Is this girl cultivating immortality? Yunling finds out!

Chapter 3 Young people, hot temper

The next day.

Just after the hour of Mao, Lu Yu was invited to the main hall by Liao Zhongnan.

"Did Nephew Lu sleep well last night?"

Liao Zhongnan greeted warmly.

"Go ask your wife!"

The corners of Lu Yu's mouth twitched, and he cursed in his heart.

But he was prepared to respond with some polite words.

But Liao Zhongnan suddenly looked surprised, pointed at Lu Yu's face and asked:

"What happened to Nephew Lu? Why is there blood?"

Lu Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then rubbed his mouth - a few pink blood scabs?
"Ah, this is just a nosebleed, that's all."

Lu Yu was just about to make up an excuse to get away with it when he heard a familiar voice coming from the door:

"Mr. Xiao Lu is a young man after all. He is full of vigor and vitality, so it's normal for him to have a nosebleed."

The door was pushed open, and a biting cold wind rushed into the hall.

The person who came was the woman Lu Yu least wanted to see - Liu Nanshuang.

Lu Yu's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"Ah, it's the lady."

Liao Zhongnan took two steps forward, but saw Liu Nanshuang slowly turn sideways:
"Husband, look who else is here."

As he spoke, he made way for a small figure.

"Oh! It's Xiaotang. Come in and sit down!"

When Liao Zhongnan saw the visitor, he quickly instructed the maids:

"Go, bring some more charcoal to warm the room."

Lu Yu looked at the woman carefully, but the woman was dressed in heavy clothes. She was wearing a pure black cloak that wrapped her small body tightly, and her face was wrapped with several scarves. Apart from her short stature, nothing else could be seen.

"Nephew Lu, let me introduce him to you."

Liao Zhongnan led the woman to Lu Yu and said:
"This is my wife's junior sister, Bai Xiaotang."

"Xiaotang, this is Lu Yu, the beloved disciple of an old friend of mine."

The woman's heavy clothes made her body look like a small gourd. Only a pair of watery eyes were exposed on her face. She looked up and stared at Lu Yu curiously for a few breaths.

Lu Yu was slightly stunned when he saw the other person's slightly exaggerated outfit.

Then I heard a muffled voice from under the heavy scarf:

"Hello."

"Uh, you too."

Lu Yu nodded politely and then asked:
"Well, Miss Bai seems to be quite afraid of the cold, doesn't she?"

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The other party did not answer, but stared at Lu Yu.

Seeing that she didn't seem to want to talk to him, Lu Yu didn't want to put his face in the cold butt.

But then I thought - this woman is in cahoots with Liu Nanshuang!
Let’s chat a few more times to see if we can get a feel for the other person’s personality first.

After all, it was related to whether he could leave Liao Mansion safely, so Lu Yu had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask:

"I wonder what realm Miss Bai is at now?"

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Bai Xiaotang remained silent, his eyes still fixed on Lu Yu.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Seeing this, Liao Zhongnan hurriedly explained:
"My wife's junior sister doesn't like to talk much, but she is a very kind person. Please don't be offended, nephew Lu."

"Oh! No, no."

Lu Yu waved his hand quickly and said:
"Very good, this white girl has quite a personality."

As they were talking, several maids came into the hall carrying braziers.

Bai Xiaotang walked straight to the brazier without saying a word, then squatted beside it.

The scene that Lu Yu saw was like a fat little dumb gourd buried in the ground, which made him feel inexplicably funny.

Just as the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, he found Liu Nanshuang looking at him with a playful expression:

"Junior sister, you have to warm yourself up. Mr. Lu will help you nourish your spirit later, so you need to take off some clothes."

"Yun Ling?" The voice of the little mute boy seemed a little confused.

Liao Zhongnan quickly stepped forward to explain:
"Xiaotang, you are already in the Foundation Establishment Stage. It's not easy to find a Spirit Condensation Master at the same level."

As he spoke, he put his arm around Lu Yu's shoulders and continued:
"My nephew Lu may only be a Spirit Condensation Master at the Qi Refining Stage, but he can transcend boundaries and conserve his spirit! He's truly a prodigy in the art of conserving spirits!

It wasn't easy for me to invite him here! Later, I'll have him nourish your spirit and smooth out the meridians in your body, which will be of great benefit to your cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaotang looked at Lu Yu again.

