Chapter 30: Chapter 30

"Long Ren... what should I do then?" she asked in a whisper, looking depressed.

"Mistress... as I said you are very powerful; so only the powerful can dream of getting you. For now, you need to submit to my guidance without complaint and let me train you." he took out a book and scroll from his storage ring and gave them to her.

Theresa couldn't understand one word of what was written in it.

"That scroll is the deceased Han Fei Fei's letter to you. She wants you to train hard the technique recorded in the book. It's called 'The Lazy Lotus'. While it is not a necessity for taking revenge, it is good for your body. Please do accept my proposal to train you. I admit that I'm not a good pet but I won't ever harm you." said Ren in a persuasive manner.

"Fine, I agree," Theresa said with a nod. After all, every FL would eventually have to learn some techniques. She is not excluded!

"Long Ren... about earlier..." she was interrupted when he raised his hand signaling her not to say a word.

"Mistress... what you saw earlier... just pretend it never happened," said Ren.

Theresa sighed and nodded.

"So... when do we start training?" she asked.

"Em... how about today?" Ren asked back. She nodded and rose from her seat.

"Let's go," she urged, not even bothering to wait for him, as she made her way to the secluded room. Long Ren shook his head and a bright smile appeared on his lips.

"It seems what Grandpa taught me wasn't waste. Using cuteness and deliberately exaggerating a sensitive topic works for a gullible mistress like mine. Mistress, just you wait. You better not regret your decision to let me train you. From today on, YOU WILL SUFFER...TERRIBLY!" Long Ren thought happily before vanishing.

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In the secluded room.

Long Ren who has changed his clothes to that of a scholar again, read out the requirements for learning the 'Lazy Lotus' technique.

"One must be willing to learn no matter what it takes, he or she must have a flexible body." Ren read out loud but Theresa interrupted him.

"My body is super flexible," she said boasted.

Long Ren shook his head and continued to read out the rest requirements.

"Hardworking, good-looking, patient, and able to handle pain." Long Ren read out again but then Theresa clapped.

"That's easy. When I came here, I suffered a great deal of pain; so I am not scared. I fit into the other requirements too." she chipped in.

"Of course!" Ren agreed and added: "The first step is to... do splits"

"Splits? Hahaha Hahaha." she laughed.

"That's easy! As the heiress of the Williams family, how could I not know how to do splits?" she asked and continued being amused.

"Ok. It seems you have some basic knowledge about splits," said Ren as he kept the book on a table.

"Not some basic knowledge. Do you know who taught me?" she asked.

"That's still basic knowledge. The one in this book is much more advanced," said Ren.

"How advanced can splits possibly get?" she asked, not buying his words at all.

"Let me show you," said Ren.

He sat on the floor and widened his legs into a middle split. Seeing this, Theresa scoffed: "What's hard there? I can even do it in my sleep."

Long Ren heard her words and scoffed too.

"You are a frog at the end of a well. A big chested idiot!" he spoke causing her to be pissed.

"You!" she pointed at him angrily.

"Watch and learn." he twisted one of his legs five times. Now it didn't even look like a leg. It felt so scary yet fascinating.

"W-What are you? Are you a snake?" she asked in fright. Her knees were trembling so much that she sat on the floor!

"You..." she pointed at him again.

"Doesn't it hurt?" she asked with a small voice.

"It doesn't!" Ren replied and then started twisting the other leg.

"Stop... stop. That's enough. Enough, alright?" she cried but Ren did not listen. He instead began to twist his left arm. When he saw that she was close to retching, he stopped and his arm quickly returned to normal and then his legs too. Then he got up from the ground with a smile.

"So do you admit your defeat?" he asked.

"..." Theresa only stared at him in fright.

"Mistress, don't think about backing out," he warned.

"Why?" she cried, pulling her hair in frustration. She was beginning to regret agreeing to be taught by Long Ren.

"Mistress, your training officially begins now," he announced with an evil smile.

Long Ren made Theresa do a 'professional split' which consisted of doing a middle split while trying to hold steadily two building blocks; one on each hand. These blocks were very heavy and Theresa wanted to drop them but then, Long Ren whistled and shook his head.

