Chapter 140: Master's Wife
"Oh, you were in Pegasus before, and it was Master's Wife who sent you a letter..."
Jiang Cheng confirmed Gao Xian's identity. Although he was still surprised, he appeared calm and kept talking to Gao Xian.
Gao Xian answered casually and said some of what he could.
The two walked and talked, and soon they reached the backyard. The backyard was full of women, so Jiang Cheng didn't dare to barge in.
He stopped a pretty maid in front of the Moon Gate and asked her to help him pass on the message.
After a while, a pretty maid came out and bowed to Gao Xian: "Dear guest, please follow me."
Gao Xian nodded to Jiang Cheng and followed the maid into the backyard.
There are many orchids, chrysanthemums and other flowers planted on both sides of the yard. The white stone paved passage is very clean. There are two rows of green bamboos in front of the main house. Thousands of green bamboo leaves sway in the wind, breaking up the sunlight all over the ground.
The house with gray tiles and green bricks is shaded by green bamboo, making it more elegant and quiet.
When Gao Xian arrived here, some related memories naturally emerged in his mind, and he felt that everything looked very familiar.
He couldn't help but feel a little panicked. This was the backyard of the inner house, and men were not allowed to enter without permission. Why did he seem to be very familiar with this place?
When I entered the room, I saw a young woman in blue sitting in the main seat. She had thin eyebrows, phoenix eyes, delicate features, and skin as white and smooth as fine jade.
The young woman looked short, but she had a slim and well-proportioned figure, and a unique beauty of a young woman. She sat there in an elegant and dignified posture, but it couldn't hide the charming charm between her eyebrows.
Gao Xian immediately recognized that this was Master's Wife Bai Yurong. He bowed and said, "Disciple Gao Xian greets Master's Wife."
"Xiaoxian, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have become more handsome and taller."
Bai Yurong looked Gao Xian up and down, her bright eyes filled with surprise.
The Gao Xian in front of me was wearing a green robe and holding a sword. His eyes were as bright as stars. There was a calmness and ease between his brows, and his whole body was filled with a convincing charm.
This was very different from the smart and clever boy in her memory; he was even two different people.
"You have been in Pegasus for three years, and your cultivation has improved greatly. It seems that you have reached the middle stage of Qi training?" Bai Yurong asked with concern.
"Reporting to Master's Wife, I have luckily broken through to the seventh level of Qi training."
Gao Xian didn't want to hide it from Bai Yurong, and there was no need to hide it.
After all, she is his master's wife, and he will be living in Lianyun City permanently in the future, so it will be difficult for him to hide his magical powers.
For Lianyun City, a mere Qi training level seven was nothing. Hiding things would only attract attention.
Bai Yurong was obviously stunned for a moment. She remembered very clearly that three years ago, Gao Xian was only at the first level of Qi training and had some talent in alchemy, so he was sold to Feimaji by Xu Mingyuan to help others make alchemy.
In more than three years, he advanced from the first level of Qi training to the seventh level of Qi training. This speed of cultivation is extremely amazing.
Even the true disciples of Lianyun Sect may not be able to cultivate at such a fast speed.
Bai Yurong stood up and walked to Gao Xian, walked around him, and looked at him carefully again.
She felt something was wrong when they first met, and when she looked at him from a closer distance, she found that Gao Xian's hair crown, robe, sword, belt, and boots all looked extraordinary. His entire body was covered with magical weapons, and they were all very good ones.
For a Qigong practitioner, this set is quite luxurious.
More importantly, Gao Xian's aura was calm and steady, and his eyes, which were as bright as stars, were even more calm like water. It was unknown what adventure Gao Xian had encountered in Pegasus that led to such a tremendous change.
Bai Yurong immediately showed a relieved smile. She stretched out her hand and touched Gao Xian's forearm and said with some emotion: "I remember you were only this tall when you came here, and you have grown up in the blink of an eye."
The Bai Yurong, which is so close at hand, exudes a faint fragrance like orchid.
Gao Xian felt a little nervous as his master's wife seemed a little too intimate with him.
At this moment, a lot of memory scenes suddenly flooded into his mind. In these scenes, he saw his master's wife Bai Yurong bringing him in. At that time, he was only eleven or twelve years old, and his breasts were not as tall as his master's wife.
The master looked down on him, and it was only after the master's wife fought hard for him that he was reluctantly allowed to stay.
