Free Web NovelChapter 267: Chapter 48: Pocket World Spiritual Building, Jade Person and Xiao
Fang Cheng sensed that this flow of energy posed no threat, so he allowed it to approach him.
Then, he watched as this energy quietly surged into his storage pouch.
In the blink of an eye, a light flashed from within the storage pouch. Two streams of light flew out of their own accord, shooting toward the Great Sun Talisman inside the Grotto Heaven.
These two items were the Water Cloud Bead and the Lingxiao Three Sceneries Talisman.
The latter was a rare spatial talisman that Fang Cheng had obtained from an Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Studio. It was the very same one he had used to trap Wen Qianqian.
’Oh no, Mu Xuanyu is still inside the Water Cloud Bead...’
When Fang Cheng saw the Water Cloud Bead being pulled away by the Grotto Heaven’s energy, he was startled, cursing himself for his carelessness.
But it was too late.
The Great Sun Talisman "devoured" the Water Cloud Bead and the Lingxiao Three Sceneries Talisman, and in an instant, it flared with a brilliant light that illuminated the entire world.
The four of them were momentarily blinded by a vast expanse of white.
A rumbling sound echoed from high above, and the ground trembled before settling down again.
After the light faded, Fang Cheng looked around and was surprised to find a placid, shimmering lake at the edge of the Spirit Field. A magnificent painted barge was moored motionlessly on its surface.
Three Cyan Mountains rose by the lakeshore. The shimmering lake and green mountains complemented each other, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.
It turned out that the Grotto Heaven Spiritual Building had absorbed the Water Cloud Bead and the Lingxiao Three Sceneries Talisman, expanding its space considerably.
"Huh? Who’s that over there?"
Die’Er, with her sharp eyes, pointed at the lake and spoke.
Fang Cheng turned his head and saw Mu Xuanyu’s snow-white body bathing in the clear lake water. Her beautiful face, though feigning composure, held a trace of bewildered uncertainty.
She must have been bathing in the lake when the Grotto Heavens merged, suddenly exposing her before Ye Yan and the other two women.
Ye Yan was also startled, but she quickly recovered. She shot Fang Cheng a flirtatious glare and chided, "No wonder you always like to spend the night out. So you’ve been hiding a beauty in a secret love nest..."
Both annoyed and amused, she looked at Fang Cheng and said, "Don’t tell me that when you were in secluded cultivation, you were frequently visiting this Grotto Heaven Magical Artifact for secret trysts?"
Fang Cheng quickly wrapped his arm around his lovely wife’s slender waist and coaxed, "She’s an Elder from the Flame God Palace whom I captured alive and suppressed inside this Magical Artifact."
Ye Yan playfully punched him on the shoulder, saying jealously, "With your philandering nature, I’m sure you ’suppressed’ her right onto a bed."
Fang Cheng gave a noncommittal smile. "Although Fellow Daoist Mu is a Flame God Palace Cultivator, she has a peaceful temperament and is dedicated to her cultivation. I’ve already taken her as a concubine. You all should get along well."
With that, he gestured for Mu Xuanyu to come over.
Mu Xuanyu retrieved a gauze dress from her storage pouch, put it on, and flew over gracefully.
Seeing Mu Xuanyu’s profound Cultivation, the expressions of Ye Yan and the other two women grew a little more serious.
Mu Xuanyu was also a quick-witted person. Seeing the intimacy between Fang Cheng and Ye Yan, she guessed their relationship. She then performed a curtsy to Ye Yan and said softly, "You must be Fellow Daoist Fang’s wife. This humble one pays her respects." ƒrēewebnovel.com
"My skills were inferior, and I was captured alive by Fellow Daoist Fang in the Hanhai Desert. Fortunately, he took pity on me and spared my life. I will serve him for the rest of my days. If my conduct is improper in any way in the future, I ask for your forgiveness, Madam."
The jealousy on Ye Yan’s face vanished. She gave a charming smile, adopting the graceful and magnanimous air of the Fang Family’s main wife. "Sister, you’re being too formal. Since you’ve entered the Fang family, we are now sisters. As we get to know each other, you’ll come to understand my temperament." frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Mu Xuanyu returned the smile. The two women’s eyes met, a look that conveyed more than a thousand words.
Fang Cheng surveyed the beautiful scenery and said to Die’Er, "Die’Er, today we have gained this Grotto Heaven Blessed Land. It calls for a celebration. Go and prepare some Spirit Wine and food."
Die’Er answered in acknowledgement and immediately passed through the palace to go prepare outside.
Meanwhile, Ye Yan took Dong Qing and Mu Xuanyu to begin arranging the palace and planning the uses for the Spirit Field, the lake, and the Cyan Mountains, deliberately leaving Fang Cheng to the side.
Fang Cheng chuckled in spite of himself. He went alone to the painted barge on the lake, took out the Youhong Flying Sword and the White Bone Relic that Su Miao had granted him, and began to refine them.
