Chapter 555 - 538 The Young Martial Artist’s Dream (4,500)_3
This person here, could they be a notorious bandit!
If she were indeed such a bandit, entering here might be like lamb entering tiger’s mouth, subjected to humiliation, losing her innocence!
She thought to herself that she had some measure of beauty, if this person makes a move on her, for the sake of her child she’d have to endure it to some extent.
But after entering the courtyard, looking at this handsome bandit, her heart couldn’t help but pound, secretly lamenting, ’You were born a beauty, how unfortunate to be a thief.’
Then again she looked toward that stunning sister, yet a hint of darkness flashed by, feeling ashamed.
She possessed some beauty, but that sister was captivating beyond measure, she fell short by far.
With a sister of such remarkable beauty present, she doubted she’d garner any favor being considered mere chaff.
"No matter, it’s just a small matter, refining jade requires three days of full heating, identifying material demands a seven-year period, this is his test and also his trial!" Lu Xuanji remarked, "If he passes the test, he can become a swordsman; if not, he could become an apprentice to support his family!"
"I thank you, sir!"
The woman in white said, handing over a basket of peaches, saying, "Here are some small gifts, nothing much, sir please accept them temporarily, I know these don’t matter to you!"
Lu Xuanji looked at Jin Xi, leisurely said, "Xi’Er, take them!"
Jin Xi stepped forward to receive the basket, smilingly asked, "How should this little sister be addressed?"
The woman in white shyly said, "I, am named Zhao Yu’Er!"
"Yu’Er, if free, you are welcome to visit more often!"
"I understand, sister!"
After a brief conversation, the woman in white nodded and left.
With the door closed, Jin Xi seemed to muse, "Xuanji, what do you think of this woman?"
Lu Xuanji said, "No feeling!"
Jin Xi said, "Xuanji, she possesses a Water Element Celestial Spirit Root, a prodigy in cultivation. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, she was overlooked, did not embark on the path of cultivation, and married, decades later would turn into dust. Though even without stepping onto the cultivation path, relying on the nourishment of Celestial Spirit Root, she remains stunningly beautiful, surpassing mortals."
Lu Xuanji said, "So what?"
If in Purple Mansion Realm, he would carefully nurture a Celestial Spirit Root; but now he is a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, just a step away from entering the Divinity Transformation Realm.
So-called Celestial Spirit Root, in his eyes, is nothing much.
Jin Xi said, "Zhao Yu’Er married and bore children, but three years ago her husband passed away due to illness, now she raises the child alone. If the husband is interested, he could take her as a concubine, which counts as her creation!"
The Cultivation Immortality Realm advocates multiple marriages, many wives, and concubines, producing many offspring.
This is not related to morality, but survival.
Why the Human Race cannot defeat the Demon Race, is because their fertility doesn’t match the Demon Race.
Human Race Cultivators, one child a year, many female cultivators bear four or five children, considered heroic mothers; yet rat demons, multiple births a year, several offspring per birth, dozens of offspring a year, in a lifetime would give birth to tens of thousands of children.
Even White Tiger Race, Golden Crow Race, others with poor fertility seeds, would have hundreds of children in a lifetime.
In fertility capability, the Human Race falls particularly short, one reason why they can’t overpower the Demon Race.
Lu Xuanji laughed, "No need, I have no mood for it!"
Jin Xi laughed and persuaded again, there would be plenty of time in the future, could take it slowly.
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Leaving the courtyard, Zhao Yu’Er felt uneasy yet breathed a sigh of relief.
She was not very knowledgeable, but not entirely foolish either.
This knight wore clothes of refinement, not a hint of seam stitch could be found, linguistic elegance of noble aura, even some aristocratic young men paled in comparison.
This was no mere bandit, but a legendary Immortal Master.
Immortal Masters live eternally, can sword flight, wander freely, even emperors would kneel before them, only such an existence would radiate such nobility.
"Would this person calculate Immortal Master, could appreciate my child?"
Zhao Yu’Er worried.
Once she was an elite maiden, later married into a prestigious family as a wife, leading a safe life. After her husband died, excluded by the clan, relocated here, living sufficiently yet silver coins barely adequate for her child to attend a martial arts school.
In uneasy contemplation, she returned home.
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PS: Keep writing, aiming for ten thousand-word update.
