I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

106: Just Wanting to Live Well but Surpassing the Protagonist – 14 Inexplicably Ashamed

“Speaking of which, Miss, what kind of physique did I forge?” As only Qin Shi Meng was present, Xiao Huan didn’t feel any discomfort even though she was naked. She looked down at her body. “It feels like there’s no difference from before. And it doesn’t seem like I’ve excreted any sticky toxins like it says in the book. Could it have failed?”

“Mortals who consume grains will have some toxins deposited in their bodies. The older they are, the more serious it is. You’re still young, so you don’t have much toxins. That’s why they’re not obvious even after you ‘ve excreted them.” Qin Shi Meng took a towel and wiped her dry.

“I can do it myself. Ah, sorry, Miss. I got your clothes wet.”

Qin Shi Meng’s red dress had a conspicuous water stain. The fabric clung to her skin easily after getting wet, revealing a rather large bulge. Although Qin Shi Meng was only 17 years old, everyone’s physique was different. She couldn’t be generalized. She was the type who developed earlier and was more of an older sister type.

“It’s fine.” Qin Shi Meng circulated her cultivation technique, releasing a wave of cold air. The water stains quickly dried up. “As for what kind of physique you’ve forged, I don’t know either, but it should be quite rare. Let’s ask Brother Yong when he gets back.”

“Mm.” Xiao Huan quickly put on her clothes, clumsily poured out the water from the medicinal tub, and cleaned it up.

Qin Shi Meng walked out of the house and looked at the scenery in the courtyard. Suddenly, she saw Ye Yong sitting in the gazebo, playing the flute facing the setting sun. A gentle breeze blew, and the flowers and plants danced. A beautiful picture appeared in her mind. She couldn’t help but say, “A flower blooms in front of the guest hall, a clear flute plays under the setting sun.”

Her heart inexplicably sped up. Qin Shi Meng shook her head, feeling that she had really become a little strange.

She dismissed her distracting thoughts and walked around the courtyard along the small stone path, arriving at the pond.

There were a few goldfish swimming around in the water, looking bored. There was some fish food floating on the surface. Even when Qin Shi Meng approached, they didn’t react much, as if they were numb.

“These fish seem to have a bit of a problem with their intelligence…” Xiao Huan, who had finished cleaning the medicinal tub, came to Qin Shi Meng’s side and looked at the goldfish.

“What are you talking about?” Qin Shi Meng rolled her eyes at Xiao Huan. “Maybe they’re just too full to move.”

“That’s true. Young Master Ye’s things must be good. By the way, Miss, I saw some very strange books and paintings on the bookshelf.”

“Strange books and paintings?”

“They’re paintings of little people with dialogue. They’re more interesting than ordinary books.”

“It’s not right to read other people’s things without permission.”

“But they were on the bookshelf. It should be okay to read them, right?”

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After Ye Yong brought Wu Xue and Yi Bai back, he didn’t go into the house. He let them go in first.

He did this because he was afraid that Xiao Huan was changing her clothes or something.

In fact, Ye Yong didn’t mind having a lucky pervert incident, but the problem was that Qin Shi Meng was also there. At that time, his eyes would be lucky, but his senses would be reduced, which wouldn’t be worth it. He let the women go in first to make sure that there were no problems before he went in. This showed that he was a gentleman.

Therefore, compared to the eye candy in front of him, Ye Yong paid more attention to increasing the women’s favorability in the details. Once the favorability was high enough, would he still be afraid of not having eye candy?

Ye Yong waited outside for a while, but no one called him in.

Shouldn’t the body tempering be over by now? Even if she had to get dressed, it shouldn’t take that long, right? Even if we take a step back and say that Xiao Huan had fainted, there were three of them there . No matter what, they should have been able to get her dressed, right?

However, Ye Yong was very patient in this regard, so he just waited.

Half an hour later, Wu Xue rushed out in a hurry, apologizing to Ye Yong repeatedly, “I’m sorry! Young Master! I’m so sorry!”

Qin Shimeng and Xiao Huan followed behind.

Xiao Huan hung her head low, while Qin Shimeng apologized, “I’m so sorry. Yong Ge was clearly thinking of Xiao Huan, but we…”

Ye Yong smiled, “It’s okay. But why did it take so long?”

