Lin De’s visit was somewhat beyond Zhou Luo’s expectations.
Inside the main hall, Lin De sat at the head of the room, the cultivation resources he had brought placed neatly beside him.
This time, Zhou Luo did not remain standing. At Lin De’s gesture, he took a seat on the right.
“Good, good. You truly haven’t disappointed me.”
Lin De looked at Zhou Luo, his expression brimming with delight.
He had never expected this young man to impregnate the women he arranged so quickly.
One must know, Lin Yiyi and the other two were carefully selected by him.
Their status and position within his branch were never high to begin with. Now that they were assigned to Zhou Luo, they would undoubtedly still look to Lin De’s daughter as their primary mistress.
This way, even if the three women bore children, those descendants would ultimately remain within his branch.
It had to be said, Lin De had gone to great lengths to ensure the expansion of his own lineage.
And Zhou Luo had not let him down.
That was why he made this rare personal visit.
“I am indebted to the family’s profound grace,” Zhou Luo replied, remaining as humble as ever.
Lin De nodded in satisfaction. After offering a few more customary words of encouragement, he revealed the second purpose of his trip.
“There is no need to rush having more children for now. Take it slowly; do not let it delay your cultivation.”
Word of Zhou Luo learning alchemy had already reached Lin De’s ears.
If Zhou Luo could truly earn the family’s vigorous backing through alchemy, Lin De would naturally support him.
Moreover, he did not currently have any suitable candidates to offer Zhou Luo, nor did he want the family to arrange their own women and dilute his daughter’s influence.
That was why he had completely shifted his previous attitude.
In his heart, Zhou Luo actually wanted to refuse.
He was eager for the family to send over as many women as possible, as that would grant him more opportunities to draw a Reward.
But this was not a matter for him to decide.
So, he did not refuse.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lin De departed.
After that, naturally came the family’s Reward.
The Reward this time was clearly not as bountiful.
It made sense when one thought about it. With so many Matrilocal Husbands in the estate, if massive Rewards were handed out for every pregnancy, the entire family’s daily resource distribution would be strained.
However, what Zhou Luo cared about most was his time cultivating in the spiritual vein blessed land.
Because he had impregnated three women at once, he was granted a full three months inside.
Inside the room.
Zhou Luo sat cross-legged upon the prayer mat and began to circulate the mantras of the [Spirit Gathering Incantation].
In an instant, specks of spiritual light shimmered across his body, forming a faint membrane over his skin. At the same time, the surrounding heaven and earth Spiritual Qi began to converge with him at the center.
The heaven and earth Spiritual Qi passed through the membrane and seeped into his body through his skin.
Guided by the cultivation technique, this purified Spiritual Qi continuously nourished his flesh and bones. Finally, after completing a grand cycle, it settled into the sea of Qi within his Dantian.
The days passed one by one.
Through this monotonous cultivation, Zhou Luo steadily advanced his strength.
Originally only at the early stage of the first layer of Qi Refinement, over these three months-aided by the Spirit Gathering Incantation-he finally stepped into the Grand Perfection stage, and was even on the verge of breaking through to the second layer.
When the three months were up, Zhou Luo left the spiritual vein blessed land.
Upon returning home, the first thing he saw was Lin Qinghan carrying her heavy, pregnant belly.
Perhaps because she was about to become a mother, much of the icy detachment on her face had faded.
This time, Lin De had only arranged one woman for him.
Surprisingly, this woman was the maid, Xiao Lan.
Though she was Lin Qinghan’s personal maid, Xiao Lan was actually a descendant of the Lin family. It was only due to her branch’s decline that she had ultimately been reduced to a servant.
She possessed a fair bit of beauty herself, which was why she had caught Lin De’s eye.
Zhou Luo naturally had no objections to this arrangement.
That evening, Lin Lan sat anxiously on the edge of the bed, a myriad of complex emotions flitting across her lovely face.
She recalled the scene of her first encounter with Zhou Luo.
Back then, she had accidentally caught sight of him completely bare, and had thought this Matrilocal Husband was far too lacking in manners.
She never expected that she would one day become his concubine.
Creak-
The door pushed open. Zhou Luo stepped into the room and immediately spotted the beautiful figure waiting on the bed.
He didn’t say much and was just about to blow out the candle.
Right at that moment, a figure quietly slipped through the door behind him.
Zhou Luo turned his head and saw Lin Yiyi hunched over, trying to make herself small.
“What are you doing?”
Seeing her sneaking around like a thief, he found it rather amusing.
Having been caught, Lin Yiyi straightened up, her small face completely serious as she declared, “Xiao Lan doesn’t have any experience. I’m here to teach her.”
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Zhou Luo shot her an exasperated look. “Are you saying I don’t know how to teach her?”
“It’s not the same. Why don’t the three of us stay together tonight?” A sly gleam flashed through Lin Yiyi’s beautiful eyes.
Zhou Luo instantly saw through her little scheme, his gaze unconsciously drifting to her slightly swollen belly.
“You haven’t been back in three months,” Lin Yiyi said, looking at him with utter innocence.
“Alright then,” Zhou Luo said helplessly.
“Yay!” A bright, happy smile bloomed across Lin Yiyi’s face.
And so, what should have been his and Lin Lan’s wedding night became a night for three, all thanks to Lin Yiyi’s sudden arrival.
……
The next day, Zhou Luo did not cultivate but headed straight for Shouchun Garden.
Inside the alchemy room, Lin Zhishou had already been waiting for some time.
When Zhou Luo appeared, he said calmly, “Cultivation is certainly important, but you cannot afford to neglect your alchemy.”
In his eyes, Zhou Luo only possessed a ninth-grade spiritual root. Even if he cultivated for an entire lifetime, he likely wouldn’t achieve much.
He would be far better off throwing himself entirely into alchemy.
If he could accomplish something in the alchemical arts, it would secure a much better future for him than bitter cultivation ever could.
“Please rest assured, Uncle Shou. During this period, I have also been studying Pills,” Zhou Luo said.
“Oh? Then let me see if you’ve made any progress.” Lin Zhishou sounded intrigued. He then called out, “Xiao Nian, bring the medicinal herbs.”
“Right away, Grandpa Shou.” Lin Nian nodded and walked toward the storage cabinet on the far side of the room.
Standing before the cabinet, a cold glint flashed in the depths of Lin Nian’s eyes. He surveyed the medicinal herbs on the shelves and began to pick them out.
As a true descendant of the Lin family, Lin Nian had always looked down on Zhou Luo because of his status as a Matrilocal Husband.
His dissatisfaction only grew when he saw this live-in Matrilocal Husband actually become Grandpa Shou’s apprentice.
To him, someone like Zhou Luo was only fit to serve as breeding stock for the Lin family.
Yet now, this man actually dared to stand on equal footing with him.
It was an immense insult!
However, he knew full well that Grandpa Shou highly favored this outsider, so he absolutely could not make a move against him openly.
But that didn’t mean he planned to do nothing.
Right now was the perfect opportunity!
Grandpa Shou had already shown a hint of displeasure over the guy spending three months cultivating. If he were to fail his refinement later, it would definitely enrage Grandpa Shou.
Once he lost Grandpa Shou’s favor, Lin Nian would have ten thousand ways to kill him.
At this thought, murderous intent flashed in Lin Nian’s eyes. He deliberately mixed several inferior stalks in with the required medicinal herbs.
He firmly believed that with even the slightest flaw in these herbs, someone at that guy’s level was guaranteed to fail his refinement.