Many descendants

……

Chu Duo sat on the dragon throne, sighing repeatedly.

Dongfang Yi initially intended to ignore it, but the sigh was so loud that even the yellow cat sunbathing outside the hall heard it and peeked over, so he felt embarrassed not to ask.

"Your Majesty, please do not hesitate to give me any instructions on what I may do."

"It is still my Empress. She wants to see your wife, and it would be best if she could stay in the palace for a while."

Chu Duo witnessed Su Yan cheating on him, but he still wanted to save face for his brother who had been through thick and thin with him. He secretly disciplined her before letting her go.

When Dongfang Yi gets tired of Su Yan in the future, he will arrange a marriage between her and a lady from a prestigious family.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yi immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please decline the Empress's kind offer. I am already burning incense with joy that my wife can stay in the General's Mansion, no... I should say, lie down."

"Lying down? What do you mean?"

It means eating well and then sleeping, and sleeping well and then eating.

"..."

"Yi! How about I take charge and help you break off this marriage, and then bestow a marriage upon someone of equal social standing?"

“This is the daughter-in-law chosen by my mother. She was married to a memorial tablet back then, and she suffered so much. So no matter what, as long as she is willing to stay with me, I will take care of her.”

"Didn't she say she wanted a divorce?"

"The prerequisite for divorce is that there is a man who can support her bad habits and is genuinely good to her."

"I think you've lost your mind on the battlefield. How could there be such a man? Cunning, lazy, greedy, and adulterous... uh, I misspoke." Chu Duo looked embarrassed.

This expression doesn't look like he said something wrong, but rather that he let something slip!

Dongfang Yi's expression was somewhat unpleasant as he replied, "I know, but when she was ill, the midwife examined her body and found she was still a virgin. So, during the war, no matter what outrageous things she did to survive, she still retained the last line of ceremonies, and I will forgive her."

"...You're amazing!" Since he, the person involved, not only knew the truth but also didn't care about the green hills and clear waters above him, Chu Duo had nothing more to say.

"Thank you for your concern for my private affairs, Your Majesty. Please spend more time on state affairs in the future. I shall take my leave now." Dongfang Yi then withdrew from the palace.

"Get out! Get out!" Chu Duo's enthusiastic offer had only resulted in him being met with a cold knife. He'd even managed to get the Empress's favor to help him discipline his wife...

……

Bored, Su Yan asked Jian for a martial arts manual that could improve physical health.

Although the spiritual energy in the mortal world is thin, it is not entirely absent. Therefore, in order to avoid frequently experiencing fevers and fainting spells for two or three days in the future, she decided to cultivate.

Su Yan climbed up the ladder to the roof, then chose a flat spot, spread out a thick blanket, sat down comfortably, closed her eyes, and meditated cross-legged.

She absorbed the thin spiritual energy in the air into her body and then slowly guided it through a large circulation.

She's not in a rush for quick success anymore; there's no point in rushing things anyway. Even if Jian doesn't take her, she can't go back.

Dongfang Yi came to find Su Yan carrying a food box.

Seeing her practicing martial arts on the rooftop, he was quite surprised, "Xiuer?"

Su Yan exhaled slowly, ending her practice... but still kept her eyes closed. "Yes, I know I'm excellent, so you can call me Excellent, not Show-off."

Dongfang Yi was speechless, but after spending time together, he had come to understand her nature; she loved to contradict him. "I brought you some palace pastries. Would you like to try some?"

Su Yan opened one eye and glanced at the exquisite food box in his hand. "Bring it up."

Dongfang Yi flew up and placed the food box next to her.

"Where did this cultivation technique come from?"

"Given to me by my lover."

"..." He just asked the cheeky question!

Su Yan opened the food box, took out a plate of flower cakes, took a bite and said, "Sweet but not greasy, not bad."

"You're still secretly having an affair with them? Keep being so sarcastic!"

“It’s not done secretly; we do it openly and honestly.”

"..." Yes, even the Emperor knows openly and honestly. "Can you give them up? I can support you on my own."

"No." Su Yan looked at him and replied, "I don't need you to support me anyway. But... never mind, there's no point in saying more. You should just give me a divorce certificate and find a good match in the world, experience the seven emotions and six desires, go through a cycle of reincarnation. If you can achieve enlightenment, then this journey will not have been in vain."

"You're starting to make things up again. I'm going to get busy now, you can eat slowly."

"Wait, do you want to practice this technique too? It can help you ascend to the Immortal Realm."

"unnecessary!"

Burning the things her lover gave her wouldn't be enough to vent her anger, let alone practicing them? Dongfang Yi's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Duanmu Yunhua came to find Dongfang Yi.

From afar, I saw someone sitting on the roof. I rubbed my eyes... This wasn't Dongfang Yi's eccentric wife.

He instantly put aside his search for Dongfang Yi and came to the courtyard where Su Yan was meditating.

"What are you doing?" Duanmu Yunhua asked.

Su Yan replied with her eyes closed, "I'm cultivating immortality!"

"...Pfft! Hahahaha!" As expected, Dongfang Yi's wife has never disappointed.

"What are you laughing at? I'm just stating the facts. This cultivation method, if practiced to the end, can indeed lead to ascension to immortality," Su Yan replied. "However, my main purpose is to improve my health."

"Really? Then I'll try it too," Duanmu Yunhua said with a smile, his eyes full of playful mischief.

Su Yan thought he really wanted to cultivate, so she adopted the same enthusiasm she used when teaching children and said to Duanmu Yunhua, "Come up and sit down, I'll explain it to you properly."

Duanmu Yunhua immediately climbed the ladder.

Su Yan spread out a thick blanket and invited him to sit down. "The cultivation technique I practice is called the 'Tai Xuan Zhen Gang Jing'. It has ten cultivation realms, and each realm is further divided into three stages: early, middle, and late..."

At first, Duanmu Yunhua simply wanted to tease Su Yan, but as he listened, his expression became serious and he eventually began to try cultivating according to the method of circulating the Great Heavenly Cycle that Su Yan had described.

Su Yan was overjoyed to see that he could absorb spiritual energy and expel turbid energy in one go. "I am indeed excellent. I actually succeeded in leading someone to cultivate for the first time!"

This was indeed her first time leading a group; she had always led her babies and cubs before. As for those beastmen, it was already a favor that they didn't teach her; she wanted to teach them? Even with the dust on her shoes, she knew it was impossible.

"Indeed!" Duanmu Yunhua stood up and respectfully bowed to Su Yan. "Master, I accept your greetings."

"No, no, no!" Su Yan quickly stopped him. "I can't be your master. My knowledge is shallow. I've already poured out the bottom of that bottle."

"Duanmu Yunhua—" Dongfang Yi roared, "Wu Xiuer! What are you doing?"

Su Yan shouted at Dongfang Yi, "From today onwards, Duanmu Yunhua is my fellow Daoist who cultivates immortal techniques together. Is that right, Yunhua?"

Duanmu Yunhua broke out in a cold sweat, but if he didn't admit it now, he wouldn't be able to cultivate immortal arts in the future.

"Ah...yes! Xiu'er and I will be immortal couples from now on!"