Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Mu An lived a very comfortable life at the Zhennan Marquis's residence.

One after another, the most famous delicacies of southern Xinjiang were served. Over the course of seven days, Mu An tasted all the delicacies and drank all the fine wines of southern Xinjiang.

I enjoyed the top-notch music performance in southern Xinjiang and also witnessed the local witchcraft-themed art performance.

The various unique performances broadened Mu An's horizons. Although he didn't particularly like the content and style of many of the performances, it didn't stop him from giving them high marks, since they were, after all, local specialties.

In terms of hospitality, Bai Qingming was impeccable, and Mu An was very satisfied with his treatment.

If it weren't for the terrifying look Bai Mengran gave Mu An, as if she wanted to devour him, Mu An wouldn't have minded staying at the Zhennan Marquis's residence for a few more days.

Unfortunately, this ancestor of the Bai family was really not quite normal.

They waited in front of his door late at night, saying they wanted to talk to him about life, ideals, and the future.

It's one thing to just chat, but to try to crawl into his bed at the drop of a hat? Is that normal?

Who would be so kind as to do this late at night?

Such a terrestrial deity, the contrast is so great that even Mu An finds it somewhat unbelievable.

It must be said that Bai Xi used rather euphemistic language when talking about her ancestors.

Mu An had no doubt that if Bai Mengran hadn't been far from being his match, this old woman would probably have directly used force against him.

After being attacked for three consecutive nights without success, Mu An decisively chose to run away.

This old woman is terrifying; she doesn't seem to know the meaning of "give up" at all. It's best to leave now.

Mu An lost interest in matters of love and intimacy many years ago.

Moreover, the ancestor of the Bai family was clearly a "public bus" (a derogatory term for a woman who is easily manipulated and difficult to deal with).

Mu An just wanted to stay far away from this kind of trouble.

……

As Mu An left Shuzhou City, he saw Ye Lin once again.

The teahouse owner, who came from the "world of ingenuity," reopened his teahouse in Shuzhou City and resumed his old business.

The difference this time was that Bai Xi arranged for Ye Lin to have a lot of people, with dozens of servants taking turns to serve as waiters.

Not content with this, Bai Xi specially recruited an armored squad to guard the entrance of the teahouse, which was several times larger than before.

The huge teahouse always had more than a dozen employees, all of them men; you couldn't even find a woman.

With two armored soldiers guarding the entrance, most women would keep their distance upon seeing this.

Over time, ordinary people in the city came to believe that this teahouse was only open to men.

Those with some influence in Shuzhou City knew that this teahouse was owned by the Zhennan Marquis's mansion and was highly valued by the Bai family's young princess. The teahouse manager was suspected to be her kept man.

The news spread like wildfire, and soon all the major powers received the message, each giving instructions to their female relatives.

Stay far away from this teahouse on ordinary days, and don't let the Bai family's little princess have any unnecessary misunderstandings.

Ye Lin was inclined to refuse Bai Xi's arrangement.

The frustrating thing was that when Ye Lin mentioned this to Bai Xi, Bai Xi immediately pulled out a large cleaver and slammed it on the table, giving Ye Lin an extremely bright smile.

For the sake of his own life, Ye Lin decisively chose to follow his heart.

Being a kept man is not shameful; other people would love to but can't even get that kind of treatment!

In the world of clever schemes, many people would risk their lives and make countless sacrifices just to please a rich woman.

Some experts have even compiled a series of employment guides for people to refer to, emphasizing that one should not miss any opportunity to be a kept man, and that one should still accept the job even if it is too good to be true.

Thinking about it carefully, Bai Xi is not only beautiful and kind-hearted, but also the future heir of the Zhennan Marquis's mansion. Isn't she a top-tier rich, beautiful, and successful woman?

Being able to live off someone else's money, I wonder how many people would be envious.

After that day, Bai Xi probably thought of some unpleasant things and became even more ruthless, directly arranging for people to be on duty 24 hours a day, not giving Ye Lin any chance to escape.

However, when the two were alone, Bai Xi acted just like she always did in the teahouse, rarely putting on airs and exuding emotional charm, completely immersing Ye Lin in her gentle embrace.

Bai Xi has truly mastered the art of domineering and contrasting.

According to Mu An, Ye Lin's dream of having a harem is probably completely hopeless.

Bai Xi is completely different from her ancestors. She has very beautiful expectations for love and pursues the romantic happiness in the story.

Mu An had no doubt that, given Bai Xi's personality, if Ye Lin dared to play tricks, he would most likely be turned into a eunuch by Bai Xi herself, or even cut into dozens of pieces with a woodcutter's knife.

Before leaving Southern Xinjiang, Mu An went to a teahouse for a cup of tea and gave Ye Lin a small gift amidst his seven parts respect and three parts fear.

A cultivation technique called "The Record of the Five Spirits' Profound Understanding".

The cultivation technique is a top-tier technique, designed with Ye Lin's physique in mind, making it suitable for a "transmigrator" like him to cultivate.

But the technique contains a hidden function that Ye Lin will never know about in his lifetime.

Once this technique is mastered, after Ye Lin dies, all his life's efforts will be transformed into seeds and belong to Mu An.

Mu An does not intend to use the Dao Seed on a large scale. Others' insights are ultimately not his own. They can be used as a reference, but they are not suitable for direct absorption.

His path is different from that of the Old Celestial Master. Absorbing too much of his teachings could easily affect the purity of his own Dao, making it of little significance.

Instead of doing all this futile work, we might as well sow some seeds and conduct some experiments.

Mu An was very curious: given that two Dao Seeds were planted at the same time, who would inherit Ye Lin's lifelong cultivation after his death?

Should it return to the Celestial Master, to Mu An, or return directly to Heaven and Earth?

If we can uncover the mystery, it is not impossible to find a way to break the old Celestial Master's Taoist seed.

There's no reason why only the Old Master could use chess pieces.

I imagine the old master wouldn't mind sharing these chess pieces with him.

To my shame, Mu Ansheng has come up with a bold idea these days.

Since the Celestial Master can scheme against the Heavenly Way, substituting his own heart for the Heavenly Way, and controlling all the ways, why can't Mu An do something similar?

With an infinite lifespan, Mu An had no interest in getting entangled with the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Realms. His future lay in ruling the world and the Great Dao, not being confined to any one world.

However, Mu An felt that if he could extract some of the origin from the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Realms, it would be of great benefit to his Four Symbols World.

At the very least, directly observing the origin of the Heavenly Dao can be of considerable help to cultivation.

After careful consideration, Mu An realized that no matter what the final outcome was, he wouldn't actually lose out by having the Book of Fortune with him.

He and the Celestial Master may or may not be enemies; it all depends on whether he, a thousand years later, is dominated by humanity or divinity.

……

On the third-to-last day of the tenth year of Qiming, just before the new year arrived, Mu An returned to Qing'an Prefecture.

On the one hand, Mu An prefers to spend the holidays, a time for family reunion, at his own home. On the other hand, he has a very important promise with Mu Ling'er.

The once-in-a-century meteor shower will arrive on the first day of the new year.

As time goes by, the promise made a hundred years ago has finally come to an end.

Even if the person who made the promise is no longer alive, the living should still fulfill their original promise.

With mixed feelings, Mu An and Mu Ling'er spent the last day before the New Year together.