How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!

The old man beamed: "It's done! Just like that! I'll teach you a set of built-in Energy Arrays, and then you'll be able to create a real puppet."

Ding Dong was overjoyed: "Brother, could you lend me this pen for a few days?"

"What are you talking about borrowing? I'll give it to you!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Besides, I'll throw in a pile of Array Stones for you!"

He stretched out his hand, and a small bag appeared in his palm, which he placed on the coffee table. Ding Dong's heart raced, and he hugged Lin Xiaosu tightly: "Brother, my sister is yours! If my mom asks for a dowry or anything, no matter how much, just name a price, it's all on me! I guarantee you won't spend a dime, you'll bring my sister home!"

Lin Xiaosu was both amused and helpless: "I'll head upstairs first!"

He turned and took the elevator up.

The Array Pen, he gave it to Ding Dong, simply because he had gathered all Five Elements, reaching the "giving up drawing" stage in Array Path cultivation, and no longer needed the Array Pen.

He didn't linger to mooch off the old man's Puppet Path, not only respecting the Cultivation Path's rule of "the law is not easily passed on," but also due to other considerations: Puppet Path was not his path, and there were already plenty of things he needed to comprehend, with no intention of embarking on the Puppet Path.

Ding Dong stayed up all last night, and there's indication suggesting he'll continue staying up today.

Because, he unlocked the most miraculous secret technique: Puppetry Technique!

His lifelong interests and hobbies, in the coming time, will fully ascend to "his path"...

Lin Xiaosu returned to the hall.

Mrs. Ding ran over: "Su'er, your brother... um, how's Dong'er doing?"

"Auntie, don't worry, he's really happy."

"Happy?" Mrs. Ding was in complete disbelief.

"Yes, and I assure you he won't step outside for the next week."

Mrs. Ding smiled happily: "I said it, Su'er is the most capable! No matter the issue, you can always fix it, Sister Mei!"

"Here, madam!"

"Prepare the dishes, I'm making something tasty for Su'er!"

She excitedly went to the kitchen.

On the couch, Ding Ruoshui sneaked a peek, giving Lin Xiaosu a glance, meaning to tell him: your tough days are back again, my mom's cooking tomato fried with tomato today, let's see how you'll finish eating it.

Lunch was tomato fried with tomato.

Ding Dong didn't come out until sunset, then he finally emerged, eating the meal Aunt Mei left, pretty much sweeping clean, and then excitedly headed upstairs, pulling Lin Xiaosu into his room.

Mrs. Ding, Ding Ruoshui, and Aunt Mei observed cautiously.

They were all stunned.

Just like Lin Xiaosu said, he was very happy!

Very cheerful!

But is this reasonable?

He just went through two or three months of brutal torment, and as soon as he returned home, faced another punishment from his mother: no going out to mess around with mistresses.

By normal standards, given this wastrel's previous habit, he shouldn't be excited no matter what.

Yet he was indeed very cheerful.

From the look of it, he didn't even need a psychologist for his severe psychological trauma!

Indeed, Ding Dong was extremely excited, pulled Lin Xiaosu inside the room, and closed the door: "Brother, I think I've truly decoded the Wing Blade!"

"So? Planning to return to Qianlong to catch up with your Little You?"

Ding Dong shot him a glare and suddenly laughed, chuckling loudly.

After laughing, he shook his head: "No need for now. Anyway, the Wing Blade's current capabilities are sufficient, I've barely stepped through Puppetry Technique's door, might as well hone this skill first... hey, how's your case going?"

"Preliminary breakthrough!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Your cheap master has quite a mysterious background..."

He relayed the legend of the Ancient Relics to Ding Dong.

Ding Dong was deeply moved: "During the Ancient Era, Wan Clan contended for supremacy, leaving behind relics, and when they emerge, the world outside has become so different. Speaking of my master, although he still has a bit of ghostliness, considering his experiences, it's pretty pathetic. My emotional knots are untied, I'm not afraid anymore, I'm off!"

Heading downstairs, he directly told Mrs. Ding that for the next few months, he'd be making some things in the basement and wouldn't be coming out, just have Aunt Mei bring him meals.

Then he went into the basement.

Lin Xiaosu's second prediction came true.

In the coming time, Ding Dong will be very well-behaved. The dandy will transform into a homeboy.

Ding Lizhong returned.

Knowing his son came home, he was happy all day, seeing Lin Xiaosu visit, he was even more delighted.

He accompanied Lin Xiaosu for dinner, had some red wine, and all the gloomy clouds enveloping the Ding Family completely dispersed.

At night, Lin Xiaosu went into the guest room, washed up, and lay on the soft big bed.

The door softly clicked, silently opening.

The scent wafted in, causing Lin Xiaosu's heart to race...

Ding Ruoshui came in.

She had just bathed, her hair not completely dry.

Her face bore a hint of blush.

Her pajamas, although very loose, made Lin Xiaosu curse his good eyesight bitterly, as he could clearly see the vacuum underneath.

A gentle fragrance swirling, stirring up a pond full of spring waters.

Ding Ruoshui approached his bed, sitting down with half of her hip on the edge: "I'm here on my mom's orders!"

"What?" Lin Xiaosu was quite surprised.

Ding Ruoshui shot him a little side-eye: "Don't get any wrong ideas... I'm here because my mom wants me to ask what exactly is up with my brother?"

"Didn't he say that? He got kidnapped by a fraud ring, and I went through hell and high water, risking life and limb to rescue him..."

"Oh please! Do you think I believe that?"