"You said that you are hardworking and can persevere. Why don't you prove it to me? Carry those for... half an hour. You are no longer an ordinary girl but a beginner realm level 1 practitioner; so you must undergo this training without complaint. Ok?" Ren advised before he sat on his rocking chair.

As usual, there was a plate of strawberries by his side.

"Life is good" he muttered before putting on a sleeping mask.

Theresa glared at him and gritted her teeth.

This evil pet is taking advantage of the fact that she needs a master to guide her in cultivation. But then, what can she do? Damn it! These blocks are so heavy for her to carry. She feels her hands going numb.

When is half an hour going to end?

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An hour later.

Theresa surprisingly was able to last till an hour carrying those blocks. She couldn't feel her hands anymore. The one who told her to do this, Long Ren had fallen asleep 30 minutes ago.

Just look at him. These days he's becoming more and more like a pregnant woman. As she was about to call out to him, he woke up, threw away the sleeping mask and rubbed his eyes.

"It's finally an hour? Ok, you can put those things down and rest." said Long Ren in a hoarse voice.

Theresa immediately threw down the blocks and tried to bring her legs together but surprisingly, she found that her body wasn't responding to her order.

"What's going on?" she thought in alarm and looked at Long Ren questioningly.

"Oh, how silly of me mistress, when I said you should rest I didn't say your whole body. I was talking about your numb hands. I did not say your splits would end in an hour. Mistress, you can close your eyes and rest your hands." Ren explained.

Theresa did not buy his explanation at all and instead tried to move her body with her hands to no avail.

"Mistress, don't waste your energy. I sealed your body to the floor only your hands and head can move. Goodluck with resisting." said Long Ren before disappearing.

"LONG REN, RELEASE ME. I WANNA PEE SO BADLY!" she shouted, sweat dripping down her pretty face.

The heartless Long Ren, had gone outside the house to strengthen the seals around it. When he was done, he returned with his dragon bone whip in his right hand.

"Mistress, you see this whip? It's something that every cultivator knows about. This is the legendary dragon bone whip capable of cutting one in half depending on my mood. Please don't complain when I am teaching you. I suffered a lot more than you when my grandpa started teaching me at the age of 4. Mistress your not a kid anymore so please, behave like a mature person." Ren warned.

Theresa continued to glare at him.

"Release me," she said in a whisper: " I gotta pee badly"

"You are not going to answer the call of nature. It's normal for you to feel that way. Bear with it. We're almost done with the splits session," Ren encouraged.

"Arghh!" she groaned in frustration.

"Han Fei Fei, why did you summon me here in the first place? I want my Mummy, "Theresa cried.

"Mistress, please bear with it." Ren encouraged again but Theresa did not wanna listen. She kept trying hard to free herself to no avail.

"Mistress, your break is very short. I advise you to use the remaining time wisely." Ren advised but all he got from Theresa was a scary glare. He then shrugged and let her be.

30 minutes later.

Theresa's scream resounded throughout the whole room.

Outside the secluded room, no one could hear her screams since Long Ren had made the room super soundproof. For the past 25 minutes, Long Ren had made Theresa do all kinds of painful body twisting. Now Theresa wished that she had been a contortionist back on Earth.

Just when she felt she was going to break from the current position which was a combination of a handstand, a split done upside down with two blocks tied to each leg, Long Ren told her to relax and so she crashed to the floor miserably and started crying.

Her whole self was a mess but Long Ren still did not care. All he cared about was his relaxation and eating strawberries while reading a book. Theresa lay on the ground sprawled and her heart was beating very fast. She kept gasping for breath.

Seeing this, Long Ren shook his head and continued to read his book about a young boy eating raw animals' meat and using it for demonic practices..

"Mistress, you have another short break of 10 minutes. If you wanna pee as you mentioned earlier, you can go do so now. Don't bother drinking water or dare to relax on the way. But you can also decide to stay here and keep me company." Ren advised, his eyes still glued to the book.

Theresa gritted her teeth and fought the urge to curse his 20th ancestors.

"You're not moving? Your time's running short," Ren urged.

"You... you clearly see that I can't walk. How then..." she couldn't finish her sentence since Long Ren had sealed her voice.

"Too noisy. A scholar needs peace and quiet," said Ren in a low tone of voice.

