Lin Xuan Qi began to follow the stances depicted in the manuscript and moved his body accordingly.

With every punch and kick that he made, he could feel his skin toughen and his dantian being stretched.

Pain coursed through his body while he did so.

Even his bones gave him pain.

His body as the container for the Five-Element Qi was getting stronger and tuned for it.

Finally, he exhausted all the Five-Element Qi that he had, and he sat down on his seat.

His veins throbbed and his muscles ached.

Every movement felt like thousands of needles pricking his skin.

It took him an incense time for the pain to subside.

When he was back to normal, he slumped on his chair to rest.

Knock.

The door suddenly made a noise with someone outside.

"Who's there?" He shouted since he wasn't expecting anyone.

Xue Cong and Yue Jie, who were outside, replied, "It's us."

Lin Xuan Qi glanced at the door with a frown and said, "Come in."

He didn't expect them to come together looking for him.

It was usually Xue Cong by herself, or Yue Jie coming with Yue Xin.

Creak.

The door opened.

Lin Xuan Qi glanced and checked on what Xue Cong and Yue Jie were up to.

To his surprise, both of them looked different.

Xue Cong was in a red dress that he had never seen her wear before.

It had some decorations on the dress, nothing fancy like a wedding dress but was miles apart from what Xue Cong usually wore.

She had been wearing tough and simple dresses for practicality.

It would be inconvenient for her otherwise.

What surprised him the most was how the red color of the dress contrasted her fair skin, making her 'glow' in it.

Yue Jie's dress was also something out of the ordinary.

It was made of silk and cotton.

Her voluptuous figure was wrapped in silk and accentuated by it.

Yue Jie, being a young mistress previously, carried it well, and the dress on her gave her an added sense of mystery.

"Why are you here and dressed like this?" Lin Xuan Qi asked.

Xue Cong and Yue Jie didn't reply, but they started to try and dance instead.

They tried to move their hands and waist in an alluring motion.

But their dance moves were, however, awkward and didn't achieve the effect that they were looking for.

Lin Xuan Qi raised an eyebrow, not knowing how to respond.

They must have been trying to cheer him up, and he didn't want to pour cold water on it.

Xue Cong saw his expression and glanced at Yue Jie.

Yue Jie shook her head and gave out a sigh.

They had to execute their next plan of action.

"Master Lin." Xue Cong called out to him and tried to move close to him.

Yue Jie also did the same, coming from the other side.

"Hold on. Stay where you are." Lin Xuan Qi raised his palm at them and said, stopping them in their tracks.

They stopped and glanced at each other.

This was not part of their plan.

According to Yue Jie, no man could reject two jade beauties coming at him dancing suggestively.

Lin Xuan Qi gave out a sigh and said, "Whose idea was this?"

"It was my idea." Xue Cong lowered her head and replied.

He didn't expect Xue Cong to be the one coming up with the idea.

Usually, it would be Yue Xin or Liu Shi Shi as the culprit.

"And why?" He was curious about why she came up with it.

"I was thinking of making you happy..."

"And why did you think so?"

"You are always carrying everything on your shoulders alone." Xue Cong said and lowered her head even further.

He was stumped by it.

Lin Xuan Qi never thought about it in this manner.

Maybe she was right and he had tried to achieve too many things by himself.

"Other young masters get to enjoy themselves... so I thought..." Xue Cong went on and tried to elaborate further.

Lin Xuan Qi rolled his eyes at her and said, "I suggest you spend more time learning how to do math instead of thinking about these."

He shook his head at her.

The mere mention of math was enough to startle her, and Xue Cong nodded her head, "I'm sorry, Master Lin. I'm willing to take any punishment...but preferably not learn math..."

She said and gave him a sorry look.

"I've got some punishments in my mind. And you too, join in with the punishment." He stood up and pointed at Yue Jie.

Yue Jie nodded her head and was prepared for the worst.

She waited with her head down.

But all that she heard were footsteps from Lin Xuan Qi.

He had walked over to the doors of his bedroom and closed them shut.

Xue Cong and Yue Jie glanced at each other and took a deep breath.

What did Master Lin have in store for them? And why did he close the doors?

Was he going to...?

They breathed heavily when they heard his footsteps coming closer.

Xue Cong closed her eyes and thought to herself that if it made Master Lin happy, then she was willing to do it for him.

Yue Jie's thoughts were more complicated.

Her mind went from thinking about his feelings for them to imageries of what she saw in the booklets her sisters shared with her.

It was a jumbled mess.

Lin Xuan Qi saw their reactions and frowned.

"What are you thinking in your minds?" He asked while standing in front of them.

Xue Cong and Yue Jie lifted their heads and looked at him.

He was standing straight and looking normal.

"We thought the punishment would be..." Xue Cong and Yue Jie couldn't finish the sentence and blushed.

"Huh. And I thought the young masters were the unsavory ones." Lin Xuan Qi teased them and took out the Daoist Five-Element Cultivation Techniques.

He flipped to the first page and said, "I chanced upon this martial arts manuscript, and it might be best for you to master it and have the ability to protect yourselves."

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