Borrowing a sword

Chapter 63: Gather Some Experience Points

With three secret plans, Xu Ziqing was captured.

Chu Huaixu left the cold pool and went straight back to the bamboo house.

"As the protagonist of the world, I can't lose my ambition!" That's how simple his thinking was.

By the time he got home, the sun had already set.

The large ice block has already prepared the first dish.

"Make one less dish, Xiao Xu won't be home for dinner today," Chu Huaixu said to Han Shuangjiang, sounding like a family of three.

"You just left him alone in the secret realm?" The big ice block turned its head and glanced at him.

"Yeah, he's being tortured to death in the third level." He smiled nonchalantly.

Upon hearing this, the cold-faced girl did not continue the conversation.

The wealthy family didn't want to delve deeper into that ambiguous third step.

Even now, when she recalls it, she feels her long, slender legs are somewhat stiff, and she can't help but slightly tighten them together.

To be honest, she's been quite confused these past few days.

Under Chu Huaixu's personal will, a servant inexplicably appeared in the household, and then the servant inexplicably became Junior Brother Xu.

Han Shuangjiang is a person with a strong sense of distance at heart, and she is not very willing to let others get close to her.

She and Chu Huaixu went through a lot in a short period of time and lived together, so their relationship naturally became closer.

In her eyes, Xu Ziqing was now just a junior fellow disciple who was quite efficient at his work.

Therefore, they don't take it too seriously.

Chu Huaixu was actually aware of this as well.

"Han Shuangjiang is playing the role of a leading lady, focusing solely on her career, and letting romance go to hell."

"However, there must be a bond of friendship between the protagonists of different worlds, after all, they are partners who will fight side by side in the future."

"But because of my involvement as the 'third party,' it seems that their bond hasn't been established," he thought to himself.

But Chu Huaixu quickly relaxed.

"It's alright, it's alright. I can be the link between the main characters in the world. It's fine if they have ties with me, isn't it?" He was quite open-minded and decided to "be a third party in the world".

With Xu Ziqing gone tonight, we're back to the state of dining alone with a man.

Chu Huaixu suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, I forgot to exchange the spirit disc we obtained in the secret realm for contribution points. But there's no rush. We can exchange it after we've opened all nine orifices."

“My personal suggestion is that you and I take our contribution points and each choose a spell we like from the library,” he said to Han Shuangjiang.

The cultivation methods for the Qi Refining Stage and the First Realm are provided free of charge by the Taoist school; it's like compulsory education.

But [spells] are actually equivalent to skills in a game.

This thing can be used across all realms; excellent spells can be used until death. This thing costs money.

Upon hearing this, the large ice block didn't offer any further opinions, but simply said, "Okay."

"The most urgent task now is to open all nine orifices as soon as possible. Can you continue to maintain the pace of opening one orifice every one or two days?" Chu Huaixu asked.

"It should be possible." Han Shuangjiang didn't say anything too definitive, but she felt she could do it.

"Okay." Chu Huaixu nodded slightly, feeling envious.

His character level is currently 6, and he has enough experience points left to level up to 8.

But he still needs 950 more experience points to fully unlock all nine orifices.

Besides, after obtaining the first-stage cultivation technique, he will need experience points to level up.

Learning [skills] also requires experience points.

After the meal, since Xu Ziqing was not there, Han Shuangjiang took over washing the dishes.

The girl bent slightly, revealing her full and plump hip curves. Her waist, legs, and hips were simply a natural-born slit cheongsam goddess.

But Chu Huaixu, burdened by worries, had no mood to appreciate such beauty in the world.

"Looks like I'll have to think of another way to gain experience points," he thought to himself, troubled.

After the meal, Chu Huaixu went to the secret realm again to bring Xu Ziqing some dry food and water, fearing that he might starve to death inside.

The handsome young man looked at him with such emotion that their brotherhood had clearly been elevated.

"Why do I feel like I'm not his senior brother, but more like his master?" Chu Huaixu smiled bitterly, feeling utterly speechless.

But it doesn't matter. After all, he's a major player in the world, and we're practically his angel investor now.

Back home, with Xiao Xu not there, Chu Huaixu could level up without restraint, not afraid to scream in pain at all.

Anyway, the tall guy next door is used to this kind of thing.

On the contrary, was that really a scream?
This is the clarion call to start a fierce competition!

As soon as he called out, the big ice block knew that the dead fox had broken through again.

Chu Huaixu opened his character panel and leveled up two levels in one go.

A heart-wrenching scream echoed through the night sky, and Chu Huaixu skillfully fainted from the pain.

Before losing consciousness, he felt the pain of his whole body being crushed by a heavy object, and his last thought was: "Damn it, it's a full-capacity seven-seater minivan!"

He's come to his senses now and realizes that stubbornly enduring the pain is the stupidest thing to do; passing out from the pain is the best course of action.

The large ice block living next door frowned upon hearing the wailing.

"Shouting again?" she thought.

Han Shuangjiang was filled with determination and began to seize the time to open her meridians.

The sun was high in the sky when Chu Huaixu finally awoke.

He actually regained some consciousness after being unconscious for more than an hour, and simply fell asleep quickly while he was exhausted, without getting up at all.

After he washed up quickly, he saw that Han Shuangjiang had left him some white porridge and side dishes on the wooden table.

The porridge was no longer very hot; it was just lukewarm.

Chu Huaixu wasn't picky and, too lazy to knock on the door, simply called her out to heat up the porridge.

After pouring in the side dishes, he began to drink voraciously. Halfway through his drink, an uninvited guest arrived outside the bamboo house.

—Liu Chenggong, deputy captain of the enforcement team.

This guy's motive is very simple: he just wants to make friends with people in private.

