Daily Life

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One Yang Finger!

A crisp, feminine shout rang out, and a fierce, sharp blast of sword energy shot into Gao Xu's chest. A nasty, charred smell immediately filled the training ground. Gao Xu barely managed to support himself with the Flying Rainbow Sword. Looking at Lin Yueru, who held her chin high, he smiled wryly and admitted defeat.

"Could you not hit me so hard every time? Healing costs points, you know..." Gao Xu sighed and selected the training ground's healing function. The ghostly image of a pool appeared above his head. A few breaths later, clear, sparkling spring water poured down from the pool and flowed straight into his body. The excess water enveloped him, forming a giant bubble.

As the spring water entered his body, Gao Xu felt as if he had returned to his mother's embrace as a child. The sensation was warm and comfortable. Before long, the Life Spring had been completely absorbed, and all his wounds had vanished. He felt full of energy.

This healing wasn't free, of course. Put simply, he bought Life Spring from the Recovery Room and injected it into the training ground. Whenever he needed it, he could call up the Life Spring to heal his injuries, saving him a trip.

Remembering his first training match against a simulated Lin Yueru, when she'd beaten him until every bone in his body felt broken and Su Mei had to carry him to the teleport point, Gao Xu decided it was definitely worth keeping 500 points' worth of Life Spring on hand...

Once his injuries had healed, Gao Xu didn't hurry to leave the training ground. Instead, he sat cross-legged where he was and mulled over what he had learned from the fight.

As it turned out, the All-System Simulation Training Ground he'd bought for 5,000 points was well worth the price. The simulated Lin Yueru was far stronger than the Lin Yueru he'd fought in the Hidden Dragon Cave.

That wasn't surprising, really. Their fight had been a sparring match, just as Lin Tiannan had said: they were to stop once one side had the upper hand. Neither had any grudge against the other, and they would even hold back when necessary. But the simulated Lin Yueru in the training ground didn't care about any of that. Her sole conviction was to defeat her opponent.

As a result, Gao Xu couldn't last even ten minutes. In their first match, he'd been careless and the simulated Lin Yueru had knocked him down in barely over a minute. From the second match onward, even when he fought with all his might, he could last less than five minutes against her.

Still, although Gao Xu was badly hurt every time, he kept challenging her without tiring of it. The training benefited him immensely. He was becoming more proficient with his Insight skill, and even his primary attributes were rising to varying degrees!

Newcomers who had just entered the Main God Space still had all kinds of untapped potential in their bodies, so training and combat could improve their primary attributes. This kind of increase generally happened only during the first or second rest period. After Reincarnators had experienced two plot worlds, they could only improve their attributes by using random or free attribute points.

These rapid early gains were also a form of protection for newcomers from the Main God Space. After all, ordinary people simply weren't physically equipped to face the many dangers of a plot world.

Under the simulated Lin Yueru's relentless pressure, Gao Xu's Agility had increased by 3 points, the most of any attribute. His Constitution had also risen by 2 points from being beaten repeatedly, while his Strength and Spirit had each risen by just 1 point. His Insight remained unchanged.

Gao Xu used his 3 random attribute points, too. His luck was pretty good this time: Agility, Constitution, and Insight each increased by 1 point, bringing his attributes to:

Strength 10, Agility 11, Constitution 12, Spirit 10, Insight 15, Health: 120 points, Defense: 11.5 points.

He still had 4 free attribute points left. Once he allocated them according to the situation, his attributes alone would be close to Qin Guang and Zhu Hao's.

If those two unlucky guys knew Gao Xu could match months of their hard work after experiencing just one world, he wondered what they'd think...

"Big brother, come out for dinner!" A sweet little voice came from outside the training ground. Then Su Mei poked her head in and timidly glanced around before murmuring, "Has that fierce Sister Lin left?"

Gao Xu laughed. "Don't worry, she left ages ago!"

Su Mei puffed out her cheeks and fiddled with the hem of her clothes, looking embarrassed. "But... but... it hurt so much last time! Does Sister Lin really not hate me?"

The conversation came about because during his second fight against the simulated Lin Yueru, Gao Xu had summoned Su Mei, intending to rely on his spirit pet's strength to fight alongside him.

But the girl had instinctively resorted to acting cute and tried to burrow into Lin Yueru's arms. A single Qi Sword Finger had knocked her flat.

The little fox had been hurt emotionally and cried for a long time. Seeing her so upset and heartbroken had pained Gao Xu, and he never dared bring her into another fight against the simulated Lin Yueru.

Still, Gao Xu wasn't going to spoil her endlessly. Tai Zhuonan, a leader-class enemy, and the Miao Warriors, elite enemies, were both good opponents for practicing teamwork.

With his guidance, the little girl was still terrified of Lin Yueru, but her demon clan's innate love of battle had also been stirred.

You had to take things one bite at a time and walk the road one step at a time. Gao Xu wouldn't force her to improve too quickly, expecting her to become a capable assistant all at once.

At Su Mei's current level, she could barely contribute in a boss fight. But against enemies of the other three ranks, her two skills, Poison Smoke and Low Howl, could both prove extremely useful!

Su Mei's loyalty had gradually risen through training, but stopped at 40 points. Gao Xu knew the next 10 points would be the first real hurdle. Once she got past it, she would gain her first innate skill and grow much stronger!

Carrying Su Mei out of the training ground, Gao Xu went to the huge wooden table in front of the house. He looked at the piles of all kinds of food on it, twitched his mouth, and asked, "Eating this much again? Did you forget how you swore up and down yesterday that you'd diet and lose weight?"

Su Mei stared at him with wide, innocent eyes. "But, big brother, didn't you say someone would visit us today? I prepared all this for the guest!"

"Don't give me that!" Gao Xu ruffled her hair roughly and let out a long sigh. "It's hard to raise a foodie! And this is in the space, where even the most expensive food costs hardly any points. Otherwise, wouldn't I be completely broke?"

Then Gao Xu had an idea: he could use Su Mei's weakness to get her to obediently return to the Spirit Pet Space.

Ever since Gao Xu had forgotten about the little fox on his first day and didn't let her out until he'd returned to his private residence, Su Mei had stubbornly refused to go back to that cold, lifeless Spirit Pet Space.

That usually wasn't a problem, but it had been five days since Mr. Yi's invitation. Gao Xu hadn't accepted right away at the time, saying only that he would think it over. Now it was time to give him a definite answer, and Su Mei wasn't ready to be seen by outsiders.

After Gao Xu coaxed her and tempted her with delicious food, Su Mei finally yawned reluctantly and went to the little bed inside the house. She closed her eyes.

Once Su Mei was asleep, Gao Xu put her into the Spirit Pet Space. Her loyalty wouldn't decrease for the time being if he did it that way.

After clearing away the dishes, he received an entry request through his Emblem. Gao Xu strode toward the teleport point, watched the old man's figure slowly appear, and smiled. "Mr. Yi, welcome to my humble abode..."