Chapter 90

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Half a month later

"Two Seniors, we've arrived at Rong City."

From outside the carriage compartment, a male voice rang out, its sound simultaneously interrupting the low conversation between Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan inside the carriage.

The two exchanged a glance, stood up, and walked out of the carriage compartment, bidding farewell to the escort agency's people very swiftly.

Hardly any difference from the arrival time promised to the escort agency earlier; although there were some twists and turns on the road, fortunately the car fleet ultimately arrived safely.

"Indeed, two Seniors, please stay a moment."

Shen Yao turned around, facing Zhang Laosan, who wore a face full of apprehension, at a loss.

She nodded indifferently, "Your family can also be counted as having found fortune after misfortune; planning to live in Rong City?"

Zhang Laosan smiled embarrassedly, "Staying here, safety can be guaranteed."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yao raised her head to look at the gigantic banyan tree covering the sky in mid-air, affirming Zhang Laosan's reason.

"Rong City uses the Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Wood as an array, with the Yi Wood Qingrong Essence as its core; once the array activates, it can withstand a Nascent Soul True Monarch's offensive.

Moreover, the Ten Thousand Year Qingrong's nature loves water and loves sun; Yin-evil Qi like demonic Qi is extremely difficult to mix in.

Nowadays, the surroundings of Luoxing Commandery are not very peaceful; you staying in Rong City is not a bad choice."

All around Rong City are banyan trees, among which the Ten Thousand Year Qingrong are the majority.

Zhang Laosan choosing Rong City as a temporary foothold, he is a clever person.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Laosan, with a respectful expression, bowed deeply towards Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan, his body parallel to the ground.

"Still have to thank the two Seniors for lending a hand to help; if not for that, this Junior's youngest son would probably have..."

Words unfinished, Zhang Laosan continued to lower his head, waist and legs forming a ninety-degree angle, parallel to the ground.

"Get up quickly."

A strand of gentle spiritual power lifted the person up softly; Shen Yao waved her sleeve, "The body was invaded by demonic Qi; daily it's best to use more ultimate-Yang spiritual objects to nurture it.

Rong City is convenient; you can go seek some Qingrong tree hearts yourselves; crush the tree hearts, take with water for better effect."

Zhang Laosan raised his head, only to see Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan had already walked far away.

Vision turning blurry, Zhang Laosan blinked, then used his sleeve to wipe forcefully.

The tense corners of his mouth revealed a trace of a smile; Zhang Laosan raised his head to look at the obscured sky, closed his eyes feeling the rays of light sprinkling on his body, heart leaping, the person becoming alive.

And the departing Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan, at this time, also found a temporary residence.

It was an inn directly opened on a banyan tree.

The inn was embedded in the banyan tree's branch trunks, accompanied by branches extending to both sides spreading in all directions.

Spent spirit stones to rent a house on the uppermost layer; Shen Yao and Fu Hengyan stepped on the cloud ladder, walking among the trees.

"The architecture here is similar to Qingfeng Gully," Shen Yao transmitted voice to Fu Hengyan.

Fu Hengyan replied, "There are some slight differences."

Qingfeng Gully has wind, Rong City has trees. Qingfeng Gully avoids wind to dwell; Rong City instead neighbors trees.

Rong City refers to the city sitting on the banyan tree, and nothing else.

The cloud ladder has a count; when there is no road ahead, nearby leaf pieces will extend distantly.

Shen Yao lifted her leg and stood on the leaf piece several meters long and wide, letting them actively send her to the destination.

The room sits on the leaf surfaces, no different from ordinary buildings.

The only slight difference is probably the materials used to construct the house.

Shen Yao reached out to touch here and there, only feeling it magical; turns out this room and small courtyard actually grew out of the tree.

Between the building gaps there are no dead angles; the stem and leaf veins underneath are even connected to the branch trunks.

This, "An array?"

