Yin Hu stood with his hands behind his back. Walking around Jun and Shui with a critical eye only an ancestor and master martial artist could have. The two snapped their attacks and sequenced their combos with perfection in mind. Worried he would reprimand them.

Jun was far more impressive than he could have imagined. Especially with her fear of strong people and big named individuals.

He could feel the Qi she imbued with every attack like goosebumps on his skin. Vibrating the very air. He couldn't help but feel terrible for any idiot that thought they could fight her in any way. She would clobber them quickly.

As long as they don't introduce themselves. Her new sword should help with that.

Jun threw a jab, right hook combo. Dancing in perfect angles, ducking and escaping. Countering right after with a cross, left hook, cross sequence that promised to rip heads and tear limbs. Loud whomps and whooshes and worse noise.

Shui kept up with Jun's speed but not in the weight of her attacks. Her Qi was far weaker. At a much lower realm than the older girl. A bad comparison to make between them even if they started learning the techniques together.

Yin Hu smiled.

He could see his nukes developing. Growing in the path he had chosen for them. Progress. Change in a good way rather than the constant failure he tended to be met with ever since his arrival on this cultivation world. It made him satisfied.

Even if he spent a king's ransom just to prepare them for D.E.Y.M.P and the development of their roots into satisfactory levels.

Their purity levels were supposedly abysmal. No where close to the ninety-three percent the Compendium required them to have for the next phase of the process. Yin Hu trusted the book and its numbers. It had not steered him wrong yet.

Both girls finished the intense sequence of combos. Posing with a final extended jab to show how impressive they were as disciples. Shoulders rising and falling as they took deep breaths. Sweaty even with the robes quickly cleaning them up.

Said robes did their job as soon as they paused in their poses. Drying them up. Giving them a flower scent. And freshening their senses and limbs for another round of training. Yin Hu was going to take advantage of it to prepare them.

"Again!" He shouted. Saying it for the fifth time already.

Jun and Shui snapped back into a guarded form. Bouncing on their feet.

Yin Hu started their new motto. Ripping what he could from earth that he remembered. "Float like a butterfly!"

"Float like a butterfly!" The girls shouted together.

"Sting like a bee!"

"Sting like a bee!"

"You must be faster. More accurate. Use your Qi more efficiently. The smallest amount of energy should be enough to defeat your foe! Anything you waste is to your own detriment!"

The girls started their combos from the beginning. Starting with a simple one, two jab and cross and growing more complex with every following one. They had taken his lessons to heart and found enlightenment in the many boxing scrolls he had provided them.

Jun did good to make up imaginary things for them to use. Finding cultivation bullshit in between the basic and very simplistic lines of the scrolls. Supposedly, following in his footsteps and his world shaking punches.

He dutifully ignored her eccentricities.

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The girl was odd. So was Shui in her own weird way. But that was alright. Let them develop their own personalities and quirks. Hopefully it would only grow to tie them together even more fully than before as their guiding source and master.

Yin Hu made them finish two more sets before allowing them to rest.

Ever since they finished their body contamination removal process and purification, they had been far more impressive physically. It was a shocking difference he had not expected to visibly see. Gradual growth had been the idea. Not immediate change he could quantify with his eyes alone.

They were faster, lighter on their feet, strikes much more ferocious and louder. That alone would be enough to scare most opponents.

More importantly, that meant no more stank. No more disgusting sludge that ruined his days and made everything smell terrible. The last one had been stuck in his nostrils with a single whiff of it when he wanted to check on them. Both girls had been too silent. Instead of the usual bantering they did during the baths and letting the black sludge be taken out of every single pore on their body.

Yin Hu fell prey to their machinations and suffered for the next few days unable to smell anything at all other than the stank in his nostrils. It clung to him like death. Others couldn't smell it or they would have been running away from him in large stampedes.

D.L.S.C.B.C.P.P. had done its job. Just as the Compendium said it would.

Now they needed to purify, widen, and strengthen their meridians for the rush of Qi and power that would be their new Spiritual Roots. The Compendium was clear in its assessment of excruciating death and torturous destruction if they did not make sure to fit the basic requirements needed for their meridians and core.

He had no plans of killing the two girls. No. He needed them alive and very healthy to do all the protection while he enjoyed himself to the fullest. Even if he kept getting stronger and could one day beat the ancient monsters. There had to be a sequence of events! Levels before they reached his awesomeness, not like this broken town.

At least it rectified itself with the Spider Jade Beauties he eliminated not too long ago. Mobs and grunts that gradually grew in power until he finally fought the level boss. Not directly teleport to them in the very first encounter like he almost had done.

Progress. Not teleportation.

"Sit." Yin Hu said as he found his own cushion to rest on. "There is more we must accomplish."

The girls dropped to their knees in relief when he ended their practice session. They rushed to get to their spots. Before he changed his mind and had them do more combo practices at full speed. Racing each other and laughing.

"I win this time!" Jun shouted, throwing her hands up triumphantly.

Hu Shui crash landed on her cushion a second later. She attempted to dive head first. A last ditch attempt to beat the older girl and reach her cushion first. It had not gone well. She grunted, wincing as she got up with a face full of dust and dirt.

"No fair! You cheated!" Shui righted herself up on her own cushion.

Jun shrugged. "You started it. I only finished what you began."

"But—"

Yin Hu cleared his throat. He had been rereading the Compendium thoroughly for anything he missed. Once sure he had gotten everything he quieted them down to listen. Allowing them a few moments of banter and sisterly interactions.

Or was it disciplely interactions?

Unlike the rest of what they had done so far, this one didn't require as much bathing and showering. Salves or medicines. No, it required them to leave the entire town and into the forest or a cave. Practice weird techniques detailed in the Compendium to simulate the amount of Qi the girls would feel when their potential and Spiritual Roots were developed into the minimum level.

Weird cultivation poses and movie Kung Fu monk practices. Almost like a dancer's version of Tai chi.

Yin Hu wanted to doubt the veracity of what he was reading, but decided against it. The Compendium had been perfect so far. He would not question it until it broke its, so far, excellent track record. Plus, he had no clue what to do without it.

"We need a cave or secluded area for the next stage," he voiced his thoughts. He didn't know the geography well. "Somewhere we won't be bothered or surrounded by any people at all. Even a thick forest would do."

The girls shared a look.

Shui scratched her head and gave Jun the side eye. "W-What about—"

Jun narrowed her eyes.

"—the forest area and cave I found you at?"

"You went to the forest to find our ancestor?! He didn't find you? You lied to me, Shui?!"

Shui did her best to act like she had not heard it. Eyes locked on Yin Hu.

He nodded, deciding to save her from Jun for the good suggestion. Yin Hu had forgotten about the cave he woke up in after jumping off the island. He tended to do his best to forget a lot of what was deeply connected to it. Like finding yourself in an unusual place without explanation. The arrival on the island and then his arrival to this cultivation world.

"Great idea, Shui," Jun patted her head. "Jun. Prepare yourselves. We leave before sundown!"

I can finally get my revenge on the Koi Fish! Cook the damn things! Grilled giant Koi Fish, or maybe Koi Fish stew? Koi fish burgers? Koi fish over rice? Nah… hopefully we won't need the rice!

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