11: Comprehending the Dharma, his strength skyrocketed

“A surprise?”

The two sisters tilted their heads, their identical, innocent yet alluring faces filled with anticipation.

Lu Ming’s lips curved into a mischievous smile, and suddenly, several sets of brand-new clothes appeared in his hands.

“Ah, new clothes!”

Lulu shrieked with excitement, leaping up and clinging to Lu Ming like a sloth, showering his face with a barrage of kisses.

“Thank you, hubby! Thank you, hubby!”

Lu Ming’s face was sticky from her kisses, but he laughed, letting her dangle from him, and gently patted her fair, smooth thigh.

“Alright, alright, first see if the clothes fit.”

Lulu finally let go, pulling over Xu Youyou, who was still in a daze: “Sister, look, so many pretty dresses!”

Soon, the living room was filled with the sisters’ exclamations.

Until Lulu pulled out some strange pieces of clothing from one of the bags: “Oh, what’s this?”

She even curiously held them up to herself.

The next second, both sisters’ faces instantly flushed as red as ripe tomatoes.

Xu Youyou frantically reached out to snatch them, her voice filled with both shame and urgency: “Lulu! Put them down!”

“Ah!”

Lulu finally reacted, releasing the clothes as if burned, and they floated lightly onto the sofa.

She covered her burning cheeks with her hands, peeking at Lu Ming through her fingers.

Seeing him staring at her with a knowing smile, she was so embarrassed she spun around and hid behind her sister.

“You, how could you even buy these!” Xu Youyou said, her back to Lu Ming, her voice muffled in her throat, her earlobes so red they almost seemed to bleed.

Her husband was good in every way, except he was a bit… Xu Youyou’s jade-like toes instinctively curled into the floor.

Lu Ming deliberately sighed, walked over, picked up the clothes, and slowly folded them back into the bag: “If you don’t like them, I’ll return them tomorrow.”

Before he finished speaking, Lulu suddenly poked her head out from behind her sister, wrinkling her cute nose: “Bad hubby! Don’t say another word! Who wants to wear such embarrassing clothes~”

The two sisters fled back to their room like startled bunnies, slamming the door shut.

Through the door, muffled sounds of playful scuffles and suppressed laughter could still be heard.

Lu Ming leaned against the doorframe, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

After an unknown amount of time, the door finally creaked open.

Lu Ming, who had been leaning against the doorframe, looking down at his phone, instinctively looked up at the sound, but his breath suddenly hitched.

Xu Youyou was wearing a black slip dress; the silk-like fabric clung to her graceful figure, outlining elegant curves.

The hem of the skirt fell just above her knees, and her fair calves gleamed softly in the light.

She lowered her head slightly, her dark long hair falling over her shoulders, obscuring half of her blushing face.

Only her delicate nose and pink lips were visible, like a budding black rose, mysterious and captivating.

Lulu, on the other hand, wore a white slip dress, its fluffy skirt like a blooming marshmallow, making her appear even more petite and adorable.

A lingering blush still colored her face, and her large eyes blinked, lively and playful.

She clutched the hem of her skirt with one hand and her sister’s arm with the other, occasionally stealing glances at Lu Ming.

She looked exactly like a fawn secretly trying on new clothes, both nervous and eager for praise.

Lu Ming, sharp-eyed, immediately spotted the unique weapon hidden beneath the dress, and his grin widened.

Attack speed maxed out!

...This world wasn't like his previous one; nightlife was a bit dull.

Besides eating, there was only cultivation left.

Thinking of the Black Tiger Gang still lurking in the shadows, after finishing the cake the sisters had personally made, Lu Ming accelerated his cultivation.

It wasn’t until past midnight that the two sisters had fallen into a deep sleep.

Lu Ming kissed their slightly tired little faces, then got up and went to another room to meditate and cultivate.