Shen Yao looked at Fu Hengyan, the thirst for knowledge in her eyes directly maxed out.

"It is the Qingrong Tree Fruit."

Fu Hengyan explained, "The banyan tree has a heart, especially the Qingrong.

Qingrong Spirit Tree, a hundred years to grow a heart, a thousand years to flower, ten thousand years to fruit.

The fruit cannot be eaten orally, yet can be rooted on the Qingrong tree to transform in myriad ways.

Using the tree fruit as base, assisted by whatever one wants to generate, three months as the period, when the period ends the object is complete."

Shen Yao:... Wow, worthy of the Cultivation World, truly magical!

The Qingrong Tree Fruit's effect sounds very like the Fu Rong Fruit, but the Fu Rong Fruit is a fruit used to restore appearance, and can only act on the Human Race or Demon Race.

Looks like there's an opportunity to go out and stroll; must buy some Qingrong Tree Fruits to collect.

Oh, Qingrong Tree Fruits can only act on Qingrong trees; still need to buy a few more Qingrong tree seedlings.

Noting down the items she wanted to buy in her heart, Shen Yao smiled and pulled Fu Hengyan into the house.

Compared to the scenery outside, the room's interior decoration appears even more divine and strange.

Bed, couch table, dressing table, wardrobe, Eight Immortals Table, long bench, round stool, lamps...

Everything visible to the eye is grown out; light green, pale green, dark green, deep green, water green, various greens overlapping together, composing the staggered yet harmonious room scene before the eyes.

Colors mixed, one would think it chaotic, yet looking at it, it's very elegant and fresh.

This Qingrong Tree Fruit, could it have some special aesthetic skill? How can it achieve such perfect appropriateness!

In merely a moment, Shen Yao's determination to obtain the Qingrong Tree Fruit grew several degrees stronger.

Truly an essential item for home and travel; a room and small courtyard grown like this is a tree house in the truest sense.

After resting briefly in the room, Shen Yao could no longer bear staying put and wanted to go out.

Rong City had given her too great a shock, making Shen Yao unable to wait any longer.

Fu Hengyan: ……

Fu Hengyan was helpless yet pampering; all along this journey he accompanied Shen Yao to visit every city the escort passed through.

From the grand Qingfeng Gully famed for its wind, down to a few spiritual plants chanced upon halfway.

Luming Cliff teeming with spirit deer of every kind, Wanhe Valley filled with spirit cranes, Wucai Mountain Villa covered in Five-Colored Yang Flowers, Giant Slope where legends say giants emerged……

The escort journeyed for a month; Shen Yao witnessed many things recorded only in books.

Now, the farther they traveled from Tianjian Sect, the richer Shen Yao's experience became.

Indeed, reading ten thousand volumes is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

Only by walking and looking everywhere can one know how ignorant one originally was.

Shen Yao: …… Why does it feel like I'm scolding myself?

She shook her head, forget it, no more thinking so much; Shen Yao shifted her attention, fixing her gaze on a stall not far away.

"Fellow Cultivator, what is this?"

"Aiyo, so it's Senior. Senior please look, this is unique to Rong City……"

Basically everywhere she went, what Shen Yao bought the most were various local specialties.

Fu Hengyan's evaluation: all very rich in local flavor (just no great use).

Rong City has many trees; whether stalls or shops, what they displayed most were artifacts made from or modeled on banyan trees.

Shen Yao had previously bought a Wind-Breaking Fan at Qingfeng Gully and played with it in hand all day; now in Rong City she bought a Qingrong Flower Fan to admire.

Her clothes had been changed to a Mist-Green Long Skirt, her hair pinned up with several carved Qingrong Heart Hairpins.

Shen Yao gently waved the Qingrong Flower Fan in hand; as she moved with lotus steps, petals swirled around her, faint fragrance and sparse shadows.

Having been in Rong City for over a month, Shen Yao truly loved Rong City's climate and environment to the extreme.

