Chapter 62

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

It's strange — Shen Ying clearly has a fire-earth dual spirit root, yet her sword carries an icy-cold aura.

She truly is a person full of ideas; Shen Yao sighed inwardly, then withdrew her gaze and focused solely on herself.

After waiting roughly half a quarter-hour, more and more people gathered at the doorway.

Shen Yao saw Shen Zhangshou turn back after finishing his talk with Shen Zhouhai and take out the flying boat tucked in his sleeve.

"Hurry up, board quickly."

The flying boat was huge; Shen Yao standing beside it was like a tiny ant.

Traveling from Yunwu City to Yunwu Mountain by driving one's own spiritual power takes three days.

But riding a flying boat or similar flying magic artifact, arrival takes only one day.

Shen Yao raised a hand to block the wind blowing in her face, smoothed her wind-tousled hair, and followed behind Shen Ying and Shen Qing to board smoothly.

The cabin interior holds a vast space, with a row of small rooms at the rear.

The men simply stay in the main hall to meditate; the women share rooms two per room and can rest anytime.

Shen Yao and Shen Qing room together; after entering they didn't forget to hang a spirit lock, to prevent someone accidentally pushing the door open and disturbing them.

"Sister Six, have you looked at the list I gave you? What do you think of the candidates inside?"

Shen Qing wore a pink dress, her hair pinned with two peach-blossom hairpins, making her look delicate and lovely.

Smiling, she revealed sweet dimples on her cheeks; Shen Qing sat on the bedside, legs hooked, swinging them back and forth.

Shen Yao answered frankly, "They all seem fine, only we haven't met the people, so it's hard to guarantee."

The content written above is good — either this family's legitimate son or that family's eldest grandson.

Sounds impressive enough, but who knows if it's deliberately arranged.

Still need to see their true character; best to find someone to test them a bit.

Shen Yao spoke two names, then sat opposite Shen Qing, staring unblinkingly.

Shen Qing: …

"You really have no shame — say that out loud and a young lady's reputation is ruined."

Shen Qing felt her cheeks heat up; as the words came out she even fanned herself with her hand.

Shen Yao said helplessly, "Fifth Sister, this concerns our sisters' future lives and livelihoods — what use is shame?"

"You're right," Shen Qing replied, quickly lowering her raised hand; she sighed, looking pained, "If only I could cultivate relying on myself like Fourth Sister."

At least I wouldn't have to rush like this now, frantically picking a Dao Companion for myself.

Shen Yao felt that given Shen Qing's usual habit of complaining of bitterness and fatigue during cultivation, even if she truly had Shen Ying's aptitude, she might not necessarily reach Shen Ying's level.

Don't be fooled — both are at Qi Refining Sixth Layer; Shen Yao is at Sixth Layer Perfection, forever unable to break through to Seventh Layer, limited by aptitude; Shen Qing merely entered Sixth Layer recently because she doesn't apply herself — expecting Shen Qing to reach Shen Yao's current cultivation would take at least two years of grinding.

You must know, Shen Yao's aptitude is inferior to Shen Qing's; in theory Shen Qing should advance faster than Shen Yao.

"Fifth Sister, overthinking is useless; let's instead figure out what to do once we reach Yunwu Mountain.

Yunwu Mountain is covered in Yunwu Stones, each one a formation eye unto itself.

We'll definitely be separated once inside; although Yunwu Mountain tacitly forbids killing and seizing treasures, this time there's news of Yunwu Crystals — can't guarantee someone won't take desperate risks; protective items, we must prepare them."

Shen Yao lives well in the Shen Family, so she doesn't want to see any Shen Family personnel lost.

Shen Qing's expression turned serious, "What you say is possible; we can only do our utmost and leave the rest to fate.

Yunwu Mountain's range is too vast; people entering are randomly teleported.

This affair has blown up huge; people fishing in troubled waters definitely exist.

Sister Six, compared to me, you need to be extra careful."

Shen Yao's looks are outstanding, after all — can't guarantee some people won't harbor filthy thoughts.

Cultivator sons and daughters truly don't care about such trifles, but to suffer physical humiliation for no reason is plenty vexing.

Shen Yao nodded seriously, "Fifth Sister, I've already packed all the magic artifacts I should bring."

Worst case, I still have the system as a cheat to provide help.

Certain people wanting to make a move on me also depends on whether I'm willing.

Young girls huddled together always have endless things to say.

Shen Yao and Shen Qing sat facing each other; from initial unfamiliarity to later familiarity took less than half a day.

Indeed, gossip and rumors are good things for closing the distance between people.

The flying boat flew steadily toward Yunwu Mountain, occasionally rising and dipping with a jolt.

Encountering flying demon beasts on the way, they coped successfully thanks to the various formation arrays engraved on the flying boat.

