After returning to his residence, Hai Dali took out the scrap copper piece and examined it repeatedly. He thought of his Twin Dragon Jade Pendant.
However, to his frustration, he still did not know how he had obtained its inheritance. That provided little help in uncovering the secret of this scrap copper.
Still, he decided to try his previous method again. When he bit his finger and let a drop of blood fall onto it, the scrap copper finally changed.
The rust on its surface slowly peeled away, revealing many small characters. This made Hai Dali overjoyed.
“It was this simple?”
The ease of success made it feel unreal. If it were truly so simple, wouldn’t someone have already discovered it?
Could it be that the stall owner had deliberately been searching for a successor?
Thinking of the stall owner’s sloppy appearance and peculiar temperament, the more Hai Dali thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
At this moment, the stall owner had already been imagined by Hai Dali as a mysterious hidden master. At the same time, he secretly praised his own foresight for obtaining such an opportunity.
Although he already possessed an impressive cultivation technique, who would complain about having more good things?
After calming himself, he looked at the small characters on the copper piece, filled with anticipation.
Once he finished reading, shock appeared on his face.
This was a cultivation technique called the Yuan Spirit Art, a supplementary technique that could improve the quality of spiritual roots.
It explained that due to changes in heaven and earth, everyone’s spiritual roots contained varying degrees of impurities and flaws. The more spiritual roots one had, the more impurities would accumulate.
This was why people with the same number of spiritual roots could have different cultivation speeds.
This technique could gradually purify the impurities within spiritual roots, eliminate flaws, and thereby enhance their quality.
Once the quality of spiritual roots improved, a cultivator’s sensitivity to spiritual energy and ability to absorb it would increase, making cultivation much smoother.
Those with mixed spiritual roots suffered from weak sensitivity to spiritual energy and poor absorption ability.
But with sufficient resources, even those with mixed spiritual roots could still reach high realms.
This was practically a blessing for cultivators with inferior roots, an absolute god-tier technique.
Fortunately, he had taken it first. If Xiao Fan had obtained it, it would have been like adding wings to a tiger.
It seemed that in the future, he needed to keep a closer eye on Xiao Fan. Whenever there were signs of an opportunity, he would seize it first.
Then he hesitated over whether to tell Chen Muxue. After thinking carefully, he decided not to give it to her for now.
If she improved faster, it would not benefit him. At the very least, he would wait until he had fully secured her.
After memorizing the Yuan Spirit Art, he dug a hole in the courtyard and buried the green copper piece.
From then on, Hai Dali focused on cultivation. By nightfall, he heard someone approaching. Listening carefully, he realized it was Qingzhi, and he was immediately delighted.
Now she came on her own without him calling her, which meant she increasingly acknowledged him.
This made him feel a bit self-satisfied, thinking he was quite charming.
The door opened, and Qingzhi slipped inside, quickly shutting it behind her in one smooth motion.
Hai Dali could not help but twitch his lips. Such a beautiful girl, yet she moved like a little thief. It felt strangely out of place.
Before Qingzhi could speak, he pulled her into his arms and held her close.
He did not ask why she had come. That would be foolish. What if she got annoyed and stopped coming next time?
After a while, he said to her, “I’ll teach you a cultivation technique. It will be very helpful to you.”
Hai Dali handed her the technique he had copied down earlier. After reading it, Qingzhi was so shocked that her small mouth remained open.
That alluring expression stirred Hai Dali’s desire. He immediately pecked her lips.
Coming back to her senses, Qingzhi asked, “Th-this… where did this come from?”
“Take a guess,” Hai Dali said playfully.
“Could it be that green copper piece?”
Qingzhi recalled what had happened earlier that day.
Hai Dali nodded. “For now, you must not tell the Second Miss. Don’t expose it.”
Qingzhi looked at him in shock, covering her mouth as she exclaimed, “You really unlocked its secret? You’re amazing.”
She looked at him with admiration.
Seeing her expression, Hai Dali felt his desire rise again. He reached out with a grin and said, “Don’t you already know how amazing I am?”
“Annoying…”
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In the following days, Hai Dali went to see Chen Muxue every day. What pleased him was that she allowed him to massage her again.
It turned out that after practicing swordsmanship and going out, her feet started hurting again.
She had Xiao Zhu massage them once, but it did not achieve the desired effect.
In the end, she still had Hai Dali do it. Every time, he made her both love and hate it. The source of this chapter is g.com.
After each session, she felt very comfortable, yet she also felt that his hands were becoming increasingly improper.
But she had no evidence, so she endured it without saying anything.
During these days, Hai Dali massaged Chen Muxue during the day and had Qingzhi warm his bed at night. His life was extremely comfortable.
Today, Hai Dali did not go anywhere, because it was the Qin Family Patriarch’s birthday.
Since the Chen Family Patriarch had not yet come out of seclusion and the Eldest Miss was guarding the Spiritual Herb Fields, only the First Madam and Chen Muxue went.
Chen Muxue only brought Qingzhi and did not take him along, which made him quite depressed. He had originally wanted to join in and broaden his horizons.
Now he could only stay home and cultivate. Sigh… how miserable.
In these past days, aside from cultivating his technique daily, he also spent time practicing the Yin-Yang Divine Fist.
He had mastered the movements to the point of flowing smoothly, and he felt that he could now handle combat without issue.
After improving his fist technique, he realized he could not lack a movement technique.
So he found a technique within the Great Yin-Yang Unity Art called the Yin-Yang Phantom Step.
This movement technique integrated the power of yin and yang. Once reaching minor mastery, it allowed the user to create alternating real and illusory afterimages while moving.
At major mastery, it could use the transformation of yin and yang to make it difficult for enemies to determine the user’s true position and movement path.
At full mastery, one could even move freely through the void.
After reading its description, he did not hesitate and immediately began cultivating it. This time, he once again entered that same immersive state as before.
When he exited that state, more than half a day had already passed, and he could already use the Yin-Yang Phantom Step in a basic manner.
This made him realize that the first time cultivating any technique or ability would likely bring him into that immersive state, greatly accelerating his progress.
Having consumed too much energy, he planned to sit cross-legged and recover. However, at that moment, Qingzhi arrived.
“The Second Miss is looking for you. She seems to be in a very good mood.”
Qingzhi looked at him with affectionate eyes. That gaze made Hai Dali feel his bones soften. He slapped her on the hip and decided that he would deal with her properly tonight.
“In a good mood? Did something good happen today?” Hai Dali asked curiously.
Qingzhi thought for a moment and said, “The gift the Second Miss gave to Patriarch Qin made both him and the First Madam very satisfied. I don’t know about anything else. I wasn’t able to stay by the Second Miss’s side the whole time today.”
“Whatever it is, as long as her mood is good, we don’t need to worry. Let’s go. Don’t keep the Second Miss waiting.”
Hai Dali felt that going now would not lead to anything bad, so he did not ask further.