231: Are you a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

"Greetings, Senior Sister!"

"Greetings, Senior Sister!"

"Greetings, Auntie Xiao!"

"Greetings, Auntie Xiao!"

...

Along the way, people continuously greeted Xiao Ran, and some children were taught by their mothers to address her as well.

Xiao Ran had lived at White Crane Lake for nearly ten years back then, and many people had interacted with her.

For those newly arrived Junior Sisters, even if they hadn't met Xiao Ran, they had heard of the reputation of this Senior Sister.

With Qi Refining Perfection cultivation, she was destined to Breakthrough and become a Foundation Establishment Ancestor, and she was the granddaughter of True Person Xiao...

They certainly didn't dare to talk about seniority in front of Xiao Ran.

Jingxin Courtyard.

Lin Xue'er, Lin Anqi, Lu Ping, Yan Qingyao, Qin Yun, Zi Lan... the women with higher status among Liu Xuan's Concubines also stood in a row to welcome her.

"Senior Sister!"

"Senior Sister!"

...

Xiao Ran returned the greetings one by one, her expression somewhat stiff. She knew Liu Xuan had many women, and she had seen many of them while on the island before.

However, she hadn't been to the Fledgling Eagle Courtyard at that time and hadn't seen the scene of all his women gathered together.

Over two hundred women, every single one a beauty, and some of them even had decent cultivation; even if placed in the Sect, they would be considered minor Geniuses, yet they were all Liu Xuan's Concubines...

Suddenly!

She sensed the aura of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. She saw a beautiful woman wearing a light purple dress smiling and looking her over.

"Greetings, Senior Zi!"

Xiao Ran had also heard about Zi Lan; cultivation was everything. Even she had to give Face to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

If the Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Red Pine Sect territory called her Junior Sister, it was out of respect for her grandfather, True Person Xiao; she was very clear about that.

"Little Sister, you are too polite!"

Zi Lan hurriedly stepped forward to support her and said with a smile, "You and I will be sisters from now on. If you don't mind, just call me Sister Lan."

Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Sister Lan!"

Scanning the reactions of the women around her, it seemed the rumors were true; this Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Zi Lan, was also just a Concubine of Liu Xuan.

She turned to look at the scene beside her where he was holding a three-year-old girl and teasing her, the father and daughter laughing gleefully. She felt as if she had never truly understood this man.

A Foundation Establishment female Cultivator willing to be a Concubine, and her Golden Core True Person grandfather valuing him like a son—she couldn't understand any of it.

...

Evening.

The wedding ceremony was very simple. Neither Liu Xuan nor Xiao Ran had any intention of holding a grand event, so only the Liu family members celebrated simply.

Bedroom.

Large bed.

Xiao Ran changed into a bright red wedding dress. The fiery red dress formed a vivid contrast with her warm, mutton-fat jade-like Face, delicate and beautiful like the first ray of morning sunlight.

"Hiss~"

This attire was absolutely not inferior to the stunning young wives like the Three Poisons Ancestor Zi Ling and Su Wan.

"Liu Xuan, there is one thing I must make clear to you." Xiao Ran raised her head and met Liu Xuan's gaze, her expression serious and solemn.

"Please speak, Senior Sister!"

Liu Xuan was in a very good mood. Given the current situation, he could consider any condition.

"My marriage to you is not out of affection, but because my grandfather promised to treat my injuries if I married you."

Seeing that Liu Xuan had no extreme reaction, she continued, "We are not suitable for each other, and I don't want to waste your time and energy."

"Why don't you help me deceive Grandfather once? When I Breakthrough to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, I will repay you, how about that?"

Liu Xuan stood by the bed, looking down and meeting Xiao Ran's earnest gaze. He wasn't angry; instead, a sense of joy welled up in his heart.

Xiao Ran was still the same Xiao Ran as before; her inherent integrity and kindness had not changed.

The setbacks of these past few years hadn't turned her into someone who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.

