“In truth, calling it rest was a stretch, Xu Fei knew full well he wouldn’t be sleeping tonight.
Moreover, if he could finish transferring the yang energy into the jade Arhats before dawn, that’d be quite an achievement!
Outside, the moonlight glowed brightly, inside, Xu Fei sat cross-legged on the bed.
The moonlight fell across his face, lending him an air of solemn dignity.
Before him were the four exquisitely carved jade Arhats.
If one looked closely, they’d see four faint, dotted lines connecting Xu Fei’s body to the four jade Arhats.
He maintained this state straight through until the early hours of the next morning.
‘Knock, knock, knock! Time to get up and eat, darling!’
Hearing Lin Qingxue’s knock at the door, Xu Fei slowly opened his eyes.
He glanced within himself and, sure enough, the store of yang energy had decreased significantly, it must have all been transferred into the jade Arhats.
‘My goodness, they’re so heavy!’
When Xu Fei opened his eyes and got out of bed, reaching to pick up the jade Arhats, he nearly dropped them!
It wasn’t that he couldn’t lift them, with Xu Fei’s current strength, he was practically a powerhouse.
It was just that he hadn’t expected the jade Arhats to become so heavy now, each one feeling as though it weighed a ton.
‘Strange, when the yang energy was stored in my body before, why didn’t I feel a thing?’
Though he found it odd, Xu Fei couldn’t figure out the reason for the moment, so he just shook his head, left the jade Arhats on the bed, and went downstairs to eat.
Downstairs, Xu Fei found the family already seated, waiting just for him.
‘Darling, hurry up, the food’s going to get cold if you dawdle any longer!’
Xu Fei nodded quickly at that and sat down to eat, during the meal, Lin Qingxue couldn’t help but ask.
‘You didn’t come back to bed last night and came down so late today, what on earth were you messing around with in the study?’
Hearing Lin Qingxue’s question, Xu Fei paused to think, deciding he didn’t want the family to know too much.
After all, matters of cultivation were best kept from ordinary people, otherwise, it could easily stir up unnecessary trouble.
Just then, Xu Fei remembered that even if the four jade Arhats weren’t used as vessels for yang energy, their material alone made them fine jade pieces, surely worth a high price.
So, he went along with that excuse.
‘Oh, it’s nothing much, a few days ago I happened to come across a set of jade Arhat statues, last night I polished them a bit, so it took some time.’
‘Oh, and if you’ve got a spare moment in the next couple of days, could you help me contact a factory to make a safe? I’d like to store the jade Arhats in it.’
Truth be told, Xu Fei could’ve just contacted Bai Zhan directly for this, but he wanted Lin Qingxue to feel involved, that way the family would be convinced and wouldn’t suspect too much.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Lin Qingxue replied.
‘I didn’t know you’d taken an interest in jade antiques, alright then, I happen to know some friends in that line, I’ll let you know once it’s sorted!’
The meal ended quickly, and the family members went off to school or work as needed, leaving Xu Fei alone at home.”
