Dry wood and raging fire; the value of learning lies in understanding.
Seeing the Little Girl's determined gaze, Chen Yuan blinked his deep eyes and leaned closer to her small face.
He then said seriously, "You are the best gift."
Ah—
How embarrassing! Ye Baixi felt her heart pounding furiously.
She was so happy! To be with the one she loved.
Ye Baixi actively kissed Chen Yuan's neck, her hand quietly reaching for Chen Yuan's buttons.
"Woah! Junior Martial Brother is so skilled!"
Just then, outside the door, a small hand was pulling at the crack, secretly peeking inside.
"How exciting! Could it be... they're about to..."
Shen Nianchu dared not think any further.
Suddenly, she slapped her forehead. She had been so busy watching the live broadcast that she almost missed something important.
She quickly pushed the door open.
"Ah—"
The sudden change startled Ye Baixi, and she immediately collapsed into Chen Yuan's embrace.
Her buttons were mostly undone, and her small face was in intimate contact with Chen Yuan's chest muscles.
Shen Nianchu feigned shock, covering her eyes, "Ahhh, in broad daylight, under the clear sky, you... you..."
Chen Yuan looked displeased.
His 'gun' had just been raised and was interrupted; it would be strange if he were in a good mood.
Shen Nianchu kept peeking at Chen Yuan and Ye Baixi through the gaps in her fingers.
"Wow~ Junior Brother's figure is amazing!"
"Heavens! What did Junior Sister eat growing up? It's dazzling, too dazzling."
Shen Nianchu felt like she was going to get a sty. Little Baixi's figure was so good, and her skin was so pale!
Chen Yuan let go of Little Baixi, and Ye Baixi immediately burrowed into the quilt.
"Senior Sister, why are you looking for us?" Chen Yuan got up, walked closer to her, and asked.
"You... why aren't you wearing clothes?"
Shen Nianchu's breathing was ragged, her mouth stuttering, and her heart was pounding fiercely.
Chen Yuan twitched his lips. Who said he wasn't wearing clothes? His robe was just unbuttoned.
Feeling the masculine hormonal scent emanating from Chen Yuan, Shen Nianchu's face was so red it looked like water could drip from it.
She had never been this close to a person of the opposite sex before.
Shen Nianchu couldn't handle it anymore and quickly rushed out of the room, her voice trailing in the air: "It's time for evening Cultivation. Senior Sister asked you two to come over."
Chen Yuan scratched his head, wondering why Second Senior Sister ran off.
Little Baixi poked her head out of the quilt, her body wrapped up like a zongzi.
Thinking about being caught doing intimate things with Chen Yuan by Second Senior Sister, she felt overwhelmingly shy.
How embarrassing! How could she face Senior Sister in the future?
Chen Yuan personally draped a dress over Ye Baixi, seated her in front of the dressing table, picked up a comb, and began combing her hair.
"Gege, why are you suddenly being so nice to me?"
Gege was actually combing her hair—something she never dared to imagine before.
"Gege, your hands are so handsome."
Ye Baixi watched Chen Yuan's long, slender fingers run through her hair in the bronze mirror; the sweetness in her heart was about to overflow.
"Gege, when we come back tonight, should we continue... continue?" Ye Baixi shyly lowered her head, her voice as faint as a mosquito.
[Ding, detected Ye Baixi's favorability toward Host increased by 90, triggering a specific reward.
Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Han Paopao's "Duct Tape" Experience Card.
(Effect: When encountering a powerful enemy, if you can't beat them, naturally you should run.
Upon using this card, no matter the opponent's cultivation level, they cannot catch the Host, and Divine Sense attacks cannot harm the Host in the slightest.
When the escape distance reaches five thousand kilometers, the Host only needs to turn around and shout, "Your Excellency, please give Chen a clear explanation," and he will immediately gain a cultivation level one major stage higher than the opponent.
The cultivation effect lasts for thirty minutes.)]
Chen Yuan was stunned, filled with inner surprise. This card could be called a life-saving trump card, equivalent to having a second life.
"Chen Yuan Gege, why aren't you talking?" Ye Baixi tilted her head and asked curiously.
"Cough, cough." Chen Yuan cleared his throat. Thinking of what Ye Baixi had just said, his face also rarely flushed red.
Qin Shuhan's Residence.
The two were led into a room by Senior Sister's maid, Zhao Cui.
Chen Yuan used the System to scan Little Cui. Her cultivation was at Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, and her beauty score was 77, which didn't meet the System's beauty standard.
The room layout resembled an ancient private school classroom, with two tables set up in the middle.
Chen Yuan and Ye Baixi sat cross-legged beside the tables, which were already piled high with books.
Chen Yuan was very interested in one of the books, titled Records of the Xuanling Continent History.
He involuntarily opened it and began reading. The very beginning featured eight large characters: "Heaven and Earth first opened, all things Chaos."
It recounted the history of the Xuanling Continent from millions of years ago.
Just then, Senior Sister Qin Shuhan walked in.
She looked at the two of them and didn't say much, pointing to the books on the table: "There is one rule for entering Ziqing Peak, which is reading. You must memorize all these Saint's treatises and Cultivation classics on the table this month. There will be an assessment at the end of the month."
"Senior Sister, why do we have to read? Shouldn't we focus our main energy on Cultivation?" Ye Baixi asked curiously.
Hearing this, Qin Shuhan recalled that when she first became Revered Master's disciple, she was just as curious as Ye Baixi.
However, what Revered Master said at the time greatly shocked her.
Ye Baixi had read many of the books on the table.
When she was little, Ye Baixi loved reading the most, which is why she possessed one trait that attracted the current Chen Yuan: the scholarly aura.
There were also many military texts on the table, which Chen Yuan had been familiar with since childhood and had read frequently in his previous life.
Chen Yuan secretly guessed that Revered Master probably didn't want them to become crude martial practitioners who only knew how to fight.
After a moment, Qin Shuhan regained her composure and slowly said, "A talented person who doesn't read only possesses minor cleverness. A person with minor cleverness who lacks perspective is a mediocre person. Therefore, the key to reading and learning is forming your own perspective. 'Learning is valued for insight'—these are all others' ideas; where are yours?
In the future, you will be the mainstays of my Xuantian Sect. You cannot merely be crude martial practitioners who only know how to fight. At critical moments, having a clear mind is more important than anything else.
"Alright, that's all I have to say. It's only half an hour daily, which isn't much time and won't delay your daily Cultivation."
After hearing what Senior Sister said, Ye Baixi was greatly shocked internally.
Half an hour quickly passed.
Chen Yuan put down the book. After an hour of study, he had basically finished reading all the books on the table, as he had already read some of them before.
Only a small portion he hadn't read, but for someone like him who had been familiar with classics since childhood, understanding them required no effort.
Therefore, he was indeed one of those talented individuals.
Chen Yuan returned to his residence, with Ye Baixi following closely behind him.
Inside the room, they experienced three hours of bloody wind, rain, tinder, and dry wood.
Finally, Ye Baixi fell asleep contentedly.
Chen Yuan sat beside her, beginning to ponder how to increase Revered Master's favorability.
The System also had a Strategy Fund, but he didn't know what Revered Master lacked.
Moreover, if he easily produced a treasure that even Body Integration Stage Cultivators would flock to, wouldn't he be suspected? He needed to come up with a better excuse.