Inside the carriage.
Originally, Lu Zhenghai wanted to pull Pei Muwan to sit beside him.
However, Pei Muwan gradually recovered from her emotional daze and impulsiveness, blushing as she silently sat opposite Lu Zhenghai.
The carriage headed towards the Grand Tutors Residence.
Lu Zhenghai: "Mu Wan, when we left Luoshui Tower, we were holding hands. Many people saw us."
When he walked out of Luoshui Tower, he had intended to let go of her hand.
But Pei Muwan had held his hand back.
It was very unexpected.
Firstly, it was still ancient times, and for an unmarried woman to hold hands with a man was quite rebellious.
Moreover, her grandfather was the head of all civil officials.
Secondly, Lu Zhenghai already had a wife.
"Changqing, I can't be someone's concubine." Pei Muwan looked up, her beautiful eyes glistening with water, yet filled with determination.
"I can..."
I can divorce.
He was going to divorce anyway.
But before he could finish speaking, Pei Muwan interrupted: "But I also don't want to destroy the affection between you and your wife, so I won't marry anyone in this life. Just consider me your confidante!"
This was Pei Muwan's genuine thought.
It was precisely because of this firm idea that she held Lu Zhenghai's hand when they left Luoshui Tower.
She wanted to declare it to the world.
Since she liked him, since she loved him, she would do so openly.
Pei Muwan didn't have any sense of immorality about being a "other woman".
After all, the Great Yu Dynasty was a feudal Imperial Dynasty; it was normal for men to have three wives and four concubines, let alone a mere confidante.
There was an even more important reason why she was unwilling to marry Lu Zhenghai: she was certain that Lu Zhenghai was deeply devoted to his wife.
She couldn't replace his wife's position in his heart, so why would she rely on her status and position to force him to divorce? If she did that, it would only create a rift in his heart.
She pursued Soul compatibility more.
Lu Zhenghai was rendered speechless. After a long time, he asked, "Can a confidante share a room?"
This was the question he cared about.
Don't tell me you only want to hold hands and give little kisses; that won't do.
If a confidante could do that, that, and that... it wouldn't be impossible.
"Shut up!"
Pei Muwan scolded him in embarrassment and anger.
After the anger, came nervousness.
Tonight, in Luoshui Tower, she had been so stunned by a poem, "immortal by the river," that her head was spinning.
Then she felt like she wanted to die in Lu Zhenghai's arms.
In a moment of impulse, she proactively asked for a kiss, losing her first kiss.
She also proactively became his confidante, and wanted to declare it to the whole world.
She didn't regret it, but... but she suddenly thought that she had to face her grandfather, hoping he wouldn't die of anger.
And her good friend, Princess Mingzhu, would she laugh at her when she found out?
Her image all these years had been cold, aloof, ethereal, like frost!
Tonight, her image was broken.
Lu Zhenghai was thick-skinned. Seeing Pei Muwan seemingly embarrassed and angry to no end.
He directly got up and sat beside Pei Muwan.
Just kidding, tonight's Pei Muwan was clearly impulsive, with her emotions exposed.
After tonight, she might not be like this anymore.
So he had to strike while the iron was hot and elevate their relationship.
"Chang... Changqing, Zi Ling and Bai Zhi are driving the carriage, don't bully me..." Pei Muwan's beautiful, watery eyes were full of nervousness.
"Kissing is an obligation a confidante should fulfill."
Is that so? Pei Muwan was a little stunned.
Before she could react, her red lips were covered.
Lu Zhenghai's hands still wanted to be naughty, but fortunately, Pei Muwan instinctively held his hands tightly with her two fair little hands, not letting go.
After an unknown amount of time, the Grand Tutors Residence arrived.
Pei Muwan was utterly embarrassed, her face as red as a watermelon rind.
She glared at Lu Zhenghai in annoyance: "What other obligations should a confidante fulfill?"
