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Hearing this, Lu Shui turned to look at the Qiao Family members.

In his view, they should have understood that this was the heart of the Lu Family. Wasn't it a little excessive to say such things here?

He was famously useless. At Second Tier, he could not even defeat a First Tier demon. For another Second Tier to challenge him to a spar—wasn't that plainly humiliating him?

Even if it was not humiliation, they were deliberately picking a fight.

So Lu Shui had no intention of paying these people much attention and merely said flatly:

"Slap mouth."

When Qiao Qian first saw Lu Shui looking over, she had been rather pleased, thinking he was about to agree.

But what she Never Expected was that the final words she heard were "slap mouth."

The instant he heard those two words, Qiao Gan immediately took a step back. He was afraid.

Qiao Qian, however, was puzzled over who was supposed to slap whose mouth.

But as soon as that thought arose, she heard a crisp slap, and her entire body tilted, nearly making her lose her footing.

Only then did she feel the burning pain on her cheek. The one who had struck her was the maid leading the way nearby.

A maid dared to hit her?

No one had ever slapped her since childhood. What right did this maid have to hit her?

Qiao Qian was so furious that she became muddled. She immediately wanted to charge at her, but someone forcibly held her back.

She struggled several times without breaking free, yet she kept struggling. Now she even wanted to hit the person behind her.

"Little Sister, don't get worked up. Whatever you do, don't get worked up. What if Lu Shui gives the order to kill someone again? That would be terrible.

He's using the same old trick, baiting us into making a move. Little Sister, you have to hold back." Qiao Gan gripped the enraged Qiao Qian tightly.

Qiao Qian had never imagined that the other side would say nothing and directly hit someone. Who acted like that?

She had only wanted to spar.

Qi Xi apologized from the side:

"I'm sorry, Miss Qiao. Please calm your anger."

She did not want to make matters worse either, but the young master had given the order, and she could not disobey. There was no one else here who could do it.

So it could only be her.

In truth, she was also quite worried and frightened.

Lu Shui paid no attention to Qiao Qian. Instead, he said to Qi Xi:

"Go tell my mother that I won't be having dinner tonight."

Qi Xi froze for a moment, then said gratefully:

"Yes, young master."

After that, Qi Xi withdrew.

Lu Shui did not linger either and turned to leave.

Behind him, Qiao Qian called out:

"One day, I'll run into you outside. When The Time Comes, I won't Let Go of you."

Hearing This Sentence, Lu Shui stopped, then turned to look at Qiao Qian and the others. He Opened Her Mouth.

But before he could make a sound, he saw Qiao Gan drag Qiao Qian away at once, incredibly fast.

Lu Shui was left utterly bewildered.

In the end, he Shook Head and left.

Just then, he had wanted to make a move. They had shouted something like that already; if he did not respond, wouldn't that disappoint their resolve?

Unfortunately, they had run quite quickly.

Lu Shui's cultivation was roughly the same as theirs. Under Normal Circumstances, he was certainly Not At All Qiao Qian's opponent, but as someone reborn, beating up someone in the same realm was no problem at all.

Elsewhere, Qiao Qian finally broke free from Qiao Gan and Angrily Said:

"What are you doing?"

Qiao Gan immediately said:

"I was getting you out alive. Lu Shui was about to speak just now; Might not he was about to have someone kill us."

Qiao Qian refused to accept that.

"How would he dare? And how could he make a move by himself?"

Qiao Gan did not know how to explain it either and could only say:

"Safety comes first. Besides, it's better to keep a Low Profile in the Lu Family.

That Lu Shui is moody and unpredictable. If we want to deal with him, we can talk about it after we leave.

Better safe than sorry."

He was truly afraid. Lu Shui was now an exceptionally dangerous presence in his eyes.

Unless they were outside the Lu Family Territory, he did not dare act recklessly.

Qiao Qian said, "No Promise. Why have I never seen you so timid before?"

Qiao Gan did not want to speak. Without having gone through what he had, his sister would not understand even if he explained.

Every other word was "slap mouth," and every other sentence was "kill them all." What kind of madman was that?

