562: Chapter 562 Take her out for a nice meal

"What is a concept weapon?" Yao Shinian held her pig-slaughtering knife, her small face full of confusion.

Qin Wushang looked at her round, wide eyes and knew this girl truly didn't understand.

She didn't understand rules, didn't understand Karma, and didn't even understand Realms.

She only knew what Father had taught her—that to slaughter a pig, you had to hold it down and then hack at it; she only knew that when the rope used to tie the pig was paired with that absurd mantra, it could make the pig cry.

"It just means the weapon carries rules, Karma, and things of that nature with it."

Qin Wushang tried to keep it simple.

"The rule of this rope is that whoever it binds must cry. No matter who you are, no matter how strong you are, once you're bound, you have to shed tears."

"That is its concept."

"Understand?"

He looked into her eyes and smiled calmly.

"Oh, I see."

Yao Shinian nodded, half-understanding. She looked down at the golden rope in her hand, then looked up at Qin Wushang, seemingly wanting to say something but swallowing it back.

Qin Wushang knew she didn't grasp it, but he couldn't be bothered to explain further.

Some things cannot be understood through explanation alone.

"So many years have passed, can we leave now?"

Yao Shinian wrapped the golden rope around her waist and habitually patted the dust off her hands, looking somewhat anxious.

"I've been here until I'm almost moldy."

"No food, no fun, not even a shadow of another person."

"Every day I just stare at that skeleton, I'm about to start talking to it."

Qin Wushang glanced at the white skeleton of the Source Beast in the distance, then at Yao Shinian's bored little face, and nodded.

"Let's go."

He stood up, his robes fluttering, his black hair moving without wind.

After more than a decade of closed-door cultivation, his aura was completely different from when he first stepped into this starry sky.

It was no longer sharp and piercing, but a profound, bottomless calmness.

It was like an ancient well polished smooth by time; the surface was calm, but the bottom of the well hid the power to swallow everything.

This was the existence of someone who had reached the extreme in every Realm.

Every flaw had been erased, every defect mended.

Now, Qin Wushang's Realm was still Quasi-Emperor, but his foundation was so deep and his combat power so terrifying that they were no longer comparable to before.

He looked back at this starry sky, at the floating light orbs and stone tablets.

For over a decade, he hadn't cultivated any world-shaking Divine Ability, nor had he inherited the mantle of any ancient Emperor, but he had observed the Dao of the ancient Emperors and perused the traces left by countless predecessors.

Some found enlightenment in defeat, some proved their Dao through the sword, some entered the Dao through emotion, some took all living things as their Dao...

He had seen their paths, seen their scenery, and then let it go.

He didn't need to walk anyone else's path.

He had his own Dao.

"Staying here any longer is meaningless."

Qin Wushang withdrew his gaze and waved his hand, tearing a crack in the Void Realm that led outside the starry sky.

He took a step out and entered the crack.

Yao Shinian hugged her knife and trotted after him.

"Are we going to Heavenly Beast Island?"

She shouted from behind, full of anticipation.

"There should be food there, right?"

This was what she cared about most.

However, they did not appear on Heavenly Beast Island, but on the second floor of the Heavenly Tower.

"Hum!"

The moment the two appeared, gazes converged on them simultaneously.

"Brother Wushang, you're finally out!"

A purple figure pounced directly toward him.

It was Lin Ziyao!

She dove into his arms and held him tightly.

Immediately after, Ye Hongfu, Mu Bingyun, and Jiang Chengqiu also quickly surrounded them.

The women had been waiting on the second floor of this Heavenly Tower for several years just to see him come out.

"You could have actually gone ahead; there was no need to wait here."

Qin Wushang patted Lin Ziyao's back, his tone gentle.

"How could we!"

Lin Ziyao looked up, pouting, and shook his arm.

"Brother Wushang is so powerful, we still need your help to hunt the Source Beasts."

"That's right, Junior Brother."

Ye Hongfu wore a long red dress, her eyes and brows gentle.

"It didn't matter to wait a few years anyway."

"Without sufficient strength, even if we enter Heavenly Beast Island, it would be a dead end if we can't beat the Source Beasts."

She paused and looked him up and down.

"Though, I didn't expect you to stay inside for so long."

Mu Bingyun did not speak.

Her ice-blue eyes swept over Qin Wushang, her gaze like an undercurrent beneath ice. After a moment, she nodded slightly: "It seems you've gained quite a lot."

She couldn't tell his exact depth, but she could feel that he had changed; he had become more profound.

Jiang Chengqiu stood to the side, not speaking, just watching Qin Wushang with a faint smile on her lips.

She had always been a woman of few words, but when it came to what mattered, she was never absent.

"It wasn't any great Opportunity, just re-cultivating my Realm and erasing the flaws from before."

Qin Wushang said truthfully: "You should all reflect and examine your own Dao. Wherever there is a flaw, re-cultivate that step."

"Only by being perfect in every step can one truly reach Great Perfection."

The women nodded, agreeing verbally, but they knew very well in their hearts.

Even if that were true, talent was the deciding factor; not everyone had the qualifications to achieve Perfection. Otherwise, how could there be so many living beings in the world who died filled with regret when their Lifespan was exhausted?

"Brother Wushang, where are we going next? Are we going straight to the fifth floor to take the teleportation array to Heavenly Beast Island?"

Lin Ziyao asked.

"No."

Qin Wushang shook his head.

He said: "Let's go out first and find a place to eat. I'll take her to eat something good. After all, she did quite a lot of work in there."

He looked at Yao Shinian.

When Yao Shinian heard about eating something good, her eyes lit up like two stars, and the pig-slaughtering knife in her arms shook along with her excitement.

The women's gazes fell uniformly on Yao Shinian, looking her up and down as if trying to see through her.

"What did you do with Brother Wushang inside?"

Lin Ziyao couldn't help but ask, the jealousy in her words unable to be hidden, spilling out.

It was very sour!

"Did you do anything shameful?"

She pressed him.

"No."

Yao Shinian hugged her knife and answered straightforwardly.

"He didn't want to do that with me."

Her tone was natural, without a hint of shyness.

Lin Ziyao's face turned red instantly. She opened her mouth, but simply didn't know how to respond.

Ye Hongfu lowered her head and covered her mouth to hide a laugh.

Mu Bingyun turned her head away expressionlessly, and Jiang Chengqiu glanced at Yao Shinian quickly before averting her gaze.

Qin Wushang remained expressionless and raised his hand to pat Yao Shinian's head: "Let's go, time to eat. My treat."

"That's great! I've been waiting for those words!"

Yao Shinian was all smiles and rushed toward the first floor.

She had always been very interested in eating!

"Brother Wushang... I, I don't not trust you, I just felt that, you two inside..."

Lin Ziyao wanted to explain, but the others had already left.

She stomped her feet, blushing, and hurried to catch up, grabbing Qin Wushang's other arm, glaring at Yao Shinian unwillingly.

"What are you looking at me for? I'm telling the truth. I really didn't do that baby-making stuff with him."

"Although I understand it—Auntie Blind told me a lot about which positions make it easy to get pregnant—I don't think it's necessary, and I don't want to."

"If we're going to do it, we should go back to the village. The millstone in the village is big; doing it on top of that makes it easy to have a smart baby."

Yao Shinian said it bluntly, with a smile.

In her worldview, things like having children were always open topics; there was nothing to be ashamed of.

After all, in the village, the women there didn't hold back at all.

The women were completely stunned, and their feelings about the village she mentioned became increasingly bizarre.