Chapter 318: Volume 3 Prologue - Part 3 (1/2)
Red snow rained upon Siren City. It was the first day of the winter season.
Miaomiao stood on top of the west wall, gazing at the blood sea in the distance. The bloody snow, the crimson beach, and the red moat pictured a creepy scene from a horror movie. However, Miaomiao was captivated by the view as if it resonated with his dao.
His red pupils gleamed as he stared at the sea in a daze. His killing intent fluctuated, flickering and fluttering like the wind.
Flying over the beach was Wei Yuan, dodging and parrying Miaomiao's invisible strikes. Shockwaves and wind cutters came after her from every direction, yet she weaved her naginata like a master and destroyed the projectiles as soon as they entered her Killing Domain.
WHOOSH
One of the invisible spears impaled her right shoulder. Then, the sharp wind cutter went after her face.
”EEEK!!” Wei Yuan screamed and shut her eyes, raising her weapon to block it.
Miaomiao snapped his finger and dispersed his killing intent. The sharp wind cutter was turned into a breezy wind before it brought the cold air to Wei Yuan's face.
”Five hours and 39 minutes,” Miaomiao glanced at the stopwatch on his system menu and read the result.
”Whaaaaat!? I thought I managed to last at least 12 hours!”
”You haven't made it through to the six-hour mark yet, honey.”
”But I managed to last almost a day in the dantian space!”
”The environment and the mindset are different. Fighting in the real world takes a toll on our mental and physical energies. We are conscious and wary about the pain and the permanent injury from a potential accident. Your movements are a lot slower and rigid here.”
”Aw, I thought I got a lot better, but I still can't even be your sparring partner,” Wei Yuan grumbled while she took a sip of the unified element water from a jade bottle. The wound on her shoulder stopped bleeding and was slowly healed.
”You've been farming luck points and ignoring the fundamental training. Instead of trying to be my sparring partner, you need to add basic training sessions to your training schedule. Review and refine your old skills even if they're trashy low-grade techniques. Those easy-to-use low-grade techniques are what nascent soul experts always use subconsciously. All Jia Shan and Ma Ping's movements are mostly low-grade or mid-grade techniques, and they consume less essence than big moves.”
”I know. I'm trying!”
”You still used too many big moves. You're not supposed to use Death Sword Fortress style and techniques with a naginata.”
”But it's my new core technique!”
”The CORE of your battle style is supposed to be the combination of basic moves and your own enlightenment. That system skill is nothing but luxurious big moves that can be used to surprise your enemy. Didn't you see what I used against you? They were simply wind blades, killing domain, killing intent pressure, and illusions, caused by my sword intent. I haven't even used my killing moves yet!”
”Uuuu…”
For several months, Wei Yuan tried her best to get stronger by enhancing her fundamental techniques and her core battle style. As she had been living in a city, filled with monstrous geniuses and talented cultivators, Wei Yuan felt weak and insignificant.
Thus, Wei Yuan turned to Miaomiao, hoping if he could help her.
Miaomiao didn't disappoint her. He was happy to be her coach. Although his training method emphasized heavily on practical training and tedious fundamental knowledge, Wei Yuan tried her best to follow his lead.
Unfortunately, Wei Yuan was still a bit immature. She hoped to get a result after training under him for only a couple of months.
”Patience, young Padawan. The force can be attained only if you work hard enough.”
”You always talk about weird stuff. What are padawan and force?”
”… You will understand everything when you can use this.”
Miaomiao closed his fingers as if he held a sword hilt. Then, a red beam-like sword emerged from his closed hand. The sci-fi sound followed and a crimson lightsaber was completed.
”Isn't this what the vampire group is using?”
”Yeah, we call this LIGHTSABER. It's a part of our FORCE.”
”Uuu…”
Wei Yuan's eyes were moist in envy. She had trained to the point that she managed to awaken her senses and killing domain, but she hadn't mastered the sword intent or weapon intent to the point of being able to create a Qi weapon yet.
As Wei Yuan wanted to use the same skill, she rested for a few minutes and resumed training.
”Let's go again! I need that skill!”
”Instead of sparring with my killing domain again, how about you practice using wind blades with your naginata? Let's start with 1,000 wind blades within a minute.
”WHAAAAT!? A THOUSAND!?”
”No complaints! Start swinging your weapon, now!”
”Uuuuu...”
The husband and wife continued their training.
…
At 7 PM, Miaomiao returned to the mansion while Wei Yuan went back to the nursery building to visit the children.
Inside the mansion, all girls aside from Fang Meirong hadn't returned home yet as they had gone out to cultivate near the pylon tower. Since there was nothing to do in the daytime when Miaomiao refused to bed them, they killed their time by cultivating.
”Welcome back, master!”
Fang Meirong changed her hairstyle again. Instead of using the Cleopatra Hair Style like Tang Ting, she grew her long hair like the other girls. However, she changed her usual robes with a set of earth-grade bikini armor, which Miaomiao had provided them.
From Miaomiao's perspective, those bikini armors were useless in battle since they covered so little parts of the wearer's body. However, for female cultivators, who cultivated Yin Essence as their natural source of energy, exposing their skin was a must since it would be easier to gather natural Qi into their pores.
In this city, where the pylon tower constantly released Life Essence to the air, Fang Meirong exploited her refined physique and her previous yin-based cultivation techniques to gather Life Essence by exposing her body to the natural Qi. With her experience in the past, she gathered Life Essence faster by being half-naked all the time.