Theresa kept glaring daggers at him but he did not care. She won't be able to hurt him yet.

"Scholar my ass! If you were a scholar then I'm your boss!" Theresa resorted to using telepathy.

Long Ren just scoffed and continued reading the book.

9 minutes later.

"Mistress, your time's up. Let's continue the training," Ren announced as he lazily got up from his rocking chair, yawning like there was no tomorrow. The book had been tossed to a corner of the secluded room, looking so old and rough.

Theresa glared at Ren before hissing.

"Mistress, let me help you," Ren offered to help her get up after undoing the spell he cast on her.

"Don't touch me. I have hands and legs," she barked. Heavens know how much she wanted to eat fox stew right now.

Long Ren shook his head and put the chair back in his storage space. Theresa forced herself to rise up from the floor. Her whole body is still in pain though much of it has subsided 8 minutes ago.

Her body has become much stronger and she recovers much faster from pain and injuries acquired during the training and that's why Long Ren is using it to his advantage.

According to the book, after splits, comes the first dance.

Since Theresa cannot read or understand chinese characters, Long Ren is clearly adding his own part to the book.

He keeps saying that every painful body twisting he made her do, is in the book which is a big, fat lie! The day will come when Long Ren will suffer for this very sin.

4 minutes later.

Theresa's mouth is gagged and she is blindfolded, unable to see a thing. She is tied upside down to the roof hanging on only by a thin rope to the roof. She is still unaware of her situation since Long Ren had used another spell on her 3 minutes ago.

"There! Perfect." Long Ren exclaimed.

"Mistress, its time to see a wonderland." he muttered as he removed the gag, blindfold and undid the spell.

Theresa opened her eyes and what came to her view was the floor and Long Ren upside down.

"What's going on?" she thought.

She massaged her temples and coughed. This made the thin rope sway.

"Mistress, eat this." Long Ren put a strange, foul-smelling black pill into her mouth with force and made her swallow it.

"Long Ren, what did you feed me. Why am... I tied upside down? What's your plan?" she weakly asked.

"What I fed you... I fed you... mmm.. I fed you... sweet dreams," replied Long Ren.

He clapped and Theresa closed her eyes. When she reopened them, what she saw was a bottomless abyss of fire. Theresa was scared and began to shiver.

It seemed weird that she was atop the abyss, feeling the extreme heat and yet not falling into the abyss. She looked upwards to see the thing holding her from falling and all she saw was a skeleton with its eyes still intact.

Blood dripped from the skull and landed on her feet and face. The skeleton's hand was holding her right leg preventing her from falling into the abyss.

"Young lady, you look tasty," said the skeleton.

Theresa stared at it in fright.

"You.." she didn't know what to say or do at that moment. If she angered it by yelling, she might be thrown into this fiery abyss. Also, if she kept quiet; she'd be the skeleton's meal. What should she do now? Also, where was Long Ren?

From behind her, another hand gripped her left leg.

She looked and saw that it was a severed arm that was already festering. She then heard many screams of demons in her head and fainted from all the drama.

3, minutes later.

She woke up to see that she was hung upside down in a prison cell. Beneath her were snakes of all sorts moving about.

Some had only one eye, others had two tails. One had five unequal heads and 18 eyes of different colors. He seemed to be the king of the snakes judging from his size. Ah, he's so scary. She wants to live longer, okay?

From her calculation, she was hung 3 meters away from the ground where the snakes are but just by coiling the king of the snakes was able to get close to her by 2.5 meters.

Theresa wanted to faint but dared not. She's so afraid of snakes and just look at all the snakes in here! She did not need to count before saying that they could number a hundred.

"Hey, morsel. Prepare yourself,"

Theresa heard a voice and looked around but found no one.

"Who are you?" she whispered.

"I'm right under you," said the owner of the voice.

She looked down to see the king of the snakes. However, what she saw shocked her even more.

The 5-headed snake with 18 eyes now had a half-human body. The rest of his body was a very large snake tail. His hair was actually several hundreds of small snakes. This reminded her of Medusa.

Ahh! This is too much.

"My dear morsel, how about a chat before the death?" the strange being asked.

Theresa just stared at him, unable to say a word.