Shen Yao stayed in the room the whole time meditating and resting, not once stepping out the door.

The flying boat sailed for a day and a night, then began slowly descending to the ground.

"Arrived"

Shen Yao opened her eyes, meeting Shen Qing's gaze across from her.

The two sisters nodded at each other, then tidied their belongings, stood up, and left.

"Go down slowly, no rush; head first to the Shen Clan's formation flag and wait there."

Shen Zhangshou's voice rang in everyone's ears, simultaneously reminding them where to go after disembarking.

Shen Yao walked with the crowd, neither sticking her head out nor looking around.

Shen Qing, who was wandering around nearby like she was on an outing, formed a stark contrast with her.

Coming under a formation flag inscribed with the two characters Shen, Shen Yao found an empty space to sit down.

Shen Qing pulled Shen Ying over, saying, "Sister Six, want to go socialize?"

Winking and making faces, Shen Ying's expression was very playful.

Shen Yao looked up at her surroundings; the Sun Family and Lin Family had already arrived, and like the Shen Family, they were organizing their encampment, with many other large and small families around, basically filling up this entire area.

Then further back were the territories of loose cultivators and individual forces.

"Sister Five, is it okay for us to go over now? Second Elder hasn't returned yet."

They actively approached her; well, Shen Yao thought she could ask the system to first filter the personnel around her, then select suitable ones for interaction.

Hearing Shen Yao say this, Shen Ying interrupted before Shen Qing could speak, "Sister Six is right, you just wait honestly, what's the rush? It's not like there's no time."

Having been pulled along by Shen Qing the whole time, Shen Ying was somewhat irritable, and even the flying sword she held in her arms trembled slightly.

Seeing Shen Ying sit down directly upon arriving, Shen Qing was instantly furious.

Snorting lightly, Shen Qing turned around and left, not giving Shen Yao and Shen Ying a single glance.

Shen Yao:...

"Fourth Sister, Fifth Sister, here" Are you alright? Shen Yao truly witnessed Shen Qing's skill of changing faces as quickly as she changed her mind.

"It's fine, everyone around is an acquaintance," Shen Ying said, then closed her eyes to rest.

Seeing this, Shen Yao took the opportunity to quickly contact the system in her mind.

"Go check which male cultivators around have outstanding aptitude."

"By then we can pick our candidates from right here."

It wasn't that other places were unreasonable, but the people here had better cost performance.

Shen Yao thought she could appropriately lower her standards; after all, the system had everything, including some pills to improve children's aptitude.

As long as the father is a bit lacking but the son is impressive, that's fine.

"Host, this is the personnel list; the system can only find these."

The system was very tactful, clearly understanding that at this time they should cooperate and unite their strengths.

"System, well done, but remove the Lin Family and Sun Family, and also remove those who have connections with Ziyun Sect and Qianyu Alliance."

Shen Yao felt the cultivation world was very taboo about treacherous behavior.

Because the people here generally had strong combat power; offending someone might implicate the entire family.

The Shen Family lived well in Yunwu City and currently had no intention of abandoning Iron Sword Sect.

So, there was no need to contact certain sensitive forces and candidates too much.

System:...

Unexpectedly, her own host considered things so comprehensively that the system swallowed the words it was about to blurt out.

It silently deleted the old list again, and a brand new list was produced once more.

Shen Yao looked at the list, which had removed eighty or ninety percent compared to before, thinking that this small Yunwu City was already so intricate; if changed to a larger city, it would definitely be even more troublesome.

Quickly browsing through the list once, Shen Yao also had the system put up character portraits, so names and faces would be easier to associate.

"Tsk, here, there are only a few scattered ones that can satisfy me; after removing those with appearance issues, only the first two are worth a look."

It was just worth a look, because their looks were indeed not very outstanding.

This was the Cultivation World; handsome men and beauties were a dime a dozen.

Beauties who would be outstanding in other worlds would seem very ordinary here.

The interest Shen Yao had raised quickly fell; if she really had to choose here, she might as well shift her target. Anyway, there was still enough time, so she didn't need to make do like this.

The system and Shen Yao no longer spoke; host and system each went about their own business.

Suddenly, the system's voice sounded: "Host, new people have appeared!"

Shen Yao was startled; the system was alarmed and startled, and those who didn't know would think the system had malfunctioned.

"What new people? Newly arrived?"

Shen Yao saw the list provided by the system again and confirmed that several names had suddenly been added.

The system was still its usual mechanical sound, but its tone could be heard as excited: "Yes, just arrived, and their aptitude is especially good, very suitable for Host's requirements."

To make it easier for Shen Yao to understand fully, the system also shoved several enlarged photos in front of Shen Yao's eyes.

Shen Yao:...

