Luke raised his eyebrows at such a brutal move. "Do you have to be so cruel?"
Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he slapped the ferocious Sai Long Dolphin. "They're your parents, not livestock on the farm. You can't operate on them whenever you want!"
"I think they're like breeding cows on the farm now." Selina rolled her eyes. She didn't think much of Luke's sneak attack, since it didn't hurt.
But she still couldn't help but mock her parents. "All they think about is giving birth. Do they think children are cattle on the farm waiting to be sent to the slaughterhouse for profit?"
Rubbing the spot where he had just slapped her, Luke smiled mysteriously. "Actually … it's not that hard to solve."
Selina said, "Just spit it out."
Luke didn't say anything for a moment. Instead, he chuckled as if he had thought of something.
"What are you up to?" Selina was suspicious. "Wait, my jaw is still sore. Don't even think about it tonight."
Luke's smile froze for a moment. Lost for words, he coughed and got down to business. "It doesn't seem to have occurred to you that Robert and Catherine only had Cindy in the past twenty years."
Selina was stunned. "Isn't it because they brought protection? The two in my family wouldn't do it of their own accord. "
Luke chuckled again and shook his head. "They stopped using protection a year before Cindy went to study in New York. Catherine felt that the family was too lonely, and wanted to give us another brother or sister."
Selina's eyes lit up. "You did something?"
"How is that possible?" Luke looked at Director Sai as if she were a silly husky. "Do you remember our research on Qi Refinement?"
Selina's heart skipped a beat, and she instantly connected the dots. "Are you saying that practicing Qi Refinement will affect reproduction?"
Luke nodded in relief and patted Selina with a smile. "You're worth teaching."
Selina slapped his hand away. Are you looking down on my intelligence again? Touch yourself.
Luke calmly withdrew his hand. "It can strengthen a cultivator's physique, but it consumes a lot of energy, and reproduction is undoubtedly a huge drain on one's energy."
Selina frowned. "That's a nasty side effect. Why didn't you warn me?"
"Strictly speaking, this is not considered a side effect." Luke shook his head. "Improving a cultivator's physique naturally increases the lower limit of a child's ability to conceive, and the offspring will be born with better innate conditions."
Selina asked, "Quantity for quality?"
Luke said, "That's pretty much it. Moreover, the Qi Refinement Technique can increase the chances of getting pregnant due to insufficient activity, so it's not a sterilization technique. "
Selina was still a little unsure. "But Robert and Catherine have been together for years …"
Luke said, "If you're more proficient in Qi Refinement, you can live for 120 to 150 years without the help of the dragon. You can have a child every ten to twenty years, and you can have three to five children."
After a pause, he added, "Of course, except for those who can't find a girlfriend."
Selina ignored his lame joke and asked the question that concerned her the most, "But they've already practiced Qi-Training, haven't they?"
Luke said, "But it's not even at the beginner level. Marino cares more about his ranch, and Sandra cares more about your youngest sister, Leona, right? "
Selina was enlightened. "So, it's because they haven't converted enough energy yet, which is why they're so bored."
"Don't forget that you gave them more than one Life One, which can easily make them overenergetic," Luke reminded her.
Selina was lost for words. After all this time, it was still her fault?
After a moment of silent remorse, she immediately asked, "Then how can I get them to the beginner level of Qi-Training?"
It was impossible to force them to practice Qi-Training; they had to be focused on themselves.
Luke chuckled. "Have you forgotten about your dream learning experience?"
Selina slapped her forehead. "That's right. You can guide their subconscious to learn after they sleep, and it'll be fine. "
She was in a great mood now that she had a complete solution, and her eyes immediately lit up. "Well, speaking of dream learning, I haven't had it in a long time!"
Luke was surprised. "What do you want to learn?"
Selina's eyes sparkled, and she coiled up like a snake. "Sunshine, beach, and delicious food, just you and me, of course."
Luke was lost for words. "… You actually want me to be your waitress, don't you?"
Selina leaned close to his ear. "Putting on sunscreen is also part of the waitress's job."
Luke was lost for words. "… Well, fine. It's not that I can't consider it."
For the rest of the morning, the country villa was quiet.
The dog head was the only one lying lazily on the couch, enjoying the sunshine, the breeze, and the fragrance of the flowers.
…
Early the next morning, Marino, Selina's father, woke up with a blank expression.
Next to him, his beautiful wife, Sandra, who was over fifty but still looked like she was in her thirties, also opened her eyes. "You're awake?"
Marino hummed in response. Suddenly, he had an urge … to get out of bed and put on his clothes.
Sandra was surprised. "What are you doing?"
If he was just going to the bathroom, he naturally didn't need to put on his clothes.
Stumped for a moment, Marino scratched his head. "I … can't sleep. I kind of want to exercise."
Sandra nodded. "Go there."
She closed her eyes and prepared to continue her most important beauty sleep.
A moment later, Marino came out of the bathroom after washing up, only to see that Sandra, who had been sleeping in for the past few years, was also up and putting on her clothes.
He was stumped for a moment. "You …"
Sandra frowned. "I can't sleep either. Let's exercise together."
After that, the couple fell silent, as if they felt that their conversation this morning wasn't quite in line with what they had been doing for so many years.
But they still went downstairs and had something to eat. When they left the house, they looked at each other in bewilderment.
Sandra looked at her husband. "Shall we do that exercise?"
Marino nodded. "Yes, that's the easiest one."
The so-called exercise was naturally an "abridged" version of the Qi Refinement technique that Luke had slowly adjusted over the years to lower the threshold for entry.
As a result, the Qi Refinement technique was much less effective, but it was still better than having Luke and Selina teach it for weeks without being able to learn it.
At the same time, the movements of the Qi Refinement technique had also been changed.
As long as one wasn't a bigshot from Kunlun, it would be hard to see anything wrong unless they were patient and thought about it carefully.
An amateur like Daniel Rand might not be able to see the connection between the exercise and the Qi Refinement technique even after observing it for months.
Of course, the lower threshold for entry also required focus.
It was like beginners practicing calligraphy. The difference between not being serious and not being serious would have a completely different impact on the results.
In the past, Marino and his wife had been slacking off, and either hadn't finished the practice or they had been doing it half-heartedly. The effect was almost non-existent.
Selina couldn't teach her parents the same way she dealt with her would-be "students". She couldn't beat them until they were convinced.
Plus, Life One was quite effective, so she had given up.
Today, in order to make the couple behave themselves and stop endlessly killing people, she finally had Luke "kill them" and give them a dream-learning tutorial.
Thus, the two of them were finally willing to practice the abridged version of the Qi Refinement technique.
As for whether or not they were suspicious of her sudden diligence in training, Selina couldn't be bothered. Wasn't it good to be healthier?
It was better for the dozen or even dozens of siblings to only exist in her imagination.
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