Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

"In my entire life, I've only gambled twice."

"Once, he was a rogue cultivator who insisted on establishing a city on the Xuanhuang Continent."

"One time, I'll betroth that girl Tianqi to you."

"You won both times."

Li Ziran flicked his sleeves and stood up.

"Don't worry."

"These words I've spoken today, once they leave this door, will remain buried in my heart."

"I'd rather die than take it out with me."

"From now on, the direction of Luoyan City is up to you."

Li Ziran turned her back and took two steps toward the window.

"I've figured it out over the years."

"Hold on for another hundred years or so, and then I'll hand this city over to you."

"Go into seclusion."

"Luoyan City will be yours sooner or later."

Su Chen didn't respond to that.

"There is one more thing I need to trouble you with, Father-in-law, since I'm back this time."

"explain."

"I need to find the source of the spiritual veins of the Xuanhuang Continent."

Li Ziran turned around.

The expression on that old face was strange.

"The source of the spiritual veins?"

"What do you need that for?"

"That thing is completely useless against your current level."

Li Ziran took a sip of tea, seemingly knowing something.

Su Chen understood that, after all, he was the lord of Luoyan City.

Another Grandmaster of the Void Refinement stage.

A few years ago, my experience was naturally quite different.

"If a Nascent Soul or Deity Transformation cultivator cultivates at the source of a spiritual vein."

"It was quite a stroke of luck, I suppose."

"Those who advance beyond the Void Refinement stage rely on their comprehension of the laws, not spiritual energy."

"This thing is useless to cultivators at the Void Refinement stage."

He certainly didn't know what Su Chen wanted the source of the spiritual vein for.

"It has other clever uses."

Su Chen spoke those four words very softly.

Li Ziran glanced at him for a couple of moments, then didn't ask any more questions.

Li Ziran's greatest skill in surviving for over a thousand years is knowing which words shouldn't be followed up on.

"become."

"I have a few old temple guardians under my command who specialize in working with spiritual veins."

"Is sending three people enough?"

That's enough.

Su Chen paused.

"But there is one condition."

"Be sure to avoid being seen by Master Hongfu's spies."

"Don't use the name of Luoyan City, and don't disturb the sects that have submitted to us."

"The more inconspicuous the better."

"It would be best to disguise yourself as a rogue cultivator collecting spiritual materials and slowly make your way there."

Li Ziran put his hands behind his back.

"I understand."

"We should be able to find some clues for you within three months."

"If this were another sect, they might not be able to find it even after searching for a hundred years."

"I seem to have seen it once, exactly a thousand years ago."

"I still have some impression."

When the topic turned to three months, Li Ziran suddenly remembered something, and the wrinkles on her face gathered again.

"Speaking of three months."

Li Ziran picked up the chess pieces from the table and put them into the box one by one.

"You'd better not travel far during this period."

Su Chen's brow twitched slightly.

"The three elders from Xueyuan Pavilion arrived in Luoyan City the day before yesterday."

Li Ziran's hands never stopped picking up the chess pieces.

"They're pressuring me to get married."

"That's exactly what I was urging you on."

"I have looked at the date and decided to hold it three months from now."

"The ceremony will be held in Luoyan City."

"The people over at Hantan have already cleared it out, but I don't think it's a good idea."

"How respectable could a small sect like Xueyuan Pavilion possibly be?"

"The temple square in Luoyan City can accommodate 30,000 cultivators."

Su Chen felt a little embarrassed.

"I'm so sorry to trouble you with this..."

Su Chen cupped his hands in a gesture of respect.

"I feel really bad about it."

"Feeling bad about it?"

Li Ziran dropped the last chess piece into the box and pressed the lid shut.

"Don't think that just because you're my grandson-in-law, you're a fool."

Li Ziran raised her head.

"But I value you highly!"

Su Chen was stunned for a moment.

Then he burst out laughing.

That sounds really awkward.

But hearing it from this old man, Su Chen found it surprisingly pleasing.

The side hall of the temple is on the west side, separated by a corridor.

There was a pond of spirit fish under the corridor. The fish were useless; they were just pretty.

As Su Chen walked by, the largest red fish in the pond flicked its tail, splashing water onto the pillars.

The door to the side hall was open.

A female nun was standing at the entrance.

She wore an apricot-colored palace dress with an extremely slender waist, the curve of which stretched the dress slightly.

Li Tianqi raised his chin.

"Look what I said."

"Sister Yuyan, and Sister Wanwan."

"This guy doesn't seem to feel any sense of indebtedness whatsoever."

Her little face was pouting.

"Go in and see my grandfather first."

"After the meeting, he lingered in the corridor for a while."

"I'm not going through this door."

A soft laugh came from inside the hall.

Wang Yuyan sat on the soft couch by the window, holding a book in her hand, and covering her mouth with her sleeve.

The cuffs were made of soft, pale blue gauze, making the wrist look as if it had just been pulled out of the snow.

"I'm back."

A third voice came from behind the desk.

Lin Wanwan sat there, her cup of tea untouched, the steam around the rim of the cup long since dissipated.

"How's it going?"

Su Chen knew what she was asking.

I request Master Hongfu to enlighten me on how to interpret the second volume.

Su Chen nodded.

Lin Wanwan relaxed her shoulders by half an inch, then picked up the cup of cold tea and took a sip.

After taking a sip, I frowned; it was cold.

"Don't try to fool me."

Li Tianqi rushed over and hugged Su Chen's waist.

"I heard you're about to become Daoist partners with Bai Luwei, the Holy Maiden of Xueyuan Pavilion?"

"Speak."

"How will you compensate us three Daoist partners?"

Su Chen's smile froze on his face.

"this......"

"Don't make things difficult for him, little sister."

Wang Yuyan closed the book and placed it on the couch.

"I do have a way."

"Sister Yuyan, what do you want to say?"

Li Tianqi immediately turned his head away.

"What should we do?"

"Then let him serve us well today."

Wang Yuyan raised her eyes, and a smile spread across them.

"Let's see if he can take good care of all three of us at the same time."

The hall fell silent for a moment.

Su Chen's face darkened.

None of these three people are easy to deal with.

Back in the days after the spirit pool in the mine of Yanyu Pavilion, Wang Yuyan was the kind of woman with a terrifyingly insatiable thirst.

As for Li Tianqi, he spent a long time treating himself like a furnace.

Lin Wanwan is even more of a surprise; her contrasting saintly demeanor is no joke.

Three of them practicing dual cultivation together?

Although his primordial yang energy was extremely abundant, he was a Void Refining Grand Cultivator upon entering the realm.

But if these three women were allowed to cause trouble, they might perish in this side hall today.

"I suddenly remembered."

Su Chen turned his body toward the door.

"There's still one thing I haven't finished explaining to my great-grandfather..."

Looks like I have no choice but to leave...

Before he had taken more than a few steps, his sleeve was grabbed.

Lin Wanwan with one hand, Li Tianqi with one hand.

Su Chen was forced down onto the couch.

One of the cushions on the tatami mat collapsed.

Wang Yuyan had knelt down on the edge of the bed without anyone noticing.

A pair of jade-like feet peeked out from under her skirt, hooked around Su Chen's calves, and pulled him inward.

"My husband..."

Those red lips pressed against mine.

Su Chen's face darkened even more.

The palace doors closed by themselves.

The window frame made a sound when it was hit by the foot of the tatami.

But alas, that soft, fragrant scent clung to me.

The three graceful figures were anything but still.

These three women, however, possess a unique charm.

It felt as if these three women had deliberately studied during the time Su Chen was gone.

She's really getting better and better at manipulating Su Chen.

...