Having rented the house and received the keys, the two of them first went to the villa to clean up, preparing to move in.

The villa was spotlessly clean, but since someone had lived there before, it had picked up someone else's scent. Wang Xiaoqiang felt a barrier, so he used Water Element Spiritual Qi to cleanse the place thoroughly inside and out before moving in. Although Wang Xiaoqiang didn't bring much luggage, the villa's furniture, daily necessities, including cooking utensils, were all available.

"Ha, we can cook here from now on!" Ye Qingcheng said excitedly as she looked at the clean cooking utensils in the kitchen.

"Just as well, I'm in need of a cook..." Wang Xiaoqiang spread his hands and chuckled.

"Cut it out! You think it's that easy to get me to cook for you?" Ye Qingcheng slapped Wang Xiaoqiang's outstretched hand.

"Heh, even if you're willing to cook, I might not be willing to eat. I'm quite picky about my food..."

"Pah! You're so full of yourself. My cooking skills aren't to be scoffed at. Even immortals would drool..."

"Alright, enough blowing your own trumpet, you'd boast a bull to death..."

"You, you..." Ye Qingcheng was so angry she was gasping for breath, her full chest heaving, she raised her fists and started to pummel him, prompting Wang Xiaoqiang to scurry away to the living room.

"Hey, while we're free now, shall I help you move?" Once Ye Qingcheng had calmed down a bit, Wang Xiaoqiang suggested.

Ye Qingcheng hesitated; her inner struggle was evident, but eventually, she pursed her red lips tightly and agreed, "Okay, let's move!"

So Ye Qingcheng moved in, and canceled the lease on that antique-looking house.

"Senior, I'm living upstairs. You stay downstairs, and you are not allowed to come upstairs in the future," Ye Qingcheng instructed Wang Xiaoqiang after moving her luggage upstairs and coming back down.

A mischievous smile appeared on Wang Xiaoqiang's face. "Why? It's my house, and now I don't have rights?"

"Senior," Ye Qingcheng called him senior again, "As a senior, you should be aware of your responsibilities. What business does a grown man have coming up to a girl's sleeping quarters?"

"I, I..." Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't find an excuse. "Can't I go up there to get some fresh air? Okay, fine, I won't go up, but don't you just walk into my room either."

"Tsk, I wouldn't just walk into your bedroom. However, the living room and kitchen are shared spaces..." Ye Qingcheng said with a blink of her pretty eyes, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"Fine, you win," Wang Xiaoqiang said irritatedly. "But you have to help wash my clothes..."

"No way, I never wash clothes for others!"

"Then I'll find a housekeeper," Wang Xiaoqiang said petulantly.

"Unfortunately, I must remind you that there are no housekeepers at Taiyi Sect..."

"Then I'll bring a woman here."

"Senior, don't forget, not just any woman can enter the Taiyi Sect."

"Oh really? Isn't Ling Qiyan a woman? Just fine, I'll invite her to lunch and offer a hundred bucks for washing one piece of clothing..."

"Senior, money isn't everything."

"Alright then, I'll just make Ling Qiyan my girlfriend. It's only natural for a girlfriend to wash clothes for her boyfriend!"

"There it is, the true colors of a playboy. Humph! Wang Xiaoqiang, I've seen right through you!" Ye Qingcheng raised her tiny fists and stormed upstairs.

Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't be bothered with her and returned to the main bedroom on the ground floor, locked the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and started reviewing the Five Spirit Art, the basic cultivation technique he had just received from Taiyi Sect.

The Five Spirit Art was the most basic cultivation method of Taiyi Sect, applicable from the Qi Cultivation Stage all the way to Divinity Transformation. As for the realms beyond the Divinity Transformation Stage, that was a mystery.

Wang Xiaoqiang discovered that this cultivation technique was inclined towards the Daoist Five Elements system of cultivation. It could not only induce the qi of the heavens into the body for cultivation but could also absorb the Spiritual Energy of the Five Elements for cultivation.

For example, the spiritual energy in plants and trees, in metals, in fire, in water, and in earth is harder to extract than from air.

However, fortunately, the amount of spiritual energy drawn from the Five Elements is much greater than that from air. In fact, if you think about it, it's clear. Practitioners of cultivation naturally look for shortcuts. In the past, when the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was rich, cultivators, in order to quickly enhance their cultivation base, would simply use the shortcut of extracting spiritual energy from the air. As a result, the spiritual energy in the air gradually thinned, while the spiritual energy in the Five Elements was preserved. Therefore, the successive ancestors of the Taiyi Sect, when continuously revising cultivation techniques, added the method of extracting Five Element Spiritual Energy to the basic cultivation techniques.

Moreover, the spiritual energy extracted from the Five Elements differs in nature from that taken from the air. For instance, spiritual energy drawn from wood has a stronger Wood Attribute, akin to the Wood Element Spiritual Qi in Wang Xiaoqiang's Five Elements Spirit Spring. Similarly, the Fire Element Spiritual Energy extracted from fire has a warm nature, which is just like the Fire Element Spiritual Energy in Wang Xiaoqiang's Five Elements Spirit Spring. Moreover, when this Five Elements Attribute spiritual energy is used in spells, it can exert extraordinary power. For example, Ye Qingcheng's "Water Dragon Technique," when activated with Water Element Spiritual Qi, is three times stronger than when using the spiritual energy from the air—its power is tremendous.

Another example is the "Fire Qilin Technique," the spell that Wang Xiaoqiang had just received. If activated with Fire Element Spiritual Qi, its power could triple. Wang Xiaoqiang lacked many things, but fortunately, he was not short of Five Element Spiritual Energy.

