Mixed Blessing System

"Oh?" Hearing Lothur's clever comment and seeing how he had turned to watch her, Rebecca almost jumped backward in surprise.

'This boy...'

'He even flirts with me? It seems he doesn't know of the danger in his vicinity.'

"Becca, did I pass your test? So what now? What do we do?" He stood in that tub, coming face to face with her, not bothering with the chill on his privates.

"Becca?" She closed her eyes momentarily, almost forgetting the surprise she had just moments ago.

With that, she took a deep breath and threw a white towel in his direction, feeling that while it was interesting, it was better not to play too much with Lothur for the moment.

'This guy is a predator. I can feel it. He won't be bothered to play with me...' She looked at him getting dressed before finally saying. "Lothur, I'm glad to see someone so talented and interested in joining my profession."

"Then, of course, I will do as promised. I will give you the introductory materials and talk about you with my mistress when the opportunity arises..."

"In the meantime, can you explain what's wrong with your body? Why I don't feel like I can sense anything in it, even when I directly touched you?"

"It was as if you had just taken an ordinary bath, and no trace of poison remained on your skin."

"Is that so?" He said in surprise since he didn't understand how his resistance to poisons worked, in addition to not noticing anything during his brief nap. 'That must be another one of my Physique's abilities.'

'The system told me that my Physique can evolve when it is pushed to its limits. It said this specifically concerning fighting, but poisons can have similar or worse effects to beatings.' He thought about this in silence.

He then said to that green-haired beauty. "Well, I don't know what happened since I fell asleep during that bath. But, on the other hand, I really do not know your profession, so I can't think of anything."

"Maybe I have an affinity..." Lothur smiled.

Hearing those words, Rebecca looked at him intently, finding no words to try to force this man to talk. If he knew what he had, he would probably know how to use it.

In this case, it would be a mistake for him to come here and show her his abilities without needing to do such a thing. As such, she judged that he was being sincere and decided to save her curiosities about him for another time.

"All right, then let's finish our business here. I have things to do." She headed toward the door of that laboratory, indicating with her hands for Lothur to follow her.

As she walked toward the exit of that property, she continued to converse with him. "Anyway, after you master the basics of these materials I just gave you, if you want to learn more, come over here."

"If my mistress is interested in teaching you, things will be simpler. Otherwise, I will point you where to go so you can at least manage to develop on your own."

"Oh? That's kind of you, Becca."

Hearing that, Rebecca closed her eyes again, frowning. 'I don't think I've given you the intimacy to call me that, Lothur.'

"Sigh!"

And as the two walked in silence, a man and a woman, who appeared to be in the same age range as Rebecca, walked by the two of them through that entrance garden they were passing.

"Oh? Who is this, Rebecca? Your new toy?" The woman said in a teasing tone, looking at Lothur as if he were a mere object.

At the same time, the man frowned, seeing that his junior had seduced yet another innocent. "Rebecca, you at least shouldn't do that to mortals."

"Don't you know that they don't..."

"What if he is? What does that have to do with you?" She smiled before pulling one of Lothur's arms and leading him toward the exit gate of that place.

"Tsk!"

"That bitch!"

"She's always acting the way she wants! I hate her!" The woman beside that man said this in a low voice, looking in the direction of Rebecca and Lothur. "Why does the mistress treat her with such preference? I don't see myself worse than her in anything!"

"Sigh..."

'You're going to start that again...' The thin, pale-skinned man thought about it in silence. "Well, she has the Ancient Poison Body."

"Tsk!"

"Don't tell me about it again!"

...

Meanwhile, already outside that estate...

"What happened back there?" Lothur asked the beauty in front of him.

Rebecca then smiled and said. "Nothing. You'll find out in the future."

"Anyway, you'd better go."

"But I hope you won't take too long to return, or I'll be disappointed..." She made a seductive expression, wondering if he would desire her and make an effort to return.

"Is that so? Well, I don't know how long it will take me to return here. So, until next time." He smiled at her before finally making his way back to the Frost family estate.

Meanwhile, Rebecca stood watching him from afar until the man from earlier approached her and asked. "Who was that? Normally you don't try to seduce mere mortals... Is there something special about him?"

"Maybe..." She said ambiguously, smiling as she looked in the direction Lothur had gone.

"You'd better not do anything foolish. You know that you can't have a normal life with your constitution."

"You'd better do what the mistress said. Focus on your cultivation, and maybe you will gain control over your poisonous ability..."

"In any case, our society sees no problem in a woman who..."

"Tsk!"

"I don't want to hear any more of that!"

"Sigh..." That man sighed as he saw Rebecca returning to that estate, angry at his words.

'It must be hard for someone with her personality not to be able to do what she wants without wreaking havoc on those who get involved with her...'

'And to have seen so many people die in her arms already, sigh, how unfortunate...'

...

After some time, Lothur entered his room and soon began to read the introductory material to the profession of poison masters that he had received from Rebecca.

And in doing so, he soon discovered something relevant not only to poison masters but also to other spiritual professionals.

That is, 1st stage cultivators, those who started their journey with 1-star rank, were nothing more than apprentices. Their products were only the result of their knowledge and direct manipulation, and there was no spirituality, as might perhaps be expected.

But this was normal. After all, without the ability to manipulate spiritual energy internally or externally in their bodies, no cultivator could use their cultivation to improve a product.

And as such, 1-star poison masters just used their theoretical knowledge regarding poisons and practiced experiments like those that earthlings would do in laboratories.

The difference between this type of training in the cultivation world and experiments on Earth was that poison masters used the poisons to prepare their bodies for when they could manipulate spiritual energy.

That was because, upon reaching a certain level of poison resistance, a cultivator would naturally add the characteristics of poisons to his spiritual foundation. That was necessary for their further development as poison masters!

At the beginning of cultivation, spirit and body were the same. Because of this, whatever influenced a cultivator's body when such a person was at the 1st stage, could hinder or facilitate the development of some future abilities.

Therefore, that was something that could guarantee how strong and skilled a practitioner would be in the future!

That was particularly true for poison masters, but it could also influence other types of spiritual professionals.

Realizing this, it did not take long for Lothur to open the introductory books for formation masters and tailors. He wanted to understand how each of these professions could develop better in the future depending on how he behaved now.

And so, he spent the rest of the night with eyes on those books, excited by what he was discovering, by what would help him grow in this world!

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