Ice Lily

Xia Tao

I woke up feeling refreshed and full of energy. The night had been a wild as fuck; sometimes a bit of excitement is just what you need to spice things up. Stretching, I struggled to recall the end of the night. Oh, we even pulled Li Meiying into our passionate games. It's curious that she didn't register as a regular partner in the system—must be because I didn't actually have sex with her. But boy, did we have a wild time. I wonder how she'll behave now.

Looking around, I noticed everything was as usual. Some were cultivating, some were sleeping; all was calm, with no anomalies detected.

Today, when I sat down to cultivate, I discovered that I had broken through to the first minor realm. This is great, both pleasing and useful. Now, I am at the Purification of Essence, 4th stage. Not bad, not bad at all. Slowly but surely, although "slowly" is relative. In reality, I'm advancing quite quickly. Ordinary people might spend month or two to reach the next level at this stage, but for me, it's a matter of days with active practice. And considering we'll be using the dual cultivation technique later, we won't have any stability issues with our foundation.

Today, I decided to train the Ice Fist again because there's no better environment for its training.

Looking around, I noticed that Li Meiying was sitting off to the side, meditating. From her calm demeanor, you'd never guess what had happened last night. However, the longer I watched her, the redder she became. Haha, she's pretending to cultivate, but in reality, she's keeping an eye on me. I blew her a kiss, and her ears turned crimson. So adorable.

I then spotted Lin Qing, who was sitting in her usual attire. It seems my occasional abstinence periods will come to an end, and we'll get back to our usual routine. She was positively glowing with happiness, sitting there with a grin from ear to ear. Judging by the swirling energy around her, she wasn't slacking off but was seriously engaged in her practice. What a devilish woman, and yet, I feel so lucky to have her.

Goose, on the other hand, was practicing something unusual. He was rapidly covering parts of his body with ice or creating small ice shields and moving in a strange manner. It seemed like he was training to deflect something. Well, good luck to him in his endeavors. Ye Chen was sitting and chatting with a tall, green-haired girl.

A mini-whirlwind of snow swirled around Xia Lina as she moved closer to the lake, sitting just fifty meters away from it. It seems that ice energy truly suits her, which is a useful discovery.

But never mind that, Ice Fist awaits me. Surprisingly, I've grown quite fond of this technique. When used creatively, it's absolutely magnificent. It allows you to channel spiritual energy, giving it an icy tint, and release it during a punch. By manipulating and shaping it, you can form anything from spears to bullets or projectiles. In short, it's an extremely versatile technique.

***

Almost a month passed this way, during which several events occurred. First, my birthday, which was notably uneventful—we didn't really celebrate it at all.

Additionally, I made progress in my cultivation, and now my stats look like this:

Check In Pervert System

Name: Xia Tao

Base Attributes:

Strength: 27 -> 40

Agility: 25 -> 55

Intelligence: 25 -> 35

Cultivation Base: Purification of Essence, 4 -> 6th stage

Skills:

Blue Ape Technique: no achievements

Force Wind Technique: no achievements

Ice Fist: minor achievement 2 -> 10/10

Movement Techniques:

Blue Ape Movement Technique: minor achievement 1/3

Void Rush: minor achievement 3 -> 6/23

Check In Spots: 1/1

Body: Cursed Pervert Body

Cultivation Partners: 2/3 (Zhang Mei, Lin Qing, - )

Lin Qing and I had another wild night, during which we pulled Li Meiying into our fun once again. It was entertaining, and she was even less shy this time. Overall, things have settled back into a stable routine.

Lin Qing is on the verge of breaking through to the next major realm. She paused her cultivation because it's better to make such a breakthrough in a safe place, not surrounded by strangers in an unknown area.

Xia Lina was sitting neck-deep in the water, which was interesting since a few others were at roughly the same level as her. Some had gone even further, sitting right on the water's surface and cultivating.

As for Li Meiying, she has stopped being embarrassed by our activities and has started behaving quite naturally.

Suddenly, a wave of freezing air swept through the cave, pushing everyone away from the lake by 10-20 meters. Then, repeated waves of energy followed, tossing people back every few seconds. We gathered together, even Goose and Ye Chen approached us, along with the green-haired giantess. Goose exchanged a meaningful glance with the green-haired woman, receiving a nod and a grunt in response.

Hmm, what are they planning? Goose then turned to us and said, "The ice lily is about to bloom, and it's time to pick it. Are you interested in cooperating?"

"What will happen?" I asked, wanting to weigh the pros and cons.

"Once the lily blooms, there will be a fight for it. The wave we expected from the elder's breakthrough no longer matters because the lily is more valuable. Plus, when the fight starts, we might disrupt the elder, and once he breaks through, he'll bind and punish everyone here. So we need to get out."

"Suppose we help. What do you want from us, and what do we get?"

"When the lily blooms, there will be 5-7 seeds. The plant itself is useless; only the seeds are valuable. We want to capture them all. Hu Jing will help us" he nodded towards the green-haired giantess. "We're willing to give you two of the seeds."

"What do you want from us?" I asked, noting that they were offering us a smaller share.

"On the other side, there's a barely noticeable cave. I'll grab the lily, and we'll all run there. Your task is to keep anyone else out of the cave and collapse the entrance. Then we need to escape. We'll divide the seeds once we're in a safe place. You need to decide quickly: yes or no? We've got about 20 seconds before it blooms."

It's a good thing we came here; I had a feeling things wouldn't stay calm for long.

"Okay, got it. When do we move out?"

"As soon as I run towards the lake, you move out."

Tension began to fill the cave. Besides us, three other groups had formed. Fortunately, according to Lin Qing, the highest cultivation level here was at her stage, and there were only a couple of people at that level.

"Well, are we little pussies or do we have balls? Come fagots and smell my farts! Wahaha, who can stop me? Yippee-ki-yay, motherfuckers!" Goose started to run.