Realizing this, Wang Xiaoqiang was secretly elated. However, he still needed to cultivate the basic techniques, which could help him consolidate the Five Element Spiritual Energy. Currently, with 228 Spiritual Springs in his body, the amount of spiritual energy had entirely surpassed his body's capacity. If he absorbed more spiritual energy, it would cause chaos within. But with a cultivation method at hand, he could make good use of the Dantian and incorporate the spiritual energy into the Dantian. It is known that the Dantian's capacity for energy is thousands of times greater than the body's. To give a comparison, Ye Qingcheng's cultivation base at the Foundation Establishment Stage could only fill one-tenth of her Lower Dantian, while all the spiritual energy in Wang Xiaoqiang's body could only fill half of his Lower Dantian if it were to be completely incorporated.

Furthermore, the Five Spirit Art could not only help him consolidate spiritual energy but also had various other wondrous uses, such as opening Divine Sense, Sword Control, and Sky Manipulation. These methods were all built upon the foundation of basic cultivation techniques. In the end, the basic cultivation techniques were all about laying the foundation. Without a foundation, it's like a tree without roots, which ultimately will not last long.

Cultivating the basic techniques was a necessity. Wang Xiaoqiang thus began to cultivate according to the Breathing Technique Method of the "Five Spirit Art," starting to induce Qi into his body and perform the Grand Circulation.

Seeing that it was almost noon, and Ye Qingcheng had not come down from upstairs, Wang Xiaoqiang urged, "Little Ye, come down for lunch!"

After calling out once and not hearing a response, Wang Xiaoqiang called out again. Still, there was no reply. Wang Xiaoqiang's heart sank, fearing something might have happened. Since he did not possess Divine Sense and couldn't detect her, he climbed upstairs and approached the door to Ye Qingcheng's bedroom. Seeing the door ajar, he pushed it open and, upon entering, witnessed a scene that made his face burn and his heart race—

Ye Qingcheng was standing in front of a floor-length mirror changing clothes. Her hands reached behind her back with dexterity to unhook her bra, releasing her ample bosom with a bounce.

Wang Xiaoqiang happened to see the two mounds of snow-white flesh bounce before his eyes. Although he was not a virgin, the body of the woman before him was unfamiliar to him, so, at first sight, he could not help but feel his heart race and his face heat up.

"Ah... you... you pervert... get out..." Ye Qingcheng had already warned Wang Xiaoqiang, thinking he wouldn't dare to come up. But to her surprise, he actually did and saw her well-guarded breasts. Not only did he see them, but he saw them completely, thoroughly, which left her utterly embarrassed and enraged.

Wang Xiaoqiang's scalp tingled, and he quickly backed out, closing the door as he leaned against it, panting and apologizing, "I'm sorry, it... it wasn't on purpose..."

"Hmph, don't stand there and explain, just get down! I've already warned you not to come up, but you still disregarded my words..."

Ye Qingcheng tersely chided as she quickly took out a newly bought bra to put on, followed by a set of newly purchased clothes. Wang Xiaoqiang had said he would treat Ling Qiyan as his girlfriend just to spite her, she knew he was only saying it to irritate her, but she still felt uncomfortable after hearing it. She had been sulking upstairs for quite a while. When mealtime came, and she heard Wang Xiaoqiang calling from downstairs, she wanted to make him anxious, so she didn't respond. Instead, she made some preparations, tidied her makeup, changed into a new set of clothes, aiming to dress herself beautifully. In truth, this was nothing short of torment for the men's eyes—her natural beauty could capture the attention of countless men without any effort, let alone dressing up, as that would be nothing less than a disaster for them.

Ye Qingcheng, her beauty truly had the power to topple cities and nations.

Ye Qingcheng, red-faced from the wardrobe mishap, felt her heart in chaos and was genuinely too embarrassed to face Wang Xiaoqiang again. Seated in front of the mirror, she tried to calm her erratic emotions, quietly waiting for the flush to fade from her cheeks...

"Hey, if you don't come down soon, I'm leaving without you," Wang Xiaoqiang shouted, about to step out when he heard Ye Qingcheng's voice from upstairs, "You wouldn't dare!"

Before the words had fully faded, Ye Qingcheng had gracefully descended the stairs. The blush on her cheeks still hadn't retreated. Reaching the bottom, she approached Wang Xiaoqiang and shot him a severe glance.

Wang Xiaoqiang, gentleman-like, curled his arm invitingly and tilted his chin, gesturing for her to link arms.

Ye Qingcheng slapped away Wang Xiaoqiang's bent arm and said, "To avoid similar incidents, we need to set three rules..."

"What kind of rules?"

"First, you're not allowed on the second floor of the villa; second, it's off-limits to you; third, you're forbidden from going up there..." Ye Qingcheng pronounced solemnly and seriously.

"Hey, are you really that strict?" Wang Xiaoqiang said with a wry smile, "Then what about airing my laundry?"

"Isn't there a balcony on the first floor?"

"The first-floor balcony is right under a large tree." Wang Xiaoqiang pointed to the balcony on the first floor, and indeed there was a large tree covering it from the sunlight.

"Fine, I'll take care of drying your clothes... happy now?"

"Might as well ask you to wash them too then!"

"That will depend on your behavior. If you behave well, not only will I wash your clothes, but this lady, this lady..."

"You wouldn't promise yourself to me, would you? Hehe..." Wang Xiaoqiang chuckled with a 'hehe'.

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