Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 232—Flowing Water Peeling: The Rabbit Clan's "Ju" Paradise

But the four offerings continued:

"Not long after I became a disciple, I went to work in the imperial palace of the Sun Moon Empire with my teacher. Those years were the most pleasant years of my life. My teacher and I were very successful and received countless rewards."

"When I was thirty-five, I went back to work at the palace after returning home and suddenly found out I was pregnant. I was very excited at the time, after all... it wasn't easy for me to have a child at that age."

"The arrival of that child is a wonderful thing for me, allowing me to balance both my career and personal life."

"I couldn't wait to share the good news with my teacher, and I also asked for leave to go home and rest during my pregnancy. Because she didn't have any children, she treated me as her own."

"In some ways, my child could even be considered half her child!"

"And then..." Qian Lingyun asked weakly, her face flushed, as she held the wine jar.

"Then I went home, and once I got home, I stayed inside the house, resting and waiting for the baby to be born!" The Fourth Master gently stroked his lower abdomen, gazing up at the dark ceiling, and sneered.

"Until one day, while I was taking medication to prevent miscarriage, I realized something was wrong!"

"I'm an old hand in the Imperial Kitchen of the Sun Moon Empire. The Imperial Medical Academy isn't far from here either, and imperial physicians come here from time to time to cook special meals for us."

"When we give them special treatment, they'll give us some folk remedies for health and pregnancy as a thank you!"

"That day I found several herbs in my pregnancy-preserving medicine that were similar to those used for pregnancy preservation, but had completely opposite effects."

"I kept a secret from him and sent him to a friend in the palace to be examined by the imperial physician."

"Sure enough, the imperial physicians in the palace told me that it was a bowl of extremely potent abortifacient."

"The consequences of taking abortion pills when seven months pregnant are obvious!"

"An elderly mother, premature miscarriage, and death from postpartum hemorrhage—two lives lost, one life lost! What a cruel thought!" Qian Lingyun frowned and handed the half-empty wine jar to the Fourth Master.

"When I sent people to investigate, I found out that the old man had taken a concubine many years ago, and that concubine had given birth to several sons for him. They were just waiting for me and my unborn child to die so that they could step on my and my child's flesh and blood to rise to power and live a carefree life with my family's wealth."

"And what happened! What became of that scoundrel?" Qian Lingyun was already a little drunk. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked in a low voice.

"I cooked a whole feast for those two scoundrels while I was heavily pregnant!" The Fourth Elder's eyes flashed with a sinister and triumphant glint as he laughed loudly, as if he had finally gotten his revenge.

"Then... they fed it to their offspring!"

"Wow, you've finally gotten your revenge!" Qian Lingyun chuckled, beaming with delight. "But don't forget to nip it in the bud! What did you do with those little bastards in the end?"

"They were castrated and sent to work in the palace. I don't remember what happened to them after that," the Fourth Master said, shaking the empty wine jar before suddenly blurting out:

"You're thirteen years old this year, right...? If my child were still alive, he'd be about your age!"

"Huh?" Qian Lingyun froze on the spot, her hazy, dark red eyes filled with confusion. She asked loudly:

"What happened to your child? Didn't you refuse the abortion pill and kill the cheating couple? Shouldn't you be living happily with your child?"

"Hehe," the fourth elder chuckled self-deprecatingly, then said wistfully:

"When I killed the scoundrel, I had a miscarriage. The child was stillborn, but my martial spirit awakened a second time because of it. Maybe... that was the last gift my child gave me."

"Then why do you keep staring at my hair?"

"Because my child's hair is also purple... a deep purplish-red, it looks really nice..."

Okay, so you're treating me like an adult version of your child? What kind of melodramatic substitute literature is this?!

Thinking this, Qian Lingyun grabbed the fourth worshipper's hand and comforted him, "I believe your child is happy in heaven with Allah, Amitabha!"

"What are you talking about again, God, Heaven, Amitabha?!"

The four elders stared blankly at Qian Lingyun, seemingly not understanding what the girl was thinking. They could only laugh and cry at the same time, pulling the already drunk girl along until they were completely drunk!

The next day at noon, Qian Lingyun, still hungover from the previous night, woke up in her room rubbing her throbbing head.

She had forgotten most of what happened last night, only remembering that she seemed to have heard some melodramatic story before losing consciousness.

It seems that you have to use your soul power to break down alcohol, otherwise you'll have a headache the next day when you sober up!

"Master, you're awake?"

Concerned words came from beside her. Qian Lingyun subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhang Lexuan sitting on the edge of the bed with a look of surprise on her face.

"Le Xuan! Long time no see! You... oh!"

Qian Lingyun stared intently at Zhang Lexuan, whose aura was completely different from when they parted two months ago.

