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

He didn't go in because he heard a baby crying inside, and Chu Mingkong was worried that the extremely yin energy he emitted might have some effect on the baby.

Before the Qing'an Street incident, Chu Mingkong himself wouldn't have believed that Wei Qingning would take the initiative to seek him out. At that time, he was really paranoid, suspecting everyone except Zuo Qiuchi of plotting against him, and the Wei family, who had once fled from Xiling, were even more suspicious in his eyes.

Without even trying to find out, I subconsciously felt that the Wei family must have done something wrong to hastily relocate their clansmen.

Now that I'm more at peace with myself, I no longer view things with emotion and am willing to try to approach this matter calmly.

My memories of Wei Qingning are still from when we were little. She was a girl who ate a lot, but unfortunately, I don't know where all the nutrition went, because she didn't gain any weight in her chest.

The curves of her chest were so graceful, straight and upright like bamboo. Yongzhen's bralette was designed to lower the curves, while Wei Qingning's bralette was designed to add volume.

Theoretically speaking, the Nightblade Division's functions are similar to those of a government office, so Wei Qingning should be considered a female constable. Such a character would be blessed with a large bust no matter where she is, so why is she so lacking in this role?

Fortunately, this girl has had a pair of fertile buttocks since she was a child.

"Qing Ning should be coming out by now. She can sense me; she's detected me several times before," Chu Mingkong muttered.

As expected, Wei Qingning went back into the house, put down his sword, and came out soon after.

Standing in front of Chu Mingkong, she felt a little uneasy, her small hands clenched together behind her back.

Chapter Seventeen: Someone's Trying to Be My Father?

Chu Mingkong and Wei Qingning sat down on the top of the city tower. Below them were mostly residential areas, which quickly quieted down as night fell, unlike the bustling city streets.

"I was a bit paranoid before, seeing everyone as an enemy, surrounded by enemies. I never expected you to help me secretly a few times."

“I can understand your situation at the time, brother. You couldn’t trust others so easily… I really didn’t expect you to come looking for me.” The woman’s eyes occasionally revealed joy. It seemed that Chu Mingkong’s initiative to come to her was something to be happy about for a long time.

It's been too long since we last met, too long since we had a normal chat, and now the atmosphere in our conversation is very awkward and polite.

I'm afraid that if I try to be casual, my tone will sound uncomfortable, and I won't be able to relax like a familiar old friend.

Chu Mingkong said:

"It would be a bit unreasonable not to come to you first. You've helped me quietly several times, which has made me think hard for a long time about your motives. You know I'm someone who can't suppress my curiosity."

Wei Qingning straightened her legs, then bent them back and hugged her knees: "I remember, my brother used to want to understand anything he didn't understand. Once he was curious about what kind of bellyband my mother was wearing, so he dragged me along to peek at her while she was bathing. As a result, Sister Yunhan caught him on the spot."

Chu Mingkong fell silent.

Girl, even if you wanted to lighten the mood with some jokes, you didn't have to bring up such an awkward old story right away...

But it really happened. He was only five or six years old at the time. When his mother found out, she didn't punish him. Instead, she took the two siblings inside to bathe together.

See, this is the trouble of growing up. When we were kids, we could do these things without any problems, but it's not okay when we grow up.

It was only later that Yunhan discovered this. At that time, her name was still "Chu Yunhan". She punished Chu Mingkong by making him stand in the courtyard of the Prince's Mansion with a bucket of water as punishment, and scolded him all night, saying things like, "If you indulge this kind of behavior, won't he become a thief when he grows up?"

Unfortunately, he didn't become a silver thief when he grew up, but his system did.

They chatted and revealed each other's embarrassing secrets for a long time, and the girl's laughter occasionally drifted into the night, making the atmosphere relax without them even realizing it.

"Your Wei family suddenly moved out of Xiling. Is there some other reason behind it?" Chu Mingkong stopped joking.

"It was my father's and several elders' decision at the time, and they didn't tell me. They didn't want to talk about it when I pressed them, but it seemed like they were avoiding something. I think it might be related to witchcraft... My father did indeed get involved with the royal family's influence, but he never did anything to harm Xiling."

Witchcraft is a system of magic left over from ancient times, involving many aspects.

"Hmm, do you have any leads?"

