Chapter 78: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 78: City Lord's Little Concubine (20)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan had nothing urgent to do in Floating Light City; they mostly wandered around looking at things.

Shen Yao did not forget to buy clothes, Fu Hengyan paid for everything, and Shen Yao simply went to Floating Light City's largest artifact-refining shop to make her purchases.

Indeed, these feather garments of Floating Light City were made from the feathers of a local specialty bird called the Feather Light Bird; they glowed, had an illusion-array concealing effect, and with the craftsmanship of artifact-refining masters, the feather garments were not only beautiful in appearance but also possessed astonishing defensive power.

Cultivators wearing them could both admire them and use them as magic artifacts.

After entering the shop, Shen Yao was quite generous: she immediately got outfits for herself and Fu Hengyan, and bought several more sets for daily changes.

Fu Hengyan even suggested Shen Yao buy more if she liked them, saying he had spent little over the years and had piled up a large number of spirit stones, enough for Shen Yao's various expenditures.

Shen Yao:...

"Cheng Qi, you're really too good to me."

Shen Yao excitedly hugged Fu Hengyan's arm, beaming as she continued to buy, buy, buy.

However, feather garments, though beautiful in appearance, were relatively simple in construction.

Feeling she had enough to wear, Shen Yao simply stopped and bought some other items.

Including small ornaments with various effects, such as ear pendants that could conceal one's appearance, green jade hairpins that could change hair color, jade pendants with a fresh fragrance, and cloud-and-dragon plate buttons that protected the heart vessels...

Shen Yao was like a country bumpkin who had accidentally wandered into a prosperous world, accompanied by a hardworking big spender; the two bought their way along, finally filling several storage bags and returning home with full loads.

"Mm, next time we run into a place like Floating Light City, we should come out and take a look again."

"Okay."

"Oh no, I originally wanted to buy some spirit food back from Tianxiang Tower so my master and the others could taste it.

Terrible, terrible—I was so busy buying other ornaments that I forgot this matter. Cheng Qi, why didn't you remind me?"

Shen Yao suddenly wailed, staring at Fu Hengyan with a pair of wet, glistening eyes.

She remembered asking Fu Hengyan to write it down for her before buying, yet she still forgot.

Fu Hengyan smiled gently and pointed to his storage bag at the same time, "I already bought it for you, while you were picking out those ornaments."

Fu Hengyan naturally remembered Shen Yao's words, but at that time Shen Yao was focused on choosing, and Fu Hengyan did not want to disturb her, so he asked a passerby nearby to run the errand.

Of course, the reward he paid was quite generous, and the other party certainly did not feel cheated.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao simply adored Fu Hengyan; what a little cutie, actually able to think of these things for her.

Shen Yao spread her hands open and stretched them flat, then threw herself directly into Fu Hengyan's arms.

The two were now walking along the street outside; they needed to return to the flying boat waiting outside before Floating Light City closed its gates at night.

Fu Hengyan smiled as he took Shen Yao, trying to make her as comfortable as possible when holding her.

Although he did not understand that Shen Yao occasionally complained his body was hard and somewhat uncomfortable to lean against.

But if he relaxed slightly and withdrew some of the spiritual power within his body, he could still manage it.

"Cheng Qi~"

Shen Yao couldn't help but act coquettish; even though she could feel gazes frequently cast their way, she still didn't care.

Anyway, she was hugging her own man—what was there to fear? The two of them even had children.

"I also bought some spirit dew you love to drink," Fu Hengyan said softly, then patted Shen Yao's shoulder, "Want anything else? Since we haven't left the city yet, anything can be bought with spirit stones."

Shen Yao raised her head from Fu Hengyan's embrace, looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes, "Enough." If she still wanted to buy things, she could wait until she went to the next city to continue browsing.

The joy of life lies in traveling everywhere.

Fu Hengyan slightly lowered his head, his forehead gently touching Shen Yao's hair, "Then let's go back first."

Shen Yao smiled like a flower, "Okay~"

The arms around each other loosened, but their ten fingers remained tightly clasped; the two left Floating Light City openly and aboveboard, leaving behind only a few envious or jealous whispered words.

After the flying boat entered Dongzhou territory, its traveling speed slowed down.

Shen Yao finally understood why, when she had asked Fu Hengyan when they could reach Tianjian Sect, he had not given a definite number.

Because on this land of Dongzhou, the flying boat would be inspected by patrolling cultivators every now and then.

Even though Luochen was a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he still had no privileges in this regard.

This was also related to Dongzhou's vast area, dense population, and the fact that all sorts of evil cults and heretical paths would pop up from time to time.

The patrollers were disciples from the Seven Sects, and they themselves were a form of deterrence.

In earlier years, there had been incidents where demonic leaders appeared openly in Dongzhou to commit crimes without being detected in time.

Although that demonic leader ultimately did not survive, the loss of life among the population was still regrettable.

Since then, the Seven Great Sects of Dongzhou had organized patrol teams.

