"How is this possible?"
Seeing her two maidservants struck, Chu Mengyao was stunned as well.
Just a moment ago, she had actually sensed a trace of Xuan Power emanating from Jiang Yue. Although very faint, equivalent only to the Seventh Layer of Profound Entry, the other woman had indeed stepped into the ranks of cultivators and possessed a cultivation base!
"Su Qianyu, I wouldn't have thought you so generous, actually willing to spend cultivation resources on a cheap slut." Chu Mengyao looked coldly at Su Qianyu.
"None of your damn business."
Su Qianyu replied indifferently.
Inwardly, however, he was quite surprised too.
Yesterday, Jiang Yue had clearly been only at the Fifth Layer of Profound Entry. He had never expected that after just one night of cultivation, she would break through to the Seventh Layer of Profound Entry.
Wasn't this speed a bit too fast, though?
Could it be that Jiang Yue was actually a one-in-a-million cultivation genius?
Hearing Su Qianyu's unpolite words, despite the rage burning in her heart, Chu Mengyao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Today I must take her with me. Name your price."
She could not afford to burn bridges with Su Qianyu just yet, so if the hard way wouldn't work, she had to resort to the soft approach.
Jiang Yue instantly grew nervous. She clutched the hem of her dress tightly, looking at Su Qianyu with terrified eyes and a fluttering heart.
Su Qianyu raised an eyebrow.
"Alright then, how about one thousand lower-grade Pro-found Crystals?"
At these words, Jiang Yue's body instantly stiffened, and tears welled up uncontrollably in her eyes. Could it be that she still couldn't escape the fate of being dragged back?
"Deal!"
Chu Mengyao agreed through clenched teeth.
Profound Crystals were the universal currency and cultivation resource of this world. Their quality ranged from low, medium, high, to supreme—four grades in total, each step differing by a hundredfold, with higher quality crystals containing denser Xuan Power.
One thousand lower-grade Pro-found Crystals was no small sum; even for her, she currently had less than two thousand on hand.
"Swish!"
Chu Mengyao immediately waved her hand, taking one thousand lower-grade Pro-found Crystals out of the storage ring on her finger.
Su Qianyu accepted all of them without hesitation, tucking them away.
"Now you can hand her over to me, right?" Chu Mengyao looked coldly at Jiang Yue, waiting to see how she would punish this cheap slut once she brought her back.
So what if her breasts were bigger than hers? To dare disobey her orders now was simply courting death!
"Of course... not!"
Su Qianyu suddenly grinned.
"I already gave you the Pro-found Crystals!"
Chu Mengyao's expression changed, and she quickly protested.
"You gave me the Pro-found Crystals, that's true, but I've changed my mind now. Any problem with that?" Su Qianyu looked at her with a playful mockery.
"You're playing me!"
Only now did Chu Mengyao realize she had been played by Su Qianyu; the man had never had any intention of handing Jiang Yue over at all.
"So what if I am playing you? Do you think everyone has a fixed price tag like you?" Su Qianyu taunted.
"You deserve to die!"
Chu Mengyao was beside herself with rage.
She wished she could chop off Su Qianyu's head right this instant.
"I don't have time to bicker with you right now, but remember this: once we reach the Heavenly Sword Sect, I will definitely slaughter you with my own hands." With that, Su Qianyu turned around and left directly.
Hearing this, Chu Mengyao took a deep breath and shouted, "Su Qianyu! As long as you dare to go to the Heavenly Sword Sect, I guarantee I will make you wish you were dead!"
With that, she stormed off with her people in a rage.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue felt a weight lift from her heart and hurried to follow behind Su Qianyu. Her expression of wanting to speak but hesitating made Su Qianyu couldn't help but smile.
"Are you wondering why I didn't sell you to Chu Mengyao just now?" Back in the room, Su Qianyu asked.
Jiang Yue nodded. She had genuinely thought Su Qianyu was going to sell her off.
"You're my woman now, how could I turn around and sell you?" Su Qianyu smiled.
