Chapter 25

Su Wen tidied everything up and moved the large bag into the room.

"Life is truly wondrous."

He lay on the bed, looking at the moon through the window, feeling incredibly strange.

A week ago, he was still in Kyoto.

At that time, he didn't know what to do when he got home, but now, he was living under the same roof with two beautiful women.

And.

He also had a decent job.

Although everything wasn't exactly what he wanted, who really cared about these things?

"It's been a few days since I last recycled items. Let's see if there's anything worth recycling nearby."

Su Wen's current vitality was 1.

He activated the Great Heavenly Dao Recycling System, and everything within 500 meters appeared before his eyes. The unowned items glowed faintly.

He could currently detect level 1 items.

In other words.

All the glowing items were level 1 items.

Xiao Tian told Su Wen that the item levels were determined by the system based on vitality.

Currently.

Items with a vitality of 3 or less would be classified as level 1 items.

However, items with a vitality below 0.1 could be recycled if Su Wen didn't specifically state otherwise, but they wouldn't appear as light points.

"So many unowned items?"

Su Wen saw no less than 200 light points.

He was certain.

Recycling these 200 items would require a vitality of at least 0.1 each.

"Xiao Tian, help me filter out items with a vitality of 1 or more." Su Wen pondered for a moment.

"Sure, Master." Xiao Tian replied.

In an instant, dozens of light points disappeared.

Filtering items with specific vitality levels was a feature Su Wen had only recently started using.

Then.

He looked at the remaining light points.

"Side Quest 3 requires recycling 100 women's items. How am I supposed to do that?"

Su Wen was still thinking about this task.

"Xiao Tian, can you search for specific items?"

"Sure, but each search will cost 0.1 vitality."

Su Wen was frustrated: "0.1 vitality, that's really extravagant!"

He now knew how precious vitality was. It would take no more than five minutes to browse through a hundred items, so he wouldn't be foolish enough to use 0.1 vitality for a search.

He kept zooming in on the light points, and items flashed before his eyes.

Suddenly, a silver earring appeared in his line of sight.

"This is definitely a women's item, hehe!" Su Wen was somewhat pleased, "No need to say more, recycle it!"

Soon, the earring appeared in his hand.

He examined it carefully and found that recycling it only cost 0.1 vitality.

Side Quest 3: The Collector. Task Description: Recycle 100 women's items. Note: All recycled items can only be used by women. Task Reward: Basic Affinity with the Opposite Sex. Current Progress: 1/100.

"Indeed." Su Wen was somewhat excited, "If there's one, there must be a second. Let's see if there are any more women's items."

He continued to check the remaining light points.

However, the result was disappointing. He couldn't find any more women's items.

Finally.

He spent 0.6 vitality to recycle a blue-and-white porcelain bowl.

"Using this bowl for tea is really high-end and elegant." Su Wen placed the blue-and-white porcelain bowl on the table and then went to sleep, feeling quite exhausted.

The next day, at 6 a.m.

His vitality had fully recovered.

He opened the door and went out to find a place to practice.

"Good morning!"

He saw Yi Xue, just as Chu Fei had said. Every morning from 6 to 7 a.m., Yi Xue would practice swordsmanship in the courtyard.

"Good morning!" Yi Xue glanced at Su Wen and then started practicing as if no one else was there.

Su Wen felt a bit awkward; this woman was indeed very cold.

"If you want to find a place to exercise, go out the small door. There's a bamboo grove behind it." Yi Xue suddenly spoke.

"Bamboo grove?" Su Wen was taken aback, "Thanks, I'll go for a run and be back soon."

Su Wen opened the small door.

He was still muttering to himself, "This woman is too scary; she can even guess what I want to do."

A vast expanse of green greeted his eyes.

Su Wen saw a large bamboo grove, at least two acres in size.

In Jiangning, if he hadn't come here himself, who would have believed such a place existed?

He walked through the bamboo grove, his feet stepping on the scattered bamboo leaves, making a rustling sound. It was truly quiet.

"Such a good place, really a good place!" Su Wen couldn't help but praise, "Here, it's so convenient to practice. I can't leave for now; I need to learn all 108 movements of the body techniques."

He found a suitable spot and started practicing.

The fifth movement of the body techniques.

With Xiao Tian's help, he quickly got into position. Perhaps because he already had a foundation, he only needed to try twice to easily complete the movement. After some thought, Xiao Tian decided to change Su Wen's practice time to one hour each session.

Still twice a day.

This meant he only spent two hours practicing each day.

Su Wen was quite happy. After some thought, he decided to spend at least another hour each day practicing other martial arts.

Tai Chi, of course, had to be practiced.

There was also the Bone Separation Hand.

In the bamboo grove, he started practicing Tai Chi first.

With one punch, a bamboo stalk shook continuously. Fortunately, it was a mountain bamboo, thick and sturdy, or it would have broken. After practicing Tai Chi three times, he started practicing the Bone Separation Hand, using the bamboo as his targets. In no time, at least a dozen bamboo stalks bore his handprints.

After half an hour, Su Wen finished his practice.

He wiped the sweat from his head, feeling as if every cell in his body was breathing.

The sun rose, and all things came to life. He knew he had to go to work, so he returned the same way.

It was now a little past 7:30 a.m.

As soon as he returned through the small door, he saw two people sitting in the courtyard.

"You're back just in time, let's eat." Chu Fei looked at Su Wen, "Hmph, you're really lucky; my cousin even made breakfast for you."

Su Wen was embarrassed. He had planned to eat out, but it seemed he didn't need to today.

Yi Xue came out with a plate of fried eggs. She looked at Su Wen and frowned, "You're all sweaty. Take a shower before you come to eat."

Su Wen smiled awkwardly and hurried into the bathroom.

In less than ten minutes, he came out wearing a tracksuit.

The two beautiful women in the courtyard had already started eating.

He saw an empty seat and quickly sat down.

He picked up his chopsticks and, with a mouth full of fried egg, said, "It tastes great, thanks for the breakfast."

Yi Xue didn't respond to Su Wen at all.

Chu Fei also ignored Su Wen but suddenly said, "Cousin, haven't you found your earring yet?"

"I haven't found it. Maybe I lost it outside." Yi Xue pondered, "I don't want to think about it. But this earring was a gift from my mother. If she finds out, she'll scold me. She rarely gives me gifts."

"Earring?" Su Wen was startled. Could it be the one he recycled last night?

"Cousin, if a prince on a white horse appeared before you now, holding your lost earring, and knelt down to say, 'Beautiful princess, can I have dinner with you?' what would you do?" Chu Fei seemed to be imagining a very romantic scene.

"I would consider it." Yi Xue thought for a moment.

"Um... what does your lost earring look like? Is it this one?" Su Wen asked awkwardly.

In his hand was the familiar item.

Chu Fei was stunned and looked at Su Wen in disbelief, "Prince on a white horse, earring?"

Su Wen picked up a fried egg, unsure whether to bite into it.

Being stared at by two beautiful women was very awkward!