Chapter 311: Nangong Yaoyao: Sister Xiaochan, do you know my father
Five Poison Sect, Sky Spider Peak.
Inside the closed-door Immortal Cave, a mysterious and beautiful, dream-like, burning flame cocoon flickered.
“Phoenix bathes in fire, Nirvana Rebirth, life and death in an instant, washing away the impurities!”
Just then, a clear and moving voice echoed from within the flame cocoon.
As the voice resonated, the cocoon instantly burst forth with dazzling red light, illuminating the Immortal Cave.
Immediately after, the cocoon began to burn.
Crimson flames filled the entire Immortal Cave.
A brilliant and beautiful Phoenix, graceful in its posture, shimmered in and out of sight, as if dancing within the raging fire.
It raised its head and let out a long cry, its voice high-pitched and grand, melodious and captivating, like a magnificent symphony, incredibly moving.
Crack, crack, a series of faint shattering sounds echoed.
Then, a figure with perfect curves, graceful and enchanting, appeared within the flames.
“Lu Changsheng.”
The flames dissipated.
A woman of twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old emerged, with a Face of breathtaking beauty and allure, long and clear Phoenix eyes, skin as white as jade, and a captivating, graceful figure, utterly pure and flawless, stunningly beautiful.
In her clear and profound eyes, a hint of complexity was revealed.
Through the Phoenix Gu and the Phoenix Nirvana Great Art, she had finally undergone Rebirth through fire, washing away the impurities, and breaking free from the effects of the Locking Love Gu.
After breaking free from the Locking Love Gu, she immediately checked her impressions and feelings towards Lu Changsheng.
But as his image appeared in her mind, she was momentarily unsure of her emotions.
Hate?
There was not the imagined loathing, the desire to kill him quickly!
Love?
Now that the Locking Love Gu was broken, how could she possibly like this person?
But besides love and hate, what else could there be?
Greed, anger, delusion, evil, desire?
At this moment, Nangong Mili herself couldn’t explain it clearly.
She could only clearly realize that she couldn’t Face Lu Changsheng with a normal state of mind.
He had severely disturbed her inner peace, even becoming a Heart Demon-like existence for her.
“Though this person is hateful, he ultimately saved me and Xiao Chan, and also gave me Nangong Yaoyao.”
Nangong Mili’s beautiful eyes shimmered with a hazy, magical glow, and her red lips parted slightly as she murmured to herself.
Even without the influence of the Locking Love Gu, her love for her daughter, Nangong Yaoyao, remained unchanged, even growing stronger.
After all, she had deeply considered having this daughter and decided to give birth to her, rather than being influenced by the Locking Love Gu.
Thinking of her daughter, her beautiful eyes showed a hint of longing and tenderness.
But the next moment, her Phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she said in a clear, profound voice, “This person possesses a certain peerless Dao Body that can enable a True Core to advance to an Immortal Golden Core. Such a supreme Opportunity must not be missed!”
“Moreover, he once did that to this Master…”
Nangong Mili recalled the humiliation she suffered from him back then, her slender, jade-like hands clenched, and a hint of shame and anger appeared on her Face.
This was the time in her life she least wanted to remember, which she regarded as a great humiliation!
She, a dignified Core Formation True Person, the Heavenly Spider Envoy of the Five Poison Sect, was actually so humiliated by a small Foundation Establishment Cultivator. If this revenge is not exacted, her thoughts will not be clear!
“Lu Changsheng, just you wait for this Master!”
Nangong Mili said with a cold expression.
At this moment, she found the root cause of her inability to view Lu Changsheng with a normal state of mind.
Such humiliation, and it concerns the Golden Core Opportunity, she absolutely cannot let it go!
As long as he obediently cooperates, considering he saved her life back then, and for the sake of her daughter Nangong Yaoyao, she might reluctantly spare his life!
Otherwise, she, Nangong Mili, is not someone who is soft-hearted!
“Hoo!”
After clarifying her thoughts, Nangong Mili felt her mind clear up.
Immediately, she lightly raised her fair hand and took out a luxurious purple gauze dress from her storage ring, which shimmered like flowing light and stars, dreamlike and ethereal.
On her fair, gracefully shaped feet, with glistening toes where faint bluish Bloodline could be seen flowing, she put on a pair of purple crystal high heels.
“Da da da—”
With a graceful posture and flowing robes, she quickly walked out of the Immortal Cave to visit her daughter.
