eechless. It really was sweet potatoes."I knew you love eating sweet potatoes, and your neighbor told me that you and Ah Ren went to steal them," Kong Jing patted Zhao Yanzǐ's head, her eyes filled wi...Chapter 140 Sword Cultivator
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About half an hour later, the car entered a residential area called "Flower City" in Donghai City. The buildings here were all small high-rises, belonging to the mid-to-high-end neighborhoods of Donghai's High-Tech Zone.
The car parked in the underground garage. Lu Qing woke up Zhao Yanzi who was sleeping with her schoolbag clutched tightly and led them to his apartment by elevator.
The apartment was a two-bedroom unit, though not as quiet as Zhao Yanzi's house, it was still quite good.
Lu Qing opened the door and invited them in. Hao Ren noticed that the interior decoration was very elaborate; there was even an indoor water feature at the entrance, adding to its elegance.
The living room was clean and spacious with three large sofas arranged around a big flat-screen TV. There were three separate bedrooms, one small balcony, an open-plan study area, a kitchen, and a very modern large bathroom. For Lu Qing's solo residence, it could be considered luxurious.
Lu Lingling and Lu Lili should feel comfortable living here.
"This is my room. Lingling and Lili will share this room, and you and Miss Yanzi can stay in this one tonight." Lu Qing pointed to each room as he introduced them.
Holding her schoolbag with a dazed expression, Zhao Yanzi turned red upon hearing this: "Who wants to sleep together with him!"
Lu Qing chuckled. "Then Mr Hao will have to make do with the sofa in the living room."
"No problem," Hao Ren agreed.
The sofa in Lu Qing's living room was bigger than Zhao Yanzi's; sleeping there overnight would be absolutely fine.
"Miss Yanzi must be tired, why don't you take a shower and go to bed" said Lu Qing to Zhao Yanzi.
She nodded: "Okay." She put her schoolbag in the small room facing south before carrying her bag with personal toiletries and cartoon pajamas into the bathroom.
"Lingling, Lili, and Hao Ren, you should take a bath and get some rest early too," Lu Qing said to them before entering his own room. He probably had more work to do.
"You all go back to rest. There's no need for you to accompany me," Hao Ren said to them.
"Okay." Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉Lily answered in a delicate voice, then held hands and entered their rooms. They put their heads together as if they had something to discuss inside the room.
How affectionate! Hao Ren looked at their backs and sighed with emotion before sitting cross-legged on the sofa and silently practicing "Spectral Sword Technique."
Hao Ren felt that this place seemed to have denser靈氣 than outside, among which water element was most abundant, and other five elements were also plentiful.
He opened his eyes and carefully examined the layout of the room. The more he looked, the more ingenious it appeared; every item's placement seemed to be well thought out. Especially that flowing basin landscape by the door looked like a spiritual eye for water element. Then these water elements would gather in the living room's sofa area according to the room's structure.
This must be an array, right" Zhao Yanzi’s home felt soft and gentle, but here it felt heavy and substantial. Looking at this spacious living room, sofa, and coffee table, he guessed that some elders often gathered here to discuss matters.
After observing for a while, Hao Ren couldn’t figure out the secrets behind it. So, he closed his eyes again and absorbed the five elements' energy in this house.
The principle of Spectral Sword Technique was to cultivate all five elements simultaneously; any imbalance would prevent improvement in practice level. However, due to this reason, if all five elements were enhanced synchronously, they could achieve a very stable realm.
Among the five elements, there were also generating and overcoming principles. The later stage advantage of Spectral Sword Technique was that it feared no element's control but instead could counter any element.
But such a cultivation method required quintuple effort to achieve results; thus, it was an idealized technique—a mediocre one. Its early progress was excruciatingly slow, and nobody had ever reached the point where its power would manifest before abandoning it.
However, for Zhao Guang and others, Hao Ren practicing this technique could solidify his foundation well and bring benefits in future when he changed to other cultivation methods.
Not knowing whether half an hour or an hour had passed, Hao Ren heard the bathroom door unlock. He opened his eyes and saw Zhao Yanzi wearing a pink nightgown with her hair dripping wet, carrying a small bag, crossing half of the living room, then entering today's designated small bedroom.
She didn’t even glance at Hao Ren; it was as if the sitting figure practicing on the sofa did not exist.
Hao Ren felt ignored once again and could only smile bitterly. He stretched his body, entered the bathroom to take a shower too.
The bathroom still had the scent of Zhao Yanzi’s shampoo from her bath earlier; even small footprints were left on the tiled floor. In the basin of the dressing table, there were one or two strands of hair she had shed.
It seems she's determined to keep me away. Apart from occasionally tutoring her in studies, I can hardly get close; otherwise, she treats me as an enemy.
Hao Ren looked at the mirror and shook his head helplessly. He picked up a toothbrush cup and saw two brushes inside—one red, one green—but no third one.
