Chapter 59: Fatty

  Luoyu opened her eyes and stared at her thick arms, sighing.

  For four years, Luo Yu lived a life of three points and one line in the sect, trial forest, and street market. She learned new spells, her symbol rose to second-class, and her cultivation advanced to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining. However, the pressure on her body increased day by day, and Luo Yu had no choice but to strengthen her physical training. Her body slowly gained weight, making her a bit chubbier than other female cultivators. In fact, it wasn't just a little bit, but rather one circle? Two circles? Or was it one and a half circles?

  Her goose-egg face turned into an apple face, fortunately her eyes were big enough, and her facial features were delicate, leaving a few points of elegance. But the flesh on her body was already comparable to that of an ordinary male cultivator, completely inconsistent with the slender and ethereal aesthetic of the female cultivators in the Cultivation Realm. So, she usually wore loose green robes, never tying a belt around her waist, which also covered up most of her chest. Luo Yu patted her chest, this was the only bonus to her body type from practicing Body Tempering, oh, and her height, she currently had 1.75 meters.

  In the Xiu Zhen world, the average height of women is 1.65 meters and men are 1.80 meters. Luo Yu secretly prayed that she wouldn't grow any taller! She wasn't afraid of not being able to get married, but rather didn't want to give Zi Yun, who was 1.88 meters tall, too much pressure. Every time he came to see her, he would first compare heights with Luo Yu and then shake his head in dismay, with a hint of relief on his face.

  Luoyu was only fifteen years old, and an ordinary female cultivator wouldn't grow so quickly. However, she had been cultivating in the initial womb space, connecting her internal organs with the space to become one entity, which not only enhanced the space but also increased the burden on her body. In the past two years, Luoyu often felt a tearing pain in her flesh, and she had to put eighty percent of her energy into cultivation, taking a medicinal bath every other day. It wasn't that Luoyu didn't want to take a bath every day, but one dose of medicine now cost one mid-grade spirit stone, which was not something she could afford. Fortunately, she could now draw second-tier talismans; otherwise, she would have stopped taking the medicine long ago.

  Luoyu's physical cultivation had already reached the third stage of Dacheng, which was even higher than her Qi cultivation. She worried that if she entered the fourth stage of physical cultivation, also known as the flesh refinement period, her body would completely develop in a masculine direction, so she stopped cultivating physically. Fortunately, she had stabilized her physical body and no longer felt the pain of tearing apart.

  It was the beginning of the month again, and Luo Yu came to the Qingning small shop, handing a storage bag to Wen Shu.

  "Wen Shu, here are over 100 talismans, mostly of mid to lower quality. I'll head to the backyard first, and when I'm about to leave, you can hand me the spiritual stones and materials for making talismans."

  Four years had passed and Luo Yu was already familiar with Wen Shu, so she called him Uncle together with Song Ning.

  "Huang's girl is here," said Wen Shu, taking over the storage bag. "You can rest assured to go in, both young masters are already inside. Before you come out, I will prepare the materials you need, and Yang Gongzi has instructed me to prepare 2000 sets of materials for you. It seems that the door is about to be closed, and the goods in the store are starting to become scarce. Your talismans were snatched up as soon as they came out, selling faster than others'. However, one hundred talismans may not be enough to cover the cost of two thousand sets of materials. I'll calculate it for you next time you sell."

  "Thanks, Uncle Wen, but Master Yang is too black-hearted. He wants me to rush out two years' worth of goods in just two months, how is that possible!" Luo Yu complained, not forgetting to add, "Uncle Wen, I'll need 4000 units of materials, and if the spiritual stones are insufficient, I'll make up for it." With the small competition ending in half a month, she had to prepare ahead of time for the opening of the Qing Huang Secret Realm.

  Her talismans sell quickly because their efficacy is about 30% higher than similar products, and at the same price, they naturally sell faster.

  Luo Yu didn't understand why Chu Yang, this cunning merchant, hadn't raised the price for sale. She also asked him about it, and at that time, Chu Yang even slapped her.

  "You're getting more and more useless! You only bring me a hundred talismans per month, how can that be enough to sell for a whole month? Of course, I have to find other sources of goods. Every now and then, I'll put out a few of your talismans, mixed in with the others, and sell them together. The buyers will get a good deal and naturally become repeat customers, and business in the store will get better and better. Is it worth sacrificing just a few dozen low-grade spirit stones?"

