From slave trader to the Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Laws

"Yes! Ninghe and Ningyuan are both Fourth Brother's sons, so it's only natural that he favors the direct line."

"What about the family's values? Is it allowing things to become corrupt?"

"How can it not be right!"

Rustling sound...

Inside the Xu family's ancestral hall, a group of elders whispered among themselves.

The atmosphere inside the hall became tense and subtle once again. Several clan elders who had been neutral now looked at Fourth Uncle and Xu Qingyue with more suspicion in their eyes.

However....

Just then, Uncle San, who had been turning the walnuts with his eyes closed, suddenly stopped. The two shiny walnuts froze abruptly, making a crisp sound as they collided.

click -

"That's enough!"

The old man opened his eyes.

His gaze, sharp as lightning and imposing with an unquestionable authority, swept over the group of clan elders who were arguing heatedly.

The hall fell silent instantly.

Even the draft in the hallway was stopped.

The clan elders, who had been whispering amongst themselves just moments before, now dared not even lift their eyelids, feeling as if a thousand-pound boulder was pressing down on their backs, making it impossible for them to raise their heads.

But the Third Uncle ignored everyone.

He turned his head slightly, his gaze falling on Xu Qingyue, scrutinizing her from head to toe.

The woman's back was ramrod straight, like a slender bamboo stalk that refused to bend in the wind and snow, standing proudly in the snow.

However, the slight tremor of her fingertips at the cuffs betrayed that she was not entirely fearless.

"Qingyue."

Third Uncle called out, his tone devoid of any emotion, and asked indifferently, "Are all the things your Fifth Aunt and Sixth Uncle said just now true?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyue felt as if countless gazes were directed at her, pricking her face like needles.

She took a deep breath, slightly raised her pretty face, met her third uncle's scrutinizing gaze, nodded heavily, and said, "Reporting to the third uncle, what the elders said is indeed true."

Xu Qingyue told her the truth without the slightest hesitation.

"Oh?"

The old man raised an eyebrow slightly: "Qingyue, you are still young and have only been in charge for a few years. These measures are quite risky. Do you know that the clan's property is the result of the hard work of our ancestors? Every penny is related to the livelihood of the entire clan?"

Xu Qingyue nodded slightly:

"Replying to Third Uncle, Qingyue has already considered this matter."

"Going to the Zhao family is to use the sale of 'Longevity Ointment' as bait to conduct a transaction, not to beg for favors; as for the boxing manual, it is to fulfill the unfinished ambition of my family for generations. All of this is in no way to harm the foundation of the clan. If there is any mishap, Qingyue is willing to bear the blame alone and will not make any excuses."

"In that case...do you dare to sign a contract?"

The Third Uncle spoke slowly, his voice carrying the force of a final decision, saying, "For now, the family will not investigate your actions further. However, if your actions damage the clan's reputation or harm the interests of the Xu family, you must immediately resign from your position as acting head of the family, reflect on your mistakes, and never again be involved in clan affairs."

"So, you think you can do it?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions varied.

Aunt Wu and the others showed a hint of smugness on their faces, believing that this was a severe punishment for Xu Qingyue.

However....

Xu Qingyue, however, understood the unspoken meaning in her third uncle's words.

It should be noted that Xu Qingyue is currently only managing the household on behalf of others; the true head of the family is still her bedridden father.

Once her father recovers, he will naturally regain his position as head of the family, and Xu Qingyue's acting position will have to be handed over.

But once her father abdicates, Xu Qingyue will be the only legitimate heir. If she isn't the head of the family, then who will be?!

Her third uncle's words were meant to silence the gossip, and Xu Qingyue understood perfectly. She immediately nodded and bowed.

"Qingyue...I wish to establish this contract."

"good!"

Fifth Aunt smiled smugly: "With Qingyue's words, I can rest assured."

The short, stout sixth uncle didn't speak, but held the purple clay teapot, his eyes gleaming, lost in thought.

Before long, pen and ink were served.

After writing the contract, Xu Qingyue gracefully took her leave.

She left the family law hall and stepped into the courtyard. Qiao'er, who was waiting at the door, saw her and hurried to greet her.

