In the second VIP room, a faint scent of peach blossoms filling the air, its intoxicating fragrance weaving the silence.
A lady in red robes sat gracefully on a silken couch, her eyes locked onto blue sky outside the window. She looked almost ethereal, a beauty carrying the ageless charm of a woman in her twenties.
A cup lightly resting in her hand, with a playful smile on her red lips. Her other hand slightly swayed, something stirred beneath her scarlet dress in area just between her thighs.
Near her, the three attendants stood respectfully, each maintaining a composed silence until one finally stepped forward.
"Your Highness, the bid has concluded. The recipe has been..." the lady bowing slightly as she spoke.
"Amusing… So amusing… That little boy is just too amusing." she giggled, while covering her smile with her delicate hands, mischievously.
"Your Highness, the Pavilion is trying to conceal their identity," Her other attendant, a woman draped in soft violet robes, approached with measured steps. "But from what we investigated, he is from an Alchemist Family in Jin Yang City."
"An Alchemist Family…" the lady on the couch muttered leisurely.
An expression of strange sensual pleasure painted on her face, eyes rolling up. Her fingers tightened slightly around the cup in her hand, the faint sound of porcelain creaking under pressure.
"The Xu Family, but strangely what we found its not very powerful or wealthy," the standing lady continued. "In fact, at present they are nearly on the verge of collapse. Yet, the Celestial Treasure Pavilion supports them to this extent."
"Ah— Mmph…" The lady's hand clenched within the stirred folds of her red robes, she bit her lower lip, a quiet sound of relief escaping her throat, her face colored with an expression of unrestrained delight.
Then, a figure came out from beneath her robe—a young man with black hair and beautiful features.
He was naked with a small rope looped around his neck like a leash. Something watery drooled from his wet lips as his unfocused eyes stared blankly.
Then, with a smooth motion the sitting lady closed her wide open legs, crossing them one on another.
"Haah… I am just curious." She spoke softly, trailing a finger down the young man's cheek, her eyes gleaming like twin rubies. "That physique… that strange physique, what kind of physique is that? Why I cannot identify it…"
Her voice turned cold in an instant—she kicked the young man sharply in the chest.
With sudden, feverish excitement, her expression changed; she wrapped her both hands over her cheeks, licking her lips and trembling with a childlike madness.
"I am just… just too excited to taste him!"
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On the other hand, Yuan is in his room in a mild awe. For some reason, he is getting non-stop admiration points.
[+10 AP (Xia Moyin)]
[+10 AP (Xia Moyin)]
[+10 AP (Xia Moyin)]
[+10 AP (Xia Moyin)]
[Admiration Points: +170.5]
He was confused how he should react about it? Still, it was a good harvest. Admiration Points didn't fall from the heavens.
And truly with his looks, who could resist?
He chuckled lightly to himself. "A pity… her heart must be trembling every time she recalls me."
He should express his utmost respect and love to that good person. That 'good person' of course, was none other than Princess Xia Moyin.
…
Soon after the Auction ended, Yuan followed a graceful lady down a corridor with Gui Sheng behind him. Ying'er and Sun Tao left since they had some other matters to take care of.
They entered a grand hall, filled with countless herbs and treasures.
An intoxicating aroma wafted through the air, mixing with faint traces of incense. Shelves gleamed with rare elixirs that shimmered like captured moonlight.
Yuan settled on a chair near an open window, fingers tracing the edge of a jade cup beside him. "Spirit-nurturing roots, Green Lotus seeds, even refined Beast Cores… just a few more things."
His eyes on the attendant walking away to bring some more herbs. Each of these materials would have taken years to collect for a normal cultivator, yet he had ordered them in mere moments.
Hehe With a satisfied grin Yuan spoke to himself. "This much should be enough to even break through Foundation Realm."
Then, after a quiet pause, he let his cheek settle into the palm of his hand. "Sister Ying'er only went to her father."
The wind brushed across the window, stirring the loose strands of hair at his temple as he leaned forward, weighing his elbows on the table. "But… What about my wife… she must be feeling lonely too."
"Hm… its strange… Why is my heart so unsettled?
What is this feeling…
…Is this true love?"
His every word was soaked in the confidence of a man self-assured to meet her Self-proclaimed wife.
'Zhao Yuxin'
The eldest daughter of Zhao family and elder sister of Zhao Ying. Somehow that beautiful image of her in his mind is refusing to leave.
As he let his imagination run wild with flowery visions of marital reunion, a sudden unpleasant sound fell in his ear.
[Ding! Congratulations Host! Your mighty system is back with a new feature.]
"Fuck! Damn it!" Yuan shouted inwardly.
[Due some unfavorable environment new features will be fortified!]
"Um— my brother system, hehe… why are you getting angry? I was actually happy to see you," Yuan said, forcing a polite smile onto his face, the kind that twitched at the edges like it barely knew how to stay in place.
[Tch! Fine.]
[A New Feature is being granted generously.]
['Host can read The Heavenly Fate']
"Heavenly Fate"
"Young Master," The attendant's soft voice drew him back. "the items you requested — Pure Yin Lotus extract, Nine-Leaf Spirit Grass, and a full set of Qi-refining talismans. Would you like to have something else?"
"No, It's enough…" His tone softened into deliberate warmth. "But… I was wondering if I could see Miss Zhao Yuxin?"
"Young Master Xu, Lady Yuxin is currently attending a special guest. I'll inform her of your request. Please wait here for a moment." saying this the lady left with swaying her hips gracefully. Yuan hadn't noticed before but she was good at walking.
…
Just a few breaths later, the lady returned. Leading him straight toward a chamber through a vast grand hall. Xu Yuan's face was coloured with a faint blush, he was a bit excited to meet his wife.
But while walking, System gave him another sudden notification.
[Ding! A Fated One has been detected nearby.]