Chapter Seventy-Eight: Ehuang

"Long'er! That posture is wrong! It should be like this! And then like that!" Li Yu stood by, guiding Liu Erlong on her breathing and articulation. "You must feel the breath of nature! The breath of the trees! The breath of the grass!" Li Yu explained slowly.

Liu Erlong frowned, opened her eyes, and blurted out, "I'm not learning anymore! This is so frustrating!" With that, she prepared to get up and leave.

Li Yu pulled her into his arms. "If you don't want to learn, then don't! I, your husband, will just help you become a god, even if it might be a bit weak!"

Li Yu was likely the only person on the entire continent who would call a godhead "weak."

"I didn't expect Xiao Wu to have such good talent; she already has a sense of the Dao!" Li Yu looked at Xiao Wu, whose body was constantly absorbing the surrounding elemental energy. Although it was very slow, it was a good start.

"Long'er, let's not disturb Xiao Wu. Let's go back to the room and rest for a while!" Li Yu said with a smile to the beautiful young woman in his arms.

"Can't you think of anything else? Obsessing over this all day?" Liu Erlong sensed the changes in Li Yu's body and naturally knew what he wanted to do back in the room.

Li Yu smiled and kissed Liu Erlong's hair. "It's just that you are too tempting, Long'er; you can't blame your husband for that!"

Saying this, he picked up Liu Erlong and rushed toward the room in a hurry.

"Put me down! It's broad daylight! You scoundrel!" Liu Erlong's futile struggles only served as a stimulant for Li Yu, making him even more excited.

After more than half a month together, Li Yu had finally succeeded in holding her hand—though it was only a matter of hooking fingers, it was a great encouragement for him.

Once you have the first step, why fear what follows?

Feeling the smoothness of her fingers, Li Yu looked at Zi Ji beside him.

"Ji'er! We should be arriving at the Lake of Life soon! Do you think Di Tian will hit me? I heard he likes you very much!" Li Yu probed for information; knowing oneself and the enemy was crucial.

"I will protect you!" Though Zi Ji said little, her words were deeply moving.

"Ji'er! You want to move me to tears! I, Li Yu, swear to the Dragon God! In this life, I will never fail Lady Zi Ji! If I break this oath, I am willing to fall into the cycle of reincarnation forever!" Li Yu held up three fingers with a serious face, swearing to the heavens.

"Don't! It's very effective!" Zi Ji quickly covered Li Yu's hand, not letting him speak recklessly.

"Every word I said is true, what is there to fear!" Li Yu laughed.

"The Lord should not make things difficult for you! You can rest assured!" Zi Ji said.

"I know! Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent such a beautiful Ji'er to find me; he would have at least sent that bear." Li Yu said with a smile.

"You know a lot about the Star Dou Forest!" Zi Ji asked.

"It's alright! Ji'er, I want to kiss you. I'm afraid that once we reach our destination, I won't have the chance!" Li Yu took advantage of the situation and pulled Zi Ji's hand.

"Why?" Zi Ji asked innocently.

"Because the future is uncertain! I don't know what your Lord's true purpose is! If he wants me to sacrifice myself, wouldn't I leave behind regrets? Ji'er, you wouldn't want me to have regrets, would you?" Li Yu said, shamelessly.

"That won't happen!" Zi Ji squeezed his hand tighter, revealing her inner worries.

Li Yu took the opportunity to pull Zi Ji into his arms and embrace her. After half a month of effort, he had finally succeeded. The sweet fragrance on Zi Ji made Li Yu intoxicated; he just held her like that, feeling her soft warmth.

"Ji'er! I love you!" Li Yu whispered into Zi Ji's ear.

What Zi Ji said next stunned Li Yu: "I want to bear you a child!"

Li Yu looked at Zi Ji in disbelief. Zi Ji looked back at Li Yu with genuine eyes. Spirit beasts were truly wonderful! Direct, daring to love and daring to hate!

Li Yu cupped Zi Ji's beautiful face and kissed those cherry lips he had been longing for. Since Ji'er had confessed, it wouldn't be Li Yu if he hesitated.

