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Chapter 6: You've Been Very Close to a Certain Female Disciple Recently:
“What did you say?” Xu Ze was taken aback. Memorized it already? How long had it been? Fifteen minutes? Normally, even reading through thirty-three thousand characters carefully in fifteen minutes would be difficult.
Xu Ze immediately asked Gu Ling'er to recite it. To his astonishment, she not only recited it word for word but did so fluently, as if she had memorized it beforehand. Xu Ze was amazed and quickly called upon the system.
"System, what's the evaluation?"
[Reply to the host: The target has no foundational cultivation ability and can be considered a potential training subject]
The system's response surprised Xu Ze even more. It seemed that Gu Ling'er was indeed a rare talent, as his master had said. This ability to memorize instantly gave Xu Ze hope that she could be trained further.
“Good, very good!” Xu Ze nodded in satisfaction.
Seeing Xu Ze's pleased smile, Gu Ling'er felt a rare joy.
In truth, she didn’t have an extraordinary memory. But for some reason, when she thought about fulfilling the Holy Son’s wishes, she felt an indescribable power surging from within her, akin to the survival instinct that kicks in when one is near death. At that moment, Gu Ling'er felt capable of anything.
“For the Holy Son, I can do anything!” she repeated to herself, a faint pink light flickering in her eyes. The 33 thousand characters of the technique seemed to jump into her mind as she read, imprinting themselves deeply. Now, seeing Xu Ze’s smile, Gu Ling'er felt it was all worth it. She hadn’t let him down!
Memorizing the technique was just the first step in cultivation. The real challenge lay in the remaining six days of training. Xu Ze took Gu Ling'er to a secluded training room.
“You need to adjust your breath, relax your meridians, and strive to reach the fourth stage of the entry into the Nascent realm by the day after tomorrow.” Xu Ze handed her two bottles of first-grade cultivation pills. “Prepare yourself for sleepless nights. Understood?”
“Yes, Holy Son! I can do it!” Gu Ling'er clutched the bottles tightly, her eyes filled with obsessive determination.
“Good.” Xu Ze felt there was something odd about this girl but couldn’t figure out what it was.
Perhaps she was just too motivated?
Yesterday, she looked half-dead. Today, she seemed reborn, which was a bit unsettling.
To prevent her from rushing and losing control during her cultivation, Xu Ze reminded her before leaving the training room, “Although reaching the fourth stage in two days is hard, prioritize your safety. If you can't breakthrough, don’t force it. Understood?”
Gu Ling'er's face flushed with bright red, her eyes showing a faint pink glow. “Holy Son, are you worried about Ling'er...?”
“Huh?” Xu Ze smiled wryly. “Of course I am. Just don’t let anything happen because of me.”
He didn’t want innocent people to die because of him; it would weigh on his guilt. Moreover, as Gu Ling'er was his only hope for completing the random task, he couldn’t afford for anything to happen to her.
On the other hand, Gu Ling'er felt warmth in her heart.
She whispered to herself, "The Holy Son cares about me... He has feelings for me... Maybe he likes me too. After all, he once said I was cute and he wouldn’t despise me. Holy Son...
Gu Ling'er’s heart was filled with excitement. The dangerous pink glow in her eyes grew stronger.
Xu Ze, unaware of this change, would later reflect on this day and wish he had noticed it sooner. If he had, his future might have been different...
After instructing her, Xu Ze left the training room, closing the door behind him.
“If Gu Ling'er is truly a genius, reaching the fourth stage of the Nascent Realm should be no problem. When I was ten, I reached the fifth stage in a day. She shouldn’t be far off.” Xu Ze muttered to himself.
“You are the rarest talent in the Heavenly Dark Sect in a millennium. Comparing her to you is meaningless.” A cold voice suddenly sounded from the side, startling Xu Ze.
He looked toward the source and saw a stunning woman with an impressive figure and a cold expression approaching him. Her exposed shoulders and glimpses of her legs under her skirt made her impossible to ignore.
“Master!” Xu Ze hurriedly bowed to greet him. He hadn’t expected his master Leng Youran to come visit him at this moment.
What was going on? Was she here to supervise his training?
Xu Ze’s mind raced as he watched Leng Youran stop in front of him.
He quickly lowered his head, not daring to meet her gaze.
In his twenty years in this world, if there was anyone Xu Ze feared most, it was this woman who had raised and trained him.
In Xu Ze's mind, Leng Youran was even more important than his biological mother.
“Why does Master have time to visit?” Xu Ze asked nervously.
Leng Youran looked at Xu Ze, with his head down, not daring to look at her.
A trace of hidden affection flashed in her eyes as she spoke: “I heard you’ve been very close to a certain female disciple recently,”
-To be continued!
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