“When this body reaches the Heavenly Body Tier, my willpower will slowly awake and fuse with her,” the empress said. “The secret techniques of the Nine Snake Tribe are all like this. If I’m at the Mountain River Tier, my nine clones will awake at the Mountain River Tier. If I’m at the Eternal River Tier, my nine clones will awake at the Eternal River Tier.”
Ling Han faltered for a moment before asking, “Which is to say that she doesn’t know of your existence?”
“No, she doesn’t,” Empress Luan Xing answered.
Ling Han’s expression darkened, and he said, “So, she’ll disappear for good once your willpower completely awakens?”
“The personalities of the nine clones are all originally from my body,” Empress Luan Xing said in comfort. “In other words, they all represent a part of me. Moreover, I can still split these nine clones from my body when I reach the Eternal River Tier.”
Ling Han relaxed slightly upon hearing this explanation. He had a fairly good impression of the innocent and ditzy Ninth King.
However, another thought occurred to him, and this caused his expression to become strange.
“What’s wrong?” Empress Luan Xing asked.
Ling Han hesitated for a moment before saying, “Won’t I get nine free wives if I marry you? Holy smokes! How can I pleasure all 10 of you together?”
“P-pervert!” Empress Luan Xing shouted in anger. She smacked Ling Han and sent him flying.
Of course, Ling Han had deliberately allowed her to send him flying. This was the Black Tower, so Empress Luan Xing was definitely no match for him. However, he had already teased her for so long, so it was about time that he relented a bit. Otherwise, he would definitely feel the wrath of Empress Luan Xing once they exited the Black Tower. Thus, it was better to be smacked around here and let her defuse her anger a little.
He ran back, and said, “Say, wife—”
“Who’s your wife?” Empress Luan Xing said in irritation. She had merely given him a chance. As of right now, Ling Han still didn’t have the right to have her willingly agree to marriage.
Ling Han chuckled, and said, “Then what should I call you? Darling? Love?”
Empress Luan Xing stared at him, dumbfounded. She had initially thought that Ling Han was a serious person. However, who would have thought that he was actually this flippant? She shook her head, thinking that she had perhaps made an incorrect decision. However, she didn’t want to correct it.
“Call me empress!” she said with an emphasis.
“…”
Ling Han nodded, and said, “Okay!”
‘I might call you Empress now, but I’ll have you call me Lord Husband in the future!’
“That um, Empress…”
“There’s only the two of us right now, so is there any need for you to refer to me like that?”
“You’re not cute at all!” Ling Han sighed before saying seriously, “What the hell are the ancient divine tribes? They seem to be really impressive.”
“I know about this!” Notionless Saint said. He was starting to seek attention again. He was a mighty Saint, yet he had actually been left to the side and ignored. Did those two not know just how valuable the time of a Saint was? They had the rare opportunity to learn from him, yet they actually didn’t take advantage of this chance at all?
Empress Luan Xing glanced at that orb of light. With this seemingly all-knowing Saint present, there were some things that she couldn’t keep secret. That being the case, she might as well take initiative and spill the beans. “The ancient divine tribes are a collection of powerful yet lowly populated tribes. They appeared during ancient times, and all members of these tribes possess powerful abilities.”
“Brat, you might also be from an ancient divine tribe,” Notionless Saint chimed. Ling Han’s physique was incredibly powerful, and he felt that this could only be possible if Ling Han was from an ancient divine tribe.
Empress Luan Xing nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, Ling Han shook his head in disagreement. He had come from an ordinary family, so how could he be a member of some ancient divine tribe? The only reason for his physique and divine sense being so powerful was because he practiced the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll.
Anyhow, Ling Han hadn’t seen any members of the other ancient divine tribes. However, just looking at Empress Luan Xing proved just how incredible their abilities were. Members of the Nine Snake Tribe could maintain nine clones, which was equivalent to having nine extra lives. This was astonishing, almost unfathomable.
