San Ming’s fourth update today! Finally done… and finally reaching the end of the Phantom Mansion arc. I’ll be back home in a day or two, tops… Cackle. The moment Miao Xiaomiao saw her father standing downstairs with a dark scowl, she was instantly overcome with shame, her face burning crimson, completely at a loss.
Mo Xie was equally speechless regarding his future father-in-law: As an elder, what exactly were you doing standing downstairs of a young man’s residence first thing in the morning? Didn't you know this would be too much for this thin-skinned young master?
Miao Xiaomiao was profoundly helpless too…
She certainly knew today was the centennial grand occasion…
But even knowing it perfectly, the fact remained that her body refused to cooperate. It was truly unavoidable. “Last night, for nearly the entire night, this fellow actually didn’t let me rest much… For one whole night, this brute hammered at me like the surging waves of the sea, one crest higher than the last, ceaseless. After letting loose, Miao Xiaomiao could barely feel that her body had been thoroughly wrung out…
Even now, she felt a deep ache permeating her entire being.
When she woke up this morning, she found herself naked, draped over this man, and it seemed their contact was far past zero distance; now it was overtly negative distance. “I think I don't even remember how I finally fell asleep last night… Everything seems lost to memory, except for that bone-gnawing sensation still present in every inch of muscle throughout my body… it keeps resurfacing now and then, the lingering resonance echoing endlessly. If it hadn't been for Jun Mo Xie’s reminder, Miao Xiaomiao truly might not have been able to get up at all…
Too tired! Too sleepy! Too exhausted!
This wasn’t rest; it was harder than practicing martial arts or working a full day!
At a certain moment, a realization—she wasn’t sure if it qualified as enlightenment—dawned in Miao Xiaomiao’s mind: There was a reason why men in this world had multiple wives and concubines… having just one was truly unbearable. If even she, possessing the level of the Venerable realm, was like this, how could others possibly endure it?…
The Young Master rose, fully invigorated, spirits clear, and brimming with energy. Miao Xiaomiao might forget, but Young Master Jun never would! Even with his formidable self-control, he could rise on time even if he had been three or four times more exhausted the night before!
Today was the ultimate goal since entering the Phantom Mansion! The Spirit Herb Garden—what surprises would it hold for him?…
While washing his face, Jun Mo Xie mumbled a sentence, but this single utterance made Miao Xiaomiao blush to the roots of her hair and feel utterly disgraced every time she recalled it for a long time to come…
“This… event of one day and one night… is truly unforgettable…” This sentence seemed completely ordinary, but Young Master Jun deliberately elongated the pronunciation of one particular character…
The usually composed Miao Huanyu presented his flustered daughter and beaming future son-in-law before Miao Jingyun.
Miao Jingyun merely rolled his eyes and waved his hand: “Out!”
For a matter that shouldn't have happened yet but already had, what could he, as a grandfather, possibly say? Further admonishment… would only serve to delay things further…
Led by Miao Jingyun, the group simultaneously moved their figures. Miao Dao carried Mi Miao Xiaomiao, and Miao Jian carried Jun Mo Xie on his back. The entire assembly shot towards the still-dark horizon like a massive arrow…
The pace of people of this caliber was astonishingly swift. In only a few breaths, the group had arrived in the main palace of the Phantom Mansion. Before them now stood a colossal stone wall!
However, calling the object before them a mere stone wall might not be entirely appropriate, because, strictly speaking, describing it as a massive piece of jade would be more fitting! It stretched nearly twenty zhang high, emanating a soft, shimmering light, within which one could vaguely discern seven-colored rays swirling and dancing…
The surface of the jade was covered in strange, intricate patterns!
Besides these features, this piece of jade possessed one extremely peculiar characteristic: the entire stone seemed almost transparent. From the position where the group stood, one could see countless images within the jade—drifting clouds and ethereal pavilions, countless graceful figures floating and swaying within…
It seemed as if the jade connected to another world entirely…
And the side where the group stood only witnessed a tiny corner of this mysterious realm.
Yet, if one walked around to the back of the jade, there was nothing but a vast rock face!
Nothing else at all, certainly not the divine, strange images witnessed from the front…
A piece of jade this enormous, if it were placed up for auction on the Xuan Xuan Continent, it was believed that no single nation, even exhausting all its resources, might be able to afford it! Moreover, that price only accounted for the intrinsic value of the jade itself…
“This is a Profound Heaven Jade! Completely whole, without a single corner or speck of dust damaged.”
Miao Xiaomiao whispered softly beside Jun Mo Xie: “And the most miraculous thing about this jade is its indestructible nature; no one can damage it… Even ten Saint Venerables acting in unison could not leave the slightest mark on this jade…”
“Truly a good item!”
Mo Xie’s eyes lit up.
“This Profound Heaven Jade is the most precious item in the entire Feng Miao Phantom Mansion! But its value isn’t derived from its invulnerability or the images contained within. If it were only that, it would merely be a rare curiosity!”
Miao Xiaomiao stated softly: “Its true value lies in the fact that this jade is the only entrance to the Spirit Herb Garden!”
