386: Chapter 387 Thirty Martial Arts Innates!

She panted slightly, her beautiful eyes, resembling autumn water, still holding lingering moisture and a touch of lazy, charming allure. Hearing his words, she shook her head gently.

"It's not tiring..." Her voice was still a bit hoarse, yet she tried hard to steady her tone.

"I'm usually idle anyway. It's you, Ye Changge, who has to be busy with Family affairs all day, and you still have to heal my injuries, delaying your own Cultivate."

When she said the word "heal," her cheeks flushed hot again. Recalling the lingering intimacy just now, her earlobes burned, and she quickly turned her face away.

Ye Changge looked at her bashful appearance, his heart softening completely. He lowered his head, left a light kiss on her slightly reddened earlobe, and chuckled softly:

"Healing your injuries is my duty. Besides, this healing method... both of us benefit immensely, so it can't be considered a delay."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Caiyue reached out in shy annoyance and gave his waist a light pinch, scolding: "You have no sense of propriety."

Ye Changge didn't dodge, letting her pinch him, and instead pulled her closer into his embrace.

Their bodies pressed together, the warm sensation making Xiao Caiyue's heart skip a beat, yet she didn't pull away.

After a moment of silence, Ye Changge suddenly spoke, his tone becoming more serious:

"Caiyue, these days you haven't just been worrying about the design of the Family Grand Array, but you've also been teaching the young children in the clan, and helping Lu Shiyin handle Family affairs. You're doing the work of several people. Although I don't say it, I see it all."

Xiao Caiyue felt a slight warmth in her heart as she listened to his words.

"Lu Shiyin treats me very well, and the children in the clan are also sensible; I'm just lending a hand. Besides... since I married you, the Ye Family is my home; I can't just do nothing."

Xiao Caiyue lay in his arms, her fingertips unconsciously tracing circles on his chest. After a long while, she whispered:

"Husband, that's enough... You should go and keep Fellow Daoist Xia company."

Ye Changge was slightly stunned at her words and looked down at her.

Xiao Caiyue didn't look up, only burying her face in the crook of his shoulder. Her voice was muffled, yet carried a hint of seriousness:

"These days, I can tell... Fellow Daoist Xia treats you differently than she does others."

She paused, then added softly:

"A person as pure and jade-like as Fellow Daoist Xia being able to do this much for you is already rare. Husband, do not let her down."

Listening to her words, Ye Changge felt both touched and somewhat amused.

He naturally knew who the "Fellow Daoist Xia" Xiao Caiyue was talking about—Xia Qingyue.

This True Disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, with a Grade Four Ice Spiritual Root and a Taiyin Spiritual Body, possessed unfathomable cultivation, yet followed him back to Longmai Mountain the moment he proposed "experiencing emotional attachments."

These days, although Xia Qingyue rarely took the initiative to be close to him, she had never left.

Ye Changge looked down at the person in his arms, seeing her gentle expression and sincere tone; clearly, these words were not a test, but heartfelt.

His heart softened, and he pulled her tighter into his embrace, lowering his head to press a light kiss on the top of her head, saying softly:

"Caiyue, I'm not going anywhere today. I just want to stay with you."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Caiyue's heart skipped a beat.

She raised her head, a flash of surprise crossing her beautiful eyes, which quickly melted into soft, watery light. Her voice trembled slightly:

"Husband... you..."

Ye Changge lowered his head, pressing his forehead against hers, their noses touching, his voice deep and gentle:

"These days, you've been managing the Family affairs, teaching the children, drawing the Grand Array diagrams... which of these haven't you done with all your heart? If I only cared about others and neglected you, that would be the true betrayal."

Xiao Caiyue's eyes grew slightly warm, but she didn't shed any tears.

She simply whispered "Mn," and buried her face back into his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist and holding him even tighter.

Ye Changge didn't speak again, just held her quietly.

The candlelight in the room flickered gently, casting their embracing shadows onto the wall, stretching them long and thin.

After a long while, Xiao Caiyue's muffled voice came from his arms:

"...Husband, are you really not going?"

Ye Changge chuckled: "Not going."

"Then... what about Fellow Daoist Xia..."

"If she has any matters, she will come to find me herself. There is no need for me to accompany her all the time."

Xiao Caiyue was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed softly:

"I truly find it harder and harder to read you, Husband. You are clearly so good at coaxing people, yet you are also... so considerate."

Ye Changge lowered his head and pecked her lips lightly: "Then, Caiyue, do you like me coaxing you, or do you like me being considerate to you?"

Xiao Caiyue's cheeks flushed red, and she raised her hand to pat him lightly: "...I don't like either."

"Then what does Caiyue like?"

Xiao Caiyue turned her face away, her earlobes burning red, her voice as thin as a mosquito's:

"...I like you staying with me."

Hearing this, Ye Changge's heart stirred.

He said no more and lowered his head to kiss her lips.

Xiao Caiyue gave a soft "Mm," and didn't dodge, instead tilting her head up slightly, responding even more proactively than before.

Their clothes became disheveled once more, and the wrinkles on the brocade cushion increased by several folds.

The candlelight flickered, and the room was filled with the scent of spring.

This time, Xiao Caiyue did not push him away.

She let him be willful, let him take what he wanted, and let him ignite clusters of flames on her body with those warm palms.

Not until her jade-like body trembled slightly, and even her fingertips were quivering, did Ye Changge finally call a halt, holding her tightly in his arms and kissing her sweat-dampened forehead.

Xiao Caiyue lay limp in his arms, lacking even the strength to lift her hands.

She closed her eyes, her cheeks flushed crimson, her breath ragged, her chest rising and falling gently with her breathing.

After a long while, she finally managed to gather enough strength and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"...Husband... you... you really are a..."

"Bad person?" Ye Changge finished, his tone carrying a hint of mischievous laughter.

"...Monster." Xiao Caiyue spat out the two words weakly.

Ye Changge chuckled aloud and held her even tighter: "Then I am also Caiyue's monster."

Xiao Caiyue pinched him crossly, but she had little strength left to pinch anyone, so the gesture on his waist felt more like a coquettish caress.

Ye Changge was about to say something more, when suddenly—

A clear System notification sound rang in his mind:

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host, thirty descendants have achieved a Breakthrough in their Martial Dao cultivation to the Innate Realm, granting one lottery chance!]

Ye Changge's movements paused slightly.

A flash of pleasant surprise crossed his eyes.

Thirty descendants at the Martial Dao Innate Realm?

This was no small number.

During this period, he had spent a large amount of Spirit Stones to buy various Spirit Medicines and spirit foods for his descendants to replenish Qi and strengthen their tendons and bones, and he had also invited several long-retired martial arts Grandmasters from the secular world to specifically teach those young children the Foundation of Martial Dao.

Originally, it was just to let them build a solid Physical Body Foundation before their Spiritual Root Awakening.

He hadn't expected that thirty of them had actually reached the Martial Dao Innate Realm!