Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 59 Ginseng Exchanged for Heart Sutra, Unverified Couple

"Father, Mother, Uncle Yuan, you're all here."

Chen Yiyi recognized the people outside the door and was immediately pleasantly surprised.

"mother."

"Yiyi."

Chen Yiyi rushed into Lu's arms and started to act coquettishly.

"Hey, hey, hey, where am I?"

"Where's the third uncle?"

"Yiyi, your third uncle injured his butt because of you, and you actually ignored him. It really breaks your third uncle's heart."

Chen Fei wanted to assert his presence.

Little did he know, his wife grabbed his ear from behind and pulled him away.

This husband is too naive.

I was truly blind back then.

How did I end up with such a goofball?

"Ouch, my wife, stop pulling! Your ear's going to fall off."

"It hurts."

"shut up."

"Brother Nian, I have other matters to attend to at the yamen, so I'll be leaving now."

"It's alright, you go back to your work."

"Ah."

"Uncle Yuan, Uncle Yuan, I've already learned the first move. Teach Yiyi the second move now."

"Okay, come to my house in a few days, and I'll give you the secret manual for the second move."

Lu Yuan nodded, not refusing Yi Yi's request.

Why a few days later?

Because he hadn't figured out how to choreograph the second move yet.

Once he finished his work at the government office, he would go home and think about how to make up a second version of the story.

"Thank you, Uncle Yuan. Long live Uncle Yuan!"

"Once Yiyi masters unparalleled martial arts, no one will dare to bully Uncle Yuan."

Chen Yiyi stood with her hands on her hips, looking very confident.

Uncle Yuan, once I've achieved success, I'll protect you.

"Uh~"

Lu Yuan didn't speak, but just nodded silently, then pushed off with both legs.

The floor beneath his feet instantly turned to dust, and Lu Yuan was sent flying with a whoosh.

Chen Yiyi watched Lu Yuan jump away, her eyes filled with longing.

That's some really cool light-footed skill.

This is the kind of lightness skill that a peerless master should possess.

She made up her mind. In a few days, she would ask Lu Yuan for a martial art technique, specifically the kind of light-body skill that allows one to fly away in a flash.

"Father, Mother, I want to learn this move."

Chen Yiyi's eyes lit up, and she pointed her little finger to the spot where Lu Yuan had been standing.

Chen Nian looked at the broken floor and then at his daughter's expectant eyes. He couldn't bear to tell her the truth.

No one in this world can bully Lu Yuan.

Also, you can't learn this trick.

That's not some kind of light-footed skill.

That's clearly a jump from the spot.

Lu Yuan's stats were high enough that he disappeared in a flash.

Pure force, big brick flying.

Without Lu Yuan's physical abilities, you wouldn't be able to learn it.

"Yiyi, you can't learn this trick."

"I don't believe it. Yiyi is a peerless genius. She can definitely learn it."

"Ugh."

"Then go and ask him yourself in a few days."

Chen Nian sighed, clearly indicating his pessimism.

"Yiyi, go to the study. Daddy will teach you about meridians."

"Wife, could you see if you could contact your father-in-law and borrow a martial arts manual? The level doesn't need to be too high, just Xuan level is enough."

“Yiyi has this talent, and as her father, I will definitely support her with all my might.”

Chen Nian said earnestly.

There are many types of martial arts.

Martial arts that focus on enhancing internal energy are called mental techniques.

There are also martial arts specifically for killing techniques, such as swordsmanship, palm techniques, and knife techniques. Those that combine both, integrating them into one, are called divine skills.

……

A divine skill that combines both is of extremely high quality, either Earth or Heaven level. Such a combination of martial arts can produce an effect greater than the sum of its parts, and ordinary martial artists cannot obtain it without extraordinary opportunities.

If you only cultivate your inner strength without mastering martial arts techniques, your cultivation level may improve quickly, but your combat power will be weak, and you will become a stepping stone for disciples of prestigious sects.

