38. Celebrating the New Year
According to the script, after the family competition, Yan Zhen should prepare to break through to Mystic Disciple 9th stage, but he was already at the 9th stage now.
In order to prevent his cultivation from deviating from the script again, he could only go cultivate other things first, such as his signature skill “Eight Extremes Explosion”.
Yan Zhen went to ask his beautiful master to teach him a fierce mystic technique and successfully obtained the cultivation method for the “Eight Extremes Explosion”.
So in the following period of time, Yan Zhen mainly cultivated the “Eight Extremes Explosion” and secondarily cultivated the “Tai Chi Shock”, arranging his time to be full and busy, living an exhausting yet fulfilling life every day.
His mystic power also became more thick and rich because of this, which made Chen Xi very satisfied. She thought that her precious disciple was indeed able to keep his composure and didn’t rush to advance to Mystic One.
Because Yan Zhen hid in the crystal space and was addicted to cultivation, Yan Meng’er couldn’t find any opportunity to “conquer” him together with cousin Yan Ruyu.
This made Yan Meng’er very disappointed, but Yan Ruyu breathed a big sigh of relief, because the so-called conquering behavior proposed by Yan Meng’er was too embarrassing. Who could complete it!
Half a month later, it was already the end of the year. Yan Zhen successfully mastered the “Eight Extremes Explosion” and could release a double-layered explosive force. The “Tai Chi Shock” also improved a lot.
Yan Zhen stopped cultivating mystic techniques and prepared to advance to Mystic One.
To go from Mystic Disciple to Mystic One, one had to condense the mystic power in the dantian into a vortex. It was very difficult to do it alone and required the assistance of a Condensed Mystic Pill.
Condensed Mystic Pills were extremely precious and hard to find on the market.
However, Yan Zhen didn’t lack Condensed Mystic Pills, because he had his beautiful master.
As long as the medicinal materials were bought, Chen Xi could easily refine Condensed Mystic Pills.
After refining the Condensed Mystic Pill, Yan Zhen cultivated in the Mystic Gathering Formation for a full three days, adjusting himself to the best state before starting to take the pill to advance.
The advancement process was very smooth, because Yan Zhen had already succeeded once when he was eleven years old.
Feeling the surging mystic power in his body, Yan Zhen stretched out lazily. The system’s broadcast immediately sounded in his mind:
[Congratulations to the host for completing the key plot ‘Advancing to Mystic One’. You can go to the corresponding interface to claim the reward.]
Yan Zhen immediately claimed it.
This time it wasn’t a useless special trump card, but a new “Trump Card (1st Grade)”.
The system said that every time he advanced to a major realm, he would obtain a versatile trump card that was only effective for the current realm.
As for the initial “Trump Card (1st Grade)”, it was a novice gift.
He put it away for now. Who knew when it would come in handy?
Yan Zhen wasn’t dissatisfied, because he didn’t have high expectations for these rewards in the first place.
The plot rewards were just the side dish. The real main course was the plot itself.
As long as he developed according to the plot, Yan Zhen would become an invincible man. At that time, what would he lack? Wealth, beauties, status – everything would be at his fingertips.
—This was the big picture.
“Master, I’ve already become a Mystic One. When will you teach me mystic techniques?”
Yan Zhen blinked his limpid big eyes, trying to make himself look as cute as possible to move his beautiful master’s heart.
Of course, his beautiful master wouldn’t be moved by him. She would only indifferently say “Let’s talk about it tomorrow”.
Why did he think so? Because that was what the script said.
However, Chen Xi was actually moved by Yan Zhen’s coquettish demeanor, almost revealing an expression unbefitting of a master.
She hurriedly collected her emotions and said with a faint smile:
“Zhen’er, you just broke through. You should rest first. We’ll talk about the technique tomorrow. Besides, tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. It just so happens that your master will give you a big red envelope~”
A big red envelope? That’s nice. It had a strong ceremonial feeling.
Yan Zhen said happily, “I’ll listen to Master!”
“Mm, these days Zhen’er, you’ve been cultivating non-stop. You should spend time with your family during the New Year. Come back tomorrow night.”
“Alright, I’ll be going then. See you tomorrow, Master.”
Yan Zhen waved his hand, activated the “Star Shifting Fire Seal”, and left the crystal space.
It was already night, but the entire City Lord’s Manor was still busy. It had been like this since two days ago.
However, this had nothing to do with Yan Zhen, because he was the young lord. There were basically no tasks for him.
He asked the servants to bring dinner. After eating simply, he took a bath and went to bed.
On New Year’s Eve, Yan Zhen changed into a new set of clothes specially made for him and went to the manor’s dining hall to have the New Year’s Eve dinner.
The New Year’s Eve dinner of a big family was a grand banquet. The tables were arranged from the dining hall to the courtyard, with two to three hundred tables.
Yan Zhen sat at the main table with Yan Lie. Yan Meng’er, Yan Ruyu, and other ladies sat at another table. The two girls also changed into new dresses in bright colors and put on light makeup. Their eyebrows were pretty, and their figures were graceful, standing out among the many young ladies and women of the same clan.
Seeing Yan Zhen, Yan Meng’er immediately waved her little hand at him happily and even blew him a kiss from a distance.
Yan Zhen smiled slightly in response.
It just so happened that Yan Ruyu also looked over. When she saw Yan Zhen, the polite smile on her face for entertaining others instantly disappeared. But unlike before, she didn’t deliberately snort. Instead, her cheeks turned red, and she quickly lowered her head.
“?”
Yan Zhen wanted to make a face at her to provoke her, but seeing her look away so quickly, he stopped.
After having a happy and harmonious meal, Yan Zhen put the mountain-like red envelopes into his storage ring, then ran to the kitchen to take a few good dishes and to the wine cellar to take a bottle of good wine before returning to his small courtyard.
Tonight, everyone would stay in their rooms to “stay up late”, so he didn’t have to worry about anyone coming over.
He closed the door, locked it, and brought the good wine and dishes he took into the crystal space.
After becoming familiar with the process, Yan Zhen could now directly appear on the altar.
“Master, I’m here!”
Chen Xi, who was meditating with her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the fragrant and steaming dishes laid out in front of her, she was a bit dazed.
“Zhen’er, what is this?”
“Master, let’s eat the New Year’s Eve dinner together.”
Although there was no such scene in the script, Yan Zhen still wanted to have a New Year’s Eve dinner with his beautiful master to express his gratitude to her.
Eating the New Year’s Eve dinner together?
Chen Xi stood there dumbfounded, unable to say a word for a while.
In her previous life, Yan Zhen didn’t do this. He just did as she instructed, entering the crystal space after eating to accept her technique inheritance.
Why would he now… Was it because of her rebirth, and everything she had done had slowly begun to change the future?
“Master? You… don’t want to eat? Although these are just ordinary dishes, they taste quite good. The wine is also good.”
Chen Xi’s silence made Yan Zhen feel awkward. He thought if he had done something unnecessary.
Perhaps his beautiful master, who was so ethereal, didn’t like to eat mundane dishes?
This was a bit embarrassing.
Just as Yan Zhen was feeling uneasy, Chen Xi smiled gently and said, “Zhen’er, you’re thoughtful. Then your master will have a taste.”
Yan Zhen felt relieved and nimbly set up the bowls and chopsticks.
Chen Xi gently lifted her hand, and a part of the altar under the dishes slowly bulged up, turning into a temporary low table.
“Zhen’er, come sit beside your master.”
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