Whether it's the degree of solidification of her soul power or the unique aura after the sublimation of her martial soul, it all tells her that Zhang Lexuan's second awakening of her martial soul has been successful.

"Yes, Master, on the forty-second time, I finally succeeded!" Zhang Lexuan smiled and proudly took Qian Lingyun's delicate hand, showing off as if to claim credit: "Not only did my martial soul evolve, but my soul power level also increased by one level."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will definitely achieve the title within three years!"

"Great! Excellent!"

Seeing Zhang Lexuan so excited, Qian Lingyun didn't hold back her praise. After all, this girl was smart, resourceful, and very loyal. What harm was there in praising her?

"Good girl, I knew you could do it!" With Zhang Lexuan's help, Qian Lingyun moved from the bed to the sofa, and then continued to lie there half-dead.

"Speaking of which... I was so drunk last night... who brought me home?" Qian Lingyun asked, propping her head up and turning to the side.

"It seems... the Fourth Elder personally brought you back. You were drunk when you came back, muttering some strange things!" Zhang Lexuan frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly clapped her hands, imitating Qian Lingyun's drunken ramblings from the previous night:

"Mine, mine, all mine! This is all my empire!"

"..."

Qian Lingyun fell silent, lowering her head in embarrassment, because it was indeed something she could say that was absurd...

Seeing that Zhang Lexuan was still imitating her so skillfully, and even seemed to be getting worse, Qian Lingyun angrily grabbed a nearby cushion and threw it at her, shouting loudly in frustration:

"Alright, alright, stop it. This matter ends here. Don't say any more! How's the thing I asked you to do going?!"

"Our soul beast breeding farm is almost ready," Zhang Lexuan nodded, took out a blueprint from her storage soul tool, and placed it in Qian Lingyun's hand, explaining:

"As you instructed, I went to ask the Vice Sect Leader and the Eighth Elder for help. They led several hundred people and captured every single soul beast under a thousand years old, including those that could spit silk and the Soft-Boned Rabbit, in the outer area of ​​the Demon Forest!"

"Right now, they're being raised in those two mountains near Mingdu! Rabbits are easy to raise, and some have already started having babies."

"What about the silkworms and spiders that spin silk?" Qian Lingyun asked, tapping her fingers lightly on the armrest.

Zhang Lexuan flipped the blueprint over and continued, "These higher-level soul beasts are still a bit unaccustomed to the new environment, but according to the assessment of the animal husbandry experts we invited, they should be able to start producing silk in two months at most."

"Okay! Get ready, take me to the farm right away. I have several thousand rabbits and several thousand silkworms to send in."

Qian Lingyun put away the blueprints and rushed into the dressing room to get ready. Before long, her image as a high-quality single woman with a hangover transformed into that of a career-driven woman. She grabbed Zhang Lexuan and ran out of the underground palace, heading straight for the rabbit farm.

During this period, the farms were managed by Shangguan Weier and Zhang Lexuan in turns. Under their careful care, everything at both farms was in good order.

They buy large quantities of blue silver grass at low prices every day to feed the rabbits, then collect the rabbit droppings to sell as fertilizer and make money back.

It truly achieved a business with almost no cost.

Stepping into the rabbit breeding center, the rabbit pens, each measuring eighty square meters, have already been covered with marble, stretching as far as the eye can see.

More than a hundred rabbits huddled together in a rabbit pen, jumping and leaping about, creating a magical scene of "rabbit stacking fun" everywhere.

It is said that the rabbits in every circle are basically from the same lineage, and they all have some kind of kinship or connection...

Upon seeing this, Qian Lingyun couldn't help but sigh:

The lowest-level soul beasts are the lowest-level soul beasts. They have absolutely no sense of shame. Even if they are related by blood, they can pull up radishes without any pressure.

Together with Zhang Lexuan, they entered the empty No. 2 breeding shed, where only a few dozen rabbits were idly chewing on blue silver grass.

With a wave of her hand, Qian Lingyun opened a gray gate to the dead in the very center of the rabbit enclosure.

Amidst the dull thud of hooves, a dozen or so death knights, leading hordes of undead creatures, drove thousands of rabbits from the undead demiplane into the slaughterhouse.

"Go talk to Wei'er later. We're novices when it comes to animal husbandry. Just tell those paid breeders to do their jobs well. If they do a good job, reward them; if they don't, they can get out!"

"Yes, Master," Zhang Lexuan nodded earnestly in response.

As she reached the door, Qian Lingyun gazed at the several hair-plucking and blood-draining machines that Mei Douluo had generously gifted to her, and a sense of pride inexplicably welled up within her.

A meat rabbit slaughtering line that can process 900 soft-boned rabbits clean in an hour is truly a groundbreaking milestone.

(End of this chapter)