I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

Yukinoshita Haruno smiled and said, "The Yukinoshita family is just a new family, and it is always good to have more strong supporters in the cultivation world. The Tokugawa family is a thousand-year-old powerful family in Onmyoji, and Lin Hezhen is a powerful foundation-building cultivator. My family is very willing to make friends with you. In this way, we will have a little say in the Kamo family in the future. I believe the Tokugawa family will not mind having another friend in the Kamo family camp, right?"

"In that case, my family will certainly welcome you." Tsuchimikado Ryohei smiled, "I will report to the clan leader when I get back. I think the clan leader will also be very happy to have made friends with a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator."

He thought to himself, it seems that the Yukinoshita family is also a restless family. They are clearly married to the Kamo family, but they want to make friends with the forces that are not on good terms with the Kamo family. They want to have the best of both worlds. They are really ambitious.

However, can the overbearing Kamo family tolerate their betrayal? I'm afraid they will be punished in a few years.

The Tsuchimikado family has been passed down for thousands of years, and they have seen many families like this that rise and fall suddenly.

However, if someone takes the initiative to offer goodwill to them, they will not refuse. It is good to have a nail in the Kamo family for a few years, and then they can cut off ties with them when they are destroyed.

Yang Nai had a smile on her face. How could she not guess what the other person was thinking?

However, her goal is to prevent her sister from marrying into the Kamo family, not to play both sides between the Kamo family and the Tsuchimikado family. To do this, she needs to unite all the forces that are at odds with the Kamo family.

"Then the deal is done. Let's open a bottle of champagne to celebrate."

Yang Nai went to the wine cabinet and picked out a bottle of royal champagne produced by the French Moët & Chandon winery and poured three glasses.

"Cheers!"

Two people, each with their own ulterior motives, raised their glasses at the same time, and the cups made crisp clattering sounds.

Chapter 117 Mai's Expectation

After the two people from the Kamo family left, Yang No stayed in the reception room and tasted wine alone.

"Miss, shouldn't we go back?" Yuta Nomura reminded.

Yang Nai took a sip of wine and asked him a strange question.

"Nomura-kun, do you know how to be the son-in-law of the world's richest man and vice president of the World Bank at the same time?"

"This..." Yuta Nomura was stunned by the question.

"Do I have to become a prince of the British Kingdom first?" he asked tentatively.

"Hahaha, it seems that you have learned the lesson and understand the importance of bloodline," Yang Nai laughed, "But what should I do if I am not reborn into a good family?"

"This...I don't know."

"There is a simple way. First, find the world's richest man and convince him to accept a vice president of the World Bank as his son-in-law. Then find the president of the World Bank and convince him to let the son-in-law of the world's richest man be his vice president."

Nomura Yuta was speechless when he heard this: "Isn't this just a scam?"

Yang Nai smiled and said, "As long as all the key figures are convinced by you and all the links are connected, this matter can immediately become a reality. How can it be considered as getting something for nothing?"

Yuta Nomura was speechless and thought to himself that you rich people know how to have fun.

"However, I always feel that this Tushi family has bad intentions, so it's better for you to be careful," Xiong Tai advised.

"Oh, why do you think so?" Yang Nai asked with interest.

"Intuition." Yuta Nomura touched his head embarrassedly.

Ever since he started practicing body-building exercises, his sixth sense has surpassed that of ordinary people, and he has a beast-like intuition about danger and other people's ill intentions.

Yang No lowered his eyes and said calmly: "Of course I know that Tsuchimikado Ryohei has bad intentions. Am I not also using him? There is no other way. If I want to make a small profit with a big investment, I can only try my best to go all in and gamble on that tiny hope of success."

The more she investigated the Kamo family, the heavier her mood became.

This ancient family that possessed extraordinary powers would try anything and abandon anything in order to survive during the thousand-year-long period of spiritual energy scarcity.

The first thing to be abandoned is the illusory morality.

Just imagine, what good results can come from being tied to a family like this?

