Chapter 113: Second Aunt, Why Is It You? (Please Subscribe!)

Tianying Sect?

Ning Mu raised an eyebrow; he knew of Mingde Town, as it was just west of Yonghang.

But he did not know much about this Tianying Sect.

He immediately turned his gaze toward Xia Chan.

"Young Master, the Tianying Sect is a third-rate martial arts sect. Its sect leader, Ji Bochang, achieved the Sitting-in-Stillness state over ten years ago and entered the Grandmaster Realm, after which he established the stronghold as a sect. This Ji Boduan is his own younger brother, so I imagine his Cultivation Points are not too bad, at least above the Inner Profound Realm! However, the overall strength of the Tianying Sect is inferior; the sect leader, Ji Bochang, is selfish and unwilling to pass on his cultivation techniques to the disciples in the sect, which is why it can only remain a third-rate sect."

Xia Chan understood his intent and reported to Ning Mu.

Do not look at the people Ning Mu comes into contact with; they are either Grandmasters or super-experts at the Half-Step Divine Origin stage.

It seems as if they are as common as street trash.

But in the martial arts world, those who can become a Grandmaster are, in the end, very few.

Even the Inner Profound Realm is enough to dominate a region!

It is no wonder Jin Xiangyu treats this so gravely; a third-rate sect is not something their small merchant family of a sister and brother can handle.

A third-rate sect...

Ning Mu raised an eyebrow and pondered carefully for a moment.

Four hundred and fifty thousand catties of grain, according to the prices of a normal harvest year, all calculated at the price of Coarse Grain, 200 to 300 wen per catty, would be about ten thousand taels.

Of course, calculated at the current market price, it would be several times that, and it also includes Fine Grain like polished rice.

However, this bit of grain, in these times of widespread disaster.

Calculated at half a catty per person per day for all the disaster victims, it would only last half a month at most.

Furthermore, he still needs a large amount of grain to brew wine.

This makes it even more stretched.

He raised his head, looked at Jin Xiangyu's beautiful and alluring face, shook his head, and said, "It is not that I cannot agree, but this bit of grain is not enough to make my Master protect you."

Hearing Ning Mu's words.

Jin Xiangyu's expression dimmed instantly, but then, she had a flash of inspiration and heard that there was still room for negotiation in Ning Mu's words.

Immediately, she pleaded earnestly, "This servant knows that this bit of grain naturally cannot catch the Young Master's eye. How about this... I will make a written commitment, ask the government to stamp it, and from now on, two-tenths of the Jin Family's annual profits will belong to the Young Master. How about that?"

Jin Xiangyu looked at Ning Mu with eager eyes.

Only.

Ning Mu shook his head slowly, a playful glint in his eyes.

"Three-tenths!"

Ning Mu still shook his head.

"Three and a half tenths... I cannot give any more!"

Jin Xiangyu's brows were tightly furrowed, her small face full of difficulty, and her eyes were filled with a complex and unclear expression.

This price was already extremely high for her! It is just a pity.

Ning Mu seemed still not very satisfied with this condition.

Jin Xiangyu asked unwillingly, "What must the Young Master have for you to agree?"

Ning Mu raised his eyebrows, looked up and down at Jin Xiangyu's moving figure, and then said, "Four hundred and fifty thousand catties of grain, three-tenths of the profit, and an additional small request, and I can agree to settle this matter for Young Lady Jin!"

"What!"

Seeing a turning point, Jin Xiangyu's eyes lit up, and she asked eagerly.

Ning Mu smiled, beckoned to Jin Xiangyu, then pointed to the hot spring pool in front of him, and said calmly, "Come down and soak with me. After you finish soaking, you will be someone protected by my Master!"

Jin Xiangyu was stunned upon hearing this.

Immediately after, her face turned red as blood, and a flash of anger and surprise crossed her beautiful eyes!

Clearly.

She had not expected that what Young Master Ning had his eye on was not these conditions of hers, but—her person! "If you agree, come down, and from now on, be this Young Master's concubine."

"If you do not agree, you may leave here."

Ning Mu spoke again.

At this moment, Jin Xiangyu could not help but feel intense struggle and anger in her heart.

But her anger, in front of Young Master Ning, was clearly not worth mentioning.

"This servant hopes the Young Master can keep his promise!"

After struggling for a long time.

Finally.

Jin Xiangyu still chose the situation most favorable to herself, following her heart.

Going this way, although she lost her purity and would never again have the qualification to find a good man to accompany her, at least she could bring vigorous vitality to the Jin Family! She did not take off her dress.

Instead, after saying those words, she moved her lotus steps lightly and waded into the hot spring pool step by step.

