What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 172 The Empress Takes Action, Su Mo's Cultivation Soars!
Upon hearing Su Mo propose dual cultivation with Lin Moyin, the Empress and Nangong Sheyue couldn't help but curse Su Mo for being shameless.

But his feet remained completely still!
They have no intention of leaving at all.

The two of them were determined to eavesdrop from the corner!

Su Mo's cultivation level improved far too quickly.

It was faster than the Empress and Nangong Sheyue could comprehend.

The key point is that with Su Mo's background, it's impossible for him to have the support of a powerful cultivator or the help of elixirs and divine medicines!

As powerful beings at the Heavenly Infant Realm and great sorcerers at the Returning Aperture Realm, the two were naturally extremely curious about Su Mo's secrets!
Last time, the Empress went to great lengths to use the incredibly precious Bewitching Incense to extract the secrets of the Way of Mathematics because Su Mo boasted that his advancement in cultivation was due to the power of mathematics.

Although they didn't manage to extract Su Mo's cultivation secrets, they did give the Empress the more important "Decree of Grace," so the Bewitching Incense wasn't wasted after all.

This is why the Empress became increasingly curious about the reason for Su Mo's rapid progress in cultivation!

Lin Moyin, who was inside the room, was startled upon hearing this and resolutely said, "No!"

Seeing Su Mo's unwilling expression.

Lin Moyin could only explain again, "Although I have somewhat stabilized my Returning to the Qi Realm, but..."

"But it is almost midnight, and I am unable to control my magic power. If I am not careful, I will devour all your magic power, causing your cultivation to plummet!"

Her Heavenly Serpent Yin Sha Technique activates every day at midnight and noon, and the closer to these two times, the more severe the condition becomes.

How could Lin Moyin dare to cultivate with Su Mo at this time!

Su Mo frowned: "What's going on?"

He had encountered this problem before.

The closer it got to noon, the colder Lin Moyin's body became, but she just didn't ask.

The system mentioned that Lin Moyin's body was injured by the cold, but did not say what the reason was.

Lin Moyin hesitated for a moment.

Her favorability rating with Su Mo is as high as 93%, and their intimacy level is already two points.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally whispered, "What I cultivate... is the Heavenly Serpent Yin Sha Technique."

"This method is extremely yin and gentle. It is incredibly rapid to practice, but it will also continuously accumulate yin evil and cold poison, which is difficult to eliminate."

"Every day at midnight and noon, my magical power is in disarray, causing unbearable pain, and each episode is more intense than the last, requiring the power of my primordial yang energy to neutralize it..."

The Empress and Nangong Sheyue outside couldn't help but exchange a glance.

No wonder Lin Moyin is so young yet has such strong cultivation; it turns out she is cultivating the Heavenly Serpent Yin Sha Technique.

Su Mo suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

"No wonder you forced me to cultivate with you back then..."

Lin Moyin blushed, glared at Su Mo, and huffed angrily, "You still dare to talk!"

"I've suffered a great loss by cultivating with you!"

Su Mo smiled smugly: "Where did I lose out?"

Lin Moyin gritted her teeth: "Naturally, it's due to a loss of magical power!"

She paused, a sudden chill running down her spine. "However, once you advance to the Soul-Stabilizing Realm, I can... cultivate with you again..."

As she was speaking, her pretty face suddenly turned deathly pale, revealing an expression of extreme pain. Her body trembled uncontrollably, her body temperature plummeted, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a block of ice!
Su Mo's expression changed, and she quickly asked in a deep voice, "Mo'er! What's wrong?"

Lin Moyin gritted her teeth and took several deep breaths: "I'm fine... the Yin energy has flared up! I'll be alright after an hour!"

She paused, then gritted her teeth and said, "Now that you've advanced to the Returning Aperture Realm, the attacks are becoming increasingly severe. You need to advance to the Soul Stabilizing Realm as soon as possible!"

After she finished speaking, her pretty face was covered with a faint white frost, and her face was contorted with pain!

