After the orders began, Bai Qiu stayed busy in the workshop until 10 PM.
After two hours of full-force crafting, his mental energy was nearly exhausted.
Continuing to work overtime would be meaningless.
So, he simply returned to his room…
“Um… brother, the hot water is ready…” Wang Shiyun said.
Feng Yuling stood beside her without speaking, her face flushed red all the way from her neck to the tips of her ears.
A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Bai Qiu’s face.
This was truly an unexpected bonus—bringing them along had its benefits.
At the very least, he no longer had to personally handle many daily chores.
“Uh… why are you following me into the bathroom?” Bai Qiu asked, watching the two girls follow him step by step, a bad feeling rising in his heart.
“Brother… we’ve already washed up. We can help you…” Wang Shiyun spoke again.
Feng Yuling was more reserved, but she stayed beside her, showing no intention of leaving.
“…Sigh.” Bai Qiu rubbed his forehead.
This was not the kind of help he could accept.
After organizing his thoughts, he said, “I appreciate the intention, but it’s not necessary. Just do your own duties well—that’s enough. Washing clothes, cooking, preparing hot water, and cleaning—that’s all I require from you. Understood?”
“Understood…”
After sending the two girls out of the bathroom, Bai Qiu enjoyed a comfortable hot bath for half an hour.
By the time he came out, his mood was refreshed.
He noticed that every corner of the room had been neatly organized by them.
They had even bought some new furniture, like a tea table and such…
The moment Bai Qiu stepped out of the bathroom, Wang Shiyun immediately got up from the sofa and went in to take his clothes to wash.
As for Feng Yuling, she promptly asked,
“Brother, would you like something to drink? We have plain water, black tea, lemon tea…”
“Plain water,” Bai Qiu replied.
He nodded inwardly—the two girls were very proactive.
He didn’t need to remind or teach them these daily tasks; they handled everything well on their own.
After finishing his drink, Bai Qiu sat cross-legged on the bed and began his meditation for the day…
As his body resonated, the surrounding magical elements were drawn toward him, causing faint sparkles of light to shimmer around him—an enchanting sight.
Moreover, a faint golden glow seemed to cover his body, flickering in sync with his resonance.
The two girls watched this mysterious scene with curiosity.
Everyone had gained abilities similar to players—status panels and leveling through combat—but a cultivation method like Bai Qiu’s, something akin to “immortal cultivation,” was completely unheard of.
….
The next day.
Bai Qiu gradually woke up.
While checking the system log, he discovered that he had unintentionally comprehended a new skill.
Magic Absorption (C Rank)
Skill Description: Rapidly absorbs and converts magic power.
This… such a brief description.
Let’s test its effect first.
Thinking this, Bai Qiu took out a bottle of magic potion and drank it in one gulp.
After waiting for a moment, he found everything was normal.
It felt about the same as usual—though slightly improved compared to yesterday.
After all, every time he finished meditating, all aspects related to his magic would become stronger.
For example, the proficiency of skills like Magic Control and Magic Release had been steadily increasing on their own.
Bai Qiu took out another bottle of magic potion.
This time, instead of drinking it, he opened the bottle and tried to directly convert it using his mental power and magic, absorbing it into his body.
After experimenting for dozens of seconds, Bai Qiu confirmed that this Magic Absorption skill was not some overpowered ability granted out of nowhere.
While it could indeed allow him to recover his magic reserves within tens of seconds—or even around ten seconds—by absorbing a magic potion, it also came with certain side effects.
However, since he was only testing with a small amount, he merely felt a slight nausea.
In fact, even before obtaining this skill, he had already been capable of doing something similar.
It was more like High Sky Archery—once his foundational mastery reached a certain level, it was acknowledged by the system and formally added to his status panel.
Coming back to his senses, Bai Qiu was about to go wash up as usual, but then he noticed that Wang Shiyun and Feng Yuling were curled up together, asleep on the sofa.
