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With that, he walked over to the side, calling over to Zhuge Lai Fu and others, “Xiao Man, third one, Little Nanbei, come join me for some tea.”

Second elder sister and third elder brother sat down next to the master, with only Mao Nanbei transitioning from sitting in front of Lu Xun to leaning over the table with her little butt up in the air, declaring:

“No, I want to watch Little Junior Brother draw!”

A corner of the master’s mouth twitched slightly, but he didn’t bother with her.

At this point, Lu Xun was already trying his fifth attempt at the painting.

This time, he managed to get all the way to the ninth stroke, but the tenth stroke was again askew.

“This damned stroke is cursed!” Lu Xun cursed inwardly.

It can’t possibly be a problem with my hands, my fingers are so nimble!

For the first time, he realized how difficult it was to replicate a painting.

Fortunately, he was rewarded 350,000 Experience Points just for getting nine strokes correct!

Constant failures did leave Lu Xun somewhat disheartened.

He glanced over at Mao Nanbei who was oddly positioned on the table with her little butt up in the air, complaining, “Fourth elder sister, can you move a bit to the side?”

“Hmph! Blaming me when you can’t draw properly!” Mao Nanbei puckered her mouth, shifting her position slightly.

She was unusually obedient today. Ever since she woke Lu Xun by sitting on his face, she knew not to mess with him.

Whatever she ate completely depended on Lu Xun’s whims. She could only eat what Lu Xun wanted her to eat.

If he controlled her mouth, he essentially controlled her heart.

She would probably sell her soul for dessert, let alone her body.

It’s just shifting over a bit. She slid across the table like a maggot, making room for Lu Xun.

Lu Xun, with a brush in his hand, dipped it in the inkstone and continued his painting.

As time passed, Lu Xun stalled at the final stroke for nearly an hour.

Upon completion of the tenth stroke, he would receive 400,000 Experience Points. He kept painting, thus amassing a large amount of Experience Points.

“Although it’s a bit slower compared to when I was drinking tea at my uncle’s house, it’s pretty cool!” Lu Xun was satisfied with the situation.

He calmed his mind, maintaining control of his spiritual output. After numerous minor adjustments, he finally managed to successfully imitate the ink bamboo!

“[Ding! You’ve received 500,000 Experience Points!]”

Lu Xun was ecstatic.

“Ah! Little Junior Brother, you’ve finally done it!” Mao Nanbei, who was about to doze off watching from the sidelines, exclaimed when Lu Xun finally succeeded.

Her words instantly attracted the attention of Lin Chan and Ji Li.

Lu Xun held up the scroll, feigning admiration when in reality, he was just showing off to the three women at a carefully calculated angle.

The master took a glance at Lu Xun’s figure and the ink bamboo scroll in his hand, subtly nodding in approval.

Having succeeded once, Lu Xun didn’t waste a moment and continued to replicate drawing.

After closing his eyes, he noticed that the image of the ink bamboo that reflected in his mind seemed to have faded slightly.

“Is the Rhyme of the ink bamboo painting by the master fading?” Lu Xun speculated inwardly.

For now, he didn’t bother about it and just continued with his painting.

Lu Xun wasn’t fast, and he didn’t produce too many paintings in an hour. But each ink bamboo earned him 500,000 Experience Points, which accumulated to a significant amount!

As time went by, the master didn’t feel like having tea anymore.

He stood up saying, “Everyone, let’s head back. We’ll conclude today’s lesson here.”

Ji Li and Lin Chan obediently got up, only Lu Xun pretended he hadn’t heard.

Lu Xun actually heard what the master had said. But he was fully absorbed in his work, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

“Don’t disturb me, I can still draw!”

“I love to draw!”

Looking at the rapid growth of Experience Points in his character panel, Lu Xun couldn’t bring himself to stop his brush.

He wondered if he had encountered a bug in the system.

If he doesn’t earn more experience now, then what if he can’t earn them later?

After drawing for some time, Lu Xun depleted his spiritual energy.

He decisively opened his character panel and opted to level up, much to everyone’s surprise.

Influxes of spiritual energy headed towards him. Mao Nanbei was taken aback, but after uttering the word “break” she quickly covered her small mouth with her hand, afraid of distracting Lu Xun who seemed completely engrossed in his art.

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Soon after his body filled with spiritual energy, Lu Xun resumed his painting.

The master didn’t seem like he wanted to leave, everyone sat there, looking at Lu Xun, waiting to see how long he could keep it up.

Eventually, they ran out of paper. The third elder brother quietly snuck to the table and withdrew some scrolls from his storage ring. He then placed these quietly and retreated cautiously.

After a while, Lu Xun closed his eyes again. The ink bamboo in his mind had grown very faint.

“Is the Rhyme of this ink bamboo about to be completely absorbed by me?” Lu Xun wondered.

After he drew five more paintings, the Rhyme completely disappeared.

With continued drawing, he was unable to earn even a single Experience Point anymore!

Lu Xun put down the brush and took a deep breath before opening his character panel to take a look.

Seeing the result, even with his unflappable mentality, he was slightly startled.

“One hundred million!”

“A whole one hundred million Experience Points!”

Although the Experience Points required to level up increased drastically upon reaching the fifth stage, a whopping one hundred million Experience Points would still be enough for him to level up a few times!

“After harvesting some players from the mountain in a few days, I should be able to level up to 60.” Lu Xun estimated.

In his past life, reaching level 60 was the pinnacle.

The game system never unlocked the access to upgrade beyond level 60, so players sat on accumulated Experience Points, waiting for an update.

Lu Xun wasn’t certain whether he would also get stuck at level 60, but his intuition said he probably wouldn’t.

After all, he got the NPC template, not the player template. Therefore, it probably wouldn’t be restricted.

“If we go by the normal process, I’ll have to complete an advancement mission at level 60.”

“In my past life, because the advancement mission was displayed as ‘unlocked’, players couldn’t level up.”

“I wonder if I’ll have any missions to do. After completion, will I, like the previous advancement missions, receive attribute enhancements?”

Lu Xun was lost in his thoughts, a myriad of ideas flickering in his mind.

The third descent of the Foreign Race imposed a considerable pressure on him.

If it weren’t for ‘The Sword Qi is Near’ being by his side when he descended the mountain, his actions would have been considerably restricted.

He personally did not appreciate this feeling.

He preferred to take the initiative and to constantly keep moving.

So, he knew exactly what he needed.

Therefore, he turned towards the master and bowed, saying, “Master, I contemplated a lot while drawing. I’m now obsessed with it. I wish for you to grace me with another one of your paintings.”

He had become addicted to this.

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(PS: An overdue second update, thank you, “dabao00” for the 50,000 QiDian coin reward. Looking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month.)