I Seem to Have a System Too?

Han Yue carefully observed the way the two cultivated and could not help feeling somewhat astonished.

Water-Attribute Battle Qi and Earth-Attribute Battle Qi could actually be cultivated in coordination like this?

She did not speak to disturb them. Instead, she quietly moved aside, found a concealed rock to sit on, and watched in silence.

"So that's how it is..."

After observing intently for a while, Han Yue murmured to herself, a glimmer of brilliance flashing through her eyes.

How had this Qin Yu come up with such a method?

Looking at the two figures by the pool, Han Yue could not help clicking her tongue in wonder.

He had created his own movement technique, simulated Metal-Attribute Battle Qi, and now he had devised a method for Water-Attribute and Earth-Attribute Battle Qi to be cultivated together...

Just how many astonishing ideas did this new student have in his head?

By the pool, Qin Yu and Xiao Yu remained immersed in cultivation, completely unaware of Han Yue's arrival.

Their Battle Qi circulated back and forth between them, growing more harmonious and smoother by the moment, as though it had always been meant to be this way.

After a long while, Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

He could clearly sense that the Battle Qi within his Battle Qi Vortex had already begun showing obvious signs of transforming into liquid.

He was only one step away from the Battle Master realm.

He lowered his head to look at Xiao Yu before him. The girl still had her eyes closed, her long lashes trembling faintly, a slight blush coloring her face.

Azure Battle Qi slowly circulated around her body, steady and orderly, utterly different from its previous loose and uncontrolled state.

"Xiao Yu."

Qin Yu called softly. Xiao Yu opened her eyes and met his gaze.

Their hands were still clasped together, fingers intertwined.

"How does it feel?"

"Great."

Xiao Yu nodded, unable to conceal the delight on her face.

"I can feel that my Battle Qi is accumulating much faster than before, and... it's become easier to control too."

"That's good."

Qin Yu released her hand. The warmth in his palm vanished abruptly, and Xiao Yu inexplicably felt a little disappointed.

"Brother Yu, from now on... will we come here to cultivate every day?"

"As long as we have time, sure."

Qin Yu nodded and bent down to put on his shoes.

The corners of Xiao Yu's lips rose slightly. If they could be like this every day... that would be pretty nice.

She had worried before that the gap between herself and Qin Yu would only grow wider, until she could do nothing but stay where she was and become a stone waiting for her husband.

After the two finished tidying up and were about to leave, Qin Yu's gaze suddenly swept over a rock across the pool.

A silver figure could vaguely be seen atop the rock.

Han Yue.

He had no idea when she had arrived or how long she had been watching.

Qin Yu was slightly startled, but Han Yue merely nodded at him in greeting and said nothing more.

Qin Yu nodded in response as well, then left down the mountain with Xiao Yu.

Behind them, the waterfall roared and splashed.

Han Yue sat on the rock, watching their departing backs as her silver hair drifted gently in the mountain breeze.

She withdrew her gaze, looked down at the frost beneath her feet, then looked at the spot by the pool where the two had just been sitting.

Perhaps she could find someone to try it with as well?

But with the Ice Attribute... what attribute should it be paired with?

Time slipped quietly by, and more than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, aside from attending classes, Qin Yu went to the arena to fight on the challenge stage.

After finishing one match each day, he would head into the mountains with Xiao Yu to cultivate. At night, he returned to the dormitory to study cultivation methods and battle techniques.

At the arena, Qin Yu remained undefeated for over half a month, and his ranking steadily climbed.

But what concerned Qin Yu most was still the progress he and Xiao Yu had made cultivating together.

Over the past half month, their Battle Qi seemed to have grown accustomed to each other's presence. Whenever they entered a cultivation state, it would naturally flow toward the other.

Yet what Qin Yu had not expected was that Xiao Yu would be the first to break through.

That evening, the two were cultivating by the pool as usual when Qin Yu suddenly sensed an unusual fluctuation from his palm.

He opened his eyes and found that the Battle Qi fluctuations around Xiao Yu were rapidly rising.

"Is she... about to break through?"

Qin Yu was slightly startled, then released her hand and stepped back half a pace to give her room.

Xiao Yu's brows furrowed slightly, and a strained expression surfaced on her face, but it soon eased.

The azure glow suddenly contracted, all of it shrinking back into her body.

The next moment, a wave of Battle Qi far stronger than before spread out from her body.

Two-Star Fighter.

Xiao Yu opened her eyes and let out a long breath.

"Brother Yu! I broke through!"

In less than a month, she had advanced from a One-Star Dou Practitioner to a Two-Star Fighter. At this rate of cultivation, would Grandpa not be overjoyed when she returned to Wutan City this year?

Qin Yu nodded, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. Xiao Yu's eyes curved into crescents as well, her heart brimming with joy.

She knew very well that without Qin Yu's help, she could never have broken through so quickly.

After all, she cultivated on her own too, but having only recently entered the Dou Practitioner realm, her control over Battle Qi was still insufficient. During cultivation, her Battle Qi dissipated severely.

As a result, the efficiency of cultivating alone and cultivating with Qin Yu was simply worlds apart.

"Brother Yu, you should be close to breaking through too, right?"

Xiao Yu moved close to Qin Yu, tilting her head up at him with anticipation in her eyes.

"Mm, soon."

Just as Qin Yu had expected, on the third day after Xiao Yu's breakthrough, he too successfully advanced into the Battle Master realm.

The Battle Qi Vortex in his dantian compressed from a gaseous state into liquid, condensing into a small mass of liquid Battle Qi that floated at the center of his dantian.

That barrier had finally been shattered.

The barrier between the Nine-Star Dou Practitioner realm and the One-Star Battle Master realm had held him back for quite some time.

Now, he had finally crossed it.

He clenched his fists, feeling the power within him, several times stronger than before, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Battle Qi at the Battle Master level far surpassed that of the Dou Practitioner stage in both quality and quantity.

Moreover, after reaching the Battle Master realm, he could use Battle Qi Gauze.

That layer of Battle Qi protection covering the body was actually similar in principle to Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor.

The only difference was that before this, part of the Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor Qin Yu used came from his own Battle Qi, while the other part came from the power of the earth.

But now that he had advanced to Battle Master, using Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor in the future would be much smoother.

Eh? A perfect complement...

If he used the Earth-Generates-Metal Method he had previously mastered and employed Metal-Attribute Battle Qi to cast Thousand-Ridge Earth Dragon Armor, would the result be even better?

Qin Yu pondered this as he stood and patted the dust from his clothes.

The sun had risen overhead. It was noon.

Perhaps because of Xiao Yu's rapid progress, there were no classes scheduled for today, yet Instructor Ruo Lin had still called Xiao Yu away privately, leaving Qin Yu to cultivate alone.

After cultivating in the mountains for an entire morning, Qin Yu stretched his somewhat stiff limbs and returned to the dormitory.

After lying on the bed for a while, Qin Yu suddenly sat upright.

He had suddenly remembered something.

It seemed that he...

Still had a system?