After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

thump—

Shi Yan still flicked his finger expressionlessly.

"Ugh..." the girl cried out in anguish, kneeling down and bowing her body in front of Shi Yan.

Shi Yan's lips twitched slightly.

Even when lying down, it's so timid, hopeless, truly hopeless.

Shi Yan watched as Wenren Jiu nestled in front of her, her head bowed, and then cautiously tilted her head back, "Sister Shi Yan..."

Are you feeling any better now?

Shi Yan was stunned.

She was both amused and exasperated, and grabbed the girl, pulling her into her arms.

It's so soft and cuddly, it feels really nice to hold.

"Fool..."

Is it just to comfort myself?

But... feeling the body in my arms gradually warming up, it seemed to be more than just comforting myself.

Ignoring Wenren Jiu's struggles and sobs, Shi Yan pulled the girl into his arms.

Although I haven't reached the level of being as gentle and refined as Wen Ruya and Jun Qianrou, capable of suffocating girls, this feeling is still pretty great.

Let's just consider this a 'punishment' for that shrew.

Shi Yan put one arm around Wenren Jiu's shoulder and rested his chin on the girl's head.

Hearing the pitiful sobbing in his arms, and watching the girl's small hands gradually lose strength as she waved them, until finally she could only weakly hug his waist.

Shi Yan continued to scroll through his character attribute panel.

She wants to check the log.

Somewhat unexpectedly... it seems the proprietress really didn't do anything to me.

"You have drunk the 'Drunken Immortal Dew'..."

"You have gained cultivation..."

"You have obtained the spiritual energy of the Great Dao..."

"Your progress in cultivating spiritual energy has reached 100%, and you have begun your breakthrough."

Breakthrough Material: Immortal Sword Nine Continents

"With the help of 'Mo Shu', you have broken through to the first level of the Cave Heaven Realm."

"..."

dong dong——

Shi Yan felt as if his heart and lungs had stopped.

No way...

No way...

Her gaze was completely fixed on that sentence.

Breakthrough Material: Immortal Sword...Nine Provinces

Part 145 "My Sister/Master is a Bad Person, a Bad Person, a Bad Person" [3K words, Chapter 1]

The joy brought by the breakthrough in his cultivation level vanished almost instantly upon seeing those words.

Shi Yan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

"Breakthrough Material: Immortal Sword Nine Provinces..." ? ? ?

It was as if an invisible hand had gripped her throat.

really--

The most important material Shi Yan used when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, besides the "Fragment of Great Dao Spiritual Energy" that served as the finishing touch, was the Other Mountain Stone that constituted the entire "Thirty-Three Sword Pavilion".

"The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Nine Provinces" and "The Thirty-Three Sword Pavilion" share the same origin.

Using "Immortal Sword Nine Provinces" as material to break through to the 'Golden Core Realm' would be absolutely perfect.

But... Shi Yan doesn't want it.

Are attributes and defying fate important?

Of course it matters.

But compared to a 'wife,' what are attributes and defying fate?

I'm not lacking in any minor attributes.

Moreover... even if you use the ordinary jade sword brought out from the "White Tiger's Fang" and the "Sword Tomb" as consumables for breakthrough, it won't be too bad.

Using the adorable Shi Jiuzhou as material for his breakthrough was something Shi Yan simply couldn't accept.

It's like spending a dozen or so in-game purchases and grinding for months to raise your "waifu" in a mobile game, only to feed it away as "dog food" after you get drunk.

Dengdengdeng-

Cardiac arrest.

Shi Yan felt a chill run through him, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

No wonder... no matter how I called out to Jiuzhou after leaving the tavern, no girl came out.

Shi Yan didn't even bother to look at the part about defying fate that followed. She simply scrolled off her character attribute panel and reached behind her neck to push up her hair.

Standing before Shi Yan, Wenren Jiu's eyes were wide open.

The way my sister flips her hair is so beautiful.

As my sister flipped her hair... a strange fragrance seemed to waft towards me.

However, she was still very nervous.

After all, her sister's expression had been strange ever since she woke up. Just a moment ago she looked troubled and distressed, but now her expression had changed drastically, making Wenren Jiu unable to help but worry.

"elder sister..."

She wanted to say something in a low voice, but then she saw Shi Yan pull out a smooth jade sword, no longer than the palm of her hand, from his clothes.

Wenren Jiu knelt blankly in front of Shi Yan, her ears turning bright red almost instantly.

Recalling what she had said to Sister Shiyan when they were joking around, "Jade...jade..."

Wenren Jiu suddenly started swaying as if she were about to break down. She twisted and turned shyly on the spot, and it seemed as if steam was about to come out of the top of her head.

How could Sister Shiyan... how could she carry such a thing with her?

It wasn't stored in a storage ring, but hung around her neck.

The girl was so shy that her shoulders were trembling slightly.

When she helped Sister Shiyan onto the carriage, she touched... Sister Shiyan actually had a very beautiful figure.

Then look at the jade sword held in Sister Shiyan's hand...

Wenren Jiu's eyes were filled with mist and glistening with tears.

The girl looked as if she wanted to twist her arms and body into a knot, swaying and fidgeting shyly. She thought of what her older sister, Shiyan, had said after waking up from her drunken stupor—

You must be responsible for yourself.

"Hmm..."

"I can't think about it anymore..."

"I feel like I'm starting to act strangely."

Ignoring the blushing little girl twisting and turning in front of him, Shi Yan gripped the jade sword tightly with both hands.

Compared to before its departure, the jade sword no longer seemed as smooth and lustrous.

and...

Like Hua Xiangrong's zither, the jade sword in her hand seemed to have lost its 'life'.

The teacher's face had turned ashen.

"Nine Provinces..."

"Nine Provinces..."

Stroking the jade sword in his hand and holding it close to his chest, Shi Yan softly called out Shi Jiuzhou's name in his heart.

There is still no response.

In the face of the teacher's words—

As Wenren Jiu watched her sister Shiyan gently caress the jade sword, she could barely contain her girlish shyness as she twisted and turned in place. She was breathing heavily, and she almost wanted to twist and turn in the carriage.

"Sister Shiyan..."

"Sister Shiyan..."

"He's not planning to do something to me in the carriage, is he?" Her eyes wide, the girl was so embarrassed that she lay down and rolled around beside Shi Yan's legs, "Aaaaaahh ...

"How embarrassing, how embarrassing... How could Sister Shiyan do this..."

But... that's what she thought in her heart, her body told her the truth.

If I had to describe it...

It's roughly like playing hard to get, shyly waiting to bloom.

Shi Yan was finally drawn to Wenren Jiu's attention.

Watching the girl roll around with her blushing face, even without using her brain, she could easily guess what this little girl with her strange and wonderful ideas was thinking.

Hopeless.

It's beyond saving.