
At night, the atmosphere in the inn was so calm and very peaceful. There was only a slight sound of passing pedestrians, wandering night traders and some activity below.
Yan Xu sat cross-legged on the wooden floor. After meditating for half a day, he realized that the Qi Gong method had progressed to the next stage.
His dantian center ate more pure qi energy as well as the vitality from nature made it easier to divide them in various needs.
He sighed in his heart helplessly. It seemed that he could do no other method to absorb qi energy other than Qi Gong.
Yan Xu thought that this body did indeed have a match with the entire element, but the output he had to expend was greater than that of other cultivators. If he calculated how much, at least it would be two to six times over.
By performing the Qi Gong method, the input of qi energy as well as the vitality on his dantian source could match the amount of output required. Thanks to that as well, he could divide some of his qi energy as well as vitality with other dantian pathways, hide his cultivation base and increase his cultivation little by little.
The Qi Gong method should have been able to quickly raise the experience points of his cultivation, yet he did not do that out of fear of arousing suspicion and continued to save them for urgent needs. Take the example where he could not absorb qi energy anymore because it was cut off from nature.
'The cultivation path has various branches that need to be explored further. Not rushing and strengthening the cultivation base is the key in increasing strength. I'm not an impatient person anyway.'
Yan Xu patiently continued to improve little by little, letting his teacher and junior sister enjoy the results as well, until the time when they were stronger, he said, he can hug anyone's thighs as protection in old age or maybe relax?
When Yan Xu was still deep in thought, Lan Xihe's slender index finger stabbed into her cheek from the top of the mattress.
He glanced slightly at the white-clothed elf while saying, "What's wrong?"
"Your face looks very serious ..." Lan Xihe smirked, "Are you thinking of something naughty?"
Yan Xu smiled gently, "Unfortunately, there is nothing like that in my mind right now."
Lan Xihe clicked her tongue, "Tch, boring~ ..." she rolled several times on the bed, "What about our current situation?"
Yan Xu thought about their current condition. There was no strangeness, they had also installed various types of protectors, runes as well as formation arrays in every corner of the room. If anything strange, it was this overly comfortable inn.
"We are in the West, exactly one kilometer more than the Northwest border. As you can see, there is no strangeness as long as we walk and blend in every corner of the street. It's just that, somehow the boy is targeting us or maybe it's just a coincidence?"
Lan Xihe blinked her beautiful eyelids, "You mean, Yaoyao is clearly watching us while mingling?"
Yan Xu nodded lightly, "That's just a possibility. Every event there is also a coincidence and destiny, our meeting may also be fated. No one knows what's right, as long as we're careful it doesn't matter."
"Hmm .. destiny is yes, Xihe thinks that the husband is really a person who can predict anything," Lan Xihe grinned as she humbled her husband.
Yan Xu shrugged at his wife's remark, "Your husband is not an almighty god. I'm just a human being, just like most people."
Lan Xihe nodded in agreement, "Right! We are only human beings, not gods who can do anything and make miracles. So, don't push yourself too hard."
Yan Xu looked up at the mattress, looked at his wife who was on top while maintaining a gentle smile, "Xihe my soulmate, you definitely know what kind of person your husband is."
Lan Xihe rolled her eyes, "Yes, yes, yes, Xihe just wanted to remind! Don't blame your wife if she reminds you and you fall twice into the mud."
"Once falling is carelessness, twice falling is the same as showing the insolence of the person— reward!"
Lan Xihe pointed towards her husband, "You .. how dare you do this to me!?" her cheeks are red.
Seeing that, Yan Xu shuddered and subconsciously stood up immediately. Cold sweat could be seen flowing down his forehead. He smiled faintly to hide the fear of being beaten up by his wife.
"I-this is just ...— aiya! My wife, my dear, my sweet Xihe!— aiya! It hurts so much!"
Yan Xu was immediately bombarded with pure white qi energy from his wife. He did not want to fight because he was afraid of causing a commotion as well as the destruction of property around them.
Yan Xu: "Teacher is really not suitable to be a wife if her fierce nature is still this way! "
...
Meanwhile, downstairs.
"—Aiya! What's going on up there?" Yaoyao looked at the upper floor which was loud.
Aunt Du who was listening to that immediately put her index finger to the front of her lips, "Sstt! Ignore it and never say anything about it!"
Hearing Aunt Du's warning, Yaoyao nodded obediently like a chick pecking at the ground, "B-good, Aunt Du!"
Aunt Du sighed, not expecting to find such an excited guest when night fell. Though they both look very charming, but he knows that both partners have an age beyond him.
"When I was young, my thoughts were only on empty dreams and finally, I ended up with an inn with this child," muttered Aunt Du who was preparing dinner for their guests.
Yaoyao who was helping out excitedly said, "Aunt Du need not be discouraged! Although Aunt Du buja— aiya! Why did Auntie beat my head with a soup spoon!?"
Aunt Du grinned sharply, in her pupils there was a burning fire burning, "Yaoyao, you can't discuss about age as well as relationship status to other women. That also applies to every female guest there is."
"Why is that so, Aunt Du?" Yaoyao tilted her little head.
"Because ..." Aunt Du immediately stopped and looked up. His voice had stopped and there were footsteps.
It was the sound of footsteps from the charming dao couple. The man standing behind the woman is seen rubbing his back. As for the woman, she stood upright wrapped in a beautiful white cloth.
Seeing the two guests finally coming down at dinner time, they immediately stopped chatting and continued the work in the kitchen as if nothing had happened.
"Sorry to have made a fuss over," Lan Xihe lowered her head slightly towards the innkeeper, Aunt Du.
Aunt Du immediately replied with an awkward smile and waved her hand at them, "There's no need to apologize, Madam. It was a common thing, nothing to think about."
Lan Xihe smiled faintly, "Thank you very much, Aunt Du."
Aunt Du only laughed business while scratching the back of her head. Whereas Yaoyao only watched silently from the side, working on the rest of the tasks to prepare food to those guests.