Chapter 74

: I’m not a shallow person!
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Lu Xiaoyu still did not completely believe Lu Shu as she felt that he was always spouting nonsense. How could his aptitude be better than hers?
But Lu Shu did not stop there and continued to boast,
The first and second star can both be lighted up with just one celestial fruit. I can have the effects of 4 fruits in just one night of training, can you do that?

In actual fact, Lu Shu had only achieved this training speed after he had completed the first nebula but this was something Lu Xiaoyu did not know. The little girl looked down in silence as she calculated her own training speed – she could only achieve 2 fruit’s worth of effects in one night!
She did not speak anymore as she felt like she was wrong.

From Lu Xiaoyu’s distress, +199!

Upon seeing Lu Xiaoyu in that state, Lu Shu felt rather sorry for her and cleared his throat,
Keke, after completing your first nebula, you can also achieve the same training speed as me.


Really?
as her eyes sparkled.
Whether or not her abilities could become stronger was secondary to her. If her progress speed was too slow, wouldn’t the distance between her and Lu Shu increase?
People would always say that if the status of the involved parties was not on the same level, the distance between them would slowly increase until they disappear from one another’s world. Lu Xiaoyu was continuously thinking that she had ought to keep up with Lu Shu’s training speed in order to close the distance between them a little.
This way, Lu Shu wouldn’t suddenly disappear from her life one day.
Wherever Lu Shu went, she would go as well!
Lu Shu continued with his usual training procedures that night. At that moment of time, he had reached the point where he needed only two more celestial fruits in order to light up the first star in his second nebula.
Lu Shu was looking forward to finding out what changes could lighting up the stars in the second nebula bring.
The first nebula gave him strength comparable to an E class. So what could the second nebula offer?
Since he had reached a stage where only two more celestial fruit was needed, he could achieve that progress in just half a night of training and he did not even need to consume any of those fruits.
The night had darkened and the time then was 1 am in the morning. Lu Shu opened up his eyes in his quiet room the moment he had lighted up the first star in the second nebula. He now understood in his heart, as to what powers this nebula had to offer.
Suddenly, Lu Shu had engulfed himself in a thin layer celestial light according to his intentions. The silver-white light fluidly encircled him until he could not clearly see his own face in the mirror.
The celestial light… could finally leave his body.
Even though they were very active and could move according to his wishes in the past, these celestial light could never leave his body.
As of now, they surrounded Lu Shu as if they were a protective layer of clothing.
Lu Shu had thought that if he were to meet Liang Che again with this layer of clothing, even if the latter were to go all-out and set him ablaze, perhaps he could come out unscathed.
This thought was indeed correct as the protection the light provided him were of crucial value. If a D class, elemental-type metahuman were to stand off against him, they could perhaps be at a disadvantage.
However, the power of this celestial light would only increase according to Lu Shu’s own growth in power.
So, the second nebula provided protective powers.
Having brute strength could indeed protect him from physical attacks but it definitely could not shield him from those elemental-type attacks. If someone were to set you ablaze or electrocute you, could you block these attacks with just your body? No matter how tough your skin was, it couldn’t possibly insulate electricity… and now, Lu Shu’s life had even more insurance.
No, it wasn’t just that, Lu Shu felt that his strength had increased as well too!
It can’t possibly be that this celestial map would continuously increase his strength right?
At this point, according to Lu Shu’s calculation, as he progressed further into his training, his strength would follow suit as well.
The celestial map was just like the mana as described in the legends. As the powers of the stars increased, the longer he could wield the Corpse of the Dog and the stronger the protection they provided him with.
It felt as though… both long-range and short-range combat abilities were all prepared within this map and it sounded really awesome.
There was saying that even if one’s magical powers were to be amazing, he would still be at a disadvantage if someone were to launch a sneak attack on him if he did not have a solid physical strength.
If someone were to assume that Lu Shu was a weak, long-range fighter just because he was wielding his flying dagger in the future, it seems like that person would be at a huge loss… and who knew there were distress points to be earned from that?
As Lu Shu was watching the news while he ate his breakfast the next day, it was being broadcasted that the head chief of the first district was visiting another country. It was at this point that Lu Shu had seen Nie Ting standing silently beside the head chief!
In the news, Nie Ting looked very calm and he wasn’t wearing his black coat but in an all-black western suit. Even though he looked ordinary as he stood by the side, it felt as though he commanded a lot of deterring force.
This could be a pre-recorded clip and was only broadcasted now and as such, did not mean that this Heavenly King was already out in another country.
He was indeed an important figure.
Lu Shu suddenly felt that he should learn some swordplay technique from Li Xianyi since he seemed to be on friendly terms with the Heavenly Kings. If they weren’t there to surround him, everything should be fine.
Being just a high school student, Lu Shu did not understand much and could not make up what exactly was happening from the situation. Thus, he could only rely on his own judgment to carry out his plans.
And Lu Shu’s judgment was that it should be fine if he were to learn swordplay techniques from Li Xianyi.
Those techniques had to be learned, but the problem was how he could even break the question to Li Xianyi. The ideal situation would be Li Xianyi being the first to extend this offer…
Lu Shu’s calculation skills were pretty accurate and anyways, no one knew exactly everything about him, not Zhi Wei, not Li Xianyi, not his classmates nor even the Heavenly Network.
He could play dumb and wait for Li Xianyi to initiate the offer once again, perhaps they could even discuss the terms of his discipleship.
Wasn’t the relationship between humans as such, that whoever extended their offer first was the weaker one. Anyways, Lu Shu felt that he should not go out of his way to become his disciple.
That night, Lu Shu still had around 7000 distress points and he used them to draw 50 portions of stinky tofu for tomorrow’s sales.
He could not get more even if he wanted to since his box could not contain that many of them. If he were to purchase another pushcart because of this, it wouldn’t be that worth it and Lu Shu was satisfied by selling just 50 portions a day.
After his meal, Lu Shu and Lu Xiaoyu were trying to push the washing duties over to each other. Normally they would split the workload where Lu Shu would do the dishes on Monday. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday while Lu Xiaoyu would do it on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Both of them hated to do the dishes and they even drew out a timetable for the family in order to delegate the dishwashing duties. Lu Shu pointed at the timetable, showing that it was her turn to do the dishes since it was Tuesday.
He strictly told Lu Xiaoyu,
Can you see this, it’s Tuesday. There’s your name written on it here!

Lu Xiaoyu rebelled, saying that if she could skip her duties, she did not mind changing her name.

???

How is such a thing even possible?
Lu Shu took in a huge breath and walked back into the house. Holding a bag of potato chips,
Do the dishes and this will be yours!

Lu Xiaoyu eyes were fixated on it,
Fine, I’ll do it! I’m the most diligent one!


It’s because of the potato chips that you’re willing to do it right?
as Lu Shu teased her.

That’s not enough, I’m not such a shallow person,
as Lu Xiaoyu denied the accusation.

Fine, then we’ll start over again. With no chips, will you do the dishes?


Nope.


Then with the chips, will you do the dishes?


Yes!


Hehe!