69novels Chapter 8 Innate Opportunities
Chapter 8 Innate Opportunities
Chapter 8 Innate Opportunities
When Chen Yi pushed open the door, Huo Niangzi was leaning against the wooden couch, her body half-naked and fragrant.
She lightly draped a thin veil over her eyes, her cheeks tinged with peach-pink rouge. When she saw that the person who came was Chen Yi, her eyes lit up instantly: "Old Chen, you've finally come to your senses—" Her words were cut short.
Madam Huo looked at the person in front of her with surprise and suspicion: his originally hunched back was straight as a pine tree, his sallow and wrinkled face was now tinged with blood, and even his cloudy eyes had become clearer.
She subtly manipulated the incense burner, and wisps of sweet, green smoke rose, mingling with the warm fragrance of the tent and wafting straight to one's nose.
"Huo San Niang".
Chen Yi spoke from his seat on an octagonal chair, a few steps away from Madam Huo.
As he spoke, the icy blue internal energy within his body was already quietly circulating.
"I've come to see you today not to do *that*, but simply to discuss the rules."
"Old Chen, do you perhaps find my body too worn out and faded?" Lady Huo chuckled.
"No, I am currently recuperating and it is not advisable for me to engage in sexual activity, besides..."
Chen Yi stared at Huo Niangzi's incense.
"In that case, Old Chen, you've broken the Li family's rules!" Madam Huo swayed her slender waist as she stood up, her thin veil slipping down to reveal her snow-white shoulders.
"Hasn't Lady Huo broken any rules by not having conceived a child all these years?" Chen Yi asked calmly.
The fragrant aroma wafted into Chen Yi's body through his breath.
Upon seeing this, Lady Huo's eyes were already filled with seductive charm. She swayed her hips and walked step by step toward Chen Yi, with strands of silk fluttering down her body along the way.
[Aphrodisiac detected. Currently absorbing and converting 1% (100%)]
Chen Yi originally intended to use his Qi and blood power and icy blue internal energy to neutralize the aphrodisiac, but he didn't expect the system to be able to absorb even such an external medicine.
Just as his eyes widened slightly,
Lady Huo has already made her move in.
"Master Chen, it's been a long time since I've served you. Would you please experience my newly learned skills?"
As she spoke, her hands began to wander aimlessly.
Suddenly, Chen Yi gripped her wrist with three iron-like fingers, rendering her immobile. It was a grappling technique.
Madam Huo's expression changed. "You actually failed?"
"With epimedium mixed with snake saliva and three parts datura pollen, Huo San Niang is quite generous in entertaining her guests."
"You!" Huo Niangzi's seductive charm vanished, and a cold glint suddenly appeared in her sleeve.
But then Chen Yi flipped his palm and struck out, the force of his qi and blood causing the silver hairpin to fly backward and become embedded in the beam.
"Have you reached the second level of the 'Girl's Skill' that uses yang energy to replenish yin?"
"I wonder what the steward would do if he knew there was a woman secretly practicing martial arts using men's essence behind the half-open door?"
Upon hearing this, Lady Huo's expression changed drastically, and her carefully drawn eyebrows hardened. With a sharp cry, she tore the red rope around her neck, and the jade pendant exploded into a cloud of pink mist.
But then Chen Yi's sleeves billowed, and the power of his blood and qi mixed with his internal energy blasted away all the poison powder.
"I have long since seen through the illusions of the world, and my heart is as still as water. Your powder that arouses male virility has no effect on me."
Amidst the room's enchanting pink ambiance, Chen Yi remained calm and unmoved.
However, any medicinal effects that did enter his body were completely absorbed by his system.
Compared to demonic power and spiritual power, this kind of aphrodisiac used on martial artists is simply not worth mentioning.
He grabbed Huo Niangzi's wrists with one hand and twisted them behind her back.
Lady Huo knelt in front of Chen Yi in a very painful posture, her body exposed, and she begged for mercy repeatedly.
Chen Yi's words were icy, as if he couldn't see this beautiful body at all.
"Can we talk properly now?"
Chen Yi pushed the limp woman back onto the bed.
Huo Sanniang flexed her wrists to improve blood circulation while looking at Chen Yi in surprise.
She knew Chen Yi's body very well. Over the past few years, she had almost drained him dry, and he was practically a dying old man. Yet, he had miraculously come back to life.
Huo Sanniang's expression changed constantly, and in the end she could only sigh and admit defeat: "Brother Chen, I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness. Please speak, Brother Chen."
"As fellow mortals, we all know how difficult it is to survive in a cultivation family."
I've come here with two agreements with you. First, I don't care how you cultivate your seductive arts, and you shouldn't care how I rebuild my martial arts; it's all just our instincts for survival, so don't delve into it."
Lady Huo nodded in agreement, and naturally dared not expose her affair.
"Secondly, I've come here tonight and will sit here for half an hour to complete my mission. You don't need to explain too much to outsiders."
