NABC Chapter 36 Taking in Another Concubine
Chapter 36 Taking in Another Concubine
Looking at Yuan Yao in this state, Wen Tianren said in a low voice, "Although she's dead, your senior sister's remnant soul is still relatively stable, so it's not entirely hopeless!"
Upon hearing Wen Tianren's words, Yuan Yao suddenly looked up, her eyes blazing with hope, and said urgently, "As long as Senior can save Senior Sister, I am willing to pay any price! I will serve as your servant for the rest of my life without complaint, and I will never reveal your whereabouts!"
Wen Tianren looked at Yuan Yao and slowly shook his head, saying, "You think too highly of yourself. I saved you, and that storage bag was originally my spoils of war. The price you would have to pay to revive your senior sister is not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator like you can afford. As for your talk of being a slave, I don't need another Foundation Establishment cultivator under my command."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao's heart skipped a beat. Then, she bit her red lips lightly, as if she had made a decision in her heart: "Since you just revealed my identity, you must know something about me."
Wen Tianren did not deny it, and nodded, saying, "That's right, I do know a little bit."
Before Wen Tianren could finish speaking, a faint bitter smile appeared on Yuan Yao's stunningly beautiful face.
"That's right, I almost became that scoundrel's concubine. When I agreed to his request, I did have the idea of climbing up to the powerful Qingyang Sect. Hearing Yuan Yao say this, don't you think I'm a bit shameless, senior?" the woman said in a self-deprecating tone.
"Miss Yuan, you're overthinking it! That's always been the way of the cultivation world—the strong are respected. Unless you come from a prestigious sect or have exceptional talent, it's incredibly difficult for ordinary cultivators to advance further on the path of cultivation!"
Your actions are not at fault. There are many beautiful female cultivators in the cultivation world, and many of them are willing to serve as concubines or maids to high-level cultivators, hoping to have the opportunity to advance further in the cultivation world.
Some female cultivators even believed that their path to immortality was cut off, and were even willing to become the cultivation furnaces of those high-level cultivators in exchange for temporary enjoyment.
Compared to them, Miss Yuan, you're thinking far too little about these things.
Wen Tianren's words made Yuan Yao feel a little better.
She forced a smile, but her eyes still held a lingering gloom as she spoke softly:
"Back then, my senior sister and I entered the world of cultivation by accident. We came from a small, nameless sect near Kui Xing Island. There were only a hundred or so people in the sect, and more than 90% of them were Qi Refining cultivators. It was a sect, but it couldn't even compare to some cultivation families."
Our cultivation techniques are incomplete, our spiritual veins are depleted, and we can't even refine a single batch of Foundation Establishment Pills. We both know that if we continue like this, let alone hoping to form a Core, we won't even have a chance to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.
She paused, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the edge of her sleeve, as if she had returned to those days of wandering and helplessness: "So my senior sister and I left the sect together and searched for some unmarried male cultivators with high cultivation levels, hoping to find a chance to cultivate together and exchange it for a path to immortality."
Unfortunately, my senior sister and I haven't met any suitable Core Formation cultivators, let alone high-level Foundation Establishment cultivators. Instead, we've attracted many lecherous men who have been eyeing our beauty.
These cultivators, whose cultivation was not much higher than my sister's, still tried to make us submit to them. Later, in a battle with those wicked people, my senior sister Yanli and I were forced to separate.
I wandered the Chaotic Star Sea alone for a while. A month ago, when I saw my senior sister again, I discovered that she had become the furnace cauldron of the young master of the Qingyang Sect.
I was naturally shocked and furious, and wanted to ask what was going on. But then the young master of Qingyang Sect suddenly appeared and said that he had taken a fancy to me and wanted to take me as his concubine.
He also said that if I agreed to his request, he would let go of Senior Sister Yanli and take her as a concubine as well.
It is also because I am ignorant and unaware of the dangers of the cultivation world.
Back then, I was naive, thinking that climbing Qingyang Gate was like ascending to heaven. Although Senior Sister Yanli desperately tried to stop me, I was thinking of rescuing her and didn't think much of it, and actually... I was bewitched and agreed, and went back to Qingyang Gate with her.
As she spoke, Yuan Yao fell silent, as if recalling the events of that time.
After Yuan Yao collected her thoughts, she continued in a suddenly icy voice:
"On the way back to Qingyang Sect, Senior Sister Yanli took the opportunity to secretly tell me that she had also been deceived by that villain, who said he would take her as a concubine."
But who knew that not long after being taken back by that thief, he suddenly turned her into a furnace, wantonly draining her essence. And those other furnaces in similar situations were almost all tricked back using the same method.
Once they entered the Qingyang Sect, these female cultivators had no say in whether they became concubines or cultivation vessels. When I heard this, I was shocked and naturally unwilling. So I discussed with Senior Sister Yanli that we should sneak away together while the thieves were off guard.
Who would have thought that the thief was no ordinary person, but a lecherous fiend? He forced me to share a room with him halfway through the journey.
Left with no other choice, I first got entangled with the thief, while Senior Sister Yanli took the opportunity to poison the spiritual tea. Then, while his subordinates were away and the tea was poisoned, she stole his storage bag and killed the thief.
Unexpectedly, the villain possessed a protective magic treasure bestowed by a Nascent Soul cultivator, which allowed him to retain a certain level of strength.
If it weren't for my senior sister shielding me from that villain's demonic fire, and the two talismans that my sister and I had obtained by chance years ago, I would probably be in the same situation as my senior sister right now.
But Senior Sister Yanli's physical body was destroyed while saving me, and only a remnant of her soul remains." At this point, Yuan Yao's eyes were filled with sadness.
She then knelt down, her forehead pressed against the rocks, her voice filled with a tearful resolve, a stark contrast to her previous sadness.
"Please, Senior Wen, save my senior sister's life! I will serve you with my life, even unto death!"
Wen Tianren remained silent for a long time, and a rare feeling of emotion arose in his heart.
In this treacherous and dog-eat-dog world of cultivation, there are still such deeply affectionate sisters.
Yanli shielded Yuanyao from Huangtian's attack, and Yuanyao, even after forming her core, did not forget to find a way to revive Yanli. In the end, she was willing to drop her cultivation level in order to use the forbidden resurrection technique.
Now, she's willing to be manipulated by him for the sake of her senior sister, which is rare in the cultivation world where people are ruthless and loyalty has long been trampled into the mud.
He looked up and saw Yuan Yao kneeling in front of him, her bare feet as white as jade with a faint pink hue, her skin as white as snow, her pink arms trembling slightly, her calves with graceful lines, barefoot and socks, her toes slightly curled up due to nervousness, her eyes filled with both sorrow and determination.
She's truly pitiful to behold.
Seeing such a stunning beauty kneeling before him, Wen Tianren couldn't help but be moved.
Yuan Yao was indeed a stunning beauty, no less so than Zi Ling and Qing Yu. Despite his lustful gaze, his tone surprisingly softened as he spoke:
"I am not a kind person, but I am not heartless either. You do not have to be a slave or a maid, but if you are willing... to be my concubine..."
He paused, his gaze deep: "If you come with me, not only can you escape the Qingyang Sect's pursuit, but I will also help you rescue your senior sister. However, I cannot completely trust you yet. Now that you know my true identity, just in case, I need to plant a soul imprint on you."