Both of them spoke with seriousness, but the topic gradually shifted towards risqué remarks.

"If you’re interested, I wouldn’t mind!" Li Qing said.

Qin Wenjun pushed her glasses up on the bridge of her nose, those bright eyes quietly watching Li Qing, "Do you really want me to scream for help?"

"Forget it, I’m going home to eat," Li Qing decisively stood up and said.

This woman who liked women wasn’t easy to mess with; a few jokes were enough.

Talk any more, and she would completely flip out!

Such a pure girl, yet she liked women and secretly used toys—what a shame.

When Li Qing returned home, dinner was just ready.

The fragrant chicken stew with mushrooms, along with several types of vegetables from their own garden, led Li Qing to eat two big bowls of rice.

After the meal, the women quickly cleaned up the dishes, not leaving anything for Li Qing to do.

The idle Li Qing propped up a chair in the shady part of the yard and took out the Qi Cultivation Technique that Xuan Chen Zhenren had given him.

This book wasn’t thick at all, and it contained not only text descriptions but also illustrations and notes from Xuan Chen Zhenren.

But unfortunately... Li Qing still couldn’t understand it.

Even when he consulted the notes, he found the descriptions obscure and difficult to comprehend.

"It seems becoming a cultivator isn’t for just anyone, educational level is indeed a major barrier," Li Qing muttered to himself.

If it were someone uneducated, just trying to understand these words would consume an endless amount of time.

Li Qing’s high school education was barely adequate, but he also struggled to grasp the deeper meanings behind those sentences.

He could only slowly grind through it, one sentence at a time.

After a while, he felt dizzy from reading and his understanding was vague.

He decided to set aside the text descriptions and began to familiarize himself with the acupoints on his body one by one, according to the diagrams.

But even this step, which should be the simplest, nearly broke Li Qing.

His patience was almost entirely worn out, and a sliver of the desire to give up arose in his heart.

Identifying acupoints was not a simple task.

Xuan Chen Zhenren’s annotations also stressed that imprecise location of the acupoints could lead to severe consequences.

At best, one could suffer from qi deviation, but at worst, one’s erratic True Qi could pose a threat to their life.

Li Qing didn’t dare be the least bit careless.

He went to his room to find a marker, took off his clothes, and began marking his body according to the diagrams each time he recognized an acupoint.

"Qingzi, what are you doing?" Wu Xingxing came over and asked in surprise.

"This... I’m practicing," Li Qing thought for a moment and decided to be upfront with Wu Xingxing.

These matters would eventually need to be explained to them, so it was better not to hide them.

"You... practicing?" Wu Xingxing’s mouth fell open in astonishment, and her face was a picture of disbelief.

Li Qing had unexpectedly said a word she had only seen on TV, and it left her somewhat stupefied.

Li Qing nodded and said, "Wasn’t that elixir amazing?"

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with you practicing?" Wu Xingxing, apparently thinking of something, suddenly asked with concern, "Qingzi, you haven’t fallen for some messed-up organization, have you? You can’t do that kind of thing."

Li Qing couldn’t help but laugh, "It’s not that. Don’t you remember, I’m now half a Taoist priest!"

"Taoist priests practice and make elixirs; isn’t that a normal thing? I need to practice to be able to make those elixirs in the future."

Wu Xingxing suddenly realized, "So that’s how it is."

She gave a sheepish smile, "Actually, up to now, I can’t come to terms with you becoming a Taoist priest—it’s too incredible."

"Not to mention you, I myself find it somewhat incredible," Li Qing said, shaking his head with a smile.

"What’s the use of having these drawings on your body?" Wu Xingxing asked curiously.

"These are acupuncture points," Li Qing explained.

"So complicated!" Wu Xingxing reached out and touched Li Qing’s chest, clicking her tongue secretly in amazement.

Li Qing, looking dejected, said, "I know, it’s so complex that I’m starting to want to give up."

"Hang in there, Qingzi! You can’t give up because of that amazing elixir!" Wu Xingxing suddenly clenched her fist firmly and said, "Do you want something to drink? I’ll go to the convenience store and get it for you. Or, are you tired? Do you want me to give you a back massage?"

Li Qing was at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

"No, I don’t need anything. You go ahead with your work, I’ll study these points a bit more," Li Qing said.

"Okay then, you’ve got to keep at it, alright!" Wu Xingxing laughed and raised her fist in encouragement to Li Qing.

The desire for beauty is truly terrifying. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Li Qing now linked his training with pill concoction.

In the future, even if he was too lazy to move, Wu Xingxing and the others would probably urge him to continue his cultivation diligently.

Over the next few days, Li Qing spent almost all his time oscillating between the construction site and his training.

The manpower required for the other two construction sites was also quickly found, thanks to Tang Jianmin’s strong network of connections.

And the worry he had about how to confess to Wu Xingxing suddenly gave him a breather.

He had given the village one hundred thousand yuan, successfully creating a major task for Han Mei, the clerk.

These past few days she had been so busy that she was almost at her wit’s end.

Every day, a large number of people called her to lament about their family hardships.

The key was that Han Mei couldn’t deal with them casually; she had to actually understand their situations and verify each one.

She had to work late into the night every day.

To make it convenient, she simply moved in to live in the convenience store.

The village office was right outside, and it was easier for her to take care of both the public affairs and the business of the convenience store.

Wu Xingxing, worried that Han Mei would be afraid to live there alone at night, took the initiative to move in and keep her company.

Thus, quite suddenly, Li Qing found himself with a few more days to catch his breath.

This was the first time in his life that he was troubled about sleeping with a woman.

He was looking forward to his first time, but he also knew the importance of the first time to a woman.

What if Wu Xingxing couldn’t accept his many women and had already given her first time to him?

She would definitely break down.

But Li Qing really didn’t know how to break the news and was extremely troubled.

In order to lay the groundwork, these past few days he deliberately behaved somewhat intimately with Tian Yue’e and the others in front of Wu Xingxing.

Only, he still didn’t know what effect this had, nor whether Wu Xingxing had noticed.

In the blink of an eye, ten days slipped through his fingers.

Early in the morning, Li Qing couldn’t wait to take Xiao Ding out from the flower bed.

As soon as he opened the lid of the cauldron, a fragrant aroma wafted out, refreshing to the soul and clearing Li Qing’s mind.

He was thrilled to discover that this time there were eight elixirs in the cauldron, which was twice as many as last time.

Additionally, the luster of the elixirs was even more crystal clear than before, looking like a collection of droplets.

"Why did it suddenly increase?" Li Qing muttered in surprise.

"Could it be that this cauldron needs to warm up a bit when concocting elixirs?"

When in doubt, ask the mentor – Li Qing took out his phone and called Xuan Chen Zhenren.