Yun Huizhou landed upon a lotus leaf, sent into a shudder by the sheer greasiness of Lian Li’s words.
With a complicated expression, he looked at this person who—after dressing in women’s clothing and applying makeup—could absolutely rank in the top three of the Beauty Rankings, yet was currently shouting “Dear Senior Brother” in a clear but affected male voice.
Specifically, that “mua~” caused his heart, which had originally skipped a beat from being stunned by the beauty, to instantly wither.
The West Island Lord had originally intended to go over and give Lian Li two harsh knocks on the head, but upon seeing Yun Huizhou’s complicated expression, he stopped his movements and leaned halfway against the door to watch.
Seeing that Yun Huizhou hadn’t moved for a long time, Lian Li grew anxious. He reached out both hands toward Yun Huizhou in a gesture demanding a hug, his eyes brimming with tears.
“Senior Brother~ we’ve only been apart for one night~ do you already not recognize me? Ying~”
Yun Huizhou: “…”
Yun Huizhou’s already complicated expression became even more indescribable; he nearly turned around and left right then and there.
However, this was the Junior Brother he had brought back and taken in himself after all; he couldn’t truly leave him be.
He nodded toward the West Island Lord, then landed beside Lian Li. Reaching out, he grabbed Lian Li by the back of his belt and carried him away.
After returning to their residence, he set Lian Li down. Before he could speak, Lian Li spoke first.
“Why didn’t you carry me in your arms while flying today?”
Yun Huizhou replied, “Look at your outfit today.”
Lian Li looked down; it wasn’t dirty. He went to the water’s edge to check his reflection; his makeup hadn’t smeared either.
Looking at it, he really was quite the great beauty.
“It looks very good. Don’t you think it looks good?”
Lian Li felt like he was practically falling in love with the gender-swapped version of himself; he could somewhat understand Narcissus now.
Yun Huizhou pulled him away from the water’s edge, explaining as they moved, “You are currently wearing women’s clothing and wearing makeup. You look exactly like a young lady. It feels very strange to carry you in my arms while flying.”
Hearing him say this, Lian Li understood.
Carrying a man was fine, but carrying a girl was inconvenient—this was ancient times, after all.
Moreover, even if this were the modern world, men and women in a normal relationship wouldn’t usually be hugging and clinging to each other at every turn.
Thinking of this, he recalled his previous suspicion: could it be that Yun Huizhou would be plotted against in the future while fighting over the World’s Number One Beauty as a wife?
It seemed he still needed to give this guy more practice to strengthen his resistance to beauty. It would be best if he didn’t participate in any of those activities to compete for the number one beauty at all.
Thus, his eyes darted around, and he assumed the posture of a “weak willow swaying in the wind,” leaning toward Yun Huizhou.
However, before he could even fall, he was caught by the back of his collar by Yun Huizhou.
“What are you doing? What are you doing?” Yun Huizhou said as he pressed Lian Li down onto a prayer mat. “Sit properly and start practicing. We’re picking up the pace today. Run two circulatory cycles this morning, and we’ll start learning Lightness Skills this afternoon.”
Lian Li: “…”
What a mood-killing, dead-straight man.
Although he found teasing Yun Huizhou very amusing, Lian Li was very focused when it came to his cultivation.
This was the skill he relied on to survive in this world; he couldn’t afford to be sloppy.
Yun Huizhou guided him through the circulation routes again, but with yesterday’s foundation, the circulation speed was much faster today.
After finishing two circulatory cycles, it wasn’t yet time for lunch. Yun Huizhou gave him a detailed explanation on how to use Lightness Skills and, while he was at it, analyzed the Movement Technique manual they had selected earlier.
Because they were in a pavilion on the lake, the occasional breeze made it very cool and pleasant.
Additionally, Lian Li now possessed a sliver of Internal Energy. Although it wasn’t at the level where he could use it as a personal air conditioner like Yun Huizhou, it still made him feel much more comfortable.
Yun Huizhou only led him in practicing Internal Energy but didn’t teach him any martial arts moves at all.
