“Successfully reached the Foundation Establishment Realm?”
Su Yanran stared at the golden light shooting into the sky, her beautiful eyes wide, her red lips slightly parted. “Th-this… is that the legendary Earth-tier cultivation method?”
Cultivation methods were divided into Yellow-tier, Profound-tier, Earth-tier, and Heaven-tier…
The Su Family’s ancestral method was only a top-grade Yellow-tier technique. Only after joining the Azure Cloud Sect did she barely obtain a Profound-tier method.
As for Earth-tier… even the Holy Sons and Saintesses of the Azure Cloud Sect had to fight desperately for such a treasure.
But now…
This ruined Li Family actually possessed an Earth-tier cultivation method?
Su Yanran’s breathing quickened, her slender fingers unconsciously tightening on the corner of her clothes.
She quietly moved closer to Li Qingxuan, biting her lower lip as if wanting to speak but hesitating.
“Oh?”
Li Qingxuan raised an eyebrow and patted the bedding beside him. “So, my wife has finally thought it through and wants to share a bed with me?”
“Who… who wants to share a bed with you!” Su Yanran’s ears turned red.
“Then you want me to sleep on the floor with you?”
Li Qingxuan feigned realization. “You should’ve said so earlier. I’ll go over right away…”
“You!”
Su Yanran stomped her foot in anger. “I wanted to ask, how does your Li Family have an Earth-tier cultivation method?”
Li Qingxuan suddenly dropped his playful expression, covering his chest with a hurt look. “Your Li Family? Wife, your words sound distant…”
He let out a long sigh and turned his back. “I had thought that since we are husband and wife, we should be honest with each other. I was even planning to give you this Earth-tier cultivation method, but I didn’t expect…”
“Wait!”
Su Yanran quickly grabbed his sleeve. “I… I didn’t mean it like that…”
A faint smile curled at the corner of Li Qingxuan’s lips, but when he turned back, he still looked troubled. “Then tell me, are we ‘your Li Family’ or…”
Su Yanran glared at him, embarrassed and annoyed, and finally squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth. “Our Li Family.”
“That’s more like it!”
Li Qingxuan instantly changed expression, grinning as he leaned closer. “Come, call me husband and let me hear it.”
“…”
Flustered, Su Yanran changed the topic. “Let me see that Earth-tier cultivation method.”
Li Qingxuan narrowed his eyes and gently lifted her chin with his fingers. “What? You won’t even call me husband? Looks like my wife has other thoughts…”
Su Yanran slapped his hand away, anger flashing in her eyes. “Li Qingxuan, don’t push your luck!”
“I’m pushing my luck?”
Li Qingxuan’s smile vanished as he spoke coldly. “My newlywed wife refuses to share a bed, won’t even call me husband, yet wants to see an Earth-tier cultivation method. Who exactly is pushing their luck?”
“If you don’t acknowledge me as your husband, why should I let you see it?”
“I…”
Su Yanran was both ashamed and furious, her chest rising and falling, her figure almost straining against her clothes.
She wanted to say she didn’t want it anymore.
But she truly couldn’t bear to give up such an opportunity right within reach.
Taking a deep breath, she suppressed her embarrassment and softly spoke, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, “Hus… husband…”
“What did you say? I can’t hear you!”
Li Qingxuan deliberately leaned closer, a mischievous smile on his lips. “Wife, your voice is too soft. My hearing isn’t very good.”
“Husband!”
Su Yanran practically shouted it, her face flushed red, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
“Ah!”
Li Qingxuan answered with great satisfaction. He took out a blank jade slip from his storage bag, secretly imprinting the “Nine Revolutions Profound Art” onto it with spiritual power before handing it to her. “Nine Revolutions Profound Art, Earth-tier mid-grade cultivation method. Wife, please have a look.”
To make a woman fall, you must offer enough benefits.
Even at a pleasure house, you still have to pay, right?