I'm afraid he's just hungry, so the first thing he did was to kill his little brother and eat his meat, just like a certain overlord of Blue Star.

Yono was sure that even if her sister married Kamo Yuu, the Yukinoshita family would definitely not have a good ending.

It's ridiculous that her parents are still immersed in the prosperity of the present and fail to see the crisis in the distance.

Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. For my sister and my family, I will fight to the end even if it means risking everything!

Yang Nai closed his eyes, feeling a little sad.

This is the tragedy of weak forces. If they don’t have enough strength and don’t want to be bullied by others, they can only take risks.

The tradition of island nations is to gamble on national destiny, which is something you cannot miss.

If we win, we'll have the stars and the sea; if we lose, we'll all jump into the sea together, that's all.

……

"Let's go." Yang No finished the last glass of wine and left with Yuta Nomura.

If the head of the Tsuchimikado clan agrees, she will have to persuade Lin Hezhen.

It is difficult to convince this mysterious boy.

Yang No didn't know that Lin Hezhen and Yukino were cursed, but he keenly felt that the relationship between him and his sister was unusual.

They are more like lovers than friends.

After all, what kind of friends can be flirting and quarreling at the same time like they do?

……

The night falls and the lanterns come on.

The prosperity and tranquility of the city are fully displayed under the cover of night.

Unlike Roppongi, which is filled with debauchery and drinking, the high-end apartment where Hayashi Kazuma lives is quiet and peaceful.

"excuse me."

Mai Sakurajima followed in behind Hayashi Kazuma and changed into her slippers with ease.

"Why are you back so late? I'm starving!"

The Unsmiling Cat came over angrily and demanded an explanation.

Unfortunately, its round body and four short furry legs make it look so funny when it walks. It doesn't feel oppressive at all, but instead makes people feel that it is very cute.

"You can pour the cat food yourself."

The No-Laughing Cat was mad: "The cat food was finished yesterday! Didn't you say you would buy me new food today? In the end, I came back empty-handed, you liar!"

"Then Lord Cat God must have been hungry all day. Brother, you are really careless. It is wrong to abuse animals like this."

Lin Hezhen waved his hands and said, "Don't listen to its pity talk. It's a monster with thick skin and flesh. It won't matter if it goes hungry for a day. By the way, you don't have to call it 'Lord Cat God'. It's far from a true god."

"The gods of our island country were all like this in the beginning. What's wrong with calling me 'Lord Cat God'?" The Unsmiling Cat said unconvinced.

"But now I have a name, so you can call me by it - Dafu, this is my name."

"Da Fu, is this the name you chose?" Mai turned and asked Lin Hezhen.

Lin Hezhen hesitated for a moment.

The Cat Who Doesn't Smile rushed to say, "It was named after the new woman he brought here, the one called Yukinoshita."

Lin Hezhen glared at the smiling cat and said, "You cat demon, you've narrowed your path. I should starve you for another week!"

He carefully looked at Mai's expression again, and sure enough, Mai's face was gloomy and there was a creepy taste in her smile.

"Brother, what do you mean by a new woman? Please explain it to me."

She leaned closer to Lin Hezhen's body.

"Don't listen to what the laughing cat says. Its IQ is about the same as that of a seven or eight-year-old child. What does it know?"

Lin Hezhen was forced to retreat step by step by her.

Mai Sakurajima was unwilling to let him go and grabbed his school uniform tie.

"The kitten may not understand, but the kitten will never lie. Now, if Yukinoshita-san is the new woman, then am I not the woman from the past? Should I sing 'I see the new people laughing, I hear the old people crying'?"

"You're exaggerating. It's just a name, isn't it? Yukinoshita Yukino is a cat lover. When she came to my house and saw the Stunning Cat, she thought it was my pet. When she asked and found out it didn't have a name, she gave it one. What's the big deal? Mai, don't mind. The bond between us brothers and sisters is deep and our love is stronger than gold."

"Humph," Mai sneered, "I'm afraid he didn't just come here to give the cat a name. Maybe he even stayed here overnight?"

