Mental Cultivation Method? Multiply by Ten!

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Jiang Fu's face was a little red.

He was just about to speak.

Then he saw Shi Jiu's soft, delicate body sliding down along the smooth back of the seat.

So he quickly reached out, wrapped his arms around her shoulders and the crook of her knees, and pulled her back up.

Shi Jiu's pale pink lips were pressed together slightly.

Her gaze stayed fixed on her phone screen.

She didn't show anything unusual.

Except that her in-game hero had been solo-killed by the enemy support.

Jiang Fu let out a small sigh of relief.

A little embarrassed, he said, "Uncle, head to Blue Shore Manor Residential Area."

Go home first.

Take a shower, properly relax those tense nerves.

Worry about everything else tomorrow.

Li Dazhi's eyes lit up slightly.

Blue Shore Manor Residential Area—one of the top Martial Artist residential areas among Bin City's nine districts!

Without another word, he floored the gas.

The car shot forward instantly.

Inside the car.

Due to inertia.

Shi Jiu's limp body first lurched backward.

Then pitched forward.

Jiang Fu scrambled a bit.

The hands he'd just pulled away reached out again to steady Shi Jiu.

When he looked up again.

He happened to meet Li Dazhi's gaze in the rearview mirror.

Li Dazhi winked at Jiang Fu suggestively.

Then he yanked the wheel.

Shi Jiu, who had just barely settled into her seat, was thrown straight into Jiang Fu's arms.

At that moment.

Shi Jiu finally lifted her eyes from the phone screen.

"Driver Uncle, can you drive a little steadier?"

There was a hint of helplessness in Shi Jiu's tone.

Li Dazhi put on an innocent face: "Hey, little miss, the road conditions are bad on this stretch—cut me some slack."

As he spoke.

The car seemed to run over something, jostling lightly.

Jiang Fu instinctively hugged Shi Jiu.

Shi Jiu let out a resigned sigh.

She'd been held by him the whole ride anyway.

A little more wouldn't make a difference.

But still...

Riding in this car really wasn't as comfortable as being held by Jiang Fu.

Thinking that, she unconsciously curled deeper into Jiang Fu's arms.

She didn't even realize she'd done it.

The taxi sped along.

Soon they were back in the city center.

They stopped at the entrance of Blue Shore Manor Residential Area.

"Uncle, how much? I'll transfer it to you!"

"And the fare from this afternoon too!"

As she spoke.

Jiang Fu took out his phone.

On the way back, he had already linked his phone to his bank card account

and activated payment and social apps.

He'd added all of Shi Jiu's contact info.

Li Dazhi quickly waved his hands, "No need, no need!"

"You two young classmates study hard, train hard, and kill a few more Mutated Beasts in the future!"

"Back then, my wife... ah, let's not talk about it!"

As he spoke, a trace of sorrow flickered in Li Dazhi's eyes.

Jiang Fu seemed to understand something.

He nodded. "Alright then."

"By the way, uncle, that was my phone number just now—contact me if anything comes up!"

Li Dazhi's eyes lit up. "Got it!"

That was exactly what he was waiting for!

He quickly pulled out his phone and saved Jiang Fu's number.

Jiang Fu carried Shi Jiu as he stood at the entrance of Blue Shore Manor Residential Area.

He watched the taxi drive off and couldn't help but sigh. "The driver uncle is a good man."

Shi Jiu rested her head on Jiang Fu's shoulder.

She closed her eyes. "It'd be even better if the car drove a little smoother."

Night had already fallen.

Jiang Fu used his Spirit Power to open the villa's front door.

The pitch-black villa instantly lit up brightly.

Jiang Fu set Shi Jiu down on the living room sofa.

Shi Jiu stared at the marble coffee table in front of her, which looked like it had been cleaved in two by a single blade, and was slightly lost in thought.

"This is your home?"

Jiang Fu nodded.

The next moment, a very strange, hard-to-describe expression appeared on Shi Jiu's face.

"The third floor... is your room?"

Hearing the words 'third floor,'

a certain not-so-pleasant memory instantly surfaced in Jiang Fu's mind.

He couldn't help but dry heave.

No way!

He'd killed the man, he'd killed the Mutated Beast!

But he still couldn't handle Guo Xiaofeng's room.

Guo Xiaofeng was scarier than a Mutated Beast!

No, tomorrow he'd have to hire a housekeeper to clean that terrifying room.

