Chapter 770: Unexpected Gains in the Land of Eternal Night

“Pfft!”

Lu Changsheng swung the Mountain-Moving Whip, the force of his strike like the sun breaking through the clouds. The air vibrated with a resounding boom as the whip slammed into the mutated creature, sending it flying. Its chest caved in, a gruesome mess of shattered flesh and blood.

“Lu Changsheng, your strength?”

Yun Wanshang could tell that this mutated creature was incredibly powerful, already at the third-rank. Yet, Lu Changsheng had sent it flying with a single whip strike, nearly killing it. It was astonishing.

Moreover, the way he wielded that whip seemed so effortless.

“You know, True Lord, besides Qi Refining, I also practice body refinement techniques,” Lu Changsheng replied. “Even though my Blood Energy and magical energy are dormant, my physical body is still there.”

Seeing Yun Wanshang’s surprised expression, Lu Changsheng thought, ‘This Caiyun Zhenren is quite amusing.’ He then grinned, his smile bright and sincere.

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Yun Wanshang knew that Lu Changsheng had practiced Dual cultivation of body and magic in his early years.

But body refinement becomes increasingly resource-intensive, so most people only practice it to enhance their self-defense. No one goes as far as Lu Changsheng.

His physical strength must be at the peak of the third-rank, right? Over a hundred years old, not only at the peak of Core Formation, but also with a third-rank peak physique?

Even though Yun Wanshang had been a genius in the Azure Cloud Sect and had seen many prodigies, she was still taken aback by Lu Changsheng’s monstrous talent, making her question her own life.

She realized she had only ever seen one side of him. Only scratched the surface of everything else.

Yun Wanshang lightly acknowledged, not asking further questions. She then instructed her Golden-Armored Guards to deal with the mutated creature.

The fact that these three Golden-Armored Guards were brought out by Yun Wanshang indicated that their strength was extraordinary.

But since meeting Qian Zhuyan and then Lu Changsheng, they were all dumbfounded and began to doubt their life choices.

They never expected their City Lord to know such powerful figures from Beyond the Heavens.

If this continued, wouldn’t Azure Cloud City soon become a top-tier city in the Netherworld Land? Who could compete? Their gazes towards Lu Changsheng and Qian Zhuyan grew increasingly respectful.

With the addition of Lu Changsheng and Qian Zhuyan, along with the three third-rank top-tier puppets, Yun Wanshang’s trip was incredibly smooth.

However, the gains were only average, and they didn’t acquire any top-tier rare Spirit Items.

One day, as they prepared to return for a short rest, Lu Changsheng suddenly noticed several strands of colorful light flickering within the black mist ahead.

He went forward to investigate and saw a flower with golden, azure, and red light gently swaying in the breeze. The petals were crystalline, glowing with radiant colors, indicating it was no ordinary item.

“It’s a Three-Colored Flower! Once it matures and is consumed, it can restore some magical energy!”

Yun Wanshang stepped forward, instantly recognizing the Spirit Flower. She happily exclaimed and then cautiously signaled Lu Changsheng to be careful.

This Netherworld Land was similar to many places in the cultivation world. Such rare spiritual objects were often guarded by mutated creatures or some other kind of eerie presence.

“Below!”

This eerie creature was well hidden beneath the soil, concealed by the Three-Colored Flower’s spiritual aura, making it difficult for others to detect.

But the Sun-Moon Yin-Yang Mirror in Lu Changsheng’s possession immediately issued a warning.

“Lu Changsheng, be careful! This Three-Colored Flower hasn’t fully matured yet. Don’t damage it. I’ll handle it.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Wanshang immediately circulated her magical energy. Her eyes shone like stars, and a faint golden Dharma sword appeared in her hand as she struck at the earth beneath the flower.

Although her direct combat strength was inferior to Lu Changsheng and Qian Zhuyan, with the aid of magical energy, her combat power was extraordinary.

After unleashing a sword strike, a brilliant light surged from her left hand as she unleashed a palm strike, a Celestial Light Force.