"I investigated where the Yin Core that murdered my brother might have come from. The most suspicious place is the Prince of Jin, because there is also the threat of the Abyss there. According to the local chronicles, a very large Abyss beast appeared many years ago. The Prince of Jin at that time killed it with a large army and paid a heavy price..."

Chu Mingkong had thought about inquiring about this matter before, but he had never been able to find out. He never expected that Wei Qingning would point him to the Prince of Jin.

"Is there any trace of that Yin Core now?"

Wei Qingning shook his head: "The last time this Yin Core appeared was at the victory celebration banquet of the Prince of Jin. It was used to celebrate the victory and boost morale. After that, there were no records of it, and there was no mention of where the Yin Core was stored."

Compared to the fiefdoms of other kings and nobles, Xiling's territory was not large, but it was not as small as a small county town. However, the residual power of the Yin Core explosion directly affected most of Xiling, which was not the power of an ordinary Yin Core.

Moreover, the Yin Core is a strange thing. Even if you put a hundred Yin Cores the size of eggs together and detonate them, the power would not be as great as a Yin Core the size of a head.

Chu Mingkong grew increasingly suspicious of the Prince of Jin.

"I wonder how the Prince of Jin's mother, wife, and daughters are doing..."

"Hmm?" Wei Qingning looked at him in confusion. "What happened to the Prince of Jin's family?"

“I mean, I don’t know if the Prince of Jin’s family has anyone in charge of this kind of matter. That would make it easier to find clues,” Chu Mingkong said with innocent eyes.

"I'll look into it when I have the chance... By the way, brother, what are your plans for the throne of Xiling King? There are quite a few people eyeing it covetously."

This is a troublesome problem.

The King of Xiling, who is also Chu Mingkong's father, disappeared a long time ago. Xiling was essentially without a leader, so Chu Mingkong should have simply inherited the position.

When the royal family heard about this, they naturally wanted to stir up trouble. They said that Chu Mingkong was too young and that the King of Xiling was missing and his fate was uncertain, so they suppressed the matter and let Chu Mingkong continue as the heir. Thus, Xiling remained without a king for a long time.

Although Xiling remained leaderless, all affairs continued to operate as usual.

It's a strange thing, but Xiling has a city called Tianya, which is known as the second best city in the world. If it weren't for the face of the capital, it would be the best city.

This place was initially just a residence for the guest advisors supported by Xiling, but the first generation of Xiling kings of the Chu family were willing to delegate power and knew how to check and balance, so the strategists could show their skills in handling Xiling affairs. Because of the checks and balances between their duties, it was difficult for one person to become too powerful, and Tianya City became more and more prosperous.

And it gradually became the brain of Xiling, ensuring that Xiling could operate normally without the Xiling King sitting there all day making decisions. The Chu family was more focused on messing with the Yin Crack of the Extreme Abyss.

This long-term delegation of power has led to many forces becoming involved in Tianya City and turning into part of Xiling's strength.

Rather than coveting Xiling, they were actually more interested in Tianya City, this treasure city.

If outsiders were to seize control of Tianya City and take over the position of city lord, they would essentially become the de facto King of Xiling.

"It's normal for many people to be eyeing this position, but I remember Yunhan got the position of deputy city lord when she was very young. With her around, how dare outsiders act so presumptuously?"

"Uh... The Xiao family also has designs on Tianya City, and there have been conflicts. Sister Yunhan gave up the position of deputy city lord a long time ago. It seems that one of the Xiao family's uncles had designs on the city, and other princes and members of the royal family also had designs on it."

Thinking about it this way, the suspicion that the Wei family betrayed Xiling is even less. Back then, the Wei family had a very high status in Xiling. If Qingning were to be taken to a room by him while he was drunk and have sex with him, the Wei family would be even more closely associated with Xiling.

To easily take control of Tianya City, and then betray it to join the royal family, wouldn't that be an even more worthwhile deal? It's like a bride running away with her lover with a generous dowry.

When the Wei family left, they took all their trusted confidants with them from Tianya City, leaving no room for maneuver, perhaps because they wanted to silently prove their innocence.

"So what does elder brother plan to do?"

"I don't know. I feel that my father doesn't really want me to inherit Xiling, and even wants me to leave there, but I don't know why. But since I am still the heir apparent, I can't let someone else take the position of King of Xiling and give me an extra father out of nowhere, can I?"

