Yao Yao's assessment of me was quite fair. While she praised my overall performance, she offered suggestions and advice regarding my techniques. She had me play the role of "Old Six," while she took on the persona of myself from earlier, teaching me how to better defend against an opponent's attacks, including optimizing my footwork, hand positions, power generation, and even breathing. During combat, she explained, muscles should be relaxed before physical contact, as should breathing. However, at the moment of contact, all muscles should tense up and breathing should be held. This simultaneous "locking" of muscles and breath would temporarily halt the flow of internal energy (relatively speaking, not absolutely; it could be understood as drastically slowing down the circulation of internal energy, almost to a standstill, but not completely, as that would mean death), allowing one to maximally absorb the opponent's attack and creating the best opportunity for a counterattack.
"Counterattacking while defending, this is called 'parry and strike.' Pa!" Yao Yao demonstrated by defending against my offense and landing a light slap on me. She blocked my attack, then gave me another light slap. Before long, my face was burning.
"Ouch, did I hurt you?" Yao Yao cupped my face, her voice filled with concern. "Sorry, my hand was a bit heavy."
"It's fine, it's fine, I understand. This is called sparring to teach," I replied with a laugh, though it did sting quite a bit!
"Hehe, exactly. It's pretty much like when we're in bed, back and forth, in and out, exerting force when needed, speeding up when necessary."
"Oh, please..." The fox demon couldn't stand it anymore. "You two can keep 'sparring.' I'm going inside."
Yao Yao's words might have been suggestive, but her actions were serious.
She and I practiced in the courtyard for a while longer. A vehicle arrived outside. I had already become accustomed to using my qi sense. While sparring with Yao Yao, I activated it. Whoa, it was like the entrance was on fire.
A large mass of purple light, it was definitely my "daughter."
"Dad Fengcheng! Don't hit Mom Yao Yao!" Lu Qianxun rushed over, seeing me playfully kicking Yao Yao. She hugged my waist from behind. "Mom Yao Yao, you better run!"
"My little silly girl," I deactivated my qi sense; it was too dazzling. I lifted her up from behind. "Your mom and I... and your Mom Yao Yao... we were just playing around!"
No matter how I said it, it felt awkward. I needed to change her way of addressing people. If I met those demons later, would I have to call them "Mom" one by one?
"Oh, I see." Qianxun finally relaxed.
"Qianxun," I intended to pat her head, but realized she wasn't much shorter than me and I couldn't reach. I changed to patting her face. "Let me tell you something. From now on, when you see a woman, you can't call her Mom. You have to call her Sister, understand? Otherwise, it's impolite!"
"...Okay, but Dad, I'm hungry!"
She really knew how to change the subject!
Of course, a hungry child needed to eat. I had no choice but to take Lu Qianxun into the villa and down to the basement. Chen Lu's family should have leftovers for dinner. Indeed, there was food on the dining table, not yet cleared away.
"How is it now?" Chen Lu asked.
"The crisis is temporarily resolved. We can have a good night's sleep," I said. "Let's go upstairs."
Chen Lu let out a sigh of relief. She knew Qianxun, so she just greeted her with a "Hi." But when Qianxun saw Chen Lu's mother coming out from inside and realized she was a stranger, she immediately bowed politely. "Hello, Sister!"
"Oh my, am I that young?" Chen Lu's mother was overjoyed!
"You've gotten the generation wrong!" Chen Lu laughed. "You call me Mom, so you should call her Grandma!"
"No! Dad said, I should call any woman 'Sister'!" Lu Qianxun corrected me seriously. "I'll call you Sister too from now on!"
"And him? Still Dad?" Chen Lu pointed at me, a bit confused.
Just then, Chen Jianguo also came out. Lu Qianxun, rarely seeing a man, bowed again. "Hello, Father!"
Being called "Father" by her startled Chen Jianguo. He blinked a few times, seemingly trying to recall: Had there been a lapse in some area? Had someone come to find him?
Seeing his expression, I knew he was about to betray himself. I quickly explained, "Uncle, this is my goddaughter. She's a bit mischievous! Qianxun, apologize to Grandpa!"
After the comical scene, the Chen family went upstairs. I accompanied Lu Qianxun for dinner. She then said she was sleepy, so I took her to Chen Lu's room. The little one fell asleep as soon as she hit the bed.
I reactivated my qi sense. Following her breathing, those three strands of purple energy waxed and waned, permeating the entire villa. If a hybrid creature with such a strong foundation were trained, wouldn't its power rival that of an atomic bomb?
As I was lost in thought, Shen Xingyue called, asking about our situation and why Captain Lin Xi had been alerted.
I reported the details and casually asked, "Xingyue, how many high-level qi users are there in our Yanxia?"
"About two to three hundred. What's up?"
"Among them, how many are mid-tier purple qi users?"
"There are very few mid-tiers. I don't know qi sense either, so I can't tell. I estimate about ten."
"High-tiers?"
"I know this one, there are three."
See! I knew Lu Qianxun would be amazing!
Yanxia's true atomic bombs are rarer than her...