I add points to Indian martial arts.

"Suleiza, thank you."

In the courtyard, bathed in the glow of dusk and in the shadows of the leaves, Li Wei gazed lovingly at the girl before him with a deep sigh.

He felt a surge of righteous energy being released. The chemical reactions throughout his body had reached a balanced level, and in a daze, he seemed to see himself in his past life taking off in an airplane, experiencing that feeling of soaring into the clouds, forgetting the sky and the earth, with only him and Suleisa in the entire world.

"Don't thank me, Salma. I'd do anything to stay angry with Salma forever," Suleisa said, tilting her head back. Her pure and beautiful face looked almost holy in the twilight.

"Angry?" Li Wei didn't understand what Suleza was talking about at first. He immediately said that he would make her the moon in the sky and would never make her angry. Suleza just smiled when she heard this.

"Wash your hands," Li Wei said, and Suleisa nodded gently.

……

After chatting with Suleisa for a while, Li Wei returned to his room. He glanced at the panel and realized that he had only performed the Naga Eight Steps three times today.

【Naga Eight Steps lv3 (3/10)】

"That's a bit too little. I can't go to the fields tomorrow; I have to focus on martial arts." He thought to himself.

Late the next night, Li Wei returned to his room five hours later than usual, but he had no choice. Today, he had painted another picture for Suleisa: in a field, two rabbits suddenly appeared, trying to steal carrots. He had spent the entire afternoon catching rabbits for Suleisa, and he was exhausted.

To complete his martial arts training goal for the day, he ate a simple meal in the evening and then returned to the courtyard to practice until two or three in the morning before finishing his task for the day. He completed the Naga Eight Steps seven times and leveled up again.

【Naga Eight Steps lv4 (0/10)】

[Imagination power 0.7 → 0.8]

"Now he should have the strength to defeat Piro, right? But it's not stable enough." Li Wei previously estimated Piro's strength to be between 0.9 and 1. His advantage against Piro now is his family's Naga Eight Steps. He should be able to defeat him now, but it might not be stable. No one can say for sure what tricks this local tyrant might have up his sleeve, after all, he has been entrenched for so many years.

So he plans to wait two more days until his stats reach 0.9, at which point he should be able to consistently smash Piro's head.

Damn it, how dare they try to take Suleiman from him? He'll definitely kill Piro.

A ruthless glint flashed in Li Wei's eyes. He thought for a moment that there were still two days before the Torch Festival started. He needed to make good use of these two days to steadily raise his elephant strength to 0.9. As for anything related to fieldwork, he would put it aside.

I need to focus on honing my martial arts skills, hmm...

On the second and third days after that, Li Wei persevered. He focused on honing his martial arts skills every day. When Suleisa arrived, he only held her hand and said some intimate things to her, not letting her do anything else.

On the one hand, he really wanted to make the most of these two days and steadily prepare to improve his image quality to 0.9, without making any mistakes.

On the other hand, he wondered if Suleisa would overthink things if he continued to be so impatient, thinking that he was only after his own desires.

He felt that no matter what, taking a break and sometimes restraint were beneficial for maintaining the relationship.

Sure enough, his good behavior these past two days pleased Suleisa. Her Levi was so different; he respected her and considered things from her perspective.

On the third night, after saying goodbye to Suleisa, Levi returned to his room, pulled up the control panel, and prepared to summarize what he had gained over the past two days.

【Naga Eight Steps lv5 (0/10)】

[Imagination power 0.8 → 0.9]

In the past two days, he has raised his elephant strength to 0.9, and he finally has the strength to sweep away the surrounding villages!

"Everything is ready, except for the east wind. Tomorrow is the Torch Festival, and the plan can begin..." In the room, Li Wei lit a ceramic lamp. Under the dim light, he held a pen and wrote and drew on a piece of paper, writing some names and place names.

The first name Li Wei wrote down was Piro. Besides honing his martial arts skills and spending time with Suleisa during those three days, he hadn't been idle; he had gathered some information about the enemy.

For example, this Piro controls twelve villages.

"Piro has three ascetics with a strength of about 0.8 elephants under his command, as well as twenty or thirty soldiers wearing leather armor. If I were to kill him and take over his territory by myself under normal circumstances, it would be quite risky, since my strength is not yet sufficient to fight against a hundred people. But the arrival of the Torch Festival has given me an opportunity."

"On the last day of the Torch Festival, if I challenge Piro, he will have no choice but to fight me one-on-one. This gives me an opportunity. If I can kill him, I should be able to take over his territory."

Li Wei felt that the Torch Festival tomorrow was perfect timing; otherwise, it would have been quite difficult for him to challenge Piro and his large group of men all by himself.

……

Meanwhile, late at night, Suleisa sat in front of the bronze mirror, somewhat bored, removing her makeup. The lingering jasmine scent in her hair and the Tanna mark on her forehead were being slowly wiped away with a cotton cloth soaked in almond oil.

She had just walked down the corridor and saw the maids excitedly discussing tomorrow's Torch Festival, but she had no expectations.

Because it meant that she wouldn't see Li Wei for a whole day tomorrow. Tomorrow, she would have to go out and join all the other women at the temple to pray, chat, laugh, and perform some rituals.

Actually, she used to really like this day. After all, it was a rare day for women to gather in a grand ceremony. On that day, the women's dresses rustled, they laughed and chatted, and the air was filled with the scent of rose dew and turmeric powder.

But when a teenage girl has a lover, she wants to be with him all the time. Even a second of separation will make her feel sad.

"Maybe I shouldn't go tomorrow?" This thought suddenly popped into Suleza's mind. Then, she gently pressed her chest to suppress the thought.

"I still have to go. I can't let Prie be so smug. If I don't go, she'll get the Dakmansi Holy Flower, won't she?" Suleisa sneered. She didn't want the woman she hated most to be so smug on such a grand festival tomorrow.

Napri, whom Suleza mentioned, was the daughter of a wealthy Vaishya merchant from a nearby village, and was considered a close friend of Suleza's on the surface.

Suleisa hated Napri the most because she was hypocritical.

What Suleiman hated most was the way she acted in front of her, always pretending to be very close to her, saying things like, "Sister, you're so beautiful," or "Sister Suleiman, we're a pair of golden apples." Suleiman felt like vomiting just hearing those words.

Because one wet afternoon when she was fourteen, she hid behind the dense shade of a mango grove and heard Naples say to someone in a sickeningly sweet voice, "May the gods send down a rain of blades to smear her face... let's see what she can boast about now."

At that moment, Suleza felt a chill run through her body. She had thought they were twin golden apples, but little did she know that the other one was already riddled with worms of jealousy and hatred.

From that moment on, Suleisa learned to fight with a smile.

During the Torch Festival, when she received the Dakhmansi sacred flower, she would always hold the edge of her sari, gracefully walk up to the Napuri, and affectionately take the other's hand.

You can pretend, but can't I?

Suleisa enjoyed watching Napri's forced smiles and insincere praise of herself.

She'll pretend to be magnanimous, saying things like, "Oh, Priscilla, I'm really sorry, I was going to give it to you this time, but I didn't expect everyone to choose me anyway..."

She said this while pretending to be very embarrassed. Naples must have been furious, but Naples still had to force a smile and say some things to her that were not what she really meant.

Sulansa particularly enjoyed watching Napuli force a smile at this moment, and seeing her hand secretly hidden behind her back. Sulansa wondered if this woman was clenching her fists behind her back and wanted to punch her.