Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 619 - 191: Martial Fool, Martial God

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In the secret chamber.

Li Yuan was cultivating with a serene mind.

Having arrived at Xie Mansion, though only ten days had passed, he had already sensed the complexity of relationships here.

The Commander feigning madness, the relatives at the wedding banquet speaking with an eerie undertone, and the Ancestor sitting high in the mansion...

Even his brother-in-law, who commanded the "thirty thousand Hanzhou Iron Cavalry," left him wondering whether he was truly foolish or just pretending.

He had no intention to verify it.

But even with just his intuition, he could sense: this was undoubtedly a place with turbulent undercurrents.

He didn’t want to complicate matters.

Just as well, his image as a Martial Fool helped him avoid that.

He decided to quietly delve into his understanding here and wait for the Emperor.

In addition to cultivating, he would also use his informants left in Shanbao County to observe the surroundings.

With the bird already caged in gold, he could at least understand the general environment there.

In the deep night, more beastly roars came from the dense fog.

Among the pedestrians on the street, there were unconsciously more bizarre shadows.

Li Yuan estimated that the Wendao Palace’s peak period of "mass-producing Sixth Grade" would likely occur in these two or three years.

Once it exploded, with more Exotic Beast and the formation of the Three Thousand Ghost Riders, it would be a time of catastrophic upheaval.

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A month later.

Li Yuan emerged from the secret chamber.

During this month, he had been moving in slow motion.

Even stepping out the door, he maintained that slow motion.

However, his "Add Points" talent seemed entirely channeled into the Shadow Blood Skill, so even with such slow movement combined with the Visualization of Tai Chi, he hadn’t directly condensed any Cultivation Skill.

However, there were gains, as he clearly felt a faint trace of Yin Qi.

Li Yuan suspected this Yin Qi came from Lady Yan, after all, before mastering "fire," he had spent a long time with Lady Yan.

He could feel the Yin Qi seemed to sculpt his thoughts, making them clearer, even slowing down the world in his eyes.

However, after extended cultivation, he felt a bit fatigued, so he stepped out.

Upon seeing Xie Yu looking angry at the door, Li Yuan asked, "Lady, practice the sword?"

Xie Yu dismissed the maid and asked, "Ximen Gucheng, do you know what being a couple means?"

Li Yuan nodded.

Xie Yu, hands on her hips, asked again, "Do you know what couples should do?"

Li Yuan nodded once more.

Xie Yu’s eyes immediately turned red, "We’ve been married for more than a month now."

Li Yuan secretly sighed, thinking that in the past, he would have consummated on the first day, being a High Grade Martial Artist with excessive vitality.

But since that sudden feeling and the month’s cultivation, he became increasingly immersed in a curious state, realizing "women seemed less interesting than sword skills to him now."

In the past, he thought the saying "with no woman in mind, the sword flows naturally" was just talk from those who "can’t taste the grapes."

Now, though, he felt there might be some truth to it.

However, the causality should be reversed; it’s not "with no woman in mind, the sword flows naturally," but rather "immersing in the sword leaves no room for thoughts of women, and when thinking of a woman, he only considered her speed, strength, and the way she wielded her Weapon, not her appearance or body."

"I’m sorry," Li Yuan sincerely said, he truly hadn’t expected this situation, currently only interested in cultivation, while the Red Dust he once loved had turned into shackles in his heart, somewhat making him want to avoid it.

He wondered if it might be related to his inexplicable cultivation method, but... being obsessed with it, he naturally wouldn’t stop.

Xie Yu smiled, "It’s perfect, I... I didn’t intend to get intimate with a man so soon either.

If it wasn’t for you, I don’t know how long I’d have postponed it.

Since you are my husband, and you can’t run away, what am I afraid of?"

She lifted her face, smiling charmingly in the sunlight.

However, at this moment, Li Yuan couldn’t appreciate this beauty.

After thinking a bit, he said, "Then tonight, let’s sleep together."

Xie Yu said, "Hmph, do you think you can just decide that?"

But after saying this, she remembered the wooden-headed man in front of her and worried this attitude might push him away, so she quickly changed her tone, "It’s a deal, no backing out!"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I won’t back out."

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That night, the two lay on the same bed.

Li Yuan, being obsessed with martial arts, was unversed in worldly matters, yet the normal reactions of a man still existed.

Xie Yu felt his reaction, but couldn’t bring herself to take the initiative.

Unable to bring herself, Li Yuan, though having a normal reaction, also had a sense of "self-reflection from a higher state."

He observed his body, and the body in front of him.

But the body was merely a body, just a warm, flesh-and-blood form that influenced thought.

Under such extreme calmness, he did nothing.

However, if Xie Yu took the initiative, he wouldn’t refuse.

But Xie Yu didn’t take the initiative either.

Thus, that night, the two embraced and fell asleep together.

Early the next morning, Li Yuan hurriedly returned to his seclusion.

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Two months later.

Li Yuan emerged from seclusion once more.

This time, it was no longer mysterious.

He clearly felt that trace of Yin Qi within his Divine Soul.

It was left in his Divine Soul by Lady Yan, just as he had left Yang Qi in Lady Yan’s body.

And the sudden feelings he had might also be due to the slow and steady accumulation of this trace of Yin Qi.

He considered merging with this Yin Qi, but he failed.

Yin Qi simply doesn’t blend with the living.