"I'm Aniln the 3rd. What's your name?" he asked with a smile, revealing canine teeth stained with blood.

Theresa did not have any courage to speak. All she thought of in her heart was Long Ren.

"Long Ren, where are you? Please come save me. I need you. I promise not to complain anymore when you train me. Please save me!" she prayed in her heart.

"It's alright if you don't wanna talk. I don't expect a corpse to speak anyway." Aniln said before revealing extra long fangs.

He changed back to his five-headed self and inched closer to her. When he was half a meter close to Theresa, she screamed loudly as she couldn't bear it anymore.

"LONG REN, SAVE ME!" she cried with all her might while shutting tightly her eyes.

Suddenly, she heard a burst of familiar laughter.

She was confused. What really was happening?

The scene before her changed back to that of the secluded room. She could see she was still tied upside down hanging on by a thin rope that could cut in two any minute.

Long Ren was rolling on the floor like a mad man laughing uncontrollably. Theresa's face went black.

"You... release me now you devil!" she yelled in frustration.

She had come to a realization that what he fed her earlier was a hallucination pill. She had heard mother Ye Feng mention it to Lu Wei yesterday. Theresa really wanted to cut her mischievous pet to pieces.

"Mistress," Ren muttered as he bridled his laughter and got up from the ground.

"Mistress, you really are so funny. So funny," Ren commented before he started laughing again.

Theresa tried to struggle but no matter how hard she tried, the rope that seemed so thin and weak only got fuller and stronger.

"Mistress, if you struggle harder, you can hallucinate again and then I can watch you make funny expressions. I've never been this entertained all my life." Long Ren remarked.

By now, Theresa's eyes had become fiery red. A fire erupted from her body and burnt the rope making Theresa fall down.

Long Ren shook his head when he saw her actions. It did not take two seconds for Theresa to cry out in pain. On the floor, the once invisible things had now become visible.

On the once bare floor, around Theresa were spikes and a spiky chair similar to the one he had offered her once. Theresa was currently sitting on it. Only heavens know how many injections she must have received from the spiky chair!

"Mistress, take care," Long Ren said before ditching the scene his usual way- by vanishing.

Soon a loud roar was heard from the secluded room after Long Ren had removed the soundproof in the secluded room, startling Lu Wei and Ye Feng. They forgot all about what they were doing and head for the secluded room.

Reaching there, the pair opened the door of the secluded room and struggled to enter at the same time.

The sight they beheld on finally entering the secluded room, made them so startled that they went down on their knees, their eyes about to pop out of their sockets!

"M-Mother... do... you see..."Lu Wei stammered.

"Yes... I see. I really do see. This child of mine, is never ceasing to surprise me." Ye Feng muttered.

"Mother, why is there such great fire around sister?" Lu Wei asked in confusion.

"Your sister is... the legendary heaven furnace queen." replied Ye Feng.

Lu Wei still did not understand and wanted to ask for more clarification but Ye Feng told her to seal her lips. Lu Wei unwillingly shut her mouth and both continued to stare at Theresa who was now sitting on the bare floor that was slowly turning hot.

Still, Ye Feng and Lu Wei did not leave. They are fire cultivators who are resistant to fire but how much one can be resistant depends on his or her cultivation level.

Theresa can be said to be resistant to any destructive fire below saint level which is very shocking.

An all element furnace is also called heaven furnace as it is one of the rarest things that happen on this continent.

The room temperature soon became unbearable for Lu Wei so Ye Feng advised her to leave. Lu Wei reluctantly left and headed for Theresa's room to make sure things were ready for Theresa's return.

After 30 minutes, the flames all around Theresa vanished and the secluded room immediately returned to normal.

Ye Feng sighed and carried the fainted Theresa back to her room. With the condition that Theresa was in, she can't do any hard work for at least a month thanks to our evil Long Ren. Before Theresa fainted, she had heard Long Ren's words through telepathy.

"My dear mistress, I'll be kind enough to give you a breather; so you get one week off training. How does that sound? Are you grateful?"

Theresa's reply was fainting due to exhaustion.

*******

An hour later.

Theresa's room.

Theresa was currently being forced to drink bitter medicine which Ye Feng had recommended saying it was good for her health and cultivation.