After a year apart, she yearned deeply for her daughter.
Sky Spider Peak, at a black jade plaza.
Meng Xiaochun was teaching Nangong Yaoyao how to Cultivate spells.
During this year, her Master Nangong Mili was in closed-door Cultivation, so she arranged her affairs and wholeheartedly took care of this Junior Sister.
Although she was called her Junior Sister, she essentially treated Nangong Yaoyao as her own daughter.
“Nangong Yaoyao, are you a little tired? Let’s rest for a while,” Meng Xiaochun said, looking at the exquisitely carved, incredibly cute and charming little girl in front of her.
Although Nangong Yaoyao was only ten years old, her tender Face already possessed a captivating grace, and every gesture and smile was like a blossoming purple lotus.
Her waist-length hair, like a starry night, was coiled by Meng Xiaochun into two buns, adding a touch of adorable cuteness.
“Sister Xiao Chan, when will Mother come out of closed-door Cultivation?” Nangong Yaoyao asked with clear eyes, as if starlight flowed within them, and a tender voice.
“Master said about a year before, so it should be soon,” Meng Xiaochun, still looking like a young girl, said with a doting smile on her Face, her aura ethereal and dreamlike.
However, upon hearing this, she couldn’t help but worry about her lover.
Her Master Nangong Mili’s current closed-door Cultivation was to break free from the Locking Love Gu.
Once the Locking Love Gu was broken, she might make a move against Lu Changsheng.
The two came to rest aside.
On the table were various rare Spiritual Fruits, pastries, and desserts.
“Sister Xiao Chan, do you know who my father is?” Nangong Yaoyao sat down with an elegant and charming posture, picked up a peach pastry, and took a delicate bite with her pink lips, asking casually.
“Hmm?” Meng Xiaochun’s beautiful Face froze upon hearing this.
Then, as if nothing had happened, she smiled and asked, “Why are you asking this, Nangong Yaoyao?”
“I read in books that everyone has a father and mother, but I only have a mother and have never seen my father,” Nangong Yaoyao said with a serene and charming smile on her Face, eating the peach pastry with an innocent expression.
“This…”
Meng Xiaochun didn’t know how to answer this for a moment.
Although Nangong Mili outwardly claimed that Nangong Yaoyao was a daughter she had picked up and adopted.
But with Nangong Yaoyao’s appearance and Nangong Mili’s usual doting on this daughter, who would believe she was picked up?
Even Nangong Yaoyao herself probably wouldn’t believe it.
After all, she knew that this Junior Sister of hers was very intelligent and understood many things early on.
Many things she didn’t know were simply because Nangong Mili hadn’t taught her these past years, and she had never been exposed to them.
“Could my father be the heartless person mentioned in the books, who abandoned Mother?” Nangong Yaoyao tilted her head, pouted her lips slightly, and said cutely.
“No, he’s not…”
Meng Xiaochun subconsciously defended her lover.
But she didn’t know how to explain it to Nangong Yaoyao.
After all, the matter between her Master and Lu Changsheng was a secret.
Such a matter could absolutely not be known by anyone, especially Nangong Yaoyao.
Nangong Mili simply did not want her daughter to know any information about Lu Changsheng.
“Then why is that?” Nangong Yaoyao continued to eat her peach pastry, looking adorable.
Looking at her well-behaved and cute appearance, Meng Xiaochun even had the thought of not wanting to deceive her.
But the next moment, she showed a doting smile on her Face and stroked her bunned hair, saying, “Nangong Yaoyao is still young now; when you grow up, you’ll know.”
She secretly thought to herself that this Junior Sister of hers was truly extraordinary.
She clearly hadn’t Cultivated any charm techniques, but her words and actions were like charm techniques, influencing people’s minds.
“Ah~”
Nangong Yaoyao, with her exquisite and cute Face, and a hint of baby fat on her chin, rested it on the table, looking deflated and pouting adorably.
“Hehe, good girl, Nangong Yaoyao.”
Meng Xiaochun, seeing her so adorable, couldn’t help but reach out and pinch her well-behaved and cute little cheek, causing Nangong Yaoyao to let out a soft hum.
“Nangong Yaoyao, Xiao Chan.”
Just then, Nangong Mili, dressed in a purple palace gown and wearing high heels, appeared in mid-air.