These two Third-tier Magical Artifacts consumed an enormous amount of Magical Power each time they were activated. With his current Cultivation, he could only unleash twenty to thirty percent of their true power.
And that was only because his Magical Power far surpassed that of other Cultivators at his level. If they were given to a Cultivator who had just entered the Life Talisman realm like Ye Yan, she probably couldn’t even bring out ten percent of their power.
While Die’Er was preparing the Spiritual Cuisine, Ye Yan, Dong Qing, and Mu Xuanyu used the opportunity of decorating the palace to slowly grow familiar with one another.
Although Mu Xuanyu had once held a noble status, now that she was someone else’s concubine, she had long since set aside her pride and self-respect.
Fortunately, she found that Ye Yan wasn’t the arrogant, temperamental, and jealous wife she might have imagined. On the contrary, Ye Yan was remarkably straightforward and open-minded, her conversation a mix of serious and playful, as if they were just chatting about family matters. This immediately put Mu Xuanyu at ease.
The three women all had plenty of furnishings in their storage pouches. After decorating the palace, they set aside a large hall and four elegant rooms.
The great hall served as the entrance to the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, while the four elegant rooms were assigned by Ye Yan, one for each of the four women.
As for the Spirit Field, Ye Yan planned to plant Primordial Yang Rice and some precious Spiritual Medicines, making the most of it.
Mu Xuanyu, for her part, took out thirteen Tier One High-Grade Profound Iron Puppets to serve as "farmers" for the Spirit Field.
The Flame God Palace cultivated Fire Element Techniques and possessed profound and extensive knowledge in Artifact Refining and puppet crafting. After Ye Yan tried out the puppets and found them very useful, she became even more courteous toward Mu Xuanyu.
For the lake that came from the Water Cloud Bead, Ye Yan planned to raise some fish, shrimp, and waterfowl to add more life to the Grotto Heaven. Moreover, the Spiritual Qi here was dense and self-contained, making it an excellent habitat for Spirit Beasts as well.
As for the three Cyan Mountains that had evolved from the Lingxiao Three Sceneries Talisman, Ye Yan planned to build some Immortal Residence Pavilions and Scenic Pavilions for leisure and recreation.
She brought the two Immortal Cranes into this space. The cranes immediately flew up to the Cyan Mountains, circling and dancing in the air with joyful cries.
The Great Sun Talisman seemed able to sense the time outside. It changed accordingly with the rotation of the sun and moon in the outer world.
From noon when the sun hung high in the sky to its descent in the west at sunset, it was almost identical to the world outside.
One could only wonder how the Ancient Cultivators managed to refine such a Grotto Heaven Spiritual Building; it was a testament to their miraculous and ingenious minds.
In the evening, the setting sun hung over the lake, its surface aglow with floating light, shimmering like fire.
A gentle evening breeze blew. The two Immortal Cranes circled low over the lake, letting out melodious cries.
A bonfire was lit by the lakeside.
Fang Cheng and his four beautiful companions sat on the ground. Spread between them was a feast of Spiritual Cuisine, pastries, and fruits meticulously prepared by Die’Er, while several pots of fine wine filled the air with their rich aroma.
The Grotto Heaven was ethereal and quiet, filled only with the sounds of water, wind, and birdsong, which merged into a symphony of nature.
Fang Cheng drank and jested with the women, his spirits soaring as he drank to his heart’s content.
Before long, all five were flushed with wine. Emboldened by the alcohol, Fang Cheng pulled them into his arms, one on each side. Seeing his beautiful wife and concubines with their alluring, flushed faces, he couldn’t help but act a little audaciously.
Ye Yan, who loved lively atmospheres the most, took the opportunity to take out a long flute. She played a song and asked Dong Qing to dance to liven things up.
Dong Qing had a slender figure and a cold, stunning beauty. She was also a skilled dancer. Her graceful movements were enchanting, and under the setting sun, she exuded the aura of a Profound Lady descending from the heavens to dance.
When Dong Qing finished her dance, the others clapped and cheered. Then, they playfully goaded Mu Xuanyu, the Elder of the Flame God Palace, into dancing as well.
The beautiful woman couldn’t refuse their boisterous demands, so she decided to let go of her inhibitions. She rose and leaped into the sky, her body wreathed in dazzling firelight, and performed a sacrificial dance to the Fire God.
Ye Yan had once learned the flute for a time from a senior sister in the Inner Sect. Her flute’s melody matched Mu Xuanyu’s dance, evoking a sense of the sacred, the ancient, the vast, and the majestic.
Mu Xuanyu’s graceful and voluptuous figure flickered in and out of sight within the flames. Even Ye Yan, Dong Qing, and Die’Er, who were women themselves, found the sight captivating, to say nothing of Fang Cheng.
As Fang Cheng drank and watched the dance, a fire of desire was kindled within him.
He lay drunk by the lakeside, with the sky as his canopy and the earth as his mat, and spent a night of untrammeled bliss.
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