In the following ten years, he suffered a lot from Xu Mingyuan. It was because of his master's wife's private care that he was able to develop a sense of Qi before the age of eighteen and become a Qi practitioner.
He also had some talent in alchemy, so he slowly gained a foothold. But Xu Mingyuan seemed to look down on him, and three years ago he couldn't wait to throw him to Shopkeeper Zhu, and Zhu Hongan brought him to Pegasus.
These fragmented memories swept in like a huge wave, impacting Gao Xian's consciousness.
Fortunately, he had experienced so many things and had killed many great foundation-building monks with his own hands, so his mind became more profound.
While accepting the memory fragments, he was able to keep a straight face.
Judging from the memory fragments, the master's wife treated the original owner like a sister caring for her younger brother. When he became an adult, his relationship with the master's wife became even more intimate.
It seems that there was no substantial relationship between the two. This memory is incomplete and lacks a lot of key content.
Gao Xian felt that there seemed to be something wrong between him and his master's wife, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
He felt a little guilty again. Considering the close relationship between the original owner and his mistress, he acted a little too distant.
I hope Master's wife won't notice anything wrong?
"Xiaoxian, your cultivation has greatly improved. You have every hope of building a foundation. My Master is very happy..."
Bai Yurong didn't seem to notice anything was wrong. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and her bright eyes were filled with joy and smile.
At this distance, Gao Xian couldn't see the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. This master's wife had fair and moist skin, as if she was twenty-five or twenty-six years old. Her body seemed to be in the best condition. No one knew what kind of magic formula she was practicing.
Gao Xian hurriedly said modestly: "It was all thanks to the teaching and cultivation of Master and Master's Wife."
He didn't want to talk about his own affairs, so he changed the subject and asked, "Master's Wife, what's going on with Master?"
Bai Yurong waved to the maid, and the maid hurriedly lowered her head and left the room, closing the door.
The weather in July is already very hot.
After the door was closed, the elegant fragrance emanating from Bai Yurong lingered over, making Gao Xian feel a little irritated. He felt that the room was a little too small.
"Xiao Xian, to be honest, your master is most likely dead."
Bai Yurong sighed softly, her delicate face looked calm, as if she had already accepted this fact.
Although Gao Xian had no feelings for the teacher, he still pretended to be worried and comforted the teacher's wife, "The teacher is a lucky person, nothing will happen to him."
"Your master is stingy and greedy, and does things without leaving any room for compromise, but he has offended many people."
Bai Yurong shook her head slightly, as if she didn't want to talk about it any more. She changed the subject and said, "I called you back not because of your master, but to disband Sanyuan Hall."
Gao Xian was a little surprised. Sanyuantang was a medicine shop opened by Xu Mingyuan. After twenty or thirty years of operation, it had quite a bit of influence in Lianyun City.
Not to mention making a fortune every day, it is also a very stable source of income.
In addition, Xu Mingyuan organized all his disciples through Sanyuantang and distributed benefits through Sanyuantang, forming a very complete organizational structure.
According to Gao Xian, Sanyuantang is a small company. Disbanding Sanyuantang is equivalent to giving up the business that Xu Mingyuan has run for decades, and it is also equivalent to driving all disciples out of the Xu family.
Isn't it a bit too hasty for Master's wife to close Sanyuan Hall when it's still uncertain whether Xu Mingyuan is alive or dead? He thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say much. He was just a small nominal disciple, and it was not his turn to speak about the affairs of the Xu family.
Bai Yurong saw Gao Xian's confusion, and she explained: "Without your master, no one can make Sanyuan Pills. There is no point in continuing to run Sanyuan Hall, and it will only cause a lot of trouble."
Gao Xian nodded. What Bai Yurong said made sense. Without his cheap master around, no one could control the situation.
This situation is similar to that of the Zhu family. After Zhu Changsheng's death, if no other great foundation-building cultivator comes forward, the Zhu family's wealth will inevitably be divided up by other families.
Bai Yurong suddenly remembered something as she spoke. She took out a deed from her sleeve and handed it to Gao Xian.
"Take back the indenture you signed with Lao Xu."
Gao Xian was a little surprised. He had signed a contract with Xu Mingyuan to sell himself? He took the contract. This thing should be tanned from some monster skin, tough and soft.
He unfolded the contract and read it carefully. It clearly stated that he voluntarily took Xu Mingyuan as his master, would allow Xu Mingyuan to command him for the rest of his life, and would never regret it.
