When Li Xuan walked out of the room, he felt numb all over, having trouble walking.
However, after his electrotherapy treatnt, he felt extraordinarily revitalized, as if he had boundless energy.
At the back of his head, there was a lump which ached slightly – caused when he unintentionally glanced back and was imdiately smacked by Jiang Hanyun.
Li Xuan felt a bit wronged, he swore that he had no ulterior motives, even if he did, it was rely pure admiration.
Before he stepped over the threshold, Li Xuan couldn’t help but address Jiang Hanyun, who was strapping on her armor in the room, in a distressed tone, "Xiaowei, you really should treat them nicer. They’re so hardworking, yet you bind them tightly. If this continues, they might sag—"
"Scram!"
Jiang Hanyun’s reaction was to grab the vase nearby and throw it at Li Xuan.
She held nothing back, even causing the vase to make a whistling sound. Li Xuan’s face slightly changed and imdiately perford a Lightning Dash to escape the room, then quickly ducked his head and scurried away.
In his mind, curiosity arose.
What happened to Xiaowei today? Why was she so nice to him and let him take such advantage?
When Li Xuan returned to the small courtyard of The Third Flag, he found Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue each holding two stone locks, practicing horse stance.
However, the one that Peng Fulai was holding was a size smaller, while Zhang Yue’s stone locks each weighed over three hundred pounds. Their feet moved subtly as if they were riding horses, triggering a sway in the stone locks held in their hands.
This indicated that their horse stance skills were reasonably developed.
"What happened to you guys?"
Li Xuan curiously asked, "At this ti, don’t we usually go to the tea house outside together for breakfast?"
Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue both looked at him with a sense of grievance.
"You went ho early yesterday afternoon, so you don’t know."
Luo Yan chuckled with schadenfreude, "These two were summoned by Xiaowei and got beaten up badly in the main courtyard. It was said that their cultivation progress displeased Xiaowei Jiang, who then gave them a severe beating and assigned them tasks.
Apparently, they have to stand in horse stance for two hours daily and practice the family martial arts twenty tis and so on. Xiaowei said she would perform surprise inspections at any ti, and if they didn’t et the requirents they would be beaten again, even if they were hiding at ho."
"That’s so overbearing!"
Li Xuan was infuriated, he turned around to leave, thinking he needed to stand up for his brothers, "I’m going to argue with Jiang Hanyun! It’s acceptable to push them to practice martial arts, but how can she just randomly hit people? This large amount of training, isn’t this just bullying? This demoness, she’s completely unreasonable."
Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue both had a glint in their eyes, looking gratefully at Li Xuan’s back, thinking what a great brother!
However, half a mont later, Li Xuan returned with no expression, a broken vase on his head, "Xiaowei has decreed, your training volu in the next ten days will increase by half. No slacking."
The faces of Peng and Zhang turned ashen instantly, their gazes at Li Xuan were about to start shooting fire.
"Where exactly did you guys offend her?"
Li Xuan was also surprised, these two had actually been diligent and hardworking these past few months.
"Don’t rush, keep practicing for now. I’ll go find Lady Jiang later and plead for you guys. Who knows, there might even be a turn of events."
At this point, Li Xuan noticed that Yue Qianqian in the consignnt room was continually glancing at him, seemingly wanting to say sothing but hesitating.
Li Xuan was surprised, but Luo Yan had already walked up to him, her face cold, "Colonel, co with for a mont, I have sothing to say to you!"
Li Xuan frowned slightly but still followed her.
He always rembered that Luo Yan was the fiercely powerful Demoness Zidie, not an ordinary subordinate.
When they reached the back of the small courtyard, Luo Yan took out a porcelain bottle, "Drink this!"
"What is this?" Li Xuan took the bottle in his hand in confusion. But as soon as he opened the cap, he slled the intoxicating fragrance coming from within the bottle. Inside was a bottle of blue-green, silky textured puree.
"Drink quickly! If the dicinal effect evaporates, it’ll be ineffective." Luo Yan crossed her arms, "Don’t worry, I’m not going to harm you."
Li Xuan was still curious, but he knew Luo Yan truly had no reason to harm him, so he swiftly downed the blue-green puree in the bottle.
As the puree touched his tongue, Li Xuan felt a burst of unparalleled sweetness assaulting his senses.
But by the ti he realized that this was a rare delicacy, he had already swallowed the puree.
"What on earth is this?"
Li Xuan smacked his lips, savoring the taste of the puree, "I have never had sothing this tasty in my life."
"This is Heavenly Puree that is three hundred years old."
