Near the end of the hour of the horse.
The blazing sun poured down over the courtyard like molten gilded lava.
[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique Experience +1]
"Phew—"
Jiang Ning slowly finished his cultivation and let out a breath of turbid air from his belly.
The crimson mist steaming from his body condensed into several streaks of rosy light, entering his seven apertures with his exhalation.
He raised his eyes toward the half-real, half-illusory panel hanging in the void.
[Technique]: Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique (Mastery 2011/10000)
One-fifth of the way there. He still needed another two months or so!
Jiang Ning's sword-like brows drew together slightly. After closing the panel, his gaze fell upon the graceful figure beneath the parasol tree in the courtyard.
Lin Qingyi was draped in a gauzy green robe as thin as cicada wings, reclining sideways in a wicker chair. The emerald hairpin in her hair looked as though it might fall at any moment.
Sensing Jiang Ning's gaze, she lazily turned over. Her skirt slipped aside, revealing half a calf as pale and smooth as mutton-fat jade.
These past few days, Lin Qingyi had kept a low profile. Every day, she slept until the sun was high in the sky before waking.
Usually, she looked as though she had nothing to do, wandering aimlessly around his residence or watching him practice by the side.
Other than that, she seemed to have nothing else to do.
Though Jiang Ning was curious, it was not proper for him to ask too many questions. He could only let her be.
"Senior Sister Lin, I need to go meet a guest," Jiang Ning said.
"Go on!" Lin Qingyi yawned, patted her mouth, then lazily rose from the wicker chair.
She raised both arms and stretched