"Let me think..." Lu Zhenghai smiled, thinking, Mu Wan's red lips are so soft, like jelly.
A top-tier beauty, kissing her was an explosive experience.
The next moment, Lu Zhenghai said with a serious face: "Another obligation a confidante should fulfill is to bear me a child."
"Get lost!"
Pei Muwan's defenses broke, and she kicked Lu Zhenghai.
Lu Zhenghai got out of the carriage.
Pei Muwan tidied her clothes for a while before stepping down from the carriage.
As soon as she stepped down from the carriage, Lu Zhenghai's eyes lit up.
Holy cow.
Such a contrast.
At this moment, Pei Muwan had returned to being that Fairy, so aloof that even men didn't dare to look at her for too long.
That detached, proud, and cool demeanor, tsk, it was perfect.
Pei Muwan naturally felt Lu Zhenghai's burning gaze, and she couldn't help but feel a little joy in her heart.
Hmph, since I, Pei Muwan, have entered the fray, even if I can't temporarily surpass Jiang Chiyao's position in your heart.
But I will strive to occupy a place in your heart.
I'll set a goal for myself: within three years, my position in your heart must at least be equal to Jiang Chiyao's.
Pei Muwan led Lu Zhenghai into the Grand Tutors Residence.
In front of Yunyi Tower, Pei Muwan suddenly spoke faintly: "Aunt Yan, from today onwards, you are Lu Zhenghai's Guardian Wet Nurse."
As soon as she finished speaking, a black figure appeared eerily in front of Lu Zhenghai and Pei Muwan.
Lu Zhenghai was very shocked; from beginning to end, he hadn't even sensed Aunt Yan's presence.
"Young Miss, what about your safety?" Aunt Yan asked.
Her voice was very calm, with a slightly hoarse tone.
"I will go see Grandfather later and ask him to arrange another Guardian Wet Nurse for me."
"Yes." Aunt Yan bowed respectfully, then disappeared again.
Lu Zhenghai: "Aunt Yan's movement skill is a bit terrifying."
"Of course, she Cultivates the Ethereal Instant Step, an Earth Grade High Rank movement Martial Skill." Pei Muwan chuckled: "Wait for me here for a moment."
Then she entered Yunyi Tower, and in less than a minute, she returned to Lu Zhenghai, handing him a small booklet.
It was precisely the Ethereal Instant Step!
Lu Zhenghai was greatly surprised: "Cultivation Technique and Martial Skill like these can't be spread, can they?"
Otherwise, how could great Families and great powers maintain their ruling status?
If they could be freely spread, it wouldn't be that ninety-nine percent of the people in the entire Great Yu Dynasty were ordinary people or in the eighth or ninth layers of the Acquired Realm.
"Take it if I give it to you. I'll talk to Grandfather about it. Besides, the three poems you gave me are more valuable than the Ethereal Instant Step." Pei Muwan was still somewhat domineering, not giving Lu Zhenghai a chance to refuse: "I can't give you Internal Skill Cultivation Technique yet, but I will talk to Grandfather, and as soon as he agrees, I'll give it to you immediately."
The reason she couldn't directly give him the Internal Skill Cultivation Technique was that the Internal Skill Cultivation Technique Cultivated by the direct descendants of the Grand Tutors Residence belonged to the Confucian school's un pass (untransmittable) "Vast Righteous Qi Art."
This Internal Skill Cultivation Technique did not completely belong to the Grand Tutors Residence, so it naturally couldn't be given away casually.
She had to seek Grandfather's permission, and then Grandfather would discuss it with the great Confucian scholars of the current age.
"I have my own Internal Skill, and its Rank is quite good." Lu Zhenghai refused.
The Supreme Primordial Cycle Technique was already awesome, and there was no need to change it at all.
The Internal Skill Pei Muwan Cultivated was certainly biased towards Confucian attributes.
