79: The Ninth Elder's Strange Hobby
Inside the Imperial Study, Night Lapis Lazuli stood by the window, watching the warship disappear into the horizon, her taut heartstrings finally relaxing.
Her gaze unconsciously passed through layers of palace buildings, looking towards XiaGlass's secluded cultivation area.
If His Majesty were to emerge from seclusion and learn that that man not only helped her unify the Azure Vast Dao Domain but now also aimed his sword at the four cardinal territories...
A bitter smile touched Night Lapis Lazuli's lips.
“Even if she knew, what then?” she murmured softly.
Cao Nie's strength had exceeded everyone's expectations.
His breakthroughs were too fast.
One year of cultivation for him was equivalent to thousands, even tens of thousands of years of cultivation for ordinary people.
Even with talent, it would take an average person ten thousand years to break through to Asking Dao.
This was simply incomparable to Cao Nie.
At XiaGlass's secluded cultivation area, the barrier constructed from eighth-grade forbidden talismans flowed with obscure law patterns.
This Empress had already made preparations before going into seclusion; the restriction, which even ordinary Asking Dao Realm cultivators found difficult to shake, now served as a barrier to the truth.
Seeing no one around,
Night Lapis Lazuli lightly waved her delicate hand, shedding her disguise.
Her peerless beauty radiated a breathtaking brilliance.
She lowered her gaze and gently caressed her bulging abdomen, a sigh echoing particularly clearly in the silent Imperial Study.
“This scoundrel.”
A month ago,
the cry of a baby was heard from the Chang Le Palace.
Now, the child in her belly would also be born in a few months.
This scoundrel Cao Nie left romantic entanglements everywhere.
Even more absurdly, Royal Advisor Wang had just died, and his wife's belly was also growing large.
And there was the Empress in the Phoenix Palace.
Night Lapis Lazuli suddenly found it laughable; His Majesty was still the supreme ruler before going into seclusion.
After coming out of seclusion, he would be the supreme cuckold.
If he knew that this vast land had already changed hands,
she wondered if he would faint.
Inside the Listening Rain Pavilion.
Cao Nie's gaze fell upon an Elder.
It wasn't Cao An, but Ninth Elder Cao Lei.
This fellow was holding a silver-haired old woman in his arms.
The old woman was blushing and struggling desperately, her earlobes red with shame.
“Let... let go of this old one.” The silver-haired old woman was somewhat exasperated.
“Ninth Elder, what are you doing?” Cao Nie looked at the Ninth Elder, who was hiding behind a few people, feeling a bit confused.
The Ninth Elder's face was flushed, looking a bit embarrassed.
Cao An couldn't stand it, stepping forward and saying, “Clan Leader, you don't know, this old nine is a pervert; he especially likes older women, saying that aged wine is the most intoxicating.”
Upon hearing this, Cao Nie staggered, almost dropping Liu Su Su and Ye Shuang Han, whom he held in his arms.
He incredulously scrutinized Cao Lei.
Cao Lei looked like an old man on the outside.
In reality, his physical functions were equivalent to those of an ordinary seventeen or eighteen-year-old.
Upon reaching the Gui Xu Realm, he could completely make himself young again.
However, the nine people in front of him were stubborn.
They stubbornly refused to change their appearances, deliberately presenting themselves as elders.
They claimed it helped display their authority.
And could also help him better manage the clan.
Those who didn't know would think they were about to die, but those who knew understood that these nine people still had over seventy thousand years of life left.
Cao Nie's eye twitched as he looked at Cao Lei: “Ninth Elder, you didn't really fall for this... senior, did you?”
He observed the silver-haired old woman; this wasn't the feigned old age of Cao Jian and the others, but genuine traces of tens of thousands of years of life.
If Cao Jian and the others were like seventeen or eighteen-year-old young men, this silver-haired old woman was like a fifty or sixty-year-old 'old baby'.
Cao Nie only felt his scalp tingle; the Ninth Elder's taste was truly perplexing.
Cao Lei held the struggling silver-haired old woman tightly, righteously saying, “Clan Leader, didn't you say you wanted to bring glory to the clan? Well, I finally found one I like; I can't let her run away.”
Cao Nie's face was full of disdain: “There are plenty of young women; why do you pick an ancestor-level one?” He lowered his voice: “Besides... can someone of this age still bear children?”
Cao Lei patted his chest, guaranteeing, his withered old face glowing red: “Clan Leader, rest assured, I have quite a bit of research in this area. With this senior's physique, I guarantee she'll have two children in three years!”
