Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

The moonlight, like a ribbon, enveloped the courtyard in a cool, silvery white.

Yu Luoning raised her hand and released the Treasure-Seeking Rat directly from her spatial storage.

As soon as the treasure-hunting mouse landed, it blinked and immediately put on a fawning smile. "Master, did you need me for something?"

The treasure-hunting mouse can detect things from a great distance, so it can serve as a natural alarm.

Thinking of this, Yu Luoning smiled and said, "I'm afraid of the dark and ghosts, so you'll be in charge of keeping watch tonight."

Mouse: "..."

No, why would it use its exceptional treasure-hunting talent for night watch?

Yu Luoning wasn't afraid at all that the treasure-hunting rat would escape.

The "Enlightenment Chapter on Heavenly Restrictions" discusses how to place restrictions on people.

Yu Luoning has a high level of comprehension. In addition, she studied mathematics and physics in her previous life. She was able to deduce and understand the complex restriction patterns in her mind.

Her first experimental subject was the treasure-hunting rat.

Now that Yu Luoning has placed a restriction on its body, the treasure-hunting rat can only obediently accept its fate and keep watch at night.

A moment later, its ears twitched, and a faint sound came from the next room.

The treasure-hunting mouse twitched its ears, turned its head to listen for a while, then jumped down from the eaves and pried open Yu Luoning's door crack.

"Owner."

Yu Luoning opened her eyes, waking up from her meditation.

She was very unhappy that her cultivation had been interrupted.

"You'd better have something to do."

The treasure-hunting rat said aggrievedly, "In the next room, that boy is in excruciating pain. He's been gritting his teeth and hasn't made a sound, but I can smell the death emanating from him."

Yu Luoning quickly opened her eyes, frowned, and hurriedly pushed open the door.

The moment the door was pushed open, moonlight streamed in through the window, revealing Song Chi curled up on the bed, drenched in sweat.

To avoid making a sound, he had already bitten his lip until it bled.

The treasure-hunting mouse emerged from behind her, quietly climbed onto the bed, and its pink little nose twitched in mid-air.

It stared at Song Chi for a long time, then suddenly exclaimed.

"Something's not right, Master. It seems like he's missing a core bone from his chest."

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning looked completely bewildered.

What does it mean to be missing a crucial bone?

As a modern soul, Yu Luoning still remembers what her biology textbook said: a normal person has 206 bones.

Is a core bone missing from the chest? Is it a rib or the sternum?

She had only ever heard of calcium deficiency and fractures, but never of someone being able to jump around and play even with a missing bone in their chest. Wasn't that a huge lack of medical common sense?

Forget it, they've all started cultivating immortality, what common sense is left to talk about?

"Do you know anything that can stop this bone fracture pain?"

The mouse jumped down from the foot of the bed, pointing its paw eastward. "There's a treasure pavilion in that direction. The third room from the left has a piece of ice silkworm jade inside, which should be enough."

"The cold air released by the Ice Silkworm Jade can suppress the pain of broken bones."

The treasure-hunting rat has extremely high requirements for the quality of treasures; generally, treasures of this quality are not worthy of its attention.

Something is better than nothing.

Yu Luoning glanced in the direction it pointed and nodded.

"I'm going there. You stay and guard the courtyard."

The treasure-hunting mouse, being obedient, hummed in agreement.

Night had fallen, and the entire city was silent; not a soul was on the cobblestone streets.

Yu Luoning used a teleportation technique to reach the alley, which was only a few meters away from the Treasure Pavilion.

With her face veiled, she tiptoed up to the window of the second-floor treasure pavilion and successfully found the third room from the left, as the treasure-hunting mouse had described.

The room was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Yu Luoning slowly probed with her divine sense, and rows of boxes were neatly arranged on shelves that resembled medicine cabinets, numbering at least several hundred.

She paused for a moment.

I kind of regret not bringing the treasure-hunting mouse.

To speed things up, she could only use her spiritual power.

He formed hand seals and quietly channeled spiritual energy into the leftmost row of cabinets.

Then the cabinet drawers suddenly shook and sprang open with a whoosh.

"Bang!"

Yu Luoning: "..."

This is making too much noise.

God knows how careful she was when she opened the drawer.

She held her breath and waited for a long time, but there was no movement around her. Only then did she relax and begin to search one by one.

Finally, in the seventh box of the third row, she saw the jade.

It is round and small, no bigger than the palm of your hand, and exudes a faint chill.

Yu Luoning was overjoyed and was about to take out a bag of spirit stones from her storage pouch when a cold voice suddenly came from behind her:

"stop!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning froze for a moment.

