Chapter 33: Fate 2

  At this time, several people shifted their gaze to the girl, wanting to confirm if what Xiangyang said was true. However, the girl ignored everyone's eyes and continued eating, looking very beautiful.

  "Hey, what's wrong? Why are you staring at my boss?" Xiang said immediately.

  "Alright, I'll ask you, why is this?" The young lady asked.

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Yao was a bit puzzled, because Big Sister's sentence seemed to be out of nowhere and he didn't know what she was asking about.

  "Why can sleeping in an ice cave keep one's heart method running?"

  "Oh, this is simple. Because humans need to keep warm, and the circulation of Qi can help with that. If it keeps circulating, you'll fall asleep. But if it stops while you're sleeping, you'll be woken up by the cold, and then you'll have to start circulating again. As long as you keep repeating this process, your body will naturally learn to circulate Qi while you sleep!" Xuan said with a smile, "And once your body learns and makes it a habit, even if you change environments, it will still be maintained! The human body is really amazing..."

  “……”

  The three fell silent, finding this explanation both astonishing and yet somehow easy to understand. They had never thought that such a method could be used to improve the quality of their cultivation.

  "Where did you learn this trick from? Or is it something you came up with yourself?" The young lady asked.

  "I'm not that capable, I just learned this trick from a book." Xīao Yáo replied casually.

  "What book?" asked Xiao Shu immediately.

  Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "I don't remember, anyway there's a saying that in extremely cold places, some masters have made great progress in their cultivation. This shows that the cold environment can promote internal energy cultivation! Anyway, trying it out won't hurt, so I let Boss try it out, didn't expect him to succeed!"

  "Are you really just trying?" The big sister asked with some doubt.

  "Hmm!" Xiangyang nodded, with a sincere expression as if I hadn't lied.

  "That's all for today, thank you for the hospitality!" Lin Yi got up and left at this point. As the defeated one, he didn't want to stay too long, but Xiao Shu had no such concerns and continued to stay and enjoy the food and drinks.

  Lin Yi immediately began to practice according to the method of Xianyao, and at this time, he didn't need an ice cellar because it was now a bitterly cold weather, the whole world was like a big ice cellar.

  At first, Lin Yi was not used to it, but later he gradually got used to it and persisted. The effect seemed to have improved a bit, even if it wasn't as natural as the girl's sleep-running, at least his cultivation progress was faster than before. This method was beneficial in any case.

  It wasn't just Lin Yi who benefited, but also his younger uncle and older sister after they tried it out too. They all gained quite a bit from it, although it couldn't make their internal energy surge forward rapidly, the growth speed was still very pleasing.

  Especially the big sister, the progress is terrible and makes many people feel terrified!

  Later, due to their outstanding strength, the Mohist school began to notice their training methods. Afterwards, in summer they would massively purchase ice blocks, and in winter the Mohist disciples would all "run naked". This phenomenon made outsiders feel astonished, but what made them even more astonished was that the overall strength of the Mohist school suddenly rose sharply.

  Few people know who the originator of all this was, because at that time it was already unclear who was the first to discover this method of cultivation, and even the Mohists did not know.

  Even if someone finds out, they won't mind. The vast majority of people won't believe it, and a small minority will think it's just a coincidence.

  The old master of the Mo family only thought that this was the credit of the eldest young lady and the third young master, because both of them were people with eight characters that prospered the Mo family, destined to lead the Mo family to the pinnacle.

  Why is it about Third Young Master again? It's not that the Old Patriarch of the Mo family is biased, but because Third Young Master quickly joined this cultivation camp and became one of the leaders along with Eldest Miss to start this cultivation.

  Can't help but say, Third Master's luck is really good, all the good things were bumped into by him!!

  "With a full stomach and enough wine, I'll take one more jug of wine with me when I leave, no objections, right?!" The big sister said somewhat drunkenly. At this time, the remaining four people had been eating and drinking for quite some time, and it was also time to disperse from the banquet table.

  Although it wasn't for too long, the girl showed a lot of smiles, which is rarely seen on her, and even in the following days, it was still rarely seen.

  This New Year's Eve dinner was also the happiest meal she had ever eaten in her life, and it was the only time she had family by her side.

  "Eight Lords, trouble you to send the young lady back, I still have to collect some dust here." Xiao Yao said to his uncle on one side, although he had drunk a lot of wine, but not so drunk, and in Mo Jia's own territory, letting him send the young lady was no problem at all.

  "Alright, I'll send this girl back..." Xiaoshu nodded and said.

