Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

Chapter 50 Settling in Kyoto (Seeking to Continue Reading!)

Half a month later.

On the West Street of Kyoto, right next to the Imperial Palace, one can almost see the towering outer palace walls just by looking up.

The people coming and going on this street are all members of the imperial family and high-ranking officials. Even if you throw a brick into the crowd, it would hit a third or fourth rank official.

The residence of the Prince Fu is located here.

This is the mansion that Prince Fu was rewarded with when he first left the palace. After Prince Fu was titled the Marquis of Changning County, it has been vacant, with only a few old servants managing and cleaning it.

Occasionally, when Prince Fu is summoned to the capital, he would stay here.

This time, the people from the mansion are heading north to the capital, so this place has become their temporary stop.

Yu Xian walked to the middle of the courtyard, took a deep breath towards the sky, and saw a faint white mist rising.

"The weather is starting to cool again."

Autumn is already halfway through.

I wonder if the osmanthus tree in the mansion is still blooming.

They have been in Kyoto for half a month.

Half a month ago, the ship arrived at the Jinmen Port, and apart from the people from the mansion, there were not many passengers left on the ship. Most of them went to visit relatives along the way or found a bustling city to settle down, including the family of the girl Yu Xian saved.

Only the people from the mansion continued north.

Then they were picked up by the agents from the Eastern Factory sent by the court at the Jinmen Port, under the guise of protection but actually supervision.

Yu Xian looked up and saw the towering city walls, even though they were several miles away, he could still feel a faint sense of danger.

Obviously, there are some old monsters hidden in the Imperial Palace.

This is the aura deliberately emitted by the old monsters, just like a fierce beast marking its territory, making various declarations and warnings.

"With such characters in the royal family, why would they let the rebels run rampant and send out a random beheading strategy? What resistance can the rebels have?"

This is the overwhelming strength of cultivators over ordinary people.

No matter how talented your strategists and generals are, and no matter how popular you are, I can crush you with my own power. It's simple and effective.

Yu Xian doesn't understand the thoughts of the Yue Kingdom's royal family, but he won't delve into it. Instead, he hides himself honestly and acts as the little white face of the princess consort.

Because an old long-lived person once told him a simple philosophy of life: if you want to live long, don't meddle in other people's business.

Recently, he has been diligently practicing and has mastered the technique of concealing his aura. He can now hide his fluctuating aura in a crowd.

He unexpectedly has a talent in this area.

Unfortunately, Yulan's cultivation is still as bad as ever. Out of the thirteen spiritual stones he had, he now only has seven left.

Yulan, who used six spiritual stones, is still stuck at the first level of Qi Refining.

The good news is that it's stable, and the bad news is also stable.

With his unlimited supply of spiritual stones, Yulan can use them for at least another year to exhaust the remaining seven spiritual stones.

If he wants to continue cultivation, he will have to use the less effective spiritual sand.

But even if he uses up all the spiritual stones, it is still unknown whether he can break through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Yu Xian plans to observe for another half a year. If Yulan still hasn't made any progress, he will temporarily stop her supply of spiritual stones.

Because as long as she can maintain her cultivation level and not regress, with her cultivation level, one spiritual stone per year is more than enough.

In the current situation where he doesn't plan to go to the cultivation world to mess around, he plans to let Yulan switch to martial arts cultivation.

After all, he picked up a pile of precious medicines in the secret room of the Prince Fu's mansion. Even if it's a pile, it can still help Yulan reach the peak of acquired realm.

And Yulan has already broken through Qi Refining, so breaking through the biggest bottleneck of the innate realm is almost nothing to her.

If Yulan successfully breaks through the innate realm, it can at least delay the decline of her vitality for a few more years.

Cultivating in the mortal world is ultimately not realistic.

His previous ideas were too wishful thinking. He thought that with his help and enough resources, Yulan could continue cultivation smoothly.

But if cultivation in the mortal world were that easy, the Prince Fu, who had an inheritance in the secret room, wouldn't have almost been killed by Chen Xiao's palm.

Doesn't Prince Fu want to cultivate?

It's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't.

Putting aside this matter, Yu Xian looked at the panel in front of him.

[Name: Yu Xian]

[Cultivation: Ninth level of Qi Refining (344/550)]

[Dao Companion: Yulan (1/1)]

"Although the room technique left by Prince Fu is just an ordinary technique, my own cultivation level is not considered high, but it unexpectedly suits me.

Even if I indulge in pleasure with the princess consort halfway, I can still make progress that is enough to surprise people."

"The only concern is the imminent Foundation Building."

"I don't have Foundation Building pills, nor do I have any inheritance or experience in Foundation Building. I don't know how this panel will help me with Foundation Building, or if it will directly stop me from progressing."

"If it weren't for this concern, why would I have sent Chen Yi away?"

