Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Brother Yong! What an honor for me to have you as our guest today! Please, come in!" Qin Tian came to the main entrance of his Qin Family Manor to personally attend to the Hu Patriarch.

"Brother Tian is too kind. It is my fault for not educating my granddaughter properly from creating unnecessary trouble." Hu Yong revealed an expression of guilt as he walked side by side with Qin Tian.

"Little lass Hu Jia is a thoughtful one. Please do not blame her for coming here without telling you." Qin Tian is puzzled by Hu Yong's sentence. But since the Hu Family made two visits just for the sake of his grandson, Qin Tian decides that it would be wise for him to accept their gesture and forgive all displeasure.

After all, being able to obtain the support of the Hu Household is equals to adding a-quarter of strength to the Qin Family.

The two elders made their first stop at Qin Lan's private courtyard first, to show Qin Lan some consideration about his disability.

But instead, they were greeted with a completely unexpected scene.

One that made both elders grinned from one side of their cheeks to another.

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"Ah! This is so painful. Is this side a part of my martial flaws as well?" Hu Jia removes the broken bamboo parts from where she's going to place her hands. While at the same time, she was unaware of Qin Lan's mischievous pairs of hand that accidentally stays on her breast.

(Woah... It was indeed the size of a Moonbell Fruit. How can a girl of her age grown so much at this part?)

Qin Lan knows that it would be disrespectful for him to push her away. Furthermore, as the one with "difficulties" in his overall motor ability, Qin Lan trusts his intuition. He placed a little more of his strength on his fingers and made a soft "rub," which nicely circled the most sensitive part of Hu Jia's breasts.

"Ah!" the beautiful maiden finally realized that's something wrong in their position. Her cleavage, although protected by a piece of clothing, is evidently sitting on Qin Lan's mouth. Both of his weak hand is still struggling to get free. But under the weight of her body, all the effort is futile as it only ends up caressing her further.

A lightning shock runs through Hu Jia's mind at this time.

"Should I slap and castrate him for defiling my body? No, it's my fault to crash into him..."

"But... I don't want to marry this cripple! But... He's... He had..."

"Why would he be a cripple? If he's not disabled... I - I don't mind..."

Both love and hate intertwined in her mind, swaying her thoughts. She's still hesitating about putting in some strength on both of her hands to lift her body aside.

This embarrassing moment ends up getting witnessed by the two patriarchs when they came into the garden.

"This..." Qin Tian and Hu Yong stare at one another. Using their cultivation strength of a Full Completion Rank of Bone Layer, they immediately left the scene without a sound.

"Brother Tian, I don't know... What to say..." Hu Yong smiled.

"What is there need to say? It's time for the youngsters. We'll let them decide how they'll go with it," Qin Tian nodded. In his mind, he's praising Qin Lan for being able to tame a girl like Hu Jia.

"My grandchild has grown to a fine man. Grandfather will make sure to find you the medicine that will return you to your cultivable state and also for the sake of completing your responsibility as a man." Qin Tian steeled his heart in regards to this matter.

"Lady Hu, you... You smell nice... But I'm worried that I will not have the life to savor them..." Qin Lan continues with his act. His hands had already moved to Hu Jia's waist and bum, still savoring all the advantages he could while acting like he's started to get out of breath.

"No! Wait!" Hu Jia immediately pushed herself up from squishing Qin Lan below her. It was at this moment she realized something else on her back.

"Men! I need some people here!" Hu Jia summoned for some servants.

Her voice caught both Lu Yi and Lu Qing Yun's attention as both of them came to the garden at the same time. It puzzled them as they're looking at their young master lying down on the ground, with Hu Jia sitting on top of him.

"Had the swan surrendered?" Lu Yi wanted to praise his young master on the spot.

And just like this, their moment together finally ended with a small, lovely blunder. Even after a thousand years later, it was still a memorable scene in both of their minds.

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There is only a week to go before the Annual Hunting Festival started.

"Young Master," the trio returned from the midnight hunt in Western Demon Forest. Like before, each one of them carries a total of three rucksacks, making it nine sacks altogether.

The two lads then started to separate the product efficiently according to their type. While Lu Qing Yun headed to the kitchen.

As for Qin Lan, he remained holed inside his residence as he consolidates his foundation. It is estimated that he needs four more days to achieve a cultivation breakthrough if there's nothing out of the ordinary is going on.

But what surprised him the most is still Lu Yi and Lu Qing Yun's cultivation talent and comprehension. Both of them are now a cultivator of second-level in Flesh Refining Layer, on par in strength with Huo Zunjie.

"En. How's your result today?" Qin Lan asked. There are three baskets of trash placed behind him, which he filled with the guts and other unused parts of the demon beast.

"We've managed to capture a Fanged Demon Boar today. This fellow is quite a challenging opponent for us." Lu Yi said. Although the three of them are now on par with this second-level Flesh Refining demon, their physiques are still a lot weaker in comparison to a demon beast.

"Be satisfied with your current achievement for now. Able to hunt one with a team of three people is already amazing enough." Huo Zunjie grabbed Lu Yi's shoulder.

Based on what he knows, nobody would dare to capture a Fanged Demon Boar without the help of a third-level Flesh Refining Cultivator.

"Let's eat first." Lu Qing Yun returned with a pot of braised meat and vegetables she prepared before they left for the Western Demon Forest. Such an organized lifestyle has been her daily schedule for the whole month.

"From tomorrow onwards, you guys don't need to hunt anymore. We will have to register our name tomorrow and consolidate everything we have learned so far." Qin Lan said.

"Our teacher has also given us his blessing and hope we will perform well in this Annual Hunting Festival. From what I heard, the winner of first place will be rewarded with a Foundation Advancement Pill," he added.

"Foundation Advancement Pill?" the three of them has little to none in term of basic knowledge. So far, what they know can be simply described as common knowledge, except for what was taught by Qin Lan.

Hence, when the name (Foundation Advancement Pill) came into their discussion, they did not show a hint of greed other people do.

Furthermore, they know that being with Qin Lan equals innumerable wealth at any given time. That is also why no one between the three had a question when it comes to precious treasure.

"It was a pill that promises a guaranteed breakthrough to the next level. Only one can be taken in each layer, and not more. And after taking this Foundation Advancement Pill to breakthrough, advancing through their subsequent level will be harder than usual." his explanation is as detailed as ever.

"Then why do they still want to use it if there's a negative side effect like this?" Huo Zunjie asked. Lu Yi and Lu Qing Yun nodded as they were curious about the answer to the same question.

"If you're stuck in between the middle-Attainment Rank for years, would you risk it to advance into the sixth-level, enjoying a better benefit as an upper-layer cultivator?"

"If you're stuck in between the border of Full-Attainment and Introductory into the Bone Reconstruction Layer, would you risk it?" Qin Lan answered their question with a question.

"I will... I think?" Lu Yi scratched his head as he replied.

"That's because Lu Yi's way of life is straightforward. Huo Zunjie's path is more to perseverance and persistence. As for Qing Yun, her path is mild and calm, like a pond of lotus." Qin Lan explained to them their personality and the path of cultivation they might follow.

"Would you risk it, young master?" Lu Qing Yun asked Qin Lan if he'll take the chance if the Foundation Advancement Pill is presented before him.

Qin Lan laughed.

"Why would I covet something that originated from our Kuangshan Lu Sect? With our teacher's ability, put aside mere medicines like Foundation Advancement Pill, Even Realm Advancement Pill is possible if we really want it."

"Mark my words." Qin Lan said.