The two toothbrushes should be for L琳琳 and 莉莉, I guess Elder 陸 is quite careless. As a single person used to living alone, he doesn’t know how to take care of others well, even though he knew that I didn't bring anything with me, he still didn’t prepare an extra toothbrush.
It’s not surprising that when L琳琳 and 莉莉 first arrived here, he didn’t think about buying them clothes. They still wore ancient palace attire made of 雪仿紗 at school. Even the clothes they are wearing now were bought by Zhao Hongyu.
Hao Ren knew that Lu Qing was busy and didn't want to disturb him over trivial matters, so he picked up a toothbrush and used it secretly.
Next, he took a comfortable shower. Since Lu Qing hadn’t prepared pajamas for him either, Hao Ren could only continue wearing his clothes. He also knocked on the sisters’ door, "L琳琳, 莉莉, I'm done with my bath; now it's your turn."
"Okay! Sir!" They immediately answered in unison from inside.
Hao Ren returned to the sofa and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, resuming his practice.
For some reason, whether due to carelessness or something else, L穆琳 and 莉莉 entered the bathroom without closing the door. Fortunately, the entrance faced their room; Hao Ren sitting in the living room wouldn’t be able to see into the bathroom even if he opened his eyes.
"Oh my, Sister! Your toothbrush seems to have been used—it’s wet!" Lu 莉莉 shouted from inside the bathroom.
Their voices traveled through the bathroom door and echoed into the living room; Hao Ren's sharp hearing picked up every word.
Hao Ren turned red instantly during his practice session.
"It’s okay, Sir used it," they probably didn't realize that the door was open so they continued talking like this.
“Haha, Sister blushed! What is this called Oh yes, indirect kissing.” Lu 莉莉 shouted again.
Hearing this word made Hao Ren's face turn red once more. It almost caused his internal energy flow to go astray; when he casually used a toothbrush earlier, he never thought about these consequences.
"You there, instead of focusing on your practice, you spend time on these strange things and say I have human desires I think you're the one who is most easily tempted by them," Lu 琳琳 said.
Their voices were identical; Hao Ren could only judge who was the older sister and who was the younger based on their conversation. However, he couldn’t imagine that the usually quite shy 莉莉 would be so lively in front of her elder sister.
They chatted merrily, all topics centered around Hao Ren. With the bathroom door open, these words reached Hao Ren’s ears one by one.
They chatted while brushing their teeth at the vanity, then went to take a shower together. The sound of water rushing and dripping onto the tiled floor could be heard as Hao Ren gave up practicing Split Light Sword Technique and focused on Perfecting Concentration instead; yet he could still imagine them laughing and playing in the bathroom.
About ten minutes later, they emerged from behind the curtain wearing light blue pajamas and gasped. "Sister! Why didn’t you close the door!"
"Oh I forgot," Lu Lili said sadly. She suddenly remembered something else and exclaimed, "Then he heard our conversation"
Sitting on a sofa outside with his eyes closed in meditation, Hao Ren thought to himself: Yes, I heard it all—even the playful splashing while you were bathing.
They tiptoed out of the bathroom and saw Hao Ren sitting there meditating. They quietly approached him and whispered, "Sir."
When he didn’t react, they raised their voices again. "Sir!"
Hao Ren opened his eyes and feigned confusion as he looked at them. "What’s the matter I was too engrossed in my meditation to hear you call me."
The crimson blush on Lu L琳琳和陸莉荷的脖子迅速消退了一半，都暗暗鬆了一口氣。
“哦，冇什麼。”陸琳琳用手捂住臉，恢複正常的表情說道：“我隻是想告訴公子，上次選的那本分光劍影決，其實另有玄機的。”
由於在郝仁耳邊喊叫他，她們此刻湊近了郝仁的臉蛋，隻有十幾厘米的距離，香氣四溢。
郝仁穩住心神，用手指將他們的額頭稍稍推開一些，問道：“什麼玄機？”
穿著同樣青色睡衣的陸琳琳和陸莉莉散發著熱氣，身材窈窕美麗，但郝仁的心跳冇有劇烈加速，實在是歸功於基礎功法凝神決的穩固。
“公子可知道，最純淨的五行混合，會成為什麼？”陸琳琳反問郝仁。
“不知道。”郝仁果斷搖頭，他不是那種不懂裝懂的人。
“雷。”陸琳琳說道。
“哦？你的意思是……”郝仁忽然有點明悟。
“所謂的天罡其實就是五行合雷。公子的這本分光劍影決，說是劍修，不如說是雷修。這不是龍族的功法，或許是東海從某處蒐集而來，他們並不知道，這本功法是需要用雷修的方法去修煉的。”陸琳琳淡淡一笑對郝仁說道。ht's events, Zhao Yanzi felt her face flush slightly, and she couldn't help but challenge, "Mom, why do I have to study so hard!""Studying as a mortal is also a form of cultivation. If you can’t even...