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

"Then I'd like to ask Master's wife about the map. Did you want me to be trapped in the palace's barrier because I couldn't understand the map, and then rescue me so that I would owe you a favor?"

“Yes, if you refuse, I will coerce you into submission. You will be mine. Zuo Qiuchi has spoiled you a bit. It will be too late if you don’t correct it.” Shen Xuejun said these words in a calm tone.

"..." Chu Mingkong nodded with mixed feelings: "My master's wife cares too much about me, but I think my master is still a good person. By the way, where did that map come from, and what organization did it come from?"

"This is an organization you will gradually come into contact with and face in the future. You will know about it when the time comes. You are not suited to think too much. The current affairs of Xiling, the Emperor, and the Crescent Kingdom have already made your mind very confused, which makes me very uncomfortable."

My teacher's wife is so gentle; even when she says I'm not very bright, she's so tactful, sob sob...

"Will this organization be a big problem?"

Whether it's troublesome or not depends on your own ability. Don't think about making the outside world adapt to you. You should try to get to the forefront of the world as soon as possible. If that's not possible, then settle for second best and adapt to the outside world yourself.

But what your master's wife hopes for is that you adapt and become the shape she wants, not that you adapt to become someone else's shape under her guidance. Do you understand?

"Hmm." Chu Mingkong met Shen Xuejun's cold gaze and nodded seriously, but also said, "What if I want my master's wife to adapt to my shape?"

"If you can truly present yourself in a way that satisfies your master's wife, she will be willing to adapt to you, but that still depends on your own abilities."

"Okay, this is for Master's wife."

Chu Mingkong took out the [Immaculate Essence-Nourishing Sacred Snow Lotus] that he had exchanged earlier, and secretly wondered if he could get a little more primordial spiritual energy.

Chapter 172 Child Labor (17.4/18)

The snow lotus that Chu Mingkong suddenly pulled out was several sizes larger than his face. The clean, pure white bud was about to bloom, and it was exceptionally plump, like a mysterious slit in the sky. Its plumpness was visible on the outside, but it was concealed beneath a neat and clean pink line.

The moment the snow lotus was pulled out, the temperature in the room dropped a few degrees, and a few snowflakes began to float. This low temperature did not make people feel uncomfortable; it was as wonderful as suddenly immersing oneself in cool well water in the middle of summer.

The plump and tender snow lotus petals are delicate and beautiful. Before long, it blooms like a night-blooming cereus, and the scene of the petals unfolding is extremely beautiful. A few drops of clear water and flower nectar are held in the center of the flower.

Even Shen Xuejun, who usually had no expression, briefly showed a look of intoxication and ecstasy under the influence of the floral fragrance and the aura that resonated with her own spiritual energy. Unfortunately, that alluring expression was fleeting.

"Where did you get such a rare and precious herb? If the people in Hundred Herbs Valley find out, they'll definitely be jealous and come looking for trouble with you."

Shen Xuejun waved her hand, and a stream of icy spiritual energy flew out like a crystal ice butterfly, sealing the entire lakeside pavilion to prevent the essence of the spiritual medicine from leaking out and being wasted.

She tried to judge the age of the herb from its fragrance, but unfortunately, she was truly ignorant this time. Nowadays, good medicinal herbs that are over three thousand years old are rare. Herbs that are a few decades old are considered normal quality, and those that are over a hundred years old are top quality.

I had seen a ten-thousand-year-old tree species at an auction held by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion before. Unfortunately, it was just a very ordinary tree species, but because of its great age, it was fought over fiercely.

Could the snow lotus that Xiao Mingkong just took out, which looks like a large face plate, be nearly ten thousand years old?

"Are the people from Hundred Herbs Valley very arrogant? Does their sect have a female sect leader, or do they have a sect leader's wife?"

Chu Mingkong thought he could visit Baicao Valley sometime in the future. He wouldn't be involved in any staged accidents or anything like that; he just wanted to learn about the medical skills there.

"Baicao Valley has always maintained a neutral stance, but it leans more towards reputable and righteous sects that practice medicine and help the world. However, even they will fight over such medicinal plants..."

Don't change the subject, where did you get it?

"I found this in the Abyss before and hid it away. I'll give it to my master's wife now!" Chu Mingkong handed the snow lotus to his master's wife and urged, "Master's wife, quickly drink this essence flower nectar. I took so much primordial spiritual energy from you before, and I deliberately didn't want to go back."

"Ok."

Shen Xuejun accepted the generous gift from her little apprentice without hesitation. The snow lotus was already in bloom, and if it wasn't consumed in time, its medicinal properties would quickly dissipate into the world, a waste of precious resources.

“You should leave this snow lotus to Yunhan. She needs this kind of medicinal snow lotus more than I do. If you use this snow lotus as a medicine to replenish your depleted spiritual energy, it is a waste of its potential.”