Although, in essence, the Internal Skill of the Great Yu Dynasty was just a tool for absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
But different Internal Skill had different attribute characteristics.
If your own personality or core matches the attribute characteristics of this Internal Skill... it is easier to Cultivate this Internal Skill; otherwise, you might forever only hover around the getting Started (entry level) and Minor Achievement.
The attribute characteristics of Daoist Cultivation Technique are Heavenly Dao, naturalness, and acting according to one's heart's desires.
Buddhist Cultivation Technique tends towards compassion for heaven and humanity, saving oneself and others.
And Confucian Cultivation Technique focuses on literary thought, experiencing and comprehending with the heart.
For example, when Pei Muwan saw "immortal by the river," she immediately gained insight and was able to Breakthrough.
Lu Zhenghai was not a meticulous person at all, let alone someone who could experience and comprehend with his heart.
Otherwise, he wouldn't need spirit gathering pill and enlightenment tea to assist him in Cultivating powerful Internal Skill and Martial Skill.
He preferred to act according to his heart's desires; his mental state aligned with the attribute characteristics of Daoist Cultivation Technique.
When he saw a good poem, at most he would just say: "This poem is truly awesome."
In a word, Confucian Cultivation Technique is a bit idealistic.
Pei Muwan was a typical idealist; what she pursued was spiritual compatibility.
And Lu Zhenghai, he pursued actual compatibility, cough cough, how to be compatible? Think for himself, hmm, mortise and tenon joint structure... "Are you really not going to change your Internal Skill?"
Pei Muwan was a little surprised.
She knew that Lu Zhenghai's ancestors had been wealthy, but now they were completely in decline.
The Lu Family shouldn't have left behind any particularly powerful Internal Skill.
Otherwise, Lu Zhenghai's father and grandfather wouldn't have failed to Breakthrough to the Innate Realm throughout their lives.
Hmm, thinking about it, Lu Zhenghai's sudden Breakthrough from the fourth layer of the Acquired Realm to the Innate Realm recently... is very strange.
Changqing has a secret, probably about a Cultivation Technique secret.
Pei Muwan: "That's good too."
Lu Zhenghai: "Do you still need poems?"
..." Pei Muwan's beautiful eyes lit up, and her voice instantly trembled: "You... you can still write poems of the same Rank as those three?"
"Let alone the same Rank, I even have some that are more awesome."
Just kidding.
Have you heard of "Prelude to Water Tune"? Have you heard of "Bringing in the Wine"? Have you heard of "The Lantern Festival"?
He hadn't even released such super ultimate moves yet.
"Re... really?"
"Really. Do you need them? If you do, I'll give you a few right now."
Since awesome poems could help Pei Muwan Breakthrough.
Then he definitely had to arrange it!
The stronger Pei Muwan was, the better; she was his backing.
I, Lu Zhenghai, can occasionally rely on a woman.
"Not for now. I broke through several minor Realms today and need some time to digest. Appreciating even more powerful poems at this time wouldn't be effective; it would be a waste." Pei Muwan suppressed her craving for more awesome poems.
"Then I'm going fishing!" Lu Zhenghai couldn't wait.
Pei Muwan, on the other hand, quickly walked towards her grandfather's study.
Pei Muwan's grandfather was named Pei Tianxing, a middle-aged man who was one or two hundred years old but looked only fifty or sixty, with slightly white whiskers.
When she entered the study, Pei Tianxing was writing.
Each character, seemingly plain, returned to its original simplicity.
If a Confucian Disciple Cultivating the Vast Righteous Qi Art, even one in the Innate Realm, were to see his calligraphy, they would likely gain an Epiphany and insight, and might even Breakthrough immediately.
"Grandfather..."
"Why are you here? Is something wrong?" Pei Tianxing put down his brush, looked up, and was a little curious.
His granddaughter was good in every way, but sometimes she was too aloof and cold, not even particularly close to him, her grandfather.
"I have someone I like!" Pei Muwan said directly.