Chapter 38 (2/2)

“Yes, yes, yes, I don't look like a senior at all, just like you.”

Qi Qiqi's nose twitched, and she didn't reply.

Although she wore a dignified appearance in front of others, but who knows why, she showed her true colors in front of Xue Qilin.

Perhaps this is proof that she has become close with me… Xue Qilin mused.

It has been more than a month since the incident with the Heavenly Sword Gate.

It should be mentioned the Luo Qing's death has brought the people of the Merak Temple closer, and Xue Qilin and Qi Qiqi were naturally no exception.

Although the two fought and bickered most of the time and looked like enemies, but Xue Qilin felt that this may be the most natural and suitable way for them to get along.

“Little Seven, is the hot water outside?”

“Really, can't you prepare things yourself one of these days?”

After taking out a stack of towels from a drawer underneath the closet, Xue Qilin ignored Qi Qiqi's complaints and walked outside.

There was a basin of hot water outside which Qi Qiqi has prepared for Xue Qilin.

Without moving the basin of hot water indoors, Xue Qilin washed up outside.

At the beginning, Xue Qilin didn't know where to get hot water to wash up, so she was forced to use cold water from the well in the backyard as replacement. As a result, she was discovered by Qi Qiqi and chided her.

For Xue Qilin, cold or warm water made no difference. She really didn't know why Qi Qiqi, who knew about this, would make a fuss and claim that was.h.i.+ng up with cold water in cold weather wasn't good for the body.

Although she has reiterated this point again and again, but Qi Qiqi was still adamant, and finally started bringing her hot water every day.

There was no free lunch in the world.

As the price of using hot water every morning, Xue Qilin paid the price of being “woken up early every morning”.

However, over time, the lazy Xue Qilin got used to getting up early.

Having said that, Xue Qilin has gotten up even earlier these past few days. Because…

“Can you make flames yet?” Xue Qilin straightened her face and peered at Qi Qiqi's face.

Face flushed from embarra.s.sment, she squeezed out a few words: “Not, not yet…”

“It's been a week already! It's a very basic move, so what gives?!”

“I'm working hard!” Qi Qiqi retorted loudly, and then continued dejectedly: “But that strange qi operation method is too difficult to control!”

A week ago, Qi Qiqi suddenly found Xue Qilin and said that she wanted to learn her moves, and even said that she wanted to become her formal apprentice. This took Xue Qilin by surprise, and she promptly worried that this Temple Master has come up with a fever, which netted her a punch combo.

Xue Qilin has refused Qi Qiqi's request at first and put on airs. But under the threat of the other party's fists, Xue Qilin had no choice but to agree.

Be that as it may, Xue Qilin only intended to teach Qi Qiqi some superficial knowledge. After all, it was something from a different system, not to mention the lesson she learned from the matter with her niece. She was afraid of bringing harm to Qi Qiqi.

That said, even if she really wanted to teach Qi Qiqi some more complicated spells, but the latter couldn't even learn the most basic conjuring of fire in a week despite how hard she tried.

This is not to say that Qi Qiqi's apt.i.tude was poor. But “magic” and “martial arts” were two different concepts of using true qi. The former has much higher requirements for the control of true qi than the latter. Xue Qilin was even confident that she surpa.s.sed the Grandmaster Realm expert Beiming Youyu in terms of subtle operation of true qi despite the other party belonging to “martial arts” qi school, which emphasized on the external release as well as manipulation of true qi.

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