Thoughts and Desires Needed Strengthening

At dusk that day, when he left the martial hall.

Those disciples could hardly wait to take the pills.

However, too little time had passed for any effects to be seen.

Yet from the excitement on their faces and the fluctuations in their practice, one could more or less tell that the pills had some effect.

"It will need a few more days of observation before their exact efficacy can be determined."

That night, he returned to his residence.

He was still alone.

Lin Xiaotian found it rather strange.

Since his sister had practically laid her cards on the table with him, there was no reason for her to remain in the Qin Household.

Could she still be thinking of using the Qin Household to threaten him?

"That's true. If I hadn't recovered my memories, staying in the Qin Household really would have made me nervous, and I'd have been trying to find a way to ransom my sister back."

"But what exactly am I so nervous and anxious about?"

Lin Xiaotian muttered to himself for a few moments, then started a fire to cook.

His appetite was enormous now, and his demands for food had risen as well.

He lightly tapped the tabletop. "Tap, tap, tap," rang out in a steady rhythm.

"Could I perhaps get some from Young Master Qin... That brat probably couldn't withstand even one punch from me now. I'd have to hold back."

After stuffing himself, he began practicing in the courtyard.

He sensed a faint, inexplicable pull rising from the room around the corner.

He paid it no mind, assuming it was merely a delusion born from being overly full and exhausted after training since morning.

After running through a set of Eight Extremes Mountain-Shattering Force, sweat poured from his entire body like rain. Unfortunately, he had yet to produce its force resonance.

That meant this Martial Dao technique still needed more practice.

With Eight Extremes Mountain-Shattering Force paired with the Entrance Stake Method, as long as he achieved minor accomplishment, the first stage of Martial Dao after Initiation—Skin Tempering—would be complete.

Just as he was about to return inside, the air around him suddenly seemed to congeal, and an invisible wind swept past.

Lin Xiaotian raised his eyes and looked around. Though it was already night, the darkness seemed to have deepened, as if black mist had settled over him.

Could my sister have returned? Such an anomaly easily made him think of his sister, and he could not help muttering inwardly.

"Little brother, practicing Martial Dao so late at night?" A bewitching, seductive voice came from outside the courtyard.

Immediately afterward, the courtyard gate opened with a clang.

A tall woman, wreathed in black mist, stepped inside.

She was his nominal sister, but the seductive charm radiating from her seemed ready to drip like water.

Though she wore the same appearance, Lin Xiaotian knew that she was absolutely not his sister.

"Who are you? You're not my sister. Where is she?"

"Hehe, you ungrateful little brother. If I hadn't taken you in, you would have turned into a pile of yellow earth long ago."

"What? Your sister has become a little sexier, and you're unhappy about that?"

Lin Xiaotian took a step back, his brow tightly furrowed.

It seemed that this seductive version of his sister had finally lost patience and intended to strike him down.

Unfortunately, he had yet to attain Martial Dao. He did not even have a chance to flee.

Suddenly, he recalled why his sister had gone to the Qin Household. His thoughts turned, and he decided to try. Perhaps he could escape this calamity.

"Sister, when I saw you go to the Qin Household, how could I not be anxious? On one hand, I was trying to gather silver; on the other, I was training harder, hoping to become stronger so the Qin Household would no longer dare bully us."

The seductive sister gave a coquettish laugh, twisting her body and inadvertently spilling forth endless temptation.

"My good little brother, so you were terribly worried about your sister."

Lin Xiaotian hurriedly nodded.

"Of course. I was extremely worried."

The seductive sister smiled enchantingly again.

"So when you beat up Young Master Qin, that was also to gather silver?"

Damn it, she even knew about that loophole.

A thin sheen of sweat formed on Lin Xiaotian's nose.

"Sister, Young Master Qin came to pressure me. I was furious at the time, and I didn't expect him to give me silver. I was even thinking that if I saw him again, I'd ask for more so I could save you."

"Hahaha!" The seductive sister laughed so hard her waist bent over.

"So you entered Martial Dao because you were this anxious?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Xiaotian agreed.

"Enough, little brother. Stop acting. With your innate bones, you normally could never enter the gates of Martial Dao."