Su Mo's face immediately darkened!

The next second, he swept his arm around Lin Moyin and pulled her into his embrace.

The Yang Tian Technique began to operate wildly!

Lin Moyin's expression changed drastically, and she subconsciously tried to push Su Mo away.

But she found that her hands were weak and she could not push them. She immediately cried out, "My lord, you mustn't!"

Su Mo shouted, "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and circulate your energy, don't waste my magic power!"

Outside the window frame.

Empress Leng Liuxi and Nangong Sheyue suddenly had strange expressions.

An inexplicable feeling of jealousy suddenly arose in our hearts!
Su Mo is a coward who is greedy for money and lustful. He is extremely wary of outsiders, such as himself, as if everyone would harm him!
But he's incredibly nice to Lin Moyin!

Knowing that Lin Moyin's magic power was out of control and might devour all of his magic power, causing him to lose all his cultivation and become an ordinary person.

He even used his magic power without hesitation to alleviate Lin Moyin's pain!
Cultivating immortal arts and techniques is inherently difficult, and it's like rowing against the current—if you don't advance, you fall behind.

Once one's cultivation level declines or one loses one's spiritual power, it is almost impossible to recover!
Leng Liuxi's expression changed, and she hesitated whether to take action and forcibly separate Su Mo and Lin Moyin.

Suddenly, Lin Moyin exclaimed in surprise, "My lord, how can your magic power be so profound? It's twice as profound as that of an ordinary peak-stage Body Observation Realm cultivator!"

Su Mo had no energy left to answer Lin Moyin's question.

During this cultivation session, the suction force emanating from Lin Moyin increased by more than double.

The chilling energy that invades oneself becomes increasingly sharp and fierce!
However, the last time I completed the task of advancing to the rank of a thousand households, I was rewarded with ten years of cultivation and the completion of the Green Wood Technique.

During this period, the power storage of the Vajra Pestle increased significantly, and it managed to hold on for a while!

It lasted for the time it takes to burn an incense stick.

Lin Moyin felt her body warm up, and the frenzied Yin Sha magic power gradually calmed down.

He opened his eyes, about to speak to Su Mo, when his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"Su Lang, you...how could you..."

She suddenly couldn't continue.

With her current level of cultivation, she could naturally tell at a glance that Su Mo had fallen from the peak of the Body Observation Realm back to the entry level!
The foundation has been damaged!
Su Mo's body went limp, and if Lin Moyin hadn't been supporting her, she would have collapsed onto the bed long ago.

He forced a laugh: "He overestimated his own strength..."

He paused, then added, "However, with some rest, his cultivation should improve again."

"After this training, you should be able to... sustain yourself for some time."

Su Mo could feel that even though he had used all the energy of the Vajra Pestle, he had only reduced the Yin Sha Cold Poison accumulated in Lin Moyin's body by one-fifth!

Lin Moyin gritted her teeth and whispered, "You don't need to do this!"

Su Mo forced a laugh again: "If it were me, would you do the same?"

Lin Moyin was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded her head: "Yes!"

Su Mo smiled weakly, "This is terrible?"

If we don't address this now, and Lin Moyin's cold poison accumulates, it will become even more difficult to deal with later.

Anyway, I have the system with me. At worst, I can just try my best to complete the tasks in the future and get a few more years of cultivation as a reward. My fallen realm will naturally rise back.

The Empress, who was eavesdropping outside the window, couldn't help but grit her teeth and mutter a low snort: "Foolish!"

He immediately flicked his wrist, and a beam of red light shot out, piercing through the window paper and flying swiftly towards Su Mo.

This Grade 6 Great Heaven-Mending Pill is considered the reward for overhearing Su Mo's words about imperial power and methods of controlling people.

Upon seeing this, Nangong Sheyue's pretty face involuntarily changed.

The Great Heaven-Mending Pill is incredibly precious!
Before the Empress fought for the throne, she forcibly broke through to the Heavenly Infant Realm, which injured her Dao Foundation. Every three months, she needed to take a Great Heaven-Replenishing Pill to suppress the injury.

