An hour and countless misses later, Yu Rou finally managed to hit her target with Wind Blade, brutally cutting the monster in half as it did to the tree before.
“Uwa… Isn’t this technique like… a little too powerful?” Yu Rou realized this after she witnessed how the monster nearly exploded into a bloody mess.
“Isn’t it a good thing that the technique’s powerful?” Yuan tilted his head, not understanding her worries.
“I mean, of course, but it’s a little too brutal for my taste.” Yu Rou sighed. How can an elegant young lady like her use such a savage technique? It would definitely ruin her graceful image!
“Then do you want a new technique?” Yuan asked her.
“No, this is fine. It may be a brutal technique, but I don’t dislike it. I just need to get used to the scene of my opponents being torn apart by the skill.” Yu Rou said.
“Anyway, let’s continue hunting monsters. The only way I can get better with this skill is by using it over and over again! Therefore— onto the next monster, Xiao Hua!” Yu Rou pointed in a random direction with her fan with a profound expression on her face.
“Okay…” Xiao Hua nodded.
And for the next few hours, until it was time for dinner, Yu Rou would hunt monsters continuously using her Wind Blade whilst Xiao Hua led her around the wilderness.
As for Yuan, he merely followed them in silence. However, it was not as though he was completely relaxed, as he still had to make sure that no harm would come to Yu Rou, so whenever they approach a monster, he would mentally prepare himself just in case he needed to step in and protect Yu Rou.
“Brother, I have hunted so many monsters, yet not one of them dropped a single monster core, why is that?” Yu Rou asked him at the end of their adventure.
“That’s because only monsters above seventh level Spirit Apprentice drop them,” he responded. “Did I get that right, Xiao Hua?” he asked her just in case.
“That’s right,” she nodded.
“Seventh level Spirit Apprentice, huh? That’s a long way…” Yu Rou sighed.
“Anyways, I am going to log off now to cook dinner, brother. You can play a little longer until dinner is ready if you like.”
“No, it’s fine. There’s nothing I can do in this area in such a short time, anyways.”
“Then I’ll see you on the other side,” Yu Rou said to him before logging off.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, Xiao Hua.”
“Un. Goodbye, Brother Yuan.” Xiao Hua said to him before disappearing into the necklace.
Yuan also logged off shortly later.
Once he was in the real world again and Yu Rou left to prepare dinner, Yuan began trying to cultivate again, hoping that he would have better results after his understanding of the cultivation technique had improved.
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“…Ouch!”
Yuan tried to cultivate many times without any progress until Yu Rou returned with the food.
“Are you okay, brother? I heard you yelling in pain just now…” Yu Rou said to him in a worried voice.
“Hm? Oh, it’s nothing.” Yuan said, not prepared to tell her about trying to cultivate in the real world just yet— at least not until he confirms that it actually works and he’s not just going crazy.
“If you feel any pain in your body, don’t hesitate to let me know, okay?” Yu Rou said to him afterward.
“Don’t worry, I won’t,” Yuan said.
“Good. Anyway, I have some news. Doctor Wang will be coming later, and he said that he has some results regarding the black gunk that discharged from your body.”
“Okay,” Yuan said.
“Let’s fill your stomach before he arrives,” Yu Rou said as she began feeding him chicken soup.
Sometime later, Doctor Wang arrived at their home, and Yu Rou greeted him with Yuan in the wheelchair.
“You have the results already, Doctor Wang? That was quicker than I’d anticipated,” Yu Rou said to him.
“Well, I worked without stopping for nearly the entire day to get the results as soon as possible, and you won’t believe what I found from the examination,” Doctor Wang said.
“What is it? Is it something we should be worried about?” Yu Rou asked him with a nervous expression.
“Actually, it should be the opposite! According to the results, the black gunks are actually impurities! Although I don’t know how it happened, it appears that the Young Master has managed to discharge the impurities within his body.”
“Impurities…?” Yu Rou raised her eyebrows. What does that even mean?
“Sit down, Young Lady. This is going to take some time to explain,” Doctor Wang said to her.
Yu Rou nodded, and she went to grab a chair before sitting down and waiting for Doctor Wang to continue.