The title of "Crown Prince" means the son of an emperor or nobleman. Even before he's relinquished his title as Crown Prince of Xiling, someone wants to become the King of Xiling and adopt him as their son?

That's incredibly vicious!

Looking at Chu Mingkong's profile, Wei Qingning felt a surge of emotion, as if her spirited older brother had returned.

Lost in thought, she suddenly heard Chu Mingkong ask:

"Qingning, there's something I've always wanted to ask you. Your mother has a rather voluptuous figure, so how come you haven't...?"

Wei Qingning looked down at her chest, gasped, and suddenly didn't want to say anything.

"I don't want to talk to my brother anymore!" She gritted her teeth, jumped off the city wall, and ran away in a huff.

Chu Mingkong watched her departing figure. Although she was wearing the standard trousers of the Nightblade Guard, as she ran, the round and plump outline of her breasts was faintly visible, and sometimes the trousers were stretched taut, giving her a unique charm.

I should have realized it sooner; how could a girl with such a nice butt be a bad person?

Chapter Eighteen: Divine Mountain, Jade Capital

Back at the Prince's Mansion, Chu Mingkong started working on the system that wrote "filial piety" but read "silver thief".

Something's fishy about this!

Something's not right!

He specially prepared a small pot of wine and a plate of peanuts, intending to slowly whittle down the quality of the food.

"Silver Thief System, I've helped you break through system levels so many times, shouldn't you finally open up and say something to me?"

After several upgrades, the system, except for occasionally pretending to be dead, basically no longer refused to communicate with him.

[Casual conversation is fine, though. What would you like to ask?]

What could be more important than surviving? I've known my master for almost ten years, and we've never even kissed. When will I ever get to become his partner?

Chu Mingkong dreamed of losing everything in his master's stock market.

"I remember last time you told me that if you broke through the system, you would show me a way to survive, right? I've been busy lately and haven't asked you about this in detail. Hurry up and tell me, don't try to fool me into upgrading and breaking through again. You've lost all your filial piety."

[The method has been given to you: dual cultivation. Extreme Yin power is very difficult to control. If you had approached this highest level of power from the very beginning, using both extreme Yin and Yang simultaneously, there wouldn't have been so many problems.]

"But my involvement with the power of extreme Yin began when I was blown up by someone using a Yin core. It was truly out of my control."

Therefore, dual cultivation and harmonization are the best way for you to break this deadlock. The extreme Yang power you acquire is already refined and condensed by the woman, and your extreme abyss injury cannot be easily resolved.

"So here's the question: how far should we go in dual cultivation to be considered good? Recently, I've been cultivating with Rong'er, but it only made that golden extreme yang energy solidify again, without adding more. My injuries haven't improved significantly either, and the extreme yang energy she gives me keeps disappearing. What should I do?"

Because your body is currently dominated by extreme Yin, it is difficult for you to fully accept extreme Yang energy. Your injuries have your heart as the 'Yin core,' but what about that extreme Yang energy? It's like a rootless duckweed, it can only be absorbed from the outside.

Different people have different paths. Shangguan Rong's extreme Yang power is her path. How can the same path be divided into two branches?

Chu Mingkong sipped his wine, pondering for a long time before finally understanding the unspoken meaning of the Silver Thief System's words. What if, after cultivating together to create something similar to the Yin Core, his condition completely stabilized, but his internal Yang energy weakened?

Find someone to replace it.

The golden thread on his heart now belongs to Shangguan Rong's "Extreme Yang Path". So how can he accumulate more Extreme Yang power on his heart?

If you replace her with a girl who possesses extreme yang energy, you can gain one more.

In summary, Chu Mingkong drew up a simple and easy-to-understand treatment plan for his condition.

1. Come several times.

II. Find more

Furthermore, the benefits gained from a first dual cultivation session with a woman are the greatest. If unnecessary, it's best to wait until the woman's Yang energy has matured before reaping the rewards. Quantity cannot compensate for quality. You've seen many Yin cores of ferocious beasts from the Abyss; you should understand this principle.

"Wouldn't it have been a waste for me to cultivate with Shangguan Rong so early?" Chu Mingkong was taken aback, but there was nothing to regret, as he had no choice at the time.

Without the extremely yang path that Shangguan Rong gave him, he would have had difficulty even leaving the capital.

Diligence can make up for lack of talent.