The long-legged beauty living next door was indeed cultivating.
Han Shuangjiang had just completed one cycle of circulating her energy when she once again heard Chu Huai Xu's heart-wrenching screams from next door.
Breaking through three acupoints in a row had caused the pain to compound.
If the pain of the first breakthrough had been like a motorcycle running over his entire body, and the second like a motorcycle carrying a passenger running over his entire body, then this time, after rising three levels in one go, it was practically a taxi.
Han Shuangjiang immediately sprang up. Although she knew it was because of his cultivation method, she still instinctively walked outside his Bamboo House, wanting to check on him.
When she reached the door, she hesitated instead.
A few seconds later, perhaps having heard the footsteps outside, Chu Huai Xu's hoarse and feeble voice came from inside.
"I-I'm fine, huff— It's just that my cultivation method broke through."
He was not even wearing his outer robe. Cold sweat covered his body, and he had practically been cultivating naked on the meditation mat.
Chu Huai Xu had a lean, lightly muscled build. He was the kind who looked slim in clothes but muscular without them, without the overly bulky muscles.
Now that his body was covered in sweat, the light made his muscle lines even more pronounced.
He had discovered that after cultivating the "Sword Refining Art," his physical strength kept increasing. It truly was like Body Tempering.
But he did not seem to be taking the route of becoming a huge musclehead. No frighteningly oversized muscles had appeared on his body.
"Good. It's good that you're fine." The girl's voice came from outside, still as cold as ever, hardly sounding concerned at all.
But for someone so young to already have a mature-sounding voice was quite remarkable.
Han Shuangjiang returned to her own room and continued cultivating.
She had not expected Chu Huai Xu to break through again so quickly.
"Has he already opened his third acupoint?"
"I have to work twice as hard too. I don't want him to leave me behind." That was what she thought.
Only after hearing Han Shuangjiang's departing footsteps did Chu Huai Xu lie on the ground and loudly gasp, "Hiss—huff—hiss—huff!"
He had stubbornly held on out of pride just now, figuring that she should be unable to hear him by then.
Although he had prepared himself mentally before leveling up, he had still gone black before his eyes and nearly fainted again.
"Rather than advancing one level at a time and suffering three times, I might as well endure it all at once. Better to suffer intense pain briefly than mild pain for a long time." Chu Huai Xu had already started to give up on resisting.
The result was that his entire body was still twitching uncontrollably.
He continued twitching for quite a while before gradually adapting.
Chu Huai Xu stood up and struck forward with the first form of the "Jiligu Lu Eight Trigrams Palm."
Waves of palm wind filled the room, far more fierce and domineering than before!
"Impressive!" he exclaimed in amazement.
Although the "Sword Refining Art" resembled a Heretical Cultivation Technique and the entire cultivation process was deadly painful, its path of Internal and External Cultivation was quite powerful, making him practically invincible among cultivators in the Aperture Opening Stage.
"This situation actually suits my cheat-like control over my body perfectly." Chu Huai Xu thought to himself.
At that moment, he suddenly felt deeply regretful.
"If I had been this powerful back in the Dungeon, how great would that have been?"
"The sound of Liu Chengqi's ribs cracking was wonderful." He still savored the memory.
At this thought, Chu Huai Xu suddenly remembered, "Han Shuangjiang hasn't completely mastered the Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon yet, has she?"
"I'll personally teach her when I have some free time."
He opened his Character Panel and checked his remaining Experience Points.
He had 136 freely distributable Experience Points left, nowhere near enough to open his Sixth Acupoint.
By nightfall, Chu Huai Xu finally got to eat a meal personally prepared by Han Shuangjiang.
"It tastes great." He praised it.
Perhaps that sounded too perfunctory, so he proceeded to praise every dish in detail.
"That should make her more enthusiastic about cooking, right?" The extraordinarily skilled cook planned to remain hidden forever and firmly refused to wash even the dishes.
Han Shuangjiang merely gave a slight nod on the surface, but after receiving his approval, she still felt somewhat pleased.
After the meal, Chu Huai Xu simply patted his bottom and left.
The cold-faced housekeeper showed no emotion either, silently cleaning up his bowls and chopsticks as well.
The two could not exactly be said to be living together, but their days did resemble those of roommates sharing a place.
Watching her back as she cleared the table, Chu Huai Xu noticed that when Han Shuangjiang bent over, her full, pert buttocks stretched her dress taut. The breadth of her hips became even more pronounced, making her look plump and rounded.
