Apocalyptic Calamity: My Proficiency Panel

Chapter 98: Chapter 87: Night_1

Chapter 98: Chapter 87: Night_1

When Li Ming first came to this gathering place, he hadn’t planned on approaching in the usual way, and so he barged right in.

Thinking back, although this act might have offended two ability users, it also indirectly saved a lot of time and trouble. Otherwise, it would have taken a long time to interact with the subordinates of the two ability users, as Xu Xiu had suggested.

As for the possibility of angering the two leaders of the gathering place… That danger only applies if they can beat him!

Pondering to himself, a slight smile creased the corner of Li Ming’s mouth as he stepped on the gas, speeding towards the Linjiang villa district.

By the time Li Ming parked outside the villa, half of the sun was being swallowed by the horizon. Hearing the commotion, Liu Fang hurriedly came out to greet him. Seeing Xu Xiu by his side, a smile appeared on her face: “You’re back.”

“Yes, Auntie.”

Under Liu Fang’s watchful gaze, Xu Xiu looked somewhat embarrassed and lowered her head. She had said she would be back tonight when she left, but she never expected to return so soon.

Remembering the reason, her expression dimmed somewhat.

“We’re glad you’re back. Go ahead and shower – you’ve spent the whole day sweating. I’ve prepared a room for you on the third floor.”

Liu Fang quickly spoke, Xu Xiu was a bit embarrassed, but seeing Liu Fang’s insistence, she reluctantly agreed. After getting the directions, she headed to the bathroom with her towel.

She didn’t care about whether she stayed on the second or third floor. Being here already, there was little point in fussing over where to stay. Once again, she entered the ever-lit bathroom of the villa. Looking around at the pristine shape of the place, Xu Xiu felt slightly overwhelmed.

She quickly recovered, moved under the shower, and started washing.

“Swoosh~”

With the sound of flowing water, Xu Xiu washed herself thoroughly, until she truly felt cleaned. She then dried herself with a towel and changed into clothes she would normally wear.

Gazing at herself in the mirror, a cute and curvaceous woman unfurls in her reflection — a pretty face that one can’t help but want to hold tight.

Xu Xiu stared at her reflection in the mirror, took a deep breath. After a while, she resolved herself to accept all the changes here, then opened the bathroom door and returned to the room Liu Fang had prepared for her on the third floor.

Once inside the room, Xu Xiu found it already tidied up, and Liu Fang had left. She finally let out a sigh of relief and slowly sat down on the bed, her mind began to replay everything that happened that day.

She was somewhat dazed.

So much had happened today!

She then thought about Li Ming, who promised to love and care for her, making her somewhat nervous.

How would he love her?

“Click~”

Just as Xu Xiu was lost in her thoughts, the bedroom door was pushed open. Xu Xiu looked up to see a robust figure in her sight. She quickly rose from the side of the bed, nervously and self-consciously called out, “Brother… Brother Ming~”

“Are you ready to rest?”

Seeing Xu Xiu in her new dress, Li Ming smiled lightly, naturally stepping forward to hold her in his arms and ask as they reclined onto the bed.

“No… not yet~”

Xu Xiu’s face turned a shade of beet red. She was at a loss when faced with the actions of this unfamiliar man. Her previous marital experiences seemed to evaporate at once.

“Whoosh~”

Clothes dropped to the floor. Li Ming stared at the petite beauty before him, his heart aflame. He leaned in to whisper in her ear, “Remember how I promised to love you wholeheartedly?”

“Mm~”

Xu Xiu lay on the bed, nodding slightly with a tremble.

“Do you like it when I kiss you?”

“Huh?”

“………”

[Secret Art Proficiency +1]

[Secret Art Proficiency +1]

[Secret Art Proficiency +1] (Use this to represent all cultivation methods)

Four hours later.

Deep into the night.

Xu Xiu felt damp and sore all over as she woke in a daze, finally understanding what being ‘loved’ meant.

“Tired now, aren’t you? Let me help you bathe.”

Seeing Xu Xiu, weakened and dazed after their three lovemaking sessions, Li Ming’s face softened into a kindly smile.

“Mm.”

Xu Xiu responded in a delicate, weak voice. For the first time in her life, she appreciated the pleasures of intimacy. At this moment, she appeared extremely dependent in front of Li Ming.

Li Ming, seeing this, wasn’t stingy. He carried her to the bathroom, meticulously cleaning her inside and out, and then himself. Finally, they dried off, he held her as they returned to the bedroom to rest.

After lying on the bed and resting for a while, Xu Xiu looked to see Li Ming was still there. She gently lifted her head from his chest and tentatively asked, “Brother Ming, aren’t you going to join Sister Zhang Yuan?”

“Your Sister Zhang Yuan said you just arrived here and that she got her period, so she asked me to stay here and accompany you. She wanted you to feel more at ease.”

Seeing this woman showing her gentle, feminine side, Li Ming couldn’t help but grin and squeeze her behind: “So, do you see how I’ve cared for you? Did I lie? Did you feel my love?”

Hearing this, Xu Xiu remembered their wild bout earlier, feeling the lingering soreness in her body. Shyly burying her face in Li Ming’s chest, it took her a while before she softly replied, “I felt it.”

“I’ll continue to love you every day. You need to be ready. Come, call me ‘hubby’~”

Seeing her blush as she burrowed her face deep into his chest, all shy like a young maiden, Li Ming couldn’t help but tease her gently.

