What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

He slowly rose from the stone bed.

The movements were unhurried, even leisurely.

He then clasped his hands together, stood tall, and lowered his gaze slightly, just enough to avoid Shen Guiyan's direct eye contact. His posture was respectful but not humble, and his tone was so steady that there was not a trace of fluctuation.

"Disciple Lin Yuan greets Grandmaster Shen."

Shen Guiyan completely ignored him.

His gaze was fixed on Lin Feilu, who was three steps away.

To avoid suspicion, Lin Feilu had already used a secret technique to suppress the fluctuations of his spiritual root to the minimum after his spiritual root transformed into an earth spiritual root.

From her appearance, her spiritual affinity was no different from that of a top-grade spiritual root cultivator.

This kind of disguise is fine for fooling one's peers.

It's barely enough to fool even a Golden Core cultivator.

However, under the discerning eye of someone in the early stages of the Nascent Soul realm.

It is useless.

"Okay...okay, okay..."

Her voice tightened slightly with excitement, and the usual coolness in her tone was replaced by an irrepressible heat.

"very good……"

Three months ago, she swallowed the Calamity-Crossing Pill to cleanse her nascent soul of impurities, and her foundation was indeed much more stable.

Even so, the prospect of reaching the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm still seems like an eternity away.

The barrier of qualifications, like an invisible chasm, tightly strangled her.

Without a great opportunity, it might take hundreds of years, or even be hopeless in this lifetime.

But now.

She saw in this junior in the Golden Core stage the earth spiritual root that even she, the Nascent Soul ancestor, dreamed of.

The source of all this lies in this unassuming cave.

If one could advance their spiritual root to a higher grade...

Not only will the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm be easily attained, but even the Deity Transformation realm, a realm she had never dared to hope for, will no longer be a mirage.

Earth Spirit Root.

What does that mean?

This means that the landscape of the cultivation world could be rewritten as a result.

Shen Guiyan took a deep breath.

I forcibly suppressed the emotions surging in my heart.

Four hundred years of cultivation had long since honed his ability to conceal his emotions.

After a brief moment of loss of composure, she quickly regained her composure and dignity as a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

For the first time, she took a serious look at the male cultivator in front of her.

The divine sense swept across Lin Yuan's body without restraint.

A foundation of magical power at the peak of Foundation Establishment. Physical strength at the early stage of Mortal Transformation, with blood and energy as powerful as a dragon. And an astonishingly young bone age.

In the entire cultivation world of Chu, she could count on her fingers the number of people who could reach this level at this age.

"When did the Xuan Yin Sect produce such a monster?"

A hint of undisguised surprise flashed in Shen Guiyan's eyes.

Given her status and position, she would receive news whenever a disciple with outstanding talent emerged within the sect. But she had absolutely no recollection of this Lin Yuan.

but.

None of this matters.

Whether Lin Yuan is a genius or a monster is not the point of Shen Guiyan's concern.

She only cared about one thing.

He can help her break through her current level. That's his only value.

"I think you know why I'm here."

Lin Yuan maintained his cupped-hands posture. His gaze was lowered, landing on the edge of Shen Guiyan's dark purple skirt. He had just avoided direct eye contact, yet he wasn't so humble as to lose his composure.

"This disciple is dull-witted and begs for guidance from my master."

This composure, remaining unmoved even when faced with a collapsing mountain, made Shen Guiyan's brow twitch slightly.

interesting.

Any Foundation Establishment cultivator would be terrified to death if a Nascent Soul ancestor broke into their cave in the middle of the night.

"Don't try to be clever in front of me."

A hint of impatience flashed in Shen Guiyan's eyes.

"Don't even think about lying. I've been following these girls for a while now."

"Warm Rain Porcelain. Lin Feilu. Jianghuai Moon."

What changes have occurred in them?

Shen Guiyan paused.

The dark purple hem of her skirt drew a sharp arc as she turned. She paced slowly, her footsteps echoing clearly in the stone chamber.

"What did they say? What did they do?"

"I know it perfectly well."

Lin Feilu's mind went blank.

Things are completely out of control.

Not only did Martial Aunt Shen see through Lin Yuan's secret, she also followed Wen Yuci all the way. She learned about the meeting on the desolate mountain.

Even including—

The plan proposed by Jiang Huaiyue.

That made her blush to the roots of her neck.

Society died...

But what made her even more desperate than the death of her family was her upcoming situation.

A Nascent Soul Ancestor.

He personally stepped into the fray to seize the opportunity.

What do they have to fight for?

Given the difference in cultivation level that even the three Golden Core cultivators combined couldn't defeat, what could they possibly do?

"My earth-elemental root... my hope for a heaven-elemental root... Lin Yuan... he's going to be monopolized by a Nascent Soul stage monster!"

"Young man, please step aside. I wish to speak with you, my fellow Daoist, privately."

Shen Guiyan spoke in a cold tone, her voice not loud. The words "fellow Daoist" came out of her mouth without any respect, but rather with a hint of amusement.

Lin Feilu lowered her head and picked up the sash that had slipped to the ground.

She managed to tie that damned belt tightly around her waist. It was a mess, but she didn't care about aesthetics anymore.

"This disciple... takes his leave."

Lin Feilu bowed.

He bowed very low. Not out of respect, but because he didn't want Shen Guiyan to see his expression at that moment.

She turned and walked out of the stone chamber with very quick steps, but even in the last moment before leaving, she couldn't help but look back one last time.

Their gazes pierced through the gaps in the passageway and landed on the fair-skinned, handsome young man in the stone chamber.

In her eyes, besides the lingering blush, there was also a deep sense of anxiety and resentment.

After Lin Feilu walked into the stone chamber.

Shen Guiyan raised her hand.

"boom."

A dark purple array pattern rapidly spread along the crack in the door, instantly covering the entire stone chamber. Sound, divine sense, and spiritual energy fluctuations were completely locked down.

Like an experienced hunter, before making a move, he carefully measures every inch of the prey's bones and muscles.

Shen Guiyan turned around slowly. Her sharp gaze swept from Lin Yuan's eyebrows to his toes.

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

Shen Guiyan's tone carried a hint of surprise, but more so a scrutinizing one.

She had seen far too many monks trembling in her presence.

Young disciples in the Foundation Establishment stage, let alone being broken into the cave by her, would tremble at the mere sight of her figure from afar.

But this young man in front of me...

His back was straight, and his breathing was long and even.

Lin Yuan said calmly, "If Grandmaster wanted to kill me, I would already be a corpse the moment the formation outside the cave is broken."

He paused for a moment.

"If my master has asked me to speak, it must be because I am still useful. Since I am useful, there is nothing to be afraid of."

These words were spoken with neither arrogance nor servility.

The logic is so rigorous that it is impeccable.

Shen Guiyan's brow twitched slightly.

She suddenly realized that she had underestimated this Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Shen Guiyan didn't say anything more. She walked to the stone table and sat down on the rough stone bench.

Her long, slender, fair legs were casually crossed. The dark purple skirt cascaded down the curve of her thighs.

"Then let's speak frankly."

Shen Guiyan rested her chin on her right hand and gently tapped the stone tabletop with the index finger of her left hand.

"Earth Spirit Root. How is it improved?"