Combined with those straight, slender legs, he imagined that she would look stunning in a qipao or a stepmother dress.
But he was not stirred in the slightest. He merely sent an Information Scan toward her buttocks.
"Her third acupoint is already open?" Chu Huai Xu gnashed his teeth in envy.
He guessed that not only was Han Shuangjiang's Spiritual Embryo Attribute at maximum, but her Comprehension might also be extremely high.
If a normal person's body did not need a short period to adapt after opening an acupoint, she would probably have broken through even faster!
A World Protagonist was truly terrifying.
After all sorts of twists and turns, both of them were tired that day and went to bed early.
The next day, dawn broke in the east.
Han Shuangjiang got up early and began cooking porridge, busying herself the entire time.
After they finished breakfast, Chu Huai Xu volunteered to teach her the Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon.
Of course, he would not be as lecherous as Liu Chengqi and teach her by putting his hands directly on her.
"This part really does need to sink a little lower." He pointed at Han Shuangjiang's slender waist, narrow enough to fit in one hand.
Although Chu Huai Xu's finger was still some distance away, the girl felt a ticklish warmth on her waist anyway.
Perhaps it was because the two of them were standing rather close.
"Come, I'll demonstrate it for you again." Chu Huai Xu began striking with his palms.
There was no need to learn the entire "Jiligu Lu Eight Trigrams Palm."
After all, he only needed it to break the Formation in the Scripture Pavilion, and he would not use it in actual combat very often.
Once he reached the First Realm, he would begin learning proper spells. Mortal martial arts were too useless to be worth investing much time in. In any case, he would reach the First Realm soon.
Han Shuangjiang's Comprehension was clearly very high.
After Chu Huai Xu taught her a few times and corrected her movements, she completely mastered it.
Moreover, the beauty's palm strikes were surprisingly pleasing to watch.
He began to understand why some girls online would clearly be recording anti-wolf techniques in their videos, yet netizens jokingly called them "the bandit's excitement fist."
Just then, an unwelcome group arrived at the Bamboo House.
The leader was none other than Liu Tianfeng, whose hair was half white.
Liu Chengqi and Liu Chenggong followed obediently behind him, forcing flattering smiles onto their faces.
A group of servants followed them as well, each carrying a gift box.
The items could easily have been stored in a storage ring, but when giving gifts, this presentation looked better.
Han Shuangjiang could not help glancing at Chu Huai Xu. She had not expected him to guess correctly.
Steward Liu had already figured it out. Since he had believed in their backgrounds, he had to build a good relationship with them.
An apology gift was one thing, while an offering was another.
"Steward Liu, what brings you here?" Chu Huai Xu asked knowingly, without even sparing Liu Chengqi another glance.
"Didn't this old man say yesterday that I would prepare a humble gift for my worthy nephew today? Naturally, I must keep my word." Liu Tianfeng smiled as he spoke.
But after seeing the two of them today, the old man felt that something seemed different about them.
When Liu Tianfeng swept them with his spiritual sense, he was stunned. This time, his change in expression was absolutely genuine.
"Worthy nephew, and this young lady as well—you've both broken through! Congratulations!"
Han Shuangjiang opening her third acupoint was one thing.
But Chu Huai Xu had actually opened three acupoints overnight!
"How is this possible?"
"He clearly has a low-grade Spiritual Embryo!" Liu Tianfeng's heart was rocked by stormy waves.
All of his doubts vanished at that moment.
If he was truly an ordinary Registered Disciple, this old man would never believe it!
"You lot, put the gifts down. Carefully, now." Liu Tianfeng began instructing the servants.
Afterward, he also looked around their two Bamboo Houses and said, "If you still need anything, just tell this old man."
"By the way, worthy nephew, do you need servants to attend to you?" Steward Liu began searching for every possible angle from which to flatter them.
Chu Huai Xu certainly had no such intention. He would only feel uncomfortable with another person around.
He casually swept his gaze over the servants putting down the gifts and was about to refuse.
But soon, his gaze sharpened as it landed on a short servant with his head lowered.
The man was probably not even 1.7 meters tall. He had red lips, white teeth, delicate features, and fine brows.
There was little masculine air about him. He was a typical man with a woman's appearance.
"I want him!" Chu Huai Xu suddenly raised his hand and pointed. Encountering this person shocked him more than anyone.
"How could he be here?"
One of the Four World Protagonists of "Borrowed Sword," Xu Ziqing!
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