“That’s because…” Wu Xue rubbed her hands together in embarrassment, “Yi Bai Jie and I went in and saw that they were looking at the comics you drew, Young Master. Yi Bai Jie was instantly hooked, and I accidentally got sucked in too…”

“I see.” Ye Yong had thought of many possibilities, but he never would have guessed that such a strange reason would be the cause of him having to wait outside for over an hour.

However, Empress Qin’s favorability had increased by 3 points, reaching 94. And Wu Xue, because of her shame, had actually gained 2 favorability points. Adding it all up, it came to a total of over 2000 reversal points. It wasn’t a loss.

“Is the body tempering done?” Ye Yong decided to change the subject to prevent them from continuing to apologize awkwardly.

“It might be done, but I’m not sure.” Xiao Huan really didn’t feel any different. “Young Master Ye, what is the name of the physique that I tempered?”

“Celestial Aqua Body.”

“Celestial Aqua Body?” Xiao Huan’s books didn’t mention this type of physique, and judging from the way her young mistress was frowning slightly in thought, she probably hadn’t heard of it either.

“Shimeng, do you know about Celestial Aqua?” Ye Yong asked.

“A type of spiritual liquid that can quickly restore a cultivator’s spiritual power.” Qin Shimeng had somewhat of a guess. “This physique, could it be that it can transform its own spiritual power into Celestial Aqua to replenish the spiritual power of other cultivators ?”

“That’s more or less it. Anyway, it’s a power bank physique.” Because Xiao Huan didn’t have much of a role in the novel, Ye Yong didn’t dare to give her too powerful of a physique, so he made her a power bank to support Qin Shimeng from behind. This shouldn’t change the plot too much.

“Power bank physique?”

This was a very new term.

“It’s nothing, I’m just talking nonsense.” Ye Yong quickly said, “Anyway, Xiao Huan has the lowest grade water spiritual root, so even if she specializes in water-type spiritual techniques after becoming a cultivator, the damage she causes will be limited because her water is too weak. However, it is precisely because it is weak and has low aggression that as long as there is a suitable spell to assist it, it can be transformed into something that can be absorbed by cultivators, similar to Celestial Aqua.”

“To put it simply, I’m not suited for combat?” Xiao Huan listened in a daze. What did she mean by her water being too weak, and what did she mean by low aggression?

“That’s right. However, once your cultivation level increases, you will still be able to suppress your opponents simply by using your spiritual power.”

“Although I don’t quite understand, it’s fine as long as I can cultivate.”

“No, what you need to understand most is that you are actually very useful.” Ye Yong’s expression was serious. “If one day in the future Shimeng is fighting an enemy and runs out of pills to replenish her spiritual power, or if she is in a formation that prevents her from recovering her spiritual power, you will be her backup source of spiritual power. You could save her life at a critical moment.”

Hearing this, Xiao Huan suddenly felt a sense of weight.

I can help my young mistress?

Xiao Huan’s goal in aspiring to be a cultivator was not to fight and kill, but simply to live a little longer and see more things with Qin Shimeng.

She had never thought that she would actually be able to help Qin Shimeng in battle.

“Ordinary cultivators can’t transfer their spiritual power to others as easily as you can, so never belittle yourself.” Ye Yong patted Xiao Huan on the head and handed her a special cultivation method and several bottles of super-grade Qi Gathering Pills. “If you have any questions about cultivation, just ask Shimeng.”

Xiao Huan excitedly took the cultivation method and the pills, and with a thud, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Ye Yong. “Young Master Ye! Your great kindness…”

“Alright, don’t be like that.” Ye Yong used his spiritual power to help Xiao Huan up, feeling that he couldn’t bear this kind of gratitude.

At first, he had only done all this to increase Qin Shimeng’s favorability, and he hadn’t thought about changing the fate of a mortal girl. He hadn’t realized how important it was to her.

Looking at Xiao Huan, who was wiping away her tears, and Qin Shimeng, who was thanking him on her behalf, Ye Yong felt inexplicably ashamed.

Maybe I shouldn’t always be focused on favorability and reversal points when I do things. Just like doing good deeds, if you do them with a purpose in mind, the happiness you get from them will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.