Accompanying a Teacher is Like Accompanying a Tiger

The mountain wind rushed by, drying the sweat on his palms.

Don't stop?

What terrible dialogue!

But spoken in master's deep, queenly voice, it carried an imposing, unyielding, and icy aura, devoid of any playfulness.

Xiao Ran deeply understood that accompanying his master was like accompanying a tiger.

It was only natural to think so.

The strong always seek limitless things, like Wu Meiniang, and his master was no exception.

Fortunately, although Xiao Ran's hands were aching, he still had to continue his filial piety experiment.

And his master's body was relaxed, soft to the touch, and not particularly uncomfortable to knead.

Xiao Ran resolutely let go and said frankly:

"Disciple's strength is weak, can I change positions to knead?"

Ling Zhouyue closed her eyes and took a sip of wine.

"As you wish."

Xiao Ran carefully moved to his master's front.

He found a stable spot for his left foot on a tree root, and rested his right foot on a low branch.

For him, observing a big shot in the cultivation world at such close range was a first, not to mention that this was a woman.

Her long eyebrows were like swords, growing naturally without any trimming.

Her eyelashes were long, but lacked care, not very curled, and slightly messy.

There was no charming beauty between her brows, but a kind of free and easy, great beauty.

Her skin was extremely white, with some faint green leaf marks, probably picked up while flying through the jungle.

Her hair looked rough from afar, but was extremely smooth up close, only appearing rough because it was covered with leaves, branches, grass, and ash.

She is a woman after all...

Xiao Ran sighed inwardly.

Suddenly, he heard his master's cold voice:

"What are you looking at?"

As a transmigrator, Xiao Ran wasn't so easily intimidated.

"Disciple wants to remember master's appearance."

Ling Zhouyue was puzzled.

"Then why did you stop?"

Ah, this...

Xiao Ran had to confess honestly.

"Disciple's hands are sore, and I want to rest for a while."

He is a mortal after all.

Ling Zhouyue sighed, pinching her fingers: "This master will give you some spiritual power to ensure that you can knead all day without your hands getting sore."

You really don't treat your disciple like an outsider!

Xiao Ran resolutely refused her kindness.

"No need, this is also part of disciple's cultivation."

Cultivation...

Ling Zhouyue's eyes twitched slightly. She confirmed Xiao Ran's Heaven Rank trash aptitude again, and then breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to be profound and saying:

"In the end of days era, all living beings suffer. Everyone has their own pressures, even this master is unwell. You must not complain about sore hands again."

Then, with a nonchalant air, Ling Zhouyue stretched her legs straight towards Xiao Ran.

The movement was extremely natural.

And this is someone who's supposedly unwell?

Xiao Ran made no comment.

"Yes."

Even if his hands ached, he had to continue.

Although his master was detached from the world and had a bit of a tomboyish temperament, she was still a woman after all, and Xiao Ran knew his limits.

First of all, a woman's feet were absolutely off-limits, especially since his relationship with his master wasn't like Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, or Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian.

That filial piety would become perverted, and how would he earn filial piety points? Secondly, a woman's thighs were also off-limits, as he might accidentally touch the root of her thigh, which could lead to immediate execution, making it even more dangerous.

With these thoughts in mind, Xiao Ran gently lifted his master's long legs, covered by her wide robe, and repeatedly tapped the area an inch above and below her knees.

The rhythm was neither fast nor slow, and the strength was just right.

Ling Zhouyue's deliberately profound expression quickly relaxed, her eyebrows smoothed out, and along with the gentle mountain breeze, ripples of rhythm arose.

She didn't expect that this disciple she had casually picked up would be so perceptive, seemingly abrupt and rude, but actually very measured, and grasping the situation perfectly.

On Xiao Ran's side, the system had already chimed.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 filial piety point!]

As expected, his master's body still had value to be exploited! Suddenly, his hands didn't ache anymore, and he burst out with infinite energy in an instant, one section stronger than five, lasting so long it was outrageous, and he couldn't stop at all.

He massaged for more than an hour before the system chimed a second time.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 filial piety point!]

After that, Xiao Ran continued to massage for more than an hour.

Unfortunately, the system remained silent.

It seemed that seven filial piety points were close to his limit.

If he wanted to break through again, it might involve a central point and two basic aspects, an area that a disciple like him couldn't touch.

