Fairy, help me cultivate.

"sister in law……"

He seemed to be a little tipsy, and turned his head towards Su Ning.

This is not right... Isn't this bullying Jiang Baisha?

But he was also somewhat out of control.

"Ok?"

Su Ning's eyes were glazed over, and she turned her face closer.

"Sizzle~"

Fueled by alcohol, the two began to kiss, their lips twitching and their tongues flying.

After a long while, they finally parted, panting.

Su Ning's dazed eyes cleared instantly, and her face immediately showed fear and regret. She stood up abruptly.

"We...I...I was drunk. Please forgive my overstepping of etiquette, brothers..."

She walked quickly to the door and opened it: "It's late..."

Chen Yao didn't say anything, but stood up and said, "You've definitely had too much to drink. Sister-in-law, you should get some rest."

He strode out.

"brother!"

Chen Yao stopped and noticed that Su Ning had taken a few quick steps and was reaching out to call him, which made him feel a little reluctant.

But she didn't say anything in the end: "Be careful walking at night."

Chen Yao smiled and nodded, then turned and left.

As he passed through the shade of a flower bush, he glanced in that direction without realizing it, and a smile crept onto his lips.

He had only heard of this kind of hobby before, but today he had actually seen it for himself.

But Jiang Baisha treats me quite well. Is that a bad thing?

However, he was never good to Su Ning to begin with, and besides, it was his own choice...

Chen Yao smacked his lips and said loudly, "Thank you for your hospitality, brother!"

There's something wrong with the alcohol.

He understands this now.

Chen Yao's figure disappeared from the gate for a long time before the flower bushes stirred.

Jiang Baisha pushed his wheelchair out, showing no sign of struggle or hesitation, but rather a face full of relief.

He headed towards his residence, just as Su Ning came out of the dining room with her head down.

Upon discovering that Jiang Baisha had returned from outside, Su Ning was startled and immediately knelt down.

"I just went outside to sober up."

He didn't say anything that would make Su Ning feel uncomfortable.

"You've truly suffered a lot with me over the decades. After this brush with death, I've come to understand many things. From today onwards, let's sleep in separate rooms! We've been sleeping in separate beds ever since you married into the family, so why bother with formalities?"

Su Ning was more than willing to have separate rooms, but Jiang Baisha needed to be taken care of: "This servant still has to take care of my husband."

"unnecessary."

Jiang Baisha went straight back to his room and directed his servants to bring out Su Ning's bedding.

Su Ning slowly stood up, her face showing both doubt and lingering reminiscence of Chen Yao's kiss.

Chapter 134 Beware of Honey Trap

Chen Yao slept well. The next morning, he got up, put on his clothes, and opened the window to let the fragrance of camellias from the courtyard into the room.

Su Ning then arrived gracefully.

"My sister-in-law got up very early."

He noticed that she looked radiant and not as timid as before.

Su Ning smiled gently: "Third Uncle urgently summoned you. However, I brought you some breakfast, so it won't be a problem for you to go after you eat."

As she spoke, she walked to the window and handed the food basket to Chen Yao through the window.

Why don't you come in and sit down?

When Chen Yao took the food basket, Su Ning quickly pulled her hand back.

"No, eat quickly, then go see Third Uncle!"

After saying that, she smiled, turned around, and left.

Chen Yao glanced at the food basket in his hand and watched Su Ning's figure disappear outside the door.

Women often create many mental obstacles for themselves.

However, this is the right thing to do.

Chen Yao thought about many things last night and realized that her relationship with Su Ning was indeed reckless.

Fortunately, she stopped it in time. If they had continued using that aphrodisiac, and Jiang Baisha had tried to set a trap, it would have been very troublesome.

After breakfast, Chen Yao went to the small building.

I found Jiang Mengyang, Jiang Mengmeng, Jiang Mengtai and Jiang Baisha sitting there.

"Are you here? I've been waiting for you. Come, sit down."

Jiang Mengyang greeted Chen Yao kindly.

Jiang Mengtai and Jiang Mengmeng ignored him.

"After a period of chaotic fighting, we destroyed thirty of the Pang clan's strongholds, subdued ten of the Pang clan's vassals in and around Jiujiang, and through conversations with the powerful Xu clan, we have successfully persuaded them to support us."

Jiang Baisha summarized the family's recent activities: "In terms of resources, we acquired three large spirit stone mines, five large-scale immortal herb gardens, and eight beast mountains. We have also solidified our position in the Zhanghe River basin. It can be said that we have achieved considerable success."

