Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 476 - 474: What’s Wrong with Being a Kept Man?

Down the mountain, a gentle breeze is blowing, and the rape flowers are in full bloom!

A woman in a pale blue Flowing Cloud Dress stands with her back to White Dragon Mountain, practicing her "Peerless Sword Technique" with a bamboo stick, swishing it through the air and causing petals to fall like rain.

"..."

Several members of the Xu Family watch from a distance, not daring to speak. This woman is a formidable Foundation Establishment cultivator, and they, in the early stage of their energy refining, hardly dare to utter a word.

Moreover, she claimed to be an old acquaintance of the Mountain Master, and they feared offending her could bring troubles they couldn’t handle.

Up the mountain, Ning Daoran descends gracefully.

Watching the woman’s pitiful attempt at swordplay, he can hardly bear to look. Could this person really be an old acquaintance?

"Excuse me, miss,"

Ning Daoran greets her with a light fist salute: "May I ask, miss...?"

The woman turns around, bamboo stick in hand, and her charming face comes into view.

Shen Luoyan!

’Holy shit!!’

Ning Daoran is mentally collapsing; what is a grand cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage doing here, posing like that?!

Shen Luoyan’s Blood Tears Dragon Demon Sword Technique is unrivaled, and as a sword cultivator, the power of her Luoshui Sword Formation is terrifyingly lethal. Could her swordsmanship really be so crude? She must be kidding!

"Ahem!"

Ning Daoran frowns slightly: "Shall we go up the mountain?"

"Sure."

Shen Luoyan chuckles and, walking side by side with Ning Daoran, they ascend the mountain enveloped in tunneling light. Along the way, she communicates telepathically: "I heard some Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator cornered you up on the mountain? Tough break, this ’Mountain Master’ role you play..."

"I have just wiped out a good portion of the Wuzhou Demon Path. You know, times change; it’s normal to face such situations. On the contrary, it would be abnormal if everything went smoothly."

"There’s some truth to that,"

Shen Luoyan smiles faintly: "I was off to the east on some business when I heard from the Slaying Immortal Tower that a master appeared by White Dragon River. Someone at the Golden Core Stage managed to fight over a hundred rounds with Lin Wuxian from the Imperial City Martial Temple. I guessed it might be you, so I came over to check."

"Did you really just come over to check?"

Ning Daoran glances at her: "Are you sure you’re not here to freeload some food and drink?"

"By the way, it’s the same thing."

...

Mountain Master Cave Mansion.

Shen Luoyan has no intention of revealing her true appearance and continues to look like a beautiful woman cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, with her aura firmly suppressed. Even Ning Daoran has to stare intently for a while to see through her disguise.

However, with Shen Luoyan’s arrival, Ning Daoran knows that the Bone-Eroding Old Demon’s life is coming to an end.

"Sister Bai, this lady..."

Xu Zhongyao clings to Little Bai, originally wanting to ask who this woman, who seems very familiar with her master, is.

But she quickly notices the solemnity and respect on Little Bai’s face.

Who Little Bai is, almost considered as the right hand of the White Dragon Mountain Master, usually speaking with such ease to the Mountain Master himself, yet showing such an expression when she sees this Foundation Establishment woman cultivator.

No kidding, this Foundation Establishment woman cultivator is someone extraordinary!

Xu Zhongyao immediately falls silent, quietly positions everyone in front of her, and stealthily retreats back into the Cave Mansion to concentrate on cultivation.

"Old Lu, start cooking!"

Inside the Cave Mansion, Ning Daoran yells: "Bring out all the delicious food and drinks, Shen Building Master is here to freeload again~~~"

"Ao ao ao ao~~~"

Big Stupid Deer responds enthusiastically, and soon, man and deer are passionately cooking up a storm in the simple yet homely kitchen, with Little Bai and Little Gui swiftly prepping various ingredients. The family is busy to the point of chaos, except for Little Blackie who stands by cluelessly, not sure how to help.

Until...

Shen Luoyan glances at him.

Suddenly, Little Blackie feels a chill from the depths of his soul. He scurries away, feverishly digging in the mansion’s Spirit Land as if endowed with boundless energy – a sight that surprises Ning Daoran. When did Little Blackie learn to till the land?

Well, let him take over all the farming from now on.

Before long, a table filled with delectable dishes is ready, and Ning Daoran brings out the finest Spiritual Wine.

Then they drink from large bowls and eat large chunks of meat.

Even Shen Luoyan lets go of her Tower Master’s dignity and ladylike poise, rolls up her sleeves, and plays a drinking game specially created by Ning Daoran. The game’s foundation is a bamboo tube, and it involves six dice carved from the dragon bones of Fourth-order Middle Stage Fire Dragon True Monarch, each with numbers one to six inscribed on them.

Ning Daoran calls this game the Immortal Bean Game. They shake and call out numbers, whoever loses drinks.

And so...

One Slaying Immortal Tower Master rolls up her sleeves, revealing her delicate arms, wildly devouring a leg of Spiritual Sheep while pointing at the bamboo tube. She competes with Ning Daoran as equals, face to face.

"Three sixes!"

"Four sixes!"

"Reveal, you lose, drink up!"

"Three sixes!"

"Open! You lost, drink up!"

...

Full from food and drink.

Shen Luoyan lay on the reclining chair inside the cave mansion, gently rubbing her round belly and basking in the lake breeze, her pretty face radiated satisfaction.

"Since Tower Master is passing by White Dragon Mountain, why not help me with a small favor?" Ning Daoran said.

"Hmph~~~"

Shen Luoyan let out a scoff, "Short hands from taking, soft mouth from eating, spit it out, what favor do you want?"

