Chapter 84: Sheng Family's Gratitude

The next day. Eastern Tang Restaurant. At a reserved room on the third floor.

A burst of laughter echoed, joyful and amiable. That was mine and Sheng Yin's elder brother, Sheng Shao's. He was a handsome young man at Viscera Purifying 3rd rank. Famous, rich, and talented; he was the envy of boys and crush of girls in this city.

Long black hairs like his sister's and a wide shoulder like mine. His smile reminded me of something. It told me that he hadn't faced a setback yet in his life. He seemed to have just stepped on his twenties and there was still no mention of whiskers on his face.

''Brother Shao,'' with my signature move of making relationships with anyone, I said, ''Your sister is a very good-natured girl. That day, I was rude to her but she still didn't mind.''

I turned to Sheng Yin, ''I am sorry.''

Feng Yi, who was with me, sipped her share of tea while remaining silent. Sheng family, I learned, was directly related to the city protector. Their father, Sheng Zugau, a powerful cultivator at Qi gathering 7th rank, was the right-hand man of the City Protector.

Lingling had gone to find another young miss. I mean, we could simultaneously target other practitioners as well, there was no reason to be limited to just one. Chunu should be reaching Viscera Purifying today or tomorrow. Then we would have two practitioners at the second stage.

Sheng Yin treated us to the most expensive food at this restaurant. This tea we were having soothed one's mind, that meat Sheng Shao was having, that was of an actual flying deer, and the fish, the vegetables, they all were beneficial to a practitioner's body and mind.

We had lots of interesting talks and Sheng Shao seemed interested in what I and Feng Yi spoke about. We were roaming practitioners after getting expelled from our clan.

This time, I was the illegitimate son of a Qi gathering cultivator and Feng Yi, my loyal, what can I say, servant. Lingling became my girlfriend because Feng Yi said so, for the sake of fun. I was going to make her regret doing this.

We were good youths but alas, the clan discriminated against me who, unfortunately, had to run away after overhearing that my stepmom was planning to kill me. At midnight, I took my leave, and my loyal servant, Feng Yi, followed me.

The pain of not seeing my mother once again, then there was my father's complete lack of care for his poor son… those weighed down on me as I crossed rivers and mountains, faced life-threatening dangers to reach this city of cultivation with just a sliver of hope remaining… 

''That is so awful.'' Sheng Yin was moved while her brother was thoughtful. We had already finished eating by then.

Feng Yi, the only one who supported me in that journey, my oh-so-loyal servant, passed me a napkin and I wiped my mouth with it. How great it was to order her around. I had spoken ahead this time.

''If I can reach Qi gathering someday, my dream will come true.''

''Brother Fan has great ambitions even after suffering such hardships so early in life. I respect a person like you,'' said Sheng Shao. Of course, he would buy whatever I spouted. I had planned this bullshit for all of yesterday.

''My whole family owes you a favor for saving our dear Yin that day. Although she might be troublesome at times, she is a good girl. Brother Fan can just contact me at True Phoenix Mansion for anything.''

He patted her head and ''dear Yin'' started blushing. Now now, there was no reason for such courtesy…

'Hell yeah, I was waiting for him to say that!' My internal thoughts were the complete opposite of how I acted.

When they left, I and Feng Yi, my not-so-loyal servant, looked at each other's faces at the same time. What was that expression? Glee? Satisfaction?

''Feng Yi, you look like a clown,'' I said.

''And you look like an unpaid laborer.'' She blurted. Really now, this bitch was improving.

…

At night, just outside the city gates. The stars shone brightly. Tonight was the perfect time to practice Star Pagoda.

Crossing my legs, I sat down on a boulder I had not yet broken. As I had reached a small success stage in practicing 16 Breaths Breathing of Stillness, I could reach a calm state in no time.

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The acupunctures on my body would be blocked so I undressed my upper body. At Viscera Purifying, I had to focus on strengthening my internal organs. My bones and skin were in pristine condition. That was the main aim for Body Tempering practitioners.

Once reaching the next stage, a practitioner would start to strengthen his or her heart, lungs, liver, kidney, and other vital organs along with blood and tendons.

Usually, practitioners would search for more resources like Steelheart fruit and blood nourishing pills, but my technique hardly needed those. Star Pagoda was almost like a true cultivation technique. It allowed me to absorb the Yang energy of the surroundings.

At night, the starlight was the greatest source of Yang, which would be absorbed through my acupunctures and help nourish, strengthen, and purify my internal organs.

My whole body would undergo a drastic change towards becoming something more superhuman as I open my meridians until I would get a perfect Yang body. I would then only be one step away from being a True Cultivator.

The first gathering, as said in cultivation terms, was to break through the Qi Gathering stage by creating a dantian. However, that was still some years away.

The night got colder as I kept on practicing the Star Pagoda. The Yang energy was formless and couldn't be seen but I could sense it due to my broken spirit sense. Also, when it passed through my acupunctures, I could distinctly feel that warmth.

The cold faded away with the healing of Yang and I practiced more and more, not realizing how fast time went by.

…

Twelve days later, we were returning after taking care of those bandits who had gotten active near the Temple pathway. It was the first and last mission I would complete.

We were tired, heading back with drenched bodies. That temple was huge and folks said it always rained around a one-mile radius of it, thus the name Eternal Rain Temple. We had not believed it at first but there really were dark clouds over the temple all the time, pouring countless droplets of water.

They also worshipped the Goddess of Rain Noru and I was a little surprised by this fact. It seemed this goddess had a large influence all over the Changlu continent.

Our group for this mission consisted of me, Chunu, Fatty Kong Bao, and two practitioners at Body Tempering rank 8. Us siblings were actually the strongest in this group. Lingling didn't come because she was busy with her own stuff.

After reaching the next stage, my sister's actions had drastically changed. The fatty was looking at the whole time. WIth how elegant she seemed and her choice not to talk only when needed, she seemed all the more mysterious to any practitioner who met her.

They almost didn't believe that I was the big brother of this otherworldly beautiful girl, considering my features were average in comparison. However, I wasn't worried about looks.

Once I completed creating a Perfect Yang Body, I could be more handsome than anyone in this whole world. I could opt to slightly modify my facial structure if I wished. At higher stages, there was more than one way to become good-looking. The focus should be on cultivation instead.

However, I was going to seduce beauties one of these days, why would I not want a handsome face and attractive body? After all, that's what mortals looked for in a potential relationship partner at first.

The things about loyalty and love, which I wasn't concerned about at the moment, would only come later.

''Say, what's your good friend Zhao Peng doing these days?'' I asked the fatty as we entered the city from the eastern gates. There were four large entrances to this city, all tall gates with dragon cauldron statues on both sides.

''Eh, he just broke through to the Viscera Purifying stage yesterday. He has gone to meet his parents at the village I guess.''

So fast! This Zhao Peng was like a Heaven-blessed main character of a novel. Though from a humble background, he was already improving so quickly.

''And you're still at rank 7, your friend will leave you in the dust at this rate,'' I nudged the fatty.

In the few weeks that I came to know him, I figured out that he was quite lazy. I mean compared to other people who didn't practice at all, he was very hardworking but as a practitioner, he was busy wooing girls instead of aiming for the higher stages.

Wearing white robes over his bloated body, the thick-skinned fatty (literally and metaphorically), tried to defend himself. ''It's not that I don't work but Zhao Peng is a different breed. He practices like a maniac and doesn't care about anything except his family. Now that the newbie tournaments are coming up, he won't even.''

''Hmm?'' I stopped him.. I had heard of this tournament, it seemed the day was coming close.

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