The man glanced at the stone and nodded, “So, are you guys going out for a meal?”

“Yeah, my big brother is back, and we’re planning to go have a drink together!”

“Just don’t overdo it. Be careful you don’t end up unable to get up in the morning. If that happens, I won’t be there to help you out.”

The stone chuckled awkwardly, “No way, no way! I haven’t been drunk lately.”

After exchanging a few more words, Young Master Yan looked at the sky, “It’s getting late. I won’t keep you. Enjoy your meal and drinks.”

With that, he turned and walked away slowly.

Ling Feng, standing nearby, felt a bit bewildered. He watched the man’s retreating figure and then turned to the stone, “The Bai family… are they really this easy to talk to?”

“Not really. Most of them don’t pay much attention to us, but Young Master Yan is an exception.” The stone shook his head. “He used to have a pretty terrible personality, but once, when he was bullying someone, the eldest young master caught him and gave him a good beating. After that, the eldest young master often took him to the orphanage to help out, and that’s when we got to know each other.”

Ling Feng: “…”

There are actually people like that in this world?

He had seen quite a few disciples from prominent families in the Western Regions, but this was the first time he encountered someone like the eldest young master of the Bai family.

It seems like joining the Bai family was indeed the right choice!

If he had known it would be like this, why had he gone all the way to the Western Regions to cultivate at the Jinsha Sect?

During his time at the Jinsha Sect, he had done his fair share of work and had often faced discrimination because of his identity as a person from the Northern Region. In the end, he was unceremoniously abandoned by the sect due to the encroachment of demonic energy. If he had known it would end up like this, he might as well have stayed with the stone and the others from the beginning and worked for the Bai family!

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【Ding! Detected that the host has successfully exploited the weakness of the Child of Fortune, loyalty increased. Reward: Luck Points +123, All Attributes +12.】

Bai Feng, who was lying in bed feeling down, raised an eyebrow: “Huh?”

What did I do? I haven’t done anything yet! I was just thinking about it!

Can’t I even think about it?

Hey, System, can you be normal for once?

Bai Feng rubbed his head, his mind filled with confusion, wondering why the loyalty of the Child of Fortune would increase.

But there was one good piece of news: this Child of Fortune likely didn’t have any ill intentions.

“Sigh…”

Bai Feng sighed, feeling a bit frustrated.

Should I go home for a visit?

No, let’s not talk about that demoness who’s always lurking. Even if I went back, what could I do?

Aside from seeing what Ling Feng looks like, it seems there’s not much else I could accomplish.

If I could just transfer the Child of Fortune to another city, then I wouldn’t need to go back at all, and it would be much more discreet.

Plus, with my current luck points, meeting the Child of Fortune would definitely attract some resentment.

“Forget it. I’ll contact Bai Yan and the others later and have them keep an eye on who’s working particularly hard.”

After all, this kind of Child of Fortune would never settle down quietly. Even if they pretended to work diligently, they would still be the most outstanding one. Then, I could follow the plan and smoothly transfer the Child of Fortune to another city under the pretext of a promotion.

No, it would be best to send them out of the Northern Region entirely, to Zhongzhou or some other area to struggle. Ideally, they’d never come back!

After devising a good strategy, Bai Feng stretched and got out of bed.

He wasn’t in the mood to lounge around any longer, so he decided to practice his swordplay instead, just to test out the刺字诀 (Cì Zì Jué, “Stabbing Character Technique”) that the system had given him.

From the description, it seemed more like a technique than a sword style.

In addition to enhancing his sword moves, it could also be inscribed onto certain items to release, like talisman paper that could carry spiritual energy.

Bai Feng walked into the living room and found Bai Yumo coming out of the kitchen with a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

She smiled at Bai Feng, “There’s one more dish, just wait a moment, it’ll be ready soon.”

With that, she went back into the kitchen to continue her work.

Bai Feng had grown accustomed to Bai Yumo’s regular appearances in the kitchen. Instead of going outside to practice swordplay, he took out some paper and a pen and sat down to write.

Before long, the blank talisman paper in his hand bore the character ‘刺’ (Cì, “stab”).

Just writing that one character consumed nearly one-fifth of his spiritual energy.

“Such a huge consumption.”

He picked up the talisman paper with the ‘刺’ character and noticed a faint sharp sword aura emanating from it.

