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Chapter 96, 111: This is how a married couple should be! The limitations of the world! [Seeking monthly votes!]

As dawn broke, Lu Chen, who had finally had a good night's sleep, opened his eyes to find Rong'er lying on her side facing him, her beautiful eyes fixed on him.

However, just as he smiled at her and was about to greet her, Rong'er suddenly closed her eyes slowly and began to breathe evenly as if she were fast asleep.

Pretending to be asleep in front of someone?

Lu Chen chuckled softly, gently pinched her delicate nose, and asked with a smile:
Why did you wake up so early today?

Rong'er pouted her little mouth, closed her eyes, and whispered:

"I'm sleeping, don't talk to me."

"What's wrong?"

"How dare you ask me..."

Rong'er muttered to herself, thinking of the kiss before she went to sleep last night. Her pretty face gradually flushed, and soon became as red as if she were drunk.

Lu Chen really kept his word last night and actually kissed her more often.

This "a lot" doesn't just refer to the amount of time; he also kissed many places she never dared to imagine before, making her act strangely, and she even seemed to cry out loud...

In short, she blushed with embarrassment whenever she thought about last night.

She felt she had lost face last night, being kissed by him so passionately that she seemed to have lost her soul, and Master Rong's dignity had vanished. So, she wanted to play a little prank on him now.

Who told him to kiss and tease her so recklessly last night, causing her to lose her composure?

Rong'er's mind was in turmoil, while Lu Chen, who had enjoyed many delicious meals the night before, saw the blush on her face and knew what she was thinking. He gently stroked her delicate, flawless cheeks and said with a smile:
“I wasn’t teasing you last night; that’s how married couples should be.”

Is that how married couples should be?

Huang Rong suddenly remembered what Lu Chen had told her at the Hengshan Hot Springs: the process of getting pregnant is not simply about two people sleeping together, but involves a series of complex processes.

So, could his strange kiss last night have been part of the process of getting pregnant?

Huang Rong felt that she must have guessed correctly, after all, she had acted so strangely last night, crying and sobbing, and even the bed sheets and blankets...

She thought shyly and whispered:

"So, I got pregnant last night?"

Lu Chen chuckled to himself:

“What happened last night wasn’t enough. That was just a kind of, well, an initial ritual.”

"Even after all that, it's still not enough?"

Huang Rong opened her eyes and looked at him with surprise:
"Then what else is needed to conceive a baby?"

"Well, I'll tell you about that later."

Lu Chen temporarily brushed it off, then held her tenderly for a while, and said softly:
"It's still early. Rong'er woke up too early. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"Mmm." Huang Rong closed her eyes, nodded gently, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After Rong'er fell asleep, Lu Chen held her for a while before quietly getting dressed and getting out of bed.

After washing up, I went to the courtyard and saw Huang Yaoshi, dressed in a green robe, slowly practicing his "Old Man's Fist" in the hazy morning light.

His movements were so light and fluid that it seemed he had practiced for a long time, and with each move, an invisible current swirled around him, faintly emitting the sounds of wind and thunder.

As expected of a veteran master, he only received the booklet of "Old Man's Fist" last night, yet he has already mastered its essence so quickly.

Lu Chen sighed inwardly.

When Huang Yaoshi saw him arrive, he leisurely completed the entire set of martial arts movements before slowly finishing his stance and saying to him:
"This set of fist techniques is extraordinary. Not only can it increase one's internal strength, but it also seems to have the ability to alter one's physical constitution and unleash one's potential. However, this set of fist techniques seems to have a significant connection with the Nine Yin Manual?"

He once obtained the lower volume of the Nine Yin Manual. Although it was stolen by the Black Wind Duo, he had already studied it for a while before it was stolen.

After his wife's death, he vowed never to read the Nine Yin Manual again.

Therefore, although Lu Chen and Huang Rong brought Mei Chaofeng back, the half-scroll of the true scripture engraved on Chen Xuanfeng's human skin also returned to Huang Yaoshi's hands. However, Huang Yaoshi kept his word and did not even glance at the kung fu in the human skin scripture.

Nevertheless, due to his brief period of comprehension in the past, he also knew some of the contents of the second volume of the Nine Yin Manual.

The "Old Man's Fist" is an upgrade of the "Tendon Changing and Bone Strengthening Chapter" of the first volume of the True Scripture. Although the "Tendon Changing and Bone Strengthening Chapter" is a training method, while the second volume is mostly practical combat techniques, since they are from the same author, they inevitably have some common concepts.

With Huang Yaoshi's martial arts skills, he could naturally see the connection between the two.

Lu Chen didn't hide anything from him and told him the truth:
"It is indeed based on the auxiliary skill of Yi Jin Duan Gu from the Nine Yin Manual, and incorporates some Tai Chi Yin Yang principles."