Following a shrill scream, a horrifying ghost face appeared, rushing towards Yun Wanshang.

“Pfft!”

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng and Qian Zhuyan immediately took action, killing the ghost face and turning it into a wisp of smoke. A thumb-sized jade-green crystal fell to the ground.

“Little Yan.”

Lu Changsheng knew that this jade-green crystal would benefit Qian Zhuyan, enhancing her puppet spirit’s soul, so he gave all the crystals they found to her.

Although this Soul Crystal would also be useful for Yun Wanshang, who could use it to activate talismans, set up Formations, and embed them into armor and weapons.

But since Qian Zhuyan could use them, she didn’t compete for them, and even gave her own Soul Crystal to her.

“This Three-Colored Flower should mature in about a month. Let’s wait here.”

Yun Wanshang gazed at the Three-Colored Flower before her and said to Lu Changsheng.

In the cultivation world, rare spiritual plants and Spirit Medicine could be accelerated by spiritual plant masters or transplanted.

But in the Netherworld Land, such options were unavailable.

Moreover, in the cultivation world, most people would also wait for them to mature naturally. If the wait was too long, they would set up a Formation to conceal the plant and return when the time was right.

“Alright.”

Although Lu Changsheng wanted to leave the Netherworld Land as soon as possible, he knew that he needed to restore his magical energy to use the Heavenly Light to depart.

Immediately, he looked at the Three-Colored Flower with anticipation, curious about how much dormant magical energy it could awaken.

Meanwhile, in the Starry Sea at Divine Maiden Palace.

Deep within the Divine Maiden Palace, in an empty palace, crystal jade pillars emitted spiritual light, intertwined with the runes on the white jade walls, creating a serene, mysterious, and sacred aura.

On the ice jade bed in the center, a chilling mist swirled around three absolutely stunning goddesses.

Shen Jianjia, adorned in a magnificent palace robe that shimmered like a flowing galaxy, sat cross-legged, suppressing the effects of the [Tears of the Fairy] for her two sisters who were bathed in starlight.

Her celestial beauty and noble bearing could not hide her fatigue and exhaustion.

In front of her, Shen Baishuang and Shen Yiren, seemingly draped in luxurious starlight dresses, also looked pale. Fine beads of sweat constantly trickled down their smooth foreheads, drenching their loose hair.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that not only their foreheads but also their slender necks and delicate collarbones were covered in a fine, pink-tinged sweat.

The effects of the [Tears of the Fairy] were incredibly potent.

Even though the two women, one a Nascent Soul cultivator and the other at the peak of Core Formation, had already detoxified much of it, the process was still excruciating.

Seeing her sisters in such a state, Shen Jianjia’s eyes, like clear springs, were filled with heartache. She used her Nascent Soul magical energy to envelop their bodies, alleviating their pain.

At this moment, Shen Baishuang let out a long, fragrant sigh and opened her beautiful eyes. Turning her head, she looked at her exhausted and weary sister, her eyes filled with guilt and self-reproach.

“Sister…”

Although she was influenced by the [Tears of the Fairy] and her consciousness was immersed in desire, she still had vague memories.

She knew the general course of events and, more importantly, how much her sister had sacrificed to suppress the remaining effects of the [Tears of the Fairy] in herself and her younger sister.

“Slap!”

A crisp sound rang out.

Shen Baishuang was sent flying off the ice jade bed, landing on the ground with red cheeks and a trickle of blood at the corner of her lips.

Shen Jianjia looked at her sister with a cold expression.

Although she had spent a great deal of magical energy to help the two detoxify, it didn’t mean she wasn’t angry.

For committing such a blunder, she, as the elder sister, naturally had to discipline and punish them!

If it were anyone else, she would have killed them with a single palm strike.

Shen Baishuang covered her cheek, not saying a word.

Although she was usually brash and domineering, she dared not talk back to her sister Shen Jianjia.

Especially since she had plotted against her sister Shen Yiren in this matter.

“Sister, don’t.”