"Fu Hengyan"

"Is that man wearing a set of white clothes, somewhat sickly and scholarly."

"Single Metal Spirit Root, purity 8.8 points, cultivation realm from late Golden Core Initial Stage to mid-stage; wow, didn't expect his Elemental Yang to still be there!"

Shen Yao:...

Well, she could truly feel that this person indeed made the system very surprised.

However, "Elemental Yang?" Shen Yao asked back at the system, "He has Golden Core Initial Stage cultivation; his age shouldn't be small. Am I supposed to have a May-December romance with him?"

Leaving aside whether it's possible or not, just based on the other party's aptitude, they wouldn't be willing to find Shen Yao.

What did Shen Yao have? Apart from a face, she currently had nothing else to bring out.

She couldn't just jump out and say she had a cheat, that the children she gave birth to would definitely be one in a million, and that having children with her wouldn't be a loss or a scam, right?

If Shen Yao really dared to say that, what awaited her would definitely be the Big Shot's anger.

With Shen Yao's fragile little body, well, she definitely couldn't withstand one palm strike.

And there were plenty of people with outstanding looks; not to mention far away, just in Ziyun Sect, there was nothing but beauties, all of them with good looks, good temperament, and good conversation skills.

Hiss

Compared like this, her own competitiveness indeed seemed not very strong.

Shen Yao shook her head inwardly; she was not optimistic about this matter, even though this male cultivator named Fu Hengyan was truly outstanding and also very much to her aesthetic taste.

After all, Shen Yao just liked this kind of man with a gentle temperament and a clear, handsome image.

This male cultivator named Fu Hengyan, from his appearance, looked exactly like a frail yet not frail-looking noble young master, a quality that made people dare not approach yet could not help but be drawn to him surrounded his whole body; just one glance could make many boudoir ladies fall deeply into it.

Reaching out to touch her face, Shen Yao felt it a pity; having seen Fu Hengyan, looking at the other few, she could no longer get them into her eyes.

Sigh

As expected, one cannot encounter someone too stunning; otherwise it will only make oneself feel dull and tasteless.

"Host, this male cultivator named Fu Hengyan has a problem with his body; your competitiveness is very great."

The system began to urge Shen Yao not to give up lightly; this is a rare good seedling.

If you have children with him, the system can guarantee that the probability of Shen Yao giving birth to a child with a Single Spirit Root is extremely high.

"Continue speaking; how do you know this?"

Shen Yao supported her chin with one hand, turned around with her back to Shen Ying, and let the system continue.

The system did not mind either, eagerly telling Shen Yao all the news it had heard.

So and so, this and that.

Shen Yao, having finished listening, also felt she had a chance, but Shen Yao did not get carried away like the system; she took the lead in asking the most crucial point.

"How can I make Fu Hengyan notice me? And make it so he wants no one but me."

Even if Fu Hengyan cannot advance further, even if he is a cripple, he is still a proper Golden Core cultivation realm.

Whether she, Shen Yao, can even reach Foundation Establishment is uncertain; even if he wants offspring, why would he not look for other female cultivators with better conditions? Where is Shen Yao's advantage?

System:...

Shen Yao's question was too sharp, causing the system to fall directly silent.

After a long while, just when Shen Yao could not sit still and wanted to go out and move around, the system spoke: "The system can provide the Host with a small prop that can help the Host attract the attention of the desired person."

"What is it?" Shen Yao pressed.

The system was a bit reluctant: "It is an Incense Pill that acts on the state of mind.

After the Host takes it, it can let the other party smell it, and only the other party."

That is to say, the Incense Pill's effect is singular and has absolute guarantee.

"No side effects?" Shen Yao felt this pill was an enhanced version of the Body Fragrance Pill.

System: "None; once this pill acts on the body, until the Host dies, the fragrance will not disappear."

Shen Yao's expression was serious: "That is to say, if Fu Hengyan doesn't take the bait, I'll have used it for nothing."

Actually, whether it disappears or not is secondary; the main thing is whether the other party will, because of this, use ruthless means to forcefully interrogate the source of her fragrance.

This is the Cultivation World; anything can happen; if the other party is highly vigilant, it could end up not worth the loss.

The system did not take this to heart: "The Incense Pill's fragrance has no side effects at all, and will even have a positive influence.

Host, this is a treasure that requires the system to deduct Energy Points to redeem; do you want to use it or not?"

It's spending its own money; the system feels heartache, especially since its energy is not much, all accumulated bit by bit slowly.

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow: "Use it; why not use it?" This is a business where winning means huge profit, losing means no loss.

Besides, she, a lower-class female cultivator at Qi Refining Sixth Layer, what ability does she have to scheme against a Golden Core Big Shot? And her Shen Family identity is open and aboveboard; what is there to fear?