Chapter 5: Drawing the Sword (3k)
“Xiao Jiu, that potion made from dragon’s saliva is related to your blood coagulation. Without it, I fear you…”
Upon hearing this, Su Xingguo turned to look at Su Jiu. He saw a decisive look on his daughter’s face for the first time, but he continued to speak, though he left the latter half unsaid to preserve her dignity.
Unexpectedly, Su Jiu interrupted him. She met her cheap father’s gaze for a moment, sighed inwardly, and then explained with a rather reasonable excuse:
“The Gaokao is divided into three parts: a competition, individual combat, and team combat. Old man, you know my strength, right? How much benefit can a slight increase in blood coagulation bring me? It’s better to strengthen my physique so I can take a few more hits when fighting others.”
Having been with Su Xingguo for over a year, Su Jiu knew his personality well. As long as appearances weren’t too awkward, he would respect his children’s choices. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let her be so wild for so long.
“Dad, older sister is right. Why don’t you listen to older sister just this once? It would be good for Liu’er too.”
At this moment, Su Xiao Yu, who was in the corner, suddenly chimed in. Her gaze was like that of a pervert as she looked at Lin Liu’er beside her.
Su Jiu looked over and couldn’t help but roll her eyes. What “older sister is right”? Lin Liu’er had already placed her younger brother’s hand on her fair thigh.
As if noticing Su Jiu’s gaze, Lin Liu’er moved her hand away, giving the illusion that Su Xiao Yu herself wanted to touch her, and then looked back with a smile of inexplicable confidence.
“Sigh…”
Looking at the decisiveness on Su Jiu’s face, as if he had realized something, Su Xingguo’s imposing eyes softened. However, he still said to Lin Mo, “This is not enough for an exchange. If you want to trade, you have to pay more.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mo and his daughter Lin Liu’er showed expressions of surprise. They had only come to try their luck, and they never expected it to actually work out.
Before they could celebrate for long, Su Xingguo spoke again: “But I have a condition. You must have Xiao Liu support Xiao Jiu during the Gaokao team competition.”
“This… you have to ask Xiao Liu.” Lin Mo looked at his daughter speechlessly. He had planned to aim for the top five academies, and bringing that useless girl along would make it difficult to even enter the Eastern Yu University, the lowest-ranked of the top five.
“Xiao Liu, aren’t you and Xiao Jiu friends for several years? I’m begging you this time, please help her.”
Upon hearing this, Su Xingguo turned his gaze to Lin Liu’er, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
“I…”
Meeting Su Xingguo’s gaze, Lin Liu’er also showed a troubled expression. If she had to add this useless burden, she would rather not have the dragon’s saliva…
If the other party were still the talented daughter of one year ago, she would have been eager to team up with her, but now… Can’t she just pee to see her reflection in the mirror?
“Old man, don’t make it difficult for others. The Gaokao should be about true talent. Don’t think about letting me take any shortcuts.” Su Jiu quickly spoke up. She didn’t want the dragon whisker ginseng she was about to get to slip away. If she traded it, the other party might not lose, but she would definitely profit greatly.
“Sigh, as you wish…” Su Xingguo shook his head. He glanced at Su Jiu, not knowing what she was thinking, and could only sigh. His savings from years of civil service were all invested in his daughter.
“Brother Su, don’t worry. During the Gaokao team competition, I will personally pay to assemble an excellent team for Xiao Jiu to support her well,” Lin Mo said, offering polite words. Lin Liu’er behind him looked at Su Jiu with some relief.
Fortunately, this useless person didn’t ask her to team up, otherwise, her father might have really asked her to team up out of respect for the mayor.
She was aiming for the top five, and that useful-for-nothing person would probably need connections to get into a third-tier private university, and would probably cry to death in actual combat.
…
After chatting for nearly half an hour, Lin Mo finally traded the dragon’s saliva for one million five hundred thousand yuan and dragon whisker ginseng. Watching Lin Mo and his daughter leave, the empty living room became quiet again.
Su Jiu bounced onto the soft sofa and glanced at her brother, who was engrossed in his phone, typing away. She sighed softly: He’s hopeless.
Then, she looked at her father leaning against the other side of the sofa, lost in thought. He seemed to have aged considerably?
Why was he, a High-ranking War General Level, aging so quickly?
Was it because of her and her useless brother… Old man, don’t worry, as long as I completely get away from the Male Protagonist and his sister, I will definitely let you eat and drink well.
“You will awaken in a few days. Time waits for no one. I didn’t expect eighteen years to pass in an instant… How happy would A Jiu be if she saw this?” Su Xingguo threw the dragon whisker ginseng to Su Jiu, lit a cigarette for himself, and quietly watched the smoke rings, lost in thought.
