Ye Meng wasn’t a dumb person, he knew how to learn from mistakes unlike Xianxia protagonists. Beauty is a dangerous thing as it could be beneficial or detrimental depending on the beholder. If a beautiful woman came upon a horde of bandits, then she would obviously have to endure incredibly malicious and lecherous things. But if she came upon a kind hearted young man, she would be courted and basically have some sort of control over the young man. But if she came upon a nobleman she would be forced to serve as a concubine if the noble took enough liking to her. Li Xiaoyu was beyond beautiful to the point where words couldn’t describe her beauty but that was a bad thing.

The previous Li Xiaoyu was a beauty but she wasn’t as shocking as she is right now. He could’ve just passed her off a maid for a young Tier 5 Alchemist like him. No one would go out of their way to offend such a budding talent that would obviously be nurtured by the Alchemist’s Association just for a beauty. He had Li Xiaoyu put on a tough silver mask, which she gladly agreed to. She wasn’t stupid either, she knew the consequences of her divine beauty. The duo quickly approached the capital of the kingdom they resided in known as the Royal Shangxuan Kingdom. With Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu’s cultivation base coupled with their youthful looks they attracted a lot of attention. The average youth in the capital was at the Foundation Building stage! Even the guards were at the Marrow Cleansing stage! They could be first class experts in low class cities such as the Soaring Dragon City but in the capital they were just simple guards!

Ye Meng had also noticed that the Qi back in the low class cities was very sparse compared to the Qi near the capital. It seemed like the more they got to the capital, the more Qi was in the air! That’s why Ye Meng was confused on how he advanced so quickly, it turns out that just cultivating here increased his speed by 5 times! Many families stay in the same location for hundreds of thousands of years so their genes have been nourished by the Qi in the air to increase their cultivation talent! “No wonder the guards are all experts here, it was the density of the Qi! Maybe there are different places with higher Qi in the city that I could buy. Maybe some might increase my cultivation speed by 2 or even 5 times! Li Xiaoyu would surely benefit from that since she relies more on cultivation unlike me.” Ye Meng felt himself salivating at the thought of his cultivating speed increasing by 5 times. When Li Xiaoyu saw that bit of saliva escape from his mouth she pulled out a cloth from her interspatial pouch and tenderly wiped it off.

When the guards saw them they asked for the usual identification cards or money and slightly passed over Li Xiaoyu’s perfect figure with hungry eyes. Ye Meng flashed the Alchemist’s Association card. “This girl is my maid and assistant so if you offend her you offend me.” Ye Meng quickly warned them. They looked at him with shock and reverence because such a young Tier 5 alchemist would surely become a major figure in the capital in a couple hundred years! They couldn’t afford to offend someone with boundless prospects such as this young master. They apologized and Ye Meng quickly entered the capital and headed straight to the Alchemist’s Association headquarters in the Royal Shangxuan Kingdom. Apparently, there was supposed to be a Tier 7 alchemist located as the leader. The Royal Shangxuan Kingdom supposedly had an ancestor who had reached the peak of 8th stage in cultivation but there wasn’t a Tier 8 alchemist as the leader simply because of how scarce Tier 8 alchemists were. There were 10 Tier 8 alchemists in the world and most of them were eccentrics who’ve distanced themselves from the mortal world.

Ye Meng instantly attracted a lot of attention due to his young age. Some alchemists probably thought he was a young master due to his high cultivation base. Ye Meng walked up to a beautiful receptionist and she asked him, “What would you like to buy young master?”

Ye Meng shook his head and said while pulling out his identification card, “I’m not buying, I’m selling.” She looked at the card, then back at him, then at the card and back at him again with her eyes widening every second. She immediately yelled out, “Grandpa! Get out here right now!”

Suddenly, an old man with a ferocious yet lazy aura came out of a giant door. As soon as the other alchemists saw him, they ceased their conversations and looked at him as if he was their fathers. The old man lazily mumbled, “What did you call me here for Xian’er? As a tier 7 alchemist I’m very busy!

Li Xiaoyu and Ye Meng were both in shock, that lazy old man was a Tier 7 alchemist? And that receptionist was actually the granddaughter of the alchemist? Talk about staying low key… The receptionist rolled her eyes and yelled out, “We have such a young Tier 5 alchemist and you want him to leave?”