At this moment, Miao Huanyu stood alone before the enormous Profound Heaven Jade, silently stirring some form of inexplicable energy within his body, seemingly communicating something with the massive stone before him…
The indistinct patterns on the Profound Heaven Jade slowly began to move, from slow to fast, accelerating rapidly, gradually swirling into a blurry phantom… Finally, it transformed into a dazzling white light…
“To me, the most precious thing in the Misty Phantom Mansion is you, and you alone,”
Mo Xie smiled slightly. “I have already obtained the most precious thing.”
“You this person…”
Miao Xiaomiao instantly flushed, a mix of shyness and delight. Yet, she still stomped her foot coquettishly: “I am not a thing!” “… Right, right… you are not a thing…”
Mo Xie cackled.
How could he possibly pass up such a wonderful opportunity for teasing?
“You! You’re the one who isn't a thing!”
Miao Xiaomiao suddenly glared, puffing out her cheeks in anger: “I’m ignoring you, you libertine…”
“It’s fine, it doesn’t matter if you ignore this libertine for now…”
Mo Xie cheekily leaned close to her ear and whispered low: “It matters when you strip naked tonight, right? And yes, that’s when I’m the real libertine…” Utterly mortified, Miao Xiaomiao covered her face with both hands, nearly too ashamed to show her face… stamping her small feet incessantly, her delicate neck almost dropping to her chest… truly too ashamed to be seen… Wuwu, I’m so embarrassed…
This nemesis! On such a solemn occasion, how could he still say such things? Even if others couldn’t hear…
Just then, a ray of seven-colored rosy light shot out from within the jade surface of the Profound Heaven Jade, accompanied by a rich, heavy fragrance! This scent was utterly unlike any perfume found in the mundane world; merely inhaling it made one feel blissfully ethereal, body and spirit relaxed and joyful… Following this, a large door appeared quite abruptly out of thin air.
To the right of the door, a scroll of text materialized: The peerless guest of the Nine Netherworld, first in the ancient mortal dust! Ascend and descend by decree, roam free amidst the wind and rain!
All twenty-eight characters seemed poised to burst forth from the wall, striking into the lake of every person’s heart like claps of thunder and flashes of lightning!
Every one of these words carried an aura of commanding the heavens, looking down upon the world, an absolute monarchical might! Just by gazing at these twenty-eight characters, one could imagine how heroic and peerless the one who wrote them must have been!
The First Young Master of the Nine Netherworld!
Besides him, since the dawn of time, truly no one else could possess such audacious words! Nor could anyone possess the skill to write such characters!
Such arrogance!
But it was an arrogance that inspired heartfelt respect!
Such untamed spirit!
But it was a spirit that made one long to follow!
These twenty-eight grand characters remained visible for a full quarter of an hour before slowly fading. As the script disappeared, a perfectly straight stone staircase gradually emerged, leading into the distance without end. It seemed as if following this path could lead one to the end of time itself…
And on both sides of the stone steps, trees materialized from blurriness to clarity, stretching limitlessly… Once everything became fully visible, those present could enter the Spirit Herb Garden as if stepping onto a solid path. This was the custom of ten thousand years, never changing, never showing any abnormality…
Everyone knelt reverently, waiting patiently.
But at this moment, an unprecedented exception in ten millennia occurred today!
Just as the twenty-eight grand characters were about to vanish completely, a flash of golden light suddenly erupted, revealing a few characters written in the same style: “If you dare cause trouble once inside, I’ll castrate you!”
Seeing these words, all the old timers instantly turned to stone!
This… what was happening?
How could this added content be so coarse, so… why would it appear on this solemn and dignified jade wall? Furthermore… this had never happened before, yet the calligraphy was clearly that of the First Young Master of the Nine Netherworld, completely different from the preceding twenty-eight characters… And this sentence was obviously aimed at someone specific, but who was it directed towards?
The Young Master felt a buzzing in his scalp, and a dangerous chill seemed to sweep over his lower regions… Among everyone present, only he understood the meaning of this sentence.
This sentence was clearly directed at him! Left by the First Young Master of the Nine Netherworld ten thousand years ago, it was a stern warning to him! Young Master Jun was no stranger to the methods of the First Young Master of the Nine Netherworld; he had experienced it before when obtaining the Innate Five Elements Primordial Force and was long accustomed to it!
But the content of the latter part… Damn it, how did I cause trouble? Didn't I just want one tree of yours? Just a few fruits, was it necessary to be so serious even after ten thousand years? To issue a warning ten thousand years in advance… He really thought too little of my self-control…
Am I the kind of person swayed by sudden wealth?
This golden writing flashed and vanished quickly, but everyone present felt their hearts grow heavy: Since the Ancestor had issued such a severe warning, it definitely wasn't a joke. This time upon entering, they absolutely could not afford any mischief; better to take less, or even nothing, than to act recklessly. Holding these heavy feelings, the group finally entered the interior of the Spirit Herb Garden.
Walking along the stone pathway, upon reaching a fork in the road, Miao Jingyun immediately commanded them to divide into three groups to gather herbs, solemnly stressing that they must return and assemble here before the time limit.
As for Jun Mo Xie and Miao Xiaomiao, they accompanied Miao Huanyu, forming an independent group of three to proceed alone towards a vast expanse of grassland in the very center! This direction was precisely towards the location of the Seven-Colored Saint Village.
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