Lu Yu quickly put on an embarrassed look, bowed to Liao Zhongnan, and said:
"Uncle Liao, to be honest, yesterday's cross-border spiritual accumulation caused my spiritual energy to be almost exhausted, and last night, too."

Lu Yu glanced at Liu Nanshuang lightly and continued:

"I didn't get a good night's rest last night. It might take me a month or so to recover. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it today."

Anyway, it seems that Lu Yu is the only one who can achieve this cross-border spiritual accumulation.

Doesn't that mean what he says? He said his spiritual power was exhausted, not a drop left! No one else could force him.

As soon as Lu Yu finished speaking, Liu Nanshuang covered her mouth and smiled, as if she had been prepared for this, and immediately replied:
"Mr. Lu, there's no need to worry. We don't have much in our house, but we have plenty of spirit stones. Just tell me how many spirit stones you need to help you recover your spiritual power."

Lu Yu raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

If a cultivator's spiritual energy is exhausted, he can indeed recover it by absorbing and refining spirit stones, but this luxury is usually only afforded in critical moments.

A cultivator of the third level of Qi Refining with ordinary qualifications would need to spend about half a day absorbing and refining a high-quality spirit stone to restore the spiritual power in his body.

However, Lu Yu's aptitude was far below that of an ordinary cultivator, and his efficiency in absorbing and refining spirit stones was also horribly low. It was estimated that he would need at least five spirit stones to recover.

'It seems that Liu Nanshuang has me in her hands.

Excellent! Then I'll ask for a huge sum of money and see if you dare to accept it.'

Lu Yu pretended to think for a while, then said with a look of embarrassment:

"My five elements spiritual roots are all low-grade. I'm afraid I'll need twenty high-grade spirit stones."

"no problem!"

Liu Nanshuang replied decisively without hesitation;

"Mr. Lu has taken so much trouble, so even giving you thirty is reasonable."

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Liao Zhongnan beside him.

Seeing that the other party also looked as if it was natural, Lu Yu immediately realized that he might have missed something!
And a lot less!
"How much did the Liao family earn selling medicine in Wancheng? Thirty high-grade spirit stones! And they just accepted it so easily?!"

Lu Yu felt regretful and a little envious.

When he was in the sect in the past, the old master couldn't save up a few high-quality spirit stones in two or three years, which also caused Lu Yu's consumption concept to always remain at a low level.

This time when he actually saw the rich people in the city, Lu Yu realized that he was too short-sighted!

Thirty high-quality spirit stones.

Lu Yu made a preliminary estimate and found that if he used his own original refining method, he could produce at least a dozen bottles of spiritual liquid.

"If I can get out of this trip safely, it wouldn't be a loss, right?"

Lu Yu put all the spirit stones into the system space, planning to use this windfall to purchase more natural materials after returning to the sect.

After all, he was just a mere spirit master, and the spiritual power in his body was not enough to practice combat skills. He could only use the natural skills he had learned to protect himself.

The way of natural craftsmanship consumes the most spirit stones and resources.

The little money I had saved in the past was basically used to study the materials rewarded by the system, and I had no money left to tinker with other things.

Now that I have a little money, I can finally turn theory into practice!

But for now, I still have to find a way to get out.
Under the pretext of absorbing spirit stones, Lu Yu took a nap in the guest room for half a day.

When he pushed open the door yawning, he saw Liu Nanshuang who had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Xiao Lu's soul-enriching technique is really interesting,"

Liu Nanshuang stared at Lu Yu with a smile and said jokingly:

"While absorbing and refining the spirit stone, he could even hear bursts of snoring."

Several maids around him also covered their mouths and laughed secretly. Lu Yu's old face flushed, but he quickly recovered his composure. He met Liu Nanshuang's gaze and sneered:

"There was a little mouse making a fuss in the house last night, which prevented me from getting a good rest, so I'm going to catch up on some sleep."

Liu Nanshuang's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, with a smile still on her face as she said:

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao Lu. My junior sister has prepared everything in the guest room. Please follow me."

With the spirit stone already in his pocket, Lu Yu knew that he could not escape this, so he could only say helplessly:

"Lead the way."

(End of this chapter)