Seeing Li Xuan’s stunned expression, Luo Yan couldn’t help but laugh, "I’m so poor. Where would I get sothing so precious? That’s a rare item that can give mortals an extra year of life."
Then her expression turned serious, "After drinking this, avoid engaging in any body strengthening techniques or intense physical activities that could stimulate your energy and blood flow, causing the dicine’s effect to dissipate excessively, otherwise, there may be issues. Especially for a 300-year-old Heavenly Puree, the dicinal power is extraordinary. You should allow it to slowly disperse, soaking into every limb and bone of your body."
Li Xuan thought to himself, so this is the ’Heavenly Puree’. It was rumored to be of great benefit to both cultivators and mortals. It could strengthen the body, nurture the primal energy, and even prolong life.
It was also revered as a divine product by alcohol enthusiasts—it was sothing they dread of possessing.
The tale goes that it is made from the purest of yang energy but tastes cool and refreshing—a brilliant flavour indeed.
Li Xuan thought, no wonder it’s Zidie, she even has sothing as valuable as this.
But the question was, why was this woman suddenly so kind to him? Strange.
However, shortly after that, he hesitated, "But Xiaowei just helped with my Thunder Body Refinent, could this cause any issues?"
—furthermore, it was an advanced version of the technique. Hanyun had put a lot of effort into it this ti.
"You’ve perford body refinent already?" Luo Yan scratched her cheek with her tender finger and said uncertainly, "I don’t know, I’ve never used this before. But if it was before you drank it, there should be no issues, right? Don’t worry, this stuff can’t kill you."
Li Xuan turned black, he was already feeling a hot current flowing within his chest and stomach, rapidly spreading throughout his body.
To his surprise, though, he found that the Yinsha that consud his chest seems to have been reduced a little, achieving a result comparable to his use of the Four-turns Dahuan Elixir—
This bottle of puree extended his life span by at least twenty days.
While Li Xuan was excited, yet sowhat apprehensive, Qianqian had already mustered the courage to confront him.
"Colonel, could you co with ? I have sothing to tell you."
"Why are you here too?" Li Xuan looked at her puzzled, "What is it? Can’t you tell here?"
Qianqian blushed, her chin almost reaching her chest, "It’s very important, you just have to co with ."
After so hesitation, Li Xuan decided to follow her. This little bunny was far too shy and sensitive. Li Xuan was worried that if he refused, he would hurt her feelings.
The place they ended up in was the docunt room in the small courtyard. It was used to store all the docunts and files related to the Third Flag.
However, it has now practically been transford into Qianqian’s private quarters.
"Colonel, please take off your clothes first."
Perhaps due to shyness, Qianqian’s head started to steam, "Just the upper garnt is fine."
Li Xuan thought—alright, more undressing.
The mont he took off his upper garnt, Qianqian put her hands together and began to recite, "Disciple Qianqian, invites the Heaven Lady to enter."
Her aura then shifted; twelve cyan-colored beads appeared from her sleeves.
"I am using the ’Shenqi Xuanshen Technique’ passed down by my family, a body refinent secret technique nurtured by artifacts. I’ve been practicing it for half a month, but my mana is still insufficient, so I need the help of the Heaven Lady. Don’t move rashly, otherwise, it will lead to serious complications."
Li Xuan’s lips twitched—so it seed every woman around him knew so form of massage technique.
But he then realized sothing was wrong, "Wait! I just drank the Heavenly Puree—"
Before Li Xuan could finish his sentence, the twelve beads floating in the air each emitted a blue burst of light, hitting his body. Each beam was targeting an acupoint.
The voice of Li Xuan was abruptly cut off and he could not speak anymore.
Two hours later, Li Xuan staggered out of the docunt room, his face beet red.
By now, he felt waves of heat constantly swelling within his body, as if he had been inflated like a balloon.
But the problem was, Li Xuan couldn’t release this energy. His recent body refinent had significantly toughened his body’s fascia, so even if it swelled to double its size, he could still barely handle it.
—this feeling of being inflated was truly uncomfortable.
He wondered involuntarily if these three won were having fun teasing him, intending for him to suffer.
Was this their way of paying him back for his previous offences?
Li Xuan forcibly suppressed his feelings, sat down in his seat, and tried to deal with official docunts.
However, after a short while, he abandoned the wolf brush in his hand. His heart was imnsely uneasy and he just couldn’t concentrate at all. He couldn’t read a single word from those docunts.
He had to find a way to release this energy—what if he went to Yunrou?
As soon as the idea ca to him, Li Xuan felt restless and an urge he couldn’t suppress.
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