I Just Wanted to Live, but I Somehow Became Better Than the Main Character

Chapter 67: Hooray!

After Ye Yong cultivated his mental art for 2 cycles and expanded his spiritual veins, he opened his eyes to find it was already morning. The living room was silent, and the two scrolls that had been hanging on the wall had floated away at some point.

Ye Yong wasn’t sure if the 2 painting beauties had left without saying anything because of the chaotic energy. He decided that if there were similar situations in the future, he wouldn’t cultivate the mental art while he was in physical contact with the painting beauties.

As a reader, Ye Yong was well aware of what chaotic energy was. It was energy that appeared along with the birth of Heaven and Earth. It was one of the strongest energies. In the lower realm, even a small amount could kill Tribulation Realm powerhouses, let alone the painting beauties who only had the strength of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and no physical body.

Ye Yong’s body produced chaotic energy in very small quantities, and since he hadn’t reached the 2nd layer of the Chaotic Origin Divine Art, he couldn’t control the chaotic energy and therefore couldn’t use it for battle. The chaotic energy only became active in his body when he cultivated, continuously circulating within him, cleansing his divine body.

“According to the novel, chaotic energy is the original energy that made up the world. Chaos is nothingness, and nothingness births existence…” Ye Yong recalled how Hua Ming suddenly asked for a hug last night and then quickly let go. “Maybe it’s not that my charm was high enough to make the painting beauties fall in love, but that when they come into physical contact with me, they sense the existence of chaotic energy and instinctively want to absorb it to accelerate the formation of their physical bodies. Unfortunately, they are unable to truly absorb it and can only absorb a bit of the leftover after the chaotic energy has circulated through my body, and the amount they can absorb is very limited…”

Ye Yong wasn’t sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing. The bad thing was, if they accidentally leaked it out, he would be caught and others would try to strip the chaotic energy from him or use him as a tool to produce chaotic energy. If he was lucky, then he would be used as a human cauldron by some villainous lady…

The good thing was that the painting beauties wouldn’t know that it was chaotic energy. Moreover, as painting souls, even if they could only absorb a tiny bit of leftovers, they would benefit greatly from it. They might become very powerful in the future, becoming Painting Soul fairies who didn’t exist in the novel…

“I’ll just watch for now. I’m planning to visit Mu Qing Yin these days, and I’ll check whether or not she knows about the strange energy in my body. If she does, I’ll definitely avoid any physical contact with Hua Ming and Hua Xin in the future to minimize trouble. If she doesn’t know, it means they won’t easily expose my secret, even to their own creator…”

here were very few descriptions of the painting beauties in the novel, so Ye Yong didn’t understand them as well as he understood the heroines. He only knew that they were painting souls that Mu Qing Yin had drawn and endowed with intelligence and that they were extremely loyal to Mu Qing Yin.

Ye Yong was planning to see what the painting beauties were really like and then decide how to interact with them in the future. Yes, the painting beauties were beautiful, but one must be alive to enjoy it, so they must be careful not to die an early death.

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Ye Yong was very cautious, so he tended to think about the situation from the negative side. In fact, the two painting beauties had no intention of exposing Ye Yong at all. If it weren’t for their recent contact with him, combined with the unintentional consumption of the chaotic energy leftovers, they would probably still be slow, idiotic, obedient painting souls.

They were able to become more human-like because of Ye Yong, so they were very grateful to him. Besides, Ye Yong never treated them as dead objects or tools, spoke interesting words, and reacted cutely when teased. Therefore, even if Mu Qing Yin, their master, asked, they would choose to keep Ye Yong’s secret.

After all, becoming human-like meant that they gained a “selfish heart”, having their own thoughts and judgment.

The two painting beauties left without saying goodbye and returned to the assessment house simply because when Ye Yong cultivated his mental art, the chaotic energy actively circulated through his body, making them eager to approach him, but getting too close to him would lead to their destruction, so they had no choice but to leave.

In the assessment house, it was as quiet as ever. 2 scrolls hung in the center, one on the left and one on the right, adding a lot of color to the room.

If those male cultivators who had taken the assessment came back here, they would find the two paintings even more attractive than before, especially the two pairs of eyes, sparkling and glistening, tugging at their heartstrings as if they were looking at real live fairies.

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The first thing Wu Xue did when she woke up was hide behind the door and peek into the living room to see if the painting beauties were gone. Hooray!

Wu Xue instantly felt energized, quickly washed herself, and returned to her room to meticulously groom her long hair. She decided not to cultivate today and instead would spend the whole day with Ye Yong. She hadn’t had much contact with Ye Yong these days, and she was really starting to feel restless. Wu Xue felt that she would go crazy if she wasn’t able to see Ye Yong for a while. After grooming her hair and smoothing out the wrinkles in her dress, Wu Xue sat obediently in the living room, waiting for Ye Yong to return.

Normally around this time, Ye Yong would be cultivating martial arts in the courtyard or practicing footwork in the nearby mountains, and then bring back delicious breakfast.

The courtyard was quiet, so Wu Xue guessed that Ye Yong had gone to practice footwork.

And sure enough, after waiting for a while, Ye Yong came back. Wu Xue quickly stood up. “Good morning, Young Master!”

“Good morning, you’re pretty energetic,” Ye Yong placed the breakfast made by the cooking system on the table. “I’m really sorry about last night…”

Before Ye Yong could finish speaking, Wu Xue shook her head. “It’s not your fault, Young Master. The fact that Young Master knows such existences is proof of Young Master’s ability.”

In Wu Xue’s eyes, the Nascent Soul Realm painting souls were powerful beings. Or rather, in the early stages of the novel, both Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were considered powerful.

But Ye Yong, as a bookworm, had read many novels and had seen enough of the characters who were powerful in the early stages and then were beaten into dogs in the middle and late stages and couldn’t even qualify as background extras, so he didn’t feel a bit of awe.

“As long as you don’t mind.” Ye Yong let Wu Xue eat breakfast while he sat next to her, watching her eat little by little like a small animal. It wasn’t the first time Ye Yong had watched her eat, but no matter how many times it had happened, Wu Xue would feel extremely shy. Moreover, the food was extremely delicious, but she had to eat slowly to maintain her image.

With the conflicting feelings of “Young Master please look at me more” and “Young Master please don’t look at me”, Wu Xue took an hour to finish her food. Yes, a whole hour. Not only did she eat slowly, but as she had a divine physique and was at the Qi Refinement Realm, she had to eat a lot more than a mortal.

Time passed quickly when admiring cute things. It was like a cat cafe, with all the cute cats, and once someone entered, they would stay there all day before they realized it.

During the hour that Wu Xue was eating, Ye Yong didn’t feel bored at all. He would occasionally pick up some food and hold it in front of Wu Xue’s mouth. Watching her hesitate but ultimately accept the food, carefully opening her mouth and quickly biting it, and then lowering her head to eat, Ye Yong found her demeanor simply adorable and healing.

Fortunately, he was single when he was on Earth and didn’t have a girlfriend or little sisters like this. Otherwise, Ye Yong would have fought with the system to go back to Earth.