Chapter 51- SoL Numero Dos / Movement in arts

Inside the luxurious bedroom, Long Ren was laying on his futon that he laid on top of the fluffy bed. Extra fluffiness!

He had his head completely smushed in between his pillow and futon blanket, almost leaving no room to breathe, yet his face showed an expression of pure bliss.

One thing his futon lacked is its lack of fluffiness on the bottom layer, but with the luxurious bed providing it, it's simply perfect.

Long Ren slowly opened his eyes and groggily woke up. As usual, he rubbed his eyes and walked into the bathroom, only to realize his bathroom was not there.

*Thud*

'Oh yeah…Yun Ning.' Long Ren thought. His mind was now more awake after bumping his head against the floor as he slipped on the long drapes of the bed.

He rubbed his head and headed toward the bathroom of the room. There lay a big white bathtub, only fit for kings and queens.

He had not taken a bath since yesterday, making his body quite uncomfortable. He quickly took off his pajamas and started filling the bathtub.

'A water heater system is already installed…why am I not even surprised.' Long Ren thought as he twisted the handle, letting steaming hot water flow into the bathtub.

'...I wonder if Diona learned this from someone from earth…or if it's commercialized already.'

*creak*

Long Ren stopped the hot water from flowing and let the cold water flow, leaving those unnecessary thoughts behind as he slowly dipped into the bliss of the warm water bath.

"Ahhh…this is heaven…" Long Ren whimpered happily, as he looked and played around with the weird and unique things near him.

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Dozens of minutes later, long ren, wearing his usual cultivator "robes" (T-shirt + jeans), left his room and walked downstairs.

He marvelled at the interiors as they blew him away. He did not get the chance to experience them like yesterday, he focused solely on Yun Ning.

Now, however, he gets to marvel at every little new thing and instance.

A casual dozen of fired-up candles resting atop a grand crystal clear chandelier, lighting up the hallway, even though sunlight from the windows already illuminated the hallway.

Long Ren looked through a window and saw multiple small 2.5-meter tall sakura-like trees blooming in the backyard.

Its flowers flowed with the wind just as Diona pushed strands of hair off her face. She continued tending to the nearby flower patches as she noticed Long Ren peeking through the window and smiled at him.

Long Ren only smiled and waved back, manners and all that stuff.

Quite an extravagant lady, Diona is. She seemed nice, barring all the hate on oversleeping.

Long Ren soon arrived at the room housing the extravagant dining table, only one seat was filled as maids stood behind the filled seat, ready to bid to any orders.

Long Ren felt confused. How were there maids here when he clearly saw none yesterday? It was as if an omnipotent being forgot to write them in…weird.

Long Ren quickly shook those thoughts off, even omnipotent beings made mistakes after all right? Right?

Anyway, the one seated there was none other than Yun Ning, much to no one's surprise.

She sat there, one hand holding a hoop-like tool made of wood, holding a cloth in place, as the other stitched a drawing onto it.

Her figure looked so serene as if nothing could disturb her peace of mind. Noticing his gaze, Yun Ning looked up and saw Long Ren waving to her.

"Morning," Long Ren greeted Yun Ning and sat beside her. He looked at her working hands with curiosity.

Yun Ning returned a smile, "Morning to you too, I didn't expect you to wake up this fast," She said.

Long Ren looked at the clock and saw [12.22], "I didn't either." He said. He just woke up naturally at 11, which is very unnatural.

Guess he really could not wait to spar after such a long leave of absence. "Have you eaten?" Long Ren asked

Yun Ning shook her head, "I'm waiting for Master," She said, then tilted her head, hand on chin, and continued,

"She did say you'll wake up around now…how'd she know…" Yun Ning closed her eyes, trying to figure out her master's mystery.

"...how…maybe it's just a coincidence," Long Ren shrugged it off, it was probably only a coincidence anyway, no need to go all deep into it.

"Maybe…" Yun Ning said, "Anyway, we'll wait until Master finishes tending her garden."

Long Ren nodded, he then turned his attention to her flowing hands, it moved quite naturally as if every movement had its own meaning.

The embroidery seems to already be half-done, an outline figure of a small puppy already formed.

Its posture mimics one of barking while a small bone was held in its jaws. Long Ren had never seen the so-called movement in paintings or artworks, yet he could almost feel that in her embroidery.

Captivating. That was all Long Ren could think at that moment.

Yun Ning looked at long ren's agape face and chuckled, "I'm nothing much really, Qi can help a lot in forming these movements," She said, then her expression turned quite down, "Especially when you didn't even look at the one I gave you,"

"Ugh…stop…" Long Ren made a pained expression, his clenched hand clutched his heart, "I'm…sorry," Long Ren whimpered,

Yun Ning saw his antics and giggled, her hand covering her laughing mouth as Long Ren followed and laughed along.

"I'll wear it after we spar,"

"Mn, I know," Yun Ning said and nodded, satisfied.

The evening passed peacefully as they talked. Diona joined in soon after and ate their lunch together.

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