Chapter 121
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PazjBDkTmW
Chapter 121: System Sister, Add Points!
“Ye Xiao, I think Gu Tingyuan is starting to suspect that I’m investigating him.”
Su Ruoxue cut straight to the point, speaking with visible worry.
In Su Ruoxue’s eyes, the Gu brothers had clearly become people who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
“Ruoxue-jie, don’t panic just yet. You’re still husband and wife, so he probably won’t act rashly for now.”
“Really?” Su Ruoxue said uncertainty.
After all, people value their lives. Knowing that the Gu brothers had once hired someone to kill… how could Su Ruoxue possibly feel calm?
These days, her nerves have been constantly on edge. Even when sleeping at night, she lived in fear that Gu Tingyuan might suddenly stab her in the dark.
Fortunately, nothing like that had happened—yet.
“Mhm, don’t worry, Su-jie. Even if Gu Tingyuan wants a divorce, he’d likely use underhanded means like last time. He’s still, at least on the surface, a billionaire CEO and a publicly celebrated figure—one of Binhai’s top ten outstanding young entrepreneurs. He wouldn’t do anything too blatant. The key is to be on guard for what he might do in secret.”
Hearing Ye Xiao’s reassurance, some of the tension in Su Ruoxue’s body seemed to ease.
Su Ruoxue was the first woman Ye Xiao had encountered after arriving in this world. Though their relationship had begun in a rather muddled way, it was what it was.
In Ye Xiao’s heart, Su Ruoxue held a very important place.
After exchanging information and verifying a few suspicions, there was still one thing Ye Xiao couldn’t figure out—Why had Gu Tingyuan, after being married to Su Ruoxue for three years, never laid a finger on her?
That was clearly not normal. Unless he was impotent, it made no sense. Su Ruoxue was a stunning beauty, and yet not only had he avoided her, he’d even tried to have someone else take her virginity.
Ye Xiao couldn’t think of any other explanation.
Once Su Ruoxue had shared everything, the heavy burden on her chest seemed to lighten a bit. Just as she finally relaxed, her vision suddenly went black, and she collapsed.
“Su-jie!”
“System Sister! What’s going on with Ruoxue-jie?”
Seeing Su Ruoxue suddenly faint, Ye Xiao cried out in concern.
“Target heroine Su Ruoxue merely lost consciousness due to excessive mental stress followed by sudden relaxation. She’ll be fine after some rest.”
Hearing System Sister’s explanation, Ye Xiao let out a breath of relief.
But even in unconsciousness, Su Ruoxue’s brows were still tightly furrowed.
Ye Xiao could tell—her stress hadn’t truly been released. Her mind still wasn’t at ease.
“System Sister, is there any way to relieve stress?”
“Through massage techniques, one can achieve physical and mental relaxation.”
“Massage, huh?” Ye Xiao fell into thought. In Su Ruoxue’s current condition, she obviously couldn’t be taken out for some full-body spa treatment.
That meant the task of giving her a massage would fall to Ye Xiao herself.
“System Sister, I read a novel the other day where the protagonist could spend reward points to directly level up skills. Can you do that too?”
“Of course! This system is honest and fair—spend 100 Strategy Points to unlock any skill at Basic Mastery level.”
Hearing this, Ye Xiao’s eyes gleamed mischievously.
“System Sister, add points! Unlock [Basic Mastery of Massage Techniques], and while you’re at it, unlock [Basic Mastery of Cultivation] too!”
Ye Xiao had thought it through. If what System Sister said was true, she could go straight into cultivation mode—then Gu Tingyuan and the rest would be nothing but bugs.
She could smack them dead with one palm, and no one would dare offend her. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
“Ding! [Basic Massage Mastery] activated. Current level: LV10. Reminder: Each level in this system equates to one full year of intense 24/7 study without sleep or rest.”
“Ding! [Basic Cultivation Mastery] activation failed. Reason: World lacks sufficient spiritual energy. Cultivation is extremely difficult. Host has no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate.”
“Spend 1 million Strategy Points to purchase Low-Grade Five Element Spiritual Roots.”
“Spend 10 million for Mid-Grade.”
“Spend 100 million for High-Grade.”
“Spend 1 billion for Supreme-Grade.”
“No matching cultivation technique detected. A compatible manual must be provided to unlock [Basic Cultivation Mastery].”
“Cultivation exchange grants the equivalent of ten years of hard training with matched spiritual roots and methods.”
“Host without spiritual roots dares to try exploiting system loopholes for cultivation? How arrogant and delusional. Let me make it simple—cultivation doesn’t exist in this world.
Don’t overthink it, little fish. That said, since some plotlines feature Chosen Ones who transcend human limits through system enhancement and step into the cultivation path, the system hasn’t removed these overpowered mechanics. But no such Chosen One is currently detected in this world.”
System Sister couldn’t help but tease Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao gave a sheepish laugh.
Just a million points for the lowest-tier spiritual root? At this rate, she’d need to save until the next ice age—and that’s not even counting the cultivation technique she didn’t have.
She sighed. Looked like her only path really was staying in the city and flirting with girls.
The cultivation path might not be officially blocked, but it was, for all intents and purposes, sealed off.
Chasing celestial maidens or whatever… not happening.
For now, she’d better just give Ruoxue-jie a proper massage.
As her chat with System Sister ended, a flood of strange and varied knowledge about massage surged into Ye Xiao’s brain.
There were both legitimate techniques and… Less legitimate ones, making Ye Xiao blush furiously.
She quickly refocused her mind, held firm to her principles, and resisted temptation.
After absorbing all the knowledge, Ye Xiao had gone from a total novice to a full-fledged massage master.
Since massage involved acupressure and anatomical knowledge, she now also knew a bit about chiropractic techniques and other physical therapies.
All in all, System Sister had really delivered.
After expending considerable effort to lift Su Ruoxue onto the sofa, Ye Xiao began her massage.
Even in her unconscious state, Su Ruoxue felt a pair of gentle hands pressing softly on her head.
With each rhythmic press, Su Ruoxue slowly opened her eyes.
Ye Xiao’s touch wasn’t too forceful but landed at just the right intensity.
As Ye Xiao pressed on her crown chakra, Su Ruoxue felt as though her very soul was being drawn out of her body.
A strange but soothing sensation flowed through her.
The crushing weight on her spirit was finally, little by little, being lifted.
