Chapter 70: Bound to the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 70: The City Lord's Little Concubine (12)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao had somewhat figured out where these people's respect for her came from; ultimately, it was still Fu Hengyan's doing.

Fu Hengyan valued her too much, so much so that a group of servants including Steward Zhou valued her more since she had just entered the mansion.

Well, there was nothing wrong with that either; Fu Hengyan valuing her was always better than Fu Hengyan ignoring her.

After entering the City Lord's Mansion, the worst situation Shen Yao faced was a cultivation-world version of harem intrigue with a group of women; the more respectfully the servants of the City Lord's Mansion treated her, the more advantageous it would be for her to establish herself in the City Lord's Mansion.

She turned several corners and walked past several beautiful moon gates.

Shen Yao arrived at Xuanru Garden, which Steward Zhou had constantly praised.

As soon as her foot stepped into this small courtyard, Shen Yao felt spiritual energy fluctuations several times denser than outside.

"Is there a Spirit Gathering Array laid out below?" Shen Yao asked, her gaze lightly sweeping over everything before her.

As Steward Zhou had said, Xuanru Garden was indeed better than those places she had passed along the way.

Not only because the spiritual energy inside the small courtyard was abundant, but also because spirit flowers and spirit grasses could be seen everywhere in the small courtyard.

Spirit fruits and spiritual plants like those Steward Zhou had mentioned were planted in the small gardens on both sides.

Steward Zhou nodded, his chubby face wrinkling together with his smile, looking exactly like a steamed bun with pleats.

"Madam has keen eyesight; the Spirit Gathering Array below was personally laid out by the City Lord, enveloping the entire small courtyard. Madam's daily cultivation can be several times faster."

Steward Zhou was very envious; to be honest, not even Yanqing Pavilion where the City Lord resided in the entire City Lord's Mansion had this treatment.

Don't look at the newly entered Madam being only at the Qi Refining Stage; having gained the City Lord's favor, Foundation Establishment is within reach.

Steward Zhou smilingly led Shen Yao on a simple tour around Xuanru Garden.

Neither of them thought there was anything strange about doing this; after all, in the Cultivation World, marriage formalities were indeed not very important, and there were none of those rules from the Mortal World.

"……Madam, this petty person must return to the Front Courtyard immediately to report to the City Lord.

If Madam has any matters, you can summon the maidservants of Xuanru Garden to notify this petty person."

After Steward Zhou finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and two young girls dressed in maidservant clothing with double hair buns walked in from outside the door.

"Maidservant Bai Wei greets Madam."

"Maidservant Bai Mei greets Madam."

Shen Yao expressionlessly waved her hand, smilingly gesturing for Steward Zhou to go about his business; she had Bai Wei and Bai Mei attending to her here, so there was nothing for the time being.

"This petty person takes his leave."

"Steward Zhou, walk slowly."

Seeing Steward Zhou off, Shen Yao placed her gaze on Bai Wei and Bai Mei, whose cultivation was only at the Third Floor; "You two come in with me."

Bai Wei and Bai Mei nodded in unison, "Yes."

Compared to the shock outside the small courtyard, the furnishings and arrangement inside the room were even more simple and low-key.

Shen Yao sat before the dressing table, gesturing for Bai Wei and Bai Mei to come over to tidy her makeup and change her clothes.

Bai Wei, Bai Mei:...

"What, is the City Lord coming over tonight?" Shen Yao raised her eyebrows, thinking in her heart that just from Steward Zhou coming over to thoughtfully introduce things to her, Shen Yao could guess eight or nine out of ten that Fu Hengyan would not appear for a short time.

Bai Wei and Bai Wei were frightened and hurriedly shook their heads; between the two, Bai Wei was clearly the dominant one.

In the time it took to say just a few sentences, Bai Mei had glanced at Bai Wei no fewer than several times.

Tsk, somewhat silly, yet unexpectedly easy to understand.

"Madam, the City Lord has been in closed-door cultivation recently; at the earliest he won't come out for half a month."

