"Late? What do you an?" Lin Tian had a bad feeling and asked with a frown.
Xiao Manxue managed a weak smile and said, "Just now, my True Qi was running wild, out of control. And before that, I was already half a step into the Postnatal Perfection, ready to challenge the Great Perfection at any mont."
"You an, you just challenged the Great Perfection Realm?" Lin Tian asked, not quite understanding.
"It wasn’t intentional. During the chaos of my True Qi, it automatically initiated an assault on the realm. Under the dual attack, my True Qi completely lost control," Xiao Manxue explained calmly despite the imminent danger.
"You..." Lin Tian was startled, took a few steps forward, and grabbed her shoulders with great force, which would have fractured a normal person’s shoulders due to his concern.
Previously, if Lin Tian dared to touch Xiao Manxue like this, she would have drawn her sword and cursed him as a perverted lecher; yet this ti, she did not resist.
Xiao Manxue saw Lin Tian’s anxious expression and pained look; she actually smiled beautifully, happily, as if such concern from him was all she needed to feel completely content.
"You’re still in the mood to smile? Didn’t your master teach you how to handle these ergencies? Like what to do when facing a realm assault?" Lin Tian asked anxiously.
"No, do you think it’s like elentary school where you get hands-on teaching? In Ancient Martial practice, the master provides the guidance, but the cultivation is individual. Everyone’s experiences with realm challenges are different. Being too specific can actually hinder a disciple. To break through a realm, one has to rely on personal insight..." Xiao Manxue shook her head as she spoke, but before she could finish, blood began to flow from her nostrils.
"You’re bleeding from your nose," Lin Tian said worriedly.
"It’s nothing. You’re studying dicine. You should understand that when True Qi circulates uncontrollably, blood will burst from weak spots in the vessels. In the end, even the toughest veins will rupture, leading to death by blood loss," Xiao Manxue calmly explained as she wiped the blood off.
A young girl in her twenties, born into a wealthy family and viewing life and death so indifferently, Lin Tian could not help but regard her differently.
"Lin Tian, can I ask you for sothing?" Xiao Manxue looked at Lin Tian, pleading.
"Tell , as long as you don’t ask to sacrifice myself, I’ll agree to anything as long as you don’t give up," Lin Tian said, attempting to distract her.
Xiao Manxue glared at him, possibly weakened, her eyes lacking their usual cold dominion yet showing a hint of vulnerability and charm, making Lin Tian stare. The usually cold and dominant miss turning charming was truly an unsurpassed beauty, deeply enchanting.
"You big pervert, who asked you to sacrifice yourself?" She pretended to scowl, though the coldness lted in a mont as she earnestly said, "Can I ask you to take care of my sister and mother if sothing happens to , and I an for a lifeti?"
Perhaps feeling her request was excessive, she paused, then added, "I know this is too much to ask, but if I’m really gone, within a year the Xiao Family will be devoured and divided, even family mbers assassinated. Our opponents are wary of as an Ancient Martial Artist and my master’s presence; fearing a crazed retaliation from us, the Xiao Family managed to survive until now."
"When I am gone, with my master’s character of staying out of worldly affairs, she definitely won’t intervene in Xiao Family matters or their survival. As long as you are willing to take care of my mother and sister, I can give you all of Xiao Family’s assets..." Xiao Manxue said passionately, but Lin Tian imdiately interrupted her.
"Stop saying that!" Lin Tian said sternly. Just as Xiao Manxue thought he was about to leave in anger, Lin Tian added, "What kind of person do you think I, Lin Tian, am? Am I here for the Xiao Family’s wealth?"
"No, that’s not what I ant." Xiao Manxue hurriedly explained, her intention to give away all her wealth was not with ulterior motives, but rather to compensate for her excessive request.
"You don’t need to explain anymore." Lin Tian said firmly, truly irritated by Xiao Manxue’s offer of wealth, thinking that she was treating him as if he were a kept man, which was utterly absurd.
Seeing Lin Tian’s cold expression, tears suddenly stread down Xiao Manxue’s face. She felt the unfairness of the misunderstanding, worried about her family, unsure of their fate, and not knowing what to do. She also realized how Lin Tian must have felt when he was misunderstood, making her feelings even more complex.
Lin Tian could never stand to see a woman’s tears, especially the tears of a typically cold and authoritative figure like the Miss. He reached out, wiped the tears from the Miss’s lovely face, and said, "There, there, don’t cry, I didn’t say I wouldn’t agree to your request."
"Really? You really agree to take care of my sister and mother for life?" Xiao Manxue burst into tears of joy, expressing her surprise.
The sight of her tearful laughter, with the glistening tears still on her eyelashes and appearing like a pear blossom bathed in rain, was heartrending.
"Absolutely, I, Lin Tian, am a man of my word, and I will keep my promise. But, don’t bring up the wealth again, or I’ll turn around and leave this instant," Lin Tian solemnly declared.
Xiao Manxue nodded obediently, not ntioning the wealth again, though she still muttered softly, "What a crude way to talk about it."
"You..." Xiao Manxue’s face flushed, her originally pale face gaining so color—possibly as a result of Lin Tian’s remark. She felt a sweetness in her throat and a streak of blood flowed from her mouth.
"Quick, sit down and center your mind. You must control your True Qi," Lin Tian said with a frown, regretting making such a joke at this ti.
"It’s no use, the flow of True Qi has already exceeded my control," Xiao Manxue shook her head and said, but she obediently sat down cross-legged by the roadside.
Lin Tian had not learned Ancient Martial, so he did not understand what breaking through to a new realm entailed and had no experience in this area.
He could only start his X-ray vision, looking inside the Miss’s body. Her ridians resembled tubes, so large and so small, interwoven to form a complex, ordered system of ridians.
So this was the ridian system of an Ancient Martial Artist, seemingly different from that of an ordinary person. Lin Tian observed carefully, noticing the differences.
Ordinary people have finer ridians, whereas Ancient Martial Artists’ ridians are broader and more resilient. Furthermore, Ancient Martial Artists have more and more complex ridians than ordinary people. Lin Tian guessed that through cultivation, Ancient Martial Artists could unlock and develop hidden potential in their bodies, refining these extra ridians.
Near the Miss’s heart was an important convergence point of ridians, the Heart ridian, crucial for linking the heart and the blood, as important as the Dantian.
Her ridian network was awash with a light blue True Qi rushing rapidly. Where the True Qi passed, her ridians were stretched to the point of showing tiny fractures!
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