CHAPTER 128
First Come, First Served
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Su Cheng bit his finger to draw blood, casting a spell as he pressed his finger against the jade-like back still glistening with droplets.
Imprinting a spatial anchor point onto Ye Qinghan's body was no simple feat.
The difficulty lay not in the spell itself, but in the fact that she was a fox spirit born with innate allure.
As Su Cheng's blood traced indistinguishable characters across Ye Qinghan's back, an inexplicable burning sensation immediately spread!
Ye Qinghan couldn't help but let out a soft, pouty cry. Her master hadn't warned her about this sensation!
It felt as though a part of her master had been forcibly infused into her body—a sensation difficult to describe in words!
That burning heat from her master flowed slowly across her jade-like back. It didn't hurt, but the warmth struck straight to her soul!
Su Cheng felt the same sensation…
【Why is Qinghan so hot? Damn, is she running a fever? That shouldn't be possible?】
【She's an immortal cultivator—how could she catch a chill? Isn't she the Snow Fox of the Northern Realm? Catching a chill and running a fever after just a moment?】
Su Cheng pressed his free hand against Ye Qinghan's cheek…
"Holy crap, she's burning up!"
Ye Qinghan thought to herself: If Master were stripped naked and touched all over by her disciple, Master would surely be even hotter than Qinghan!
That's just unreasonable! Even fox demons get shy!
Su Cheng gently pried open Ye Qinghan's small mouth and placed a Fox-Saving Pill inside. No need to swallow—just holding it in her mouth would do the trick.
[Seeing Qinghan like this, your master truly can't bear it.]
With that thought, Su Cheng shook his head and continued engraving on Ye Qinghan's body.
Before he could engrave two more characters, Li Shiyao's voice drifted in from outside…
"Senior Sister, dinner's ready?"
Ye Qinghan remained silent, wanting to see how her master would handle this. Unexpectedly, Yu Lan's voice came through.
"Second Young Miss, the Sect Leader and First Young Miss have urgent matters to discuss. Please eat first."
Ye Qinghan was startled. Could it be that elders were keeping watch?
"Is that so?"
"The Sect Leader even prepared a divine-grade meat bun for the Second Young Miss!"
"Master and Senior Sister have important matters to discuss. What could possibly be so urgent at the Spirit Pool Hall? Shiyao isn't stupid—don't try to deceive her."
"How could Yu Lan dare deceive the Second Young Miss?" Yu Lan smiled calmly, his face radiating sincerity.
But how clever was Li Shiyu? Could such matters possibly escape her notice?
As Lingxian Hall's intellectual pillar, she wore a face of feigned ignorance and suspicion, arms crossed with the air of a matriarch as she demanded:
"My senior sister isn't in there having a baby with the Master, is she?"
Su Cheng's hand trembled slightly as he wrote, while Ye Qinghan's sturdy frame visibly jerked…
Yu Lan chuckled at the jest, though she quickly regained her composure.
"I don't know, Sister. The Master hasn't said. If you're worried, Second Young Miss, you're welcome to go in and see for yourself."
"Sister Yulan, you won't stop me?" Li Shiyao seemed to have caught on to something, her face still clouded with suspicion.
To Su Cheng and Ye Qinghan, that tone sounded like Zhang Fei executing the Empty City Strategy. They both thought: Shuaiyao is analyzing!
This was terrifying! Especially for Su Cheng. At least Ye Qinghan could go out and explain things to Li Shiyu, but how could Su Cheng possibly explain this?
His senior sister went to the Spirit Pool Hall to bathe, and the Master followed shortly after?
Explain that they hadn't conceived a child?
Then what were they doing?
"The Sect Leader only instructed Yu Lan to tell the Second Young Miss not to worry. He did not order Yu Lan to stop her."
Li Shiyu bit her finger, deep in thought.
"Whoa! So that means Shiyu can go have a baby too? Shiyu isn't in a hurry—she can have one after the eldest senior sister!"