“Brother, what’s that in your hand?”

At that moment, Bai Yumo approached with the dishes, her face showing a hint of surprise. She could clearly sense the sharp sword aura contained in the talisman paper Bai Feng held.

“It’s a special little technique,” Bai Feng replied, putting down the talisman paper. “Let’s eat first, and after we finish, we can practice some swordplay.”

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Chapter 145: “I Want to Move in and Live with You.”

In the backyard, Bai Feng held a bamboo sword, facing Bai Yumo.

“Be careful.”

He channeled his spiritual energy, stepping forward quickly with his left foot, closing the distance while activating the Stabbing Character Technique, thrusting the bamboo sword forward.

Bai Yumo’s expression shifted with surprise; this time, Bai Feng’s moves were much stronger than when they practiced swordplay before.

She quickly raised her sword to block, and while Bai Feng’s attack was intercepted, the scattered sword aura surged toward her like sharp needles.

Instead of retreating, she charged forward, stepping closer to Bai Feng. The sharp sword aura grazed her body as it flew backward, leaving small holes the size of a pinky finger in the trees behind her.

“Yumo, be careful!”

Bai Feng didn’t raise his sword but instead took out the talisman paper he had written on at the dining table.

The moment he threw it, the talisman transformed into sharp sword energy, flying directly toward Bai Yumo.

Bai Yumo’s eyes widened slightly, her body radiating a faint white light as she quickly brought her sword back to defend.

The clash of sword energies tore through the ground, creating deep scars, and dust flew up in the air.

“Looks like this time I win.”

Bai Feng’s voice rang in her ears. She instinctively turned her head, only to feel a hand land on her head, ruffling her hair.

“Hey, that’s cheating!”

Bai Yumo puffed out her cheeks. Weren’t they supposed to be practicing swordplay? How could he use talismans like that!

If it hadn’t been for that talisman throwing off her rhythm, how could she have been so easily caught off guard by Bai Feng?

“Sorry, sorry! I just wanted to test how effective this move is,” Bai Feng said with a smile, shaking his head. “And this is part of swordplay, not a talisman. Strictly speaking, I didn’t cheat.”

Yeah, it’s definitely not because he had been thoroughly suppressed by Bai Yumo during their previous sword practice.

However, the power of the Stabbing Character Technique was even stronger than he had anticipated. He had warned her beforehand, yet she was still held back for a few seconds. If he inscribed the Stabbing Character Technique onto something more discreet, it could catch the opponent off guard in a sudden battle.

Seeing Bai Yumo’s cheeks still puffed out and her face a bit embarrassed, he gently comforted her, “How about this? To make up for it, I can grant you a small request. What do you think?”

“Really?” Bai Yumo blinked her eyes. Since that’s the case, she wouldn’t hold back, “Then I want to move in and live with you.”

Bai Feng’s eyes narrowed immediately: “Not a chance!”

What is this little girl trying to do?

“Brother, you misunderstood!” Bai Yumo shook her head. “What I mean is to move my house next to yours and build a door connecting the two. That way, it’ll be more convenient for us to practice swordplay or discuss techniques, and I won’t have to run back and forth when I’m cooking.”

After hearing her explanation, Bai Feng pondered for a few seconds.

If it’s just moving the house, that’s not a problem.

“Brother? Is that okay?” Bai Yumo looked up at him, her face filled with anticipation.

After considering it, Bai Feng felt there was nothing wrong with it. Their rooms were already quite close, and now they would just be a bit closer.

So he nodded, “Alright, I agree.”

“Yay! I’m going to move my house over right now!”

Bai Yumo cheered and immediately turned to leap over the courtyard wall, running toward her house as if afraid he would change his mind.

“Is she really in that much of a hurry?”

Bai Feng wasn’t worried about how Bai Yumo would move her house. After all, they were both at the Golden Core stage, and moving an ordinary house was a trivial matter.

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“Good morning, Bai! By the way, why is there an extra house here? Did you expand?”

Early in the morning, Bai Feng saw two Children of Fortune at his doorstep.

“What brings you here?”

He didn’t answer their question but instead looked at Lin Yan and Luo Chen outside the door and asked.

Having two Children of Fortune visit him personally—this couldn’t be for anything trivial, could it?