He guessed that, with his current level, the limit of filial piety points that he could gain from massaging his master was only ten.

Being able to squeeze out seven filial piety points was already quite good.

It just depended on whether he could continue tomorrow...

"That's it?"

Ling Zhouyue was still not satisfied, and seemed somewhat unfulfilled.

What do you mean, 'that's it'?

Xiao Ran felt like he had been drained dry.

Ling Zhouyue sighed, carrying a faint scent of wine.

"Alas... after all, you're just a mortal, and it's not easy to work so hard. Forget it, consider this your first step on the path of cultivation. Continue to work hard tomorrow, your master is going to sleep."

Xiao Ran could clearly hear the perfunctory tone in her voice, she was just short of belching from the wine.

Burying his head in hard work and keeping a low profile might not be suitable for dealing with this master.

Because she might really have no intention of teaching him...

Xiao Ran decided to test her.

"If master could teach disciple a little bit of cultivation technique, disciple would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Ling Zhouyue suddenly remembered her promise.

"A cultivation technique suitable for someone with all five elements, right... look at my memory."

Unfortunately, she thought for a long time, but couldn't find a cultivation technique suitable for a mortal to practice.

If a cultivation technique wouldn't work, she could only look for a mental cultivation method.

Suddenly, she remembered something and immediately took out a stack of incomplete cultivation method books from her wide collar.

"This is a cultivation method I created when I was young. It got burned on one side when I was warming myself by the fire at home. Now only this incomplete copy remains. Just make do with it."

Xiao Ran took it and looked at it. Good heavens, the heavy material and ancient font were more than a thousand years old.

Created by you, my ass! "What's this cultivation method called?"

"This is a cultivation method. Cultivation methods are the foundation of all techniques. The name of the cultivation method isn't important. Look, there's the word 'resonance' here, so just call it the Resonance Cultivation Method... It seems to be about comprehending the myriad things of heaven and earth or something."

"Seems to be?"

"Ahem, my cultivation is too high, so it's not suitable for me to practice this. It's been so long that I've become unfamiliar with it. You have a balanced five elements endowment, so theoretically you're very suitable for this cultivation method, and you don't need any cultivation base to try it. Even a mortal can try it."

"Really?" I don't believe it.

Xiao Ran looked like Luyu.

Ling Zhouyue furrowed her sword-like brows.

"I'm not lying to you this time. The lower your cultivation when you start practicing this cultivation method, the better. Don't use spiritual power, blend into the natural order, and comprehend the myriad things of heaven and earth. Even if you can't master it, it can strengthen your body and prolong your life."

Naturally, she wouldn't say that this was a cultivation method of hellish difficulty!

Not using spiritual power doesn't mean you don't need a cultivation base. On the contrary, this cultivation method has extremely high requirements for the practitioner's talent and temperament, so high that in the past thousand years, she has rarely seen anyone master it. Even she herself was only half-baked.

After speaking, she yawned, stretched lazily, jumped off the pine root, took a beautiful swig of wine, and walked towards the thatched hut.

Her lazy figure revealed a heroic bearing.

Xiao Ran was very tired and sat on the pine root to rest for a while.

The first day of cultivation was very different from the scenes he had imagined day and night for three years.

The sect was not the small sect he had imagined.

The master was not the proper master he had imagined.

The place of cultivation was not the secluded cave or famous mountain he had imagined, but a desolate mountain.

Fortunately, the mountain was high enough, with misty clouds in the distance, flocks of flying cranes, and the refreshing spiritual energy brought by the breeze...

It somewhat satisfied his expectations for a celestial land.

Now that the system had arrived, it had paved the way for him to become the ultimate master-licking dog.

As for the cultivation method his master had thrown at him, he had no expectations at all.

Bored, he flipped open the incomplete cultivation method book.

Sure enough...

As expected, he could understand every word, but when put together, he couldn't understand a single sentence.

Suddenly, the system rang.

[Detected Heaven Rank Cultivation Method - Myriad Resonance Incomplete Copy. Although this cultivation method is still in a sealed state in the store, the host now possesses the original incomplete copy. You only need to consume 10 Filial Piety Points to learn this cultivation method (Mortal Level).]

Heaven Rank Cultivation Method?

Sealed?

The tired Xiao Ran sat up in shock! He took a cold breath.

Amidst shock and excitement, he looked towards the thatched hut in the distance.

Is master actually doting on me?