CXnovel #196 - Suit and Tie
#196 - Suit and Tie
It was the weekend. Liang Yue had just finished hosting a bunch of freeloading classmates, including Elizabeth, for a lavish dinner at his home. After seeing them off one by one, Liang Yue slipped into the Stronghold World.
Elizabeth, the blonde girl, was now somewhat aware of her position as the 'lady of the house'.
When entertaining guests like Sam, Holland, Gwen Stacy, and Liang Yue's little Japanese classmate, she consciously helped serve tea and water and assisted with cooking.
When it was time to leave, the girl also helped him clean up the dishes before being the last to depart.
The only pity was that she didn't intend to stay overnight~
So, although this blonde girl is seen by other classmates as Liang Yue's official girlfriend, their actual relationship is still in the trainee stage...
With a flash of light, Liang Yue arrived inside the Stronghold World.
However~ the place where he appeared this time was not the village where the women were, but a swampy area shrouded in a faint mist.
The ground was soft, and occasionally, splashes of water would bubble up when stepped on. Ponds dotted the surroundings, and the air carried a faint, oily, fermented smell.
A dead sheep was lying on the shore, its fur tattered, revealing its white bones. Countless maggots were wriggling in its remaining carcass, surrounded by swarms of flamboyant flies.
In addition, the croaking of unknown frogs constantly echoed around, soon forming a chorus.
Listening to it, Liang Yue felt a little noisy, but he could barely accept it.
The reason why he would stay away from home and the company of the women, coming to this desolate wilderness, was actually for seclusion!
That's right, he came here for~ seclusion!
To be precise, he came alone to cultivate his superpower, 'Hair Manipulation'~
The cause of this matter has to be traced back to last night.
Although Liang Yue had already used Smaug's dragon bloodline power to cultivate 'Hun Yuan Gong' to the top level, he still maintained the good habit of practicing at night.
It's just that the cultivation method he practiced had changed from 'Hun Yuan Gong' to 'Dazhui Fist'.
As a result, when he was cultivating in the evening to a certain stage.
Somehow, a mosquito floated to the roof of the library. Seeing Liang Yue covered in sweat, it circled him twice and finally landed on his calf.
Liang Yue had already keenly noticed the mosquito's figure, but he was at a critical moment of cultivation. He needed to maintain a levitating state, with his hands firmly gripping an iron bar.
He really couldn't spare any extra hands or feet to swat this little bitch who was about to suck his blood~
Just as he was troubled and worried about this, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.
Then, he silently activated his superpower.
After a few breaths, he used the black hair on his calf to strangle the mosquito to death~
He tied up the mosquito with the hair on his calf, and then, with a tug in the opposite direction, he strangled the mosquito to death!
'Hair Manipulation' could also be used to prevent mosquitoes. This was something Liang Yue had never thought of before!
Of course, that's not the point~
The real point was that, afterwards, when he checked the superpower panel, he was surprised to find that his accidental act of strangling a mosquito with his hair had brought him more than thirty superpower proficiency points at once...
At this moment, Liang Yue's thoughts also became active.
You know, according to the system's description, the superpower system is actually different from other abilities on his body, such as cultivation methods, skills, and so on.
Even the initial proficiency of a superpower level is as high as one thousand points!
That's ten times more than the first-level proficiency of a skill or cultivation method!
In this case, although Liang Yue looked down on the 'Hair Manipulation' ability he had drawn, he couldn't help but pay attention to it in the face of the real data comparison.
So, after this discovery, he began to turn his mind.
As a result, the next morning, which was this morning, Liang Yue had Rachel send him to such a swampy area in front of him.
He didn't even go to the dungeon!
For nothing else, just to quickly train his superpower~
As for the reason for choosing the swamp terrain, it was very simple. According to Liang Yue's observation, although there was a lot of water and ponds in the swamp, most of them were stagnant puddles.
In this environment, it was most suitable for breeding all kinds of mosquitoes and flies. The surrounding frog sounds could be connected, which also indirectly indicated that frogs could find more food here!
"Well~ but just standing here won't work. After all, it's in the wild. What if a few zombies or skeleton monsters spawn at that time? It would be quite dangerous if I were too absorbed in cultivation..."
Thinking of this, Liang Yue immediately looked around and quickly selected a flat area near the pond. Then, he used stone blocks to build a simple waterfront pavilion for himself.
The four pillars were more than two meters high, and the main body of the building was above the pillars.
The walls of the pavilion were only built about one meter high, but it was enough to block the invasion of zombies and skeleton archers. Then, torches were inserted around the perimeter.
Soon, various buzzing and whining sounds of mosquitoes and flies rang out in the room where Liang Yue was.
Seeing this, he didn't waste any time. After looking around to make sure there were no omissions, he directly took off his clothes and stood naked in the center of the pavilion, silently concentrating on cultivation.
...
The next day, around ten o'clock in the morning, the tailor shop called, saying that one of the suits he had ordered was completed.
So~ Liang Yue immediately drove all the way, and then, about half an hour later, he returned home.
After this trip, the clothes on this guy's body had been changed from the comfortable casual dress he had worn when he left to a set of rigorous and decent black handmade suits, with a white shirt as the lining.
It was just an ordinary black and white combination, without any extra embellishments.
But under the tailoring, it completely fit Liang Yue's figure and size. Standing in front of the mirror, his entire temperament was completely highlighted.
There's no need to say more about the workmanship. After all, Elizabeth led him to a high-end store. If there were any mistakes in it, the store would be smashing its own brand.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't I introduce an electrical system into my Stronghold World sooner? Although the village doesn't lack light due to the torches, and the climate and temperature are very comfortable.
The library also has a lot of books to read, martial arts to practice, and recently I can go to a dungeon with a team again, but Shizuka and Yuriko are, after all, people from modern society.
Staying in such a village without an electrical system for a long time, I'm afraid they will also feel bored, right?"
Liang Yue, who was standing in front of the mirror tidying himself up, suddenly had this idea in his mind when he thought of the party he was going to attend tonight~
Immediately, this guy took out a wooden gift box from the drawer next to him. Opening the box, a delicate watch appeared there.
This was exactly the gift that the blonde girl, Elizabeth, had bought for him when Liang Yue and Elizabeth went on their first date.
This guy remembered that it had cost more than 300,000 US dollars at the time. He really didn't know why a watch that was obviously only used for timing would sell so expensively~
"In such an occasion tonight, I still have to put on the act that I should. Those jewelry and the like seem a bit ostentatious when worn, and a watch seems a little more low-key."
Thinking of this, Liang Yue put the watch on his left wrist, and tidied up his sleeves, hiding the brilliance of the jewelry inside his cuffs.
"Ding dong~"
At this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Hearing this sound, Liang Yue raised his eyebrows, thinking, besides my classmates, do I have guests at home?
With doubts in his heart, he quickly walked over and took a look after opening the door.
"Hi~ Coulson, what's up?"
"Yes, there is indeed something. With this getup, are you going out? If it's inconvenient~"
"It's okay~ come in, I just have a party tonight, and I have plenty of time now."
"Thank you~"
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