The insects in the trees witnessed the fiery passion of the new couple. As purple mist gradually enveloped them, the life of nature joyfully absorbed the sudden surge of spiritual energy. A ripple slowly spread from the center of the calm Lake of Life.

Di Tian looked up at a beam of white light shooting into the sky in the distance, feeling very puzzled. Li Yu, naked, looked up at the giant sphere wrapped in rotating leaves above his head, which emitted bursts of white light, piercing the clouds.

...

Wuhun City.

Hu Liena was resting her chin on her hand, bored, holding a letter, and muttering to herself, "Li Yu! When exactly will you return?"

"Is Sister Na missing Li Yu?"

"Yes!" Hu Liena answered instinctively.

"?" She suddenly felt something was wrong. Turning her head, she saw a young man already standing in her boudoir. Hu Liena blinked her charming eyes in disbelief.

"Li Yu?" Hu Liena asked uncertainly.

Li Yu stepped forward, took Hu Liena's hand, and pressed it against his cheek. "Na Na, I'm back!" Li Yu said tenderly.

"Li Yu! Is it really you?" Hu Liena gave him a bear hug, hanging on Li Yu like a koala.

Li Yu supported Hu Liena's alluring, voluptuous hips to keep her from falling. "Fate brought us together in a glance, making me think of you from dawn till dusk. Na Na! I miss you!" Li Yu said deeply.

"Me too!" After her excitement, Hu Liena shyly wanted to get down, especially since Li Yu's physical reaction, pressing against her private parts, made her heartbeat accelerate and feel like she was about to suffocate.

Li Yu continued to hold Hu Liena like this, feeling his longing. "Na Na! We will tell Master tomorrow! I want to marry you!" Li Yu whispered into her ear, speaking earnestly.

"Isn't that too fast?" Hu Liena felt their progress was a bit too rapid.

"Then I'll listen to you! We'll go on a date tomorrow!" Li Yu said with a smile.

"Can you put me down first?" Hu Liena said shyly.

"Let me hold you a little longer to soothe my lovesickness!" Li Yu said, bouncing Hu Liena slightly to bring her closer to his body. The golden hair exuded a faint, ghostly fragrance that made Li Yu deeply infatuated.

In this life, I will protect Hu Liena. Whoever dares to bully her, I will fight them to the death.

"Na Na! Is Yan still pursuing you?" Li Yu smelled the rose fragrance radiating from Hu Liena's ears.

"I have always treated him as a brother!" Hu Liena replied.

"If he saw his beloved hanging on me, do you think he would fight me to the death?" Li Yu teased.

"Put me down!" Hu Liena whispered.

"I really can't bear to let go of this soft, jade-like embrace; I really want to hold you for a lifetime!" He sniffed her hair. "So fragrant! Na Na! What perfume are you wearing?"

"I~ I am naturally like this!" Hu Liena said shyly.

"Then haven't I struck gold!" Li Yu joked.

Just like that, the two remained nestled together in a strange posture, pouring out their longing for each other.

...

Yuexuan.

Li Yu looked at Tang Yuehua, who wore a smile amidst her fatigue, straightened his clothes, and walked down the attic. He went straight to the lakeside.

Feeling the changes in his Dantian, he realized that since Zi Ji, not only had the little tree in his Dantian grown much larger, but the soil was also gradually flickering with light. Although he couldn't measure it, Li Yu instinctively felt the soil had become heavier. What this change meant, he wasn't sure. None of the theories he had once read were applicable here. He had originally thought the golden sphere was a golden core, but it turned out to be gestating a small tree. Having no master and relying only on his own exploration was truly a headache.

"Teacher Li? You're here too?" A crisp voice interrupted Li Yu's thoughts.

Li Yu looked in the direction of the voice. "Princess Xue Ke? Up so early! It's not class time yet!"

"I just wanted to come early to preview the lesson!" Xue Ke glanced at Li Yu's face, then shyly turned her head away. Her heart was racing, and she didn't know where to put her nervous hands.

Li Yu looked at the shy princess before him, and a ripple stirred in his heart. He took the initiative to step forward and stand beside Xue Ke. "What is love, that it makes people pledge their lives? Our princess has reached the age of budding romance!"

"Teacher! You!~ What are you saying!~" the princess stammered, feeling her heart was about to jump out.