Just then Fu Hengyan received word from the Sect; the Magic Qi matter spread widely, other commanderies aside, Luoxing Commandery needed him to help handle it.

Considering Shen Yao's safety, after serious discussion with Shen Yao, Fu Hengyan decided to go alone to deal with the Magic Qi affairs, while Shen Yao would temporarily stay in Rong City to live.

Now Fu Hengyan has been gone over half a month; Shen Yao went from initial discomfort to now never wanting to leave, entirely thanks to Rong City's uniqueness.

For instance, the people here are especially good with words.

"Immortal Maiden Shen, you've come; our Qingshan Building's newly arrived skirts of every color are just right for a Beauty like you."

"Immortal Maiden Shen, the Condensing Dew Frost you mentioned before, Huaxiangrong has supplied it; wonder if you'd like to come in and see?"

"Immortal Maiden Shen, newly picked Ten Thousand Year Qingrong Tree Flowers, taste superb, you"

"Immortal Maiden Shen"

"Immortal Maiden Shen"

"……"

Since leaving the door, in just a few steps Shen Yao was greeted warmly by the shopkeepers all around.

Of course, there were also other small traders; anyone who saw Shen Yao, not one without a smile, brows showing ingratiation.

Who made this one a famous God of Wealth; as long as it suited her appetite, it was swipe-card buy buy buy.

You must know in less than a month, the merchants of this whole street directly earned a full half year's income from last year.

Aiyo

Put this on anyone, who wouldn't be dazed?

Today's Shen Yao is a famous Celebrity in Rong City; it's said even that Ten Thousand Year Qingrong Tree covering all of Rong City above her head knows her name.

"Take it slow, no rush; I have time today, I'll go see them all."

Shen Yao's principle is rain and dew evenly moistening; anyway the Spirit Stones in her hand only increase the more she spends.

Can't really blame Shen Yao for being spendthrift; the truth is she can't spend it all.

Hm, the more she talks the more Versailles it gets; Shen Yao deeply feels she mustn't be too Gaochao in conduct.

Otherwise the commotion would be too great, and Fu Hengyan would send her Spirit Stones again.

Thinking how the other party slays demons and eliminates devils yet still doesn't forget her quality of life, Shen Yao can only say worthy of her, her eye is good!

Having walked through all surrounding shops from start to finish, when Shen Yao went out again, the Mist-Green Long Skirt on her had already changed to a Couple Cherry Pink Flowing Immortal Skirt.

Faint pale petals fell from Shen Yao's hair, spinning in flight into the skirt.

The Qingrong Flower Fan became a Cherry Branch Feather Fan; its beautiful tail feathers constantly flashed five-colored flowing light, echoing from afar the Sandalwood Red Bean Bracelet on her wrist.

Handfuls of Spirit Stones spent out, a steady stream of artifacts returned.

Shen Yao not only bought for herself, but bought for everyone on Lingyun Peak.

Storage Bags packed with various Spiritual Objects were sent without pause by Yi Zhan personnel to all surrounding places.

No help for it; besides Shen Yao being a combat weakling, everyone else on Lingyun Peak is a battle maniac through and through.

While Shen Yao now passes her days quietly, it happens to be the time when all of Dongzhou is in a panic.

Led by Tianjian Sect and Xuandao Sect, assisted by the other five major Sects and other minor sects, they launched a full carpet-search.

Under such airtight screening, those hidden Magic Cultivators were found and swiftly uprooted.

During this even some big shots were exposed; the final result naturally escaped not annihilation.

Tianjian Sect even deployed multiple Sword Killing Arrays as auxiliary purging methods.

From the relevant letters Fu Hengyan sent back, Shen Yao can confirm: besides her, everyone is very busy.

Having completed her daily arrangements, Shen Yao patted her palm, lay on the rocking chair in the courtyard, and closed her eyes to nurture her spirit.

