173: Chapter 173 The Great Sowing Undertaking

Chu Sheng did not stay in the Imperial Capital any longer.

As for the matter regarding Ye Wuhen, he left it at that.

He gifted a few unused Cultivation Techniques and left behind two bottles of Medicinal Pills, just to build a good relationship.

Going deeper was unnecessary, and being too shallow was meaningless.

Regardless, the simulator was still there; when the next simulation started, he would naturally know what secret Ye Wuhen was hiding.

As for the Eye of the Storm and the Demon Domain, he did not plan to go there for the time being.

It was not that he didn't dare, but that it wasn't worth it.

As for that place called the Eye of the Storm, if Grandmaster Jiang were truly there, his going would be in vain.

The Demon Domain went without saying; against a monster of Pride's level, he wasn't even enough to fill its teeth right now.

If he happened to capsize in the gutter, he wouldn't even have a place to cry.

Chu Sheng stood on the hillside outside the Imperial Capital and looked back at the majestic city.

He had no attachments, so he turned and left.

By the time he returned to Fengxian Prefecture, three days had already passed.

He did not go to Luo Feng Valley and instead returned directly to Liu Qingyan's residence in Jin Xiao City.

Liu Qingyan was not there; she had left a note saying she had gone to the Liu family to handle some affairs.

Chu Sheng tossed the note onto the table, leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and began to calculate.

What to do with the coming time?

Cultivate? No rush.

His Sea Opening early-stage cultivation was sufficient; breaking through further was not a matter of a single day, as it required Opportunity and accumulation.

It wasn't something he could achieve just by burying his head in cultivation.

Kill? Everyone who deserved to die was already dead.

The Chen family was destroyed, the Second Elder was dead, and the small fries were long since not worth mentioning.

Layout?

The layout in the Imperial Capital had already begun; as for Ye Wuhen, he would wait for the next simulation to see.

He had also obtained the items from the Fengxian Secret Realm, and the remaining core Legacy could only be touched upon reaching the Dao Palace.

Then what else could he do?

The corners of Chu Sheng's mouth slowly curled up.

Sowing seeds.

When this word popped into his mind, even he was stunned for a moment.

But thinking about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with it.

The core of the "Many Children, Many Blessings" trait was the feedback from offspring; the more he produced, the faster his cultivation would rise.

In the simulation, he had relied on this to charge all the way from Qi Induction to Sea Opening, and the effect was outstanding.

Now, in reality, he hadn't really used this function much.

The trait gifting was a variant, but that was to add buffs to his Dao Companion; the real cultivation feedback still depended on having children.

Chu Sheng counted on his fingers.

Xiao Huan, Li Zhiyi, Lin Wanqing, Liu Qingyan.

Four.

Not many, but not few either.

The key was that all four were in Fengxian Prefecture, all within his reach.

Furthermore, he didn't need to wait for the children to be born to receive feedback.

The "time-locking" mechanism of the simulator was something he had already mastered during the fifth simulation.

As long as the child was conceived during the simulation, the feedback would be issued simultaneously when the simulation ended.

He could first sow the seeds in reality, wait for the next simulation to start, let the pregnancy and childbirth process complete within the simulation, and then harvest all the feedback at once.

Cycle after cycle, endless and continuous.

Thinking of this, Chu Sheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You brat, you're laughing so lecherously."

The Old Grandfather floated out from the ring, looking disgusted.

"You don't understand," Chu Sheng waved his hand. "This is strategy."

The Old Grandfather rolled his eyes and shrank back into the ring.

Chu Sheng was in no rush to act.

He first found Li Zhiyi.

Li Zhiyi was practicing swordplay in the side courtyard; the effects of the Sword Saint trait were already apparent.

Her sword technique was more than a notch sharper than before, and her Qi Guiding Rank 8 cultivation stirred up waves of Sword Qi in the courtyard.

Seeing Chu Sheng enter, she sheathed her sword and glared at him.

Chu Sheng walked over and hugged her from behind.

Li Zhiyi struggled a bit but couldn't break free; her face turned red. "In broad daylight..."

"What's wrong with daylight?"

Chu Sheng lowered his head and whispered something in her ear; the tips of Li Zhiyi's ears instantly turned bright red.

She bit her lip and stopped struggling.

The courtyard was very quiet, with only the rustling of the wind through the leaves. The sword fell to the ground, and no one picked it up.