  "Great job! I admire you!" Luo Yu didn't get angry even after being hit, and licked her face saying: "Since the store made more money, shouldn't you treat this meritorious person to a meal at Yun Tian Ge?"

  With a loud slap, Luo Yu's head was hit again. Chu Yang lost his temper: "Which time did you come and I let you leave on an empty stomach? Didn't you always lean against the wall to go in and out?"

  Luo Yu walked into the backyard and indeed saw Song Ning and Chu Yang, who were playing chess in the pavilion.

  "Fatty, let me see if you've gotten fatter?" Chu Yang pushed the chessboard away, he had long been impatient with playing chess. With a wave of his long sleeve, he summoned Luo Yu to the main hall.

  "Hey, I'm a big girl now, why are you still using that childish trick?" Luo Yu said discontentedly.

  "Hmm, I didn't see the big girl, only saw a big fat guy. Tell me, did you gain another 10 pounds this month?" Chu Yang was mentioning one pot and opening another.

  Luoyu ignored him and bowed: "Uncle Song!"

  "Sit down." Song Ning brushed off his sleeve and picked up Luo Yu, "Let you change your mouth to call me brother, you've always refused. Today, I don't have much to teach you, your talisman level is no weaker than mine, it's just limited by your cultivation, so you still can't draw a third-grade talisman. In the future, you can come here often, and we'll just be friends chatting."

  Luoyu took out the symbol book and handed it over: "Thank you, Master Shu, for four years of teaching. I have memorized the symbols in the book, please take it back."

  "No need, I've already reported to Master. This book is for you now. But remember, it's not to be lightly passed on to anyone outside our sect."

  Luo Yu was overjoyed and stood up to bow: "Thank you, Master Song, thank you, Head of the Sect!"

  "No need to be polite!" Song Ning smiled, "I didn't mention it to Master, but you can already draw a second-order symbol. Otherwise, he would definitely want to see you. Since you insisted on building your foundation before becoming an apprentice, don't use the second-order symbol in the small competition of the sect. Moreover, this trial has rules, and symbols and arrays that exceed one's own rank cannot be used. When entering the top ten finals, symbols and arrays are not allowed to be used at all, to ensure the fairness of the trial."

  "There's also this rule! I need to prepare a gun." Luo Yu is now not only familiar with the Ba Tian Fist, but has also initially mastered the Ba Tian Gun Decision. However, he had been using a white pole to practice his hands until now, and needs to consider switching to a suitable gun.

  "Few practitioners use guns as a law enforcement tool, but there are still some. This matter will be handed over to Chu Yang to handle, he knows many people."

  "Why should I be bothered with this?" Chu Yang muttered under his breath, "I'm not her sweetheart after all."

  "What's going on?" Song Ning furrowed his brow, he and Luo Xue's relationship had recently changed from ordinary fellow disciples to a more intimate one, he didn't want anything to affect their interactions.

  Luo Yu gave Chu Yang a faint glance, she had let go of her feelings for Song Ning four years ago, but Chu Yang still made fun of her behind her back, and this time he even slipped up.

  "I was wrong, I'm her heartthrob!" Chu Yang regretted, "Her gun, I'll help find it within a month!"

  "Half a month!" Luo Yu gave Chu Yang a sideways glance. "Otherwise, 2,000 yuan is not even worth mentioning. Besides, I don't have a crush on anyone."

  "You win this time!" Chu Yang conceded, "But today, you're paying."

  "Let's go, we'll head to that small spiritual food store across the way, as long as you're willing to lower yourself. " She only had 5 mid-grade spirit stones and a few dozen low-grade spirit stones in her storage bag, which was far from enough for Cloud Sky Pavilion.

  "Haha, you've finally wronged me! As long as I'm not going out with a bare face, it doesn't matter where I go!" Chu Yang said with a pleased expression.

  Just change your face? I've never seen such a extreme person!

  "That's good, I'll order the dishes and you order the rice." Luoyu was worried that he would order dozens of dishes and ask to take them away, so she had to make it clear beforehand.

  "Hey, what's good about the meal? It's just spiritual rice, monster egg fried rice or spiritual vegetable fried rice."

  "2000 pieces——"

  "Alright, have it your way, petty and overbearing woman, big fatty!" Chu Yang suddenly shook his fan violently, a strong gust of wind blowing towards the person opposite him, but the figure had already dodged behind Song Ning.