I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

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I Just Want to Live a Good Life But I Surpassed the Protagonist – 57 Little Brother

“Your painting skills have improved again compared to yesterday.”

In the assessment hut, Ye Yong was surrounded by two beautiful women, one on the left and one on the right.

Although Hua Ming and Hua Xin were both created by Mu Qingyin, their appearances were completely different, and their personalities were also quite different.

Hua Ming was passionate and fiery, while Hua Xin was gentle and graceful. Both of them had graceful figures and were extremely s*xy. Their voices were like heavenly music, and listening to them made one’s mind relax.

To be honest, if a normal man were to stay here, he probably wouldn’t be able to focus for a moment.

So does that mean Ye Yong is not a normal man? Of course not. It’s just that his soul and willpower far surpassed those of his peers and fellow cultivators. Hua Ming and Hua Xin did not use their terrifying soul influence, so he was able to talk to them very naturally.

As for why he came to discuss painting with the soul beauties who he could not have anything to do with, there was only one reason: to approach Mu Qingyin through them.

Ye Yong knew very well that as long as he came over, Mu Qingyin would definitely pay attention to this side. Through what the painting beauties saw, she would be able to understand Ye Yong’s character.

“Little brother paints so well, elder sister wants to give you a reward.” Hua Ming pressed her fiery body against Ye Yong’s shoulder. Although she was a ‘soul’ body, she could still make simple physical contact. She could also use a pen to write and paint, but the time was limited. After all, a soul body influencing a physical object required the consumption of soul power.

“That’s right, little brother Ye, let elder sister give you a reward?” Hua Xin also did the same as Hua Ming. The two of them were on the left and right, whispering seductively in Ye Yong’s ear.

“Thank you for your kindness, elder sisters. However, I have just stepped into the path of cultivation, and I still have a long way to go in the future. If I were to indulge myself in the gentle country of elder sisters now, I’m afraid it would affect my progress in cultivation.”

That’s not true. If Ye Yong had a partner, he estimated that he would drag his partner into dual cultivation every day. After all, the system store had very high-level dual cultivation techniques. As a bookworm who loved to read novels, who wouldn’t want to experience what the legendary dual cultivation was like? Could one really cultivate for several days at a time? Was it really that powerful? Was there anything in the world more wonderful than something that could make one happy and strong at the same time?

However, he was in the early stages of development now, so he needed to pay attention to and maintain his character. He could not reveal his true nature.

Hearing Ye Yong’s answer, the two painting beauties’ eyes flashed with satisfaction. They no longer teased him but began to point out the shortcomings in his painting.

They were originally painting souls, and Mu Qingyin was a Nascent Soul cultivator. It was not difficult for them to teach Ye Yong through their mouths.

Ye Yong actually did not need any guidance at all. He could directly comprehend it by spending 200,000 reversal points in the system store to buy [Painting Companion], which would give him the knowledge of a saint. However, that would make him a monster . Mu Qingyin could not guide him, so could he turn around and guide Mu Qingyin instead?

Pretending to be pretentious should be done in moderation. If it was overdone, it would have the opposite effect.

Moreover, Ye Yong’s painting skills were improving bit by bit, which Mu Qingyin could see. He believed that it would also increase her favor for him. This was the reason why Ye Yong had been coming over these past few days.

“Thank you for your guidance, elder sisters.” After receiving the guidance, Ye Yong thanked them very respectfully, not showing any disrespect just because they were ‘dead’ objects. This made them very happy.

After the excitement, they somehow wanted to tease Ye Yong again. Xi Xi and Hua Hua did not receive any instructions from Mu Qingyin, but they just wanted to do so. Perhaps this was related to the strange aura they felt from Ye Yong when they came into contact with him? That aura seemed to help them accelerate their spiritualization.

“Ye…” Before they could open their mouths, Ye Yong took out a shining sound transmission stone, said something, and then got up to take his leave.

“I am very grateful for the guidance of the two sisters today. I have been visiting you for several days in a row, so I hope you will forgive me.”

“No, no.” “You can come over often.”

“Then I will visit you frequently in the future. Please don’t be annoyed, sisters.”

“Of course not.” “You are very welcome.”

Hua Ming and Hua Xin watched Ye Yong leave.

After Ye Yong left, they glanced at each other and returned to the painting. The room was silent, and there was no trace of the joy from before.