Of course, one must be cautious.
He had made a small adjustment to the cultivation method.
If she behaved honestly, everything would be fine. But if she took it and ran…
Heh.
“Earth-tier mid-grade!”
Su Yanran’s hands trembled slightly as she held the jade slip, disbelief shining in her eyes.
An Earth-tier mid-grade cultivation method was worth at least several million low-grade spiritual stones.
As far as she knew, although the Azure Cloud Sect possessed Earth-tier methods, they were only low-grade ones, far inferior to the Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
If she could successfully cultivate it, becoming the Saintess would be within easy reach. She might even have a chance to compete for the position of sect master in the future.
“Th-this is really for me?”
Su Yanran swallowed, her voice trembling.
Li Qingxuan smiled faintly. “What? Don’t want it?”
“I do! Of course I do!”
Su Yanran quickly hugged the jade slip tightly, afraid he might take it back.
But soon, she grew cautious again. “Wait, you don’t have some condition, do you? Could it be… you want my body and to dual cultivate with me?”
“Condition?”
Li Qingxuan suddenly laughed and leaned close to her ear, speaking softly, “You should know the value of an Earth-tier mid-grade cultivation method.”
“Do you think your body is even worth a fraction of it?”
“I…”
Su Yanran froze, so embarrassed she wanted to disappear.
That was true.
An Earth-tier mid-grade method was priceless. What made her think she was worth more than it?
“Then… why are you willing to give it to me?” she asked, biting her lip.
“Since you married me, we are family.”
Li Qingxuan’s gaze softened as he gently held her hand, speaking persuasively, “Then what belongs to me also belongs to you, doesn’t it?”
“If partners must calculate every gain and loss, why get married at all?”
Winning over a woman was nothing more than saying pleasant words. He was very familiar with it.
With someone as naive as her, he could win her over within three days.
Su Yanran’s heart trembled slightly, a faint blush appearing on her face.
Could it be… this man truly treated her as his wife?
For a moment, she felt he wasn’t so detestable after all.
At least, he seemed sincere toward her.
Li Qingxuan smiled and continued, “If I must say there’s a condition, then I hope you won’t judge me with prejudice.”
“I know this marriage was sudden, and it’s normal for you to feel resentful. But since we are already husband and wife, why not try to understand each other?”
“You might find that marrying me isn’t so bad after all.”
Forget everything else. He had been holding back for over a decade. Putting aside the system mission, he might as well enjoy himself first.
As for feelings, they could be cultivated slowly.
Now that he had a cheat, was he afraid she wouldn’t fall for him?
“Stop being so full of yourself.” Su Yanran’s face turned bright red.
“Of course, if you truly can’t get over it, then I’ll have no choice but…”
Li Qingxuan pretended to take back the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. Su Yanran immediately stepped back and hugged it tightly, snorting, “What are you doing? How can you take back something you’ve already given? I… I didn’t say I wouldn’t agree…”
Li Qingxuan found her protective expression amusing. “Then what does my wife mean?”
Su Yanran pressed her lips together and spoke softly, “I… I will try to understand you…”
A trace of satisfaction flashed in Li Qingxuan’s eyes as he gently wrapped an arm around her slender waist. “Wife, it’s late. We should rest.”
All that effort had paid off.
The results were quite obvious.
“Y-you’re not planning to sleep in the same bed with me, are you?”
“Don’t worry. Before you truly accept me, I won’t cross the line.”
“Mm… I’ll just… take your word for it…”
“Then your hand…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll just hold you. I won’t do anything else.”
“Mm… then when you sleep, can you put away any weapons you’re carrying? I can’t fall asleep…”
“…”
Early the next morning.
Li Qingxuan was sleeping soundly when a furious shout exploded like thunder, shaking the tiles of the Li Family courtyard.
“Li Qingxuan, get out here!”
“You dare treat my words as nothing? Are you tired of living?!”