Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

"Come on then!"

Xia Qinghan stepped forward, thrusting the wooden sword straight at his chest.

Lin Mo stood still, casually flicking the branch in his hand to the side.

Snapped.

The wooden sword flew out of his hand and smashed into the weapon rack behind him.

Xia Qinghan's hand went numb, and unable to stop herself, she crashed headfirst into Lin Mo.

Lin Mo wrapped one arm around her slender waist, which could be encircled by a single hand.

"Too slow, full of flaws."

Xia Qinghan pushed him away and ran over to pick up the wooden sword.

"Again!"

Ten times in a row.

It slipped through my fingers every time.

Xia Qinghan's chest heaved violently, sweat dripped down her fair chin onto the bluestone slab, and her hand holding the sword trembled like a leaf.

"Do you submit or not?" Lin Mo threw away the withered branch.

"I refuse to accept this!"

Xia Qinghan gritted her teeth, stubbornly refusing to admit defeat.

"Then keep practicing. One thousand times, one less. You'll be sleeping on the ground tonight."

Lin Mo turned and walked to the corner.

Xia Youyue held a wooden sword, her eyes blindfolded, and stood there quietly.

"Can you hear me?"

Xia Youyue nodded, "Yes."

"Stab me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden sword transformed into a black shadow and headed straight for Lin Mo's throat.

Its speed and angle are ten times more tricky than Xia Qinghan's.

Lin Mo turned his head, and the wooden sword grazed his neck, bringing a cool breeze.

The Netherworld Body is born to be an assassin.

"good."

Lin Mo praised it.

"A blind person practicing swordsmanship has no visual distractions, which makes the practice even purer."

Xia Youyue sheathed her sword and put it in her bosom. "It's because you taught me well."

Lin Mo patted her shoulder, "Continue, feel the shadow power within you."

……

The morning passed just like that.

The five women slumped in their chairs, too weak to even hold chopsticks.

A large table of imperial food was set up beside the drill ground.

Lin Mo sat in the main seat and said, "Eat, eat your fill, and we'll continue this afternoon."

Mu Wanrong no longer cared about her former dignity as Empress Dowager; she grabbed her chopsticks and started picking up braised pork.

My hands were shaking so badly that the meat fell onto the table, so I just picked it up with my fingers and put it in my mouth.

Lin Yun'er and Xia Youyue also ate heartily.

Xia Ruoling was gnawing on a roast chicken, her face glistening with oil.

Xia Qinghan was the only one holding the bowl, her chopsticks trembling in mid-air, unable to pick up any food.

She was the only one who finished the thousand sword swings out of spite, and now her arms are so sore they feel like they're broken.

Lin Mo picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and held it to her lips. "Open your mouth."

Xia Qinghan turned her head away.

"I can eat it myself."

"Open your mouth. Don't make me say it a third time."

Xia Qinghan bit her lower lip, her cheeks turning red, but she finally obediently opened her mouth.

Lin Mo stuffed the ribs inside.

"Is it tasty?"

She chewed twice and mumbled out a single word: "Mmm."

……

They ate and drank their fill.

Lin Mo led the people to the royal garden behind the training ground.

The mountains are beautiful, the water is clear, and the vegetation is lush.

Xia Ruoling was in the best spirits, lifting her pale yellow skirt as she chased after the blue-tailed butterflies on the grass.

Lin Mo clapped his hands to stop it.

"Alright! Everyone, come here!"

Five women gathered around.

Lin Mo flipped his wrist, and an old-fashioned thread-bound book appeared in his palm.

The Return to Origin and Condensation of Qi Technique.

"What is this?" Mu Wanrong leaned closer to examine it.

"Cultivation Techniques"

"Cultivating immortality?"

Lin Yun'er blinked her big eyes and looked at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo was too lazy to explain and put his index and middle fingers together.

Dark golden true essence emanated from his body, transforming into a small sword about an inch long, which swirled around his fingertips.

He flicked his finger.

The small sword shot out silently, severing a willow tree trunk as thick as a thigh a dozen steps away.

The cut is as smooth as a mirror.

The big tree collapsed with a loud crash.

All the women gasped in unison.

"Wow!"

Xia Ruoling stopped catching butterflies and rushed over to hug Lin Mo's arm.

"I want to learn this! Teach me, teach me!"

Lin Mo pushed her aside and handed the cultivation manual to Xia Youyue.

"You have the strongest senses, feel it."

Xia Youyue ran her fingers over the cover. "There's a very strong aura, but I can't see it."

"I will read it to you."

Lin Mo stood with his hands behind his back and recited the several hundred-word formula in detail.

"Sink your Qi to the Dantian, gather it throughout your body. Draw upon the essence of heaven and earth, and circulate it through the eight extraordinary meridians..."

The four people were completely confused.

Only Xia Ruoling nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Just then, Li Dequan's hoarse voice rang out from afar: "Your Majesty, the goods have arrived!"

A dozen or so imperial guards carried a black iron wooden box, about half a person's height, and huffed and puffed as they approached.

boom!

The box landed and created two shallow dents.

"Open."

Li Dequan unlocked the latch and lifted the lid of the box.

Splash!

A dazzling light shot into the sky, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

The box contained thousands of crystal-clear stones, and the pure energy fluctuations made the surrounding air feel fresh.

Mu Wanrong covered her mouth, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"What...what kind of gemstone is this?"

Having been the Empress Dowager of the Great Xia Dynasty for so many years, what rare treasures hasn't she seen?

But any stone picked out of the box was of a quality that far surpassed the finest tribute jade in the Great Xia Kingdom's treasury!

"This is called a spirit stone."

Lin Mo casually picked up one and tossed it around for fun.

"The spiritual energy in the mortal realm is scarce. If you rely solely on cultivation techniques to absorb it, you'll never even reach the first level, not even if you try your whole life. Use this to directly absorb the spiritual energy within."

Lin Mo distributed two pieces to each of them.

"Sit cross-legged, close your eyes, and follow the mantra I just recited to feel the stone in your hand."

The five people sat obediently cross-legged on the grass.

Lin Mo strolled around them with his hands behind his back.

Less than half an incense stick's time.

The spirit stone in Xia Ruoling's hand emitted a slight hum.

Wisps of white mist seeped out and seeped into her body through her palm.

Spiritual energy swirled around her, subtly forming a small vortex.

Click.

The two spirit stones lost their luster, turning into dusty wasteland, and crumbled into powder in my hand.

Xia Ruoling opened her eyes, looking completely bewildered.

"Your Majesty, why is this stone broken?"

"Dried it all out." Lin Mo grabbed four more pieces and threw them over. "Keep going, don't stop."

The Sword Heart of Enlightenment is indeed domineering.

This girl hadn't even had her spiritual root tested, yet she instantly understood how to draw qi into her body.

Lin Mo turned his head and his gaze fell on Xia Youyue in the corner.

The spirit stone in her hand also changed.

The originally pure white spiritual energy was immediately stained into a pitch-black shadow as soon as it overflowed.

The dark entity from the underworld began to unleash its power.

The black mist surged wildly upwards along her arm, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet.

The grass beneath her withered, turned black, and turned to ash at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xia Youyue's brows were tightly furrowed, her body trembled violently, and a layer of frost formed on her skin.

This force was too violent; she simply couldn't control it.

Lin Mo strode over, placed one hand on her shoulder, and forcefully poured his chaotic true essence into her.

"Don't panic, guide this power to your dantian."

Xia Youyue bit her lower lip, and blood oozed out.

The black energy not only failed to subside, but instead rebounded up Lin Mo's arm, causing the chaotic true essence within his body to become agitated as well.