All eyes instantly turned towards Ye Meng and the old man’s eyes lit up. He approached Ye Meng with the speed of an early Divine Sense cultivator. The Tier 7 alchemist approached Ye Meng and he asked him with a thoughtful look in his eyes, “Hmmm…. Being a Tier 5 Alchemist in around 30 years! That talent is just higher than mine, you can become a Tier 7 Alchemist if you try hard. Would you like to become my disciple?”

The nearby alchemists were all shocked! Every one of them would gladly become that old man’s disciple but a brat just got offered exactly just that. They had traces of jealousy, envy and surprisingly admiration. They couldn’t help but admire Ye Meng’s incredible talent in alchemy. No matter who they are, people always respect the strong and talented such as Ye Meng. They thought he was double or triple his age so they didn’t put him in their eyes but they finally recognized Mt. Tai.Even their idol complimented him saying that he could be a Tier 7 Alchemist! Who is a Tier 7 Alchemist? Someone with the same authority as a King!

Ye Meng shook his head, “I already have a master, it was he who made me a Tier 5 alchemist.”

The old man gave a look of understanding and gave Ye Meng a symbol made out of gold. “Your master should be a Tier 7 alchemist like me, I’ll give him face and help you out.”

Ye Meng took the jade slip and saw that it was the royal emblem! Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu looked at the emblem with shock, a royal emblem could let them do many things they previously couldn’t do! Ye Meng looked down at the royal emblem that gave off an aura of nobility and looked back at the old man. He respectfully clasped his hands and he said, “Thank you senior, this junior will forever remember your kindness.”

The old man just chuckled and he said, “Just call me Old Man Bai and when you become a Tier 7 Alchemist just share some of your notes with me! I’ll arrange a manor for your and the miss beside you to reside in. There is an auction happening in a couple of weeks so it’d be a good place to buy various treasures!”

Ye Meng nodded and he made a bit more smalltalk with Old Man Bai before he sold off his pills and got a lot better ingredients. The price of a medicinal ingredient could vary from 10,000 silver to even 200,000 silver just based on where you’re buying and selling it at! In Soaring Dragon City, the ingredients found in the capital everywhere that cost a measly 15,000 silver would cost

a whopping 200,000 silver! All of that was based on how rare the object was in that specific location.

He exited the building with Li Xiaoyu at his side and headed straight for high class shops. Due to the large crowd, Ye Meng was forced to hold Li Xiaoyu’s hand which made her red inside of her mask. They arrived at a high class clothing store after a long struggle in the crowd. Ye Meng didn’t have a lot of clothing for women so naturally they shopped for women’s clothing. Ye Meng found some expensive robes he liked with each of them costing over 50,000 silvers! He let Li Xiaoyu pick her own clothing and eventually, it was time to pay.

They went to the register and were greeted by a cute teenager. Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu dropped all of their stuff on the counter while the register’s jaw was dropped. The duo had put down dozens of articles of very expensive clothing like it was nothing for them! Her facial expression turned respectful immediately and she excitedly said, “Young Master and Young Mistress, the total cost of your purchase is 2 million silvers.”

Ye Meng nodded and threw out 20 low grade spirit stones in front of her. Although this was a shop for the wealthy, no one but the extremely rich folks just threw out spirit stones like they were candy. They exited the shop and headed straight for the manor. Ye Meng knew that peak Divine Sea cultivators were following them. He sighed and went into an alley. Blood splattered on the floor as Ye Meng easily beheaded the pursuers. As they entered their mansion, Li Xiaoyu tugged on Ye Meng’s sleeve. “Ye Meng, can you give me some superior techniques?”

“Eee? I forgot about that! Don’t worry, I’ll give you techniques as long as you pay a price.”

mischievously said Ye Meng. Li Xiaoyu shuddered when she saw the smile and she asked, “What do I have to pay?”

People take things that were free for granted so Ye Meng didn’t want Li Xiaoyu to take him for granted. It was easier to control someone who likes you rather than someone who doesn't like you. Ye Meng let out an evil laugh that could frighten most people and said, “Sleep on the same bed for me for a month.”

