"So you really did make an excellent choice of hidden weapons!"
Sister Lan very rarely offered such lengthy praise. She said so much in one breath that even He Yuanyue was somewhat surprised.
At last, they made it to five in the afternoon.
Zuo Xiaoduo had become a steamed bun of risen dough, through and through-and the kind that had risen until it split open, at that!
Never mind anywhere else; his head alone had swollen three sizes.
His originally handsome little face was now downright unfit to look at!
Even his mother and Nian Nian Cat probably would not have recognized who this fat boy was!
Beaten until even his own mother wouldn't recognize him-at this moment, Zuo Xiaoduo embodied that saying perfectly. With his big sister thrown in for good measure!
"Don't hit his eyes from now on."
He Yuanyue frowned as she admonished Qin Fangyang and Sister Lan. "You can apply the force you would have used on his eyes to other places instead."
At her first sentence, Zuo Xiaoduo had thought she was saying something nice. But then...
Zuo Xiaoduo was dumbstruck on the spot.
"Xiao Duo, let this old woman offer you a maxim of truth. Before you've fully developed..."
He Yuanyue said, "The more beatings you take, the better!"
Zuo Xiaoduo sprawled in the chair like a dead dog. His lean body, which had once had room to spare in that chair, now would not fit into it at all...
"Now, let's study the Qi-Viewing Technique."
With her hair neatly combed and an ancient book in her hand, He Yuanyue began without further ado:
"What is the Qi-Viewing Technique? To understand that, we must first understand what qi is..."
"Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth constitute the five elements, but they are also the