"This Bone-Eroding Old Demon is quite troublesome."

Ning Daoran slightly raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Tower Master has already come this far, why not lend a helping hand and rid me of this vermin. It would be ridding the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation World of a scourge, a true blessing for all."

"Well..."

Shen Luoyan said, "You already know that Slaying Immortal Tower is spread throughout the entire Eastern Wilderness Cultivation World. When we were choosing the Tower Master, I promised to abandon all sectarian views and treat cultivators from Xia Country, Sangyu Country, and Li Country equally. Although I may not be able to achieve it fully, I still need to maintain appearances."

She glanced at Ning Daoran and added, "So you want me to help you kill the Bone-Eroding Old Demon, but what’s the reason? Just because the Bone-Eroding Old Demon blocked your mountain gate? This reason probably won’t suffice. Those Nascent Souls from Sangyu Country will surely not be convinced; they might even impeach me and clamor for founding a new organization in Sangyu Country called ’New Slaying Immortal Tower’. What would we do then?"

"Of course not, of course not..."

Ning Daoran said, "Since Tower Master has such concerns, why not keep your real identity hidden? Tower Master’s current disguise is perfect. Besides, I’m not asking you to face the Bone-Eroding Old Demon personally, just a sudden attack to seriously injure the Bone-Eroding Old Demon."

"Alright."

Shen Luoyan said, "If it’s just a sneak attack, I can help with that. But..."

Her beautiful eyes scanned around the cave mansion, looking to see if there were any valuables that caught her eye which she might casually filch.

"Cough cough..."

Ning Daoran wasn’t one to be petty, and said, "Tower Master need not bother looking. The most valuable thing in this cave mansion is you; everything else is worthless. However, since Tower Master is willing to help, I will naturally reciprocate. Whatever it costs to buy the life of a Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivator, I will pay. For the Bone-Eroding Old Demon’s life, I’m willing to spend a Falling Star Array to buy it."

"Oh?"

Shen Luoyan was slightly surprised, "You own a Falling Star Array?"

"Indeed."

Ning Daoran slapped his storage bag, and an array box floated out, filled with array flags and array plates, clearly a complete set of the Falling Star Array’s formation tools, and the faint trace of the Fourth-tier Middle Grade Killing Array’s aura it emitted was unmistakably real.

"Indeed, it’s the Falling Star Array..."

Shen Luoyan was pleasantly surprised, "During the battle at the Eastern Sea, you chased and killed Jing Tiancheng, is this the very same array? You’ve already repaired it."

"Not at all."

Ning Daoran shook his head, "This one was refined by me."

"What?"

Shen Luoyan was even more shocked, "You can... you can refine a Falling Star Array?"

"Exactly."

Ning Daoran said, "Tower Master need not worry, after I obtained Jing Tiancheng’s incomplete Falling Star Array, I have always been studying and deriving the Falling Star Array. Reverse-engineering the formation’s legacy from the array formation tools, after over forty years of effort, I’ve finally succeeded. Now I already possess the legacy of the Falling Star Array. However, due to the exorbitant cost of refining, I currently only have two Falling Star Arrays; one for personal use, and one to bestow upon Tower Master."

"Well then!"

Shen Luoyan took a deep breath and after receiving the Falling Star Array, she said, "This formation can buy five Bone-Eroding Old Demon’s lives, Ning Daoran, I owe you a favor."

"You need not be so courteous."

Ning Daoran said emphatically, "I have always regarded Tower Master as one of our own. A mere Falling Star Array is nothing; as long as Tower Master wishes, whatever I have, I’m willing to offer."

"Ah~~"

Shen Luoyan tidied her hair leisurely, a face full of enjoyment as she spoke, "It’s been a long time since I’ve heard such natural and refined sweet talk. If I didn’t know you already had Lin Man in your heart, I might have considered becoming Daoist couples with you."

"I couldn’t..."

Ning Daoran said, "How could I, a mere Golden Core, dare to aspire to Tower Master? If we truly became Daoist couples, others would surely say that I am a gigolo, living off a woman."

"What’s wrong with living off a woman?"

Shen Luoyan asked with raised eyebrows, hands on her hips, "What’s it to them? Whoever dares to gossip, I’ll chop them down with one strike!"

Ning Daoran’s mouth twitched momentarily.

Better not to become Daoist couples, he was quite worried about becoming a victim of domestic abuse by Shen Luoyan.

Feeling perhaps that she wasn’t being ladylike enough in that moment, Shen Luoyan quickly composed her expression, reclined back in her chair and said with a laugh, "Cough cough, when we talk about these matters, it’s easy to get too deep into role-play, I almost thought I was truly becoming Daoist couples with you."

Then, she smiled meaningfully, "Not becoming Daoist couples is also fine. You already have Lin Man, and I would not allow other women by my side. If that happened, I’d inevitably have to eliminate Lin Man, which would be a pity to kill such a talent. Besides, we cultivators prioritize the Supreme path; matters of Daoist couples can wait until the Mahayana Realm."

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Shen Luoyan narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "Listening to you speak is quite delightful. When do you plan to make your move?"

"Anytime is fine."

Ning Daoran said, "However, Tower Master must show mercy and not kill the Bone-Eroding Old Demon’s Nascent Soul. I plan to capture his Nascent Soul for a good study. His Ice Demon Bone Erosion Skill is quite formidable, and I’m also somewhat interested in his Ice Spiritual Power."

Shen Luoyan nodded in agreement.

At this moment, she felt a tinge of pity for the Bone-Eroding Old Demon. Although the old fellow was a Nascent Soul from the Demon Path and had done lots of atrocious things, having his Nascent Soul caught and studied—tch, even the Demon Path might not resort to such measures!