Su Jiu knew that “A Jiu” was not referring to her, but to their mother, Gu Jiu Yu. She had disappeared without a trace after giving birth to them. The original owner’s memories had no information about her…
The novel didn’t elaborate on her either, as in the original work, Su Jiu was just a manipulative villain, and there was no need to waste time explaining her background.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally broke the somewhat awkward atmosphere and asked as if to the air,
“What bloodline do you think you will awaken?”
“It must be Dad’s Ice Chih Bloodline.”
Looking at the message “[Little Yu, thank you Brother]” sent from the other side of the screen, Su Xiao Yu suddenly grinned and replied after looking up.
Su Jiu didn’t understand why her father would ask that. She remained silent, waiting for Su Xingguo’s next words.
“Indeed… you probably won’t inherit A Jiu’s bloodline.”
Su Xingguo shook his head and walked upstairs to his room, his figure appearing somewhat dejected.
“Won’t inherit? Is it because Mother’s bloodline is too weak?”
Su Jiu murmured a few times. Before she could think further, Su Xiao Yu next to her suddenly jumped up and excitedly shouted, “Sister, Liu’er said their class is having a social gathering and will be going on a spring outing to the nearby mountains camping in a few days. She also invited me to go.”
“You silly boy, she’s just inviting you out of respect for old man, she doesn’t genuinely want you to go. Besides, there are Warrior Class Monster Beasts in the mountains. You better not go.”
Su Jiu replied casually. Just as she was about to turn back to her room to cultivate, her arm was suddenly grabbed. She helplessly turned to pull off her brother’s paws, and asked with an unfriendly look, “What is it?”
“Thank you, Elder Sister…” Su Xiao Yu thought Su Jiu had given up dragon’s saliva for Lin Liu’er out of consideration for her, and felt a little touched. Before Su Jiu could reply, she blinked and asked, “I heard there are many handsome guys in their class, are you really not going? As for Warrior Class Monster Beasts, I’ll be one next week after I awaken, so I’m not afraid of those monsters.”
“Go play by yourself. You know I don’t like men.”
Su Jiu turned and went back to her room. After locking the door, she pulled open a drawer, took out the “Frost Slash” and flipped through it lightly, then opened her phone to search for usage instructions.
“It’s only divided into three stages? You can consume so much at once?”
Despite her surprise, Su Jiu followed the method found online, divided the dragon whisker ginseng into three pieces, and immediately took the bottom piece into her mouth. She changed her mind about cultivating other basic techniques.
“The energy should be enough to support the fourth stage of Frost Slash cultivation. Can I get the Drawing the Sword technique in the Blood Coagulation stage? That’s the Male Protagonist’s divine skill…”
Clenching the dagger by her bedside, she forcefully stabbed it into the table. As wood chips shattered, Su Jiu’s brows furrowed, and veins bulged on her forehead like tree roots.
After consuming the dragon whisker ginseng, she felt like a volcano about to erupt within her body, as if it would explode at any second. Countless energies began to surge, but at the same time, a golden force coursed through her blood, continuously repairing her injured meridians…
“Damn, I feel like my body is going to be blown apart.”
Unlike what was happening inside her, the entire room began to be covered in frost. The air seemed to crystallize into ice particles, and even her brow was tinged with a hint of frost blossom.
At this moment, as her cold air blew the window open, her phone fell to the ground, and the page slid down… revealing a few small words: “Method of consumption for Warrior Class.”
Martial skills are categorized into no-rank, Warrior Class, War General Level, Battle King Level… Ordinary martial skills are basically divided into four stages: proficient, minor success, major success, and perfect.
After reaching perfection, a martial artist can draw inferences from one point and learn some “by-products” of that martial skill, some good and some bad.
However, low-level martial skills, such as Frost Slash and Flame Slash, which are slow and have low damage, generally produce many useless things, so few people choose to cultivate them to perfection due to the long time and low return.
But the Male Protagonist, Bai Ming, being poor, couldn’t afford high-level martial skills. On the eve of the Gaokao, he learned the Flame Slash taught in school and cultivated it until his sophomore year, where he comprehended a martial skill called “Sword Drawing Technique”.
Combined with his Black Dragon Bloodline, he instantly killed a demon beast of the same level, a War General Level, at the Initial Stage Battle General level. It’s worth noting that even at the same level, the strength of demon beasts is greater than that of humans…
Su Jiu originally wanted to learn Flame Slash, but her body seemed to strongly reject fire-attribute martial skills, so she had to settle for Frost Slash, which was similar to Flame Slash, and try her luck.
…
The two days of vacation passed quickly. Su Jiu remained in the same posture for a full day and a half, and the floor of her room began to seep water, which no one noticed.
Su Xingguo was busy with the relic matters, while Su Xiao Yu stayed in her room playing games or going out at night to be a “war wolf” or something.
As the sky had completely darkened, Su Jiu’s eyes trembled slightly, and she suddenly opened them. The ice chips on her body shattered, and with a “咻!” sound, a sapphire blue light carrying cold air shot towards the sky.
“Instant Frost Slash, is this the Drawing the Sword technique?!”
