This statement made Xue Lingxue look at Young Marquis in a new light.

She originally thought he was just a lecherous and frivolous young master, but after spending time with him twice, she realized that he had a good temper. This was not easy to come by among the royal and noble families.

Chu Liang naturally knew what was going on and knew that Young Marquis’s temper would not stay this good for long. So he took advantage of this moment when the other party was not angry and quickly asked another question.

“Young Marquis, there is something I want to ask.” Chu Liang said.

“What is it?” Xia An was in a good mood and easy to talk to.

“Earlier, I met a girl who said her sister went missing near the Li Family Village. The servants in the Li Family Village said they saw you talking to the girl who went missing when you last visited the village. Do you remember anything about this?” Chu Liang asked.

He was unaware of the dirty deeds Young Marquis had done in the Ding Shan Marquis’s mansion. He thought Xia An’s encounter with Liu Xiaoyu’s sister was just a chance encounter, so he asked directly without any reservations.

Last night, Lin Bei was supposed to ask about it, but when he went back, he only said that he ran into Young Marquis talking about something unspeakable in the pavilion and it was not convenient to interrupt.

Chu Liang had no choice but to ask himself.

Although Young Marquis was affected by the Dispelling Evil Curse, he still had control over his emotions. When he heard Chu Liang’s question, he couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy.

If it were before, he would have simply handed over Liu Xiaoyu and let her and her sister go home. After all, his current goal was Xue Lingxue.

But now that the fish demon’s life and death were unknown and she still held important secrets of the Ding Shan Marquis’s mansion, how could Xia An reveal her whereabouts?

His expression remained unchanged, he pretended to think for a moment, and then replied, “I have many social engagements in this villa and have met countless people. I can’t remember everything. I will go back and ask my entourage to see if there is any information.”

“Alright.” Chu Liang said, “Thank you for your trouble, Young Marquis.”

Xia An waved goodbye to Xue Lingxue and left calmly.

Xue Lingxue watched his figure disappear into the distance, feeling a bit surprised, and chuckled softly, “I thought he was going to cause trouble, but he turned out to be quite reasonable.”

“Indeed.” Chu Liang nodded.

…

Turning his head, he looked at Xue Lingxue and said, “Yesterday, I asked Miss Xue for a favor. I wonder if it’s possible?”

He came to find Xue Lingxue today because he had something to discuss.

Yesterday, when he was on stage assisting in the performance, Xue Lingxue’s song “Assisting the Battle at Canglang” triggered the perfect operation of his Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique, causing a phenomenon in his body that shocked everyone.

That was not all, the little doll inside his White Tower was also affected by the accompanying song, and the speed of his cultivation in the Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique increased several times, reaching a state of perfection.

After the performance ended, Chu Liang’s own cultivation naturally returned to its normal level without the assistance of the accompanying song. Without the assistance of the song, his cultivation level would not be able to reach perfection.

However.

He soon discovered with surprise that the little doll inside him still maintained the perfect operation of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique! In other words, it still maintained the cultivation speed that was several times faster than before!

This made him ecstatic.

After a little thought, Chu Liang probably understood the reason behind it.

The speed and route of the technique operated by the puppet were copied from himself, similar to imprinting a template. So its previous cultivation speed was the same as his normal cultivation speed.

But last night, he reached a state of perfect operation. Although the route was the same, the cultivation speed was much faster than before. This puppet might have a mechanism that would overwrite the previous cultivation template with a faster one, choosing the best cultivation template.

In other words, although he only achieved perfect operation for a short time and couldn’t do it again by himself, the puppet remembered it!

It could maintain this state forever in the future!

This non-stop little doll could further increase his cultivation speed by four or five times! If the previous Chu Liang was limited by his own aptitude and still had a distance from those top cultivation geniuses even with the little doll working overtime, after this enhancement, he might be on par with any genius in the world in terms of pure cultivation speed.

This was truly hitting the jackpot.

But there was one flaw.

His big heavenly cycle last night did not run completely, and the melody was interrupted, so the little doll’s perfect operation state was only half. When the heavenly cycle reached the middle stage, it would fall back to its original speed.

The previous little doll was like an old man pushing a cart, slow but not unusually so. But now, it was like eight horses pulling the cart in the first half, then suddenly returning to the state of an old man pushing the cart in the second half, which was inevitably disappointing.

Chu Liang went to find Xue Lingxue and told her that he had gained some insight from the phenomenon last night and hoped that she could play “Assisting the Battle at Canglang” for him again to help him regain that state.

Xue Lingxue asked him to come back the next day.

That’s why they met today.

When Chu Liang asked like this, Xue Lingxue smiled and said, “Just playing a song, it’s no trouble at all. Even if Hero Chu didn’t ask, I would still practice more before the tour.”

“I really appreciate it, Miss Xue.” Chu Liang sincerely thanked her, “If there’s anything you need, please feel free to ask.”

He wanted to follow the rules of the martial world and make an equal exchange.

After all, being able to have a disciple of the Nan Yin Fang play music for him was not an ordinary treatment. Moreover, the help this song provided him was much greater than what Xue Lingxue knew. He didn’t want to receive favors without giving anything in return.

But Xue Lingxue just shook her head and said, “Today, I used Hero Chu’s name to decline those annoying invitations. Consider it an exchange.”

She was also clear-minded. By using the excuse of meeting Chu Liang, she declined Young Marquis’s invitation, which would undoubtedly make Chu Liang bear some resentment. Now, by fulfilling Chu Liang’s small request as compensation, it was completely reasonable.

Chu Liang smiled.

Xue Lingxue was someone who knew how to do things.

They were all people of the martial world, and doing things required certain principles.

Immediately, the two of them didn’t waste any more words. Xue Lingxue spread out the music stand and took out her own jade zither.

The zither she usually used was also a famous zither of the time, not inferior in value to yesterday’s Sandalwood Guqin, and she was even more familiar with it, so the effect would naturally be better.

Deng deng deng—

The sound of the zither strings immediately filled the room.

Chu Liang sat upright, as if he was fully operating the Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique with all his might, and the little doll inside him emitted a golden light along with the operation of his big heavenly cycle.

Boom—

Mist and radiance erupted once again.

He sank part of his divine consciousness into the space of the White Tower and watched as the little doll emitted bursts of golden light, recording the perfect operation of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Heart Technique along with the operation of his big heavenly cycle. He couldn’t help but feel satisfied.

Once it finished recording, his cultivation speed would have a greater leap. This was an unexpected joy that he had never thought of before.

In this situation, he couldn’t help but think of the stories he had heard about some ranches playing music to make cows produce more milk.

Today, he asked a disciple of the Nan Yin Fang to play music for the little doll, and it seemed to have a similar effect.

It seemed that improving the happiness of employees would lead to productivity.

Taking care of welfare while also squeezing out productivity, both hands must be grasped, and both must be done well.