Wedding?

Meng continued hunting the profound beasts for the next 3 days straight almost without sleeping.

[Skill points: 872]

*Splash*

'I should probably go back and focus now more on precisely controlling my weight. My Hell Suppressing Physique also advanced a little bit, now I can increase my weight much higher than before. It's a little bit frightening considering that Vista told me that there are 3 stages for this Physique. They are Minor Completion, Half Completion, and Grand Completion. I am still far and far away from the Minor Completion yet I am so strong already.' Meng thought after killing the last profound beast in the vicinity.

[Congratulation for killing your 200th profound beast of Elementary Profound Realm. The host will be given a skill book for this minor achievement]

[New Skill gained: Cloud Steps]

[Cloud Steps - Depending on the mastery level, one step can traverse the distance of several steps in an instant]

'Movement technique! Just what I needed! My plot armor is truly shining brightly' Meng smiled at his 'luck' before he decided to go back to his house where he would practice this new skill.

'Vista, that Physique of mine is not from this world, right?'

[Why does the host think so?]

'Call it a hunch. After all, I can't cultivate yet I have obtained such a strong body.'

[It is indeed the truth, this technique is not from this world as far as I know]

'How does it work? I remember reading a few stories about shit like this but shouldn't every world have its own laws?'

[The host doesn't have to worry about that. The skill you have just learned can also be used without any energy consumption of course excluding the host's stamina, however, once the host will be able to cultivate, he can infuse the profound energy into this skill, making it double effective. To be honest, the cultivators of this world possibly could create such a Physique however to create it, they would also need to create additional laws for it which is something no one would even think of doing.]

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Meng returned in front of this house where he erected numerous wooden pillars with various distances between each other. Each pillar was big enough only for one foot.

'Alright, let's try it' Meng closed his eyes to calm down before he opened them and jumped from one pillar to another and another. After an hour of training, he was finally able to take one step and travel 3 steps of the same size instead.

*huff* *huff* "This type of training is really tiring, fortunately, I have done similar balance training in the past so I could afford to skip it. It would certainly be better if I could use profound energy to channel the skill together with it. And the Hell Suppressing Physique isn't helping me in this training either. Due to its enormous weight, I will have a hard time practicing any movement techniques." Meng muttered while wiping away the sweat. He decided to go to sleep for the day and continue training tomorrow.

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The day Meng was supposed to go back to the Floating Cloud City...

*Inhale* *Exhale* Meng was calmly sitting in a cross-legged position with closed eyes and the only sound in the vicinity being a gentle wind and his calm deep breathing.

"Ha!" Meng abruptly opened his sharp red eyes with predator-like vertical pupils and numerous cracks appeared on the ground under him in a range of 50 meters.

"I think I am ready to go and hear the old man what he wants from me. Right now, I shouldn't be afraid of anyone in that small city, however, that doesn't mean I can just wreak havoc. Plus I have no idea what kind of old masters live there so I better behave. Even though Xia Clan isn't clan focused on profound strength but rather on the trade, they still can hire a lot of powerful guards to protect their property." Meng muttered with a faint smile before he stood up and dusted his clothes off.

[Name: Su Meng]

[Cultivation: None (Damaged Meridians)]

[Physique: Hell Suppressing Physique]

[Passive Skills: |Elementary Harvesting (Lv. 8)+|, |Elementary boxing (Lv. 8)+|, |Elementary Swordsmanship (Lv. 6)+|,

|Intermediate Nimbleness (Lv. 2)+|, |Elementary Detection (Lv. 7)+|, |Elementary Tracking (Lv. 8)+|,

|Elementary Concealment (Lv. 8)+|, |Elementary Alchemy (Lv. 5)+, |Elementary Crafting Lv. 2|+ ]

[Personal Skills: Cloud Steps

[Skill points: 1159]

In these 3 days, Meng's alchemy skill went up and he received quite an interesting recipe.

[W. Elementary Profound Strengthening pill - Upon taking, fills the body with an unrefined profound energy. Can help people advance into higher stages of the Elementary Profound Realm. No matter person's talent, once the cultivator of the 1st stage takes 1 pill, he will advance 1 or 2 stages at most. The effect weakens for the higher stages.]