For the past 10 minutes, there had been a serious battle between Lu Wei and Theresa due to her refusal to drink the medicine.

In the end, Ye Feng, tired of watching them snatched the bowl and pinned Theresa to the bed with a spell.

She then made Theresa open her mouth involuntarily and fed her the medicine. When all the contents had been cleared out of the bowl, Ye Feng patted Theresa's back in a not so gentle manner making her cough.

"Mother... how could you feed me death?" Theresa complained.

"My dear, there is no death in the medicine. It's just bitter and you are unwilling to drink it. I had no choice but to force you," Ye Feng explained but Theresa did not want to buy her explanation.

"I'm dying!" Theresa cried.

"Here sis, take this," said Lu Wei as she handed over a piece of candy to Theresa.

Theresa stared at the candy like, it was her arch-enemy.

"What's that?" she asked skeptically.

"It's candy. Very delicious," replied Lu Wei.

"I don't care if it's delicious. Who knows if its another trick to make me swallow medicine willingly," thought Theresa.

"Sis, this candy is made by mother. It's not easy to get the ingredients and make it. Come on, take it," Lu Wei urged Theresa.

Theresa was very unwilling to eat the candy. One reason was that the thing Lu Wei called candy, does not in any way look similar to any candy that she had ever seen in her 17 years of luxury life back on Earth.

It also did not smell good nor look appetizing. How the heck was she gonna eat it when she's not even sure of what was in Lu Wei's hand?

"No... no... I don't need it," Theresa waved the candy away but Lu Wei kept insisting.

Theresa secretly peeked at her foster mom and saw that she was looking at the bare walls. She could sense that Ye Feng must be the one who really made it. Maybe the candies here in this world are not so advanced.

Fine, since its a gift from her mom, she'd accept it.

"Ok gimme," Theresa snatched the candy from Lu Wei and threw it into her mouth. Her eyes widened the moment the candy melted in her mouth.

"How is it? It's delicious right?" Lu Wei asked eagerly.

"I haven't tested it yet since it's my first time making a candy," she added before bringing out another candy from her pocket.

"This is the one mother made with love. Mine was made with anxiousness so it may taste a little bad but here you can have this as compensation," said Lu Wei as she handed a red sweet-smelling candy to Theresa.

Without waiting for Theresa's response, Lu Wei escaped from the room.

Theresa spat out the already crushed 'candy' onto her palm and it disappeared startling Theresa.

"You want me to read you a story?" Ye Feng asked with her back still facing Theresa.

Theresa wanted to nod but then, Long Ren appeared on her right and sat beside her on the soft bed.

"She doesn't need you to read her bedtime stories. Today, I will fulfill my duty as a contracted pet to mistress and please don't get in my way, miss Ye Feng." Ren said as he picked up a novel from Theresa's cupboard.

He flipped through the pages and nodded.

"Not bad, not bad," he remarked with a smile that seemed not so genuine.

"Long Ren, get out," Theresa ordered pointing to the door.

Ren, however, wasn't here so he could obey a simple order from his mistress.

"She said you should get out, " Long Ren said to Ye Feng.

"I meant you." Theresa barked.

"She said she wants you to get out miss," Long Ren barked too, making Theresa angrier.

"Whatever! I'll leave. Have fun!" said Ye Feng before taking her leave. She also did not forget to close the door behind her. Theresa clenched her fists under the blanket as she glared at Long Ren.

He did not mind her anger and pretended that he did not understand whom her anger was directed at.

"You... WHAT DO YOU WANT?" she asked telepathically.

"Simple, mistress! I wanna read you a bedtime story. I'm not doing anything evil, I've taken a breather starting from tonight for a week. So... rest assured mistress," Ren explained but Theresa did not buy his explanation.

"Mistress, obediently lie down"

"I'm lying in the first place," she barked.

"Mistress, you amaze me a lot recently. After everything you went through during the training, you still have some strength and guts to shout. AMAZING!" Long Ren praised.

"Long Ren... do whatever you wanna do and get the hell out of my room. You are such an annoying pet," she complained.

"Now you're talking, Mistress," he then crossed his fingers and his entire being was covered by bright rays of light. After 3 minutes, the light faded and what was seen, was a 'beauty' dressed in a nanny's clothes.

