Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

"Oops, I was daydreaming! How come I only realized I'd bumped into someone before I even realized it? Sorry, sir!"

"Fine, I'll watch where I'm going next time!"

"sure!"

Chu Mingkong made his way toward Princess Yongzhen's residence, his thoughts racing, but he could only fret. His mind was clearest when his master's wife was in a state of mental clarity, and if he couldn't come up with an idea in that state, he certainly couldn't now.

This Annihilation Domain was even more useful than he had imagined. After continuous practice, he was initially unable to make the gray space move with him, but later, as his control improved, he could subconsciously control the Annihilation Domain to move with him.

However, without the blessing of his master's wife's mental state, this field becomes extremely useless, at least for now, because without his master's wife's help, he simply cannot enter the palace again.

"It seems we have no choice but to take Yongzhen and Jinyu away first. Jinyu will be heartbroken if she loses her mother in the future, so we can't let Empress Pei go either!"

Learning from his past tyranny in the capital, he realized that back then, relying on his extreme Yin power, he was truly invincible. When he spat, people would give way. He didn't need to think before he acted.

Why should an emperor be forced to use his brain? Using one's brain means being cautious and timid to a considerable extent, and all timidity and powerlessness stem from the fact that one's fist is not strong enough.

Ultimately, it comes down to a matter of strength. The dog emperor somehow managed to control the power of extreme yin!

He took out a notepad and quickly wrote a message for Fengying:

【Fengying, is your seclusion over?】

Chu Mingkong looked at the note. If it had ended now, she should have been able to reply immediately. Fortunately, Fengying's message came quickly.

【alright.】

Could you come to the capital? I'd like to discuss something with you, and I'll have to trouble you.

[You've already taken all the elders of the Cui family, haven't you? Are there still people in the capital you want to take? You're not planning to take Cui Lian, the old lady, and the other members of the Cui family as well, are you?]

If that's the case, putting aside how Chu Mingkong came to this idea of ​​"kindness and generosity," Feng Ying has no interest in slowly transporting them away one by one.

Chu Mingkong's handwriting became more assertive:

[It's not them, I don't care if they live or die.]

Feng Ying breathed a sigh of relief. Before she could even write a message, Chu Mingkong sent another sentence.

[This time, the plan is to take the two princesses away, and while we're at it, discuss whether we can steal the Empress as well.]

Chapter 114 Ruyu is still as good at tricking his mother as ever.

Feng Ying couldn't write another sentence for him for a long time. People in the capital are stealing one after another. The key is that he doesn't steal them all at once. He steals one every now and then. Just when you think that's all, he runs back to steal people again not long after.

This situation has been like this ever since Chu Mingkong first left the capital. Probably no one in the capital thought he would come back, but unexpectedly he returned and forcibly took Madam Zhen away, then moved the Cui family's property, and now he even wants to steal several members of the royal family.

After this incident, the capital city's vigilance will likely remain high, all to guard against Chu Mingkong's shameless and repeated attempts to steal women.

Feng Ying sighed. She looked at the power surging through her arm, the White Tiger's protection in the form of white lightning, and thought it was a good opportunity to give it a try.

【Let's discuss it after I get there. I haven't surveyed the situation in the capital for a long time, so I'm not sure how easy it will be to get in, but it shouldn't be a big problem. I entered with great ease last time.】

Upon seeing Feng Ying's reply, Chu Mingkong looked towards the palace. He had put the palace on high alert, but... it should be fine, right? At least this time, although he had secretly enjoyed the juicy peach queen next to the emperor, he wouldn't have been caught.

"Let's start by praising him."

[Yes, as for the Wind Shadow, there's definitely no problem!]

[You're even planning to steal the princess and the queen! What, you're not going to say you've got your eye on someone else and want to come back and steal them away in a few days, are you? Explain who it is and get rid of them all at once.]

When Feng Ying mentioned it, Chu Mingkong was also worried about whether he would repeat the same mistake, and his thoughts quickly swept over the members of the royal family.

They had already stolen Consort Wan from the capital a while ago, and after taking stock of the girls who were still trapped in the capital, they found that there were none left.

[This time it's really over! Let's bring Master over too.]

After arranging the reinforcements on Fengying's side, Chu Mingkong looked at the sky with some melancholy. The Annihilation Domain was a very useful trump card.

Feng Ying hadn't been to the palace in so long. The last time she sneaked into the palace to steal someone out, let alone the power of extreme yin, the royal family hadn't even shown much strength in the power of extreme yang. They were just a few royal family members being raised by the dragon vein, and the sects outside didn't take them seriously.

Just as the Tianji royal family failed to notice Chu Mingkong's transformation from a dying man into someone capable of causing so much trouble, the Tianji Empire, neglected by external sects and forces, was secretly developing rapidly.