When Lu Shui returned to his courtyard, he sat off to one side and Read Book. He was deeply focused, reading from dawn until nightfall.

Only when the darkness obstructed his Line of Sight did he close the book.

He raised his head and looked at the sky, discovering that the weather was poor tonight. He could not even see a sky full of stars.

He used to be able to see them very clearly.

Crack!

The sudden sound startled Lu Shui. He turned to look at the Golden Origin Stone in his hand and found that it had been absorbed seven or eight tenths of the way. The Gold Element Power he required was also about to reach completion.

It seemed that he would be able to advance to 2.2 tonight.

His Active Method cultivation had been fairly smooth.

The Passive Method's progress was average, barely restoring the amount he had used before.

The Heaven and Earth Power brought by the Passive Method could not be seen or sensed by others.

Unless Lu Shui himself wished to show it to someone.

Otherwise, no matter how they looked, they would not be able to tell that a faint trace of Heaven and Earth Power was circling around him.

Heaven and Earth Power had many uses, but it lacked killing power in the early stages. Fortunately, Lu Shui did not intend to use it to kill people. As long as it was enough for self-defense, that was fine.

Just as Lu Shui emerged from his reading, Qi Xi walked in.

"Young master, the Third Elder had someone deliver a book."

As she spoke, Qi Xi presented the book with both Hands.

Lu Shui took it, glanced at it, and set it on the Tabletop in the pavilion.

"What did the Third Elder say?"

This was a Cultivation Method, roughly on the level of the Scripture Repository Fourth Floor.

It was called Heavenly Cloud Vertical and Horizontal.

It was a Cultivation Method that was easy to begin with, weak in the early stages, but grew increasingly powerful in the middle and later stages.

It was well suited for someone with ordinary talent like him to cultivate.

Before cultivating the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns in his Previous Life, he had cultivated this kind of Cultivation Method as well.

"The Third Elder said that before Heavenly Pool River Opens, this Cultivation Method must be initiated. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences yourself."

Qi Xi said.

Lu Shui nodded, then waved a hand for Qi Xi to withdraw.

After Qi Xi left, Lu Shui found a lamp and continued reading the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns.

As for Heavenly Cloud Vertical and Horizontal, he did not care about it.

What was there to cultivate?

In the middle of the night, Lu Shui felt somewhat sleepy, so he went to bed.

Before dawn the next day, he got up again. After rising, he still sat in the pavilion and Read Book, still reading the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns.

But when he sat in the pavilion Once Again, the Golden Origin Stone in his hand had already become a Wood Spirit Pearl.

Yes, he had successfully advanced to 2.2. Once he finished absorbing this Wood Spirit Pearl, he would be able to advance to 2.3.

However, the cultivation brought by the Active Method was invisible. Unless he actively revealed it, others would be unable to detect it.

What was worth celebrating was that his Heaven and Earth Power had increased as well.

But it was still of little use. This Kind Of Thing could not be rushed; he needed to read every day.

After reading for one more day today, he would set off for the Mu Family tomorrow. That counted as something to be happy about.

That day, Lu Shui went nowhere. He spent the entire day reading the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns.

The more Heaven and Earth Power he gathered, the greater the sense of security it gave him.

In the afternoon, Dongfang Liyin came over, but she did not disturb Lu Shui.

She asked Qi Xi, who was standing nearby:

"How long has young master been reading?"

Qi Xi answered respectfully:

"From five in the morning until now, without the slightest pause."

Dongfang Liyin frowned. She naturally knew that her son was reading the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns.

But was there any use in reading like this?

So many people had wanted to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns, yet every outcome had been the same.

"Let him read." Lu Gu also arrived at this moment. "Everyone needs to ram into the southern wall at least once."

"I'm afraid your son is so stubborn that even after ramming into it, he won't turn back. If Heavenly Cloud Vertical and Horizontal has not been initiated by then, he'll be punished again."

Lu Gu said, "One Day, he'll grow up."

Dongfang Liyin sighed.

"When will that day be?

I don't want to level a new account. If I have to, I only want to level a female account."

Lu Gu said, "..."