The world was in chaos, but Lu Yao paid no attention to the matters outside.
At this mont, he lay in bed feeling incredibly uncomfortable. Numb, itchy, sore, stinging—forget sleeping, he couldn't even lie still.
This was the bone regeneration and growth process that one had to undergo in the Bone Tempering Realm, a truly "torture right down to the bones."
Liao Qe tenderly stroked her beloved's chest, her warm and delicate hands slightly alleviating Lu Yao's pain.
"Shall I pass you so more Inner Breath?"
"No, you've given enough already. Speaking of which, how did you endure this tornt?"
Lu Yao stopped the girl from transferring her precious Inner Breath and voiced his doubt.
With a sowhat embarrassed reply, Liao Qe said, "I'm a really heavy sleeper. Once I'm out, I don't know anything…"
"..."
"I can't learn that trick..."
Lu Yao felt quite regretful; this was a special skill unique to the girl.
"Hang in there. Once you get through this, you can start the Organ Refining. I'll keep you company and we can chat~"
"Sure." Lu Yao hugged Liao Qe, using her sweet scent, plus conversation, to distract himself:
"I'm getting a little impatient! The first two realms of the Martial Path—Sinew-Strengthening and Bone-Tempering—are just human levels, strong but not extraordinary.
But 'Organ Refining' is genuinely supernatural! The ability to jump 10 ters high, possessing a strength of 3000 Jin (1.5 tons)!
Even the speed of the fists could burst the air! This is the first significant transformation on the Martial Path. With such power..."
Just as Lu Yao was getting excited, he heard even and soft snoring sounds. Looking down, he saw the girl had fallen asleep.
He continued softly, "With such power... I can consider setting up a laboratory, extracting supplents from the Otherworld! I could even venture into the international black market for arms and buy so 'big toys.'"
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At dawn, having barely slept a wink, Lu Yao got out of bed and felt sowhat better moving around.
After busying himself outside for a while and practicing his Liao Family Fist, sweating profusely, he fetched a bucket of water from the well and poured it over himself from head to toe.
He said with self-mockery, "My situation is a bit peculiar. Others worry about how to train their organs, while I'm waiting for my bones to grow..."
Lu Yao had "examined" the two girls several tis and had personally witnessed Liao Qe's Organ Refining process, gaining a wealth of experience.
With the aid of a Color Ultrasound Instrunt, the step that was hardest for others was the simplest for him.
Only after a long while did Liao Qe get out of bed, rubbing her eyes as she asked, "Where did Sister go?"
Lu Yao answered, "There was a martial artist who broke in for a burglary last night, your sister went to handle it and didn't co back."
"Is everything okay?"
"It's fine, she was wearing full gear. Unless the burglar brought a cannon with him."
In recent days, Liao Ya had been busy 'as a Director of the National Martial Arts Association,' not only punishing criminals but also diating conflicts between martial artists, trying to prevent life-and-death fights as much as possible.
These were the appropriate actions for a martial managent departnt. Liao Ya received unanimous praise from the Yunzhou Martial Faction—at least superficially.
Only when the sky was fully bright did an exhausted Liao Ya, and... with bullet marks, return!?
Two clear bullet holes were visible on the practice clothes she wore on the outside.
Liao Qe hurried to check them, and after taking off the outer garnt, revealed the bulletproof vest underneath, embedded with two .45 caliber bullets at the chest.
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Liao Ya sounded nonchalant, praising the Level 4 armor, and then patted her belly, "Is the food ready? I'm very hungry~"
Liao Qe said, "I'll cook now. We have to eat crab again, but luckily, Lu Yao likes it~"
Upon hearing they were having crab again, Liao Ya's pretty face imdiately fell.
At that mont, soone knocked on the big gate and called out, "Young Master Lu, it's Old Jin from Four Seas Tower."
"Ah, the food I ordered has arrived~ from now on, we don't have to cook ourselves."
Lu Yao got up to open the door, and there stood Manager Jin from the Four Seas Tower.
He ca with several trusted waitstaff, all of whom had bulging waists, obviously carrying weapons.
Manager Jin personally handed over a large food container, saying, "Young Master Lu, your al."
"Thank you, it must have been hard work."
"Not at all, not at all, it was expected of !"
Manager Jin was overly polite, nodding and bowing as he stepped back three steps. He didn't leave until Lu Yao turned around and walked away.
He took a deep look at the signboard of the Liao Family Fist, gaining a deeper understanding of Young Master Lu's financial power.