Feng Ying doesn't practice the power of extreme yin and yang, so it's uncertain whether he can still successfully evade the various restrictions of the imperial palace.

"I wonder if Yunhan has come out of seclusion yet. It's not good to keep asking my master's wife for power... If I could get some from Yunhan, I would be more justified in asking."

Chu Mingkong realized that he was now somewhat like a poor family member in distress. He thought about which acquaintances he knew and how to ask for money to get through the crisis.

He had already lent money to his master's wife once, and before the debt was even paid off, he was already thinking about how to ask her for money again. It felt rather awkward.

[Yunhan, have you emerged from seclusion?]

In the Wenqing Pavilion, Shen Xuejun accompanied her visiting daughter, Ruyu. Although Shen Xuejun was not talkative and not the talkative type, Ruyu had long since developed the ability to talk to herself after spending time with her.

However, it wasn't entirely to herself. Ruyu knew that Shen Xuejun was just quiet, not that she didn't want to talk to her. So after saying a few words, Ruyu would glance at her mother, the sect leader, to get a response from her eyes before continuing to talk. To outsiders, it looked like she was talking to herself the whole time.

"Mother, do you still have the antidote from last time? I've used it all up."

Ru Yu is tall with long, straight, and slender legs. Compared to women of the same height, she has a more visually taller and more slender figure. Coupled with the personality she developed from being raised by her maternal grandfather in the military, she is truly a beautiful young woman who gives the impression of a fiery and spirited woman. However, in front of her sect leader mother, even her fierceness seems like a kind of spoiled behavior.

Shen Xuejun gently stroked Ruyu's head, a rare look of confusion on her face. She had squeezed several bottles of juice from Chu Mingkong for Ruyu to keep on hand, but Ruyu didn't like that sticky stuff, so why was it used up so quickly? Shen Xuejun asked:

"You've used it all up? You often get poisoned by the evil silver at your grandfather's place?"

"How could I? I gave two bottles to the sisters in the army, so they could each take a small bottle and keep a sip of that white, sticky antidote in case of emergency. Since I have extra, how can I keep it all to myself? What if one of my sisters is also poisoned by a traitor?"

Shen Xuejun didn't say anything about her daughter's generosity in the army. It was normal for her to be like that, but she had gotten more than just two bottles for Ruyu back then.

"What about the rest?"

"The rest... I used it to help with my spear training. I don't know why, but after drinking it, I felt a special connection when I practiced with the spear. It tasted awful, but I could still manage to eat a little bit with my tongue every now and then. Before I knew it, it was gone."

Even the instructor from our sect who was sent to the army was surprised by my progress~ But it really was a bit hard to eat.”

Throughout the entire process, Ru Yu had a contorted face, looking helpless and disgusted. She kept recalling the taste in her mind, the sticky sensation leaping to her taste buds and throat. If it weren't for the fact that it was so helpful for weapon cultivation, she wouldn't have bothered to lick it casually on a regular basis. At most, she would only use it as an emergency measure when her chastity was in danger of being drugged.

I never expected to finish it without even realizing it, but seeing my weapon cultivation level rise so quickly made me feel great...

Shen Xuejun stared calmly at her daughter with her beautiful eyes. Although she still had no expression, Ruyu felt that her mother's meaning was mostly "Never mind, I'm too lazy to talk to you."

Having received a response from her mother's silence, Ruyu began to add lively chatter to her mother's room again, like a magpie kept by the windowsill, chattering incessantly:

"Also, how is this antidote made? Some of the girls in my army are curious. Is it made with a medicinal herb similar to that of photinia, since it smells a bit like that?"

I don't know why, but one of my married friends initially kept saying it tasted like something strange, but after tasting it and discovering its potent effects, she believed it was a good medicine. Seriously, would I possibly cheat them?

Shen Xuejun remained silent, unsure how to respond to her daughter's question. Suddenly, she sensed the presence of the paper note, took it out and glanced at it. It was Chu Mingkong inquiring about Yunhan's return from seclusion.

It has only been a month or two since Yunhan closed the Immortal Peak for seclusion. Cultivators usually go into seclusion for years, or at least half a year. One or two months is not considered seclusion; it is at most meditation.

It's no longer appropriate to impersonate Yunhan and chat with Mingkong...

Shen Xuejun glanced at her daughter, who was resting on her lap, and then took out her own note.

Ru Yu needs the antidote.

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P.S.: Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone! I was at relatives' house all day, so the update is late, lol.

Chapter 115 People in the Capital

Chu Mingkong didn't receive a reply from Xiao Yunhan, but instead received an immediate response from his master's wife. He even suspected that there might be something wrong with the note, and that the information had been leaked to his master's wife.