【Goodness gracious, Shiyu! This is the Spirit Pool Hall, not the Hall of Rebirth! Why is your mind so fixated on having children?】
【You do know your place, huh! At least you know to line up after the eldest senior sister!】
【If you're so well-versed in etiquette, why didn't you ask your master's opinion?】
Yu Lan was tickled to death, laughing until she doubled over, her body shaking like a trembling flower branch~
"Yulan thinks Second Young Miss is overthinking it. Having children isn't nearly as simple as you imagine!"
Li Shiyao felt a pang of defiance, crossing her arms as she challenged, "Oh? Have you given birth, Sister Yulan?"
This question caught Yulan off guard…
"Um… no."
"Then how do you know it's not simple?"
Yu Lan honestly didn't know how to explain it to the Second Young Miss. If she really told her…
Given this young miss's temperament, she'd likely pester Sect Leader Su into having children…
"Having children requires the other party's consent. Otherwise, wouldn't the Second Young Miss have had several children by now?"
Yu Lan had expected Li Shiyu to ponder how to persuade her master to consent. Instead, upon hearing this, Li Shiyu seemed relieved…
"Really?! That's fantastic! Back when Shiyu was at Ling Mountain, so many men wanted her to bear their children! They said Shiyu possessed the ultimate childbearing physique! Master loves Shiyu so much, he definitely won't refuse!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Lan thought to herself… That actually makes sense! No matter how one looked at Li Shiyu, she truly was a divine vessel for bearing children…
But when Su Cheng and Ye Qinghan heard this, all they could think of was making Li Shiyu write down every single one of those men's names on paper, so their Master and Senior Sister could go to each of their homes to "propose marriage."
Li Shiyu, with her pure nature, didn't grasp the implication. She even thought others were complimenting her. But Master and Senior Sister were already contemplating whether the Sacred Mountain was worth preserving…
Li Shiyu's status as a Sacred Maiden, coupled with her possession of Sacred Blood, meant that coveting her beauty or coveting that Sacred Blood—in short, coveting Li Shiyu herself—was a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations!
In Ye Qinghan's eyes, no man in this world was worthy of his junior sister!
In this regard, Su Cheng's demands weren't particularly high, but at the very least, one had to withstand his God-Slaying Sword Array. Otherwise, don't even think about setting foot inside Lingxian Hall!
"Hmm? Won't the Second Young Miss come in and take a look?"
Yu Lan couldn't help but tease Shiyu, who wore an expression of utter confidence.
"Shiyao's off grabbing some roujiamo. Once Senior Sister gives birth, Shiyao'll be the first to see if her baby's cute."
Shiyao wasn't particularly interested at the moment. She figured her master wouldn't refuse her, the "ultimate childbirth saint body," so why rush?
"Hahaha! Hahaha!"
Yu Lan couldn't hold back any longer! This Li Shiyu was too amusing!
She wanted to see how cute her senior sister's baby was before deciding whether to have children with the Master! Hahahaha!
"Yu Lan, what are you laughing at?"
"What if Master likes the eldest daughter's child but dislikes the second daughter's?"
"That shouldn't happen. If Master truly dislikes it, then Shiyu will just abandon the child and have another one Master likes!"
"Um… Second Young Miss, Yulan thinks you shouldn't be so impatient about having children…"
Li Shiyu tilted her head, puzzled why Yulan suddenly seemed startled, but she didn't dwell on it.
"Hmm, Shiyu isn't in a hurry. Let the eldest sister go first!"
Su Cheng's face darkened… Li Shiyu, you absolutely must not have a child! The Holy Body is a child itself, and the Holy Maiden pities all living beings—except her own offspring, right?
Ye Qinghan, however, felt quite pleased. With her innate seductive fox demon bloodline combined with her master's lineage, it could only be a powerful union!
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As for what made her feel relieved, it was that Li Shiyao had finally grown sensible! Now she knew to place herself behind the senior sister! Your senior sister didn't spoil you for nothing!
Ye Qinghan pondered what her child with the master would look like. That part was manageable, but when she overheard Su Cheng's inner thoughts, she nearly exploded.
[A child with Qinghan… would probably be very beautiful…]
"Qinghan's child will definitely be beautiful!"
【Huh? Did she just speak?】
Ye Qinghan panicked… Did she just speak?
But Su Cheng was even more flustered!
"Qinghan?" Su Cheng called out tentatively while engraving the characters…
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