"Bei Chen, thank you for your hard work."
Liu Yilin breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully to Ning Bei Chen.
"But you forgot again, don't call me boss, call me Yilin."
"Okay, then I'll call you by your name from now on."
Ning Bei Chen didn't mind. Whether he was called boss or her name, it made no difference. It wouldn't make him feel inferior just because he called someone boss.
"Mm, Bei Chen, my sister told me that it was really thanks to you arriving in time this time, otherwise, she would have..."
Liu Yilin said with lingering fear.
"You don't need to be polite with me. Actually, this has nothing to do with your sister. She was just unlucky."
Ning Bei Chen waved his hand and said.
The two chatted for a while, and suddenly Liu Yilin remembered something and said to Ning Bei Chen, "Oh right, Bei Chen, after you left, your senior sister seemed to have come to look for you. When she heard you weren't here, she left you a message."
Soon Liu Yilin brought over a piece of paper and handed it to Ning Bei Chen. She had seen the message on the paper, but she couldn't understand it. It seemed to be made up of garbled code, or perhaps jumbled and distorted characters.
But when Ning Bei Chen took the paper, he understood immediately. His senior sister's message was written in their sect's secret language, which only he could decipher.
His senior sister had left a message on the paper saying that she had found a clue to the Jiu Gong Ce in Annan and had gone to investigate.
Ning Bei Chen frowned immediately. Anything related to the Jiu Gong Ce was no simple matter.
He had originally planned to give his senior sister the Qing Zhuo Dan the next day to help her cultivation advance further, but he didn't expect her to have already gone to Annan.
"I hope she won't run into any trouble."
Ning Bei Chen was somewhat uneasy, but his senior sister hadn't mentioned where in Annan she was going in the message. Even if Ning Bei Chen wanted to know her whereabouts, he couldn't.
His senior sister didn't need the Jiu Gong Ce. Her trip to Annan to find the Jiu Gong Ce was for him. For some reason, this made Ning Bei Chen feel restless.
"Bei Chen... Bei Chen, did something happen to your senior sister?"
Liu Yilin's words pulled Ning Bei Chen back from his thoughts. He didn't even notice that Liu Yilin had also started calling her senior sister.
"It's nothing. She left me a message saying she's going to Annan to find something for me."
Ning Bei Chen replied casually.
He didn't tell Liu Yilin about the Jiu Gong Ce. Even if he did, she wouldn't understand.
However, Ning Bei Chen's thoughts turned to the Qing Zhuo Dan he had brought back.
He thought, since Master valued this woman so much and asked him to protect her, it shouldn't be a big deal to give her a Qing Zhuo Dan, right?
As he thought this, Ning Bei Chen suddenly asked Liu Yilin, "Yilin, are you interested in practicing martial arts?"
"Martial arts? Can I practice martial arts too?"
Liu Yilin was first surprised, then asked excitedly.
It was impossible not to want to, especially after seeing Ning Bei Chen's abilities. Moreover, from the bottom of her heart, she didn't want to be a burden to Ning Bei Chen.
It's just that she heard that martial arts had to be started from a young age. She was already in her late twenties, could she still practice martial arts?
And would practicing martial arts be very hard, and would it take up too much of her time?
After all, her primary profession was scientist, and her secondary profession was CEO. While not constantly busy, it was close.
So Liu Yilin brought up her concerns to Ning Bei Chen.
"Yilin, the saying about starting martial arts from a young age is indeed correct, but it's not absolute. It's just that practicing martial arts after adulthood doesn't yield as good results."
"However, martial arts aren't just for fighting. Their biggest benefit is strengthening the body and delaying aging. Especially for girls, practicing martial arts won't make them ugly. Instead, it will activate the cells in their body and clear the meridians, making their skin better. Look at my senior sister."
Ning Bei Chen said to her.
As Ning Bei Chen said this, Liu Yilin immediately thought of Ning Bei Chen's senior sister and realized that her skin was indeed very good, and she had a vitality that other girls lacked.
Before, she thought Ning Bei Chen's senior sister used some kind of cosmetic to achieve that beauty effect. Now, thinking back, she realized Ning Bei Chen's senior sister didn't seem to use any makeup at all.
Liu Yilin didn't care if practicing martial arts made one powerful, as she wouldn't be fighting anyway.
But as soon as Ning Bei Chen mentioned that martial arts could beautify, protect the skin, and delay aging, she was immediately moved.
"Ning Bei Chen, I... can I really practice martial arts too?"
Liu Yilin asked excitedly.
"Of course, you can. If you're interested, I can teach you some basics."
Ning Bei Chen said to her.
"I'm willing, I'm willing."
Liu Yilin said immediately.
"Alright, since you're interested, then I'll teach you."
Ning Bei Chen nodded. He couldn't teach the techniques of his sect, but over the years, he had collected quite a few mental cultivation methods from other sects. Although these methods weren't as good as those of his sect, they were more than enough for Liu Yilin.
Ning Bei Chen took out a Qing Zhuo Dan and handed it to Liu Yilin, saying:
"Yilin, eat this pill first, and then I will guide you through a method of sitting meditation to cultivate."
Liu Yilin didn't hesitate at all and swallowed the Qing Zhuo Dan in one gulp.
Originally, Liu Yilin thought the pill would be very bitter, but after eating it, she discovered that it melted in her mouth. Not only was it not bitter, but it also had a faint medicinal fragrance.
Afterward, Ning Bei Chen instructed Liu Yilin to sit cross-legged, place her hands on top of each other with palms facing upwards, touch the roof of her mouth with her tongue, and adjust her breathing...
Liu Yilin followed his instructions, and soon, Ning Bei Chen's voice reached her ears.
"Yilin, relax now. I will guide some qi through your body. You need to remember the positions where this qi passes. This is the first time, I will guide you. Next time, you will need to circulate it yourself."
Liu Yilin nodded, indicating she understood.
Then, Ning Bei Chen's fingertips released internal energy about three inches long and began to guide it through Liu Yilin's body. At the same time, his instructive voice could be heard by her.
Soon, a warm and tingly current appeared within Liu Yilin's body.
At first, Liu Yilin was a little unaccustomed to it, feeling both sore and itchy. But as the current moved, she began to concentrate on memorizing it.
About half an hour later, Ning Bei Chen's fingertips left her body, but Liu Yilin was still in a state of deep focus.
Ning Bei Chen didn't disturb her, letting her experience the feeling herself.
However, Ning Bei Chen greatly underestimated the abilities of a highly intelligent woman. He had initially thought that it would be good if Liu Yilin could remember one-third of it during her first cultivation session.
But Liu Yilin gave him a huge surprise. In her first cultivation, she remembered everything perfectly, without a single mistake. Ning Bei Chen himself couldn't believe it.
"Can people with high IQ really be this willful?"
Ning Bei Chen rubbed his head, his eyelids twitching.