On it were his and Xu Mingyuan's signatures and red handprints, and above the signatures and handprints was the seal of the Lianyun Sect's outer sect.
There are dozens of cloud patterns inside the deed to ensure that the deed cannot be changed.
Gao Xian had mixed feelings after reading the deed. Xu Mingyuan was really cruel to him, and the original owner probably had no other choice.
After all, it was Xu Mingyuan who led the original owner to the path of cultivation. Without Xu Mingyuan, the original owner might have been an ordinary person.
It was his master's wife who helped him get this opportunity to sell himself.
Fortunately, Xu Mingyuan should be dead, otherwise he really doesn’t know how to face this teacher.
"Thank you, Master's Wife." Gao Xian held the contract tightly and bowed to Bai Yurong.
Bai Yurong waved her hand with a complicated look on her face, "Old Xu wants to use the contract to control others, which is both tasteless and stupid.
"If you have the ability to control others, you don't need a bond. If you don't have this ability, a bond is useless. It will only make people resentful..."
She didn't want to say more, so she said, "You just came back, so just stay at home."
Gao Xian wanted to see the situation first and then go to see Qiniang at night. But since Master's Wife was so kind to him, he couldn't refuse bluntly.
He nodded and said, "I will leave it to my master's wife to arrange everything for me."
Bai Yurong called the maid outside in, "Chunxiang, go find Jiang Cheng and ask him to arrange a place for Xiaoxian to live."
Gao Xian bowed respectfully to Bai Yurong before leaving the room.
Under Chunxiang's guidance, Gao Xian returned to the front yard. Chunxiang found Jiang Cheng and told him what Bai Yurong said.
Jiang Cheng was also quite polite to Chunxiang, nodding his head repeatedly. After Chunxiang left, Jiang Cheng smiled at Gao Xian and said, "Junior brother, there is an empty room in the west wing, it's quite clean. If you don't mind, you can stay there."
He couldn't see through Gao Xian's depth, nor did he know what his master's wife meant, so he didn't dare to neglect this strange junior brother.
The room was quite tidy, and the bedding, although not new, was washed cleanly.
"Thank you, Brother Jiang."
Gao Xian looked at the room and was quite satisfied with it. He politely thanked Jiang Cheng.
This Senior Brother Jiang Cheng looked a bit slick, but slickness was different from being bad. As long as he was not involved, he didn't need to pay attention to the other person's character.
Sitting in the small room, Gao Xian felt a little bored. He even regretted coming here directly. He should have stayed at Qiniang's place for two days before coming to Xu's house.
He missed the little black cat a little. If he could pet the cat, it would be a good way to pass the time.
With nothing to do, Gao Xian took out the "Secrets of Dongbin".
He has already practiced six of the eight magic spells in "Dongbin's Secret". After continuous practice, these six inferior ways of flirting have undergone qualitative changes and have been of great help to him.
There are still two spells left to practice: "Transformation" and "Rejuvenation".
Gao Xian had just learned the Red Dragon Swallowing the Moon technique, so he used all his spiritual energy on it. He had not learned these two spells.
He took out the Fengyue Treasure Mirror, and after more than ten days of effort, he accumulated the spiritual light of nearly two thousand people.
Apparently, under Li Shuanglin's control, Lujiaosan and Tianguidan were also selling well.
If I accumulate another day of human spiritual light, it will be enough to upgrade the Red Dragon Swallowing Moon. This spell can improve spiritual awareness and is a good choice. However, in the current situation, the cost-effectiveness of upgrading the Red Dragon Swallowing Moon is too low.
All other spells that can be added with points in Fengyue Baojian require a large amount of human spiritual light, and their levels cannot be upgraded in a short period of time.
Instead of doing that, you might as well learn a new spell.
Gao Xian thought about it and chose the transformation technique. Because the rejuvenation technique is to use the power of magic to stimulate women's sexual desire, he can do it with the electric light dragon hand.
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
Besides, he couldn't see any potential in rejuvenation for the time being.
In comparison, the transformation technique can enlarge or reduce the size of certain parts of the body, which seems to be more interesting and has more potential.
The transformation technique is very simple, and the transformation effect can be achieved by combining magic power with the body.
Gao Xian has mastered the Iron Dragon Hand to the level of a master, and controlling his muscles and bones is easy for him. His powerful spiritual consciousness can better control his magic power.
