73: Chapter 73 features highly impactful visuals.

Zhao Qingyue spoke up immediately.

She tried hard to force an expression of curiosity mixed with slight annoyance onto her face.

Her voice was deliberately tinged with confusion:

"Actually... it's just that when you were guiding me earlier, there was one point I understood in theory."

"But my body just couldn't quite get it, and I haven't truly 'mastered' it yet."

"I was still pondering it while we were walking just now."

Her facial expression management was on the level of a best actress, even her gaze was just right.

It revealed a persistent dedication to perfecting her Dao and a hint of confusion; no one could see any flaws in it.

"Oh? Which part? Can you demonstrate it now?" Lin Yun was indeed intrigued.

Zhao Qingyue quickly glanced at Su Yingxue and the others walking ahead. They hadn't gone far and were walking slowly while chatting.

She bit her lip, then spoke as if she had made up her mind:

"Lin Yun, how about... we go to the lawn in the garden over there?"

"It's spacious there, could you guide me on the spot again?"

"If I don't figure out this joint, I probably won't be able to sleep tonight!"

Her tone carried a hint of embarrassed pleading, yet was full of seriousness about the Dao—it was flawless.

"Sure."

Lin Yun readily agreed and said to Su Yingxue and the others in front.

"Yingxue, you guys go back first. Qingyue still has one question she hasn't figured out."

Su Yingxue and the others turned around upon hearing this.

Su Yingxue looked at Zhao Qingyue's "earnest" face, then at Lin Yun, and smiled:

"It's fine, we'll wait for you. If it's just one point you haven't figured out, it shouldn't take long."

"Ah, no, no need!"

Zhao Qingyue's acting was top-tier; she waved her hands repeatedly, even adding a touch of urgency and thoughtfulness.

"Sister Yingxue, you guys go back first!"

"You're all pregnant, why wait for us?"

"Even if you aren't hungry, the babies in your bellies must be!"

"Go back quickly, we'll be there soon!"

Her reason was reasonable and logical, her expression incredibly sincere, even showing concern for her good sisters and the babies.

Shen Youqing, Wu Qingya, and Lin Qianxi didn't think much of it.

A flicker of imperceptible realization flashed in Su Yingxue's eyes, but on the surface, she went along with it:

"Alright then, hurry up, dinner should be ready soon."

She gave Lin Yun a meaningful look, then turned and walked away with her sisters.

Watching their figures disappear around the corner of the garden path.

Zhao Qingyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said to Lin Yun: "Let's hurry to the lawn over there!"

The two arrived at an open, soft lawn in the lakeside garden.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed everything a warm orange-red; the lake surface shimmered, and a breeze blew by, carrying the fragrance of flowers and grass.

"Where is it that you haven't understood? Come, let me see."

Lin Yun stood still, his gaze falling on Zhao Qingyue.

Seeing that Su Yingxue and the others had indeed walked far away, Zhao Qingyue finally relaxed her tense nerves a little.

To prevent any accidents, she very seriously performed the "unfamiliar" part again in its entirety.

Her movements were standard, her force application clear, even a bit smoother than when she was in the Gravity Chamber.

However, Lin Yun was, after all, someone who had received twenty years of martial arts experience via System infusion; his discernment was incredibly sharp.

Even though Zhao Qingyue didn't intentionally reveal flaws.

He could still see several places that could be optimized or even corrected from the extremely subtle changes in rhythm, center of gravity shifts, and muscle force application sequences.

"Here, your hip rotation speed could be half a beat faster; it would drive more strength into your shoulders and arms."

"Hmm, when this palm goes out, your wrist could be a bit tighter, letting the force reach your fingertips."

"And this footwork transition, you have an almost imperceptible pause after your left foot lands, which affects the overall fluidity and speed. Try this..."

Lin Yun explained patiently while demonstrating personally.

The problems he pointed out were some details Zhao Qingyue hadn't even realized herself, and some were even points he had mentioned before but which Zhao Qingyue might not have fully grasped.

Zhao Qingyue listened with total conviction, while also being secretly shocked.

Lin Yun's attainment in the Dao and his insight into details were truly unfathomable.

She gathered all her stray thoughts and threw herself into it, memorizing every piece of advice from Lin Yun and trying to adjust on the spot.

"Alright, those are the main points. Think about it more when you go back, and internalize it. Let's stop here for today."

Lin Yun finished explaining and looked at the sky.

"Haste makes waste. Think through the problems today, and practice to consolidate them tomorrow. We should head back."

He turned around, preparing to walk towards the main residence.

"Lin Yun."

Zhao Qingyue suddenly called out to him; her voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached his ears.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yun stopped and turned back.

The moment he turned, what entered his eyes was a visually striking scene:

With the golden glow of the setting sun as a background, the shimmering lake water set off the swaying flower shadows.

In the center of this picturesque scenery, that pretty and gentle girl.

Was bending down towards him in an incredibly standard and respectful posture, a perfect ninety degrees.

Her hands were stretched forward, holding a light pink, exquisitely crafted envelope.

On the seal of the envelope, there was also a hand-drawn red heart, slightly clumsy but full of sincerity.

At the same moment she bent down, accompanying this solemn yet shy posture.

A sentence, as soft as a mosquito's buzz yet incredibly clear, drifted into Lin Yun's ears with the wind:

"I... like you."

Lin Yun was heavily impacted by this sudden, highly ritualistic, and visually striking scene!!

His brain seemed to stop working instantly; the thoughts about martial arts details from just moments ago were washed away into a blank slate by this pink envelope and that confession.

Subconsciously, almost like a conditioned reflex, he reached out and took the letter, which carried the girl's body heat and nervous sweat.

The letter was received.

His hand also inevitably touched her slightly trembling fingertips.

The cool touch and the scorching temperature intertwined at this moment.

Then—

"Whoosh!"

The girl who had just been bending over to hand him the letter.

Like a startled rabbit, or perhaps like a ripple stirred up by a stone thrown into water, she instantly vanished from where she stood!

She ran!

She ran extremely fast!

So fast that Lin Yun only had time to see her back, and her fluttering hair tips and hem.

The next second, that slender figure had already rushed off the lawn, following the path they had come by.

Running wildly at a speed that was almost like fleeing for her life, she disappeared behind the cover of the flowers and trees in the blink of an eye.

Only the faint fragrance lingering in the air and the heavy, heart-adorned letter in his hand proved that everything just now was not a hallucination.

Lin Yun stood dazed on the spot, looking down at the letter in his hand, then looking up in the direction where Zhao Qingyue had disappeared.

After a long while, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up into a brilliant smile that grew wider and wider, eventually becoming uncontrollable.

This girl... is just too cute!

Meanwhile, at this moment, Su Yingxue and the others had just reached the entrance of the main residence.

They only felt a breeze carrying the scent of flowers rush past them.

A blurred figure "whooshed" past them and rushed into the main door; it was so fast that they didn't even see who it was.

"Just now... was that Qingyue?"

"Running so fast... is there a Vicious Beast chasing her?"

Chen Yuwei looked towards the garden, thoughtful.

Su Yingxue gently embraced her sisters' shoulders:

"Let's go, let's go inside. It seems... tonight's dinner will be very interesting."