books44 Chapter 590 - 185: Cultivation and Daily Life at Chenxi Manor, Encountering the Emperor Before the Mass Grave
Chapter 590 - 185: Cultivation and Daily Life at Chenxi Manor, Encountering the Emperor Before the Mass Grave
Such a deeply concealed and hidden person unexpectedly died miserably in the scheme.
Li Yuan felt a sense of contemplation and caution arise in his heart.
He sat in the secret room, lighting a candle, quietly reading a book.
Night soon fell.
...
Tonight, the one who drew the unlucky lot was Yaojue.
After bathing and changing clothes, Li Yuan put away his cultivation skill, yawned, and went to bed.
Inside the room, red candles were lit, and the gauze curtains seemed to be coated in flames.
Yaojue, dressed in satin lingerie, with long legs propped against the quilt, rested her chin in her hand, looking at Li Yuan who entered, said in a pitiful voice: "Barbarian King, please let me go, I have a fiancé waiting to be married at home..."
Li Yuan paused for a moment, then walked over roughly and fiercely said: "You little lady, if you please this king, I will certainly let you go to reunite with your fiancé."
"Really?" Hope flashed in Yaojue’s eyes, then she showed a resolute look and said, "To reunite with my fiancé, I... will definitely make the Barbarian King happy."
Soon, laughter and jeering were heard from within the bedding.
A long time passed...
Yaojue’s little head poked out from the bedding.
She gently pinched her little fist and hammered Li Yuan’s body; sometimes his chest, sometimes his back, sometimes his shoulders, she laughed and said, "Now we are both burdens, my fiancé carries the future all by himself, it’s tough, it’s tough."
Li Yuan said: "After you stop the cultivation, does it get easier?"
Yaojue said: "A bit confused, but it’s good to have something to do, managing those three hundred plus kids every day, chat a bit here and there, the day goes by. Also thinking that if the sky falls, there is still a husband, that’s much better.
However, Miss often holds those few visualization images, pondering their mysteries."
Li Yuan said: "Huayin has such a temperament, let her watch, but if her spirit is off, you must stop her. Those images might hide strange powers."
"Yes, yes, understood, husband." Yaojue showed a cute smile, "You work so hard outside, how could the wives at home make you worry over small things?"
After a while, Yaojue seemed to feel something, moved closer, and with a tearful voice said: "Barbarian King, tonight is the last night, you must keep your word..."
Her eyes sparkled, speaking with a sacrificial tone: "For my fiancé... you... go ahead."
Li Yuan laughed: "Little Demoness, how about I introduce you to the White Lotus Sect? I’m confident in you, I think you could become the sect leader."
After saying this, he pulled up the bedding again.
...
...
A little over half a month later.
Li Ping’an’s youngest son was a month old.
The home was bustling, yet there was only one table of people.
The Xiang Family’s Daughter didn’t seem unhappy, although she didn’t know exactly how strong her father-in-law was, she often heard her husband say "this place is more secretive than the Divine Wood Hall" and such things, naturally in her heart she felt respect and even awe towards her father-in-law.
At the banquet, glasses clinked and wine flowed freely.
Everyone only saw the red-robed Mrs. Tang drinking wine like it was water.
Li Ping’an couldn’t stand such a powerful person, so he drank wine like water too.
Li Yuan naturally accompanied his children and drank.
Beside them, Xue Ning, Yaojue, Xiaozhao, and Li Ping’an’s wives all advised, "Drink less, drink less."
However, the three didn’t care at all.
They were drinking wine mixed with Heart-Burning Flower.
Soon, Li Ping’an was the first to fall, collapsing backward, "life and death unknown."
Mrs. Tang’s body might already have developed "strong liquor immunity", directly taking down a Fifth Grade Great Perfection with merely a Sixth Grade physique.
At this time, she coyly looked at the fallen Li Ping’an, proudly said, "Brother, just a younger brother."
Then she looked at Li Yuan and said, "Still, father is the strongest."
The fire in Li Yuan’s body lightly burned, directly burning away the effect of the Heart-Burning Flower; he naturally wouldn’t get drunk.
However, this lively atmosphere also made him feel joyful.
After the banquet, he soared to the rooftop, leaning against the glazed tiles, feeling the evening breeze, gazing up at the moon, enjoying a sense of carefree humor.
It’s a pity that worldly affairs trouble him.
If this were a low martial world, he would already be invincible.
After invincibility, one could truly enjoy life.
However, now there are still many matters to be busy with...
It’s really tiresome.
The next day...
He was pleasantly surprised to find that the Beast King Skill and Illusion Technique had both been initiated.
However, in the next moment, he frowned.
On his "panel" it displayed:
[Beast King Skill (Fifth Grade)] (1/50)
[Illusion Technique (Fifth Grade)] (1/50)
These required five times the points compared to when they were Sixth Grade, already matching the data of his self-created Sea Calm Blade; it seems after Fifth Grade, the required points greatly increased.
Li Yuan then glanced at his remaining points: 48,340.
After brief consideration, he decided to invest "3098" directly to max out these two skills.
Now, although his strength was ample, his cleverness and body skill were relatively weaker.
[Illusion Technique] could just make a slight compensation.
And after completing [Beast King Skill], he would look to see if he could advance to cultivate the Fourth Grade skill of Beast Taming—[Bloody Garden].
A large amount of experience and memory flooded into his mind, and Li Yuan quickly absorbed these powers.
Soon, he opened his eyes, his thoughts moved, as he stepped out of the secret room.
He utilized the illusion technique.
Lines of light passed through his body and cast behind him.
His body did not reflect a bit of light, making him seem as if he didn’t exist.
He walked past Xue Ning who was telling stories to the kids, watching the daughters-in-law chatting beside, yet neither Xue Ning nor the daughters-in-law, nor the grandchildren saw him.
He then wandered beside Elder Shuixiang who was cooking in the banquet hall, occasionally Elder Shuixiang would look up, but her gaze would completely pass through him, looking at the place behind him.