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Chapter 8

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Maybe it was because the date of the marriage between Wen Qiao and the Seventh Prince had been decided. In the following days, it seemed like the Seventh Prince had no inhibitions and kept sending gifts to his fiancée.

There were foods, goods and also elixirs, people admired her very much.

The disciples of the Wen family were first surprised then became used to it. Especially when they went out, they could hear people talking about how the Seventh Prince liked the third lady of the Wen family; the Seventh Prince couldn’t wait for the wedding ceremony, which was about to be held within a month; and he sent various types of goods with spiritual energy to the third lady of the Wen family.

Actually, the disciples of the Wen family also felt the Seventh Prince liked the third lady very much. If not, why would he send so many spiritual elixirs, spiritual medicines and spiritual weapons to her?

Even though the Seventh Prince wouldn’t have that many cultivation resources, he could get it from Emperor Cheng Hao.

In the Tanglin Kingdom, the Ning royal family was famous for their wealth, plus Emperor Cheng Hao doted on the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince could get anything he wanted, not to mention the cultivation resources he could bestow to anyone he wanted.

All of a sudden, people envied Wen Qiao. Although the Seventh Prince was not able to cultivate, his sincerity and countless cultivation resources could redeem his deficiency.

Why couldn’t they meet a fiancé that was as generous as him?

Lian Yue was holding a jar of spiritual tea as she entered the room. She told Wen Qiao, who was sitting beside the window reading a book, “Miss, the Seventh Prince sent a jar of spiritual tea. I’ve heard that it could dispel the cold, you can have it often, Miss.”

Wen Qiao moved her sight from the book page to the spiritual tea held by Lian Yue. She kept silent and let Lian Yue make the tea.

When the tea was made, an elegant scent of the tea filled the air, spiritual energy was levitating indistinctly. It made people feel energized with just a whiff of its scent.

Wen Qiao took a sip, it tasted the same as the spiritual tea she had in the room at the Ling Xu Pavillion.

After finishing the spiritual tea, her body became warm and there was some spiritual energy levitating in her pulses. It made her feel comfortable and cosy.

Meantime, the Ji Shui Yard resounded with laughter.

“What an elegant scent, it seemed like a type of spiritual tea.”

Wen Qiao lifted her head and saw her cousins of the Wen family were walking into her yard headed by Wen Mei and Wen Xian. They were hailed as the Wen twins, they went everywhere together; they were also the outstanding descendants of the Wen family.

Wen Qiao was born in the same year as the fourth lady Wen Mei and the fifth lady Wen Xian. Wen Mei and Wen Xian had a one month gap in their birth; their coming of age was at the end of the year.

Even though the three ladies were the same age, due to Wen Qiao’s weak constitution, she rarely stayed together with her two cousins so they weren’t close. It should be said that Wen Qiao wasn’t close with anyone in the Wen family. Most of the time, she was sick in bed at the Ji Shui Yard while the others were working hard in their cultivation at the martial training field. There wasn’t much time for them to gather up, so they didn’t have a close relationship.

Although they didn’t have a close relationship, they were still cousins from the same family. Wen Qiao was getting married soon, they also had no idea how many years she could live. When Wen Xian suggested visiting Wen Qiao, the other ladies weren’t opposed and they came together.

“Please sit freely.” Wen Qiao was sitting there and said to her cousins.

She looked too calm and also sounded cold. Her cousins were shy because they didn’t have much experience. They found a place to sit.

Lian Yue made a new pot of tea.

The scent of tea was levitating. Wen Mei took a sip of the tea and felt shocked.

“It’s a good tea.” Wen Xian looked surprised and asked, “Was the spiritual tea given by the Seventh Prince?”

The Ji Shui Yard would be impossible to have such a fine quality spiritual tea. She recalled the Seventh Prince kept sending gifts to Wen Qiao these days and knew it must be given by the Seventh Prince.

Wen Qiao lifted her head and took a glance at her. She replied with a flat “En”.

“The Seventh Prince treats you really well.” Wen Xian looked envious, she turned her head to look at Wen Mei, and asked with a smile, “Ah Mei, you were engaged with the Third Prince for many years. Did he send you any gifts?”

Wen Mei frowned.

The Third Prince was 10 years older than Wen Mei. During their engagement, the Third Prince was already an adult, but Wen Mei was just a child, the engaged couple had nothing to talk about even when they met up. While Wen Mei became an adult, the Third Prince always went to gain experience or isolated himself from cultivating. It had affected their contact, not to mention the Third Prince sending gifts to his fiancée who was 10 years younger than him.

There was nothing.

By comparison, the Seventh Prince was too enthusiastic towards Wen Qiao.

But they couldn’t say loudly that the Third Prince was concentrated in his cultivation which caused him being not interested in love relationships. Otherwise, it would be criticizing the Seventh Prince for being a waste cultivator that had nothing to do, so he had plenty of time to ingratiate himself with his fiancée?

The ones who were thoughtful could immediately figure out the intention behind Wen Xian’s words. No matter how Wen Mei replied, she would get in dutch with someone.

