In fact, practicing the horse stance is not bad. When immersed in the practice, one can forget about the surroundings. Sleeping is the real test.

It's one thing to not know or be unsure, but now that he knows it's a girl sleeping next to him, which man can still be as indifferent as before?

To make matters worse, everyone had washed up today, and Luo Qi had even changed her clothes after entering the city. There was still a faint fragrance lingering in the air, which was so close to his nose.

Zhao Changhe, who had always been lying on his back, turned over and curled up for a rare moment today. He had been lying there for half an hour with his eyes open, unable to fall asleep.

On the other hand, Luo Qi lay quietly on her back, with her eyes slightly closed, seemingly practicing with a calm mind.

But how can one practice? She was cursing in her heart.

It was really annoying. The most important thing in practicing inner energy was to concentrate and calm the mind, but recently, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't focus or calm down.

If she didn't go crazy, it would be considered good...

Sometimes, Luo Qi would think that if she had killed Zhao Changhe earlier, many problems would not have existed... She had a reason to kill him.

However, she didn't dare to do it before. She still needed Zhao Changhe's "credit" to stay here. Otherwise, she might not even be able to stay. Since he had left her food, it was really hard to kill him.

Should she ask the sect to give her another room? But she knew it was impossible. The treatment of having a separate room was reserved for the middle and higher-level disciples, which she was not qualified for.

To be assigned to live with another female? That was wishful thinking. To be assigned to live with another male... she would definitely kill him.

After all the fuss, it ended up like this. They couldn't leave each other, nor could they avoid each other.

What's ridiculous was that she didn't feel as tense as yesterday. After all, they had slept together, and she had gotten used to it. He wouldn't touch her inappropriately, so she could trust him.

That's it then.

Suddenly, Luo Qi felt a sense of panic. She had never thought that one day she would accept sleeping with a man so calmly.

Habit was a terrible force.

Unknowingly, Zhao Changhe's faint snoring finally sounded, and Luo Qi felt as if she had received a signal, and slowly fell asleep.

...

The next morning, before the sound of the vendors delivering breakfast buns reached their room, Luo Qi was already awakened.

Her first reaction was that something was wrong. The hard pillow had become comfortable.

She opened her eyes drowsily and immediately felt a jolt in her heart.

What pillow?

She was leaning against Zhao Changhe's shoulder, with one hand wrapped around his waist, and her legs almost draped over him.

Luo Qi carefully retreated.

She had been wondering if he would unconsciously hug her in his sleep, but it turned out that Zhao Changhe was sleeping soundly, and it was her who had hugged him unconsciously.

Luo Qi almost cried. She shouldn't have drunk so much.

Fortunately, Zhao Changhe, who was also easily awakened like her, didn't seem to wake up today. He was still sleeping soundly. Luo Qi breathed a sigh of relief, calmly tidied up the messy quilt, and waited quietly for the vendor to knock on the door.

Sure enough, as soon as the vendor knocked on the door, Zhao Changhe woke up like he had been wound up, stretched lazily, turned his head to look at Luo Qi, and smiled at her, "Morning."

Everything was normal.

The weight that had been hanging in Luo Qi's heart finally fell. She patted Zhao Changhe's shoulder with a smile and said, "Go get the food."

This time, Zhao Changhe hesitated a little, but reluctantly got out of bed, bowed his body, and went to get the breakfast buns.Luo Qi had a blank expression, she understood what had happened just now.

That guy must have already woken up and pretended not to know... Otherwise, he would be embarrassed by what was standing up under his sheets.

"Phew." Luo Qi spat lightly and blushed involuntarily.

Is this all he's got?

Clearly, he's very lustful!

But he's quite tactful. At least it's not awkward now.

This is called... I'm pretending, he knows I'm pretending, I know he knows I'm pretending, he knows I know he knows I'm pretending, and then we all tacitly continue pretending.

What is going on...

Zhao Changhe brought over a steamed bun, not knowing what expression to make, so he threw it over with a blank face. "I'm going to practice. Be careful when hunting beasts. It's not without risk. When I get to know Sun Instructor better, I'll see if I can transfer you to another post..."

Luo Qi smiled slightly. "Okay, go ahead."

Zhao Changhe ran away in a somewhat awkward posture. Seeing his awkward posture, Luo Qi angrily tore the steamed bun into pieces as if she was pinching the soft flesh around Zhao Changhe's waist.

"He's so lustful, yet he pretends to be straight!"

Poor Zhao Changhe, a vigorous man, even if nothing happened, he often naturally had a lecherous look. What does that have to do with being lustful?

Besides, this senior brother smelled fragrant after showering, and when she leaned on him, the feeling of his arm was soft... Zhao Changhe was still single, how could he resist it!

"Zhao Changhe!" Sun Instructor's annoyed voice came.

"Ah..." Zhao Changhe felt like he was caught by the professor in class and said awkwardly, "Instructor... "

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"I praised you for working hard yesterday, and today you're distracted? Tell me where the key points are for the tilted stroke I taught you earlier."

Stroke? I didn't stroke her, she stroked me... Uh, wait a minute...

Zhao Changhe said, "..."

So women really do affect the speed of cultivation? Look how messed up his horse stance was last night, and his mind was still messed up this morning.

Really.

"Please instruct me again, I'll punish myself today and practice three thousand times!"

Zhao Changhe tried to use his full concentration to dilute his thoughts of men and women, but the fact proved that it was not necessary.

Habit is truly a terrible force.

He never thought that his relationship with Luo Qi would be more casual than before after this day.

Now that he was respected in the "Beginner Village," he brought an extra bowl of dinner back every day, and no one dared to object, so he brought food back to Luo Qi every day. Sometimes, Luo Qi would secretly exchange the beasts she hunted for money and buy alcohol for Zhao Changhe.

It's not that alcohol is more important than meat, but the two of them found that hot wine does indeed have an auxiliary effect on Zhao Changhe's Bloodthirsty Art, and the effect is quite good.

They ate together, exchanged their experiences casually, and then practiced external knife skills at the door and internal breathing on the bed. After training, they slept without saying much.

There's nothing to say.

Zhao Changhe occasionally and unintentionally bumped shoulders with Luo Qi, and Luo Qi no longer avoided it. Sometimes, she even took the initiative to put her arm around his shoulder and walked around the mountain village, showing off their brotherhood. Others thought it was quite normal, and no one thought otherwise.

And at this level of physical contact, neither of them had any reaction anymore.

Zhao Changhe didn't need to bend his body, and Luo Qi wouldn't be electrified again.

Even if they woke up in the morning and found someone's hand on their body, they would yawn and take it away as if nothing had happened.For the two who had their own worries and goals, they didn't have any thoughts of being entangled in a romantic relationship. After getting used to it, it was just that simple.

Their biggest understanding was just to separate when taking a shower, nothing more.

"Clang!" The knife flashed and accurately struck the iron rod flying towards him, knocking it down to the ground.

Sun Jiaoxue bent down to pick up the iron rod next to him, and accurately added a new mark to the existing one on the rod, without any deviation.

After practicing day and night, Zhao Changhe had switched from hitting a stationary target to a moving one, accurately hitting the desired spot on objects that passed by not too quickly.

Eye to knife.

It had been almost twenty days since the night when Luo Qi's virginity was confirmed.

The basic knife skills had officially graduated, taking more than 20 days, and it had been a month since he crossed over.

When he crossed over, it was the end of October, with light snow.

Now it was November, with cold frost and winter solstice.