Theresa shook her head and sighed, It seems one of the reasons she was summoned here is for this Long Ren to annoy her to death.

"Mistress, how do I look?" Long Ren asked in a female voice that he could best mimic.

"You look..." she yawned and closed her eyes.

"I don't have time for play, Long Ren. I'm feeling sleepy," she muttered,

"You..."Long Ren was shocked that his mistress chose to fall asleep when he wasn't even done with his plan. There's no way he'd let her win!

3 minutes later.

Theresa woke up panting heavily. What greeted her was a beautiful nanny sitting beside her on her bed caressing her forehead.

"My dear, how was your dream?"

"Long Ren... go away!" she barked.

"Why?" he asked: " I only want to read you a story"

"You... fine. You can read it now." she finally said, admitting defeat to this evil pet of hers.

"That's good then," he nodded in satisfaction and picked up a book different from the one he held three minutes ago.

Theresa did not notice this as she was now staring at the roof and wishing for Long Ren to hurry up with his plans and leave her alone.

"Once upon a time, there was a poor girl," Long Ren read out loud but he heard Theresa mutter: "I knew it'd be a poor to rich queen kind of story.".

Long Ren shook his head (when he saw that attitude of hers) while still keeping that fake smile on his lips.

"This poor girl is the queen of the vampires. Every night when every eye is closed, when everyone has fallen into the hands of SLEEP... this girl would leave her hut and conduct a meeting with her vampire subjects. Together, they go into various homes and quietly suck their victims' blood until they felt satisfied.

This poor girl however... ate also, HUMAN FLESH. According to her... it was DELICIOUS AND TASTY"

Theresa could not endure listening to this disgusting story any longer and stopped him from reading.

"The end of this novel is... 'And she cut out the man's shaft and finally chewed it. The blood and the meat were tasty. This is the greatest satisfaction of a vampire-cannibal hybrid. THE END' " Long Ren read out but this only made Theresa angrier.

"Get out!" she shouted.

"Mistress, shouting at a little kid isn't right. You are worse off than a crazy lady," said Long Ren. It seems his mission is to anger her to death tonight.

"Don't say another word, angel. I'm leaving." he blew her a kiss

"Goodnight kiss from nanny!" he explained but Theresa picked one of the slippers on the floor under her bed and threw it at Long Ren.

"There, there! Mission accomplished. Permit me to take my leave." Ren said before bowing his head slightly.

"GO DIE, LONG REN!" Theresa yelled as she threw the second slipper at him.

The slipper hit the wall and fell to the ground. Its target had already vanished.

"ARGH!" she groaned, finally pulling her hair in frustration.

"Why is this kind of scene not recorded in those web novels? Damn those authors! Only concerned about keeping FL's face. Ever since I came here, instead of face-slapping others, I get face-slapped by Long Ren several times." she complained in German.

The culprit, Long Ren had sealed off his room and drawn a protective array that fended off high-level demonic beasts.

He then sat on his bed in a meditative pose and closed his eyes. His palms were pressed together and his breathing became much slower. Yes, our Long Ren is finally going into one-week seclusion to cultivate. So, for now, Theresa will have some peace until he is done with his seclusion.

Lu Wei is currently serving punishment from an unhappy Ye Feng. The punishment consisted of trying a fill a basket in the pool room with water from a wooden bucket -an activity which would never yield any fruit.

"FASTER!" Ye Feng yelled when she noticed Lu Wei becoming sluggish in her movements.

"Yes, mom," replied Lu Wei as she threw down her coat and picked the big and heavy wooden bucket racing to the pool where she fetched water and then hurried back to a corner of the room where the basket lay.

Lu Wei emptied the contents of the wooden bucket into the basket and of course, all the water poured inside quickly rushed back to the pool.

Lu Wei was already tired, her hands had almost become numb but still, she dared not slack off, even when her mom, Ye Feng wasn't looking. Only heavens know when this punishment would end.

She has learned her lesson now and that is, to never play tricks on or infuriate elder sister Theresa.

Author's Note: Theresa prefers that those close to her call her by the name given by her birth parents. The name Han Fei Fei, is used only when she meets strangers but it will be changed when she's ready to enter magic school.

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