Could it be that since he didn’t tell them to return to their room last night, they stayed up waiting for his instructions until they couldn’t hold out any longer and fell asleep?
Bai Qiu thought about it, shook his head, and walked straight toward the bathroom.
As he left, he waved his hand, and the blanket on the bed floated up before gently covering the two girls.
Before heading out, Bai Qiu also condensed a small orb of light on the tea table using magic.
When they woke up, it would serve as a helpful instruction for them.
Opening the door, he found Zhang Shiyao already standing outside.
She greeted him sweetly as usual, “Good morning, brother!”
After speaking, she took out A’Yuan’s summoning card and returned it to Bai Qiu.
From their conversation, Bai Qiu learned that Zhang Shiyao had helped clear two dungeons the previous day.
Seeing that it was already around 11 PM, she had simply returned to Zone 2233 to rest.
For solo dungeons, she secured a 20% share of the resource rewards, while for other group dungeons, she continued to charge the usual 10% fee.
Yesterday, she hadn’t even needed to use A’Yuan—she hadn’t used any Noble Phantasms either.
The main reason was that the monsters weren’t particularly strong.
Even when they reached level 30, due to the relatively low difficulty rating, these monsters all had obvious weaknesses.
It was similar to the Hidden Marsh, where a C-rank A’Yuan was present—but it wasn’t actually aggressive.
The strongest enemies there were merely two elite-level beasts.
Bai Qiu and Zhang Shiyao packed several portions of breakfast and lunch, then directly used the teleportation device to head to the safe zone near the reservoir.
Soon, they found an excellent picnic spot.
Looking at the beautiful scenery around them, Bai Qiu suddenly thought of something.
He took out Guinelia’s exclusive Recording Cube and began recording the scenery.
He believed she would definitely like the view here.
However, after activating the Recording Cube, Bai Qiu faintly sensed that something was off.
He immediately used his Sevenfold Arcane Crystallization Eyes to inspect it.
And sure enough, he found the issue.
At the bottom of the Recording Cube, there was something resembling a mobile SIM card inserted into it.
It was fitted so well that it would be hard to notice without careful inspection.
And this card was continuously transmitting the recorded data.
There was no need to think—it had to be Marta’s doing…
No wonder she had so generously given Guinelia a Recording Cube.
She had hidden something inside it.
As long as Bai Qiu recorded anything, Marta would receive an identical copy!
This way, she didn’t have to pay anything and could freeload off all his hard work!
“Hmph, naïve.” Bai Qiu snorted coldly.
Using his magic power and mental energy, he infiltrated the card slot, removed the card, and stored it in his storage card.
…
Meanwhile, back in Zone 2233, Marta saw the Recording Cube transmitting video data and hurriedly tried to watch it—only to find that the signal was quickly cut off.
“Was it discovered? That man’s perception is too sharp… I had clearly concealed it well…” Marta muttered to herself.
On a barren plain in Zone 2225, the skeleton priests’ ritual had continued for more than a full night.
Tens of thousands of soul flames gathered into that gray-black crystal orb…
The numerous skeleton priests remained kneeling, but the soul flames in their eye sockets had long since extinguished.
They… were dead—yet they had not been decomposed by the system.
As the soul flame within the red-robed skeleton priest’s eye sockets drifted out and entered the crystal orb, it too froze in place, no longer moving…
“Rumble—!”
The void trembled as strands of eerie black mist, capable of staining everything around it in darkness, surged out from the void.
Any bones swept by the mist vanished instantly!
“Crack… crack…!”
…
After finishing their picnic, Bai Qiu—who was still feeding A’Yuan—suddenly snapped his head toward a certain direction!
His shattered-gold pupils were filled with shock and uncertainty!
Just moments ago, he had sensed an extremely terrifying presence.
Even from over thirty kilometers away, he could perceive it clearly!
— The end of the Chapter–
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