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

Lin Yuan stood on a boulder halfway up the mountain, his fingers forming a sword shape, and pointed forward.

The cyan flying sword shot out of the air, piercing straight at the gray-brown rock wall in front.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

Sword light crisscrossed, and pebbles fell in a flurry. With the infusion of Foundation Establishment stage mana, cutting through the rock was as effortless as a hot knife through butter.

Huge boulders were split into regular stones, which rolled down the mountainside with a rumble into the rubble pile halfway up the mountain.

As Lin Yuan dug, he mentally planned the interior layout of the famous building.

The mountain has an excellent rock structure. The dense and hard gray-brown granite is a natural and superior building material. Moreover, the temperature inside the mountain is consistently low, and with the remaining yin-attribute spiritual veins, it is practically the perfect environment for alchemy and storing spiritual herbs.

Half an hour passed.

The interior of the mountain was completely hollowed out.

A passageway, about ten feet wide, leads from the entrance halfway up the mountain into the heart of the mountain, its walls smoothed like mirrors by the sword energy.

At the end of the passageway, the space suddenly opens up to a hollowed-out oval main hall. It is extremely spacious. The dome is arched, reaching nearly four zhang (approximately 10 meters) at its highest point, which is both aesthetically pleasing and helps to distribute the pressure from the mountain above.

Extending deeper from the main hall, four branch paths lead to four separate functional areas.

Lin Yuan planned them out one by one according to his own habits.

Alchemy room, spirit beast room, cultivation room...

The innermost room was an extremely spacious bedroom.

The stone bed was carved to an enormous size, twice the width of an ordinary bed.

When Lin Yuan was carving the stone bed, he deliberately used a single, crack-free piece of bluish-gray granite, shaping it into a single piece with an extremely smooth surface. The bed surface is slightly concave, conforming to the curves of the human body. An embedded niche was also carved out on one side of the headboard, which can be used to place personal items such as lamps or storage bags for easy access.

As for why it was carved so big.

...for no reason.

It's simply because he feels that one should be able to turn over freely while sleeping and shouldn't be restricted by the edge of the bed.

That's it.

Lin Yuan surveyed the empty main hall and the four functional areas, and made some plans in his mind.

Then, I'll go back to the market to buy some fine bedding and spirit wood furniture, embed a few luminous pearls in the walls for lighting, and add a few more spirit wood tables, chairs, and storage shelves. This cozy nest will then be taking shape.

In addition

Protected by the Six Yin Soul-Locking Array, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot even get close. Even if a Core Formation cultivator were to come, it would take at least half an hour to break through the array without triggering a backlash. That's enough time for Lin Yuan to pack up and run away.

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

He turned around, mounted his sword, and soared into the air, heading straight for his old residence outside the gate.

There wasn't much of value in the old cave dwelling. A few sets of clean blue robes, some familiar everyday items, and some furniture.

Lin Yuan pushed open the door and entered, casually sweeping the clutter into his storage bag.

Just as he bent down to tidy up the last storage shelf, he heard extremely faint footsteps outside the door.

Lin Yuan continued moving without even turning his head.

The Foundation Establishment stage cultivator's divine sense had already detected the aura of the newcomer.

It was cold and frigid, like a wisp of untouched ice and snow in the dead of winter.

Lin Feilu, dressed in a simple white dress, stood gracefully at the door.

Her hair was as black as ink, reaching her waist, and casually held back with a plain silver hairpin. Her face was exquisitely beautiful. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains shrouded in mist, and her eyes were like still autumn waters.

Her pale skin glowed with an almost transparent sheen in the dim indoor light.

In front of outsiders, she always maintained that aloof and ethereal demeanor, like an ice fairy untouched by worldly affairs.

A world of impenetrable veil, yet aloof and distant.

But Lin Yuan noticed that she was wearing a new corset today.

It was an extremely pale moon white, a fraction narrower than the one I usually wear, yet it accentuated my slender waist.

A small white jade bead hangs from the end of the ribbon, swaying slightly with each breath.

"Why are you here, Senior Sister?" Lin Yuan pulled over a broken wooden chair, sat down, and crossed his legs.

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Lin Feilu entered the house, her gaze sweeping over the empty room. Faint marks remained on the stone wall where the storage shelves had been moved.

She closed the door behind her.

"Click."

Immediately afterwards, she brought her right index and middle fingers together and tapped them in the air.

An invisible soundproof barrier emerged from her fingertips, rapidly spreading along the door frame and enveloping the entire room.

