point on the ground.

"The Hundred Gods Sacrifice Six Courtyard!"

A towering stone wall rose from the ground, like a dam blocking the flow of water, obstructing Si Ming's path.

But in the next instant, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the stone wall, rapidly expanding and growing larger before shattering with a crash.

Si Huaruo was prepared for this. She activated her hidden True Qi and used the Hundred Beasts Illusory Dance Palm to stir up the flowing water in all directions, transforming it into ferocious beasts and birds such as giant pythons, lions, eagles, and sharks, firmly locking onto the cave entrance in the stone wall, ready to unleash a thunderous attack.

However, after the stone wall shattered, no one rushed out. Si Huaruo was slightly startled, but by the time she realized what had happened, it was too late.

"You lost again. This time I didn't rely on my physical abilities to win. I performed at my normal level, at least Si... Sister could do that."

Si Ming withdrew his hand from Si Huaruo's back; in a formal fight, that palm strike would have severely injured Si Huaruo.

"It was my carelessness. When I saw you use the Spirit Crab Steps, I should have anticipated that you might try to take a detour, but I was too eager to decide the outcome."

Si Huaruo sighed, quickly composed herself, and summarized the lessons learned.

Si Ming calmed his breathing and said, "In terms of Cultivation Body alone, you are not much inferior to your sister. It's a pity that you lack practical combat experience and are too rigid in your approach to moves and routines. If it were a formal duel, your chances of winning would be less than 40%."

Although Si Huaruo's mother failed to win the position of clan leader and became a loser, she still belonged to the main branch of the Si Clan. According to the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" division, she was second only to the clan leader's lineage. She was a prominent and powerful person in the Water Mirror Manor. Although Si Jingyu did not take her seriously, she actually belonged to the top 10%.

As the only daughter of an elder, Si Huaruo suffered ostracism as a child because of her hair color, but her status and position were undeniable, and others dared not provoke her once they grew up. As for stepping outside the circle of aristocratic Aristocratic Clan, in the eyes of commoners, she was someone whose noble status would not be dared to offend.

Therefore, Si Huaruo did not have the experience of fighting against various Demon Beast and powerful figures like Si Ming. Her martial arts competitions were mainly sparring sessions, stopping short of a fight. The only real life-or-death battle she had was probably the one time she fought against Anomalies creature. As for the setbacks she thought she had experienced, they were actually overcome under the care of her elders. After all, she was a young genius second only to Si Jingyu. If she had been born into another Aristocratic Clan, she would have been groomed as the next generation's successor.

There is a significant difference between a martial artist who has experienced life and death and one who has not.

"But Si Jingyu also lacks practical experience."

"But she's smart. Defeating a Nascent Spirit Transformation expert isn't something you can do with brute force alone. Of course, you're not stupid either, but intelligence and combat wisdom are two different things. Some people are very smart and can easily solve advanced math and physics problems, but when they fight, their brains turn into mush, and they can't even do basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division."

Although she knew in her heart that she was still inferior to the other person, Si Huaruo couldn't help but feel resentful at being looked down upon by someone she cared about.

"The martial arts insights I gained that night, inspired by the scene, haven't been fully digested yet. By the time of the final battle, my strength will definitely have reached another level."

"I only considered your chances of winning to be 40% because I factored in that potential; otherwise, it would be even lower."