Qi Zhaoyue's Hidden Trait, Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points Reward

The eldest princess's residence, Qi Zhaoyue's bedchamber.

Before a polished mirror, Qi Zhaoyue slipped out of her red-and-gold gown, revealing skin as fair as jade.

She looked at the pale red bamboo marks crisscrossing her body in the mirror, especially those across her front...

Against her even fairer skin, they looked particularly glaring.

"What suddenly got into Xu Changsheng? Was he angry?"

Qi Zhaoyue's brows knitted slightly, her eyes full of puzzlement.

Xu Changsheng had just summoned her to the Lotus Grotto-Heaven. Apart from punishing her for an hour on the white jade plaza before the Hall of Longevity with that green bamboo branch, its leaves still attached, he had done nothing...

Even now, Qi Zhaoyue could not understand what Xu Changsheng meant by it!

Had he simply wanted to punish her?

Qi Zhaoyue shook her head. "But..."

"At certain moments today, Xu Changsheng's bearing seemed to suddenly change. That faint sense of being detached from time itself..."

"Could the Divine Yang Sacred Physique have other wondrous qualities besides its origin essence allowing women to improve their cultivation?!"

"That seems very possible!"

Qi Zhaoyue pondered thoughtfully. "After all, it's a unique physique capable of bringing about the world's first female Immortal Lord..."

"I'll just ask him next time."

After all, since Xu Changsheng had deliberately shown it in front of her, he clearly had no intention of hiding it from her.

So Qi Zhaoyue stopped guessing wildly and decided to ask Xu Changsheng directly.

Soon, Qi Zhaoyue lowered her head again to look at the red marks on her body.

Normally, with Qi Zhaoyue's cultivation in the eleventh-realm Celestial Person Realm, Xu Changsheng could not hurt her in the slightest even if she stood still and let him hit her.

But once she completely stopped using spiritual power, and could not even deliberately defend herself...

She recalled how every stroke from Xu Changsheng had brought a faint, peculiar sting to her body.

And then...

Right there on the open-air plaza before the Hall of Longevity, stark naked, she had actually been whipped with bamboo by Xu Changsheng until...

An alluring blush tinged Qi Zhaoyue's ears, and even her fair neck turned faintly pink.

The Lotus Grotto-Heaven.

"The dominance and captivity sword heart is different from spiritual power. As my sword intent develops, it'll naturally change the presence around me."

"With the negative-distance intimacy between Qi Zhaoyue and me, it'll be hard to hide it from her completely."

"In that case..."

"I'll hide ninety-nine percent and reveal ninety-one percent. That way, even if Qi Zhaoyue notices changes in my presence in the future, she won't become too wary."

"And..."

"I deliberately revealed it while she was so tense and ashamed. She probably wasn't in any mood to think it over at the time."

"Perfect!"

Xu Changsheng silently gave himself a thumbs-up for his quick thinking.

[Ding! The system has detected the host's Dao of Staying Low behavior. Reward: 500 Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points.]

???

Hearing the Cautious Dao Sainthood System's reward notification suddenly sound in his mind, Xu Changsheng froze, then felt a surge of delight.

"Besides automatically gaining one Way of Keeping a Low Profile Point every day by staying inside the Lotus Grotto-Heaven..."

"So I can earn Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points this way too!"

"Five hundred points in one go. That's equivalent to lying low in one place for five hundred days."

Xu Changsheng sighed softly in wonder.

"Looks like practicing the Dao of Staying Low is the way to earn large amounts of Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points. Simply accumulating them day by day is only better than nothing..."

"I'll have to keep that in mind."

With that thought, Xu Changsheng soon stopped dwelling on it. He planned to return to the Hall of Longevity first and check whether any of today's random items in the Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop were worth redeeming.

But just as he lifted his foot...

Xu Changsheng noticed that puddle of "water" on the white jade plaza again, and his expression turned rather strange.

To think Qi Zhaoyue had a bit of...

That sort of trait?!

"Fuck!"

Xu Changsheng was rather speechless.

He had originally wanted to use this opportunity to punish Qi Zhaoyue and make her learn properly from Zhu Xiaoliang...

How to respect her master.

But in the end...

"Was that a punishment or a reward?"

"Maybe next time, I could try some positions along those lines?!"

With a thoughtful look, Xu Changsheng turned and walked toward the Hall of Longevity.

"Five hundred Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points still isn't enough..."

Inside the Hall of Longevity.

Xu Changsheng leaned back on the bed, looking at the eight randomly refreshed items in today's Way of Keeping a Low Profile Shop...

Even the cheapest cost 1,000 Way of Keeping a Low Profile Points to redeem.

"Xu Changsheng, what are you thinking about?"

Just then, fresh from her bath, dressed in a white Daoist robe, her jade-like feet bare.

Zhu Xiaoliang walked over, her damp hair clinging to her fair neck and delicate shoulders, a faint flush on her cheeks.

Looking at the clear-eyed, innocent Zhu Xiaoliang, so unfamiliar with the ways of the world.

Xu Changsheng shook his head. "Nothing. I was just..."

"Just what?"

Zhu Xiaoliang stood before Xu Changsheng, drying her hair.

"Ah~!"

Zhu Xiaoliang suddenly cried out.

Xu Changsheng scooped her up and tossed her onto the bed.

"Time for another round!!!"

As he spoke, Xu Changsheng caught one side of Zhu Xiaoliang's collar between his teeth and tugged gently downward.

Her Daoist robe slowly opened...

Beautiful!

Attention, time was starting to speed up!!!

For the next seven days, the bright candles inside the Hall of Longevity burned day and night, their burning wicks constantly making rapid "smack, smack, smack" sounds.

Apart from cooking and eating every day, Xu Changsheng...

Hardly left the Hall of Longevity at all.

Until noon on the seventh day.

In the kitchen outside the Hall of Longevity.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Cleaver in hand, Xu Changsheng was chopping up a spirit fish freshly caught from the lake on the cutting board.

The fish was fresh and tender, offering almost no resistance to the falling blade.

"Daddy, Dad... ahem, Xu Changsheng, Xu Changsheng..."

Zhu Xiaoliang's voice came from outside, carrying a hint of cheer.

"What is it?"

Xu Changsheng raised his head and saw Zhu Xiaoliang skipping inside with a green bamboo tube in her hand.

"Can you check if this much water is okay?"

Zhu Xiaoliang held the bamboo tube out before Xu Changsheng, blinking her large eyes as she asked expectantly:

"It won't turn into bamboo-tube porridge instead of bamboo-tube rice like last time, will it?"

Xu Changsheng set down the cleaver and leaned over to look at the rice and water inside the bamboo tube.

Xu Changsheng nodded. "That's more like it..."

"Then... am I amazing? I learned it on my second try!"

Zhu Xiaoliang tilted her little face up and looked at Xu Changsheng expectantly, her large eyes plainly saying, "Praise me, praise me"...

Seeing Zhu Xiaoliang looking so adorable, Xu Changsheng could not help smiling.

He reached out and affectionately ruffled her soft, long hair. "Our Xiao Liang is so clever. You learn it as soon as you're taught."

"Of course!"

Zhu Xiaoliang proudly lifted her slender neck like a little peacock.

Then she turned excitedly, ran to the stove, and carefully placed the bamboo tube over the fire to let it cook.

Xu Changsheng smiled and shook his head, then turned back to continue chopping the fish.

Yet inwardly, he felt rather strange.

After these seven days together, he had finally seen it clearly.

Zhu Xiaoliang, this little Daoist nun who looked so ethereal and untouched by the mortal world, had something of a...

Daddy complex!