Liu Xuan kept staring at her without speaking, and disappointment gradually appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes.

"We are friends; help me this one time, and you can name any condition!"

Liu Xuan reached into his Storage Pouch and took out a jade box, with wisps of white cold Qi swirling around it.

"This is..."

Xiao Ran looked puzzled.

"This is cold marrow stone ginseng, a Third-rank Low-grade Heaven And Earth Treasure. It enters the kidney meridian and returns to the Dantian; it is enough to treat Senior Sister's Dantian injury."

Xiao Ran was stunned!

Then she opened the box and said excitedly, "It really is cold marrow stone ginseng! Where did you get it?"

"Not long ago, Grandmaster told me about your injury, Senior Sister, so I sent people to buy it from the Peach Blossom Sect." Liu Xuan fabricated solemnly.

This item was actually found in Xiao Changfeng's Storage Pouch, and there were three of them in total.

cold marrow stone ginseng was a main ingredient for a type of pill called Cold Jade Pill. This pill was a Third-rank Low-grade Medicinal Pill that could accelerate the Cultivation speed of Golden Core True Persons.

Restoring Dantian injuries was just one of the uses of cold marrow stone ginseng. Giving it to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was a waste, let alone a Qi Refining Cultivator.

Xiao Changfeng had Spirit Medicine to treat Dantian injuries on him; the reason he didn't give it to Xiao Ran was simply that he didn't think it was worth it.

Liu Xuan was different; he was wealthy, with more resources than he could ever use, so he didn't feel any pain using it.

With Xiao Ran's cultivation and talent, just having one child might have already earned it all back.

"It wasn't given to you by Grandfather, but bought by you for me yourself?"

Xiao Ran looked at Liu Xuan blankly; this news surprised her even more than seeing the cold marrow stone ginseng just now.

For this level of Heaven And Earth Treasure, one piece would likely cost over two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and even with money, you might not be able to buy it.

Even when her grandfather promised to give her Spirit Medicine before, it was at most ten thousand Spirit Stones, the kind that would barely be able to heal her.

"Of course!"

"Why would Grandmaster give me such a thing?"

"In order to buy this piece of cold marrow stone ginseng, I exhausted many years of savings and almost got targeted by a Golden Core True Person from the Peach Blossom Sect..."

"Forget it! Let's not talk about that. As long as Senior Sister's injury can be healed, everything is worth it!"

Liu Xuan's Face was expressive, speaking as if it were true; even he believed it himself!

Xiao Ran also believed it; after all, who would take out two hundred thousand Spirit Stones to deceive someone? The moment the cold marrow stone ginseng was opened, even if it were fake, it would have become real.

"Liu Xuan, treating me like this... is it worth it?"

Xiao Ran's beautiful eyes misted over, especially when she recalled the attitude of the people in her Family towards her over the past few years; her heart was incredibly conflicted.

"You and I are husband and wife now, one body; what is there to talk about worth?"

Liu Xuan sat down next to her and reached out to hold her fair, tender hand, playing with it.

Xiao Ran subconsciously withdrew her hand, but found she couldn't pull it away at all. "Liu... Liu Xuan, don't be like this, I'm not mentally prepared yet."

She circulated her internal magic power and increased the strength in her hand, finding she still couldn't pull it away, and then she continued to increase the strength...

"Hmm?"

"You... you are a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!?!"

She looked at Liu Xuan in shock, discovering that the aura on Liu Xuan's body had changed.

"Shh!"

"This is a secret between us husband and wife, don't tell anyone else!"

Xiao Ran stared intently at Liu Xuan. In such a short time, Liu Xuan had shocked her repeatedly, each time more stunning than the last, making her feel dizzy and feeling as if everything was too unreal.

How could Liu Xuan have reached Foundation Establishment? He was not yet forty years old, and when she first met him, he was just a small Qi Refining early-stage Cultivator.

As the Sect's Senior Sister, she herself hadn't even reached Foundation Establishment yet!!