"In the north lives a beauty, little and pure, leaving a fragrance in her wake, a body of ice and jade!" Li Yu's praise flowed out effortlessly.

"Teacher! I'm not as good as you say!" The little princess had never been praised like this; people were either in awe of her or pitied her. No one had ever praised her in such a poetic way, which filled Xue Ke with joy.

"Today I will write a song for the Princess, I hope you like it! Follow me!" With that, Li Yu took Xue Ke's hand and headed straight to the music practice hall.

Xue Ke looked at their joined hands, feeling like she was suffocating, her mind a chaotic blur. Before she knew it, she was already standing in front of the piano. As the music began to play, Xue Ke finally snapped out of her hazy state.

"I wish to become the angel you love in the fairy tale~" As Li Yu's voice came out, Xue Ke felt her whole body melting!

As the music ended, many students had already entered. As the applause rang out, Xue Ke hurriedly trotted into the crowd, not daring to look directly at Li Yu.

"Xue Ke! Why is your face so red? You aren't sick, are you?" The little witch Ning Rongrong touched the princess's forehead, puzzled.

"It's nothing! Just caught a cold!" Xue Ke said, deliberately coughing.

"Then why are you still coming to Yuexuan?" Ning Rongrong asked, confused.

"I'm getting better! Rongrong, why did you come so early?" Xue Ke awkwardly changed the subject.

"I just wanted to listen to the music! So I came early!" Ning Rongrong answered very directly.

"Oh!" Xue Ke nodded, feeling her brain was still a mess.

...

After school, just as Li Yu was preparing to return to the second floor to rest, Ning Rongrong ran over.

"My father invites the teacher to go to the palace together."

Li Yu was stunned, then asked, "When?"

"Tomorrow! My father will send someone to pick you up!" Ning Rongrong replied happily.

"Good! I'll be there on time tomorrow. I wonder if the cute little witch will be going?" Li Yu teased.

"Teacher! You're making fun of me!" Ning Rongrong made a face at Li Yu and skipped out of Yuexuan.

As for Princess Xue Ke, as soon as class ended, she hurriedly left Yuexuan by herself.

...

Wuhun Palace.

Seeing Bibi Dong again, Li Yu was very excited. The golden ceremonial dress was form-fitting from head to toe, brilliant and sparkling, adorned with over a hundred red, blue, and gold gemstones. The nine-curved purple-gold crown on her head shone with ten thousand rays of light, and she held a scepter about two meters long, inlaid with countless gems. Her fair skin and near-perfect face made her look so distinctive. In particular, the invisible, noble, and sacred air she exuded made one unable to help but feel an urge to prostrate and worship.

Li Yu's eyes were instantly intoxicated, and he was completely stunned. Bibi Dong was also speechless; she knew Li Yu was infatuated with her, but she didn't expect it to reach such an extent.

"Tell me the main details of the 'Heaven-Falling Plan' you mentioned!" Bibi Dong changed the subject.

"My beautiful and noble Master! This is a brilliant idea that your disciple has spent his heart's blood and gone through great hardships to come up with! Just so that Master can achieve her heart's desire~" Li Yu wanted to say more.

Bibi Dong frowned: "Speak quickly!~"

"Alright! The plan is simple! We'll play the futures market and kill them!" Li Yu said with an eager smile.

"Futures? What are futures?" Bibi Dong asked, as this was a blank area in her knowledge.

"Futures are price fluctuations of short-term goods. These nobles! They never consider these things, it's very easy to manipulate!" Li Yu said with a smile.

"Write a detailed plan and hand it to me!" Bibi Dong said, wanting to leave. There was no helping it; Li Yu's eyes looked like he wanted to eat her.

Li Yu didn't care about that. He followed right behind Bibi Dong, saying as he walked, "How can writing compare to speaking clearly! Master, please let me explain it to you in detail!" With that, he followed Bibi Dong into the inner chamber.

...

Xianyang City, Li Yu's Mansion.

When Fei Xinyun appeared before the sisters again, they all covered their mouths in surprise. Was that charming face really the shocking appearance from yesterday? What happened last night?

Soon the women realized, especially Concubine Yan, who pulled Fei Xinyun directly into the inner room.