Not many people knew about this, but Nangong Sheyue was one of them.

Unexpectedly, the Empress would give Su Mo the incomparably precious Great Heaven-Mending Pill in order to repair Su Mo's injuries!

Hearing the sound of something breaking through the air, Lin Moyin's pretty face changed instantly. She reached out and grabbed the Great Heaven-Mending Pill in her palm.

At the same time, he flashed and shielded Su Mo behind him, while the sword-wielding book floated in the air inside the robe placed on the bedside.

The nine sword talismans transformed into nine sword beams, shooting outwards at breakneck speed! Nangong Sheyue cried out in alarm, just as he was about to make his move.

But then Leng Liuxi waved her sleeve, and the nine sword lights that Lin Moyin had emitted vanished without a trace, like spring snow meeting the blazing sun!
Then the Empress flashed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Nangong Sheyue looked at the Empress's back in horror!

As expected of a Heavenly Infant Realm expert who is two major realms higher than a Returning Aperture Realm expert!

The Golden Core stage is the watershed between the realms of immortality, and it is vastly different from the Returning Aperture stage. Not to mention that the Empress is in the Heavenly Infant stage, which is above the Golden Core stage!

The Empress had already left, so Nangong Sheyue naturally followed quickly.

Lin Moyin, who was inside the room, was naturally terrified!
Although his magical power was still in disarray, the power of the nine sword talismans was still enough to easily kill a half-step grandmaster or an ordinary sorcerer in the Divine Transformation Realm.

Unexpectedly, the sword light vanished instantly, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

His strongest attack was easily neutralized by someone hiding in the shadows!

She opened her palm with a furrowed brow, her gaze falling on the red pill. Her pretty face changed again, and she exclaimed in surprise, "The Great Heaven-Mending Pill?!"

Su Mo finally came to her senses.

Looking at the pill in Lin Moyin's palm, about the size of a longan, faintly emitting a red glow, a rich and exotic fragrance emanated from it.

Unable to resist asking, "What is this? The Great Heaven-Mending Pill?"

Lin Moyin frowned, her expression grave as she looked out the window.

Finally, he withdrew his gaze and slowly nodded: "Indeed, it should be the legendary Great Heaven-Mending Pill!"

"You shall take it!"

Su Mo was stunned for a moment: "Me, eat it?"

Lin Moyin said in a deep voice, "Legend has it that the Great Heaven-Mending Pill can repair all foundational damage below the Golden Core realm and also improve one's cultivation level. Its medicinal properties are mild, and ordinary people can also take it. It is extremely rare and valuable!"

Su Mo stared in disbelief at the red pill, dumbfounded: "Priceless?"

"Is this thing worth 100,000 taels of silver?"

He simply couldn't believe it; who would be foolish enough to give away a miraculous medicine worth 100,000 taels of silver to someone else!

"It's not a scam, right?"

Lin Moyin gave a bitter smile: "That person's strength far surpasses mine. If he wanted to take our lives, why would he need to resort to trickery!"

Su Mo agreed.

Lord Qianhu's nine sword talismans were fired, but made no sound afterward, clearly easily neutralized by the opponent.

He hesitated for a moment: "This Great Heaven-Mending Pill, can you also...?"

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Moyin pointed her jade finger, and Su Mo's mouth opened uncontrollably.

Then Lin Moyin forcibly stuffed the pill into her mouth.

He swallowed it down.

A warm current rose from my abdomen, like the heat from the vajra entering my body, nourishing my internal organs and flowing throughout my body...

"Activate the Yang Heaven Technique!"

Lin Moyin reminded Su Mo in a deep voice!
Su Mo could only do as Lin Moyin suggested, sitting cross-legged and breathing exercises!
As the medicine took effect, the coldness in the internal organs was instantly dispelled, and the damage to the body was rapidly repaired.

Finally, the powerful medicinal force transformed into mist, liquid, and streams... eventually converging into a mighty river, rushing towards the giant rock that was hindering the advancement of the Body Contemplation Realm!