He had already decided that Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang were both outstanding individuals!

As for my cousin... sigh!
Liu Chengqi has been a bit obsessed lately, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. Whenever he closes his eyes, he has nightmares, saying that he is still trapped inside and can't get out. He also feels like he is being paralyzed by a ghost, unable to open his eyes no matter what.

My cousin's condition is terrible; he can't even muster the energy to have fun with married women anymore, which shows he's seriously ill.

"Junior Brother Chu, are you having porridge?" Liu Chenggong walked over with a smile, carrying two jars of fine wine.

He was actually prepared to accept being rejected.

There's no way around it, this Chu Huaixu, he even dares to slap his uncle in the face, he has a powerful background and is extremely arrogant!
But Liu Chenggong knew perfectly well that no matter how cold it was, he was determined to stick the blanket on his backside!

To his surprise, he saw a glint in Chu Huaixu's eyes, and he actually stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Why is he here? He's ruined my experience point plan," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

Originally, he planned to take a wooden board today, write the words "Invincible among those who break through to the Qi Refining stage" on it, and put it up in the outer sect's arena area to stir up a lot of hatred.

The purpose was to incite public outrage.

He had it all planned out: he would start a massive mockery, causing all the cultivators in the Qi Refining stage to swarm and gang up on him.

Spiritual practice is not something to be done in isolation; it is very common for practitioners to exchange ideas and practice with each other, which is beneficial for personal enlightenment and improvement.

Therefore, the system will also have this function.

However, the experience points gained through sparring have a cap at each level and cannot be farmed indefinitely.

If Chu Huaixu unilaterally crushes others, or is crushed by others, it will be difficult to gain experience points.

There will be a back-and-forth battle.

There will be times when we narrowly lose.

Even if you suffer a crushing defeat, you can still gain experience points.

But if it's sold out in an instant, the system might not give it to you again.

"I am now a powerful expert at the Eight Apertures level!"

"Plus, I'm skilled both internally and externally!"

"If these people in the Qi Refining stage weren't ganging up on each other, wouldn't I be able to take them down with one punch each?"

Therefore, Chu Huaixu even prepared the wooden board; all that was left was to pick up the pen and write.

Chu Huaixu, when will you become the number one in the Qi Refining stage?
--It's now!
But Liu Chenggong's arrival came at just the right time, and he was a fairly good candidate for sparring.

“Senior Brother Liu, we’re already so familiar with each other, so let’s skip the formalities.” Chu Huaixu got straight to the point.

Liu Chenggong: "???"

Although he was puzzled, he knew in his heart that many superiors acted this way, making up any excuse to ask you to do things, and saying "we know each other well" was as if it were a favor to you, an honor for you.

Upon seeing that it was a hot ass, the deputy captain of the enforcement team immediately pressed his face against it in a great hurry.

“Junior brother, please speak. In this outer sect, our enforcement team can still do a lot of things.” He straightened his back, and the lightning bolt pattern on his black uniform was so eye-catching.

"Junior brother here, my cultivation has stagnated. Today I'm stuck on the ninth aperture and can't seem to open it. I'm afraid I'll make no progress today. I'd like to have a little sparring with senior brother. I wonder if that's feasible?" Chu Huaixu asked.

“Bottleneck period! Yes! Bottleneck period!” he added.

Liu Chenggong was completely numb from listening.

"You've already opened all eight orifices, and it's only been a few days? And from what you're saying, you feel uncomfortable if you don't make progress every day, right?"

"No way! Getting stuck for a day can be called a bottleneck period?" He looked at that fox-like face and felt very uncomfortable.

But he originally came to curry favor with the Daoist prodigy, and seeing how quickly he was progressing, he was even more determined to use all his skills.

Liu Chenggong immediately put down the two jars of fine wine, looking very generous: "Alright! Then I'll have a little sparring with my junior brother, and then we'll drink and chat happily, downing this jar of fine wine!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother Liu!" Chu Huaixu immediately cupped his hands in thanks.

The noise from their argument drew Han Shuangjiang out from next door.

However, she disliked the Liu family, so she simply stood outside her bamboo house and watched without coming over.

Liu Chenggong suggested, "Junior Brother Chu, since this is a friendly spar, I won't use my internal spiritual energy."

He's at the second realm of cultivation; if he were to use his spiritual power, that would be too much of a bully.

Those with spiritual power and those without are worlds apart.

Liu Chenggong even took off the most pretentious spirit sword he owned and said, "Junior brother, swords have no eyes, so I won't use the Cangsong Sword for now."

“No, Senior Brother Liu, you can forgo spiritual power, but you must use the sword.” Chu Huaixu insisted on his own way.

"Alright then, Junior Brother Chu, you'd better be careful!" he reminded him.

Then, Liu Chenggong drew his mid-grade spirit sword and began to give a very long-winded introduction to his sword and swordsmanship.

He felt that this way of being a sparring partner would be more effective.

As a result, Chu Huaixu didn't listen to a single word.

—What are you babbling about?! Come and kill me!
The sparring officially began, and Han Shuangjiang watched the sharp pine sword from afar, feeling somewhat worried.

She also felt that swords and blades have no eyes, so how could one fight a sword with one's palm?

"Junior Brother Chu, take this!" Liu Cheng thrust forward, unleashing his Thunderclap Sword Technique.

Although he did not use his spiritual power, his speed was far more astonishing than that of a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage!
Of course, he deliberately left himself some room to maneuver.

Chu Huaixu sidestepped and took half a step back, thus avoiding the longsword.

His long, jet-black hair flowed backward as a result.

He raised his right hand, put his index and middle fingers together, and flicked them forward, striking the blade of the Cangsong Sword.

"Ding--!"

The sword was actually flung away.

(End of this chapter)