Mostly each sect was responsible for its own commandery, but sometimes they would also inspect one another to prevent internal collusion and avoid irreparable losses.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao felt that compared to Beizhou, Dongzhou was truly outstanding in every aspect.

No wonder Dongzhou was the hegemon among the Five Continents, fighting Zhongzhou to a standstill, while the other three continents were mere underlings, except Xizhou, which was somewhat special as demon beast territory.

So the foundation was accumulated from these everyday little matters.

Beizhou never had such operations; the people of Iron Sword Sect certainly wouldn't think so much.

If some city in Beizhou were suddenly captured by evil cultists and blood-sacrificed, they would probably just have to resign themselves to their fate.

Unlike Dongzhou, although it cannot fundamentally solve the trouble from the source, it is also trying its best to avoid the incident expanding and causing more losses.

Perhaps this is the difference in scope and vision, but these have nothing to do with her.

As a minor Qi Refining Stage cultivator at the very bottom of the Cultivation World, Shen Yao's method of dealing with danger is probably only to open her mouth and shout for Fu Hengyan to save her.

So, regarding who should do what, and such talk of the big picture, she just lets it pass through her ears; in the end, she still has to return to real life and deal with trivialities like daily necessities.

The flying boat traveled all the way, stopping and starting; almost every time it encountered a large city, Luochen Zhenjun would let Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan go out to take a look.

Occasionally, Zhao Shichao and Sun Ruoxue were there too; even the few disciples Zhao Shichao had accepted, their generation being too low, could only serve as bag-carrying juniors for these Uncle Masters and Aunt Masters.

The shopping desire in Shen Yao's heart was completely ignited by the bustling cities.

Basically, every place they arrived at, she would fill her storage bag with all kinds of buy buy buy.

Moreover, Shen Yao didn't just buy for herself; she also delighted in buying for others.

Even the most awkward Zhao Shichao received a gift bought by Shen Yao, let alone the other people on the flying boat.

Zhao Shichao:... Not to say it's not worth saying, but ever since the little Junior Brother got a Dao Companion, he has indeed become more lively.

Watching the little Junior Brother and his Dao Companion being lovey-dovey every day made Zhao Shichao himself want to find one.

Fortunately, in the end, Zhao Shichao was stimulated by his few disciples into waking up.

Hmph, this person of his is still more suited to the single life; raising disciples and teaching lessons daily, then handling some miscellaneous affairs of Lingyun Peak, is quite good.

Half a year later, the flying boat carrying Luochen Zhenjun and these people finally returned to the Tianjian Sect.

Shen Yao gazed at that giant stone sword that seemed to pierce through the entire sky dome, her whole person stunned in place for a long time without speaking.

"The origin of the Tianjian Sect is related to this giant sword that flew from beyond the heavens.

The Sword Cultivators of the Tianjian Sect have strived these years to open a passage between the Xuantian Continent and Xuanwei Heaven, also because of this giant sword."

Legend says the path leading to the true Immortal Realm is hidden within this giant sword.

Emotions surged in Fu Hengyan's eyes, finally settling into calm.

"Get off the boat."

Luochen finished speaking in a deep voice; Fu Hengyan and Shen Yao each held a swaddling bundle, and the group walked out of the flying boat, proceeding on foot up the mountain.

This is also a rule of the Tianjian Sect: no matter who it is, to enter the Tianjian Sect's mountain gate, one must walk up on their own two legs; even the few Patriarchs of the Tianjian Sect cannot avoid this.

The constitution of cultivators is already vastly different from mortals; let alone climbing a few mountain forests, even walking for several days and nights would not have too great an impact.

Luochen and the group walked for about half a day before they saw the location of the Tianjian Sect's mountain gate.

The disciples responsible for guarding the gate, seeing the Lingyun Peak lineage who had gone out earlier return, were excited beyond measure.

Heaven knows how much they missed their fellow disciples of Lingyun Peak; without them, the Tianjian Sect is like flowers without fertilizer — though they can still bloom, they lack the previous vivid brilliance; Lingyun Peak is the indispensable face of the Tianjian Sect!

They greeted Luochen and the others with faces full of respect; Luochen waved his hand, inquired about the recent sect situation, confirmed there was nothing major, then turned and with a single sleeve-universe brought the crowd behind him back to Lingyun Peak.

After all, the only part requiring walking is this gate-entry segment; true Tianjian Sect cultivators can fly after entering.

"Luochen Zhenjun has returned; us staying in the Tianjian Sect is much safer."

"Yes yes, the fellow disciples of Lingyun Peak all have superb combat power; who knows which demons and evils suffered clan extermination during this trip of several months."

"Heard that Luochen Zhenjun's trip this time was not for slaying demons and exterminating devils, but for other matters."

"Do you know what matter? I see several unfamiliar faces in the crowd."

"Hmph, how would I know; but Lingyun Peak's matters have never been able to stay hidden, we'll just wait for the news."