Wen Xian gazed at Wen Mei with a curious look.

Wen Mei decided not to respond. She sat at her place still and drank tea.

The ladies on the spot were the shadows of the Wen twins. They obviously knew that the twins were competing, so they wouldn’t simply join their conversation to avoid offending any of them.

Wen Xian’s smiley facial expressions gradually became stiff.

She chuckled and continued saying, “The both of you were engaged with the disciples of the Ning family. Ah Zhuo had her engagement late but she would be getting married soon, how about you, Ah Mei? You and the Third Prince had been engaged for a few years, when are you getting married?”

“There’s no hurry. My father said we could consider our date of marriage when the two of us had reached the Yuan Ming Realm, the Third Prince would be understanding.” Wen Mei replied flatly.

Wen Xian felt jealous in her heart. Nowadays, the Third Prince was already in the beginning stage of the Yuan Ming Realm. After he finished isolation, he must have made an enormous improvement in his cultivation.

Wen Xian decided to ignore her and talked to Wen Qiao, “Congratulations Ah Zhuo! Never thought that you would be the first one to get married in our generation. After you are married, it would be hard for us to meet you.”

“Even if I’m not married, it would still be hard to meet up.” Wen Qiao drank her tea slowly and answered.

Wen Xian’s expression was stiff. Was she satirizing them by rarely coming to the Ji Shui Yard to visit her?

She responded with a hollow laugh, pretended that she didn’t hear anything and continued saying, “I heard that the Seventh Prince kept sending gifts to you these days. He treats you with a sincere heart, your life would surely be full of happiness after marrying him.”

It was a pity that she was short-lived. Even if the Seventh Prince had many cultivation resources, it couldn’t be used on her.

Wen Qiao once again nodded her head, “En, it was good indeed. He had various kinds of spiritual goods and I can use them without scruples.”

Wen Xian: “……” The conversation couldn’t be continued.

After talking to Wen Qiao, Wen Xian was a bit tired, she felt that the third lady was still inarticulate.

Since Wen Qiao was born, the time she rested was longer than the time she cultivated. In the past, they would say hello to her while they met her at the martial training field, sometimes they would have a small chat too. But they felt her words were blunt but reasonable as they couldn’t controvert. As time passed, they were unwilling to talk with her.

By comparison, Wen Mei had a clear estimation for not being annoying, she sat beside and finished her tea. While she saw they finished their conversation, she knew she had achieved the goal of her visit and took a leave.

Wen Xian had to leave too.

“Ah Zhuo, you could seek help from us anytime, the Wen family would be your maiden house forever.” Wen Xian said with a gentle voice.

Wen Qiao: “Oh.”

The others felt her words were inappropriate, it seemed that this shouldn’t be said by the lady from the third house?

After the ladies left, Lian Yue said to Wen Qiao while she was cleaning up the teacups and leftover teas, “The fifth lady is inarticulated indeed, Miss were right to controvert her words!”

“But I didn’t argue with her.” Wen Qiao was holding a cup of tea and said.

Lian Yue choked. She pretended that she didn’t hear anything and continued saying, “The fifth lady was said to be virtuous and willing to help people who seek help from her. But why was the lady from the third house so enthusiastic about it? The Wen family wouldn’t allow her to become the head of the family right? Even if she wants to be the head of the family, she needs to reach the Yuan Wu Realm to be qualified……”

Wen Qiao finished her tea and went back to her room to cultivate.

These days, she was working hard in sending spiritual energy to the seed planted in the flower pot. But the seed remained the same, and the date the seed would sprout was unknown.

Once the spiritual energy in her body was fully depleted, she would suffer stabbing pain from her spiritual vessel. But when her 36 spiritual vessels were restored, the amount of spiritual energy in her spiritual vessel would increase. Even though the amount wasn’t much, it was still a gratifying achievement. As it was said, many a little make a mickle. One day, she could break the walls of the medium-stage to ascend the last-stage of the Entering Yuan Realm.

In the Sheng Wu Continent, every cultivator had 36 spiritual vessels. It was used to gather the spiritual vitality of heaven and earth.

Compared to other cultivators, the spiritual vessels in Wen Qiao’s body were the same as a jar with a hole. The spiritual energy was insufficient, no matter how much she took in, it would spread out easily thus she wasn’t able to gather enough spiritual energy. This was the reason that although Wen Qiao had tested to have great potential for cultivation, her cultivation progress was slow.

These days, Wen Qiao found out that the vital essence of wood could not just heal frail pulses. It could also enter the spiritual vessel and be converted into pure spiritual vitality and could also be stored in her spiritual vessels to prevent the spiritual energy from dispersing.

It made her feel delighted.

Although the half-demon bone couldn’t help in the recovery of her health making her the same as common cultivators, at least it could help her to take in the vital essence of wood. She could still become a strong cultivator in the future by using another way.

She predicted the half-demon bloodline would have some purpose other than this.

Wen Qiao was determined to continue to work hard in her cultivation.

Until the day before her wedding ceremony, Wen Qiao’s rank of cultivation finally ascended to the last-stage of the Entering Yuan Realm.