She sighed deeply: "You truly are the smartest and most determined man I've ever met."
Then, her voice trembled: "I know that within your secret lies a kind of divine power. Actually, among my ancestors, there were a few who weren't overly ambitious but possessed great ability to help me, and I wish to resurrect them. If I could use your divine power to control them, that would be wonderful."
Lu Chen understood; she really did have ulterior motives.
In essence, Liu Sha and Yang Jiangyu were the same. They both wanted to use Lu Chen, but neither would provoke too much of his resentment. Because they knew that rather than exploitation, it was better to be honest, build friendships, and cooperate.
So, he smiled, a wicked smile playing on his lips: "Is that so? But this Yuan Duo isn't enough."
Liusha paused slightly: "You can name your terms!"
Lu Chen's gaze slid from her exquisite face to her long, slender legs, and he said softly, "I want you too."
Liusha smiled sweetly: "Of course I'm yours."
"I think you might have misunderstood me," Lu Chen said seriously. "I want you, meaning I want everything. That is to say, from now on, you can't have any other men; you can only be mine."
"Huh?" Liusha's beautiful eyes widened, and she hesitated.
This guy, his appetite is too big!
"I can consider it. But... I can't agree to it now!" Liusha answered earnestly.
Lu Chen laughed: "Alright, you can consider it. Well then, I'm going to sleep first. Can I accept this for now?" He tossed the small wooden box in his hand.
Liusha nodded slightly, "Okay." Then she glanced inside, shrugged, and said, "What a pity tonight."
"It's alright for me!" Lu Chen smiled brightly, "Sister Jiaqi is a very good woman to me."
"I'll be even better," Liusha said confidently, then suddenly grabbed Lu Chen's hand and pressed it to her left breast. The abundant elasticity immediately made Lu Chen jump, and without thinking, he grabbed it hard.
Liusha cried out in pain, giving him a flirtatious look, and scolded, "You're so rough!"
After saying that, she turned and walked away. Suddenly, without turning back, she said, "Be careful, my little brother might hurt you!"
Wang Shuo looked at her beautiful, high buttocks, swaying like a pendulum under her semi-transparent nightgown, and felt the lingering softness and fragrance in his hand—it was truly intoxicating!
He waved casually, "Goodnight, Ryusha! I know what your brother's got up to, haha!"
Lu Chen had long anticipated what Frank, that pig-headed man, was up to. But he wasn't worried.
He turned back, casually placing the small box containing the priceless treasure on the bedside table. He immediately pounced on the bed, pulled down his pants, and cheered, "I'm here, Jiaqi!"
"You little rascal…is Miss Ryusha trying to seduce you?"
"That's right, what can I do? I'm irresistibly charming!"
"Sigh! Chen, she's not a simple woman, you have to be careful!" Xu Jiaqi said, a hint of jealousy and sadness in her voice. But quickly, she let it go. A man like Lu Chen wasn't meant for her alone.
As a feeling of being penetrated surged through her, Xu Jiaqi cried out in pleasure, her limbs tightly wrapped around the man's body, enduring the onslaught of his passion.
Ryusei, looking dejected, walked to the end of the corridor, followed by two beautiful female bodyguards. Hearing her sudden, soft sigh, the two bodyguards, though unaware of her background, understood a little.
One of them eagerly asked, "Miss, would you like us to find you two handsome men? The lounge area here offers male companionship, and besides Chinese, there are Germans, Americans, and Hungarians—all tall and dashing. If you…"
Ryusei raised her hand: "Don't bother, no need! Sigh… am I destined to only have one man in my life?"
The two bodyguards exchanged glances. Why did their mistress say that? But forcing Ryusei, who loves romantic encounters and handsome men, to have only one man for her entire life would truly suffocate her, wouldn't it?
Ryusei herself was also preoccupied. What she didn't know was that Lu Chen, who had spoken so seriously earlier, was actually just joking with her.
Lu Chen knew that even at sixty, a beautiful woman from a foreign land needed different men to spice things up. To make her change? It seems unlikely.
...
A simple yet sharp little sword zigzaggled through the air. Suddenly, a meteor hammer the size of a citron flew by, smashing the sword away with a loud bang.
Followed by a strange cry: "Guo Fuyun, you can play your game, but don't bother me! Ouch, my sword!"
The one who made the cry was Lu Chen.
That day, the sun shone brightly, but it wasn't too hot. It was already September, and the weather was gradually cooling down.
This was a valley next to the Country Garden residential area, with large expanses of grass and colorful wildflowers growing around it. A clear lake lay not far away. Although on the edge of the city, it was like a paradise.
Lu Chen found this place while cultivating. The spiritual energy was abundant, excellent, and suitable for cultivation.
Since arriving in Yunzhou City and awakening his Seven Life Flower abilities one by one, Lu Chen had deeply felt the importance of cultivation. Continuously cultivating stronger and greater internal energy became one of his main life goals.
He even wondered, "Damn it! Is it some kind of consciousness of the Seven Life Flower ability that has entered my mind, making me so eager to cultivate? Back in the day, I didn't like practicing martial arts at all; eating, drinking, and having fun were so much better."