"Ruyu wants the antidote. Could we exchange it for something? My master's wife could give me some of her internal energy, and I'll give her some antidote in return. But didn't my master's wife squeeze a few bottles out of me back then? How come they're all used up so quickly?"

He remembered that Princess Ruyu seemed to have a slightly irritated taste. Could she have mistaken it for yogurt and drunk it? Or was the military camp so dangerous that a young girl had to take the antidote so frequently?

With Shen Xuejun as her mother, if Ruyu really has a problem, she won't sit idly by, even if her methods are a bit strange.

【Master's wife, the antidote can be provided at any time, but I have a reason to say.】

What is it?

"I've used up the power you gave me. I think the Nirvana Domain might have consumed more energy than I imagined, or I might have lost a lot during the power transfer from my master's wife. If it's convenient, could I trouble my master's wife again? I've prepared some elixirs to replenish her energy!"

While writing on the paper, Chu Mingkong searched for rare spiritual herbs suitable for his master's wife in the Filial Piety Mall. He definitely had to choose the most expensive ones. This was no longer the case that he had just picked a decent spiritual herb to deal with Xiao Fengnan. Moreover, Chu Mingkong had obtained quite a lot of degraded filial piety herbs from Empress Pei, which was enough to support his high-end consumption in the Filial Piety Mall after the price increase.

However, there were so many kinds that Chu Mingkong was overwhelmed and had to look at them one by one.

Moreover, regarding the loss of his master's wife's power, if he hadn't lost control at the time and hadn't had a strong urge to kill the emperor, causing him to expend more power to suppress his mind, Chu Mingkong should still have about half of his master's wife's power left.

His teacher's wife, Shen Xuejun's, reply still brought him peace of mind:

[Okay, Mingkong, where are you?]

[Is Master's wife still busy with sect affairs in the capital?]

[I don't concern myself with trivial matters, only with important ones. I've been spending time with Ruyu lately; she came to the sect looking for me. The Autumn Festival should be approaching in the Heavenly Pole Empire soon. Although it's not exactly the Ancestor's Day, I haven't spent a festival with Ruyu in a long time. What's wrong?]

"Is that so?" Chu Mingkong thought that if his master's wife could come, it would be good to have another helper. However, her current intention was clearly to prioritize accompanying Ruyu. This should be considered her current rule.

Moreover, given her status, it wasn't appropriate for her to get involved in worldly affairs, so he decided not to ask her if she could change her schedule to help him out.

It's hard to repay favors once you've done too much for her; I've already taken advantage of her a lot.

It's nothing, I was just worried that my master's wife wouldn't be available right now.

【I will use my primordial spiritual power to create an avatar to find you. Don't worry, it won't affect my time with Ruyu. The avatar will arrive in the capital three days from now.】

Chu Mingkong calculated the cost with his fingers and felt that he owed his master's wife even more, feeling a little regretful: "This loss is even greater."

Creating an avatar using primordial spiritual power requires consuming half a year's worth of primordial spiritual power at the outset. Half a year is not much in a cultivator's lifetime, but which cultivator can guarantee that they are constantly improving? If they get stuck at a bottleneck, they may not improve their cultivation for more than ten years if they are not careful. This amount of primordial spiritual power in half a year is much more important than the actual time.

Moreover, clones created from primordial spiritual power do not have the ability to absorb and replenish the spiritual energy of heaven and earth like the original body. The spiritual power of the clone is equivalent to life; once it is lost, it is gone forever. Therefore, although there are many methods to create clones by using primordial spiritual power, almost no one does so because it is not worth the risk.

Chu Mingkong could only hope that his master's avatar hadn't exhausted too much of its spiritual energy on its way here...

Before even reaching the Princess's residence, Chu Mingkong was drawn to the unusual commotion on the street, including the disheveled figure of Cui Lian, who was hurling insults at someone in the street, behaving quite disgracefully.

"What's going on now? Did you embarrass yourself again while messing with the Rabbit God?" Chu Mingkong smiled, stopped and listened carefully to the commotion, and got the gist of it.

It turned out that the news of the disappearance of several shrewd daughters-in-law of the Cui family spread like wildfire that very day. The bribed maids had caused quite a stir in the Cui family, making it impossible for the news to stay hidden.

As soon as the news spread, many people came to congratulate Cui Lian, the new head of the Cui family. After all, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse, and no matter how poor the Cui family was, most of its businesses were still comparable to those of ordinary families.

After several days of banquets and feasts, Cui Lian was tricked into using his assets to invest in a new shop, which was supposedly a "rabbit god" business. However, by running his own shop, he could also have sex with the male servants in the shop, under the guise of supervising the service quality at any time.

On the one hand, this marks Cui Lian's first step into independent business; on the other hand, he will no longer need to waste money on other people's establishments, saving a large sum of money.