10 days passed, as the progress was swift and true, and with 3 days to spare, they completely finished and set up the basics of the basement.
Ma Qing got his points, and the old builders were made to start creating the full building there.
he wasn’t disappointed, with the sheer amount of points he got!
“you surprised me greatly Junior brother.” the Senior said wide eyed.
“thank you Senior brother!
i just did my best, after all, monotonous work is my speciality!” he said with his chin held high.
“well, with your efficiency, the mistress of the Shen Family viewed it greatly impressive, giving you a bonus of 50 points on top of the given 300~ your very lucky Junior brother.” he said sincerely.
Accessibility of Ma Qing’s age and situation was easily acquired, so after some minor digging most eventually had a sympathetic and kind look when talking to him, but never belittled the young boy, due to his impressive ability and survival.
after all, a boy who was this capable at a young age clearly meant he was rather talented, with an excellent future.
after saying goodbye to the clerk, he headed to the reward centre to cash in and get 2 pills.
he headed outside the sect into the Ghost Wolf Gang.
this was to get more leg room for being away for a while as well as to build a more solid relationship with his sister, Liu Qin.
she was another ally he was willing to put plenty of trust in, and help.
and he was hoping to show immense sincerity enough to move her soul, eventually building a true familial relationship.
as he entered the gang, the rowdy members who were clobbering, wrestling and drinking together slowly noticed and stopped.
then bowed respectfully.
Ma Qing only chuckled before shouting, “Where is Sister Liu!” they all pointed toward the inner chamber, where the old Gang leader cultivated, and he thanked them, before heading.
he saw her, peacefully swinging her sword while deep in her cultivation.
so, he clashed with her blade.
“what is the meaning of this..” she asked seriously.
“I wanted to see how far my sister progressed~ and it seems you’ve done well~” though he only focused on the mystical aspects of cultivation, such as Pile Skills, and less common weapons, such as axes and pickaxes.
they all wielded a type of blade.
so, he could easily deduce the differences, and similarities, cultivating the Saber Dao without actively doing so.
“plus, if you progress well, I’ll reward you~” he said cockily, but within moments, she already dashed forward and started her attack!
the Ghost Blood Saber, was a rather unique skill.
focussing on deception, timing, and changing expectations, it got its name by the martial artists moving like a spectre in battle.
able to change momentum with ease, and seemingly appear translucent.
though the basic forms, that require no Qi Blood, it only contains the sporadic movement, and limited momentum control.
this made it resemble a much simpler Saber Technique rather than what it lurks deeper.
Ma Qing easily blocked the attack, impressed with the power control.
‘so she’s only using the internal factors of Qi Blood..’ Qi Blood doesn’t dissipate when only used inside the body, but when used with martial arts, it naturally pulls the Qi, from the Qi Blood out.
though, it can reaccumulate on its own, due to the blood already imprinting itself with Qi.
meaning your realm can’t lower, unless you bleed out this Qi-less Blood, but even then, you still have rudimentary control over the blood due to its imprint.
he started using the same traits in the Wolf Pile Skill as well, easily matching her.
he started analysing all the movements that she did, breaking it down and using it for his own cultivation of his Ghost Blood Saber.
slowly, her lead in experience was slowly shrinking due to comprehension, yet she did not yield, on the contrary, her fighting Spirit Flared further!
‘1 minute..’ that was all she had when using the Qi Blood set of the Ghost Blood Saber.
and so, the rhythm changed drastically.
after noticing this change, he started amping up the Qi Blood he used to enhance his body, pulling away in the nick of time, from getting his neck sliced off!
Liu Qin’s Body, no longer remained perfectly visible, as after image piled up, and her form started getting hazy, each move she made was extreme!
though now, Ma Qing, and his insane comprehension started using the sword skill as well, parrying her every blow!
‘holy shit!
she’s amazing!’ he almost died within a couple exchanges!
he himself, only just started training his martial arts Heart Mantra!
so him, jumping off the deep end this violently was an extremely tight learning curve!
yet his mind slowly sharpened further and further.
as he slowly started getting used to the technique, he himself started getting hazier and hazier, looking more transparent.
with every strike the 2 seemed to engage in a violent clash of power and killing techniques, which lead to 10’s of moves in a single second!
and slowly he started to realise just how crazy talented his Sister was!
‘to progress this far with a technique of this level…’ ‘what a monster!’ Liu Qin thought to herself, when facing her Brother.
it seemed that, at first he barely understood how to wield a saber, yet…
he managed to climb up to her point within a moment!
she, who pushed herself to master the blade quickly as possible, so she can eventually take Ma Qing’s life.
the same man who gave her the opportunity.
but she thought it was reasonable still!
after all, he took the only family she ever had..
but now, she finally ran out of gas.
slowing down, and turning fully visible again.
Ma Qing stopped as well.
looking completely normal, and helped his sister up.
“lets get you water ok?” he called a gang member to get water, and eventually they started to sit in silence, drinking water together.
“wanna eat?
by the way, have you been eating the Bean plant every meal?” he asked with a smile.
she nodded barely, and without looking at him.
“its amazing right!
your body grows and gets way more nutrients than plain rice, yet its way more cheaper than meat~” he continued making small talk, to the quiet Liu Qin.
yet after a couple of minutes he finally said.
“truth be told I was gonna give you a reward anyways~ but I was extremely surprised you were able to pull of that much power!” she finally looked at him, unsure of what to say.
“truth be told, I don’t know much about you, but seeing your determination…” he pulled out a wooden box the size of his palm.
“it’s to help your cultivation of Qi Blood~” he said with a sincere smile.
yet she frowned.
feeling completely guilty over trying to take this kind mans life after giving her so much.
“I don’t-” she tried refusing but Ma Qing cut him off.
“yes you do!
you manage an entire Gang, all because I…
killed your brother…
and it will take me until I shower you with gifts till I finally stop feeling guilty~ so please, take it not for you, but for me~” he said with a toothy grin.
her eyes widen.
“…thank you brother…” CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Lucagomaster I’m do not know Manderin or its dialect, so i’m gonna give up on the Xiao and ‘er stuff