Volume One, Chapter 16: Shen Yulian’s Appearance Returns to Her Youthful Days

After a whole night of diligent cultivation, Lin Xiaoxu now felt a faint, peculiar energy stirring and gathering within his dantian, coexisting without interfering with the spiritual energy already present there.

“Could this be true qi?”

According to the records in the Nine Heavens Soaring Cloud Technique, true qi is a form of energy that can enhance various qualities and abilities in the human body, an essential element in becoming a powerful martial artist or cultivator.

Martial artist?!

Cultivator?!

Before the night before last, Lin Xiaoxu, a mere village commoner, had never even heard of these terms.

Yet now, by a twist of fate, in just two days, he had already begun the long journey to becoming both a martial artist and a cultivator.

“Ah~”

A low, sharp scream tinged with panic came from Shen Yulian, his sister-in-law.

Though Lin Xiaoxu habitually kept his door closed to focus on his cultivation, after practicing the Nine Heavens Soaring Cloud Technique, his senses had become extraordinary; even the slightest rustle could not escape his attention.

“Sister-in-law, I’m coming!”

Worried that Shen Yulian was in danger, he opened his eyes and immediately leapt off the old wooden bed.

Without even putting on his shoes, he flung open the door and rushed like the wind toward her room.

“Ah! Xiaoxu, why did you come over? I…”

Shen Yulian had just woken and, out of habit, started removing her pajamas, intending to put on her underwear and pants, followed by her bra and outerwear.

But when she reached the bra, she tried several times but couldn’t get it on.

She soon realized that the pair in front of her had inexplicably swollen to an enormous size!

So large they nearly hung down to her navel.

The immense weight even made her momentarily short of breath.

Startled and flustered, Shen Yulian instinctively let out a low scream.

Unexpectedly, it drew Xiaoxu over.

Lin Xiaoxu stood there dumbfounded, his eyes wide like light bulbs, staring at the pair of swollen breasts resembling peeled winter melons held before him.

Seeing Lin Xiaoxu staring fixedly, Shen Yulian smiled sweetly.

Not only did she not turn away, but she deliberately straightened her waist and swayed it several times, confidently displaying herself to Lin Xiaoxu.

She was already convinced that Xiaoxu was the only man in her life; her body was meant for him to see.

“Xiaoxu, what do you think is happening to me?”

She cupped the enormous breasts resting near her navel with both hands, gently pressing and massaging them inward.

Lin Xiaoxu was nearly overwhelmed by her boldness; his nose threatened to bleed from the sudden rush of blood!

“Sister-in-law, this must be the result of the abdominal treatments I gave you last night. I didn’t expect it would cause this…”

He quickly grabbed a jacket and draped it over her.

If he hesitated another fraction of a second, he feared losing control—and that would jeopardize her plan for uterine restoration!

“I see,” Shen Yulian said with a coy smile.

Lin Xiaoxu led her to the old-fashioned dressing table and helped her sit down.

“My face? This…” Shen Yulian gasped when she saw herself in the mirror.

Her features had not changed drastically, but the firmness, smoothness, fullness, and contour of her face had all improved several times over.

The reflection was unmistakably that of an eighteen or nineteen-year-old vibrant beauty.

She kept marveling and gently touched her face, which was as smooth as a peeled egg.

No matter how time passes, maintaining the appearance of an eighteen-year-old forever is every woman’s dream.

“Sister-in-law, don’t get too excited. This is also from the abdominal treatment I gave you last night. It won’t rebound, so rest assured.”

Lin Xiaoxu himself was amazed that the nourishing spiritual energy could be so powerful.

Not only had it stimulated Shen Yulian’s breasts to redevelop, but it had also restored the youthful fullness and collagen-rich glow of her face.

Even Lin Xiaoxu felt envious.

Shen Yulian blushed and said, “This is a good thing, but now my bras don’t fit anymore…”

“When I go to the county town to deliver the guavas to Miss Song, I’ll buy you several new sets of underwear, okay?”

“Mm…”

*

Dawn had just broken.

Many villagers rose at this hour; after breakfast, they headed to the fields or farmland to work.

In the village, no work meant no food.

Most people toiled until their last breath.

Lin Xiaoxu took four empty fertilizer bags and once again went to the back mountain where he had found a wild guava grove yesterday.

He pressed his index and middle fingers together, and instantly, a surge of vibrant spiritual energy erupted from their tips.

Compared to yesterday, the spiritual energy he could now manipulate was noticeably stronger, filling him with joy.

With a flick of his fingers, the energy shot toward two guava trees before him.

To his delight, the tiny guavas adorning the green branches began to swell rapidly as if sped up by dozens of times.

They stopped growing only after reaching the size of four or five rooster bowls.

“Heaven rewards diligence! By cultivating hard, not only have I produced true qi, but my spiritual energy has become more abundant, accelerating the growth it nurtures!”

Lin Xiaoxu’s resolve to practice diligently every day grew even stronger.

In no time, he picked all the guavas from the two trees, filling the four fertilizer bags to the brim.

Carrying them easily in his arms, he returned near his tile-roofed house.

There, a middle-aged woman stood with her hands on her hips, leaning forward and furiously cursing at the front gate.

“Shen Yulian, hand over that idiot Lin Xiaoxu right now, or I’ll tear down your shabby tile house!”

Shen Yulian, hiding in the kitchen, felt deeply wronged.

If she weren’t in a state of emptiness, she would have already come out to confront her.

Would she allow Chen Xiuhong to stand there barking like a mad dog in front of her home so early in the morning?

“You short pumpkin, not even a meter and a half tall, and you dare threaten to tear down my house?”

Lin Xiaoxu suddenly appeared behind the middle-aged woman, shouting fiercely.

Chen Xiuhong trembled violently, turning around.

Seeing Lin Xiaoxu up close, she looked as if she had seen a ghost!

Terrified, her eyes bulged, and her legs began jumping uncontrollably on the spot.