After Bai Wei finished speaking, she turned around and carried a wooden box from the Eight Immortals Table over to Shen Yao, "This was specially entrusted by the City Lord; only Madam can open the restriction on it."

Hearing this, Shen Yao smiled and put the wooden box into her Storage Ring to keep it safe, then sat upright, letting Bai Wei and Bai Mei help her remove her makeup and wash up.

This time, Bai Wei and Bai Mei did not hesitate; the two stepped forward and nimbly tidied up Shen Yao. And before Shen Yao had asked anything, Bai Wei took the initiative to speak, briefly saying some things about the Back Courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion.

Different from what Steward Zhou had said, Bai Wei mainly talked about the situation of the women of the inner chambers in the City Lord's Mansion.

Not unexpected to Shen Yao, as the newly appointed City Lord of Yunwu City, Fu Hengyan had no one else in the entire mansion besides himself, only Shen Yao as half a master.

Fu Hengyan currently had no Dao Companion, nor any concubines; Shen Yao was the first. As for whether she would be the last, Bai Mei looked at the beautiful woman in the copper mirror, pursed her lips, and felt the probability was high.

The City Lord should like Madam very much; as long as Madam wins over the City Lord's heart, even if other women enter the City Lord's Mansion in the future, it would not affect Madam.

Shen Yao did not know that just from chatting a few sentences, Bai Wei could associate so much.

However, it had to be said, Shen Yao was very satisfied with Fu Hengyan's assets.

Hope that their future getting along (cooperation) could be as pleasant as when they were on Yunwu Mountain.

After all, they still had to stay together to raise children; if they disliked each other, it would truly be hard to endure.

Changing into a light yellow Flowing Immortal Skirt embroidered with golden threads, Shen Yao's hair bun was slightly coiled behind her head; she stood up, gesturing that Bai Wei and Bai Mei could leave.

"If there are matters, I will seek you out myself."

"Yes, maidservants take our leave."

The room door was closed and shut again; Shen Yao walked to the Eight Immortals Table and took out the wooden box she had put into her Storage Ring.

The fluctuation coming from the wooden box was very familiar, the same as that on the Storage Ring before her.

Shen Yao pinched her fingers to form a hand seal, erased the restriction on it, and opened the wooden box.

Whoosh—

A Transmission Talisman flew out from the wooden box; Shen Yao's gaze turned stern, and before she could act, Fu Hengyan's unique voice drifted out from the Transmission Talisman.

Fu Hengyan spoke briefly, merely explaining the things inside the wooden box, and saying when he might come out of seclusion, letting her seize the opportunity to tightly grasp time to cultivate, and break through to the late stage of Qi Refining as soon as possible; this would be advantageous for the two of them to come into contact in the future.

Shen Yao: "... Huh?"

What did her cultivation level have to do with Fu Hengyan's daily interactions? Did Fu Hengyan disdain associating with those of lower cultivation? When they were at Yunwu Mountain before, hadn't they gotten along quite well?

Completely unable to understand Fu Hengyan's train of thought, Shen Yao looked at the transmission talisman that had spontaneously combusted after transmitting the message, shook her head, and continued examining the items inside the wooden box.

Then, Shen Yao couldn't help but blush!

Fu Hengyan!!!

Cough cough, cough cough cough

Unable to help coughing out loud, Shen Yao looked at the jade slip she was pinching in her hand, too embarrassed to continue pressing it against her forehead.

Who could have imagined that the elegant and handsome Fu Hengyan had actually given her a legendary Dual Cultivation Secret Art.

And it was the extremely improper kind, something like the Absorbing Yang to Supplement Yin type of thing.

Shen Yao:... Blushing, ashamed!

Even with experience from several task worlds and calling herself an old hand, Shen Yao was still shocked by Fu Hengyan's miraculous operation.

This thing would be called demonic and evil even if placed in the Hehuan Sect, so how could Fu Hengyan give it to her?