Xu Xiu shook her head, murmuring unintelligibly for a while, before finally responding softly under Li Ming’s teasing: “Hubby~”

“Hahaha, my precious, it’s time for bed, we have to eat well tomorrow morning!”

Li Ming laughed heartily, holding onto the joy from his continual progress made today, and with the shy and speechless Xu Xiu, he welcomed sleep.

He had found a new way to use the [Secret Scripture], which could shorten the time needed to practice martial arts and enhance his skills quickly, which put him in a great mood.

In addition to that, he was also happy to have taken in such a sweet and pure woman.

“Life is so charming~”

…

The next morning.

Zhang Yuan woke up comfortably and subconsciously reached towards her side, only to find it empty. She remembered that a woman had come to their house last night and in order to ease her anxiety in a strange place, she had let Li Ming sleep with her.

“Sigh, being the main wife comes with so much worry.”

Zhang Yuan pouted and teased a bit, and then, with her long, beautiful leg raised, she quietly got up to take a look. As soon as she opened the door, she saw a blushing Xu Xiu being held up by Li Ming.

Already red-faced so early?

“Sweetheart, are you awake? How are you feeling?”

Li Ming held Xu Xiu, freshly bathed and appeared to be less weak, was about to go out for breakfast and bumped into Zhang Yuan at the door. He then asked with a smile.

“I need a couple more days of rest. You keep company with your sister for now.”

Zhang Yuan pouted and shook her head, but before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a passionate kiss from Li Ming. Xu Xiu blushed and turned away, too weak to escape.

After the passionate kiss, a smile returned to Zhang Yuan’s face. She greeted Xu Xiu warmly, then went to change her clothes, then followed them to the second-floor living room.

On arriving to the second floor, she noticed that Xu Xiu still seemed weak and was sitting in Li Ming’s arms, so she sat next to them, leaning on Li Ming.

Chen Li and her daughter Yinyin had just come out of their room. Little Yinyin was confused as she looked at Li Ming hugging two beautiful aunties, and then at her own mother.

“Mom, what’s for breakfast?”

Not noticing the confusion in her daughter’s eyes, Chen Li led her daughter to the kitchen, where her mother was busy, and asked her.

“I have prepared eight packets of instant noodles, a sausage, and a marinated egg for everyone. That should be enough.”

Liu Fang smiled, lifted the lid of the pot, and a cloud of hot steam with the smell of instant noodles wafted up.

“Grandma, why can’t we have stir-fries instead of instant noodles?”

Yinyin looked at the food in the pot, wrinkled her nose, and couldn’t help but ask.

“Good girl, we’re running low on vegetables, we need to save them for lunch. Just eat something simple for breakfast. Look how tasty this marinated egg is…”

Liu Fang hurriedly squat down to comfort her granddaughter, and Yinyin finally agreed. She and Chen Li then took the food upstairs.

Xu Xiu’s mouth watered as she smelled the instant noodles, sausage, and marinated egg. She grabbed a plate and started eating heartily.

Zhang Yuan and Li Ming both frowned, but they still picked up their plates and started eating.

After a short time, the noodles were finished, and Li Ming noticed that Yinyin was reluctant to eat. He looked around and saw that only Xu Xiu seemed to be enjoying the meal, so he silently put down his chopsticks and bowl.

“Auntie, when you finish washing the dishes, could you please find some fast-growing vegetable seeds? We’ll plant the vegetables today.”

Watching their dwindling supply of vegetables, Li Ming shook his head and said to Liu Fang, “With the power outage, all the vegetables in the supermarket are spoiled. We’ll have to grow our own. We’ll have to make do for a while.”

“Oh, okay.”

Upon hearing about the planting plan, Liu Fang’s eyes lit up and she enthusiastically agreed.

“Ok, after eating, don’t forget to exercise.”

Seeing this, Li Ming smiled and nodded, then went to the living room to practice the Eight Trigrams Brocade. This morning, because he practiced[Secret Scripture] too fervently, he hadn’t done the Eight Trigrams Brocade yet, which was a mistake.

With this thought in his mind, Li Ming put aside his worries about the lack of fruits and vegetables and began to seriously practice the Eight Trigrams Brocade.

Once, twice…

Twice later, Li Ming’s eyes shone slightly, and he couldn’t help but go through the motions once more.

The third round of Eight Trigrams Brocade.

“Phew~”

Li Ming breathed out heavily, feeling invigorated all over. His mouth curled into a smile, he had finally had a breakthrough in this skill!

But…it seemed that without accumulating to a certain level, it wouldn’t be very useful.

[Eight Trigrams Brocade (Skill Mastery 30%)]

After checking his skill level in the Eight Trigrams Brocade, Li Ming shook his head and set aside this thought for the moment, knowing that it would take a lot of time to master this skill.

After finishing the morning routine, Li Ming felt his plentiful energy and, thinking he would have to go to the gathering place later, he didn’t rush to expend all his energy, nor did he hurry to practice his well-practiced moves.

Instead, he picked up his sword and spear, greeted the women at home, and left by himself to go to the dining hall gathering place, with their watchful eyes on him.

He wanted to find ten more people to help clear the path, dig the ground, and lead water!

“It’s a good thing I spoke to that bald guy yesterday.”

Looking at the Huajiang River a hundred meters away in a straight line, thinking about the lack of vegetables at home, Li Ming started the car and left.

After he left, the women in the house quickly finished their breakfast, and Xu Xiu rested for a while to recover the energy she had used up in the morning. Seeing everyone practicing the Eight Trigrams Brocade, she also curiously joined in the exercise.