Chapter 55 - Invitation Card

Tang Lingling was baffled when she was left with a pile of documents and numerous precious items that were laying across the floor.

'First I got reprimanded by Madam Liu and now I'm being ordered to do everything for the Young Master…' Tang Lingling cried inwardly.

As much as she wanted to tear up, she could only muster up her courage to do what she was assigned.

"I-I understand, Young Master." Tang Lingling said as she took a seat near the desk and began arranging the documents.

The documents were labeled with a bunch of wealthy family clans and some more influential people.

In addition, there was a classification on what seat to hand out to each person- such as if the person is an important individual or not for the Liu Clan.

Seconds become minutes… minutes become hours… and before long, multiple hours had long passed with Tang Lingling signing multiple documents on behalf of Lee Tao.

As Tang Lingling finished signing for a document, she tried to reach for another document to sign before receiving a paper cut.

"Ouch," Tang Lingling shouted in pain as she quickly covered her cut finger with her saliva.

Meanwhile, Lee Tao, who had been asleep the entire time, woke up from the sudden outcry of Tang Lingling.

"What happened?" Lee Tao asked.

"N-Nothing, Young Master… I merely made a blunder and got a papercut accidentally." Tang Lingling replied.

Lee Tao nodded his head.

His eyesight then glanced at the pile of documents that Tang Lingling had managed to scan through when he was asleep.

'Hmm, so she's been working for the entire time huh.' He thought.

"Tang Lingling, what kind of cultivation technique have you been focusing on?" Lee Tao asked as he took a seat next to Tang Lingling.

Tang Lingling was dumbfounded by the sudden interest from Lee Tao.

However, as a servant for the Liu Clan, she didn't hesitate to reveal her cultivation technique to Lee Tao.

Normally, a cultivation technique is like the second lifeline for a cultivator because the techniques they used are extremely precious to them.

It wasn't far-fetched to say that a cultivator might treat their cultivation technique more dearly than their loved ones.

After all, besides having a high cultivation base, one must require a profound cultivation technique to become strong. Without any cultivation techniques at hand, it was pointless to cultivate since it wouldn't benefit you much.

"Replying to the Young Master's questions, I cultivated a technique that was handed to me by Madam Liu. It's a technique called the Myriad of Seven Hearts." Tang Lingling said.

"Myriad of Seven Hearts?" Lee Tao twitched his mouth as he stared at Tang Lingling with a questionable look.

"Are you sure the technique is called Myriad of Seven Hearts?" He asked for confirmation, hoping that his ears might have heard wrongly.

Tang Lingling nodded her head.

"Un, I can't possibly forget the technique name when I study it every day." She said and retrieved the cultivation technique manual from her storage ring for Lee Tao to see that she wasn't kidding.

"Here you go, Young Master. This is a copy that Madam Liu had made for me." 

Lee Tao grabbed the cultivation technique manual and began scanning through it.

'I-Impossible… how was this ridiculous First Heaven world actually capable of having a profound technique such as this?' 

Sometime later, Lee Tao suddenly grabbed Tang Lingling's hand and began inspecting her.

Although a bit shocked by his sudden action, Tang Lingling kept still as she watched Lee Tao's expression changing from time to time.

'Huh… did mother inspect Tang Lingling before and decided to hand out this technique to her? Or was it a mere coincidence?' Lee Tao thought.

"Young Master?" Tang Lingling asked when he was lost in his thought process for a few minutes already.

Lee Tao snapped out of his daze as he released her hand.

"Continue the hard work… I'll talk to my mother since we'll need to plan a date," he then said as he left the room alone, leaving Tang Lingling confused.

'Why did the Young Master suddenly hold my hand?' Tang Lingling wondered silently as she resumed her work on the pile of documentation on the table.

Meanwhile, Lee Tao had already begun walking toward Madam Liu's office with a solemn expression.

'What kind of secret is my mother holding? To be able to detect Tang Lingling's constitution and physiques is part of the Ice Divinity Heart and gave her the perfect cultivation technique…' He thought.

Sometime later, Lee Tao arrived outside of Madam Liu's room where a servant quickly bowed their head when they noticed him.

"Young Master," The servant greeted with a polite tone.

Lee Tao nodded his head.

"Is my mother inside?" he asked.

"Un, Madam Liu is currently working inside and has ordered that no one is allowed to disturb her…" The servant replied.

After a slight pause though, the servant continued, "However, I'm sure Madam Liu wouldn't mind if it's the Young Master that wished to see her."

Despite Lee Tao being a well-known trash within the Lee Clan, his identity and prestige were second to none besides Madam Liu.

Thus, the servant didn't think it would be a problem to allow Lee Tao inside the room.

And she wasn't wrong when Madam Liu's voice suddenly echoed outside.

"Let Xiao Tao come in."

The servant nodded her head as she opened the door for Lee Tao to enter.

Lee Tao entered the room casually as he found his own mother working on some kind of talisman.

"Are you trying to create some spells?" Lee Tao asked as he lay in her bed.

Madam Liu chuckled softly at his question.

"No dear, these are the invitation cards for your auction event." She said and flicked one of the cards toward Lee Tao.

Lee Tao held the card in his hand with an intrigued expression. 

"Oh… from afar, these cards seemed to look like talismans, but upon closer inspection, I can feel some profound qi are embedded in this seemingly ordinary card." He then said as he played around with the card.

"That's because these aren't simple cards, Xiao Tao.. The cards are made from the trees that contain Qilin blood."