“Mother!” Nangong Yaoyao immediately stood up and called out upon seeing the arrival, her tender voice full of joy.
“Master,” Meng Xiaochun bowed respectfully.
Even though her Master Nangong Mili had told her not to be too formal in private, she had always insisted on doing so.
“Hmm, Xiao Chan, you’ve worked hard these days,” Nangong Mili said softly, looking at Meng Xiaochun.
Although she had broken free from the effects of the Locking Love Gu through the Phoenix Gu and the Phoenix Nirvana Great Art.
Her Disciple Meng Xiaochun was still heavily influenced by the Locking Love Gu.
According to her judgment, this Disciple of hers was deeply in love, much more so than herself.
Even with a Phoenix Gu, it would be difficult to resolve.
Moreover, Phoenix Gu are very rare; she had paid a great price to acquire this one.
It was impossible to prepare another Phoenix Gu for Meng Xiaochun, and there was no reason to request one.
She even suspected that even if she had a Phoenix Gu, Meng Xiaochun might not be willing to break free from the Locking Love Gu’s effects.
“As long as Xiao Chan and he never meet again, it should be fine…”
Nangong Mili thought to herself.
She didn’t think too much, looking at her daughter Nangong Yaoyao, a maternal smile appearing on her Face, and stepped forward to embrace her daughter: “Nangong Yaoyao.”
“Mother, Nangong Yaoyao missed you so much,” Nangong Yaoyao said softly, holding onto her mother’s fragrant, soft, and jade-like body.
“Yes, Mother missed Nangong Yaoyao too.”
Upon hearing this, Nangong Mili’s heart felt as if it would melt.
At this moment, her mind was serene, the seductive allure on her Face transformed into a doting smile, and her eyes shimmered with maternal tenderness, showing no trace of the ruthless and venomous image outsiders usually saw.
Even Meng Xiaochun, seeing her Master like this, felt incredibly emotional.
After all, for so many years, she knew exactly what kind of person her Master was.
“Master, for Nangong Yaoyao’s sake, perhaps… but Master clearly doesn’t want Nangong Yaoyao to know about Lu Lang’s existence…”
Meng Xiaochun thought that her Master had most likely broken free from the Locking Love Gu and was about to settle the grievances with Lu Changsheng.
But at this moment, she didn’t know what her Master’s attitude towards Lu Changsheng was.
However, based on her understanding of her Master’s character, she should be eager to kill Lu Changsheng as soon as possible.
Perhaps even torture him in countless ways, making his life worse than death.
Bihu Mountain.
Lake Heart Island.
“So it was Nangong Mili after all…”
Lu Changsheng murmured to himself, looking at the crystal-clear, blood-red Locking Love Gu, less than an inch long, in his hand.
He had thought about this question years ago: could Nangong Mili break free from the Locking Love Gu?
After all, the Locking Love Gu was just an Earth Spirit Gu.
As a Core Formation True Person, and with her Sect, the Five Poison Sect, being skilled in Gu poisons, if Nangong Mili knew about the Locking Love Gu’s problem, she might have a way to break free.
“I wonder if this will affect Xiao Chan and Nangong Yaoyao.”
Lu Changsheng himself was not afraid of Nangong Mili.
If she dared to come to Bihu Mountain to cause him trouble, he could make her pregnant with triplets.
Even outside, he wasn’t afraid of Nangong Mili.
As long as the Symbol Array and the Interdimensional Demonic Head were deployed, even if he couldn’t suppress her, she wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.
His only concern was whether Nangong Mili, upon learning about the Locking Love Gu, would have an issue with Meng Xiaochun.
Or even have an issue with him, thereby affecting his daughter Nangong Yaoyao.
After all, his deep contact with Nangong Mili was limited to the physical, not involving the spiritual level.
He was still unsure what kind of person she was.
At least, when he checked Nangong Mili’s information on the Heaven Knowing Tower back then, he knew she wasn’t a good person.
“Alas, beauty leads to trouble.”
Lu Changsheng sighed in his heart.
When he saved Nangong Mili back then, although it was for Meng Xiaochun’s Face, hoping she could resolve Ling Zixiao’s Dragon’s Roar Body.
It was undeniable that he had some feelings for Nangong Mili.
Especially after learning about the Locking Love Gu’s situation.
“I hope it won’t affect Xiao Chan and Nangong Yaoyao too much,” Lu Changsheng said, taking a deep breath.