"Believe or not, what matters is... I completed this impossible task, you once said you'd give a hundred million! When are you paying up?" Lin Xiaosu retaliated.

Ding Ruoshui said: "My mom said using money to hit you is an insult to you!"

"What if... I want to be insulted?"

"Even if you want to be insulted, it's useless. My mom is a complete miser, not a penny spared!" Ding Ruoshui sighed, "She plans to give a second kind of reward, oh, I really don't know how to put it..."

Lin Xiaosu's eyes widened: "Second kind of reward? Giving someone?"

"Hmm." Ding Ruoshui bashfully coy.

This pear blossom with a bit of dew.

This shyness with a touch of timidity.

Like kindling, that can gradually warm a man's blood.

"So... shall we?"

Ding Ruoshui stammered: "I promised to play, I keep my word... but I didn't say play must be about that... at most, you could have a kiss!"

She closed the room's light with a flick of her wrist.

As the light went out, the fragrance became palpable.

The car was already on the road, trying to brake on the muddy surface, but it wasn't easy.

Ding Ruoshui set many boundaries, each with a caution: "Don't overdo it, at most just..."

From at most a kiss, to at most a feel, to just rubbing against the outside...

In the end, all principles retreated to the heels.

Blood heated, mind went blank, eyes closed, feet kicked...

The soft big bed, like waves of the sea, began to undulate...

At dawn, Ding Ruoshui sprang up: "Oh my god, went too far!"

After breakfast, Lin Xiaosu was about to leave, she drove him in her blue car, first stopping at a pharmacy to buy a box of "morning-after pills".

Watching her graceful figure, like a pear blossom after rain, exit the pharmacy.

Lin Xiaosu admired her greatly.

Closing the car door, Ding Ruoshui picked up the teacup: "Hey, how many do I take?"

"How would I know how many to take? I've never had them... check the instructions!"

"The instructions are vague, it says take one at a time! What does 'one at a time' mean?" Ding Ruoshui said: "You did it four times, should I take four?"

"Probably not? It should still be one!"

The two studied it closely for a long time, Ding Ruoshui said: "Whatever, I'll just take one, if I mess up and have triplets, I'll ask my mom for three billion!"

"Oh my god, you find wealth everywhere..."

Back to having fun in Jiangcheng, they were completely uninhibited.

Kissing in the car, holding hands under the willow, having a big meal at noon, then checking into a high-end hotel to flaunt youth and passion in Jiangcheng.

As the sun set in the west, Ding Ruoshui floored it to send him to the airport, hugging and kissing him goodbye, and comfortably returned to Nanhu Villa.

Entering the villa, Mrs. Ding ran out from the living room: "Did Xiaosu get home?"

"Yeah!"

"Did you go meet his mom?"

"Why would I see his mom?"

"How could you not think about bonding with your future mother-in-law?"

"What bonding? It's not even that serious with us yet."

"Not that serious yet? I'll show you not that serious..." Mrs. Ding was exasperated, almost grabbing the family rules.

Ding Ruoshui immediately dashed upstairs in escape.

Aunt Mei grabbed the lady's hand, whispering in her ear.

Mrs. Ding's expression suddenly changed, looking at Aunt Mei incredulously: "Are you serious?"

"Seriously, I'm sure about this if nothing else!"

"Alright, alright!" Mrs. Ding was full of joy.

As for what Aunt Mei was talking about, you'll have to guess...

As for what Lin Xiaosu did after saying goodbye to Ding Ruoshui, that's directly revealed!

He took an international flight, re-entering the Middle East!

This time entering the Middle East, he didn't use the nasty method from before.

He used a legitimate way.

Applying for a passport with his real name!

Ordinary people need to check their ancestors to get a passport, but Lin Xiaosu applying for a passport is too simple.

Took out Dragon Eye, clicked a section.

Half an hour later, he went directly to the airport's police office, where a policeman appeared in front of him, saluted, and handed over a passport with both hands.

This passport, usable globally.

This is Level 3 Authority!

Level 3 Authority, Qianlong King's treatment.

If anyone from Qianlong knew he was using this method to travel abroad, they would be shocked.

Lin Xiaosu, ranked second on the Nine Headed Snake Death List.

What does second on the Death List mean?

It's worth the entire base of Nine Headed Snake to exchange lives for it.

The Middle East is so complicated, yet you dare to expose your whereabouts?

But Lin Xiaosu just dares!

From Jiangcheng reaching the Durta Capital, then he vanished into thin air.

Even if someone follows, they would never track him.

No one knew he went to an old place.

The Divine Temple!

The Divine Temple, still under Flying Eagle Army's control, Lin Xiaosu didn't enter the temple basement, wearing a regular soldier's attire, stood at the perimeter.

The night wind rose, bringing the chill of late autumn.

The cloudy sky was dim, highlighting the military's somberness.

Lin Xiaosu's Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye retraced, going back to that scene...

The Left Envoy, Qing Ru, three Holy Elders...

The Moon Lotus appeared, the army turned on each other...

Suddenly, Qing Ru acted, took the Moon Lotus, and hid behind the ruins.

Exit the battlefield from another side.

On that battlefield, there was clearly a defensive line.

As he arrived, the soldiers' eyes showed confusion, he walked out of the battlefield boldly...

With a look, a soldier on a military vehicle got off, he got on, driving away leisurely.

There were roadblocks ahead, military guards, but once they saw his eyes, they all obediently opened the barriers, the military vehicle drove to the capital without obstacles.

Then, he got off the vehicle, slipped into an alley, removed the human skin mask, and put on another one.

Lin Xiaosu stood on the street, lost in thought.

It was him!