7: Chapter 7 The Person I've Chosen: Fang Zhuo

Half an hour later.

Bai Shiwei withdrew from her 'Great Dragon Stance' practice, fine beads of sweat breaking out on her skin again. With a radiant smile in her eyes, she looked at Fang Zhuo:

“Fang Zhuo~”

“My physical condition has been adjusted to its absolute best!”

“Am I really going to use the spirit-nourishing pill now?”

On Bai Shiwei's fair palm rested a blood-red pill. Seeing Fang Zhuo nod, she hesitated no longer, tilting her head back to swallow the spirit-nourishing pill.

[Bai Shiwei has consumed one spirit-nourishing pill. Bai Shiwei's current Life Level is Primary Martial Artist. Return multiplier is 2. Returning spirit-nourishing pill * 2.]

Fang Zhuo's consciousness sank into his system space. Next to the two qi-blood potions, there were now two more blood-red spirit-nourishing pills.

Excellent!

The spirit-nourishing pill could also be returned successfully. Looking at the prompt, the system's return multiplier was indeed related to Bai Shiwei's Life Level.

A Primary Martial Artist yielded a twofold return.

Would it increase further once she reached Intermediate Martial Artist?

Threefold? Fourfold?

Thinking of this, Fang Zhuo couldn't help but feel his throat go dry. This way, he would never have to worry about resources for his martial arts cultivation!

In this era, starry sky origin power had become thin, and martial arts cultivation resources were scarce and precious?

But for him, it was no longer an issue!

Even if he really couldn't awaken a Martial Aspect, he could still use massive amounts of resources to force his Life Level up!

Right, he still needed to verify whether resources returned by the system could trigger another return if given to his wife again.

“Hmm?”

“Is the spirit-nourishing pill not working well?”

Seeing Bai Shiwei's brow tightly furrowed and her pretty face showing a trace of distress, Fang Zhuo worried if he had bought a defective product.

A few minutes later.

Bai Shiwei opened her eyes and said in frustration, “Hubby, the quality of this spirit-nourishing pill is excellent, with almost no impurities. My mental strength has increased by more than half, but unfortunately, I still couldn't awaken my Martial Aspect.”

“It's fine, no rush.”

Fang Zhuo comforted her, “Look on the bright side. This shows that the grade of the Martial Aspect you are visualizing is not low. It might even be a Superior Martial Aspect.”

“I hope so.”

Bai Shiwei nodded.

Failing to awaken her Martial Aspect with a single spirit-nourishing pill was actually within expectations. She could fully accept it and wouldn't be discouraged.

Her frustration was only because she was worried Fang Zhuo would be disappointed.

“There's another bottle of qi-blood potion here. Use this first to recover from the exhaustion of visualizing your Martial Aspect.”

Fang Zhuo handed over the qi-blood potion returned by the system.

“Another one?”

Bai Shiwei pursed her lips, feeling a bit embarrassed, but without hesitating, she reached out and took it.

Meeting Fang Zhuo through a blind date was truly one of the greatest strokes of luck in her life!

To not let down this support, she had to awaken her Martial Aspect. She must!

Her fighting spirit rising even higher, Bai Shiwei tilted her head back and drank the qi-blood potion in one gulp.

Fang Zhuo waited for a moment, but no system prompt appeared.

“Returned resources cannot be looped for more returns...”

Fang Zhuo crossed his arms, a thoughtful look on his face.

If he sold the returned resources, exchanged them for federation currencys, and then bought new pills for Shi Wei, would that trigger a return?

Fang Zhuo planned to try it tomorrow, but he didn't hold much hope. This was essentially still a loop.

“That's fine too...”

“Even if it's just a twofold return, it's more than enough!”

Fang Zhuo didn't feel much of a stir in his heart. After all, he was a small business owner who had experienced ups and downs in his previous life. Now that he had a cheat in this life, he could say his starting point was infinitely good!

Moreover, as Bai Shiwei's Life Level increased in the future, the return multiplier would clearly grow as well.

Looking at the two bright red spirit-nourishing pills in the system space, Fang Zhuo made a decision: he would keep them for his own use.

