Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Unsatisfied

In the garden, flowers bloomed in abundance.

Ye Xue spoke with a firm tone.

The Golden Core Ancestor remained silent for a moment, then said, “You and I have no fate.”

“Why is there no fate?”

Ye Xue asked unwillingly.

“No fate means no fate. In the future, you may become a Golden Core, or even a Nascent Soul, but that’s not enough. We don’t have a connection.” The Golden Core Ancestor said blandly.

Ye Xue asked defiantly, “I heard the Ancestor is willing to take a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with Three Spirit Roots as a disciple. Why are you unwilling to take me as a disciple?”

“I investigated that person. His aptitude is quite average, only Three Spirit Roots. His bone age is already sixty-three and he is only at the Second Layer of Foundation Establishment, very poor. His chance of becoming Purple Mansion is less than one percent, and becoming a Golden Core is less than one percent. What qualifications does he have to be a senior’s disciple?”

The Golden Core Ancestor said, “That is my reason. Cultivating top talents into Golden Core cultivators is nothing much; but cultivating an ordinary cultivator into a Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivator is a great achievement.”

“I accept disciples based on aptitude, but more on fate.”

Ye Xue was somewhat unwilling, but still left.

“Ridiculous.”

Watching the departing female cultivator, the Golden Core Ancestor shook his head.

…

While drinking Spirit Wine and eating Spirit Fruit, Lu Xuanji felt his cultivation steadily improving. This improvement wasn’t significant, but with long-term consumption, it steadily increased.

“Indeed, eating Spirit Fruit and Spirit Wine is the right path. As for taking elixirs, that’s the unorthodox way.”

While eating Spirit Fruit, Lu Xuanji pondered.

Consuming a certain Spirit Fruit won’t immediately elevate a cultivator to a minor realm. Instead, it turns into gentle Spiritual Qi, absorbed by the body. With long-term consumption of Spirit Fruit, one’s cultivation will steadily improve.

In the Hundred Thousand Mountains, many Demon Beasts don’t practice Alchemy, primarily focusing on cultivating Spirit Medicine. When the Spirit Medicine matures, they consume it whole, and their growth isn’t necessarily slower than humans.

When humans encounter Spirit Medicine, they habitually refine it into Elixirs. While the medicinal properties in Elixirs are concentrated and can indeed enhance cultivation, the intense medicinal power can damage the meridians and body. There can also be Elixir Poison sediment.

Click.

At this moment, the door opened, and a woman walked in.

Wearing a silver palace dress, the round collar was edged with gold, adorned with star-like specks that shimmered like a river of stars when she moved.

Her figure was tall, her proud figure partly obscured, emanating a noble aura, clearly born of a noble family.

Her face was veiled, her true face unclear, but those deep eyes carried an intoxicating charm.

This was a stunning beauty, and with a mere wave of her hand, countless admirers would flock to her.

Her admirers could line up from the south of the city to the north.

The female cultivator examined him, her gaze like looking at a zoo monkey. After a moment, a cold yet soft and charming voice sounded, “Fellow Daoist, may I sit here?”

“As you wish.”

Lu Xuanji said, moving aside, continuing to drink his Spirit Wine.

His peripheral vision observed for a moment before collecting his thoughts.

A second-generation cultivator, can’t afford to provoke.

At this moment, the female cultivator sat beside him, less than three feet away.

Lu Xuanji frowned slightly, the distance was too close, somewhat uncomfortable.

A faint fragrance wafted over, with a charming and intoxicating effect.

The female cultivator asked, “Fellow Daoist, do you have a Dao Companion?”

Lu Xuanji reflexively replied, “Yes!”

The female cultivator asked again, “Why did you refuse the Golden Core Ancestor’s offer to be a disciple?”

Lu Xuanji reflexively answered, “Because I don’t want to kneel to a woman.”

But just as he answered, he shivered involuntarily, realizing he had been unknowingly hypnotized and spoken his mind. Looking at the female cultivator again, he angrily said, “Senior, being a Purple Mansion Ancestor, why play tricks on a junior?”