Mu Qingyin in Tang Yan’s cave seemed to have noticed the strangeness of the painting beauties and muttered, “It seems that Ye Di… Ye Yong has been chatting and contacting them these days, making their self-awareness gradually stronger. They have all begun to feel lonely… This is a good thing. It proves that they are becoming more and more like humans, not objects. It’s just a pity that the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too slow, and they cannot become real living beings.”

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Before returning to his residence, Ye Yong bought some spiritual medicine and spiritual meat from the system store, many of which were for nourishing the soul.

Qin Shimeng had been enlightened for many days. Even if her body was not tired, her soul would be tired. At this time, eating some spiritual dishes that nourished her soul would not only make her enlightenment more profound, but also strengthen her soul.

The Nascent Soul Realm was a watershed. The cultivator’s soul was very important. When they reached the Nascent Soul Realm, they had to enlightenment and develop their soul power, all of which were related to the strength of their soul. It was not a bad thing to nourish and strengthen it in advance.

For the sake of his future thigh and wife, Ye Yong was very attentive in considering Qin Shimeng.

With the ingredients, the next step was to cook. Ye Yong did not need to go to the kitchen or know anything about cooking. He directly purchased something called the [Automatic Cooking Assistance System] from the system store.

Just like the Automatic Cultivation Assistance System, it was divided into elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.

The elementary level could cook third-grade ingredients, the intermediate level could cook seventh-grade ingredients, and the advanced level could cook ninth-grade ingredients.

The highest grade of materials in the lower realm was only the ninth grade. When he reached the immortal realm, this assistance system would routinely break through the limits and be able to make immortal food.

Ye Yong did not buy this system entirely for Qin Shimeng. The main reason was that it was too uncomfortable to take pills all the time, so he thought of a strange idea. He would occasionally use spiritual dishes to replace pills.

With the same materials, a super-grade spiritual dish and a super-grade pill had the same effect. It was just that spiritual dishes were not as easy to take as pills, and they were not as small. They were more filling and could not be consumed in large quantities in a short period of time.

In addition to the Automatic Cooking Assistance System, there was also an [Automatic Pill Refining Assistance System]. One could throw the materials in and it would automatically refine pills. It was simply heaven-defying.

But the pitfall was that the system alone was useless. One also needed a high-level fire source and a high-level pill furnace to refine high-level pills. It was not to say that low-level fire sources and low- level pill furnaces could not refine high-level pills, but there was a high chance that the pills would be ruined. Even if one was lucky enough to refine them, they would only be of the lowest grade.

The principle of the [Automatic Cooking Assistance System] was the same. It requires a high-level fire source and a high-level cooking pot.

It was not enough to have all of these. One needed to purchase pill formulas and recipes in order to proceed with the corresponding production. After all, the system was not like a human who knew how to create.

In short, one needed many, many reversal points.

Ye Yong did not buy the Pill Refining Assistance System for the time being because he was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm. It would not be cost-effective to buy super-grade pills directly from the system store.

The cooking system was different. Even if he did not eat anything, Little Snow had to eat. Early-stage martial artists did not have the ability to fast. They even ate a lot. When they reached the Forging Viscera Stage, after their internal organs had been strengthened, they would be able to fast. However, it did not mean that they did not need to eat at all. They still needed to eat occasionally. After all, martial artists used qi, not spiritual energy. Spiritual energy could replace food to nourish the cultivator’s body, but qi could not. At most, it could strengthen the martial artist’s body.

A high-level assistance system, plus a high-level fire source and a high-level cooking pot, cost a total of 250,000 reversal points. To be honest, Ye Yong felt rather distressed. However, it was better than buying an intermediate level now and a high level in the future, which would mean spending more reversal points on the intermediate level. After all, an intermediate set was not cheap either. It cost 50,000 reversal points.

He then spent another 20,000 to purchase medicinal cuisine knowledge and a set of elementary and intermediate recipe recommendations, which included recipes for spiritual dishes from the first to the seventh grade. It covered the practices of several hundred spiritual dishes, some of which were even hidden and out-of-print. He had spent a total of 270,000 reversal points, leaving him with 50,000. He had instantly gone from being well-off to being poor, but he would not have to think about spiritual dishes for a period of time in the future, so Ye Yong felt that it was worth it.

The system needed time to cook. After selecting the spiritual dishes to be cooked, Ye Yong threw all the ingredients in and then sat down by the stream near the assessment hut to circulate his divine incantation to cultivate.

About half an hour later, two portions of third-grade soul-nourishing spiritual dishes were completed. In addition to three portions of first-grade spiritual dishes that Little Snow and Huanhuan could eat, Ye Yong boarded his flying magic weapon and returned to his residence.