Upon hearing this, the silver-haired old woman trembled with rage.
Her silver teeth gnashed: “You old fossil, when this old one attained Dao in Gui Xu, your ancestors hadn't even been born yet!”
She only felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was cracking.
Although her old partner was dead, as an ancestor of a powerful force, she still had tens of thousands of clansmen behind her.
Now, being seized by Cao Lei to procreate, if her great-grandson found out, where would she put her old face?
She could only turn her pleading gaze towards Liu Su Su, who was in Cao Nie's arms.
“Madam, this old one has over ten thousand descendants; I beg you to have mercy and save me.”
Liu Su Su and Ye Shuang Han had their cultivation, five senses, and six consciousnesses sealed.
They couldn't hear what the silver-haired old woman was saying at all.
Even if they knew, they couldn't do anything.
Didn't she see that they were also in inescapable danger?
Seeing the silver-haired old woman being restless, Cao Lei raised his hand and slapped her.
“Be quiet; didn't you see the Clan Leader is here? From now on, you are my woman, to bring forth new generations for my Cao Clan, understand?”
The silver-haired old woman covered her swollen face, her eyes full of grievance.
She, a dignified clan ancestor, and even a close maid to Liu Su Su, an Asking Dao Realm mighty expert, had never suffered such indignity.
Who wanted to see her like this? Cao Lei gave her another slap.
“What, still want to cry? Try crying!”
Seeing this, Cao Nie frowned slightly and advised, “Ninth Elder, be a little gentler; after all, she still has to bear children for you in the future.”
Upon hearing this, joy flashed in Cao Lei's eyes: “So, the Clan Leader agrees?”
Cao Nie waved his hand, saying nonchalantly, “Your private matters, you decide for yourself; you don't need to ask me in the future.”
“However.” He changed the subject, his gaze slightly cold: “You must be careful; if you can't subdue her, you know what to do.”
Cao Lei made a throat-slitting gesture with his hand: “Clan Leader, rest assured, if she's not obedient, this old man will personally send her on her way.”
Cao Nie nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand at the nine people: “You may all withdraw.”
After bowing, the nine people left one after another.
Ninth Elder Cao Lei ran very fast, disappearing in a flash into the depths of the bamboo forest outside the Listening Rain Pavilion.
Cao Nie, on the other hand, looked at the two beauties in his arms.
He raised his hand and gently patted their backs.
Liu Su Su and Ye Shuang Han's delicate bodies trembled, their five senses and six consciousnesses instantly restored.
Liu Su Su's beautiful eyes were frosty as she coldly stared at Cao Nie: “You are the Cao Family Head? My husband is a powerful expert of the Asking Dao Realm, third layer; you should think clearly.”
Cao Nie's lips curved into a disdainful arc: “Let alone your husband being at the third layer of Asking Dao Realm, even if he were at the ninth layer, when has this Cao Family Head ever put him in his eyes?”
“Shameless scoundrel, take your dirty hands off me.” Ye Shuang Han struggled violently, the anger in her eyes almost bursting forth.
Cao Nie turned a deaf ear, embracing one with each arm, and turned to walk into the room.
【Detected Liu Su Su, a beautiful woman in a plain dress with a comprehensive score of ninety-four, please make the following choices, Host:】
【Choice One: Kneel and beg for mercy, commit suicide to atone for your sins, reward: the Cao Clan's destruction.】
【Choice Two: Submit to Liu Su Su, play along with her to deceive her husband Ye Xuan, reward: Master Actor's acting skills.】
【Choice Three: Suppress! Suppress! And suppress! Reward: Primeval Divine Body Origin.】
【Detected Ye Shuang Han with a comprehensive score of ninety-three, please make the following choices, Host:】
【Choice One: Kneel and beg for mercy, commit suicide to atone for your sins, reward: the Cao Clan's destruction.】
【Choice Two: Submit to Ye Shuang Han, become her lickspittle, reward: Thirty-six techniques.】
【Choice Three: Suppress! Suppress! And suppress! Reward: One billion spirit crystals.】
“System, choose three for all.”
【Congratulations, Host, you have obtained Primeval Divine Body Origin and one billion spirit crystals.】
The door slammed shut with a bang, sealing the angry shouts of the two beauties inside.
Soon, Cao Nie's undeniable voice came from within the room: “Now, this Cao Family Head asks only one question: are you willing or not?”