While eating, Lian Li couldn’t help but ask, “Is it enough for me to just practice internal cultivation? Am I not going to learn any moves?”
Yun Huizhou placed a piece of meat into his bowl and said, “This internal technique can regulate the body and stimulate vitality. Once you’ve regulated yourself to the point where you won’t die so easily, then you can practice moves.”
“Those are all physical labor. In your current condition, you’d be finished before you could finish two moves.”
Seeing Lian Li eating like a bird, Yun Huizhou couldn’t help but add, “During this time, try to eat a little more each meal than before. Otherwise, with the way you eat, you’ll be hungry shortly after you start practicing.”
Hearing Yun Huizhou say this, Lian Li also knew how troublesome it was for a body like his to practice martial arts.
It was said that “the poor study literature while the rich practice martial arts” because practicing martial arts required not only good food but also money to treat physical ailments and buy medicine to regulate the body. Poor people generally couldn’t practice.
The matter of practicing martial arts was a bit tedious. In the afternoon, Yun Huizhou took him to practice Lightness Skills.
He carried him directly onto a bamboo raft floating on the water, then pointed to another bamboo raft three meters away and said, “Jump over.”
Lian Li turned to look at him and said, “The last time I did a long jump was when I was nine years old. Back then, I only jumped 1.72 meters.”
Yun Huizhou: “Who told you to jump with brute force? Don’t you have Internal Energy now? Use your Internal Energy.”
“Oh.” Lian Li remembered; he was no longer an ordinary person.
He attempted to mobilize his meager Internal Energy. Feeling his body become much lighter, he jumped toward the raft over there with full confidence.
Splash—!
The sound of a heavy object falling into the water rang out, sending up a huge spray. The bamboo raft on the other side flipped over.
Yun Huizhou: “…”
Fine, time to go down and fish him out.
With a plop, Yun Huizhou also jumped in.
Lian Li had learned to swim in his past life. His coach back then had praised his talent, saying that if he practiced well, he might even make the provincial team. Even if he didn’t go professional, it would be good for extra credit.
However, he later fell ill and could never swim again.
Just as Yun Huizhou jumped in, he discovered that this person had swum to the surface on his own.
The two stared at each other in the water.
The hair bun Lian Li had previously tied had come undone, and his makeup was ruined.
However, the makeup the West Island Lord had applied wasn’t heavy to begin with, so he actually looked somewhat pitiful now.
The bamboo raft was floating on the water, but it was difficult for him to find leverage to get up, and the pavilion was some distance away. Thus, he could only swim toward Yun Huizhou.
Seeing him approach, Yun Huizhou reached out and grabbed his arm, then led him out of the water and onto the bamboo raft.
He looked at Lian Li and asked, “Do you know why you fell into the water and why the raft flipped?”
Lian Li nodded and said, “I know. I only used Internal Energy to jump, but I withdrew it when I landed, so the raft flipped.”
Seeing that Lian Li clearly knew where the problem lay, Yun Huizhou said no more.
However, both of their clothes were soaked through. He was fine; the weather was hot, and if he circulated his Internal Energy, his clothes would dry quickly.
But this sickly boy wouldn’t do. He couldn’t have him catching a cold and needing to recover before they could continue.
Just as he was thinking this, something soft was suddenly placed in his hand.
He looked up at Lian Li, only to see Lian Li’s right hand just pulling out from his own collar, and now he was switching to his left hand to reach inside the collar.
He was just about to ask, “What are you doing?”
Then he saw another round, pad-like object pulled out from the collar and tossed into his hand.
He squeezed these two round pads; they were soft, and the texture was a bit strange.
“What is this?” Yun Huizhou asked.
“Fake breasts,” Lian Li answered.
Yun Huizhou looked at Lian Li’s chest again and found that it had already gone flat.
Oh, so it was this stuff.
Wait, what? It was this stuff!?
Yun Huizhou instinctively tossed them away, and the objects landed on the bamboo raft.