Lin Xiaotian's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could she even tell that he was a transmigrator?

"Still, your sister will not ask about such things. It suits my wishes that you can train. I was worried that your Blood Qi was insufficient!"

The seductive sister suddenly extended a hand.

His vision blurred, and she had actually seized him by the throat and lifted him up.

And how...

His gaze slanted downward.

Damn it! He was floating in midair.

The seductive sister held him by the throat as she flew through the air, slowly heading toward the room around the corner.

"Your sister used the Qin Residence to pressure you because she wanted to stir your emotions, so your Blood Qi would surge more intensely."

"Now it is perfect. With a foundation in Martial Dao, your Blood Qi will be more vigorous. Once I use your Blood Qi to nourish myself later, that little bitch will not only die, but she will become my nourishment."

Lin Xiaotian's pupils contracted. That was some enormous information!

Could it be that the seemingly normal sister was the true owner of the body, while this seductive woman intended to possess her?

Bang!

With a casual toss, the seductive sister flung him straight into the center of the room.

"Hehe, let me see how your Martial Dao is. Start practicing."

Lin Xiaotian rose to his feet. With others as the knife and him as the fish on the chopping block, he had no choice but to perform the Eight Extremes Mountain-Shattering Force technique.

At once, wind rose within the room, accompanied by a faint whistling.

"Hehe, I never expected that though your innate bones are poor, your comprehension is quite good. Keep training like this, and you'll soon develop force resonance."

Whoosh!

An invisible, profound sensation suddenly came from beneath his feet.

Lin Xiaotian's eyes widened again.

No wonder he had sensed something while practicing in the courtyard earlier. This truly had not been an illusion.

Under his feet, faint needle-like glimmers rose up, as fine as cow hair, tiny and short.

If they had not been right before him, and if his Blood Qi had not been circulating, he would have been unable to sense them at all.

The seductive sister floating in the air immediately revealed a smile in her eyes.

"Hahaha, good, good! As expected of the little brother I acknowledged."

"Back then, I wondered why that bitch chose such a worthless ordinary man. It seems the saying about fate has some truth to it."

A seductive aura descended from above. The seductive sister slowly landed, her toes touching the ground.

"Still, your Blood Qi is a little lacking, since your innate bones are simply too poor. Fortunately, your sister anticipated this long ago."

The moment she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and a huge mass of swirling black Qi pounced toward him.

Anyone could tell with their ass that this was definitely bad.

Lin Xiaotian wanted to flee.

But the black smoke seemed to have locked onto him, chasing after him as it pounced.

"Ah! This..."

His entire body trembled, and a flood of inexplicable thoughts surged into his mind.

The scene before him was still the same, but as he looked at his seductive sister now, he could not help entertaining thoughts he should not have had.

Something's wrong! What technique did this demon sister use on me? Why are these thoughts so intense?

"Blood Qi, break for me!"

He could no longer worry about anything else. Even if he risked exposing the secret of his Blood Qi, he had no choice.

The Blood Qi in his body instantly burst forth like floodwaters released from a dam, pouring down in an endless torrent.

"Such vigorous Blood Qi." Rather than being shocked, the seductive sister was delighted. Her eyes nearly sparkled with little stars.

"Hehe, had I known, I would have used this method sooner. The more vigorous the Blood Qi, the better the effect. Hahaha, little bitch, I finally have a chance to repair my injuries and become whole!"

His Blood Qi continued churning, nearly becoming visible.

Behind Lin Xiaotian, a long river of blood emerged, glowing with a chilling crimson light.

Not only were those thoughts not destroyed, they instead intensified his desires.

Lin Xiaotian was utterly bewildered.

How could this be? Shouldn't his Blood Qi have swallowed those improper desires, just as it had absorbed the mist beneath the crack?

How could it possibly have strengthened them instead?

The seductive sister's laughter continued without end.

The tiny glimmers beneath his feet suddenly enlarged under the blazing Blood Qi, as though called forth and answered in kind, transforming into countless rays of light.

Seeing this, the seductive sister laughed even more wantonly.

"This was arranged with quite a few materials, along with my heart's blood... Now, little brother, let all the essence and blood in your body become the medium for my fusion refinement."