  "Who's the little girl, little uncle? You may be my little uncle, but you're younger than me, it's more like calling me sister... " The big sister said with a drunken tone, her words already somewhat incoherent.

  "Alright, big sister, you win this time, let's hurry back!" Little Uncle said with a bit of helplessness.

  "Haha, that's right! Let's go... We'll continue drinking another day..."

  “……”

  The little uncle dragged the big sister away slowly, not because he wanted to go slow, but because the person being dragged still had a lingering feeling and walked very slowly.

  "Slow down!" Xiangyang gave two words very suitably, indeed slow down.

  "No, I still can't leave. There's something I haven't figured out yet!" The young lady suddenly stopped in her tracks and walked back towards Xiao Yao's direction again.

  "What's wrong with you again, big sister?" Xiao Yao asked strangely.

  "I asked you, why did you follow Seventh Sister back then? How old were you at that time? It's impossible for her to let you be her servant. Did you have ulterior motives?" The young lady pointed at Xiao Yao and interrogated him, then suddenly laughed and continued with a drunken tone: "Or perhaps, you saw how pitiful Seventh Sister was, so you volunteered to help her?"

  Many people have doubts about this matter, including the person involved. It's as if good fortune has suddenly descended upon someone who is normally unlucky, which shouldn't be the case.

  From young to old, Xiao Yao not only fulfilled her duty as a housekeeper but also did many things for her. She taught her the mind methods and martial arts that the Mo family was unwilling to teach, let her live in the miscellaneous courtyard and still have a quiet environment, dressed her well and ate well, and helped her resolve disasters...

  Wait, some things that shouldn't be done by a family servant should have been done by Mo Jia's own relatives, but instead were all taken care of by Xiao Yao, while her own relatives restricted themselves.

  What made her even more incomprehensible was that Xiang's age was about the same as hers, and what he did, she should have been able to do too. But she found herself unable to do it, sometimes she just hated herself for not being able to help with anything at all.

  At this time, however, Xīao Yáo always made sure to do what he was supposed to do and listened carefully, working hard at his training, fortunately with results that satisfied him.

  Although I've asked Xiang Yang about this before and gotten an answer, the answer always seems a bit forced. Maybe it's because I want to get his attention, I want him to come for me, even if it means being pitied.

  "I didn't volunteer, it's just that at the time I didn't know if it was a coincidence or if my boss's life was too tough, basically all the servants and maids who served her were injured, no one dared to go! Someone pushed me over here, I don't know if it's because I'm lucky or not, it seems like nothing happened." Xīao said shaking his head.

  "But because the boss is after all a direct member of the Mo family, he needs his own servants, even if it's just one, so the butler registered me under the boss's name, and I became the boss's exclusive servant! Maybe they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to find another servant as lucky and blessed as me..."

  "Perhaps this is fate! Since I've become the master's servant, then I'll naturally serve the master well and strive to give her what she wants!"

  Although Xiao Yao is a simple sentence, he has paid countless efforts for this, which is unimaginable to anyone. It can only be said that such a housekeeper is really hard to find again.

  This also made many people envy the carefree young boss, and not a few came to poach her, but how could she let go of Xiao Yao, who was more important to her than anything else, including her own life.

  "You're lucky to be alive, not blessed! Otherwise, you wouldn't have been abandoned in the wilderness and become a small servant! However, fortunately, there's you, this little servant, so Seventh Sister won't be so lonely. In the future, I'll treat you a bit better..." The young mistress continued to say with a drunken tone.

  "Thank you, Big Sister Long En!!" Xiao Yao worshiped and said.

  "Ah, no need for thanks! Let's head back to the palace..."

  “……”

  In the following days, although not very obvious, the three people who came to the miscellaneous courtyard all received some "suggestions" that they should go to the miscellaneous courtyard less in the future and avoid contacting Xiangyang's master and servant, especially that girl.

  Of course, for this suggestion, the big sister directly ignored it. To quote Xiao Yao's words, I have the protection of the gods, and even if I were a calamity star, I would be blocked out.

  Xiao Shu and Lin Yi didn't have the fate of being Big Sister, and they didn't want to get in touch with the boss of Xiang Yao either, at most just chatting with Xiang Yao, so this suggestion had no effect on them.

  As for Xiang and his boss, it has even less impact on them, anyway they have always been like this!

  This year, they had a very ordinary New Year's Eve, although it was ordinary, but still very happy. For many people, the New Year is not about wanting much, just wanting peace and safety, with someone to accompany them, and family reunions.

  But perhaps they still don't know that after this year, their future New Year's celebrations won't be so dull, and the two of them may not necessarily be together like this...