Chapter 21: Miyun City Security Deteriorates, Robber Cultivators Run Rampant

"The Mu Family? They actually forced you to marry a dying old man?"

"Even if you are a concubine's daughter, so what? Aren't we the same kind of people?! Why should the direct line be superior, and those from a secondary branch be inferior? There is no such logic in this world."

"If anyone dares to treat my Dao Companion this way, even a Foundation Establishment family must pay the price."

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; do not bully the young because they are poor. When I become a Golden Core Cultivator, I will definitely make that Mu Family and Liu Family pay the price, and make that Mu Family regret forcing you to marry."

Zhou Sui clenched his fists, very angry, and painted another big picture for Mu Ziyan.

"Husband, you are truly too good to me."

Mu Ziyan looked at Zhou Sui with teary eyes, deeply moved; she felt a warmth in her heart.

Although she knew that it was unknown when her husband would become a Golden Core Cultivator, she felt satisfied just having such a sentiment from him.

At this moment, the love in her heart was also rising wildly.

"What are you saying? Isn't it a matter of course to be good to one's own Dao Companion?"

Zhou Sui looked at Mu Ziyan very affectionately.

He had no choice; who let Mu Ziyan look delicate, but in fact, have a broad heart? Such a beautiful female cultivator is always justified in whatever she does.

"Husband, love me once more."

Mu Ziyan looked at Zhou Sui shyly.

Hearing this, how could Zhou Sui endure it? If he could endure it, he wouldn't be a normal man.

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Not far away, Xia Jingyan, who was hiding in her own room, had a blushing face; she also knew the commotion in Zhou Sui's bedroom. For some reason, she was just furious.

"Sister Ji, you, you actually let that shameless scoundrel take a concubine, and it's even Sister Mu. Isn't this being too easy on him? It is simply outrageous."

Xia Jingyan gritted her teeth; she felt that this fellow Zhou Sui was simply a muddled ruler, the kind who was dissolute and unrestrained.

She should have known this bastard had bad intentions from the start, deliberately lowering the price to recruit female cultivators to live together. It's likely he had the idea of getting both the person and the wealth from the beginning.

Little did she know, this little bastard really succeeded, and even had one in each arm.

"It doesn't matter, I agreed to this. After all, this is also a critical period for me to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm; I can't let my husband hold back. Instead of benefiting others, it's better to benefit our own. Besides, Sister Mu didn't refuse; she was actually quite willing."

Ji Bingyu smiled slightly.

What?!

Hearing this, Xia Jingyan's heart was filled with sour jealousy. If it were to benefit other women, it would be better to benefit me. Why did Sister Mu get the first prize?

But her mouth refused to show weakness: "Sister Ji, I think it's better to be cautious. After setting this precedent, I'm afraid this bastard man will take concubines one after another. By then, he'll have brought home a pile of sisters, making the inner courtyard restless."

"His cultivation is only at Qi Refining Fourth Layer now, and he's already started taking concubines. If he really reaches the Qi Refining Late Stage, or even the Foundation Establishment Realm, wouldn't he have a whole crowd of wives and concubines?"

"That is indeed a problem. Why doesn't Sister Xia help me and also marry our husband? That way, it could also make our husband settle down and stop going out to flirt with flowers and grass."

Ji Bingyu said with a smile.

"I, I don't want to! Who would want to marry such a playboy?" Xia Jingyan's pretty face flushed, her heart thumping wildly. She almost blurted out an agreement, but still instinctively refused.

She would rather die than say such shameless words.

However, Ji Bingyu's heart was perfectly clear; how could she not understand her sister's thoughts? If she were truly unwilling, she would have shown a look of disgust long ago, definitely not this shy expression.

But she could only say that her husband's charm was too great; both of her sisters had completely fallen for him.

But perhaps this was a good thing.

After all, their interests had long been tied together. If they could become one family, they could naturally become even closer.

But looking at Sister Xia's expression, perhaps it would still take some time to accept.

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Happy days always pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed in a flash.

Mu Ziyan quickly adapted to her status as a concubine and moved directly into Zhou Sui's room to live together.

As for Xia Jingyan, she acted as if she hadn't seen anything, always staying in her own bedroom to cultivate bitterly, as if it wouldn't take long before she could advance to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

And as for Zhou Sui, he was naturally also cultivating bitterly at home.

Although his Spirit Root grade had advanced to the eighth rank, it was still only a Lower Grade Spirit Root. It was much better than before, but not by too much, so the speed of his cultivation progress remained very slow.

Of course, due to Dual Cultivation with his two Dao Companions, plus the assistance of Spirit Wine, his cultivation progress was not too slow, and he was still advancing rapidly toward the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.

Compared to an ordinary Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivator, this could be considered rapid progress.

"Daoist Zhou."

At this very moment, his neighbor Zhang Cheng suddenly came to the door, looking nervous: "I don't know if you are aware, but last night, the family of three of Daoist Bai nearby was killed, and their family property was looted clean."

"What? Killed in their own home? Who has such guts to dare to take action inside Miyun City?"

Hearing this news, Zhou Sui was shocked. He had been cultivating at home the whole time and had no idea about other matters; he hadn't expected the public security to be so bad.

Even at home, there were Robber Cultivators coming to commit crimes.

He knew that Daoist Bai was a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, and his Dao Companion was a Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivator. Although not powerful, not many people dared to provoke them.

Yet even so, they were killed by Robber Cultivators; it was truly lawless.

If it were before, those Robber Cultivators would at most dare to take action in the wilderness; how would they dare to take action inside the city?

"Daoist Zhou, you don't know. Recently, the Xianxia Sect led a large number of cultivators deep into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, and among them were many cultivators from the Miyun City Law Enforcement Team. Once they left, Miyun City didn't have enough people to maintain order, so those outside cultivators became wicked and started robbing and killing cultivators in the city."

Zhang Cheng was worried: "After all, without the cultivators from the Law Enforcement Team, the other Loose Cultivators don't take the rules of Miyun City seriously at all, which has led to the increasingly rotten public security in the city."

"Before, Daoist Bai said that when he went out to buy food, he was targeted by some outside cultivators. Who could have imagined that he would be robbed that very night?"

"So that's how it is."

Zhou Sui instantly understood why the public security in Miyun City was so bad; it was all because a large number of cultivators had left Miyun City to go deep into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range to hunt Monster Beasts and open up paths.

Because of this, Miyun City didn't have many cultivators left to maintain order.

Some outside Loose Cultivators, seeing this situation, naturally became wicked and started plundering the Loose Cultivators in the city who had no background, which led to the city being filled with suspicion and fear.

(End of chapter)