Turning around, I saw a tall figure standing in front of the door, the moonlight from outside faintly shining on him, highlighting the deep contours of his eyebrows and eyes.

Who else could it be but Feng Qiguang?

Yu Luoning was extremely fortunate; thankfully, she had been using the Illusionary Breath Technique to conceal her aura.

As expected, Feng Qiguang's gaze swept over her, his brows furrowing slightly, but he did not recognize her.

Yu Luoning knew she was in the wrong, but she didn't have time to waste any more time. She reached out and placed a heavy bag of spirit stones on the counter in front of her.

"Boss, don't misunderstand. I have no interest in being a thief. I just have an urgent matter to attend to and need to buy this piece of Ice Silkworm Jade. This bag of spirit stones is more than enough."

Feng Qiguang scoffed, "Visiting so late at night is suspicious. If you're so wealthy, why don't you come through the main entrance during the day?"

Yu Luoning, too lazy to waste words, put the Ice Silkworm Jade into her sleeve and leaped towards the window.

Unexpectedly, Feng Qiguang was even faster and knocked her off course with a single palm strike.

Damn it!

To avoid being recognized, Yu Luoning dared not use the Sky-Crossing technique; otherwise, she would have already fled.

Feng Qiguang gave her no chance to catch her breath.

Before long, the two began to fight in this small space.

Yu Luoning said in a low voice, "Young master, when running a business, why bother about day or night?"

"Unfortunately, I, the young master, have always been principled in doing business. I do not accept money of dubious origin, and I will not let go of those who are secretive and elusive."

Feng Qiguang sneered and attacked without holding back.

Yu Luoning cursed under his breath, made hand seals, and used the "Drawing the Ground as a Prison" technique to offset the damage. Then, he activated the first move of the "Desolate Bone Chapter," his punches solid and powerful, causing Feng Qiguang to gradually lose ground.

She herself was startled.

No matter how damaged Feng Qiguang's Dao heart was, he was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet she was being suppressed and beaten by her.

Was her feigned death such a big blow to him?

The thought flashed through her mind, and Yu Luoning stopped, no longer wanting to get entangled with him.

She lightly touched the ground with her toes, nimbly leaped over the threshold, and jumped directly from the second-floor railing to the first floor.

The moment I landed, a whooshing sound came from behind me.

The next moment, Feng Qiguang appeared behind her using teleportation, so fast that no one had time to react.

Yu Luoning couldn't stop herself and was about to fall headfirst into his arms.

Upon seeing this, Feng Qiguang slightly shifted his body, causing Yu Luoning to fall flat on her face.

With its limbs on the ground and its head buried, it looked like a poor, unfortunate turtle.

Yu Luoning: "..."

She lay on the ground, wanting to laugh and curse at the same time.

Good!

His behavior of not letting strange women touch him was quite in line with male virtues.

Yu Luoning couldn't describe her feelings, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up in a smile.

Fortunately, she was wearing a veil, so her expression was not visible.

Feng Qiguang flicked his robes, his tone disdainful, "Your strength is so-so, yet you dare to force a sale on the Feng family."

"Hand over the items, and you are never to set foot on the Feng family's territory again."

Yu Luoning nimbly got up, brushed the dust off her knees, and said seriously:

"I was truly in dire need, which is why I resorted to this desperate measure."

"Young master, haven't you heard the saying, 'A fool wouldn't make money if he could?' That bag of spirit stones is worth far more than this Ice Silkworm Jade."

Feng Qiguang looked at the woman in front of him, his brows furrowed tightly, because the woman deliberately pinched her voice when she spoke.

It's cloyingly sweet and dull, extremely affected and pretentious.

Can't you speak normally?

Yu Luoning remained silent.

She was afraid that if she kept squeezing, Feng Qiguang would really not be able to resist hitting her.

So he coughed lightly, no longer pretending to be in front of the clip, but deliberately slowed down his speech:

"The child broke a bone and was in so much pain that he was almost dying. Only the cold energy of the Ice Silkworm Jade could effectively suppress the pain."

The words fell.

Feng Qiguang's eyes narrowed slightly.

That sound...

He carefully examined the person in front of him. The figure was similar, and the eyes were similar, but the breath was different.

He and Xiao Guai were once intimately connected.

He remembered the aura of the soul fire on her body very clearly, but this person in front of him had nothing on him.

But apart from the scent, it's similar in every way.

Feng Qiguang's Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was low and hoarse: "Take off your veil."

Yu Luoning didn't move.

The two gazed at each other silently, the night breeze gently lifting the stray hairs at her temples.