Ning Mu did not stop her either.

Instead, he watched quietly the scene of the forced beauty after her clothes were wet.

Xia Chan, who was to the side, was shocked!

She felt she could not quite understand the Young Master's character.

He is clearly kind-natured, able to go out and make a lot of money for the countless disaster victims outside the city, and then exchange the money he earned for grain to relieve them.

Yet he would also invent various pretexts to swindle the rich people in the city.

Could it be that the wealthy and powerful gentry are not more valuable than the disaster victims outside the city?

He could lend a helping hand to remove the toxins from the bodies of the prostitutes in Hua Man Ge.

Yet he also made those prostitutes use various means to accumulate wealth for him.

Whenever he saw disaster victims by the roadside, he could not help but extend a helping hand, giving away a few silver coins.

Yet, when facing the head of the Jin Family who provided him with 450,000 catties of grain, he forced her to serve him with her body, to be a slave or a concubine! What kind of person is the Young Master, really? So complicated! Xia Chan tilted her head, watching the Young Master as he had his way with the head of the Jin Family, drawing forth bursts of coquettish whimpers, her eyes filled with bewilderment.

"Come, lie down here."

"Right, just like that, arch it."

At this moment.

In the hot spring pool.

Ning Mu was earnestly instructing the inexperienced Jin Xiangyu.

Jin Xiangyu's long red dress had already been rolled up to her waist.

"Mmm~"

In the distance.

Xia Chan could not help but cover her lips, letting out a soft gasp.

With a weak gaze fixed on the Young Master in the pool, and Jin Xiangyu, who was like a leaf in the wind or a lone boat on a lake, swaying and on the verge of collapse, Xia Chan could not help but lean against the wall...

One hour later.

Ning Mu emerged from the hot spring pool, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Only Jin Xiangyu remained, leaning against the rock wall, staring blankly into the distance like a wooden chicken, her eyes seemingly having lost their luster.

"Xia Chan, the day is late, we should head home!"

Ning Mu called out to Xia Chan.

Then he looked back at the long red dress floating on the surface of the pool, already torn to shreds.

And behind that long dress.

The fair and delicate beauty.

"Young Lady Jin, you are very moist; this Young Master likes you very much."

"Come to seek this Young Master often in the future, let us have more exchanges."

"Your conditions, this Young Master agrees to; you may use my master's name as you please, but you must not slander it."

"Remember to send the grain another day."

Having said this.

Ning Mu waved his hand and left the Jia-sized Courtyard of Yingyue Terrace with a dashing air.

Yichun Courtyard was already in its trial operation.

Hosting a small number of guests was mainly to let them familiarize themselves with the procedures.

Fortunately, Yu Linglong's comprehension was quite good; she had handled the trial operations over these two days with ease.

Ning Mu took a look around, and seeing nothing of importance, he headed straight home.

Meanwhile, in the hot spring pool of the Jia-sized Courtyard at Yingyue Terrace.

Until the sun set behind the mountains.

Having lost her innocence, with the red stains turning into pool water and flowing into the Qintang River, Jin Xiangyu seemed to finally come to her senses.

A cold breeze blew, causing her to shiver instantly.

She looked down.

Her body, covered in blue and purple palm prints, was still soaking in the hot spring, her skin turning white from the water! He—she suddenly realized.

Looking around, she saw that the clothes she had worn when she arrived were already torn into fragments and could no longer be worn; she immediately frowned, feeling stuck in a dilemma.

However, when she inadvertently glanced back.

She discovered that on the stone stool in the pavilion behind her, a set of bright red clothes was laid out, folded neatly.

"Mmm~"

She stood up and stepped out of the water.

But as soon as she lifted her foot, the tearing pain that came from it made her delicate brows knit tightly, her small face twisted, and her eyes filled with grievance.

Twenty-six years!

She had devoted herself entirely to the family business and had never had any intimate contact with any man.

Yet, having only met twice.

She had just like that hastily given her innocence to Young Master Ning.

At this moment, her heart was incomparably desolate.

But she had to admit, Young Master Ning's prowess was indeed very strong! That one hour of turbulence.

Was enough for her to spend a lifetime trying to forget!

Hugging her arms like this, she walked quickly into the pavilion and picked up the set of bright red clothes to put them on.

At the same time, she carefully recalled her conversation with Young Master Ning just now.

Suddenly, her eyes narrowed.

Recalling Young Master Ning's words from just before.

"Soak with me, and after you finish soaking, you will be someone under my master's protection!"

Young Master Ning said "you," not the Jin Family!

Could it be that if the Jin Family were in trouble, Young Master Ning would only stand by and watch? Jin Xiangyu's heart immediately began to speculate with anxiety.

