Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 458: Chapter 261: Ling Changqing: Then Let’s Be Together...

Ling Changqing’s secluded cultivation this time was not long, ending after only a month.

There weren’t many external matters that required his personal attention, but with the war in the heartland of Yuzhou now raging, he still wanted to go take a look and perhaps pick up a few spoils.

After completing the final cycle of his cultivation, Ling Changqing rose from the bed and deactivated the Array Restriction. The door to the Cultivation Chamber slowly swung open.

But when he saw Ling Qiyue and Qin Mengxuan sitting outside, casually chatting with a peerlessly beautiful woman—resplendent in magnificent robes, noble and radiant—the smile on Ling Changqing’s face faltered.

The beauty wore a grand, deep-cyan palace gown embroidered with phoenixes amidst thunder and clouds. Her hair was styled in a towering, jade-green chignon and adorned with a brilliant phoenix crown. Her figure was sinfully voluptuous, its curves rising and falling, and the deep valley beneath her bright red bustier was as smooth and tender as fresh snow.

Upon her jade-like face, eyes as brilliant as stars shone, incessantly sizing up the handsome, purple-robed youth before her, a young man of majestic bearing with ruby lips and pearly teeth.

"...Ah, don’t be nervous, Husband. This is Sister Liu Ying Ziyi, and she’s here to serve you, too. She’s been waiting for you so long she could hardly stand it!"

Qin Mengxuan said with a radiant smile, her cherry lips slightly parted.

A flicker of flustered annoyance crossed Liu Ying Ziyi’s luminous, beautiful eyes. ’This shameless hussy is just trying to embarrass me, isn’t she? How did she make it sound like I, the dignified Patriarch of the Liu Ying Clan, came running over here to beg him to take me as his concubine?’

She had been the Patriarch of the Liu Ying Clan for several hundred years, yet she had always been alone, never having taken a Dao Companion.

’But... is she really wrong?’

’Whatever. A Child of Destiny’s favor must be shared equally, and the future of the Liu Ying Clan depends on this young man!’

Composing herself, Liu Ying Ziyi rose gracefully to her feet. She offered an elegant curtsy and said with a captivating smile,

"Fellow Daoist Ling, I, Liu Ying Ziyi, greet you."

"Sister, you should be calling him ’Husband’!" freёwebnovel.com

Qin Mengxuan said with a teasing smile, pressing her red lips together.

Liu Ying Ziyi turned her head to glare at her. ’Is this wretched hussy itching for a fight? I’ll have to teach her a good lesson later!’

"So, it is the Patriarch of the Liu Ying Clan in person,"

Ling Changqing said gently, "Meng Xuan should have told you about my current situation. Regarding that marriage contract, I’m afraid I won’t be able to fulfill it anytime soon."

That marriage contract contained the names of forty-nine of your clanswomen, including Liu Ying Bingchan and Liu Ying Meng Luan.

If they were all to truly come and serve me, the impact on my household would be too great. Ling Qiyue, Tang Qiu Yao, and the others would surely find it unacceptable.

Besides, those women are all under intense scrutiny from countless eyes both within and outside their clan. It would be impossible for them to travel as a group in absolute secrecy.

"I never imagined you’d get tangled up with so many women from the Liuying Family while you were out and about, Husband!"

Ling Qiyue, who looked coldly beautiful and enchanting with her skin like ice and bones of jade, snorted. She was dressed in a bright yellow palace gown embroidered with a sun, moon, and phoenix, her hair held by a Phoenix Wing Golden Hairpin.

Ling Changqing hurriedly said, "You know the situation back then, my dear. I was forced!"

"Hah! If I were a man, I’d want to be ’forced’ like that, too!"

Ling Qiyue shot him a playful glare but said nothing more.

"No matter. You just need to sign this marriage contract. We can discuss that other matter at a later date."

Liu Ying Ziyi said in a soft voice, then took out a gorgeous, palm-sized Jade Scroll. It was wreathed in purple energy and shimmered with an auspicious, seven-colored light.

This Jade Scroll was quite similar to the one Qin Mengxuan held. Both were High Grade Magical Treasures specially created through Refining to establish important contracts. They were sufficiently binding on both parties, and neither could easily renege on the agreement.

Ling Changqing took it and saw that, in addition to her own name, there were several unfamiliar names inscribed on it.

"They are all high-ranking Elders in the clan, and they are also from my Direct Lineage,"

Liu Ying Ziyi explained, "They are all currently on the clan’s lands in Cultivation in Seclusion. In the future, they will find an opportunity to come and serve you."

"That won’t do. Who knows if there are spies from other powers among them? We should just remove their names."

Ling Changqing’s tone was firm. The matter was not up for negotiation.

Qin Mengxuan laughed. "I told you before, Sister. Our Husband would never agree. You should just give up on this, don’t you think?"

"Well... alright, then."

Liu Ying Ziyi gave a helpless smile and erased the twelve names, leaving only her own.

’In any case, as long as my Dao Companion relationship with Ling Changqing is confirmed, I can slowly persuade him to change his mind later.’

’Those high-ranking clan Elders are all peerless, realm-toppling beauties, the kind you find once in a hundred million. As long as there are no questions about their loyalty, Ling Changqing would surely not refuse them.’

Ling Changqing nodded and branded his name onto the Jade Scroll with his Divine Thought.

As the brand settled, the surface of the Jade Scroll flashed with a magnificent radiance. In the unseen realm of fate, the threads of their destinies quietly intertwined, becoming one and inseparable.

A great mass of golden-purple vapor descended from the immeasurable void above Liu Ying Ziyi’s head and merged into her, causing her Qi Fortune to increase significantly.

’So this... this is the mysterious, great power of a Child of Destiny? It’s truly incredible!’

Sensing the change in her own Qi Fortune, Liu Ying Ziyi was both shocked and overjoyed. Her luminous, beautiful eyes shimmered with such emotion they seemed ready to overflow.

Taking a deep breath, she took out a Storage Bracelet, personally fastened it onto Ling Changqing’s wrist, and said softly,

"This is a gift I prepared for you, Husband. It is filled with resources suitable for your use. Please accept it."

Next, Liu Ying Ziyi took out a Bright Red Jade Talisman, about the size of a baby’s fist with a luster as smooth and gentle as water. She pressed it into Ling Changqing’s hand and explained,