Assistance

By the time I had woken up a note had already taken the place of Yao Ya.

It was just a small piece of folded paper which said:

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I'm sorry, I had to go somewhere before

you woke up. I made some food for you

on your table.

☺ Enjoy! ☺

- ♥Yao Ya♥

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There was only a single table in my room so it wasn't hard to find. On top there was a small bowl with steam still coming off the top of it. Getting out of the bed I went over and sat in the only chair I had which was next to the table. Looking down into the bowl I could see an assortment of a few different ingredients mixed into it.

It was a bowl of noodles which was somehow still very warm despite however long it has been since she left. Chopped green onions, a boiled egg sliced in half, bean sprouts, and a few pieces of pork all arranged in the left side of the bowl. Picking up a pair of chop sticks she had left for me. I was preparing to dig in to the noodles when a voice appeared in my head.

[Is that human food? Let me try some!]

When I heard that I was expecting her to pop out somewhere from my robes, but she had jumped onto the table from somewhere.

"Weren't you living in my clothes?"

[I'll only do that if you leave your room. Look, I even made my own little home in the corner of your room.] Pointing with her little spider legs at the top of the corner behind where door opens.

If someone came in through that door they wouldn't even see the web as when you open the door it'll actually block that corner of the room from being seen. The little area behind the door could actually fit a person if they really tried to hide behind it.

While still on the table she transformed back into her human form which already had her legs dangling off the table when finished with it. She was still naked when finished though which I noticed immediately. We weren't at the cave in forest anymore though so she had to wear something to cover herself.

"H-Hey you gotta wear clothes now, we aren't in the forest anymore!"

"Ok, but only if you let me have some of that food." Staring at the bowl of food in front of me while talking

'Is she negotiating with me for food just because she has to wear some clothes? This was supposed to be my food! Well I suppose a few bites won't hurt, she shouldn't be that Hungry right? I don't think I really even saw her eat that much when I was with her before.'

"Ok just put on your clothes."

After dressing up in a blue flowery robe with large arm holes that appeared from one of her rings, she took the bowl away from me and immediately start gulping down the noodles. She made a mess the instant she started eating with small amounts of the soup spilling out and bits of ingredients sticking to her face as she quickly devoured the noodles.

It had only been 10 seconds before she had finished the entire bowl. She just sat there with a blissful expression on her face as a piece of a green onion were stuck on her cheek.

"Couldn't you have saved me any? That wasn't even for you!" reaching over and picking the onion off her

"Huh... I'm sorry, I completely forgot! I'll make it up to you, um.. you said you wanted to advance to the next level or stage right? I'll help you do that." changing from her blissful a few moments ago to one of guilt

'Oh yeah, she did say she would help me with that. Maybe I can use one of those rings once I reach the second stage.'

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After I finished prepping the area for a minute I turned around to see a small pile of spirit stones and her just sitting next to it staring at me. All I really did was move the table and chair out of the way so I'd have a little more space.

"Umm, What do you want me to do now?"

"Just sit down an mediate I'll do the rest for you!"

Closing my eyes I continued with what I've been unable to do for the past 3 days. While searching around for more strands a few moments after I had begun I could feel a hand on my back as a slightly warm feeling entered that palm. And from there qi strands were forcefully injected into my body which I quickly gathered.

There was enough strands for me to reach the second stage along with some spare.

Could I do all of them at once? The memory of when I advanced before came up. The pain was something no ordinary man from the world I came from usually ever felt.

"Don't worry about anything, I'm with you for this so just keep going."

Calming down a little I began to advance. The final five levels of the first stage were now in front of me. I must first strengthen my bones, then the spinal cord, and finally vitalize my Dantian to reach the second stage.

As I sent strands to the bones her hand was still on my back. The strands felt easier to manipulate and smoother to control with her help. While guiding them to my bones the whole process was painful, but not as much as before and I could still control the strands as if there wasn't any pain at all. Before I knew it the first bone level had gone by.

The second one was the exact same as the first with everything as similar to how it was before.

And then the spinal cord parts were here. The first level refined the bottom part of the spinal cord up to when the abdomen turns into the chest. The second level is the chest up to the collar and the last and final level is the collar up.

While doing this I made sure to be extremely carful as a single wrong move could paralyze me. I did this for the other two levels as well and finally finished all of them with several hours of day light left.

The final thing left for me to do was to vitalize my dantian before I could begin step into the second stage. I couldn't keep going like this for the day or the next though and would have to rest for my body to comprehend what had just happened to itself in less than a day.

"Lets go shopping tomorrow! I heard out that there was tons of food and other things around the city. You have to bring me there! The day after we could continue and let you reach the second stage. Now, let's have dinner do you have anything?" Her eyes sparkled a little in anticipation as she waited for my answer

"I-I'm too tired from everything I did today I'll just go to sleep right now. Make something yourself."

"Hey! Don't go to sleep on me yet, I haven't had any delicious dinner to eat and you have to make it for me!" Yanking me out of my bed to cook something.