The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 754: Is It An Evil Tree or A Spirit Tree?

Chapter 754: Is It An Evil Tree or A Spirit Tree?

The words startled Cinian, who quickly responded, "She’s already married, and her family is happy and content. You’re out of luck, so you’d better give up on this crazy idea!"

To his surprise, Bai Xiangyu seemed quite stubborn, even after having his memories sealed, he still held onto such thoughts.

Bai Xiangyu furrowed his brow lightly, feeling a sense of emptiness inside, as if he had lost something important.

Cinian didn’t care much for his feelings and urged him to leave quickly, telling him to take his sword and go.

After Bai Xiangyu left, Cinian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all this, Nanli had lost her appetite for the meal.

She returned to Chilling Garden.

Although Chunbao and Rainbow had long known that Nanli often traveled alone, recently, Nanli had been away from home for much too long. They were certainly worried about her.

After Nanli bathed, she put on loose nightwear and sat on the bed.

She gently stroked her belly. Her babies were barely over a month old, and there was no fetal movement yet.

Rainbow, seeing her in a daze for a long time, cautiously spoke, "Your Highness, now that you’re pregnant, this is a big deal. Why hasn’t the prince returned yet?"

Could it be that the rumors outside were true, that he had encountered misfortune?

Nanli turned her head, her expression a little complicated. "He has his own matters. It’s not a problem for me."

Rainbow pursed her lips, but since Nanli didn’t want to say more, she didn’t dare ask further.

"You two should rest now," Nanli said as she prepared to meditate.

Both women bowed and left, and Nanli sat down to meditate.

With Chu Yan having ascended the throne, the three nations of the Human World had slowly started to generate some spiritual energy, much like the Lower Realm.

But for her, the three babies in her womb had insatiable appetites, and this amount of spiritual energy was far from enough.

She needed to absorb spirit stone energy to support her cultivation and circulate the remaining energy throughout her body.

After just one small cycle, she had consumed over fifty middle-grade spirit stones, which was no small amount.

Once the babies grew larger, she would need hundreds of middle-grade spirit stones just for the daily base.

Low-grade spirit stones, which contained little spiritual energy, wouldn’t even be enough to fill a gap for her.

Yun Jianchu, who had previously been pregnant, understood how difficult it was to be a mother. She didn’t pester her anymore.

Once Nanli completed her meditation, Yun Jianchu spoke, "Without the father present, you must be having a tough time. You can use the top-grade spirit stones from the Vajra Umbrella’s secret realm freely."

"No need," Nanli replied, "Thank you for the kindness."

Yun Jianchu said, "Now that I’m inside your body, we’re one. You don’t need to be so polite. Do you think I care about you? I’m more concerned about the three little ones."

"I have enough spirit stones. Even if it’s not enough, I’ll work hard to earn more."

Yun Jianchu chuckled, "Don’t be foolish. I’ve been with Yan Buxiu for a long time, and I know the current situation in the Upper Realm. Due to a lack of spiritual energy, the four great families’ Spirit Mines are producing fewer and fewer top-grade spirit stones each year. To be honest, all the top-grade spirit stones in the Upper Realm now are from the past. The Spirit Mines haven’t produced any for hundreds of years."

That’s why she was the richest in the Nine States now!

Nanli frowned.

If she carried the babies to term, she would likely need top-grade spirit stones.

She hadn’t expected that the Upper Realm would also be facing resource depletion.

Could it be that the immortal cultivators in this world were at the end of their rope?

"So, you should use mine," Yun Jianchu continued to persuade. "Let’s cancel that bet. We’ll live as one. It’ll be so much easier."

Since it was for herself, Yun Jianchu didn’t mind at all.

After all, the stronger Nanli became, the stronger her Demon Soul would grow as well.

Nanli immediately figured out her motive and said, "No need!"

"Why? It’s a win-win situation."

"Because you’re too noisy."

Just thinking about how Yun Jianchu would remain inside her body for a while made Nanli feel a headache.

If she had to stay inside her forever, it would be worse than death.

Yun Jianchu continued, "Isn’t it nice to have me with you?"

"Ah, don’t blame me. I’ve been sealed for so many years without anyone to talk to. I’m so bored and lonely."

"Don’t ignore me. If you speak, I’ll give you a top-grade spirit stone."

Nanli sighed heavily, pressed her hand on her heart pulse, and performed a hand seal to temporarily silence Yun Jianchu.

The next day.

Chu Shuo came early, ready to take them to the outskirts to see the site he and Yanyan had chosen.

It was for the construction of a temple, so Cinian had to be satisfied.

Since it was daytime, and the capital’s citizens still had no idea about the existence of immortal cultivators, they didn’t fly on swords but took a carriage out of the city instead.

This caused Cinian to feel a bit dazed, bouncing around in the carriage.

Nanli and Chu Yang were used to traveling by sword, so their faces weren’t looking too good either.

However, as they neared the western outskirts, they began to feel an increasingly rich spiritual energy. Breathing in deeply, they felt refreshed.

"This is strange. Why is the spiritual energy here so thick and pure?"

When the carriage stopped, Cinian eagerly jumped out.

And then he was stunned!

"This... this is..." He stammered, staring at the direction of the mountain.

The others also got off the carriage.

Chu Shuo widened his eyes, "What happened? When I checked earlier, there wasn’t such a huge tree here!"

At the top of the mountain, a massive tree had appeared, so large that it almost blocked the sky.

And since he was inexperienced, he couldn’t tell what kind of species it was.

Lu Yanyan also remarked, "Yes, the plans were already drawn up, right? Shouldn’t we cut this big tree down so we can continue building the temple?"

"Impossible! Impossible!" Cinian immediately waved his hands in panic. "You can’t! This is... this is a Spirit Tree!"

Nanli and Chu Yang had never been to the Upper Realm, so they had never seen a Spirit Tree.

When they heard Cinian’s words, they were both shocked.

A Spirit Tree?!

So this was the reason for the concentrated spiritual energy?

Cinian quickly flew up to the mountain, and Nanli and Chu Yang were about to follow when Chu Shuo and his wife stared at them, their eyes clearly saying: "Please take us along!"

Each of them grabbed one person, and with a whoosh, they flew up to the mountain.

But their speed was so fast that, as mere mortals, they found even a short distance very uncomfortable, their faces pale and gagging.

The workers who saw them suddenly appear on top of the mountain were startled.

But since Chu Shuo had told them about their identities beforehand, they didn’t faint from shock.

The workers were still in shock over the appearance of the huge tree, though.

The foreman walked up, saying, "Second Young Master, look here, a giant tree just grew overnight! It wasn’t here yesterday. This place is too weird. I’m afraid it’s not suitable for building the temple."

It had grown overnight, so it had to be some sort of evil tree.

Either cut it down or burn it!

As soon as this idea was suggested, several workers immediately agreed.

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