[Host: [Lu Ming]

Cultivation: [Blood Qi Ninth Layer]

Talents: [Mining Expertise] (One Star), [Nine Yang Divine Body] (Two Stars), [To Be Unlocked 0 / 100] (Three Stars)

Mental Power: [Two Stars 0 / 10]

[Kindling: 25]

After a night of effort, Kindling had reached 25 points.

Talents wouldn’t advance anytime soon.

Lu Ming thought for a moment and decided to upgrade his Mental Power.

It would also help him comprehend the mysterious Dharma Idol that Uncle Fu had given him.

[Kindling - 10, Mental Power successfully upgraded to Three Stars!]

The moment his Three-Star Mental Power broke through, Lu Ming felt a thunderous roar deep within his Sea of Consciousness, as if tens of thousands of silver needles pierced him simultaneously, only to transform into a warm current that swept through his limbs and bones the next second.

Subtle ripples appeared in the air before him, and the trajectories of dust motes floating on the table were as clear as streams in his eyes; he could even “see” the faint life fluctuations of insect eggs dormant in wall cracks.

“After my Mental Power increased, my perception range has expanded at least threefold.”

He lightly twirled his fingertips, and a wisp of spiritual energy, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, was drawn out of thin air, condensing into a crystalline speck of light in his palm.

This was not an increase in power brought by cultivation advancement, but a qualitative change in his ability to “analyze” the energy of heaven and earth.

It was like a mortal putting on x-ray glasses, able to see theVeins of spiritual energy flow.

Lu Ming first took out the book “Demonic Subduing Fist.”

“Utmost rigidity and yang, specifically countering yin and evil? This Demonic Subduing Fist is quite compatible with my Nine Yang Divine Body.”

With the enhancement of Three-Star Mental Power, Demonic Subduing Fist seemed to come alive, firmly embedded in his consciousness.

Just an hour later.

Lu Ming had completely mastered the essence of Demonic Subduing Fist.

He hadn’t expected Mental Power improvement to have this effect.

If it were an ordinary transcendent, just to get started, it would take three to five months of arduous training, and to achieve mastery, at least three to five years.

But with the enhancement of Three-Star Mental Power, Lu Ming didn’t need to train hard; he could simply execute it with a raised hand.

This discovery greatly boosted Lu Ming’s confidence. He sat cross-legged and took out the jade pendant Uncle Fu had given him.

As soon as his consciousness merged into it, his Sea of Consciousness was suddenly engulfed by dazzling thunderous light.

A roaring sound exploded from the depths of his soul, and an boundless thunder swamp appeared before his eyes.

The thunder vortex in the center of the thunder swamp churned violently, faintly revealing a towering Dharma Idol hidden within the thunderclouds.

With each breath it took, thunder surged for a thousand li, and the patterns outlined by the surrounding lightning.

In a single breath, it traveled a thousand li, and wherever it went, life withered.

Lu Ming couldn’t discern what kind of creature this was.

He could only firmly hold onto his mind, using the keen perception brought by Three-Star Mental Power to desperately capture the patterns around the Dharma Idol.

These patterns were not static; they continuously flowed with the churning thunder.

Sometimes they transformed into ferocious thunder dragons, other times they condensed into a dense electrical net covering the sky, each transformation containing world-destroying power.

One hour.

Two hours.

Seven hours.

Lu Ming, sitting cross-legged on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of excitement flashing within them.

“As swift as thunder, as quick as lightning, is this the Thunderclap Killing Burst?”

“Extreme explosiveness and destruction, what an overbearing movement technique!”

In terms of speed, the Thunderclap Killing Burst was definitely among the top-tier Three-Star movement techniques, and it also came with an extremely fierce suppression effect.

The moment the movement technique erupted, opponents of similar strength would be instantly suppressed, unable to move a muscle, left only to await death!

For stronger opponents, the suppression effect, though reduced, still lasted for 3 to 4 seconds.

But in a duel between experts, 3 seconds was enough to decide victory or defeat.

Well, I’ve also applied new energy!

With Lu Ming’s current physique, combined with the Thunderclap Killing Burst, he could even contend with a Kaiyuan Three-fold expert...