Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 168 Xiao Qingyun: Wanyun went to the estate early this morning
Late at night.

Dongfang Liyue lay on the soft couch, twisting her body, finding it difficult to fall asleep.

Feeling her seductive skills slightly out of control, Dongfang Liyue was puzzled. Hadn't she just been confronted by Lu Ming not long ago? How could her seductive skills have gotten out of control again so quickly?

Could it be that my cultivation level is about to break through again?
It seems I'll have to go to the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion tomorrow.

Just then, a figure appeared in her boudoir.

Dongfang Liyue was slightly taken aback, then quickly suppressed the agitation within her, got up from the bed and bowed, "Greetings, Master!"

"I wonder what brings you here so late at night, my lord?"

Wearing a mask, Lu Bai said expressionlessly, "I have already cultivated several pairs of mother-child Gu worms. Soon the Gu worms will mature. During this time, try to have more intimate relations with the Prince of Xiaoyao and make him develop feelings for you."

"Once the mother-child Gu matures, you should find a way to use Gu on him to make him obey you."

Dongfang Liyue still hasn't found out who's behind the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion, which is making Lu Bai impatient.

He felt very uncomfortable having Lu Ming, that little bastard, living.

Upon hearing Lu Bai's words, Dongfang Liyue respectfully replied, "Yes, Master."

At this moment, Lu Bai thought of something and continued, "Also, try to find out what happened in the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion when the evil spirits entered it."

Lu Bai still had some doubts about Shen Hongfei's mutual destruction with the evil spirit; he always felt that things weren't so simple.

He suspected that the evil spirit was not killed by Shen Hongfei, but by someone behind the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion. This task was not difficult for Dongfang Liyue. She only needed to charm one of the Zhenling Guards who was present that night to find out what exactly happened.

Dongfang Liyue said, "Yes, my lord."

Lu Bai then glanced at the graceful and voluptuous Dongfang Liyue, "That's fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Bai left the room. He vaguely felt that Dongfang Liyue's charm seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. He had only been in the room for a short while when his mind began to wander. Clearly, Dongfang Liyue's seductive skills had reached a higher level.

Lu Bai even suspected that she was about to break through to the Grandmaster realm.

Fortunately, she had Gu worms in her body. If it weren't for the control of the Gu worms, Dongfang Liyue would probably have already betrayed them.

Lu Bai thought to himself, "Gu worms are indeed the most useful. It seems I need to ask the Witch Kingdom for more Gu worms and then use them to control as many court officials as possible. This way, it will be easier for me to put my son in that position."

The next morning.

The Prince of Xiaoyao's Mansion, a secret underground chamber.

In the secret hall, the blood lotus emitted a blood-red light, illuminating the entire room and creating an eerie atmosphere.

However, although the light emitted by the Blood Lotus can be somewhat oppressive, its benefits make people completely ignore the eerie red glow.

With the support of the Spirit Gathering Array and the spiritual energy gathered by the Blood Lotus, Lu Ming's cultivation speed has become much faster. He has been immersed in cultivation for the past few days. Xiao Qingyun wanted to ask him to reduce the number of transactions, but Lu Ming said he was too busy.

Lu Ming cultivated all night again last night. The biggest problem with cultivating in the secret room was that he couldn't tell what time it was. He had been cultivating for several days, but it felt like only a day or two had passed.

If it weren't for the fact that his cultivation level was still very low, requiring a lot of energy and causing him to get hungry, he probably would have continued cultivating indefinitely. This also made Lu Ming understand why the cultivators in the cultivation novels he read in his previous life would go into seclusion for many years, even hundreds or tens of thousands of years.

Once you begin cultivating, you can hardly feel the passage of time, especially in this dark environment where there is no sunrise or sunset, only eternal night.

Lu Ming opened his eyes, and the next moment, his stomach rumbled, and a strong feeling of hunger washed over him.

Lu Ming quickly got up, ended his cultivation, left the secret room, and went to the study.

When Xiao Huan, who was on duty in the study, saw Lu Ming come out, she quickly asked the kitchen of the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion to bring over all kinds of food that had been prepared.

After each cultivation session, Lu Ming would be extremely hungry and needed to eat a lot. However, the cooks at the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion didn't know when Lu Ming would finish his cultivation, so they simply prepared food for him every hour of the day, ensuring that he could eat fresh food no matter when he finished his cultivation.

This would naturally be somewhat wasteful, since the food would be changed every one or two hours, but the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion now has money and can afford such waste.

As Lu Ming was wolfing down his food in the study, Xiao Qingyun appeared at the door. She had just seen the servants from the Prince's Mansion bring the food to the study and knew that Lu Ming should have finished his cultivation, so she came to find him as soon as possible.

All she wanted to do now was to complete the deal with Lu Ming as soon as possible. If she couldn't make the deal with Lu Ming for several days, how long would it take before she could leave the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion with Su Wanyun?
When Xiao Qingyun entered the study, Lu Ming was holding a leg of lamb in one hand and a bowl of soup in the other, eating the meat in big mouthfuls, completely lacking the demeanor of a refined gentleman.

Seeing Xiao Qingyun come in, Lu Ming asked, "Have you eaten? Want to eat something together?"

Xiao Qingyun didn't reply, but asked coldly, "When will you be free?"

Lu Ming knew what Xiao Qingyun wanted to do, and he smiled faintly, "I didn't expect Sister Xiao to be so obsessed with the pleasures of men and women."

Xiao Qingyun didn't care at all about Lu Ming's "verbal humiliation." No matter what Lu Ming said, she wanted to complete the transaction as soon as possible and then leave with Su Wanyun.

Although she had heard that Lu Ming had used his connection with the Empress to get the Su family to temporarily stop interfering with Su Wanyun's marriage, the Xiao family was still keeping a close eye on her.

Xiao Qingyun then said, "Wanyun went to the estate early this morning."

She spoke rather subtly, not directly stating that she wanted to make a deal, but she believed that Lu Ming, that lecherous man, would understand what she meant.

With Su Wanyun away, this was the perfect opportunity for them to commit their illicit acts without worrying about being discovered by her.

Such a good opportunity is rare.

Lu Ming glanced at Xiao Qingyun. Xiao Qingyun was wearing a semi-transparent green dress, her skin underneath was slightly hazy and vaguely visible, which could arouse people's desire to explore.

Lu Ming thought that after cultivating for so many days, he really should relax. As he was refreshing his activation progress, a maid from the outer courtyard came to the door of the study. "Your Majesty, the Eastern Pavilion Master requests an audience."

Upon hearing the maid's words, Xiao Qingyun's expression instantly turned even colder. She naturally knew why Dongfang Liyue had come to the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion.

With Dongfang Liyue present, she couldn't make a deal with Lu Ming, which made Xiao Qingyun somewhat angry. Why did that vixen have to come at this time of year?

Lu Ming sensed Xiao Qingyun's anger through the "Lingxi Technique" and knew that Xiao Qingyun was unhappy because Dongfang Liyue had ruined her plans. So he said, "Sister Xiao, I'll go to your room this afternoon and we can discuss cultivation."

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Xiao Qingyun thought for a moment. Su Wanyun probably hadn't returned by the afternoon. It would be at least evening before Su Wanyun came back, since it would take almost half a day to get to the Lu family estate.

Xiao Qingyun said "okay" and left the study.

(End of this chapter)