"Sister, don't go out lately! Otherwise, it won't be good for your husband!" Concubine Yan said earnestly.

"I know! I was frightened when I woke up today too! Does your husband really have this ability?" Fei Xinyun still felt as if she were dreaming.

"I'm not sure! But my husband's secrets are only known to those of us in the courtyard! Since he brought you back, you are one of us. He didn't hide it from you, and naturally, I won't stop it! But it's best if you don't go out for two months; that way, there will be a cover story!"

"Good! I'll listen to you, sister!" Fei Xinyun was already very satisfied to have such a fortune, and she could accept not going out for two months.

...

Handan.

In the mansion newly granted to Li Yu by King Yan of Zhao.

The Great Sima stood in front of the courtyard, listening to the seductive sounds coming from the room from time to time. She frowned, more and more unable to understand why Lord Dongjun would fall for Li Yu.

"Adulterers!" She shook her hair and wanted to get away from the house. Standing at the edge of the courtyard, she closed her eyes and rested.

"Shuiyan! Your husband is coming back soon! Are you happy?" Li Yu held the charming woman in his arms, supporting her thighs as if holding a child to urinate, walking around the room while talking.

"Not happy!~ Hurry! Don't torture me!~" Mu Shuiyan reached out and stroked Li Yu's hair behind him, gasping alluringly.

"Not happy? Then I'll make you happy!" With that, Li Yu began to thrust rapidly.

Outside, the Great Sima turned red in the face, wishing only that she were deaf.

...

In a market town on the official road in the Chu region.

Li Yu jumped onto the roof, looking at the beautiful sunset in the distance.

"Sister-in-law! Are you still sad?" Li Yu said to Ehuang beside him.

Ehuang shook her head without speaking, her face gradually turning slightly red. Not daring to look at Li Yu, she quickly jumped off the inn's roof and ran into the room, leaving Li Yu full of question marks. What was going on?

Late at night, when the inn had closed, Li Yu was thrusting rapidly into the beautiful woman before him.

"Master! Call me sister-in-law!" Tang Wan'er said while panting, flirting.

"Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law!~" Li Yu's mind instantly conjured up Ehuang's figure, and he became even more excited.

What Li Yu didn't know was that Ehuang in the next room heard everything clearly—how could this wooden partition compare to reinforced concrete? And Tang Wan'er, under Li Yu's command, smiled like a fox, as if her scheme had succeeded.

...

At dawn, Li Yu stood by the street, looking at the passing people and feeling the worldly atmosphere. He stretched, threw a punch into the air, and felt full of energy.

At this time, his sister-in-law Ehuang also came out. Li Yu saw her charming eyes were bloodshot and said with a look of distress, "Sister-in-law, did you not sleep well last night? The dead cannot come back to life, and the road of life is long. Lord Shun is just a passerby in your life! I believe you will meet someone who loves and cherishes you in the future!"

Li Yu was trying to enlighten his sister-in-law Ehuang, but he didn't expect the reward would be Ehuang's eye-roll.

Li Yu: "..." Did I say something wrong?

At this time, the charming Tang Wan'er also woke up, stretching, draped in thin gauze, her inner lining bulging high, looming, very seductive.

"Husband!~ Sister-in-law doesn't seem happy!" Tang Wan'er looked at Ehuang's magnificent hips with seductive eyes, wondering about something...

The carriage continued on its way. Tang Wan'er handed a cup of tea to Ehuang opposite her: "Sister-in-law! Please drink some tea!"

Ehuang took it and thanked her! She drank it in one gulp.

Li Yu looked at his sister-in-law; although her face was rosy, her expression was very haggard. He was really afraid she wouldn't hold up, so he thought, "The Nanhu Lake is ahead. We will stay there for two days to relax!"

"Husband! You really love sister-in-law! I'm jealous!" As she spoke, Tang Wan'er's slender hand reached into Li Yu's lapel, groping his sturdy body. Her eyes were full of confusion, and her jade-like mouth blew onto Li Yu's neck, emitting a murmur.

Opposite them, Ehuang's legs moved involuntarily. She didn't know why, but her heart was beating very fast, and it felt very strange...