As he spoke, he handed the pouch containing the one thousand lower-grade Pro-found Crystals directly to Jiang Yue.
"These are for you. Consider it a bit of compensation from the Chu Family."
Hearing this,
Jiang Yue froze on the spot.
"These are... for me?"
She was utterly overwhelmed with shock and gratitude!
One thousand lower-grade Pro-found Crystals—this was definitely a massive fortune!
Even the late Xiao Shan, guarding the Frontier and killing enemies, only received five hundred lower-grade Pro-found Crystals a month. Yet now, Su Qianyu had handed her a thousand lower-grade Pro-found Crystals without even blinking.
"I'll be heading to the Heavenly Sword Sect soon. These Pro-found Crystals should be enough for you to use for a while. Take them."
It wasn't that Su Qianyu was particularly wealthy.
Rather, he suddenly discovered that Jiang Yue seemed to possess a bit of cultivation talent, so he didn't mind spending a few extra cultivation resources to nurture her. If she could have some cultivation to protect herself, it would save him a lot of trouble.
"Many thanks, Your Highness!"
Jiang Yue hurriedly dropped to her knees before Su Qianyu.
She was moved almost to tears. Ever since she was young, she had suffered endless bullying in the Chu Family, and her life after marrying Xiao Shan had been equally miserable.
Su Qianyu was the first person willing to treat her well!
"This humble wife swears to serve Your Highness like a beast of burden for the rest of her days!" Jiang Yue vowed silently in her heart that as long as she lived, she would serve His Highness properly.
"There's no need for all that beast of burden business."
Su Qianyu waved his hand and took a sip of tea.
Yet the very next second, he suddenly felt a remarkably soft little hand grope around his waist, making a move to pull down his pants.
"What are you doing?"
Su Qianyu spat out a mouthful of tea and hurriedly asked.
"Your Highness's immense kindness is more than this humble wife can ever repay. I can only fulfill my duty as a wife and serve Your Highness properly..."
Jiang Yue's face flushed slightly as she slowly slid Su Qianyu's pants down...
Su Qianyu's casual remark about "no need for all that beast of burden business" had naturally been interpreted by her in an entirely different light, prompting her to take immediate action.
"You little loli!"
Su Qianyu couldn't help but smile wryly.
"Does Your Highness like it?"
Jiang Yue raised her head, asking with a blushing face.
"Continue!"
"..."
As passion peaked, garments flew everywhere.
With yesterday's experience, Jiang Yue had clearly improved immensely today and quickly lost herself in it.
"This humble wife also wants to bear children for Your Highness~" Jiang Yue murmured, pressing against Su Qianyu with a hazy, intoxicated gaze.
"..."
When it was all over.
Jiang Yue was thoroughly satisfied and fulfilled.
"I actually broke through?"
To his astonishment, Su Qianyu discovered that this session of dual cultivation with Jiang Yue had increased his Xuan Power by a considerable margin—roughly dozens of times more than last time—propelling him directly from the Fifth Layer of the True Profound Realm to the Sixth Layer of the True Profound Realm.
"What is going on here?"
Su Qianyu was utterly baffled.
Logically speaking, Jiang Yue's cultivation was only at the Seventh Layer of Profound Entry, leaving a massive gap between them; she shouldn't have been able to benefit him to this extent.
"I broke through too."
Jiang Yue also discovered with pleasant surprise.
Every time she experienced intimacy with Su Qianyu, a surge of pure Xuan Power would always flow into her Dantian.
This time, it had even propelled her directly from the Seventh Layer of Profound Entry into the Gathering Xuan Realm, vaulting across three layers all at once!
"Could this be any more absurd?"
Even as a transmigrated soul, Su Qianyu simply couldn't comprehend when cultivation had become this easy.
Just yesterday, Jiang Yue had been an ordinary person, yet today she had actually broken through to the Gathering Xuan Realm. If word of this got out, it would definitely shock a massive crowd of people.
"It must be the Yin-Yang Chaos Formula at work."
Su Qianyu could only guess along those lines, as there truly was no other explanation.