Hearing the commotion, Shen Yiren opened her beautiful eyes and, seeing her eldest sister about to strike her second sister, immediately grabbed her wrist, pleading.

The Third Palace Master seemed much more haggard, her pale face lacking its usual elegance. The beauty of her dimples and the liveliness in her eyes were now dull and lifeless.

“Little Mei, this is Second Sister’s fault.”

Seeing the look in her younger sister’s eyes, Shen Baishuang was startled. She immediately went to her younger sister’s side and apologized softly, “I shouldn’t have been so blinded by greed and plotted against you. At that time, I saw.”

Seeing that her sister remained silent, her expression dim and her eyes red, Shen Baishuang gritted her teeth and said, “You can hit me or scold me, I deserve it.”

However, seeing that her sister still ignored her, looking dejected, she directly slapped her own fair and lovely cheek.

“What are you doing, Second Sister?”

Even though Shen Yiren knew that her sister was putting on an act, she still couldn’t bear it and gently grasped her fair wrist, sighing softly.

“I was foolish and committed such a terrible mistake. I don’t ask for your forgiveness, Little Mei, I only hope you feel better.”

Shen Baishuang knew that her younger sister was kind-hearted, so she lowered herself and used a self-inflicted wound to gain sympathy.

Having said that, she suddenly felt a surge of sadness and shame when she thought about how her plan had backfired and how Xuamu Daoist had toyed with her. Her eyes turned red, and she began to cry.

She, a Nascent Soul cultivator, the Second Palace Master of the Divine Maiden Palace, the wife of the Blade Forging Mountain’s Master, had been defiled by a Core Formation cultivator… “How could I be so foolish? Xuamu Daoist is focused on the Dao and has walked from obscurity to this point. How could he be easily manipulated by such means?”

No error, no first, no one sent, no inner, no appearance, no on six, no nine, no one book, no bar, see!

Shen Yiren had never seen Shen Baishuang like this before, and couldn’t help but sigh.

“I thought that you and him were mutually in love, only one step away, so I resorted to this tactic. Moreover, the situation at that time was as I expected. He clearly favored you, but to me…”

As she spoke, a hint of coldness flickered in Shen Baishuang’s eyes. She thought of how Xuamu Daoist was gentle and affectionate towards her sister Shen Yiren, but much more brutal towards her.

“You plotted against him, yet you expect him to be gentle?”

Shen Yiren frowned and looked at her second sister’s naked goddess body, feeling that Xuamu Daoist must have favored her more. Looking at her second sister’s goddess body, she felt that she was more attractive… “Fellow Daoist Xuanmu was affected by the [Tears of the Fairy], how could he resist?”

He treated both of us sisters like that, and you’re still defending him?

Shen Baishuang said somewhat unhappily.

Shen Yiren’s face was slightly taken aback, and she said quietly: “Right is right, wrong is wrong. You plotted this, Second Sister.”

But seeing her second sister’s sad and self-reproachful appearance, she didn’t continue speaking and sighed softly: “The matter has already happened, let’s just leave it at that.”

Then she looked at her eldest sister Shen Jianjia, whose face was haggard and tired, and said: “You’ve been working hard these days, elder sister.”

“Alas.”

Shen Jianjia stretched out her flawless white jade hand and gently stroked her sister’s soft and touching face.

Chastity can be both important and unimportant for monks.

Many men and women maintain their virginity or virgin yin body purely for the sake of cultivation.

But she knew her younger sister Shen Yiren’s nature, which was relatively conservative.

Now that such a thing has happened and a relationship with a man has occurred, how could she be calm?

What’s more, when helping her sister suppress the [Tears of the Fairy], she found that her sister was pregnant. She instinctively wanted to abort the child.

But thinking of her younger sister Shen Yiren’s character, such an event might cause a child to help her become strong.

Moreover, when she fought with Xuamu Daoist before, she deeply saw that this person was not simple.

Once he breaks through the Nascent Soul barrier, he will be transformed into a real dragon!

Even she was unwilling to antagonize such a person.

