6: Chapter 6 Those legs, I could play with them for a year.

Now that Zhang Waner was pregnant, Xiao Ye's days were no longer easy.

He had over-supplemented in the previous months, consuming things like tiger penis, deer antler, and turtle soup as if they were regular meals.

Now, he had no way to vent his frustrations, and his inner fire was surging. He tossed and turned at night, unable to sleep, sprawling on the bed like a pancake.

"Li Fu!" Xiao Ye called Butler Li over, leaned back on the grandmaster chair in the main hall, and got straight to the point. "This Master wants to take another concubine."

Butler Li almost dropped the teapot in his hand.

"Huh?"

"What's with the 'huh'?" Xiao Ye glared at him. "Go and find one for me. She should be like Waner."

Butler Li set down the teapot, his expression complicated as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Master, Auntie Waner just got pregnant, and you're already taking a new one... Isn't that inappropriate? What if she gets upset and something happens? Why don't you... endure it a bit longer?"

Xiao Ye slapped the armrest. "I have endured! It's been three days! I really can't take it anymore!"

Li Fu: Listen to that, is that even human speech?

He pointed at Butler Li's nose. "Wasn't it because that tiger penis and turtle soup you brewed was too potent? Otherwise, would I be like this?"

Butler Li: "..."

Wait, you were the one who wrote the recipe for that soup. I was just responsible for brewing it. Is it my fault?

He opened his mouth but swallowed his words.

Forget it, reasoning with the Master is like playing the lute to a donkey.

"Fine, I'll go and ask around right away."

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On the other side, Xiao Ye didn't neglect his Cultivation either.

After a month of fumbling around, he finally managed to figure out a bit of the "Basic Qi Induction Art."

It couldn't be helped. As a self-taught cultivator with no teacher or Sect to guide him, he relied entirely on his own pondering. He tried one path today and another method tomorrow, taking many detours.

Only then did he realize that there was a massive difference between having a Sect and not having one.

Others had a Master to guide them, Senior Brothers to lead the way, and ready-made cultivation rooms and Medicinal Pill supplies.

But it didn't matter.

He believed that he would soon be able to draw Qi into his body and Breakthrough the Qi Refinement Stage.

If all else failed—once he upgraded his Spiritual Root from Mortal Grade Low Grade to Profound Grade, wouldn't breaking through the Qi Refinement Stage be a piece of cake?

I have a cheat.

If my talent isn't enough, the System will make up for it.

Just thinking about it was wonderful.

Once he broke through the Qi Refinement Stage, his Lifespan would exceed a hundred years, and he would no longer be a wretched old man with only a few years left to live.

And once he reached Foundation Establishment, he could live for two or three hundred years.

Two or three hundred years!

Xiao Ye lay on the rocking chair, squinting his eyes, with the corners of his mouth curled up high.

A beautiful life of cultivation was beckoning to him.

—

Ten days later, just as Xiao Ye was being roasted by his inner fire to the point of restlessness and unbearable thirst, Butler Li finally returned.

Behind him followed a woman in purple wearing a veil.

Xiao Ye's eyes immediately went wide.

Her outfit—cinched waist, exposed legs, and a half-open collar. The places that should be covered weren't, and the places that shouldn't be were faintly visible. A pair of long, straight legs extended from beneath her skirt, dazzlingly white.

Holy shit.

He could play with these legs for a year...

Xiao Ye's eyes were practically sparking.

The System tactfully popped up a line of text—Comprehensive Score: 83 points.

Holy shit! Three points higher than Waner!

"Master," Butler Li approached with a smile, looking for credit. "This is one of the three great beauties of Qingshan Town, the Top Courtesan of the Mengchun Pavilion, Liu Qianqian. Well, are you satisfied?"

Xiao Ye swallowed hard. "Satisfied, I'm extremely satisfied."

"If you're satisfied, then pay up."

"Pay up?"

"Master, she is the Top Courtesan of the Mengchun Pavilion, a woman who sells her art but not her body. I talked my head off and spent three days persuading her. But the price... is a bit high."

Butler Li held up five fingers and made a gesture.

"Five hundred taels?" Xiao Ye raised an eyebrow in doubt. "That cheap?"

With such looks, even if she only sold her art in the Mengchun Pavilion, she could earn one or two taels a day. Five hundred taels for a lifetime redemption wasn't expensive at all.

Butler Li said expressionlessly, "Five thousand taels."

"What?!" Xiao Ye's mouth twitched. He grabbed Butler Li, pulled him aside, and lowered his voice. "Li Fu, are you taking a kickback? Five thousand?"

"How could I, Master!" Butler Li cried out in grievance. "Even this five thousand was only agreed upon after I exhausted my words. She's still a virgin, Master, so just be content."

Xiao Ye gave him a suspicious look, then glanced at the slender figure standing in the courtyard and gritted his teeth.

Forget it.

Even if not for the System reward, I have to think about my little brother's happiness.

Even if I have to spend my coffin money, I'll take her!

That afternoon, Butler Li took five thousand taels of silver to the Mengchun Pavilion to redeem her.

The next day, big red lanterns hung high at the Xiao Family estate.

After more than two months, the guests gathered at the Xiao Family residence once again for a feast.

"This Old Ghost Xiao is impressive. I heard he already knocked up the last one!"

"Exactly. Look at him, his complexion is getting better and better."

"Maybe it's just the final radiance of a setting sun. Let's wait and see."

That night, in the bridal chamber.

Xiao Ye had Liu Qianqian try out all the leg techniques and Moves he had seen in his previous life.

He learned a lot from it and experienced the joy that only a male protagonist could enjoy.

Just as he was immersed in the Profound Truths of the leg techniques—

"Ding—"

"Congratulations to the host! Spiritual Root upgraded to: Mortal Grade Medium Grade!"

"Reward: Qi Gathering Pill x1!"

Xiao Ye was overjoyed.

His Spiritual Root had improved again? It hadn't even been that long.

And he was actually rewarded with a Qi Gathering Pill!

The Qi Gathering Pill was a Medicinal Pill used by Mortals when breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm.

It was exactly what he needed!

Holding Liu Qianqian's long legs, Xiao Ye thought happily: I'll finish learning the leg techniques first. There's no rush to Breakthrough.