Returned resources couldn't be looped.

Then he would use them to improve himself!

Checking the time, he realized it was already three o'clock in the morning before he knew it.

Fang Zhuo set aside his plan to swallow the spirit-nourishing pills and boost his Martial Aspect visualization progress right now. Instead, he pulled Bai Shiwei over and smiled:

“It's late, let's rest. Tomorrow, come home with me to meet my parents and tell them about us getting registered.”

Thinking of this, Fang Zhuo felt a bit of a headache.

His parents and grandfather thought Bai Shiwei was a bottomless pit, a money-devouring sinkhole, and were utterly unwilling for him to go on a blind date with her. If he hadn't submitted the application on the Federal System beforehand, he would have definitely been held back by his grandfather and father working together.

He couldn't explain the system that returned resources when his wife consumed them.

But to him, Bai Shiwei, who was single-mindedly focused on martial arts, was a treasure...!

Fang Zhuo didn't know how to explain it in the short term.

He could only wait until they awakened their Martial Aspects. Whether Bai Shiwei awakened first or he did, only then would the matter of getting married without permission blow over.

For now, he would just have to listen to their nagging.

“Ah?”

“So soon?”

“Can we wait a few days?”

Hearing that she had to meet his parents, Bai Shiwei's beautiful eyes darted around. She pursed her lips, instinctively wanting to delay it a bit longer.

She wasn't prepared at all!

“We've already registered our marriage. Speaking of which... I suppose you didn't consult your parents either? We both acted first and reported later. No matter what, they are our parents, and we have to give them an explanation.”

Fang Zhuo braced himself and said, “We'll go to my house tomorrow, and yours the day after. It's like taking two blows either way; once we get it over with, we can focus on practicing martial arts in peace.”

Hearing this, Bai Shiwei felt it made sense.

Better to get the execution over with early so she could focus on martial arts cultivation with peace of mind.

She wasn't far from awakening her Martial Aspect. She had visualized 90% of it, almost revealing its full appearance. It was highly likely... a dragon?

Bai Shiwei took a deep breath.

With a nervous heart, she climbed into bed with Fang Zhuo.

Lights out, sleep.

During the latter half of the night, the newlywed couple did not indulge their desires further.

...

The next day.

Sunlight streamed through the window, falling into the room.

Bai Shiwei's snow-white, delicate body turned into an octopus, clinging tightly to Fang Zhuo.

Fang Zhuo woke up on time. Seeing this, he couldn't help but chuckle. In his previous life, after graduating from a junior college, he had drifted through society for over a decade, achieving minor success and indulging heavily in romance out of a sense of retaliation.

In this life, for his martial arts dream, he had put in immense effort, but was limited by his family's financial situation and the unique nature of his own Martial Aspect.

He had thought he would have to settle for a Martial Arts Junior College in regret, and then quietly marry, have children, and live a stable life.

But there was light at the end of the tunnel—the system, twenty-one years late, had finally activated!

He had gone on a blind date, registered his marriage, and the result was quite satisfying.

Bai Shiwei's breathing was deep, long, and even, perhaps because she was exhausted from the previous night.

Fang Zhuo just watched her quietly.

Unconsciously, he began to run his Visualization Technique, sinking his mind into his conscious space.

In the boundless starry sky.

The Martial Aspect Fang Zhuo visualized was boundless. He didn't know if it was a planet or some unknown creature, but the clearly visualized corner of it was fiery red and emitted terrifyingly high temperatures.

Streams of information diffused from it:

[The Person in the Aspect: Fang Zhuo]

[Life Level: Level 15]

[Mental Strength: Level 16]

[Body Control: Micro-Perception (Minor Success)]

[Martial Aspect: Unknown]

[Innate Divine Ability I: Unknown]

[Innate Divine Ability II: Unknown]

Suddenly, Bai Shiwei's long eyelashes fluttered. She opened her eyes, sheepishly wiped the corner of her mouth, and muttered:

“Why didn't you wake me up?”

“Will it be too late if we go now?”

“It's not late.”

Fang Zhuo withdrew his mind and smiled, “Today happens to be Saturday. My parents aren't working, so the whole family is at home.”