He left and claimed that he would return to Divine Maiden Palace and marry her sister once he broke through the Nascent Soul.

If her sister had intentions in this regard, she, as her elder sister, would be happy to see it happen.

And if there was a child between the two, there would be more bonds between them.

Of course, she was not like Shen Baishuang, all decisions were up to her sister Shen Yiren to choose, and she would support her no matter what she did.

“Little Mei, what are you planning to do?”

Shen Jianjia glanced at her sister’s flat abdomen and said softly.

Shen Yiren was stunned for a moment, then slowly stretched out her hand and gently pressed on her lower abdomen.

After a while, she raised her head slightly and said softly: “The child is innocent. This was not Xuamu Daoist fault. I hope you will not blame him, elder sister.”

Although she only had a good impression of Lu Changsheng, she was still one step away from being moved.

But she had a scale in her heart and knew that the fault lay with her second sister, not the other party.

Xuamu Daoist, like her, was a victim.

This child, although sudden, made her stunned, but no matter what, it was her child.

Moreover, thinking that she was about to break through the Nascent Soul soon.

Now that such a thing has happened, I don’t know if it will be like Senior Brother Jing Qing and fall under the heart demon tribulation.

If there is this child, it can also add some blood to her Shen family.

If she fails to overcome the tribulation and Xuamu Daoist comes to ask for punishment, I hope he will not blame her second sister for the sake of the child.

“Alright.”

Shen Jianjia looked at the tenderness and hope in her sister’s eyes, stroking her blue silk, her face full of love.

“Child? Little Mei, you.”

At this time, Shen Baishuang next to her was surprised and shocked when she heard the words, and then carefully explored with her Nascent Soul divine sense before she sensed a life in her sister’s abdomen.

In the past, when she married into the Blade Forging Mountain, the former head of the Blade Forging Mountain hoped that he could see her give birth to descendants for the Lin family before he died.

However, Lin Yuanti had a fondness for men. Facing her, a goddess whose beauty spread throughout the Starry Sea, he had no reaction at all, and even instinctively rejected her, causing the two to fail to share a room for hundreds of years and give birth to children.

Unexpectedly, Little Mei and Xuanmu Daoist became pregnant in just two days.

You must know that after monks break through the Foundation Establishment, the difficulty of pregnancy gradually increases; in the Core Formation stage, many monks will take some pregnancy pills, natural treasures, or secret methods to increase the probability of pregnancy.

And Xuanmu Daoist, as a cultivator at the peak of Core Formation, and her sister, who was also at the peak of Core Formation, were pregnant so quickly, which was really amazing.

A burst of rejoicing welled up in her heart that she was not pregnant.

Otherwise, she would not know what to do.

After all, if such a thing happened, she could pretend to have been bitten by a dog.

But if she had the child, it would be unimaginable.

But seeing her younger sister pregnant, she was a little envious.

Once, she still hoped to give birth to a pair of well-behaved and sensible children who would inherit Blade Forging Mountain and Divine Maiden Palace.

But thinking of her husband, she sighed in her heart and dismissed this idea.

“It’s okay, now that you’re pregnant, Little Mei, give birth if you want to.”

Shen Baishuang strongly agreed with her sister giving birth to the child.

After all, she will not have children in the future, and the possibility of her sister Shen Jianjia leaving blood is very small.

The child born by the younger sister is also their Shen family blood.

Shen Yiren did not speak, and there was still a bit of resentment in her heart towards her second sister Shen Baishuang.

How could her sister plot against her like this.

The beauty suppressed the negative emotions in her heart and took out clothes from the Storage Ring to put on.

Shen Jianjia saw that her sister Shen Yiren’s emotions had improved a bit, breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked coldly at Shen Baishuang, her flawless eyes with a bit of questioning, wanting to know what was going on with her and True Monarch Yuan Wei? How do you plan to deal with this?

You must know that Divine Maiden Palace and Blade Forging Mountain are family friends, and now that such a thing has happened, she must deal with it properly!”