'Well, let's go back to the city...' Meng set off towards the Floating Cloud City with a smile on his face.

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When he arrived near the street leading directly towards the Xia Clan, he was slightly surprised.

'What's this red carpet for? I hope this occasion doesn't have anything to do with me or it might become troublesome. I should avoid stepping on the carpet unless I want to seek trouble.' Meng thought before he went to the edge of the street, walking towards the Xia Clan.

When Meng arrived, the guards immediately let him in without even asking for his identity, he quickly arrived in front of Xia Hongyi who was already outside in the garden, and greeted him.

"I am glad you arrived, for a moment I thought that you..."

"That I...?" Meng was confused by his words before he realized that the messenger found him with his head under the water and in a pretty exhausted state.

"Nevermind that. Today is a big day for my daughter, I hope you can accompany her for today." Xia Hongyi said with a smile while putting his hand on Meng's shoulder.

'Wait, wait, wait! Please no! I am bad with marriage things!'

"Er, Lord Xia, I don't understand why would you want someone weak like me to accompany your daughter. She is much stronger than me, the only way I can serve is to be a one-time meat shield plus wouldn't she be ridiculed to have a cripple following her around?" Meng asked with a worried expression, however, he wasn't worried for Qingyue, he was worried about his free time.

Xia Hongyi's expression immediately changed as if he just realized that.

"...Then how about you attend the banquet after the ceremony is over? The banquet will be held in Xiao Clan manor. You might be able to form some connections if you will go there under Xia Clan's name." Xia Hongyi suggested with a small smile, it was apparent that his intentions were pure but...from what Meng has seen until now after arriving into this world, he knew that it was inevitable that all he will receive from others will be disdain and scorn. And he didn't want to reveal anything yet unless forced to otherwise.

"That is...alright, please let me attend the banquet in the name of Xia Clan" Meng knew that rejecting the offer would be too rude and it would be viewed as him not giving Xia Hongyi any face. Plus, he was still Meng's "employer" and Meng didn't want to lose his only connection in this world.

"Good, good! Can you come with me? I think it's time to greet someone."

Meng nodded his head with a calm expression and followed after him, they were heading right in front of the manner.

When the guards opened the main doors for them, they immediately overheard a few female servants ridiculing someone named Xiao Che. Although they were keeping their voice down, it was possible to hear them quite clearly.

Xia Hongyi immediately reprimanded them but he didn't punish them, still, it was enough to make them shut their mouth and stand aside.

Meng looked in front of the entrance and saw 2 young men. One was Xia Hongyi's son with quite a large build and the other one was unknown to Meng, however, he was pretty sure it was the guy named Xiao Che since he was wearing clothes for the wedding ceremony.

"Father-in-law!" The young boy with long black hair approached Xia Hongyi and politely bowed to him before he cast a confused glance at Meng who was standing a few steps behind his father-in-law.

"Che'er, I will be entrusting Qingyue to you!" Xia Hongyi put his hand on Xiao Che's shoulder and said with a serious expression before breaking into a small smile.

Xiao Che assured him that he will take care of her before Xia Hongyi deemed that it was finally appropriate to introduce Meng.

"Che'er, this is Su Meng, his family has been working for my Xia Clan for quite a long time, and just recently, his meridians were damaged because of his dangerous job. Do you think you could take him to the banquet after the ceremony and show him around?"

"Eh? O-Of course, father-in-law! Brother Su!" Apparently, he was slightly surprised by this unexpected request but Xiao Che quickly accepted and lightly bowed to Meng.

"I will be in your care, brother Xiao" Meng also bowed with an amused smile on his face which slightly startled Xiao Che.

'What kind of smile is that? It looks like he is looking at me in disdain but I can't feel such emotions from him. He doesn't seem like someone who has something against me...maybe it is just because of my to-be wife? Also, what kind of clothes is he wearing? He really stands out. What puzzles me the most is his eyes, the look in his eyes is so confident despite being in the same condition as me...' Xiao Che thought while observing Meng, trying to find if he has any bad intentions toward him.