Replacing this thing is indeed painful, but as long as it's not around the time of breaking through the system, this expense is reasonable. Besides, if it were given to Yunhan, wouldn't she have to go into seclusion for who knows how long?

"How could I waste my talents? To be honest, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to offer the medicine and ask my master's wife for more primordial spiritual energy. I spent too long infiltrating the palace last time... Although I tried to use it sparingly, the consumption was indeed quite high."

Chu Mingkong was filled with anxiety. He had been monitoring his account balance notifications, but his master's wife had not sent him any filial piety messages yet.

It wasn't that he was really in a hurry to use that tainted filial piety to recoup his losses; it was just that this situation was very unusual. In the past, such gifts were always given as a token of filial piety. Could it be that his master's wife was actually not satisfied with this snow lotus?

Shen Xuejun extended her slender, white finger and touched the flower's core in the center of the petals. Those few drops of crystal-clear essence, like rare crystal, froze into small ice balls.

These tiny ice beads floated up and flew straight into Shen Xuejun's sexy lips. The flower nectar beads simply grazed her lips, making her already plump, jelly-like lips even more moist, as if she had applied lip gloss, radiating a charming luster.

After a while, Shen Xuejun's throat moved slightly, and she parted her lips, exhaling a sweet breath:

"Although the essence of this snow lotus is ice-attribute, its medicinal properties are gentle and will benefit your fire-attribute constitution. I just absorbed the essence of this essence and turned it into an ice pill. After you swallow this ice pill, it will automatically condense tiny bits of ice spiritual energy for you. This ice spiritual energy contains my aura and can be used for emergency situations."

However, the Ice Elixir cannot last forever; you must come to see me periodically.

"it is good!"

After Chu Mingkong nodded heavily, Shen Xuejun opened her mouth wide. What was originally a shard of ice and flower paste had now turned into an ice pill imbued with Shen Xuejun's aura.

It's not very big, only about the size of a child's little finger, but its value lies in its extremely high cohesive strength.

The image of the master's wife slightly sticking out her tongue, with ice pills on the tip, is somewhat reminiscent of the beauty of a pearl oyster releasing a pearl.

"What are you still standing there for?" Shen Xuejun asked, staring at him.

Of course it's because you haven't shown any filial piety, and I'm scared...

Never mind, Chu Mingkong put his mouth to the ice pill and tried to suck it away, but the ice pill was very "firm" and actually stuck to his master's wife's delicate tongue!

This reminded him of jokes like "in the dead of winter, you lick an icicle and your tongue gets stuck on it." Could this icicle be like that joke, stuck to his master's wife's tongue?

Chu Mingkong dared not offend her too much. He was good at taking advantage of others when they were happy, but now that his master's wife was not showing filial piety, it meant that she was in a bad mood, so he could not be too abrupt.

That rosy, moist tongue was like a forbidden zone. He stretched out his tongue and tried to roll the ice pill into his mouth, but with this effort, his tongue was also stuck firmly to the ice pill, and it even subtly touched and entangled with the tip of Shen Xuejun's tongue.

[System Treasure has arrived, 6000 points of corrupted filial piety.]

"...?"

He was stunned. He moved his tongue slightly and then engaged in another inappropriate entanglement. In his mind, he kept hearing the distorted filial piety messages that his master's wife had sent him!

Could it be that this time, the elixir he sent must be delivered in this way in order to get a return from his master's wife? In other words, his master's wife is happy to see him in a difficult situation by using this method to obtain the Ice Pill?

Although a single act of filial piety doesn't match the quality of this snow lotus, the advantage lies in the fact that as long as Chu Mingkong makes a few effort to speak, his master's wife will shower him with gifts continuously...

As expected, my teacher's wife is not quite right!

He was startled by this sudden discovery and panicked a bit. While taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he accidentally breathed into his master's wife's mouth!

But his teacher's wife wasn't angry. Instead, she breathed a fragrant orchid scent into his mouth, the cool and refreshing breath adding fuel to the fire in his heart.

He took a big sip of that soft, delicate, jelly-like firm body and tried his best to remove the ice core, but every time the ice core was about to come off, it would inexplicably entangle and roll back into its depths.

The constant reminders of filial piety encouraged the boy to retrieve the ice pill, and his delicate arm hooked around the slender neck of the cold and beautiful woman.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally swallowed the ice pill as a prize. The struggle had brought him to the blissful point of suffocation several times. Chu Mingkong couldn't tell whether he was taking the ice pill or enjoying a kiss with his master's wife.

Chu Mingkong felt his mouth was filled with the sweet taste of his master's wife, and the spoiled filial piety she had just given him was enough for him to exchange for two more snow lotuses of the same quality.

He asked in a low voice, "Master's wife, now that we've obtained the Ice Pill, could we use the primordial spiritual energy...?"

