Xu Mu entered a state of deep focus, refining pills oblivious to his surroundings. A few hours later, he snapped out of his concentration.
He had managed to produce quite a few pills this time.
Suddenly, he remembered the Fire Dates he had refined earlier; he still hadn't given them to Song Nuanyang.
So, he sent her a message.
Not long after, Song Nuanyang called him, saying she was already at his door.
Xu Mu opened the door and looked at the Song Nuanyang standing before him in surprise.
Song Nuanyang hurriedly covered her slightly flushed cheeks with her hands and asked softly, "Is it really ugly?"
She hadn't powdered her face white like she used to; instead, she revealed her natural wheat-colored skin.
Coupled with her straight black hair and long eyelashes, it gave her a unique kind of sexiness.
It turned out that this skin tone really depended on one's facial features.
"Excessive modesty is just arrogance. How could someone so pretty be ugly?"
Xu Mu asked with a smile.
[Affection +15]
Song Nuanyang's face remained calm, but her heart was already bursting with wild joy.
Growing up, this was the first time someone had praised her for her skin color.
"Here, these are the pills I refined for you. Besides the Fire Dates, I also added Blood Yam to enhance their efficacy."
Xu Mu took out a red pill. "After you take this, there's a high chance you'll break through to the Transcendent Mortal realm."
[Affection +20]
Looking at the pill in her hand, Song Nuanyang's face was filled with gratitude.
If she could really enter the Transcendent Mortal realm, she would owe Xu Mu a massive favor.
"Words cannot express my gratitude. I'll head back first."
Song Nuanyang put the pill away and bid Xu Mu farewell.
After seeing Song Nuanyang off, Xu Mu returned to the house. Looking at the time, Ye Tong should be getting off work soon.
Just then, Xu Mu's phone rang. He took it out and saw it was a call from Fu Jinyu.
"Sister Empress, what's up?"
Xu Mu answered the call and walked toward the living room.
"I have to thank you for your treasures this time. I have good news for you. I finally broke through the mid-stage of the Transcendent Mortal realm, which I've been stuck at for years."
Fu Jinyu tried to keep her tone calm, but her voice still trembled slightly.
"Congratulations."
Xu Mu was genuinely happy for her. After all, Fu Jinyu had experienced a life-and-death situation with him before.
Her advancing to the late stage of the Transcendent Mortal realm would be very beneficial to him.
"Just a simple congratulations?"
Fu Jinyu asked coldly from the other end.
"Holy crap? You used the heavenly treasures I gave you to advance, and you expect me to throw a banquet for you?"
Xu Mu was a bit speechless.
"Sorry, you're right. I'll treat you to a meal next time."
"Just treat me to a cup of milk tea. Keep the milk and the tea separate. After I drink the milk, I want to use your cup to pour the tea."
Xu Mu laughed into the phone.
"Alright, that's a small matter."
Fu Jinyu hung up after saying that.
Xu Mu tossed his phone onto the sofa. He had just stretched when his phone rang again.
He picked it up and saw it was Fu Jinyu again.
"Hello, Sister Empress!"
"Damn you! Just you wait!"
Fu Jinyu hung up again after shouting.
Xu Mu couldn't help but laugh. This Sister Empress was still too innocent. Even after being teased by him for so long, she was still a beat too slow to catch on.
...
Not long after, Ye Tong and Ye Yu returned together.
"Brother-in-law!"
Seeing Xu Mu waiting at home, Ye Yu immediately smiled and pounced on him.
[Affection +10]
Xu Mu caught Ye Yu, spun her around once, and then tossed her onto the sofa.
He walked up to Ye Tong and smiled. "You're back? A bit late today, isn't it?"
"Since Little Yu is starting school soon, I went with her to buy some school supplies."
Ye Tong explained with a smile.
Xu Mu nodded, having completely forgotten that Ye Yu was about to start college.
Just as Ye Tong was about to go make dinner, their doorbell suddenly rang.
Xu Mu swept the area with his perception and couldn't help but frown. Why were those two together?
"I'll get it."
Ye Yu jogged over and opened the front door.
Feng Yue walked in, bringing Shi Fumeng along with her.
"Feng Yue, who is this?"
Ye Tong noticed Shi Fumeng at a glance.
This woman was young and beautiful; she might just be her husband's type.
She looked about the same age as Ye Yu, but the two were completely different types.
Ye Yu was more on the cute side, while Shi Fumeng looked more youthful and radiant.
"You'd better let her explain it herself."
Feng Yue had already planned to let Shi Fumeng take the lead as the guinea pig.
She had relayed what Ye Tong told her to Shi Fumeng. Although she was being quite scheming this time, it was also a disguised way of helping her.
"Are you Xu Mu's wife?"
Shi Fumeng looked at Ye Tong and asked, marveling inwardly.
This woman was so beautiful. No wonder she could be Xu Mu's wife.
"That's right. And you are...?"
Ye Tong asked curiously.
"Could I... become your younger sister? I mean, I want to be Xu Mu's minor wife."
After saying this, Shi Fumeng's cheeks flushed so red she was too embarrassed to face anyone.
However, what Feng Yue said made a lot of sense.
She had previously given Feng Yue a rough account of what happened between her and Xu Mu.
Feng Yue hit the nail on the head immediately, saying she was too honest and shouldn't have been so transparent about certain things.
For instance, the matter of revenge—why bring it up directly?
Doing so made it seem like she was negotiating terms with Xu Mu, and using her body to do so at that. No man would like that.
All she needed to do was peacefully become Xu Mu's woman.
In the future, if they really found her enemies, she wouldn't even need to say anything. Wouldn't a man like Xu Mu avenge his own wife?
Shi Fumeng felt suddenly enlightened, finding Feng Yue's words incredibly reasonable.
Feng Yue also told her that Ye Tong, the main wife, had always wanted Xu Mu to find a concubine, and she was perfectly suited for the role.
Shi Fumeng agonized over it for an hour or two before deciding to go through with it.
She had originally thought of this possibility before coming, so naturally, she didn't mind.
Besides, her mindset was different from Feng Yue's. No matter what, she was a royal member of the Gonggong clan.
She could endure being a concubine; what she couldn't endure was having no official status and being a hidden mistress who couldn't show her face in public.
"Huh? What did you say?"
Hearing this out of the blue, Ye Tong was completely dumbfounded.
Beside her, Ye Yu was also wide-eyed and tongue-tied. What was going on? There was actually a woman volunteering to be a minor wife?
Wait, no. Ye Yu shook her head. She herself was exactly that kind of woman.
But she was Ye Tong's biological sister, so being the younger sister made sense. Who the hell was this woman?
Feng Yue kept her eyes glued to Ye Tong's expression; she had to observe carefully this time.
Whether Ye Tong's previous chat with her was sincere or just deliberate passive-aggressiveness would finally be settled.
"I want to be..."
"Be your grandma!"
Xu Mu frowned from the sidelines. "Shi Fumeng, what the hell are you up to now?"
"Hubby! Don't interrupt, this is between us women."
Ye Tong wore a solemn expression.
She had been searching for so long, and now someone had suddenly showed up on her doorstep, bluntly asking to be a minor wife.
How could she possibly let this opportunity slip by?
"No, honey, she..."
Xu Mu pointed at Shi Fumeng. "Forget it, I won't say it. Shi Fumeng, confess your true identity right now."
He believed that once Ye Tong found out Shi Fumeng was actually an old woman, she would definitely reject her on the spot.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