Huang Yaoshi was silent for a moment, then said:

"You've shown yourself to be a master, capable of bringing forth new ideas and innovations."

The "old man's fist" technique is secondary in terms of increasing skill.

With Huang Yaoshi's skill level, simply increasing his power would have a negligible effect on him.

The key is the effect of "changing one's physical constitution," which can further enhance his already top-tier martial arts physical constitution.

In this way, it will be easier to improve one's skills, and the upper limit that one can reach can also be higher.

"This skill is enough to form the foundation of a school."

Huang Yaoshi sighed and then said:

"Last night's battle with you wasn't quite satisfying. I've had some thoughts and come up with some ways to deal with your sword pointing at me. Let's have another fight!"

Although Master Huang is no longer young, his competitive spirit remains. Otherwise, he wouldn't have created so many extraordinary skills after the first Mount Hua Sword Tournament. In recent years, he has even created the "Five Turns of Qimen," which took him more than ten years of hard work, and he plans to use it as one of his trump cards in the second tournament to compete for the title of the best in the world.

Seeing that he still had a competitive spirit, Lu Chen was also pleased.

This state is better than utter despair; at least it prevents one from easily taking their own life.

Lu Chen didn't refuse and started sparring with Huang Yaoshi again.

Soon, the courtyard was filled with the afterimages of the two as they moved swiftly and darted about, the sounds of their fingers colliding like thunder, and the strong winds that whipped the flowers and plants in the courtyard to sway and fall...

Rong'er's birthday is coming soon.

On her birthday, Huang Yaoshi personally cooked a delicious meal for her, with Lu Chen assisting him—Huang Yaoshi, of course, was also a good cook. Back when Huang Rong was still young, he wouldn't feel comfortable letting his daughter eat food prepared by a mute servant, so he always cooked for her himself.

Given Huang Yaoshi's perfectionist mentality of wanting to do everything to the best of his ability, his culinary skills are actually quite impressive.

However, after his daughter grew up and her culinary skills surpassed his own, Master Huang began to enjoy his daughter's care without any qualms.

However, his culinary skills did not deteriorate, and the table full of dishes was a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate.

Lu Chen's cooking skills were just average. Although he lost his parents at the age of fourteen in this life and had to take care of himself, he had also developed a skill in home cooking, but it was only enough to fool himself.

Therefore, at this birthday banquet, besides helping Huang Yaoshi prepare the ingredients, he only personally cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for Rong'er.

Rong'er had a very happy birthday banquet this year.

In previous years, it was just her and her father celebrating together, but this year, there was Lu Chen and a junior niece. Although the junior niece was a bit silly and only knew how to eat the good things, she was very affectionate when calling her aunt and uncle, which made Huang Rong very happy.

She enjoys this kind of lively atmosphere.

She sincerely hopes that there can be such a lively event every year.

After the birthday banquet, which was twice as lively as in previous years, ended.

After drinking a few cups of wine, Rong'er, her face flushed, spent a long time with Lu Chen playing in various places such as Finger Peak, Qingyin Cave, and Sword Testing Pavilion, until the moon was high in the sky before returning to the manor.

After washing up, Rong'er lay down on the bed, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, revealing only her beautiful little face, and blinked her eyes as she looked at Lu Chen.

Seeing that she was wrapped up like a rice dumpling, Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh:
"You're wrapped up so tightly, are you afraid I'll eat you up?"

Huang Rong gave a soft hum and said in a sweet, gentle voice:
"I'm just afraid you'll eat me..."

Lu Chen chuckled:
"Unfortunately, Rong'er made a mistake despite her careful planning, and still couldn't guard against me."

After saying that, he walked to the foot of the bed, reached his hand under the covers, and grabbed her delicate, slender, and plump little foot.

Huang Rong let out a soft cry, giggling as she tried to pull her foot back, whispering:
"Brother Lu Chen, be gentle, don't tickle me!"

Lu Chen not only didn't let go, but he also crawled under her feet, quickly reaching her. He placed his hands near her ears, looked down into her bright, misty eyes, and smiled:

"I want to kiss you more tonight..."

Huang Rong's heart pounded. Recalling his kiss that night, her body began to feel slightly hot again, and the blush on her face gradually spread to her crystal earlobes and snow-white neck.

She pursed her lips, her long eyelashes trembling as she closed her eyes, feigning helplessness at the hands of the great demon king. But her slightly upturned chin, as if welcoming him, betrayed her true feelings.

Lu Chen smiled slightly, lowered his head, and kissed her sweet and soft pink lips.

……

Next, Lu Chen devoted himself to cultivation on Peach Blossom Island, practicing swordsmanship, internal energy cultivation, fist and foot techniques, and tempering his body.

Every few days, he would fight Huang Yaoshi, comparing weapons, fists and feet, and lightness skills, from morning to night, from night to day, his time was fully scheduled.

Of course, he did not neglect Rong'er.