But things had reached this point.

Further speculation was useless.

She could only hope that Young Master Ning was just being blunt and that it did not mean what she understood it to mean!

Dressed in her clothes.

Only then did Jin Xiangyu notice that a note had been left on the stone stool. The handwriting was passable.

"I didn't give you a wedding, but the wedding attire still had to be prepared. You worked hard today, let's meet again another day!"

Signed: Mu.

Jin Xiangyu looked down and realized that what she was wearing was none other than the wedding dress one would only wear on their wedding day.

It seemed Young Master Ning was not as rough and barbaric as he appeared on the surface.

He had a delicate side, too.

This thought flashed through Jin Xiangyu's mind for no reason, and her pretty face flushed slightly.

With this note.

She seemed much more at ease.

She took a deep breath and then walked toward the back door.

Outside the door.

The sedan chair was still waiting for her.

The sedan bearers and the maid were leaning against the alley wall, dozing off.

"Xiaojin, let's go back!"

Jin Xiangyu called out to the maid.

But her voice was somewhat hoarse.

"Ah, Young Lady, you've come out!"

The maid Xiaojin woke as if from a dream, shook her head to snap to, and hurriedly went to call the sedan bearers.

After a moment, she immediately turned back and asked with concern: "Young Lady, have you caught a cold? Why is your voice so hoarse?"

"Should Xiaojin go and get some medicine for the cold?"

"No need!" Jin Xiangyu waved her hand, stopping the maid's concern.

"Oh..." Xiaojin gave a soft acknowledgment.

But immediately, she noticed something wrong.

When the Young Lady went inside, wasn't she wearing that purple dress? Why was her clothing bright red when she came out?

The style... it seemed to be a wedding dress? Xiaojin widened her eyes slightly, her gaze full of strangeness and curiosity, but knowing the Young Lady's temper and that she disliked servants asking too many questions, she had to hide her curiosity and lift the sedan curtain for her.

That night.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

After dinner, having chatted about life on the roof with the nun Liuli, Ning Mu returned to the master bedroom.

On the bed.

Ning Xiaoxiu had already warmed the bed for him.

"Master~"

Seeing Ning Mu return, Ning Xiaoxiu immediately fluttered her eyes and called out in a sweet voice.

After exercising his body.

Ning Mu held Ning Xiaoxiu and drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile.

At the Ye family residence.

After dinner, Tong Yuyue felt her head becoming a bit dizzy; after excusing herself to Liu Qingmei, she returned to her bedroom and fell straight to sleep.

At the end of the Hour of the Bo.

In Tong Yuyue's bedroom.

Liu Qingmei appeared without a sound.

Standing before the bed, looking at the soundly sleeping Tong Yuyue, Liu Qingmei could not help but raise her eyebrows slightly.

Especially.

Seeing that extremely beautiful collar around her neck, a trace of displeasure flashed in the depths of Liu Qingmei's eyes.

Hmph.

That stinky brat! Taking advantage of her absence to secretly give Tong Yuyue another one? She really is his good Second Aunt!

To think he would be so even-handed about this! Liu Qingmei felt a wave of jealousy in her heart.

But as soon as she thought about what she was about to do, her heart could not stop pounding wildly! She opened the System Task Interface again to take a look.

【Task Two: Do you vaguely feel that Tong Yuyue is not reliable at keeping secrets? Do you feel you still owe your Binding Companion Ning Mu something? Why not make the secret everyone's secret? Let's all keep the secret together! Task Details: Catch Tong Yuyue off guard and send her to Ning Mu's bed. Think about the expression on her face when she wakes up and sees what has happened; it will be a pleasant surprise, right?】

【Task Time Limit: 7 days. (Currently 11 hours remaining)】

【Task Reward: Completing the task rewards 1000 Cultivation Points, 100 Heroic Couple Points, and depending on the intensity of the task completion, a chance to obtain the treasure: Dragon Scale Dream Cloud Water Spirit Bed!】

【Task Failure: Deduct 10% of Cultivation Points, Tong Yuyue's diarrhea reaction intensifies!】

【Task Three Option One: Require Tong Yuyue to relieve Ning Mu's fatigue with her perfect flesh within your line of sight. Task completion rewards 800 Cultivation Points, 80 Heroic Couple Points, and an additional reward of three Guiyuan Huanyang Pills. If the task fails, the Heroic Couple Points required to purchase Guiyuan Huanyang Pills will be doubled.】

"Mm~"

Liu Qingmei's face turned red, and she could not help but let out a muffled groan.

What is she doing!

A dignified Martial Arts Grandmaster, a daughter of the Liu Family, the Manor Mistress of Cangjian Villa.