The system in her mind jumped out and began daily chatter with Shen Yao.

"Wow, Host Host, your two daughters' cultivation realms have broken through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, entering Foundation Establishment Late Stage."

"Eh? Host Host, your two sons actually show signs of breaking through to Golden Core Early Stage — simply cultivation prodigies!"

"Hey! Host Host, your man single-handedly fought four opposing Golden Core Middle Stage Magic Cultivators with one sword, and killed them all!"

"……"

The system skillfully used various tone particles, basically reporting to Shen Yao every day on the latest news of her man and four little ones.

Shen Yao had long been used to this; after all, they were people she chose and bore, quality guaranteed.

System: ……

Facing her own Host's shamelessness, the system could only smile and say, quite right, no need to say more.

Shen Yao mercilessly mocked the system, which remembered food but not beatings, then turned back to her own "boring daily life."

How to put it? Being alone is fine, but after too long, one still easily loses oneself.

Fortunately Fu Hengyan handled things quickly; when Shen Yao had stayed in Rong City for three months, Fu Hengyan rushed back from outside.

The night was deep, Shen Yao had already undressed and gone to bed; seeing Fu Hengyan enter, she was still somewhat dazed.

Huh? Weren't there still several days on the road? How did he arrive early?

Fu Hengyan's expression was unreadable; he stretched out his hand and embraced Shen Yao, who had just stood up, "Because I missed you in my heart," so he traveled day and night without rest.

Shen Yao put her arm around Fu Hengyan's waist and told him about her recent daily life in Rong City.

"……Look, this set of clothes I originally wanted to change into when welcoming you back.

But right now you can appreciate them; it's just a pity the plum petals on the dress open and close at night, otherwise they'd look even better."

Shen Yao took out the Plum Blossom Long Skirt from her Storage Ring and put it on.

Black hair draped over her shoulders, eyebrows and eyes full of feeling.

Fu Hengyan slightly lowered his head, watching Shen Yao's movements before him, his eyebrows and eyes relaxed, his person growing ever gentler and milder.

His lips placed against Shen Yao's forehead, Fu Hengyan closed his eyes slightly.

The missing corner of his heart was quickly filled and restored; Fu Hengyan had not expected Shen Yao to be so important to him.

Clearly they had only been apart for three months, but in Fu Hengyan's view it seemed like several years.

He had never before thought that talk of love and affection would fall upon himself; truly a matter of fate and encounter.

His slender fingers brushed the stray hair by Shen Yao's temples; Fu Hengyan drooped his eyes and said nothing.

Cultivators are people, and people are born with Seven Emotions and Six Desires. Shen Yao's existence is his calamity, and also his medicine.

……

Sometimes, when two people haven't seen each other for a long time, they will have impulses toward intimacy.

Fu Hengyan and Shen Yao have always been Shen Yao taking the initiative, Fu Hengyan accommodating.

This time there was a slight accident; before Shen Yao could open her mouth, Fu Hengyan had already shown himself very active.

Shen Yao found it somewhat novel and couldn't help but tease him a bit more.

Then, then there was no after.

Whether in the mortal world or the Cultivation World, men are not creatures to be provoked.

Shen Yao experienced the overload treatment she had at the very beginning of Dual Cultivation.

The price of a brief separation being better than a new marriage was that Shen Yao lay down for a full three days before she could move normally.

Shen Yao: …… truly terrifyingly enduring

Although the taste of Dual Cultivation was indeed not bad, coming upon it so suddenly, Shen Yao still couldn't quite bear it.

Secretly glaring at the serious-complexioned Fu Hengyan, Shen Yao lay in his embrace, acting spoiled and cute in various ways.

Hum~

Anyway, letting her suffer a loss is impossible; she had lived alone in Rong City for three months and bought quite a few Good Things, like rabbit ears, fox tails, hehehe, and now they finally had a use.

Fu Hengyan: ……