Li Xiaoyu turned red and her beautiful face flickered with many complicated emotions. The reason why Ye Meng gave her a choice was because if he gave her an order, she’d hate him even more! But since it’s an even trade, Li Xiaoyu would feel grateful for the technique but blame herself for accepting the choice. Every single action was to currently trying to increase Li Xiaoyu’s affection for him until it transformed into love. For someone as talented as Li Xiaoyu, he wanted absolute loyalty and control, which was called love in Xianxia worlds. Most of the MC’s women are usually easy if you save their lives and say a couple of honeyed words. But, they were completely loyal and dedicated to you if they fell for you. If Ye Meng could do that then Li Xiaoyu was under his control even without their agreement. After a couple of moments of thinking, she gritted her charming white and said, “I agree, but no touching!”

“Of course, I’m not a beast to touch without consent.”

Li Xiaoyu felt angry from the bottom of her heart, you hugged me without consent! You also held my hand without consent! What a hypocrite!

Ye Meng took out a jade slip and started thinking about the best techniques for Li Xiaoyu. Yin techniques were the ones he was looking for because of the Heavenly 9 Yin Circulation technique. If they synergized then maybe the techniques would have an even greater increase of her strength! He saw a couple of trash ones until he finally found a good one called Frost Yin Palm. It employed the palm to carefully hit specific spots so it could freeze those spots and deal massive damage.

Ye Meng wrote the technique on the jade slip and handed it to Li Xiaoyu along with a movement technique. “Study them and have them perfected by the auction. We might have some enemies so I recommend that you quickly gain strength.”

She nodded and went to a lone courtyard in his mansion. Their mansion was fairly big and was located in the upper class area of the city. They had no maids because of how many secrets Ye Meng had, if they ended up being revealed then he had just lost a card in his hand. They had a special room where the Qi was 3 times as thick as the outside! Ye Meng started cultivating in that room and his speed was incomparable to his speed a year ago.

Eventually, the night came and they both headed for Ye Meng’s giant room. Cultivators at the level of Ye Meng and Li Xiaoyu didn’t really need to sleep but everyone still did simply because of the benefits. Sleeping was like entering meditation but in a different position, you both tried comprehending different Daos, Laws and etc while you were sleeping or meditating. But, the thing was that sleep was a great natural stress reliever was the number one reason that people slept. Many cultivators had things they were stressed out about such as money, face, their enemies and etc. Nothing was better than sleeping in that essence.

Li Xiaoyu was wearing a silk shirt way too big for her. It showed off her sexy snow white thighs and calves. Ye Meng felt his pole rising whenever he saw Li Xiaoyu in her dress which was very inconvenient. Li Xiaoyu must’ve noticed it as well because her cheeks were flushed red whenever she peeked at the bottom half of Ye Meng. Ye Meng smiled like a good natured boy at her and he said while patting the mattress, “Come on maid, don’t make me force you.”

She clicked her tongue and she slipped inside the bed with her back towards Ye Meng. He got a sudden idea and he started faking having nightmares. “Noo! Mother!! Father!!”

Li Xiaoyu couldn’t sleep with Ye Meng’s endless ‘nightmares’ no matter what. She looked back at him and saw his back towards her. She slightly hugged his body while trying to cover up his mouth. As soon as she embraced him, he stopped his nightmares. “What? What just happened?” thought Li Xiaoyu.

She decided to test things out and let go of her hand over his mouth. Nothing changed so she decided to go back to her original position on the bed when suddenly, the nightmares continued. But, the nightmares had a little something else to it, “Xiaoyu’er don’t die! I was going to marry you after this so please don’t die! I love you!”

Li Xiaoyu felt extremely strange when she heard those words so she decided to put an end to the ‘nightmare’. She embraced him from the back and they slept like that until morning. Ye Meng was smiling the whole time because of her voluptuous body on her back and the success of a stage in his plan, it made him feel truly blessed. He sometimes ‘accidently’ groped Li Xiaoyu as a result of his ‘nightmares’.

On the second day, the same thing happened but Ye Meng cursed at the Dongxue Clan a lot more than usual. The cycle kept repeating until it was the last day of their agreement. Ye Meng had made it so that Li Xiaoyu wouldn’t react to holding hands with him unlike last time. She also hugged Ye Meng a lot more than usual for an unknown reason. Finally, 7 weeks had passed and it was time for the auction. Ye Meng didn’t have much improvements but Li Xiaoyu’s strength increased by leaps and bounds.

Unbeknownst to either of them, a storm was brewing which was the reason for the out of place deadly beasts. An egg had appeared on the mortal realm which produced frightening power! It was the egg of a creature that’s descended from the Immortal Realm by unknown means.