Furthermore, if any of our family members come to your place, you must not use any methods of sexual cultivation. I don't care about others, but you cannot affect the lifespan of my family members.
After thinking for a moment, Madam Huo softly and weakly agreed:
"I've been completely subdued by Brother Chen. How could I dare disobey Brother Chen's orders?"
"Remember, we'll keep to ourselves."
"And even if you say something, it's useless. My martial arts recovered thanks to the large number of Qi and Blood Pills given to me by Deputy Steward Hao. I'm just too lazy to cause trouble. As for your Maiden's Kung Fu, that's something that can't be exposed. You should know your place."
After saying this, Chen Yi began practicing the Turtle Breathing Technique.
Lady Huo stared blankly at this transformed man, who had completely given up any thought of a fight to the death.
Suddenly, she thought of something and smiled, "Brother Chen, now that you've regained your captaincy, you should be eligible to marry and have children, right?"
Since we both know that survival here is difficult, why don't we announce to the public that we are husband and wife, and I will serve only you from now on?
Given our current cultivation levels, if we were to have a son or daughter, it's quite possible they would possess spiritual roots. We could then nurture them to adulthood and help them cultivate immortality, allowing us to enjoy our later years in peace.
how?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yi opened his eyes and shook his head: "No."
"Why? Brother Chen dislikes me? Although I am not good at fighting, I have a foundation in martial arts. The Maiden's Kung Fu specializes in Yin and Yang, and during childbirth, I can internalize my power into the fetus, greatly enhancing the talent of my children."
"In cultivation families, we mortal servants are treated like pigs and dogs. Without reaching the Innate Realm, we cannot even protect ourselves. Now that our lives are precarious, how dare we get married and have children?"
Chen Yi replied calmly, and then he closed his eyes to cultivate, ignoring everyone else.
Lady Huo looked at Chen Yi and sighed inwardly.
Chen Yi is now over 30 years old, and he used to be as old as a candle in the wind. Although he has obtained some Qi and Blood Pills in recent days and has returned to being a second-rate martial artist, it is almost impossible for him to advance to the Innate Realm.
The Innate Realm is a level comparable to a cultivator; even Steward Lin is just one step away from the Innate Realm.
On that moonlit night, the surface of the lake shimmered with light. Hao Youren, Lin Youyou, and their group were facing off against Han Yujiao on a reef after the tide had receded.
Below the reef, an orchid shimmering with icy blue light is quietly blooming. It is a legendary treasure that can awaken a water spirit root in martial artists when they reverse their innate nature. Its effect is twice as strong as the gall of the Frost Jade Dragon!
Hao Youren was extremely excited. If he could capture this dragon, Binglan would return to the forest in peace. Even just obtaining the dragon's gall was enough for him to risk everything!
In the battle against the Frost Jade Dragon, he fought with all his might, using his own body to firmly lock the Frost Jade Dragon's seven vital points, completely disregarding the invasion of the icy demonic power into his body.
"Quick, Fairy Li, I've locked it up!"
Hao Youren called out urgently, but Li Xianzi, dressed in fairy robes, held the talisman but failed to activate it.
"Wait a little longer. Its demonic power is still strong, and we cannot kill it in one blow at the moment."
Several breaths later, when the icy demonic power of the Jade Dragon had completely shredded Hao Youren's released qi and blood,
Lin Youyou and Fairy Li moved simultaneously. Lin Youyou's figure flashed, her sword light like a rainbow, while the talisman in Fairy Li's hand erupted, transforming into a stream of light that struck the dragon's head.
With the combined efforts of the two, Han Yujiao suffered a fatal injury. Before dying, it launched a desperate counterattack, tearing Hao Youren's skin and breaking his bones!
Hao Youren refused to let go, even at the cost of his life, and in the end, Han Yujiao was killed.
Hao Youren lay paralyzed in a pool of blood, watching Lin Youyou pick the ice orchid, then personally peel out the snake gall, before kneeling beside Fairy Li:
"Youyou is willing to follow the fairy for life and serve as her bodyguard. She only asks the fairy to bestow these two treasures upon her."
Fairy Li smiled faintly: "You're so thoughtful, Youyou. Take it. With these two items combined, you'll have an 80% chance of awakening your spiritual root when you break through to the Innate Realm. I hope we can still be sisters in the cultivation world in the future."
After speaking, she looked at Hao Youren and said calmly:
"Deputy Chief Steward Hao has rendered meritorious service in slaying the demon. You may speak freely of any last wishes you may have."
Hao Youren was in despair. He wasn't going to die yet; if he had a healing elixir used by cultivators, he might be able to recover.
But it was clear that Fairy Li had no intention of treating him.
"Alright, since Deputy Steward Hao has no last wishes, let's take him back to die peacefully."
At that moment, Hao Youren felt his heart turn ice-cold.
(End of this chapter)