After practicing it twice, I mastered the transformation technique.
Gao Xian invested 500 points of humanity's spiritual light and upgraded the transformation technique to the master level, and the annotations of the transformation technique changed greatly.
Transfiguration: Change the shape of any part of the body within the normal human shape. (1/1000 Master)
Ordinary transformation techniques can only enlarge or reduce parts of the body, but master-level transformation techniques can adjust the entire body at will, but cannot exceed the range of normal human form.
Gao Xian tried it and found that the transformation technique could change his appearance and body shape at will. He could grow up to two feet taller, but his body had to be stretched to be as thin as a bamboo pole.
The smallest it can shrink is two feet, and the body can shrink in the same proportion, so it doesn't look too weird. It's like a ten-year-old child.
The facial features, limbs, torso and even skin color can be adjusted at will, which is equivalent to a very free face-pinching system.
Gao Xian tried it and found that he could completely transform into Qiniang, or even Zhou Yuling, at least in appearance they were almost exactly the same.
However, the spiritual consciousness, magic power and other auras of cultivators have very strong personal characteristics, and it is difficult to deceive acquaintances by just imitating their appearance.
Transfiguration can be easily seen through by detection spells and even interfered with by magic arrays.
"It doesn't seem to be of much use..."
Gao Xian was a little disappointed. It was quite interesting to be able to transform into anyone else at will.
If it was his last life, that would be a magical skill. Pretending to be a celebrity, or becoming the husband of a beautiful woman... well, he was just thinking about it, and even if it was really possible, he would not do it.
In the world of cultivators, such changes are easily seen through and have little significance.
However, the transformation technique involves delicate changes in tendons, bones and muscles. After learning the transformation technique, Gao Xian feels that his control over tendons, bones and muscles has been significantly enhanced.
He has been practicing Iron Dragon Hand for more than three years and is now at the master level, but his control over his body has not reached such a subtle level.
The ten movements of Iron Dragon Hand may seem simple, but they are extremely complex, involving muscles, tendons, internal organs, and using breathing to mobilize magic power, spiritual consciousness, and body resonance.
There is no shortcut to this kind of physical training method. One can only practice hard day and night, but progress is slow. After the Iron Dragon Hand reaches the master level, it can only improve one or two points a day.
Gao Xian took out the Fengyue Baojian, and the proficiency of the front Iron Dragon Hand increased by more than 500 points, which was equivalent to the result of his hard training for a year. He was greatly surprised.
He guessed that the transformation technique improved his control over the body, so it directly raised the level of Iron Dragon Hand.
Just to be able to upgrade your Iron Dragon Hand and increase your body strength, the Transformation Technique is worth the investment!
Gao Xian thought about it and invested another thousand points to upgrade his transformation technique to the grandmaster level.
Transfiguration: Change the body shape and spiritual aura at will within the normal range. (1/3000 Grandmaster) Gao Xian enters the Mind Temple with his consciousness and conducts various tests on the Transfiguration.
The first thing is to determine the range of transformation. The master-level transformation technique allows Gao Xian to change into many forms as long as he is within the normal range.
For example, limbs, skin color, even scars, acne, hair color, etc. can all be changed at will. Including voice, smell, etc., can also be changed and imitated.
If he wanted, he could even transform into a wild beast of similar size, such as a tiger or a wolf, but such a transformation would not be very meaningful and could only increase the fun in bed.
The most important use is actually to imitate others. For example, imitating Zhu Qiniang, not only is his appearance exactly the same, he can even imitate Zhu Qiniang's spiritual aura.
This is also because his spiritual awareness is powerful, not inferior to Qiniang, and he is extremely familiar with Qiniang.
If you want to pretend to be a stranger, it is not that easy. Because the spiritual consciousness is more complicated, it is difficult to imitate perfectly in a short time.
Gao Xian was quite satisfied with the effect of the Grandmaster-level transformation technique. It could be used to disguise oneself well, and could also be used to frame others.
What was really useful to him was the transformation technique's precise control over the body, which allowed his Iron Dragon Hand to reach the master level in one fell swoop.
Iron Dragon Hand reached the Grandmaster level, which directly increased his lifespan by ten years.
Gao Xian clenched his fists. This simple action mobilized the bones, muscles and tendons of his entire body. The powerful force was like a surging Yangtze River, and could burst out at any time according to his will.
The room was too small and Gao Xian didn't dare to try.