Not understanding Fu Hengyan's intentions, Shen Yao first fanned herself with her hand to calm down, then closed her eyes and continued examining it as if facing death.

After about two quarters of an hour had passed, Shen Yao opened her eyes, her expression one of relief.

So that was it, it was actually for her cultivation, she had been scared to death, thinking Fu Hengyan wanted to cultivate her into a demonic cultivator.

One must know that besides righteous path cultivators on the Xuantian Continent, there were also demonic cultivators, evil cultivators, magic cultivators, and so on.

Demonic cultivators and magic cultivators, as the names suggested, one was a person possessing Demon Race bloodline who cultivated Demon Race magic techniques, or a half-human, pure-blooded Demon Race also counted; magic cultivators were a type of creature that used Magic Qi as the source of cultivation, Magic Qi and Spiritual Energy were naturally opposed, once tainted one would no longer have normal consciousness, calling them magic cultivators was just for a unified term, people of the Cultivation World were more willing to call them magic beasts.

Evil cultivators were completely different from the above two types; they were not magic cultivators who had done all sorts of evil and were regarded as tumors of the Cultivation World, nor were they demonic cultivators whose beastly nature dominated and would occasionally go berserk, they were just some cultivators who had taken the unorthodox path, some were things not seen in the light, caught between black and white, belonging to a gray area.

The heart method of the "Ultimate Bliss Hehuan Art" that Fu Hengyan gave her belonged to the evil cultivator category.

Shen Yao cultivating it was not improper; if only used on Fu Hengyan, it could only be said to be the amorous interest between two people, but once used on others, it would make her an evil cultivator, and if caught she would be locked up and punished.

As for why Fu Hengyan would teach this heart method to Shen Yao, it was still because of Shen Yao's cultivation; relying on normal means to break through Foundation Establishment was too difficult, it was better to use Absorbing Yang to Supplement Yin for convenience and speed.

Yes, Fu Hengyan very frankly let Shen Yao learn this thing that treated herself as a tool person.

Shen Yao:... Although but, she really didn't know what to say.

Seeing this kind of train of thought in a Dao Companion for the first time, Shen Yao could only sigh that Fu Hengyan was indeed a Sword Cultivator, truly a single-minded person who never turned.

But since it was useful, she would practice it first; after all, having such a great treasure as Fu Hengyan, she naturally had to use him well.

Besides the Ultimate Bliss Hehuan Art that shocked Shen Yao, there were also several bottles of pills inside the wooden box.

After opening it, Shen Yao smelled the familiar fragrance wafting from the pills and understood these were Conclusion Pills used for breakthroughs.

Previously, when this body wanted to break through from Qi Refining Sixth Layer to Qi Refining Seventh Layer, it had used one, but unfortunately it didn't work, and that forced breakthrough was also the direct reason Shen Yao was able to transmigrate into this body.

Right now there were several times more Conclusion Pills; Shen Yao clenched her palm but still didn't directly attempt it; she planned to first cultivate her Qi Refining Sixth Layer more perfectly, then the chance of successful breakthrough would be greater.

Having finally come to the Cultivation World, Shen Yao really didn't want to live only a hundred and eighty years and then die a natural death.

Such a vast Xuantian Continent, and even the Xuanwei Realm far larger than the Xuantian Continent, if she had the chance she wanted to go see them, just to broaden her horizons was good.

This time her spiritual root and aptitude were insufficient, but that didn't mean in future worlds she would be this unlucky every time; if one day she could become a god or an immortal... stop, she couldn't think so much.

The suddenly surging heart instantly calmed down; Shen Yao smiled and exhaled, turned around, took out a steam cushion from her storage ring, closed her eyes, and cultivated.

Cultivation has no years, time has already passed hurriedly.

Fu Hengyan's time of leaving seclusion was several days later than the mentioned half-month period.

But despite that, when Fu Hengyan came to Xuanru Garden where Shen Yao was, he still learned from Bai Wei and Bai Mei that Shen Yao's closed-door cultivation had not yet ended.