He would set aside at least an hour each day to accompany Rong'er on her travels around Peach Blossom Island.

Alternatively, you can take a small boat to a calm bay on the island with clear water, plump fish and shrimp, and many colorful corals to fish and play in the water.

When they got tired of playing in the water, the two would quietly snuggle together and admire the sea view, sometimes even sharing a passionate kiss.

Rong'er gradually got used to and even liked his "more excessive" kisses.

Therefore, what started as Lu Chen saying, "I want to kiss you more tonight," gradually turned into Rong'er saying in a soft, shy voice, "Kiss me more tonight too..."

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Chen's "Sword Body" has made further progress. He has successfully "refined the skin" of his left arm. As a result, both arms have become "iron arms" that are not afraid of ordinary weapons and can only be broken by the sharp blades of experts. The power of his unarmed kung fu has also been enhanced by half a percent.

Furthermore, the half-percent bonus from successfully "refining the skin" on the left arm can be stacked with that on the right arm.

In this way, the power of his various unarmed skills can be increased by 10%.

This is terrible.

After all, in just over a month, his skill level couldn't possibly increase by even ten percent, or even less than one percent—this is precisely the limitation of the energy level in the low-level martial arts world.

In a world of low-level martial arts, improving one's skill is inherently difficult. Ordinary martial artists accumulate skill in units of "ten years," often practicing for ten or twenty years until they reach middle age before their internal strength is considered to have achieved some success.

Only in old age can one be considered to have profound internal strength, and one must also have a good internal strength cultivation method.

Only unparalleled geniuses like the Five Greats can achieve internal strength far surpassing their peers by the time they are in their twenties or thirties.

Even for the Five Greats, once they reach the Second Level, any further increase in skill, even with mastering a divine manual like the Nine Yin Manual, is extremely slow; they can only grind it out over time.

Furthermore, the deeper one's skill level, the slower the improvement becomes.

This is precisely why young geniuses have the opportunity to catch up and surpass others.

Otherwise, if being one step ahead means always being ahead, then Guo Jing and Yang Guo from another timeline wouldn't have been able to gradually catch up with Huang Yaoshi, Yideng, and Zhou Botong, who were decades or even sixty years older than them, and be ranked alongside them as one of the Five Greats, at the age of fifty and thirty respectively.

Lu Chen's skill level is already at the level of the Five Great Masters of the Second Rank.

Even though his qigong techniques and sword qi are extraordinary, and he has a second improved version of "Old Man's Fist" constantly altering his physical constitution, the world's energy level is limited. At present, he can only ensure that his power level steadily improves, with a certain amount of positive feedback every day, so as not to fall into the predicament of minimal progress or stagnation.

However, without special opportunities, it is unlikely that one can make rapid progress.

Of course, Lu Chen wasn't in a hurry for the time being.

The "Sword Body" skill in JX3 is a skill that requires perseverance and gradual refinement. He hasn't even mastered the "Skin Refinement" yet, and all his cultivation levels are still steadily improving without encountering any bottlenecks. Naturally, he can maintain a calm and composed mindset.

Although he wasn't in a hurry and wanted to focus on cultivation on Peach Blossom Island to fully temper his skin first, the "Immortal Slaying Sword Intent" unexpectedly spurred him on—

Well, the "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaughter" was originally limited in intelligence, but its action was off the charts. Without saying a word, it suddenly threw him in front of Huang Rong's small boat before he could make any preparations.

Given the limited intelligence of the "Immortal Slaying Sword Intent," it's already quite good that it can respect his opinions and merely urge him to take action.

On this day, Lu Chen finished his cultivation, feeling the slight increase in his true energy, and nodded in satisfaction:

"Not bad. Today's increase in skill is slightly more than yesterday's. It seems the second-generation improved 'Old Man's Fist' has a good effect on changing my physical constitution, improving my cultivation efficiency a little bit more..."

When expressing satisfaction.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaughter" trembled slightly, pulling his consciousness to the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness.

Then a message came from the dazzling sword shadow that resembled the sun in the sky, hanging high in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Is my cultivation progress too slow? It's time to seek opportunities in a new world?"

Lu Chen looked astonished:

"I'm not in a hurry, why are you?"

The intent of the Immortal Slayer Sword needs no explanation; it simply unleashes a boundless sword light, within which scenes of destruction and annihilation unfold continuously.

What is this trying to express?
Faced with this being with limited intelligence, difficulty in communication, yet exceptionally high efficiency, Lu Chen was helpless.

The new world was actually unlocked as early as when "JX3" was released.

However, Lu Chen had a "sword body" to temper and had just gained a lot in the world of Swordsman, so he was not in a hurry to explore new worlds.

but now……

"One day. After one day, let's set off."

Lu Chen sighed softly. He had only been on vacation on Peach Blossom Island for a little over a month, and now he was about to embark on a new journey.

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