Leaving Li Zhiyi's place, Chu Sheng went to Lin Wanqing's pharmacy.

Lin Wanqing was stunned when she saw Chu Sheng enter, then calmly asked the shop assistant to lead the patients to the backyard.

She stood up, walked to Chu Sheng, said nothing, and just looked at him.

Chu Sheng looked into her cool, aloof eyes and suddenly felt a bit guilty.

"I..." He had just opened his mouth when Lin Wanqing reached out and covered his lips.

"Don't speak," she said.

Then she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.

The door of the pharmacy was open, and people were coming and going on the street, but no one looked inside.

Chu Sheng held her waist, thinking that this woman usually looked gentle and graceful, but when it was time to be proactive, she wasn't hesitant at all.

By the time he left the pharmacy, it was already dark.

Chu Sheng stood on the street and stretched his waist.

The Old Grandfather said gloomily from inside the ring, "Are you sure this is sowing seeds and not overdrawing yourself?"

Chu Sheng ignored him.

He went to Qingshi Town again and found Xiao Huan.

Xiao Huan was cooking in the kitchen; seeing Chu Sheng enter, the spoon in her hand fell to the ground.

"Young Master, have... have you eaten?"

Chu Sheng smiled.

"I have," he said, "but I can still eat a little more."

Xiao Huan didn't understand, but soon she did.

Finally, there was Liu Qingyan.

By the time Chu Sheng returned to the Liu family residence, Liu Qingyan had already returned and was sitting under a lamp reading a book.

She was wearing a pale green nightgown, her hair draped over her shoulders, and the lamplight shone on her face, soft, like a layer of thin gauze.

Seeing Chu Sheng enter, she put down her book and smiled, "You're back?"

"I'm back."

Chu Sheng sat down beside her and looked at her.

Liu Qingyan felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at and touched her face, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Chu Sheng said. "I just think you're beautiful."

Liu Qingyan blushed, lowered her head, and whispered, "Slick-tongued."

Chu Sheng reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Liu Qingyan leaned against his chest, listening to his heartbeat, and closed her eyes.

The lamp wick popped, the candlelight flickered, and the two shadows swayed on the wall before merging into one.

In the following days, Chu Sheng lived very comfortably.

Sleeping under the same quilt together, it was indescribably wonderful.

The Old Grandfather sighed in the ring, "I was also a romantic figure back in my day; how did I end up with a disciple like you?"

Chu Sheng said, "That's because you didn't live in a good time."

The Old Grandfather was so angry he didn't speak for a long time.

Chu Sheng knew clearly that this was not mere enjoyment, but preparation for the next simulation.

The "Many Children, Many Blessings" trait was his fastest path to growth, and children required time.

He had to sow the seeds in reality first and wait for the simulation to start.

Let time flow within the simulation, then harvest the feedback all at once.

This strategy, he called it the "Time-Locking Sowing Method."

Although the name didn't sound very good, it was effective.

A month later, Chu Sheng sat on the roof of Liu Qingyan's house, looking at the distant sunset glow, in a very good mood.

This month, he had made countless trips; the seeds that needed to be sown had all been sown, and the rest was just waiting.

Waiting for the simulation to start, waiting for time to pass, waiting for the children to be born, waiting for the cultivation feedback.

He looked down at his Dantian; his Sea Opening early-stage cultivation was steadily settled there, like a quiet ocean.

When the next simulation ended, this ocean would become bigger, deeper, and more vast.

The Old Grandfather floated out from the ring, sat beside him, and also looked at the sunset glow.

"You brat," the Old Grandfather said, "I want to ask you something."

"Speak."

"Doing this, aren't you afraid of ruining your body?"

Chu Sheng smiled, "Old Grandfather, I am a Sea Opening Cultivator. Sea Opening. Do you know what Sea Opening means?"

The Old Grandfather snorted, "Even Sea Opening can't withstand you tossing yourself about like this."

Chu Sheng didn't refute him.

"Old Grandfather," he said, "tell me, next time, what cultivation level will I reach?"

The Old Grandfather was silent for a while, "Hard to say. But if you say the Sowing Method is really that divine, Dao Palace shouldn't be a problem."

The corners of Chu Sheng's mouth curled up.

Dao Palace.

That was the Realm of Yu Rumeng, the Realm of Grandmaster Jiang, and the threshold Phoenix Immortal required him to reach before he could go find her.