Jiang Mengyang nodded: "This is all thanks to the two brothers' hard work in maintaining things."

Jiang Mengtai smiled modestly: "I didn't do anything. The key was Fourth Brother's effective wartime organization."

Jiang Meng nodded: "The key question is what we should do now? Continuing to fight is not a solution, and the young people in the family are not enough to sustain us. We can let those vassal families play a supporting role, but we cannot rely on them."

As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Yao, seemingly casually.

Chen Yao pretended not to see it.

Jiang Mengtai suddenly looked at Chen Yao: "Chen Yao, what do you think?"

That's something to think about. They came in and ignored it, but now they're suddenly asking for my opinion.

Anyone with a brain knows he doesn't value me; he just wants to embarrass me.

Chen Yao spoke frankly: "I just arrived and don't know anything about the situation. Besides, I don't really care. I'm fine with everything as long as Third Uncle and the other uncles are there. Right now, all I want is to find out about Jiu Luo. I have no other desires."

This is a clear statement that he has no interest in anything related to the Jiang family, especially their internal power, so as to avoid these people always treating him as a hypothetical enemy, which would only cause more trouble if they hindered him at every turn.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yao made such a statement, and Jiang Mengtai and Jiang Mengmeng exchanged a glance.

"You're wrong about that. The Jiang family will belong to you and Bai Lian in the future, so how can you not care? Even if you don't care now, this old man will make you care!"

Jiang Mengyang spoke sternly, addressing Chen Yao but his gaze was fixed on Jiang Mengtai and Jiang Mengmeng, clearly a show of defiance towards them.

The two lowered their heads.

"Since we have the upper hand, the Pang family has lost the will to resist and has sent someone to sue for peace."

Jiang Baisha spoke up, brightening up the somewhat subdued atmosphere.

"If we want a ceasefire, this is a good time."

He added a sentence.

Jiang Mengtai thought for a moment: "What are the conditions for a ceasefire?"

"We need several patriarchs to work with their patriarchs to comprehend that cultivation technique, and we'll return two spirit stone mines to them. In return, they'll give us the three main roads to Jiujiang that they possess."

Jiang Meng thought for a moment and said, "This condition sounds pretty good. With his family's main roads, we can distribute our produce throughout Jiujiang. Moreover, that cultivation technique is indeed a good thing for improving strength in a short period of time. If we can comprehend a bit of the secrets and pass them on to our disciples, our strength will be even greater."

Chen Yao thought to himself, "Is there really such a good thing in this world?"

Since they are discussing peace talks, it means that the two sides are still evenly matched to a certain extent. The other side is not going to give you the opportunity to increase your strength for no reason. Are they going to wait for you to become stronger and then crush them?

Jiang Mengyang then looked at Jiang Mengtai: "What do you say?"

Jiang Mengtai frowned: "The terms are good, but could there be a trap?"

"Whether it's a scam or not, there's no harm in talking about it."

Jiang Baisha made a statement.

Jiang Mengyang finally looked at Chen Yao and asked, "What do you think?"

Chen Yao pretended to be stupid: "I don't understand, I'll listen to my third uncle."

Jiang Mengmeng and Jiang Mengtai both glanced at him, their eyes filled with undisguised contempt.

Chen Yao smiled at them.

The more you belittle me, the better; it would be best if you ignored me altogether.

Jiang Mengyang gave him a disapproving look, but she knew what he was thinking. After a long period of contemplation, she said, "Let's talk, but their martial arts technique is too evil. We shouldn't agree to it."

Jiang Mengmeng said, "But the entire Jiujiang, and even the entire South China Sea, are learning these new martial arts techniques. As one side gains at the expense of the other, we might fall behind!"

Jiang Mengyang then asked the others, "What do you think?"

Jiang Mengtai and Jiang Baisha both felt that this was the general trend; if they didn't advance, they would fall behind, and one side would grow while the other would decline. It wouldn't be good not to follow it.

Chen Yao remained noncommittal.

Jiang Mengyang took a deep breath: "Cultivation is inherently a feat of stealing from the heavens, and now so many techniques that can be mastered quickly and are extremely powerful have emerged. I'm afraid this is not a good sign. Otherwise, why would those major sects release them? Moreover, I've heard that there are many more demons in Jiujiang than usual. I wonder if it's related to these things. We can't be careless. Our disciples are all from our own sect; they're all our flesh and blood. We can't let them become our guinea pigs."

He paused, then made his decision: "We can negotiate, but I will not participate in the cultivation techniques!"

Once the leader makes a decision, the others can only follow suit.