“Time’s almost up. I have to leave now,” Empress Luan Xing suddenly said.
Ling Han thought for a moment, and then said, “I’ll send you out.”
Empress Luan Xing could know about Hu Feiyun’s affairs, but this was a one-sided ability. When Empress Luan Xing possessed Hu Feiyun’s body, Hu Feiyun would have no clue about what was happening. This was similar to what had happened in the Heavenly Sea Mystery Realm—it was clearly Empress Luan Xing who had killed that Demonic Beast, yet Hu Feiyun thought that it was Ling Han who had killed it.
Empress Luan Xing nodded, and the two of them exited the Black Tower together.
“Am I empty air?” Notionless Saint murmured gloomily. Why did they both ignore him?
“Senior, I have a question!”
“Me too!”
Can Ye and the others walked over, and this instantly reignited Notionless Saint’s self-confidence. He was in glowing spirits as he helped them.
People needed to prove their own existence; they had to feel needed. This Saint had passed away far too long ago, and thus his mental state was a far cry from what it had once been. He was already giddy with delight after being praised by a few Shattering Void Tier cultivators.
Empress Luan Xing shuddered after exiting the Black Tower. She shut her eyes before immediately opening them again. This only took an instant, yet her disposition had already changed immensely. Her air of haughtiness disappeared, and she became an innocent and ditzy woman.
“Huh? Why am I here?” Hu Feiyun asked with a puzzled expression. She bit her finger and cocked her head, appearing as confused as could be.
“Wait for me here,” Ling Han said. Upon seeing her nod, he went to look for Shui Yanyu. After finding her, he brought her back over here.
Shui Yanyu couldn’t help but feel some slight fear and respect toward Hu Feiyun. “Why was her aura so terrifying?” she asked Ling Han quietly.
“I’ll tell you later.” Ling Han shook his head, then smiled at Hu Feiyun, and said, “Ninth King, I’ll take you to a fun place.”
“Okay! Okay!” Hu Feiyun clapped her hands in excitement. With her ditzy personality, she would even count money for the person who sold her.
Ling Han enveloped the two women with his divine sense and took them to the Reincarnation Tree in the Black Tower.
“This is the Reincarnation Tree,” Ling Han said to Hu Feiyun. “From now on, come here every night to cultivate. That way, your cultivation will improve rapidly.”
“I have to cultivate again?!” A bitter expression appeared on Hu Feiyun’s face, and she said, “I hate cultivating! It’s so toilsome and boring!”
Ling Han’s mind wandered to the fact that the Ninth King was a personality that had been split from Empress Luan Xing. This woman was ditzy, and this was a personality that Empress Luan Xing didn’t currently possess—she had split it from her main body, after all.
This was fairly interesting. What transformations would Empress Luan Xing’s personality undergo when she eventually fused with her nine clones?
“Don’t complain, okay?” Ling Han said as he patted Hu Feiyun’s head. “Make sure to cultivate properly.”
Hu Feiyun pouted upon hearing this. However, she didn’t object to Ling Han patting her head. Meanwhile, Shui Yanyu’s eyes almost popped out in shock. That was the Ninth King! The empress had said that seeing the Nine Kings was equivalent to seeing her, yet Ling Han was audacious enough to pat her head
?!
However, little did she know that Ling Han had even smacked the empress’ bottom just then.
Chapter 1146 - Gathering of Prodigies
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After appeasing Hu Feiyun and getting her to cultivate, Ling Han took Shui Yanyu to the side.
The first thing he did was give her a passionate kiss. They hadn’t seen each other for over two years, and he truly missed this beautiful and bewitching woman.
Shui Yanyu tried to break free at the start, yet her body quickly went limp. She collapsed into Ling Han’s embrace, and her beautiful face flushed a deep shade of red. Her eyes were as seductive as could be.
“Don’t…” She wanted to push him away, yet at the same time, she also wanted to stay in his embrace.