"Miss."

"Hmm, where is Zhongfu?"

"Second Master went to the Black Office. Pei Yubei, the head constable of the Black Office who was injured by that old sorcerer a few months ago, has now recovered. Second Master prepared some small gifts and went to visit him."

"Um."

Xu Qingyue nodded, still shaken, and said:

"Fortunately, my uncle is not at home. If he knew about this, he would probably argue with the clan elders to their faces."

"At that time, it won't be good to ask Third Uncle to smooth things over..."

Before she finished speaking, her steps faltered beneath her skirt, and the flickering lights of the corridor stretched her shadows longer and longer...

...

...

The next day.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Jiang She, however, had already woken up, just as Jiang She usually did.

He quickly tidied himself up and put on his clothes. When he opened the door, he saw a voluptuous and charming figure waiting in a corner outside the door.

"Sister Rong?"

Jiang She was taken aback.

This slut is here to offer warmth again so early in the morning?

Xu Rong was dressed up meticulously once again today. She wore a brand-new peach-colored narrow-sleeved ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with a bodice that was as thin as a cicada's wing and a very low neckline that revealed a large expanse of her fair and smooth breasts, which were plump and round like two balls, with a deep cleavage between them.

When Jiang She opened the door, her watery eyes lit up, and she swayed her hips as she went to greet him.

"Young Master Jiang! You've finally gotten up!"

The woman's voice was so sweet and soft it could almost melt your heart; compared to yesterday, it was even more charming and coquettish today.

She lifted the food box in her hand slightly, but leaned forward a little, deliberately presenting the snow-white flesh at the neckline to Jiang She, as if asking him whether he wanted to eat or not.

Jiang She kept his eyes straight ahead, meeting a pair of alluring eyes, and heard the woman say in a coquettish voice:

"I remembered how hard you worked yesterday, so I prepared this chicken soup before dawn and added a lot of goji berries."

"My lord, drink it while it's hot."

Before Xu Rong could finish speaking, a bead of sweat trickled down her forehead.

The beads of sweat slid down her cheeks, meandering all the way, and finally fell down her swan-like neck, into the snowy flesh below her collar, where the cleavage forcefully released an alluring fragrance.

Just then, a gentle breeze blew through the courtyard, carrying the scent of a mature woman, and reached Jiang She's nose.

"Phew~"

The aroma was so enticing that Jiang She felt dizzy.

He didn't think of anything else, he only thought of his grandmother.

"Sister Rong."

"Um?"

"You must be very filial."

"Hehe, what makes you think so, Young Master Jiang?"

Xu Rong covered her face and smiled, looking at Jiang She with a mixture of joy and reproach, her eyes almost overflowing with allure.

Jiang She didn't speak, but only glanced at her open neckline, as if scraping putty.

Ha ha.

Are you kidding me?

How could a grandmother be so plump and fair-skinned if she's not filial?

Jiang She sneered inwardly.

Xu Rong was secretly delighted.

In her view, Jiang She's question, "Is she very filial?" was a sign that their relationship was growing closer.

But for the sake of good fortune, Xu Rong wanted to get even closer.

Ideally, we should be able to meet each other openly and honestly, even at close range.

"Cough cough..."

Thinking of this, Xu Rong blushed slightly. She coughed lightly and changed the subject with a smile:

"Young Master Jiang, please come inside and have some chicken soup."

"No."

Jiang She shook his head.

Xu Rong was taken aback: "Why? Is it because the chicken soup I made doesn't suit your taste, my lord?"

"That's not it."

Jiang She smiled and said gently, "But I have an urgent matter to attend to right now and need to find something to bring back first."

"What is it?"

Xu Rong's heart tightened upon hearing this.

She mistakenly believed that Jiang She was looking for the scroll of silk that she had happened to find yesterday, unaware that what Jiang She was really looking for was poison such as anesthetic.

This deadly poison, which is also entangled with fate, can actually help Jiang She increase his magical power.

Otherwise, one can only intervene in the karma of others and save the lives of those who will be poisoned.

The latter involves the lives of others, and the karmic retribution is too great.