He entered the Heart Temple with his consciousness and conducted various tests. His strength and speed increased by at least 30%.
The Grandmaster's full-level Electric Light Dragon Hand made him faster than the initial stage of foundation building. However, his body was weak and he could not fully utilize the speed advantage of the Electric Light Dragon Hand.
This time, Iron Dragon Hand was promoted to Grandmaster, which greatly improved his physical strength, which can further increase his speed.
The speed increased by 30%, which may not seem like much, but when it is transferred to the sword, it will double the lethality. This increase is very terrifying.
The faster speed also gave Gao Xian more room to maneuver.
The last time he killed Zhu Changsheng in a surprise attack, he was lucky. In his current state, it would be much easier to kill Zhu Changsheng again.
Even a great foundation-building cultivator like Li Shuanglin who is good at fighting would find it difficult to escape his schemes.
Of course, he was still far behind the great monks in the foundation building stage in a head-on battle. Once the other party saw through the changes in his shadowless robes, he would surely die.
Fortunately, with Zhu Qinnan, he no longer needs to fight directly with the foundation-building cultivator.
Gao Xian was studying his own condition in his room and had not gone out. But he could hear people coming and going outside, making it very lively.
In the evening, Jiang Cheng brought a few people to ask him to go out for dinner, but he politely declined.
Xu Mingyuan has too many disciples, and his memory is incomplete, so it would be easy for him to be exposed when they sit together and chat.
Jiang Cheng and his companions didn't say anything at the time, but they started talking as soon as they walked out the door, and what they said was quite unpleasant.
"This brat really takes himself seriously!"
"He is in the middle stage of Qi training and looks down on us..."
"Damn it, this kid is so trembling. If he hadn't had a good-looking face and been liked by the master's wife, she wouldn't have let him in!"
What the group of people could not have imagined was that Gao Xian's spiritual awareness was comparable to that of a great monk in the foundation-building stage. Even though the two sides were more than a hundred steps apart and there were multiple obstacles, Gao Xian could still hear their conversation clearly.
Gao Xian was not angry either. As the old saying goes: Those who are superior to others will surely be criticized.
Everyone is not doing well, and you are doing well, which makes people jealous. But you don't mix with others, so who can say good things about you!
After a while, Chunxiang came over with a lunch box to deliver the meal.
Gao Xian was a little surprised that his master's wife really cared about him. He thought about it and decided not to eat. It was not safe to eat in a strange place, and he would have to go to the toilet, which was very troublesome.
He had hundreds of Bailudan pills. If he took one a day, he could survive without food for a year.
At three o'clock in the morning, all the people who had gone out to drink came back. They were drunk and a little noisy, but fortunately they soon quieted down.
Gao Xian saw that the time was almost up, so he activated his shadowless robe and passed through the wall.
A group of people lived in the east wing, huddled together, and the room was filled with the turbid and smelly smell of alcohol.
In another room, Jiang Cheng was talking to a burly man in black.
Both of them spoke in low voices and without turning on the lights, appearing to be very sneaky.
But the two of them could never have imagined that Gao Xian had already entered the room silently.
"I have already told them that everyone is very resentful towards Xu Mingyuan."
Jiang Cheng said with some pride: "When Bai Yurong comes out to speak tomorrow, we will all make a noise together and ask her to hand over the Sanyuan Dan Jing. This woman has a soft temper. Once we force her, she will definitely give in."
The sturdy man nodded, and after a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Is Gao Xian okay? I remember Bai Yurong has always been very caring towards him."
"This kid has only been out for a few years, and somehow he has reached the middle stage of Qi training."
Jiang Cheng turned around and said nonchalantly: "With so many of us, Gao Xian is nothing."
The burly man said gloomily: "If Gao Xian dares to stand up, it would be even better. We can kill him together and make an example of him to let Bai Yurong know how powerful we are!"
"ah……"
Jiang Cheng was a little hesitant. He just wanted to get the "Sanyuan Dan Jing" but didn't want to kill anyone.
Besides, Gao Xian was at least in the middle stage of Qi training. He looked quite powerful, so he was a little afraid to make a move.
"Look at you, you're such a coward!"
The burly man sneered disdainfully, "We are working for Master Xu Qi. Even if Xu Mingyuan is not dead, we don't have to be afraid. Not to mention a mere mid-stage Qi training..."
(The two chapters are tens of thousands of words long~ I guess it’s not too much to ask for monthly votes~)
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