Silently hypnotizing a Foundation Establishment cultivator is something ordinary cultivators can’t do.

But for a Purple Mansion Ancestor, it’s not too difficult.

“Fellow Daoist, are you the ‘Qilin Child’ of the Lu Family, Lu Xuanji?” the female cultivator asked with a smile.

“I wouldn’t call myself a ‘Qilin Child,’ just lucky.” Lu Xuanji cautiously replied.

“You’re indeed lucky. I wish to become the disciple of the Golden Core Ancestor, but she refused me. The Ancestor wants to take you as a disciple, but you refused.” The female cultivator said, “In other ways, you’re not as good as me, but in luck, I’m not as good as you.”

Lu Xuanji remained silent, his mind racing.

The female cultivator said, “In Qingshui Commandery, the Ye Family and the Wu Family have intermarried many times, their ties deep. I wish to matchmake between you and the Ye Family. There are prominent ladies in the Ye Family close to your age, suitable for marriage.”

Lu Xuanji felt a headache, “Senior, I already have a Dao Companion.”

“No matter, in this world, for a man, having three wives and four concubines is nothing. Only those walking the path of the heartless, emotionless, or supreme Dao don’t care about love between men and women. As for us family cultivators, we need to marry more wives and concubines, accept more Dao Companions, to continue the family line. Otherwise, with few descendants, how can the family flourish?”

The female cultivator said, “These matters are beyond your control. Later, I’ll have Ye Liuyun mediate.”

Lu Xuanji felt uneasy, asking, “Senior, how should I address you? And how should I address the Ye Family Patriarch?”

The female cultivator said, “I am from the main branch of the Ye Family, named Ye Xue. Ye Liuyun should call me small aunt. Back when Ye Liuyun was trying to reach the Purple Mansion Realm, it was thanks to our main branch providing some convenience. An alliance through marriage with the Lu Family is something Ye Liuyun would be willing to do!”

Listening, Lu Xuanji recalled some information about the Ye Family.

In the Dan Yang Sect, the Ye Family has a main branch and seven sub-branches.

The main branch has a Golden Core Ancestor in charge, with nine Purple Mansion cultivators. The seven sub-branches separated from the main branch, each having Purple Mansion experts in charge.

The main branch and sub-branches have a close relationship, with the main branch supporting the sub-branches considerably.

Ye Xue seems to be a Purple Mansion Ancestor from the main branch, with significant influence.

“Senior, I am merely a Three Spirit Roots cultivator, only at the Third Layer of Foundation Establishment, seemingly not worth troubling Senior so greatly.” Lu Xuanji said.

“You’re indeed not worth it, but the Golden Core Ancestor values you… I observed you for a long time and did not see anything special, quite average. But I think the Golden Core Ancestor’s eyesight shouldn’t be off; there must be something special.” Ye Xue said, scrutinizing Lu Xuanji up and down, shaking her head, “Consider it an investment. If you enter the Purple Mansion in the future, my Ye Family profits; if you blend into the crowd, my Ye Family loses little.”

“Senior’s kindness, I appreciate!”

Lu Xuanji said, “But I still aspire to become a Purple Mansion Cultivator and, for now, do not wish to lose my Pure Yang Body or to involve myself in romantic entanglements.”

“Who has time to talk about love and romance with you? Talking about love harms interests, here we only discuss personal and family interests, not sentiments!”

Ye Xue said coldly, starting to calculate some entanglements of interest, “The Lu Family’s situation isn’t good, the Wu Family eyes your Lu Family like a tiger; even within the Ye Family there are people with malicious intent towards the Lu Family!”

Lu Xuanji frowned, “The rules of the Dan Yang Sect still stand, they don’t dare make a move!”

“Rules are not omnipotent, they can act against the Lu Family within the bounds of the rules.” Ye Xue said, “A strong person doesn’t need a knife to kill.”

Ye Xue said this, standing up and disappearing.

Lu Xuanji felt a slight toothache.

Not knowing how to evaluate it.