Looking up, seeing the increasingly dense vast spiritual energy gathering in Xuanru Garden, Fu Hengyan knew Shen Yao was breaking through.

This was also good; if Shen Yao could successfully break through to Qi Refining Late Stage using the pills he left behind, then the following matters would go much more smoothly.

Instructing Bai Wei and Bai Mei to guard the small courtyard well, Fu Hengyan turned around and left.

With this departure, another half month passed.

Xuanru Garden remained calm; the only fluctuation was the constantly surging spiritual energy around.

Bai Wei and Bai Mei waited at the doorway three times every day, but unfortunately Shen Yao still hadn't come out.

Just as the two were about to give up, the tightly closed room door was suddenly pushed open.

Shen Yao appeared before Bai Wei and Bai Mei with her clothes fluttering.

"Greetings, Madam, congratulations on your breakthrough to Qi Refining Late Stage."

Bai Wei's eyes shone with delight, pulling Bai Mei to hurry over and offer congratulations.

After breaking through, Shen Yao was in an extremely good mood; she waved her hand to let the two stand up and asked what time it was now.

Bai Wei replied, "Replying to Madam, it is now July twentieth."

July twentieth? Then her closed-door cultivation this time had been nearly two months.

"Where is the City Lord, has he come?"

Bai Mei glanced at Bai Wei and said softly, "The City Lord came once at the end of June; at that time Madam was in closed-door cultivation."

The City Lord only told us two to guard the small courtyard well, then left."

Bai Wei added, "The City Lord left the City Lord's Mansion in mid-July; I once asked Steward Zhou, and the steward said the City Lord would probably return by the end of this month."

Seeing Shen Yao not interrupting their words, Bai Wei and Bai Mei simply reported everything that had happened at the City Lord's Mansion during this period truthfully.

Shen Yao listened patiently, nodded, and said, "Have someone prepare some meals to bring over."

Later, tell Steward Zhou that I have left seclusion."

By then, when Fu Hengyan returns, Steward Zhou will naturally tell him.

Bai Wei and Bai Mei nodded in agreement, "We understand."

After speaking with the two, Shen Yao did not immediately return to her room, but walked around the small courtyard.

The spiritual plants and spirit fruits in the small courtyard were growing well, and Shen Yao even used her own wood spiritual power to connect some of them.

To be sure, a wood spiritual root was indeed well suited for tending to spirit flowers and spirit grasses.

Because wood spiritual roots were close to nature, the spiritual energy emanating from Shen Yao's body was more easily absorbed by these plants.

Gazing at the lush green small courtyard before her, Shen Yao decided that once she broke through Foundation Establishment, she would study Alchemy.

Compared to Talisman Drawing and Artifact Refinement, her spiritual root was still better suited for dealing with plants.

Coincidentally, Alchemist was a fine profession; if she learned it well, she might use it wherever she went in the world.

When Bai Wei and Bai Mei brought the prepared spirit soup, Shen Yao sat back at the Eight Immortals Table and seriously sampled the City Lord's Mansion's cooking.

Whether it was the spiritual power effect carried by the spirit ingredients, or the texture inherent in the spirit soup itself.

This meal directly made Shen Yao eat her fill; fortunately, the spiritual power contained in the food was mild, and after entering the body it mainly served to nourish, otherwise Shen Yao's newly opened meridians might be widened once again.

Having achieved success in cultivation, eating her fill and dressing warmly, she was also half an owner of the City Lord's Mansion.

Shen Yao's days at the City Lord's Mansion were simply too good.

Taking advantage of the time before Fu Hengyan returned, Shen Yao toured the entire City Lord's Mansion.

To say it or not, the splendor of the City Lord's Mansion was simply several times more lavish than the Shen Clan Territory.

Shen Yao would sigh every day that living in the City Lord's Mansion was truly the utmost happiness.

On the first day of the eighth month, the second day after Fu Hengyan returned to the mansion, he appeared precisely at Xuanru Garden where Shen Yao was.