Chapter 1199: Chapter 357: Zhou Qingning’s Survival Method
This Zhou Qingning has quite an unusual mindset. Her method is to manipulate dreams.
Specifically, erotic dreams.
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The original family living in this mansion, especially the recently-turned-adult son, was quite unlucky (or perhaps lucky?) because of this.
Normally, at his young age, full of youthful energy, an eighteen-year-old boy is at the peak of his hormonal phase.
But suddenly, one day it started—at night, dreams filled with all sorts of nosebleed-inducing scenes, lasting the entire night without any rest.
After dawn, the boy helplessly found that he needed to change his underwear.
Once Zhou Qingning succeeded, she realized this method was viable. To quickly absorb more Primordial Yang Qi... that boy started to frequently have these erotic dreams, frequently experiencing emissions in his sleep.
Normally, at this young age, having an occasional erotic dream and wet dream is completely normal.
But to do so often is unusual.
The boy, who was originally full of vitality, found his energy levels significantly depleted after experiencing this frequently night after night.
The boy, who was once vibrant and energetic, now appeared lethargic and sluggish.
But being a boy, he was too embarrassed to speak up about these matters, especially since his father was often busy with work and not at home. He couldn’t exactly discuss such things with his mother.
And so, day by day, the situation worsened.
Until his academic performance at school began to decline sharply, and only then did the family notice something was amiss with their son.
Through careful inquiry, the boy eventually admitted to some unusual changes in his physical condition.
Subsequently, he underwent a series of medical examinations, consulting various urology experts, both Western and Chinese medicine, including many integrated therapy practitioners.
He also took a lot of medications.
And some supplements to strengthen his constitution.
But the problem was...
On one side he was replenishing, while on the other side Zhou Qingning was still draining.
So it was all for naught.
After much contemplation, the boy also mentioned that he frequently had "those" dreams, five nights out of a week.
But...
It was this timeline that made the family notice something peculiar.
Upon checking the timeline, the parents realized that on nights when the boy didn’t have such erotic dreams, he was often not sleeping at home but spending the night elsewhere!
For example, traveling to another city for medical treatment and staying in a hotel away from home, he wouldn’t have those dreams!
The father, being a businessman, was familiar with people from all walks of life, often with unusual connections.
So naturally, an idea came to mind: could there be something unclean in the house?
Then, he asked a few so-called "masters" he knew to come and assess the place.
They even conducted some rituals to ward off evil spirits.
But unfortunately, those found were nothing but charlatans; no genuine Tao practitioners were found, and the money was wasted.
However, they finally encountered someone with some real ability, a semi-genuine Profound Cultivator on the periphery.
After inspecting the house, this person told the father: indeed, there might be something here, but it is quite powerful, and those without sufficient Tao Practice can’t expel it.
The suggestion was: if it doesn’t work, why don’t you just move? Don’t live in this house anymore.
Fortunately, the father, wealthy and not lacking money, wanted to protect his son, so he decided: relocate!
Buy a new house!
So, this mansion was vacated, and since the father was in a hurry to sell, it was offered at a very low price.
Then, Hu Shangke, the real estate agent, grabbed this rare property and brought clients to view it.
As a real estate agent, he naturally had to get familiar with the environment first. Unfortunately for him, when he saw the lamp base, he touched it casually...
And thus, Zhou Qingning found her second target for draining.
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After hearing everything, Chen Yan frowned at Zhou Qingning: "Isn’t this harming people? You can’t just fleece the same sheep indefinitely!"
In reality, if such dual cultivation and draining were done slowly, it would pose little harm.
However, Zhou Qingning had been too aggressive in her draining.
The son from the previous family couldn’t endure it and developed physical problems.
Moreover, such draining, when a cultivator does it to a mortal, violates the heavenly laws. The drained party will be harmed, inevitably acquiring a trace of Calamity Qi.
If it were done less frequently, that bit of Calamity Qi would naturally dissipate, causing, at most, minor misfortunes like stubbing a toe or accidentally bumping into a table corner.
But if it’s done too often, the accumulated Calamity Qi will grow, eventually causing disaster and illness.
Zhou Qingning was too reckless, fixating on a single target and draining them dry.
After hearing Chen Yan’s reproach, Zhou Qingning replied helplessly: "I report to the Immortal Official, I had no choice. The depletion of Li Fire is imminent, and I had to do this to survive. I would prefer to go slowly, but time does not allow for that."
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Ever since Hu Shangke touched the lamp base, he started experiencing erotic dreams upon returning home.
Initially, Hu Licking Dog didn’t take it seriously. He thought he might have been repressing his desires for too long. Besides, he was young, having graduated less than two years ago, still brimming with youthful vigor.
He didn’t consider this phenomenon a big deal.
Zhou Qingning, in fact, planned to go easier this time.
Because the previous target ended up being frightened away by her excessive draining.