Under the impact of these vast river and ocean currents.

The boulder shattered with a deafening roar.

Another key point has been unlocked!
Su Mo felt a thunderous roar within his body!
My magical power is skyrocketing!

Having fallen from the initial stage, one can quickly return to the stage of observing oneself.

And there's still no sign of it stopping!
Early stage of the Soul-Stabilizing Realm!
Peak of the early stage of the Soul-Stabilizing Realm!
Su Mo opened his tightly closed eyes, which flashed like lightning before quickly closing again.

He opened his mouth and exhaled a puff of white mist.

With his five fingers spread out, each finger flashed with a bolt of lightning, which finally converged in his palm.

Thunderbolts as thick as a wrist!

He mastered the Five Thunder Technique.

Su Mo took a deep breath, withdrew the lightning, and focused his divine sense inward to examine himself.

My magical power has increased by a full two times!
The Green Wood Technique has been upgraded to its limit, and the strength of the physical body has increased exponentially!

Even the sword embryo within his body faintly shimmered with sword light, its power greatly enhanced.

Lin Moyin stared at Su Mo in shock, then couldn't help but exclaim, "What an amazing Great Heaven-Mending Pill!"

"No wonder it's a legendary sixth-grade divine medicine worth a fortune!"

Su Mo was also very surprised.

This Great Heaven-Mending Pill is almost as good as the ten years of cultivation reward I received last time!

There is such a miraculous medicine in this world.

No wonder the aloof Nangong Sheyue, despite not being very old, had already reached the Guiqiao Realm cultivation level.

Furthermore, that cold-looking, sickly, and frail person, who could be crushed with a single finger, was the same person who set up a magic array with a wave of his hand in the carriage last time!

After sensing the changes in his body, Su Mo knew that his strength had increased at least threefold!
He frowned, squinted at Lin Moyin, and said in a deep voice, "Mo'er, what do you think the person who was spying earlier was?"

Lin Moyin's pretty face flashed with a strange expression, and she frowned as she said, "The other party was hiding outside the room, and I didn't notice at all... Master, you do have such cultivation..."

He immediately shook his head: "It can't be Master!"

"But if it's not Master, then who could it be?"

Lin Moyin looked at Su Mo suspiciously: "Could it be someone you know well, but why would they sneak into your residence to spy on you?"

At this point, Lin Moyin's expression suddenly changed drastically.

Will all the intimate moments between me and Su Mo, the joys we shared in our private quarters, have been seen by others?

She hurriedly put her robe back on.

Su Mo didn't think that much about it. He frowned and thought for a moment, then said suspiciously, "I don't know any such immortal masters!"

"In terms of the realm of immortality, the highest should be Nangong Sheyue, the commander of Fengming Division."

Lin Moyin shook her head: "It's not her!"

"The person outside the window is definitely not at the Returning to the Aperture Realm!"

"Hmm..." Su Mo hesitated for a moment, "That Leng Xixi, her cultivation level seems to be quite high as well, could it be her?"

"But she's not much older than you, so it's impossible for her to have such cultivation, right?"

"Besides, she's incredibly stingy; why would she be willing to give me the priceless Heaven-Mending Pill?"

Lin Moyin's eyebrows twitched involuntarily, and her pretty face showed hesitation: "This Great Heaven-Mending Pill is not something ordinary people can obtain!"

"That cold-hearted woman actually has royal connections..."

Su Mo swallowed hard: "Could it really be her?"

Lin Moyin shook her head: "This is just my guess, but in any case, I don't think they have any ill intentions towards you."

Of course, she hoped the other person would be cold and distant.

Lin Moyin could still accept being spied on by a woman during her intimate moments with Su Mo.

If a man saw this, I would definitely kill him!

Su Mo didn't continue to investigate the question. Suddenly remembering something, she looked at Lin Moyin and said, "Hmm, Mo'er, what you just said about Master..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Moyin's pretty face suddenly changed color, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes!

(End of this chapter)