Jiang She still felt that choosing the former was more prudent, and it was time to go out and look for the longevity ointment again.

So he made an excuse to Xu Rong:

"But something has been lost. I must go and look for it. It is the silk book that Sister Rong saw yesterday."

hiss....

It really was that silk scroll!

Xu Rong wasn't foolish enough to readily admit to the crime. Seeing Jiang She's anxious expression, she didn't deny it anymore, but said sweetly:

"Then the young master should go first."

"I'll keep this chicken soup warm for you ♡~"

As she spoke, she held the food box close to her chest, as if to say, "This chicken soup... I warmed it with my chest."

Jiang She did not want to stay any longer, so he hastily thanked them and then bowed and left the courtyard.

"Tap tap tap—"

Not long after.

The footsteps left the Xu residence and hurried towards the market.

The Xu family's shops were all over the capital. In order to avoid being recognized and causing trouble, Jiang She deliberately avoided the shops and taverns under the Xu family's name and chose to walk in some secluded alleys.

He took out a drab gray robe and draped it over his body, then pulled up the hood to cover most of his face, leaving only his chin, mouth, and nose exposed, making it impossible for anyone to recognize him.

After walking through several long streets, I came across an inconspicuous herbal medicine shop. The shop was old and the paint on the signboard was peeling, but the three characters "Huichuntang" could still be faintly seen.

"The shop owner."

Jiang She lifted the curtain and entered.

The shop was dimly lit and filled with the smell of aged herbs. A man sat behind the counter, dressed in a worn indigo blue cloth shirt with the cuffs slightly rolled up, looking like a shop assistant.

The man, who appeared to be in his thirties, had been listlessly fiddling with an abacus before Jiang entered the shop. Upon hearing this, he raised his eyelids and noticed that the newcomer was wearing a dusty old robe that covered his face. His gaze turned cold and disdainful.

"Shopkeeper," Jiang She approached, deliberately making his voice hoarse, "may I ask what rare and precious herbs your shop offers?"

"Precious herbs? That depends on what kind of precious herbs you're looking for, sir. We certainly have ginseng, deer antler, and bird's nest, but you..." The waiter leaned back lazily in his chair, sizing up the man in black robes with a disdainful look.

"You'll buy it if you can afford it?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang She remained silent, but instead pulled a gold brick from his sleeve and slammed it heavily onto the counter.

"Bang--!"

A muffled thud revealed the weight of this gold brick.

The waiter's eyes widened immediately, and he quickly put on a fawning smile: "Haha! So you're a distinguished guest! I was blind to your greatness, I was blind to your greatness."

"Hmm, may I ask again, does your shop carry any rare or precious herbs?"

Yes! Yes!

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, "Bird's nest, deer antler, ginseng, musk, cordyceps, lingzhi, and bezoar—my shop has them all. May I ask, sir, how much would you like?"

"Um."

Jiang She nodded: "I won't buy it."

As he spoke, he put the gold brick back into his sleeve.

The waiter was stunned for a moment and didn't react. By the time he came to his senses, Jiang She was already gone.

...

"This shop doesn't have it either."

Jiang She walked along, pondering to himself.

He asked at several pharmacies and searched them with his divine sense, but found absolutely no trace of the drug.

The Xu family controls their goods so strictly that there are very few secondhand dealers on the market who dare to resell their goods.

This approach, however, has both advantages and disadvantages.

The Xu family benefits because their goods are easily identifiable and have low market competitiveness; Jiang She suffers because he can't buy the opium.

After going around in circles, Jiang She returned to the back room.

"Ah! Young Master Jiang♡~!"

Before even being admitted to the hospital, I could hear the woman's coquettish complaints from afar.

Jiang Shexing walked towards the bedroom and bowed to the woman.

"Sister Rong, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Oh! No, no, I just arrived too~"

"Um."

Jiang She nodded, glanced at the food box in the woman's hand, and smiled, "Thank you for your trouble, Sister Rong."

"Oh! Young Master Jiang, you're being too polite."

Xu Rong winked at him and playfully scolded him.

He went back into the room, placed the food box on the table, opened it, and ladled a bowl of soup for Jiang She.

