Chapter 75: Her Harem
Chapter 75: Her Harem
After changing Little Pink’s appearance to a normal-looking butterfly and allowing it passage out of the Spatial Realm, Xiang Ling decided to collect spiritual herbs for refining pills.
She collected the herbs in a basket before she made her way toward the huge rock that was sitting near the herb fields. One moment she was standing on the ground and the very next moment, her figure appeared on top of the rock. She settled down in the lotus position before she started working on the refining process.
Fortunately for her, a few weeks right before her heavenly tribulation, she broke through the highest level of alchemy and no longer needed a pill cauldron to refine spiritual pills or elixirs.
She took her time to first regulate her spiritual energy before she selected the spiritual herbs in the right quantity and merged them with her spiritual energy to refine the first batch of pills.
By the time two hours passed, there were nearly three dozens porcelain jars of pills sitting next to her on the rock. She had refined all sorts of pills - pills to boost cultivation, heal wounds, purify or strengthen the body, and so on. Along with these, there were also pills to treat poisons and cure normal mortal illnesses.
Out of the dozens of jars, Xiang Ling picked up a certain white porcelain jar which carried the highest grade pills that she had refined. The jar contained level two Golden Miracle Pills that could purify the meridians of cultivators and help them widen their spiritual oceans.
The spiritual pills in the cultivation world were divided in four different levels - level one as the lowest grade and level four as the highest grade. While Xiang Ling could easily refine level four pills, she didn’t find it necessary for the time being.
"Being a Supreme Immortal with ten thousand years of cultivation, how can you refine such low grade pills? Are your alchemy skills that bad?"
The familiar voice made Xiang Ling turn her attention toward the tree standing not too far from the rock. Sure enough, she found that mysterious man perched on one of the lower branches - Zhang Xuan. He was resting there as if he was enjoying the sun.
With a single flick of her sleeves, all the pill jars disappeared into thin air. Once she had safely stored the medicines, Xiang Ling jumped down the rock and made her way toward the tree.
"Why I feel like every time you start feeling bored, you end up appearing in front of me." She said while craning her head to look up at the man. "Why don’t you go somewhere else to find something to entertain yourself?"
"There’s nothing more interesting than you right now in the five realms, Immortal Xing." Zhang Xuan replied as he finally jumped down from the branch and stood right in front of her.
Xiang Ling squinted her eyes in suspicion and asked, "What do you want to say? Make it clear."
Zhang Xuan smiled at her question as if he was amused for some reason. "Aren’t you asking the obvious, Immortal Xing? A Supreme Immortal got punished by the Heavenly Empress but instead of being born as a Mortal, she ended up inside the body of a full gown mortal with all her divine powers and memories. If all this isn’t interesting enough, I recently realized that you have some really interesting people around you."
Xiang Ling tilted her head to the side as she pondered on the man’s words. "Are you talking about my husbands?" She asked when she finally succeeded in connecting the dots.
"Your husbands?" Zhang Xuan asked as he gave her a knowing look. Xiang Ling, on the other hand, decided to ignore his question. Realizing that the woman had no interest in responding, Zhang Xuan continued, "You must already know by now that all your husbands are not normal. Every single one of them is carrying secrets. The only difference is, some are aware of their secrets while the others are fully unaware of them."
"Are you saying that some of them are aware of their true identities?" Xiang Ling found herself asking. In response to her question, the man only arched one of his eyebrows and that look made Xiang Ling realize just how ridiculous her question was.
Since she had already seen Dao Ming shifting into his wolf form, it was already clear that he was aware of his identity. The question here was wether he was pretending to be a Mortal or was actually inside a Mortal body. Whatever was the case, there was definitely something deep going on.
"Can you tell what are their true identities?" She asked while trying to hold back her excitement from being too obvious.
"I have already made a guess of Li Dao Ming’s identity when I saw him in your cottage a few weeks ago. As for the others, I haven’t met them yet to make a proper guess." Zhang Xuan then turned his attention toward her and added, "And even if I knew, I wouldn’t have told you for nothing."
"You..."
Xiang Ling glared at the man who was showing his true colors. If her husbands were full of mysteries, then this Zhang Xuan was no different. "What do you want in exchange?" She asked while folding her hands across her chest.
"What can you offer?"
Xiang Ling thought for a while before she answered, "Considering how powerful you are, you surely lack neither money nor treasures. I don’t think I have anything to offer you." She stated the truth and looked straight into his eyes before adding, "If there’s anything in particular that you want from me, let me know."
The man took several steps in her direction until he was standing right in front of her. Tilting his head slightly to the side, he looked straight into her eyes and spoke, "Since you are giving me an open offer, how about giving me a spot in your harem?"