To actually drug the Villa Master's concubine in the middle of the night and send her to her own disciple's bed? This is too crazy!

At this moment, Liu Qingmei was struggling internally more than words could say! But compared to the struggle, a bit of excitement and anticipation had unconsciously emerged.

If that little beast knew she was thinking of him like this, he would probably be overjoyed, right?

What if he discovered that there was an extra woman on his bed?

And if this woman happened to be Tong Yuyue, what would his thoughts be? Would he like her even more? At the mere thought of this, Liu Qingmei could not stop herself from feeling expectant, wishing she could send Tong Yuyue over immediately.

She herself did not know why.

Thinking that she had facilitated this matter, and thinking that she would watch with her own eyes as her husband's concubine had her virginity taken by her disciple, losing her innocence for nothing, a wave of irrepressible, frantic excitement surged within her heart.

However, for the sake of caution, she still gently nudged Tong Yuyue.

"Ayue, Ayue?"

Confirming that Tong Yuyue was fast asleep, Liu Qingmei did not say a word and picked her up directly.

The duration of the medicine's effect, she feared, would not be enough.

From here to the little rascal's residence, it would take at least fifteen to thirty minutes even if she were fast.

With her strength as a Grandmaster martial artist, carrying someone weighing just over a hundred catties was easy and effortless, as if they weighed nothing.

It was just that when she thought of herself, a dignified Sitting Reflection Grandmaster, using her Cultivation Points for such a thing, she could not help but blush with shame.

Fortunately, it was deep in the night.

The maids and servants in the manor had long since gone to rest.

No one had discovered her.

After leaving Tong Yuyue's room, she leaped up.

For the sake of caution, she could not take the main path.

She could only act like a cat burglar, carrying Tong Yuyue over the rooftops.

When she arrived at the roof of Ning Mu's residence.

The time had already reached the midnight hour.

In the West Wing, the maids had all fallen asleep.

After sensing carefully and confirming that no one had noticed, Liu Qingmei then went to the back door, landed steadily on the ground, and pushed open the window of the master bedroom.

This was an old route.

She was familiar with the path.

Her movements were smooth and fluid, and she sent Tong Yuyue directly into the room.

However, passing through the window caused Liu Qingmei some difficulty.

After all, with two people of this size, it was difficult to get through that small window all at once.

In the end, she sent the dead-asleep Tong Yuyue over first, then jumped in after her.

Looking at the little rascal she had been thinking about, who was actually sleeping soundly while hugging that demoness Ning Xiaoxiu, Liu Qingmei felt a surge of anger.

"Stinky brat!"

Muttering a word, Liu Qingmei moved lightly and placed the unconscious Tong Yuyue on the inner side of the bed.

She had originally prepared to jump out of the window.

After thinking for a moment, she mischievously reached out, pulled Ning Mu's hand from Ning Xiaoxiu's embrace, and placed it into the arms of Tong Yuyue on the inner side.

This series of actions seemed simple.

But to do it while Ning Mu was fast asleep without waking him up, it was incredibly difficult!

It took her a full half-stick of incense worth of time to barely get it done.

Looking at the arrangement before her, Liu Qingmei nodded with satisfaction, a flash of mischief in her peach-blossom eyes, and she chuckled like a little fox.

Just then.

When she noticed Ning Mu's eyelids twitch, she was immediately startled.

She hurriedly flashed and hid under the bed! Fortunately, this bed was relatively simple and not one of those large, enclosed beds from her home, otherwise, she wouldn't even have been able to hide under it.

And at this very moment, Ning Mu, pretending to be woken up, had a sleepy look on his face.

His hand subconsciously squeezed.

Immediately after.

He opened his eyes, feigned a look of astonishment, and exclaimed, "Second Aunt?"

Although it was an exclamation.

In reality, he had already uncovered the clothing beneath the blue neck ring that had been obscuring the beautiful scenery of the mountain peaks.

His eyes revealed a gaze of infinite appreciation, looking over it inch by inch, feasting his eyes.

He had long since discovered that his Master, Liu Qingmei, was hiding under the bed.

But in order not to let her know that he was already aware of her presence, Ning Mu still spoke in a tone of extreme surprise.

"Why have you come to my bed?"

"Hmm? Asleep?"

After two successive exclamations, Ning Mu changed his tone.

He rubbed his hands together and rose from the bed.

Then he smiled wickedly: "Hehe, Second Aunt, since you delivered yourself to my door, don't blame this junior for doing something to you~"

"Mm~ Master, why are you awake..."

At this time, the truly sleepy Ning Xiaoxiu rubbed her eyes, and seeing the young master sitting up, she also sat up accordingly.

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