"That's true; then we can also join in the liveliness; the few Uncle Masters of Lingyun Peak are all cold-faced but warm-hearted; Fu Zhenren even guided me in a few moves before..."

"You're really lucky; that's Fu Zhenren, early on in the Tianjian Sect known by everyone, known by everyone, just a pity."

"..."

The two gate-guarding cultivators whispered gossip until more fellow disciples returned up ahead, only then stopping their conversation.

At this moment, in just an instant, Shen Yao opened her eyes again to find she had already arrived at a mountainside.

Turning her head to look back, she saw a scroll-like painting of clouds and mist encircling the area with birds and beasts flying together.

This is Lingyun Peak?

"Uncle Master Luochen, fellow Senior Brothers, Ruoxue has a Master's command on her person and must return to Medicine King Valley immediately; please forgive the rudeness."

Sun Ruoxue was the first to bid farewell; ever since she came out of the flying boat, the transmission talismans on her body had been constantly sounding.

Knowing her fellow disciples were waiting anxiously, Sun Ruoxue didn't stand on ceremony and immediately requested leave.

Luochen waved his hand, only letting Sun Ruoxue convey his greetings to the other Master.

A streak of green light flew far away in an instant; Sun Ruoxue drove her flying magic artifact and left.

"Alright, back at Lingyun Peak, this seat is entering closed-door cultivation; you all handle the arrangements yourselves."

Luochen's voice fell, and his person had already vanished without a trace.

Seeing this, Shen Yao raised her head to look at Fu Hengyan beside her; Fu Hengyan had clearly long grown accustomed to his own Master's ways, and after greeting Zhao Shichao beside him, directly brought Shen Yao as well as Bai Wei and Bai Mei back to his small courtyard on Lingyun Peak.

Shen Yao felt that ever since entering the Tianjian Sect, she had been forced into all kinds of instant teleportation.

Fortunately the durations were all relatively short; otherwise her body probably couldn't have endured it.

"Don't be afraid; Lingyun Peak is covered with all kinds of teleportation arrays.

When the time comes, you take the Lingyun Peak entry/exit token, and you can walk around on your own.

Except for the peak top, which is the residence of the Master and the Patriarch, everywhere else can be accessed."

Fu Hengyan's small courtyard was unlike his person; vines and green grass, small bridges and flowing water, rare flowers and strange grasses too numerous to count.

Handing Bai Wei and Bai Mei over to the servants responsible for the small courtyard to take down and arrange.

Fu Hengyan led Shen Yao by the hand; the two each holding a swaddling bundle, slowly made their way.

"Cheng Qi's residence is different from what I imagined."

After all, Fu Hengyan is somewhat cold and aloof, carrying a faint sense of rejection toward some things; even interacting with Shen Yao couldn't completely change that.

Shen Yao thought that, given Fu Hengyan's personality, his residence ought to be simple and cold, very much like those bitter cultivators who have only cultivation in their hearts.

Fu Hengyan's residence was surprisingly colorful, the small courtyard filled with red flowers and green willows everywhere, brimming with boundless life force.

It was wondrous, yet contradictory, but to Shen Yao it was very pleasing.

She, at her core, was still vulgar, and preferred enjoyment all the more.

Fu Hengyan smiled and shook his head, "The courtyard matters are all handled by Eldest Senior Brother.

Actually, when I return to Lingyun Peak, I am in closed-door cultivation year-round."

So this small courtyard and such, to him is more like a temporary stopping point.

"If Yao'er likes it, we can have Eldest Senior Brother send more manpower over."

Thinking of the layout and arrangements at Xuanru Garden in Yunwu City, Fu Hengyan immediately decided to hand the matter over to Zhao Shichao.

Isn't Eldest Senior Brother used exactly for this? In his youth, Master always said Eldest Senior Brother's temperament was unsuitable for settling into leisure.

After so many years of companionship, Fu Hengyan and Li Siyuan had both developed the habit of seeking out Senior Brother whenever something came up, so Fu Hengyan spoke these words with particular familiarity.

Shen Yao adapted even better than Fu Hengyan, and even raised a few requirements.

Especially since she possessed a Water Wood Dual Spirit Root, planting more spiritual plants, spirit fruits, and some spirit fish, she could also care for them on their behalf.

Fu Hengyan and Shen Yao talked with growing excitement, placed the two sleeping children onto the wooden bed in the room, and Shen Yao pulled Fu Hengyan to continue planning the small courtyard's outline.

By the time Zhao Shichao finished the accumulated miscellaneous affairs of these past months on Lingyun Peak and received the blueprints sent by his own little junior brother, he was directly angered into laughter.

Fine then, looks like I'm just destined to be the one who worries, the work only grows more and more, I fundamentally get no leisure.

On Shen Yao's side, she had already taken the opportunity to carry the two children up to the peak top.

Not just to see Luochen Zhenjun, their main purpose was also to borrow the detection machine to measure the two children's spirit root purity.

Even at the peak top, Shen Yao met the Tianjian Sect's Sect Master, Guiyuan Zhenjun in a full set of gray robes.