“Wife, you’ve been poisoned! This poison can only be cleared away if I sleep with you.” Ling Han’s expression became serious, and he said, “This poison is called love, and it’s the most potent poison in the world! However, if I don’t sacrifice myself for you, who will?”
Shui Yanyu instantly wanted to roll her eyes. Ling Han was clearly aroused himself, yet he was still trying to find a seemingly legitimate excuse. He was far too shameless.
However, she couldn’t think straight after being passionately kissed by Ling Han, so she dazedly nodded her head. Only after a while did she realize that this was not the place for such things. However, Ling Han greedily kissed her a few more times, causing her to become even more dazed and spaced out. Right now, all she wanted was to be fiercely taken by this male.
“I love you!” she murmured.
“I love you too.” Ling Han moved his fingers dexterously, and Shui Yanyu’s enchanting naked body quickly appeared before him. He dragged a finger across her jade-like body, completely igniting up her flames of lust.
“Love me!” Shui Yanyu wrapped her arms around Ling Han’s neck.
She hadn’t seen her lover for two years, and she had been especially worried about him, even though she knew he was definitely safe. After seeing him again, her yearning for him quickly dissolved into flames of lust that seemed as if they wanted to swallow Ling Han whole.
“Darling!” Ling Han passionately kissed this seductive beauty. He wasn’t going to stop at just a taste this time. He was going to turn her into his woman.
“Han, be gentle,” she said in a barely decipherable voice.
“I will…”
He passionately thrust inside her.
***
Ling Han and Shui Yanyu lay among a field of flowers. Shui Yanyu was cuddled up in Ling Han’s lap, a satisfied smile on her face.
“Baddie, you were only… in a rush to do me because you actually want to marry Her Majesty!” Shui Yanyu couldn’t help but pinch Ling Han after hearing him explain his situation with Empress Luan Xing.
Ling Han hurriedly shook his head, and said, “That was something between you and me. It had nothing to do with others! Wife, you’re so beautiful and enchanting, and I’ve already held back for so long. Weren’t you afraid that I would be so pent up that I became sick?”
“D-damn pervert!” Although they had already become one, Shui Yanyu still couldn’t endure Ling Han’s teasing. Her face instantly flushed red.
Ling Han’s lust was instantly aroused when he saw her embarrassed and seductive expression.
“Mmm!” They were cuddled together, so how could Shui Yanyu not detect his little buddy’s movements? Her eyes instantly widened.
“Wife, it’s time for round two!”
Ling Han laughed loudly as he pressed Shui Yanyu under his body. Then, he started to launch a new round of attacks.
***
Once, twice, thrice…
This was Shui Yanyu’s first taste of lovemaking, so she naturally couldn’t get enough. Meanwhile, Ling Han was also intoxicated by this seductive beauty, and it seemed as if he were going to forget all matters and lose himself in pleasure.
The two of them only concluded their passionate lovemaking experience after three entire days.
They finally exited the Black Tower, yet Hu Feiyun was already full of complaints. She had been cultivating under the Reincarnation Tree, where one day was equivalent to one year. Moreover, she had cultivated for five days straight, and she had almost gone crazy from boredom. She shouted that she wanted to go out.
Ling Han shook his head. Who would’ve thought that Empress Luan Xing also had such an innocent and ditzy side to her? What would it look like if such kind of personality was displayed by the empress?
He was extremely eager to see it.
After exiting the Black Tower, Shui Yanyu immediately started to move out of her old residence. She was naturally going to move in with Ling Han. That way, she could cultivate in the outside world during the day, thereby absorbing the Spiritual Qi and increasing her Origin Power. At night, she would enter the Black Tower and comprehend the great dao under the Reincarnation Tree, thereby increasing the speed of her cultivation as much as possible.
Ling Han could keep three followers, yet he had only taken one so far. Thus, it was entirely possible for him to let Shui Yanyu into his palace to cultivate—as long as no one snitched on them, Shui Yanyu wouldn’t need to relinquish her identity of an ordinary disciple, either.