After doing all this, she turned around to face Lin Yuan.

The movements were executed flawlessly. Entering the door, closing the door, setting up the barrier—there were no unnecessary pauses between the three steps.

It's obvious that they planned to do this before they came.

Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the soundproof barrier, and he raised an eyebrow.

Having come all this way, the first thing I did upon entering was to lock the door and add soundproofing.

With this kind of setup, nobody would believe they're here to talk about work.

Lin Feilu stood at the door, looking at Lin Yuan who was sitting in a chair.

Her expression was calm, still that unchanging icy face. But Lin Yuan keenly noticed that a very faint pink tinge had crept onto her fair earlobes.

My heart started racing.

"The Frost Marrow Lotus was snatched away by Martial Uncle Shen," Lin Feilu said.

Her tone was serious, her voice clear and cold, and each word distinct. She had an air of official business.

"Wen Yuci urgently needs this to refine healing pills. As you know, the extreme cold cultivation technique she practices suffers severe backlash. If she doesn't have the Frost Marrow Lotus to suppress it, the consequences will be unimaginable. If she comes knocking on our door demanding an explanation, how should we respond?"

Lin Yuan stared at her reddened earlobes and chuckled to himself.

He knows this woman too well.

Wen Yuci's reason was indeed good, but what she really wanted to do here was...

In the final days of the Blood Forbidden Land, Lin Yuan taught her the Blood God Technique. In addition, he also imparted to her that extremely special method of face-to-face arduous cultivation.

She knew better than anyone the benefits of face-to-face asceticism.

Meridians widen, magical power becomes purer. Spiritual roots improve, bottlenecks loosen. After each period of arduous cultivation, one's cultivation level experiences a remarkably significant leap. This efficiency is something that cannot be achieved even after a hundred years of sitting still on the spiritual meridians meditating and breathing exercises.

After experiencing the sweetness of such a rapid increase in cultivation, going back to cultivate using traditional methods feels like someone who is used to a Manchu Han Imperial Feast suddenly being thrown back to eating cornbread—not that they can't eat it, but that they simply can't swallow it.

More importantly, she saw things very clearly.

Lin Yuan's trump cards kept coming out one after another, and his promotion speed was ridiculously fast.

Jiang Huaiyue was completely devoted to him, and even Gu Jiusi, the prodigy of the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect, was under his control.

The number of women around Lin Yuan will only increase.

Lin Feilu didn't need anyone to remind her; she could calculate it perfectly clearly on her own.

Now, besides Jiang Huaiyue, she is the person with the closest relationship to Lin Yuan.

He has the initial advantage. But this advantage is not permanent. As Lin Yuan's strength increases and his influence expands, new people, new resources, and new stakeholders will constantly enter his life.

If we don't seize the opportunity to share the benefits and strengthen our partnership now, the dividends we can enjoy in the future will only decrease.

This is the real reason why Lin Feilu came.

It's not just about craving it; it's also a rational judgment based on interests.

Of course, she would never admit it verbally.

"Let's leave Wen Yuci aside for now." Lin Yuan stood up.

He walked up to Lin Feilu, keeping a step's distance. Not too close, not too far, just at the edge of a private space.

"The fact that Shen Guiyan took the Frost Lotus is beyond our control. If Wen Yuci truly needs it urgently, she will find a way herself, given her methods and connections."

He paused for a moment, then changed the subject.

"But there's something more important."

Lin Yuan's lips curled slightly: "I just opened up a new cave dwelling on Black Crow Mountain. There's no living person within a thirty-mile radius. Come on, let me show you around."

When he uttered the words "recognize the door," he emphasized each word, with a slight upward inflection at the end, carrying an unspoken ambiguity.

"You can come over anytime you have time. The cave is very spacious, with cultivation rooms and alchemy rooms, everything you need. We have plenty of time... to exchange ideas."

Lin Feilu's breath hitched.

Her eyelashes trembled, and her gaze unconsciously shifted half an inch away, avoiding Lin Yuan's smiling eyes.

His gaze briefly fell on the tips of his shoes, then he forcibly pulled it back.

"Right here," Lin Feilu said.

"I just came out of the Crimson Forbidden Zone and still need to return to the main hall on the main peak to submit the insights and techniques I gained from this enlightenment. Time is tight, I don't have time to visit any cave dwellings."

"I'll go after I'm done with my work..."

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

They say they don't have time, but their actions tell a different story.

Lin Yuan stopped wasting words.

He stretched out his right hand, fingers slightly spread, and naturally wrapped his arm around her slender waist.

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