I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

Xue Jing thought to himself.

"Jing, how much longer do we need to practice?"

Ning Fengwan's crisp girlish voice rang out.

"Does this really work? I feel like you're tricking me."

She looked at Xue Jing, doubt in her gaze.

Although initially fooled by Xue Jing's "you've gained weight" PUA statement, she was gradually coming to her senses.

Things didn't seem quite right.

As a person bound to the Cat Tail Ring and gradually fusing with the Cat Goddess Bastet's power, she only needed to be with Xue Jing... to constantly get strengthened by Bastet's Divine Power.

It was unclear whether Bastet's Divine Power could help maintain one's figure, but a body enhanced by Divine Power should, probably, maybe, possibly, I guess, be hard to put on much fat just from plain eating, drinking, and sleeping in?

However, although she wouldn't admit it openly, she cared too much about Xue Jing's opinion. As soon as she felt he might be slightly judging her weight, she panicked and let herself be led by the nose with just a few words.

"Of course there's an effect. Just look at Yun Qin," Xue Jing raised his eyebrows and gestured at the little maid.

At that moment, the little girl was panting heavily, sweating all over, as if she had just been drenched in rain, with vacant eyes, seemingly unconscious, her body still instinctively following Xue Jing's movements in practice.

She was also muttering to herself, "Master... Yun Qin can't do this... I really can't anymore..."

Ning Yuantai's eyes flashed, pretending as if he had heard nothing.

But he thought to himself that Xue was playing quite a big game...

Xue Jing coughed and said, "You see, she's sweated out at least two pounds. If she practices like this for ten days and a half a month, I can't even imagine how thin she'd get."

While speaking, he patted Ning Yuantai's shoulder, "Right, Yuantai?"

Ning Yuantai was stunned for a moment, then instinctively nodded along with Xue Jing's words, "Yes... I guess so."

Xue Jing waved his hand, "Anyway, just follow my training, you can't go wrong."

Ning Fengwan was skeptical but didn't say more.

...

Time flew, and another day passed.

The U19 Championship Battle was to be held today.

Early in the morning, Xue Jing received a video call from his sister, Xue Wan.

Upon clicking accept, Xue Wan's pretty face, quite similar to his own, popped up on the phone screen.

She seemed to be lying on the bed, chin resting on a pillow, wearing pajamas, her hair somewhat messy, looking like she had just woken up.

"You silly bean... why aren't you turning on the camera?"

Before Xue Wan could finish her opening line, she immediately frowned and expressed her dissatisfaction with Xue Jing not turning on his camera.

"Do you know how many days it's been since I've seen you? Now you won't even let me see you on video. Are you even human?"

She looked heartbroken as she sat up from her lying position, and the camera angle shifted from just her face to showing her entire upper body.

The buttons on her messy pajamas were misaligned, leaving a large gap in the middle, through which a glimpse of a fair and graceful curve could be seen.

Xue Jing chuckled, turned on the camera, and revealed his unremarkable Charm Art Lv10, saying helplessly, "It's just a setting problem with my phone... What do you want?"

"You have a match today, and I was afraid you might be nervous, so I thought I'd come and comfort you a little."

Xue Wan changed her position, lying back on the pillow, lifting her phone high, facing herself.

Her long black straight hair fanned out on the bed, adding aesthetic appeal.

Xue Jing laughed and said, "Do you really think I could be nervous?"

Xue Wan pouted, "Not necessarily... I don't know what's going on with the internet, but they've hyped up this match so much that it's even starting to escalate to national issues."

"Many renowned accounts are saying strange things on blogs... saying that you're now representing the face of Zhuxia, and if you lose to Otogirusu, you'll be a criminal of the nation."

Unconcerned, Xue Jing said, "Oh? Is that so?"

Xue Wan brought her phone closer, pouting, "Why are you so composed?"

"Please be a little nervous so I can comfort you. You do everything so well, it makes me feel like I'm not achieving anything as your sister," she said, sounding unexpectedly down.

Xue Jing chuckled, "Get used to it early. You'll have many more moments of feeling unaccomplished in the future."

Xue Wan glared at him, puffing, "Can't you say something nice? If I can't comfort you, you can comfort me, your sister!"

Xue Jing laughed, understanding that Xue Wan was overthinking things a bit.

He gently said, "There's no need to think about unnecessary things."

"You're my sister... there's nothing tighter than the bond of blood. We've been closely connected since birth, without the need for any cheesy methods to maintain our relationship."

"I won't leave you behind and walk away too far, don't worry."

Xue Wan's eyes widened slightly.

She then moved her phone away, with the camera pointing at the wall.

"What are you... talking about? I don't quite understand," Xue Wan's voice had a subtle tremble.

Xue Jing didn't speak. Your next journey awaits at empire

After a while, Xue Wan's face reappeared on the screen, looking normal, her expression unchanged.

She let out a soft sigh and said:

"Blood ties, huh... Jing, sometimes I think, it might be nice if we weren't siblings."

Xue Jing looked disgusted and said:

"You wouldn't think you'd have a chance if we weren't siblings, would you? Delusional woman."

Xue Wan glared at him, "Is that what I meant? You're the delusional man! If you weren't good-looking... your face is carved out of the same mold as this beauty, stealing my genes! Otherwise, do you think you could look like this?"