Then slap a seal on it!

Jiang Fu suppressed the discomfort in his heart.

He pointed to the Maid's Room at the turn of the stairs.

"That's my room."

"Some parasites used to live here before, and I was already planning to kick them out."

Shi Jiu scanned the Maid's Room, which was barely better than a storage closet, with her telekinesis.

She was a little stunned.

Then she changed the subject.

"The thing you want is in the box inside the Storage Badge."

Jiang Fu was taken aback at first, then immediately caught on.

A Spirit Power cultivation method.

He quickly took out the Storage Badge.

His Spirit Power probed inside.

There were two suitcases in there.

One was packed with snacks.

The other held undergarments.

Jiang Fu pulled both suitcases out.

And set them in front of Shi Jiu.

Shi Jiu looked at the two suitcases, already closed and latched.

Only then did she realize what was happening.

She couldn't help but blush.

She hastily released a thread of psychic force.

Probing into the suitcase with the undergarments.

From the innermost hidden compartment, she took out a thin booklet.

And placed it in front of Jiang Fu.

"Star Gazing Chart on a Rainy Night?"

Jiang Fu read the cover aloud on instinct.

A rainy night... and you can still see stars?

Are there even stars?

But soon.

Jiang Fu caught on.

This was a Spirit Power cultivation method.

Naturally, it couldn't be explained by common sense.

So he habitually sat down beside Shi Jiu.

And opened the booklet in his hands.

The Star Gazing Chart on a Rainy Night contained nine illustrations.

There was very little text.

Most of it was annotations for those nine illustrations.

As for the nine pictures themselves...

...he couldn't understand them.

He couldn't understand them at all.

They looked like a mess of chaotic lines.

Yet they seemed to be depicting something.

Just as Jiang Fu was scratching his head in frustration.

Shi Jiu's body tilted.

Sliding along the back of the sofa, she leaned against Jiang Fu's shoulder.

Her voice, tinged with drowsiness, sounded.

"There are no stars on a rainy night, so you can't use your eyes to look."

As she spoke.

She let out a soft yawn.

Hearing this, Jiang Fu set the booklet aside.

Then he put the suitcases back into the Storage Badge.

And tucked the Storage Badge into Shi Jiu's pants pocket.

After doing all that.

Jiang Fu scooped Shi Jiu up in his arms. "The poison in you hasn't been neutralized yet. I'll take you to rest."

On the second floor of the villa.

Besides the master bedroom of Guo Fangdong and Ge Yanxia.

There was a secondary bedroom on the other side, along with a few guest rooms.

After a pause, Jiang Fu spoke again. "Do you want to take a shower first?"

Shi Jiu's expression was complicated. "You're going to wash me?"

Jiang Fu's face reddened.

"Cough... let's talk about that once you can move."

He couldn't help but glance at Shi Jiu's slender, fair hands.

Throughout this journey.

Those hands had snatched who knows how many pentakills and shattered just as many crystals.

But.

For now, Shi Jiu's body was still limp.

It seemed only her hands had recovered.

Jiang Fu carried Shi Jiu to the secondary bedroom on the second floor.

The room was unoccupied.

It had been kept clean by the original Jiang Fu.

Neat and tidy, with no strange odors.

Jiang Fu laid Shi Jiu on the soft bed and tucked her in.

"Get some sleep first. Call me if you need anything."

With that, he left the room.

Shi Jiu put down her phone.

Her large, distinct black-and-white eyes stared blankly at the closed door.

Jiang Fu didn't go back to the Maid's Room to torture himself.

Instead, he headed to the guest bedroom next door.

Even a guest bedroom here was larger than the master bedroom in an ordinary home.

It even had a bathroom and a bathtub.

Jiang Fu filled the tub with hot water.

And sank his whole body into it.

He draped a towel over his head and let out a heavy sigh.

Then.

His Spirit Power stirred slightly.

He probed into the first chapter of the already-opened "Star Gazing Chart on a Rainy Night."

His Spirit Power repeatedly studied the pattern—seemingly chaotic, yet clearly meant to convey something.

In the end, he confirmed.

...He still couldn't understand it.

No clue at all.

"Is it because my comprehension is too poor?"

Jiang Fu pondered for a moment.

Then muttered under his breath.

"Speed multiplied by ten, lasting ten minutes!"

"Speed multiplied by ten, lasting ten minutes!"

"Speed multiplied by ten, lasting ten minutes!"