His desire for Cultivation strength grew a few points.
If he had Core Formation Cultivation now, he could directly go to Jin Country and find a way to bring his daughter or Meng Xiaochun back.
But now, even with his various means, not fearing ordinary Core Formation Cultivators, he dared not easily take risks.
That night.
Lu Changsheng drowned his worries in wine and pleasure, indulging himself fully.
In a blink of an eye, three months passed.
During this time, Lu Changsheng turned his worries into effort, successfully getting his three concubines pregnant.
However, Ling Zixiao still hadn’t conceived.
It could only be said that it was much harder for two Foundation Establishment Cultivators to conceive.
Upon returning from Qingyun Sect earlier, Lu Changsheng had instructed his Family to pay attention to news from the Falling Cloud Mountain Range.
Indeed, he learned that the Qingyun Sect and Luoxia Sect were disputing the ownership of a mineral vein in the Falling Cloud Mountain Range.
There had even been some conflicts and disturbances between the two sides.
However, this conflict was not significant.
Hearing this, Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but worry a little for Xiao Xiyue.
After all, according to Zhao Qingqing, Xiao Xiyue was stationed in the Falling Cloud Mountain Range with her Master.
And as the Bihu Mountain Lu Family’s Medicinal Pill shop in Hongye Valley Market began selling Second-Order Medicinal Pills, the news of Bi Hu Mountain Lord Lu Changsheng’s advancement to Second-Order Alchemist gradually spread, causing quite a stir.
This led surrounding Family forces, such as Qingzhu Mountain, Hundred Birds Lake, Centipede Ridge, Xiao Jing Mountain, Yushan Xu Family, and others, to send people to congratulate him.
After all, the status of a Second-Order Alchemist was slightly higher than that of a Second-Order Talisman Master.
It was completely on par with a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!
Especially Lu Changsheng, as the Bi Hu Mountain Lord, a Second-Order Talisman Great Master, and now a Second-Order Alchemist, he was incredibly impressive.
Anyone with discerning eyes could see that Lu Changsheng, being able to become a Second-Order Alchemist in over ten years, might have the potential to become a top-tier Second-Order Alchemist in the future.
Once he became a top-tier Second-Order Alchemist, he would be a respected guest anywhere in the Cultivation World.
He could even go to Immortal Sects and serve as a Guest Elder!
It was also rumored from somewhere that Lu Changsheng had gained the title of ‘Dual Master of Alchemy and Talismans’.
However, with Lu Changsheng’s various actions and deeds over the years, Bihu Mountain became increasingly wary of other Family forces.
He was a Second-Order Talisman Master, a Second-Order Formation Master, and had formed a Dao Companion relationship with an Immortal Sect Disciple.
Now, he also had the title of a Second-Order Alchemist.
Everyone could see that Bihu Mountain’s current situation was flourishing, with a promising future and great potential!
This caused a sense of crisis among some Foundation Establishment Family forces and even False Core forces in the Qingyun Territory.
Because once a Family’s strength rises and it has multiple Foundation Establishment Cultivators, it Faces a problem!
The Family’s Spiritual Vein becomes unsustainable, insufficient to support too many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, requiring the establishment of branch families or even new Family Spiritual Lands!
Currently, the Qingyun Territory is relatively stable, and Second-Order Spiritual Veins are mostly taken.
Although Lu Changsheng’s acquisition of Bihu Mountain was justified back then.
Everyone worried that they might become another Bihu Mountain.
Lu Yun, as the Family Head, was aware of this situation and informed Lu Changsheng through his mother, Lu Miaoyun.
In response, Lu Changsheng, Ling Zixiao, and Lu Miaoyun analyzed the situation roughly.
Their Family’s current business was still mainly centered in Hongye Valley Market.
Although there was some radiation to the surrounding areas, it was primarily a cooperative relationship and would not be significantly affected or disturbed.
But once they wanted to expand their business and move beyond this area, they would likely encounter many difficulties.
Lu Changsheng didn’t pay too much attention to this, merely telling his Family to steadily handle their current affairs.
After all, their Family didn’t truly rely on business to earn these meager profits.
As long as they had enough time and the Family could develop steadily, waiting for their children to grow up one by one, and for him to Breakthrough to Core Formation, these problems would be insignificant!
As the saying goes, hard work pays off. With Lu Changsheng’s diligent efforts, a month later, Ling Zixiao finally became pregnant!