If you only cultivate martial arts for killing, your combat strength may be good among those of the same realm, but your realm will improve slowly. If you don't have extraordinary comprehension and can comprehend the essence of martial arts, you will eventually become just another nobody in other people's eyes.

The constables in their government office, as well as most of the wandering martial artists, belong to this category.

The best solution is to practice more, focusing on mental cultivation techniques and supplementing with swordsmanship and other lethal martial arts. By combining the two, one can achieve both spiritual attainment and combat power.

Those disciples from various sects all belong to this category.

This is one of the reasons why martial artists from prestigious families are stronger than those from unaffiliated families.

……

He knew about the manual that Lu Yuan had made up; he had even read it. It was just a palm technique manual, without any mental cultivation annotations or even meridian descriptions.

Of course, he also knew that Lu Yuan didn't know martial arts and wouldn't understand anything about the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Lu Yuan had already done his best by drawing a stick figure.

One palm technique.

Even if Chen Yiyi has extraordinary comprehension, she couldn't possibly comprehend the inner workings of a fake palm technique.

Chen Yiyi needs a mental technique.

A mental cultivation method with different grades.

It can't be too bad, but it doesn't need to be too good either.

A poorly designed cultivation method would waste his daughter's talent, while a good one is beyond the reach of the Chen family.

Your father-in-law's family has it, but why should he give you a level-one cultivation technique, or even a level-two cultivation technique?
Just because Chen Yiyi is his granddaughter?

That's complete nonsense.

The daughter who is married off is the water that is thrown out.

Although Chen Yiyi is of the Lü family bloodline, her surname is Chen, not Lü.

To the Lü family, no matter how talented Chen Yiyi is, she is still an outsider.

Unless, of course, they become even closer relatives, or they change their surname.

This is impossible.

He couldn't accept it, and the old man was even less likely to accept it.

Therefore, his goal is the Xuan-level mental cultivation technique.

Not too high, not too low, just right.

Whether or not she can be tricked depends on her skills.

"Husband, this is not a good idea."

Lady Lü's expression was somewhat strange.

They've been married for decades. How could she not know what Chen Nian was thinking?
What does "borrow" mean?
Does borrowing without repaying count as borrowing?

No one knows Chen Nian better than his wife.

This is clearly a lie.

"My wife, you wouldn't want Yiyi to waste her talent, would you?"

"Alas, my husband."

"I know what you want to say."

"But he is still my father."

“I can’t live with my conscience if I lie to him again.”

Can lying to your father be considered lying?
It definitely can't be counted.

She also has the surname Lü, so what's wrong with her going back to her parents' home to get some things?
She also has a share in the Lü family's possessions, so it's only natural that she takes a copy of the cultivation manual.

"How about this? My brother Yuan gave our grandson a ginseng root a while ago. Let's take some roots and give them to our father-in-law, shall we?"

"Alright, eight hundred years of roots is enough."

"But husband, isn't the Xuan-level cultivation method too low? We can't let Yiyi down."

“I think my father would definitely not agree to a Heaven-level cultivation technique. Even if he did, those old folks in the family would stop him. Why don’t we just get a Earth-level cultivation technique?”

Lady Lü's eyes lit up; she had come up with an idea.

"This, isn't it good?"

"Eight hundred years of ginseng root cannot be exchanged for a top-tier cultivation technique."

Now it was Chen Nian's turn to feel embarrassed.

"What if it's a whole one?"

"That would be too much of a loss. No, this is a gift from Yuandi to his grandson. How can it be used for exchange? That's not fair to his grandson."

"Husband, our grandson's gift hasn't been given by his father yet. If we exchange ginseng for the cultivation technique, and his father gives us ginseng as a gift, wouldn't it be better for us to take it back?"

"Oh, Madam, you..."

"Ok?"

The couple looked at each other and smiled.

……

(End of this chapter)