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Liao Qe stared with eyes wide open and asked, "You ordered food from Four Seas Tower?"
"Yeah, no need to cook ourselves today."
Lu Yao opened the food box, took out the dishes, and placed them on the stone table in the yard.
The dishes seed to glow as the fragrance filled the courtyard instantly.
"All dicinal cuisine!? That's too extravagant! Even Four Seas Tower just uses dicinal cuisine as a gimmick, not expecting many people to buy it..."
Liao Qe had long positioned herself as Lu Yao's wife. Accustod to poverty from childhood, she believed in the saying 'little drops make a mighty ocean' and felt a pinch in her heart at that mont.
Liao Ya swallowed her saliva and insincerely agreed, "Junior Brother, we're fine with just taking supplents, eating this kind of dicinal cuisine isn't cost-effective..."
Lu Yao handed the sisters bowls and chopsticks, casually saying, "Just a trivial amount of money, not worth ntioning. I was even thinking of bringing ten thousand taels of silver to spend."
"Ten thousand taels!"
"Isn't the thousand taels you brought all there is?"
Ten thousand taels of silver was an astronomical figure beyond the imagination of ordinary people, worth 2.5 million yuan on Blue Star, not a small number.
But Lu Yao was a person who could travel between worlds, and now he could earn millions with just a casual round trip. That was without wanting to waste ti or trying hard. If he put in more effort, tens of millions would be effortless.
"I'm not bragging, but even the Imperial Court's ten thousand taels in war reparations, I wouldn't care about it. Co on, let's eat~"
The sisters realized they had underestimated their Junior Brother's level of lavishness once again and were stunned on the spot, sitting down properly to eat.
After sitting down, Liao Ya's eyes lit up, "How can we enjoy such delicacies without liquor? Let's have it with dicinal wine!"
Liao Qe, who also loved her drink, imdiately concurred, "Indeed, indeed~"
The sisters got right to it, hauling out a jug of wine and getting started.
Lu Yao reminded them, "Drink less, both of you, don't get drunk again..."
Although he cautioned them verbally, he was sowhat looking forward to it—
Unfortunately, it was the sisters' second ti drinking, and they had a larger tolerance. Their cheeks were flushed red, and their eyes rippled, but they did not embarrass themselves; they just looked a bit tipsy.
Lu Yao, full of regret, turned to read the newspaper.
But just as he turned around, the previously foggy-eyed Master Liao's eyes suddenly regained a hint of clarity, looking at her Junior Brother's back with a complicated expression and a touch of shyness.
Typically, she sneaked peeks, carefully avoiding Liao Ya's perceptive gaze to prevent being rude.
This ti, thinking Liao Ya was drunk, Lu Yao beca careless...
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Lu Yao lazily flipped through the newspaper. The Otherworld's newspapers had their fingers in every pie, with news both tily and accurate.
After the fall of Jinling, the Imperial Court reacted swiftly, constructing a solid defense line in the south called "Jiangnan Camp."
The following month, they set up "Northern Camp" behind it, boxing in the Great Vehicle Teaching north and south.
The two sides were at a standoff, but the Imperial Court's side kept making the news.
"Northern Camp," situated upstream, had the Imperial Envoy Shang Heting struck by a brainwave. He purchased ten thousand catties of Gelsemium and Arsenic Trioxide, dumping them into the river, hoping to poison the followers of the Great Vehicle Teaching downstream.
Lu Yao couldn't help but comnt, "The idea is good, but this is the Yangtze River with the world's leading water capacity! Even if you threw a million catties into it, it wouldn't make a splash!"
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"Jiangnan Camp" was not to be outdone. The Imperial Envoy Lan Yuanfang, who was proficient in firearms, made a shoebox-sized cartridge with explosives and nails inside that would detonate upon opening.
It ca with a note attached—'For the personal attention of Hong and Li'—hoping to kill Hong Tianwang and Yang Qing of the Great Vehicle Teaching at the sa ti.
This was the modern historical predecessor of the "mail bomb," but unfortunately... the people of the Great Vehicle Teaching weren't fools, and this intelligence-insulting plan not only failed, but it also made the newspapers.
For a ti, these two were dubbed "Wolong and Fengchu." Seeing this, Lu Yao burst out laughing.
With such 'Immortals' present in the army, one can imagine the combat effectiveness.
If this was just a joke, what followed in the news left no room for laughter—battleships "Rattlesnake" and "Styx" from the nation of Einheit arrived in Jinling, officially visiting the Great Vehicle Teaching!
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