"Young Master Jiang, eat it while it's hot."

"Thank you so much, Sister Rong."

Jiang She picked up his bowl and chopsticks, took a bite, and tasted a milky flavor.

He paused, staring at Xu Rong for a moment:

"Sister Rong, this soup...?"

Does it smell good?

Xu Rong smiled charmingly and deliberately thrust her chest forward, creating a wave of flesh.

Jiang She kept his eyes straight ahead, hesitated for a long time, and then said:

"Sister Rong, you are so good, but outsiders don't know it. They still call you a big-butt horse and a slutty hussy."

Xu Rong smiled:

"I will not hide it from you, my lord, all of this... was just something I deliberately put on for outsiders."

"What?"

Jiang She was taken aback: "Why?"

Xu Rong shrugged: "Isn't it because I'm afraid of being bullied, so I just pretend to be a wanton, promiscuous old lady?" As she spoke, she gave Jiang She a seductive look and clung to his chest: "Speaking of which, I've never been with a man before~"

"..."

Jiang She remained silent.

He just held the soup bowl, his throat gurgling, it was hard to tell if he was swallowing saliva or drinking chicken soup.

But in his heart he thought:

"This woman speaks so lightly, but I'm afraid she's just trying to cling to me because of the thought I sent in, hoping to gain more 'good fortune' from me."

Jiang She understood perfectly well, but he only pretended to be polite and didn't say much to her.

After finishing a large bowl of chicken soup, Jiang She's mouth was filled with the aroma of milk.

After chatting for a while, Xu Rong cleared away the dishes and went back to her room.

That night...

Jiang She closed his eyes and focused his mind on the panel. In an instant, he saw Xu Rong sitting cross-legged on the couch again, facing the oil lamp, holding the scroll of "Next Month Qi Guiding Scripture", silently practicing her Qi cultivation.

Jiang She observed her complexion and saw that her breathing was blocked again, so he proceeded to unblock her breathing as before.

Xu Rong is also intelligent.

After Jiang She explained it once, she tried to regulate her qi again. Although her qi circulation was slow, it was much better than the sluggish and difficult process.

"really!"

Xu Rong saw the stagnation in her body dissipate and flow down like water, and felt completely comfortable.

She was overjoyed:

"As expected! It's working! It's working again! As expected... getting close to Young Master Jiang will surely bring good fortune! My diligence has certainly not been in vain! My buttocks and breasts have certainly not been wasted!"

She paused, her belief in Jiang She's good fortune growing ever stronger.

In the days that followed...

Before dawn, a voluptuous and alluring figure, exuding a captivating fragrance, would always be standing punctually in front of Jiang She's gate.

However, Xu Rong changed her clothes to different colors every day, but the neckline became lower and lower, and the fabric became thinner and thinner. The chicken soup in the food box was also changed from goji berries to ginseng rootlets. It became more and more nourishing and more and more painstaking every day.

She waited outside the door, and the moment Jiang She opened it, her watery eyes lit up instantly, and she swayed her serpentine waist, her hips rolling as she met him:

"Young Master Jiang, you're awake!"

"I've prepared double the amount of medicinal herbs today!"

"My lord, please enjoy it while it's hot, don't let my good intentions go to waste ♡~"

As she spoke, she handed over the food box, but her body grew closer and closer to Jiang She each day, until finally... she rubbed her heavy, snow-white breasts against Jiang She's arm.

Each time Jiang She received the food box, smelling the alluring female fragrance, he maintained a gentle smile on his face, but inwardly he couldn't help but think:

"This woman... is getting more and more obsessed."

He was happy to observe Xu Rong's progress in her cultivation so that he could improve his own techniques. However, the "perverted woman coming to his door" every morning was somewhat similar to the "train perverts" in Japan, which he found hard to handle. He could only offer a perfunctory thank you and quickly deal with it.

"However... last night when I helped her practice, I left a trace of my magic power in her perineum."

"Today... we'll have to take it from her perineum!"

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P.S.: Damn, a reader reported this today. I don't know if I'll get banned. I'll update more in a few days before it gets banned, so please enjoy it while it lasts (｡•́︿•̀｡)