Shen Xuejun took out a handkerchief, her expression calm and unchanging, like an iceberg. She casually wiped the corner of her mouth, as if she had just finished a delicious meal. The beautiful woman's jade-like fingers gently traced the corner of the boy's mouth, wiping it clean.

"Primal spiritual energy? I gave you some when you retrieved the Ice Pill. Do you want more? Or do you want to extract your master's wife's primitive spiritual energy in another way?"

“...another way, like the original incarnation before.” After struggling with his words, Chu Mingkong spoke with difficulty and honesty.

Shen Xuejun didn't criticize his greed; instead, she nodded in agreement.

"Alright, but Xiao Mingkong didn't learn his lesson today when he came to see his master's wife. He didn't take the initiative to change his ways and come to see his master's wife beforehand. I couldn't agree to it, but the snow lotus you gave me is too precious. So I'll only give you fifty counts to take the source spiritual energy."

Fifty...forty-nine..."

Chu Mingkong snapped out of his daze and hesitation, threw himself into the beautiful woman's arms, and tried to absorb her sweet and primordial spiritual energy as quickly as possible.

Shen Xuejun looked down at her obedient little apprentice, a satisfied blush appearing on her cool and beautiful face, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Do you understand what to do next time you secretly want to see your master's wife?"

Chu Mingkong didn't like being led by the nose like this, but... the primordial spiritual energy was the priority, and there would definitely be many occasions later when he would need to use the enhanced version of the Annihilation Domain, so he couldn't act rashly here!

Chu Mingkong buried his head in her arms and nodded in agreement for the time being.

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The stay at Wenqing Pavilion was not long; after a quick set-up, the spaceship set off again.

The enormous spaceship slowly departed from this icy land. Chu Mingkong stood on the bow of the deck, looking towards the lakeside pavilion. There, on the second floor, his peerless and aloof master's wife stood quietly by the window, her gaze fixed on him.

Chu Mingkong met her gaze, and it seemed as if his master's wife was using the Ice Pill to tease and harass him again. Shen Xuejun nodded simply, then turned and left.

"How cold-hearted! This isn't acceptance or tolerance; the treatment and attitude are worlds apart..."

Chu Mingkong muttered to himself as he condensed a ball of extremely Yin fire spiritual energy in his palm. The outer flame of this fire spiritual energy was permeated with a faint chill, and even snowflakes fell sporadically.

Feng Ying appeared beside him, and asked in surprise, "How did you create these flames?"

Chu Mingkong scratched his head:

"It was earned by the baby trying to please the rich woman."

Chapter 173 Preparing for a Sex Toy Auction (17.8/18)

After leaving Wenqing Pavilion, it would take almost a week to return to Xiling. If the spaceship or floating boat were to travel at full speed, it could arrive faster. However, if Yun Nongyu wanted to use her talisman to cover her aura and make it work properly, it wouldn't be able to fly that fast.

In the past few days, Chu Mingkong has been running around to different rooms, cultivating feelings with the girls while cultivating, and cultivating while cultivating feelings, but the cultivation process is not very enjoyable.

No matter how large the spaceship or floating vessel was, the actual space used as rooms was limited. Although it wasn't to the point where everyone would bump into each other constantly, there was still a lot of walking around, visiting, and chatting. Chu Mingkong didn't dare spend too much time in any one room at a time. The Nirvana Domain was indeed good, but everyone else had already gone into their rooms. Chu Mingkong had trained in the palace, but Jin Yu and the others weren't used to having someone watching them, which was somewhat of a downer.

They were clearly on their own boat, but they acted like they were having an affair.

She is most at ease when she is with Feng Ying. Feng Ying has a colorless shadow mark that allows her to easily conceal herself, and she and Chu Mingkong can easily hide themselves anytime, anywhere to carry out their tasks.

Of course, not everyone could become a training subject; Empress Pei refused, saying there would be no next time.

As for Madam Zhen, the stolen kiss last time was already a formal beginning, but the future is still unknown. We'll have to wait and see, or look for another opportunity.

As for Aunt Gu... ever since she rubbed his silk-stockinged feet once, there hasn't been any opportunity for further development.

After a few days of rest, Chu Mingkong was in top form. The day before he arrived in Xiling, he received a call from Qingse.

[Qingse: Have you returned to Xiling? I'm about to go to Xiling. Do you need me to clear out some redundant storage rings?]

"Just say you want to stock up, but my master's wife is really generous, giving out a lot of spoiled filial piety gifts. Luckily, my luck has returned to normal, so I can go for a big draw. Hopefully, I don't end up with another bunch of Nine-Aperture Bead Chains..."

Muttering to himself, Chu Mingkong walked out of the room and looked around to confirm his location. Then he saw a magnificent pavilion shrouded in ethereal beauty flying across the sky.

"What a coincidence!"