Shui Yanyu’s main focus was on cultivation, while Ling Han’s main focus was on alchemy.
He needed money.
His Divine Demon Sword was still only a Level Three God Tool, and he needed to elevate it to Level Four, Level Five, and so on. However, that would require a countless amount of Level Three and Level Four Godly metal, and purchasing them would cost an astronomical amount. Ling Han did indeed have a lot of True Origin Stones, yet it was still far from enough.
The highest level pill he could refine right now was the Mysterious Azure Pill, with each pill being able to sell for several thousand True Origin Stones. As for the ingredients, he had already planted them in the Black Tower. It wouldn’t be long before he could harvest them, and this would greatly reduce his expenditure.
However, Ling Han wanted to refine pills of even higher levels. This was because refining a cauldron of higher-level pills would take around the same time, yet the profit that he could make would increase significantly.
In addition, he definitely had to leave enough time to cultivate, and thus it was extremely important to pick the right type of pill to refine.
Of course, he still hadn’t obtained any higher-level pill recipe yet, so he naturally had to stick with refining the Mysterious Azure Pill.
Ling Han regretted not asking Empress Luan Xing to command the Alchemy Institution to make a copy of all of their pill recipes for him. If he had done that, he would have been able to slowly study and digest the recipes.
It was a shame that he and Empress Luan Xing hadn’t been on such good terms at that time.
Anyhow, this didn’t matter. It wasn’t as if he wasn’t going to return to the Joint Peace Planet.
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone was knocking on his door.
Fan Ru hurriedly went to answer the door. He returned after a while, and he handed an invitation to Ling Han. “Young Master Han, this is an invitation for you.”
Ling Han accepted the letter and skimmed over it. A few seed-level prodigies were hosting a gathering where they would enjoy some tea and discuss their understandings of dao. This gathering would take place tomorrow afternoon, and all seed-level prodigies at the Mountain River Tier were welcome to attend. They had all entered the sect for quite some time now, yet they still had yet to properly gather together.
“The timing is just right. They didn’t do this just to suit me, did they?” Ling Han said with a smile. He had obliterated Gan Shiyun’s God Tool, and he had even taken the remains as his spoils. This woman definitely wouldn’t let this matter slide.
“Hehe, there are six people who have formed five Mountains and Rivers, and this is a great opportunity for me to see just h
ow strong they are.”
The next day, Ling Han confidently strolled toward the mountain peak by himself.
This gathering was held atop the White Frost Peak. This peak was exclusive to seed-level prodigies, so it was impossible for key disciples and ordinary disciples to come and spectate their battles—no matter how much they wanted to.
The White Frost Peak was especially tall, yet this kind of height was nothing much to cultivators at the Mountain River Tier. Ling Han was only walking at a “strolling” pace, yet he still arrived atop the peak in just an hour’s time.
“Please show your invitation.” This peak was extremely spacious, and there were two young men standing by either side of the entrance. Their auras were quite powerful, yet they could only stand guard at the gates.
They were probably someone’s followers, though they seemed quite remarkable for mere followers. One could imagine just how powerful the seed who they followed was.
Ling Han handed his invitation over. One of the young men looked over it, and a hint of earnestness instantly appeared on his face. “Oh, it’s Young Master Han! Please enter!”
The peak was filled with stones of all shapes and sizes—these stones were probably seats. Right now, most of the stones were already taken. Ling Han looked around, and he saw a couple of familiar faces.
Shao Sisi, Su Jing, Du An, Quan Lixuan, the Rain Emperor, and Ding Ping!
The last two clearly didn’t recognize Ling Han. They hadn’t heard his name yet, so they naturally wouldn’t think that he was Ling Han. They merely glanced at him before retracting their gazes.
Another few people arrived after him. There was Xia Wuque, and there was also the ditz in Hu Feiyun. There was also… Gan Shiyun!
She glared at Ling Han once she arrived, a baleful and frosty aura emanating from her body.
Chapter 1147 - Tasting Tea and Discussing Dao
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