Sometimes, he felt that the Seven Life Flower ability was actually like seven hungry children, some with particularly large appetites, and others with smaller appetites. But once the smaller ones became powerful, they'd probably be in trouble too.
Raising children is really not easy! Lu Chen shook his head and sighed more than once.
The spiritual energy within the ancient jade pendants he obtained from the four five-colored assassins who chased Yu Menglan that day was completely absorbed by Lu Chen, and they all turned into dust. This included the spiritual pearls given to him by Yang Jiangyu. Of course, except for the exceptionally precious black pearl hanging around his neck.
The black pearl automatically absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, but not strongly, so Lu Chen let it be, treating it as a backup.
Originally, Lu Chen couldn't absorb so much spiritual energy. In the past, if he had absorbed all the spiritual energy from the ancient jade pendant and the pearl at once, Lu Chen's dantian and meridians would have exploded.
However, with Yuan Duo, everything became much easier.
Lu Chen used his medical divine ability to absorb the cloud into his dantian.
Originally, the human body's energy root was intangible and invisible. It was said that only when one cultivated to the point of "Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, Five Qi Returning to the Origin," as described in Taoism, would the energy root appear.
The so-called Three Flowers, where "flower" is a homophone for "splendor," actually refers to the essence of heaven, earth, and man—the essence of heaven, earth, and man. The Five Qi are the five elements needed by the human body: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
The "Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown" refers to the essence of Heaven, Earth, and Man converging at the Baihui acupoint, while the "Five Qi Converging at the Origin" signifies the five elements surging within the Dantian. This already reaches the Taoist realm of "refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit." After the gathering at the crown and the convergence at the origin, the upper and lower body are connected, leading to "refining spirit to return to emptiness!"
The appearance of the Qi Root is the foundation for nurturing the primordial spirit.
This level of cultivation, according to martial arts training levels, requires at least level ten to twelve to achieve. In modern society, those who can reach this level are extremely rare.
Someone like Lu Chen, whose martial arts cultivation is only at level two or three, is far inferior.
However, after absorbing the Yuan Duo, it penetrated into his Dantian, merging with the invisible and intangible primordial Qi—the Qi Root. Through internal observation, Lu Chen could see it blooming in his lower Dantian, as if it had taken root in the ground.
At the same time, wisps of primordial energy emanated, permeating every part of his body.
The feeling was truly wondrous. Lu Chen felt as if those wisps of light had cleansed his very marrow, even every drop of his blood seemed to be filled with a different kind of energy.
Moreover, while his height and weight remained the same, Lu Chen clearly felt his body had become more expansive, subtly connecting him with the surrounding world.
And the supernatural abilities within him had become more vibrant.
This was the wondrous effect of Yuan Duo; it was as if it had given Lu Chen a new body. Although he was still far from reaching the realm of "Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, Five Qi Converging at the Origin," Lu Chen undoubtedly possessed the foundation.
Therefore, besides the black pearl, he absorbed all the spiritual energy from the jade pendant and the ordinary pearl. Through guidance and the tempering effect of the clouds, this spiritual energy transformed into a higher level of internal energy!
This internal energy, like the spiritual energy within a pearl or a jade pendant, even if both are just a wisp, is of completely different quality; the latter can generate far greater energy!
With this abundant internal energy, Lu Chen set his sights on the small sword he had also obtained from the Five-Colored Assassins.
This small sword, which also contained spiritual energy that Lu Chen couldn't absorb, became his loyal companion after unintentionally absorbing his blood.
However, this companion was still somewhat disobedient. Every time Lu Chen channeled his internal energy into it, it would always fly off in a northwest-northwest direction. Admittedly, Lu Chen knew that a great secret lay hidden in that direction. But now was not the time to seek that secret; the priority was to refine the small sword and use it as a weapon that suited him!
Through Lu Chen's relentless efforts, he finally found a trick and became somewhat more adept at using it.
He no longer directly channeled his internal energy into the small sword, but instead channeled energy refined through his Martial God ability. Sure enough, the spiritual energy within the small sword sensed something. Although it still flew in a northwest-northwest direction, Lu Chen, with a slight exertion of his will, was able to control it using the energy of his Martial God ability, causing it to deviate from its course.
Although it was only a slight deviation, and quite laborious, Lu Chen was very happy.
Because, having taken this step, he could continue indefinitely.
Therefore, in the days since returning from Liu Sha's side, aside from the necessary matters at the pastry shop and the company, he had spent all his time practicing his cultivation. It wasn't that there weren't important matters to attend to; for example, he needed to replicate the structure of the "Essence Preservation and Vitality Protection Scroll" from Flying Eagle Biotechnology to create an energy scroll for Master Seji that could replace Lu Chen's energy infusion.
However, Lu Chen felt that this wasn't as important as absorbing Yuan Duo and improving his cultivation. That night, he learned from Liu Sha's words that Frank wanted to deal with him. That guy already knew how powerful he was, yet he still wanted to play this trick; then, perhaps some powerful figure would appear.
Better safe than sorry, and given that improving one's cultivation level is important right now, Lu Chen practiced very diligently.
Not only was he enthusiastic, but he also inspired the two little girls to be very enthusiastic as well.