"How is this possible?" Lin Hezhen cried out in injustice, "Even Mai didn't stay at my house, so how could I let someone else stay here?"

"Well, if I wanted to stay over tonight, you wouldn't object?"

"Although this is a huge test of my concentration, I will do my best to control myself, even better than Liu Xiahui."

Mai smiled: "It's okay if you don't control it, I will cooperate with you half-heartedly."

"Please refuse, or I will be tempted."

"A heartbeat is worse than action."

"I choose not to move."

Seeing his determination, Mai Sakurajima sighed, "Senior brother is really a herbivore."

"Mai is surprisingly a carnivorous girl."

"Isn't it because we are forced to do so? If we don't hurry up, who knows if Kazuma will be seduced by a vixen who appears out of nowhere."

"Please rest assured about this." Lin Hezhen patted his chest and said, "The vixen that can seduce me from the island country must be at least the Tamamonomae in your legend."

"Huh, bragging." Mai finally put down his tie.

Lin Hezhen simply took off his tie and hung it on the hook on the wall.

"Your filming is finished so soon?" he asked.

Mai shook her head and said, "I just asked the director to concentrate my individual shots in a few days. There are still some shots with the same frame that need to be re-shot, as well as some exterior scenes."

"Why are you working so hard?" Lin Hezhen was a little puzzled.

Mai stared at him and smiled, "Brother, you must not understand the feeling of wanting to put everything aside to see someone, right?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Hezhen let out a long sigh and said sullenly, "No, I understand."

"I want to go to a place, see familiar faces, and hear their voices... I understand that feeling! Because I feel the same way! And this feeling becomes stronger as time goes by, as if a piece of my heart has been hollowed out and I want to fill it up."

“As the Little Prince said, if we don’t travel around the world, we won’t know what our spiritual and emotional sustenance is. But once we travel around the world, we find that we can never go back to that beautiful place. When we start to seek, we have already lost it. If we don’t start to seek, we will never know that everything around us is so precious.”

Sakurajima Mai was silent. She didn't expect that Lin Hezhen had such a secret in his heart.

This seemingly omnipotent, mysterious and free-spirited young man also has a soft spot in his heart, where he builds a high siege and refuses all visits.

That was his own lonely fortress.

Only then did she realize that she knew nothing about Lin Hezhen.

His past, his experiences, his love, his end... everything was a blank to her.

She asked tentatively: "Can you share your secret with me?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you." Lin Hezhen answered without hesitation.

Unsurprisingly rejected.

Although she was mentally prepared, Mai Sakurajima still couldn't help but shed tears.

"The Little Prince also said that if you want someone to fall in love with you, you have to risk shedding tears. I know I am not the only one in your world, nor am I the station you are grateful for. Perhaps, I am just a passer-by in your life memory. But, even so, can I have expectations? I am looking forward to the day when you are willing to tell me."

Her tears kept falling like pearls from a broken string, but there was a hopeful smile on her face, like a flame in the wind, flickering, and would be extinguished with just a gentle blow from him.

In the end, Lin Hezhen still couldn't bear to do it, so he could only hold her hand and said, "If that day really comes, I will take the initiative to tell you."

At night, the wind rustles as if it were within reach.

In the swaying wind of the summer night, the girl leaned her head on his shoulder at a close distance.

What I hold in my hands is a tiny glimmer of hope...

……

Island country, Mount Fugaku.

This mountain, about 80 kilometers southwest of Higashi City, is the highest peak in the island country and is known as the "Holy Mountain".

Mount Fugaku rises high into the clouds, with its peak covered in snow. Looking from a distance, it looks like a fan hanging upside down in the air, hence the name "Jade Fan".

At the foot of the mountain is a lush forest with abundant greenery. The mountainside is covered with towering trees. The lush branches and leaves block out the sunlight, making the entire mountain look mysterious.

There is a winding stream on the mountainside. The clear water flows slowly down the stream and flows into the deep pool.

Near the deep pool, there is a steep and smooth stone wall.