"But it's good that he's gone."

"With her intelligence, if I were to personally bring her to the cultivation world, she would definitely notice my abnormal cultivation speed after being exposed to enough cultivation information.

The panel is my most important secret and must not be exposed.

Instead, I am mysterious and powerful enough in her eyes, and I have never revealed my cultivation in front of her.

If we have the chance to meet in the future and there is something wrong with my cultivation, she will come up with her own explanations.

If I have the opportunity to have a second partner in the future, she will be my first choice."

"But who knows if the panel follows a monogamous system. For now, Yulan is the most important. Whether Chen Yi can survive in the cultivation world is still unknown. The cultivation world is never lacking in geniuses."

Yu Xian's thoughts soared.

Until a slightly weary-looking young woman led a chubby little boy in, followed by a beardless old eunuch.

"Empress, His Majesty is already aware that the fall of Changning City is not the fault of the Prince of Fu. The young prince is too young to bear the responsibility of defending the territory, so he is innocent.

But the law cannot be abolished. Now that Changning County has become the territory of the rebels, as the Prince of Fu, the Fu Prince's Mansion has an obligation, so from today onwards, the position of the Fu Prince is demoted from a prince to a county prince.

The young prince can now grow up peacefully in the capital."

The old eunuch comforted the empress incessantly.

Only the young prince was ignorant, unaware that the immense power that originally belonged to him as a prince had vanished, and he had become a little piglet raised by the court.

From now on, Changning County would be recovered, but it would no longer belong to the Prince of Fu.

The empress had long been mentally prepared for this, so she could still force a smile at this moment.

"Master Cao, please escort us back. This is a small token of appreciation from me, and I hope you won't mind."

The empress took out a silver note from her sleeve and handed it to the old eunuch.

This old eunuch was no ordinary person. He was the supervisor of the Eastern Factory, the emperor's right-hand man, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he held power over the court and the people.

The guards stationed outside the prince's mansion were under his command.

For someone like him, this silver note of only a thousand taels was considered meager.

But the old eunuch didn't mind at all. Instead, he smiled and accepted the silver note, saying a word of thanks to the empress for her reward.

He had no conflicts of interest with the Fu Prince's Mansion, so he didn't make things difficult. If he didn't accept this silver, the empress would be even more worried.

"If the empress doesn't send me off, this old servant will take his leave."

Master Cao was very polite, but before leaving, he couldn't help but glance at Yu Xian, who was waiting in the courtyard. Although this person didn't emit any aura, he was by no means weak. He even gave him a feeling of facing the ancestors in the palace.

But then he thought that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Fu Prince's Mansion used to control a whole county, so it was normal to have a few experts left.

He didn't want to meddle in unnecessary matters, so he left without saying anything more.

"What keen perception."

Yu Xian seemed to have sensed something and nodded towards Cao Gonggong.

Cao Gonggong responded with a smile, turned around, and walked out of the mansion, everything understood without words.

"How is it?"

Yu Xian took a step forward, took the little prince from the princess's hand, and saw that his eyes were swollen like peaches, obviously from crying a lot earlier.

"Did Heng listen to your mother's words?"

"Master." The little prince proudly raised his head. "Mother told me to cry, so I kept crying. Even the Empress was coaxing me."

The princess also smiled and touched her son's head. Although she looked a bit tired, her eyes relaxed.

"Today, thanks to Heng, the Empress took pity on our family of orphans and widows. From now on, we can settle down in the capital. We no longer have anything to do with Changning City."

"Good." Yu Xian smiled meaningfully at the princess. "From now on, let's live peacefully behind closed doors, unaffected by the storms outside."

The capital was bustling with entertainment, which suited his preferences.

He needed to cultivate, that was true, but enjoyment was equally essential. The ascetic life of a cultivator was not suitable for him.

Not to mention that the princess was being bullied by him. In this place of joy, he had no thoughts of leaving.

The princess seemed to have sensed Yu Xian's ill intentions and blushed, scolding, "Who wants to live peacefully with you?"

Yu Xian couldn't help but feel excited and patted the little prince's head.

"Heng, you've finished today's lessons. If you finish quickly, I'll give you half a day off."

The little prince had no idea that his mother would be personally taught by his master. Seeing his master being unusually gentle and willing to give him time off, he was instantly motivated and ran towards the backyard without even caring about his mother.

"Master, you can't go back on your word!"

Seeing the little prince run far away, Yu Xian invited with a smile, "Yesterday, I copied a copy of the Surangama Sutra for the Empress. Would you like to come to my room and take a look?"

"The master has put in so much effort. How can I not obey?" The princess gave Yu Xian a glance, gracefully moved her steps, and obediently followed him to the chamber.

PS: Chapter 49 has been reviewed and will probably be unblocked tomorrow. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Tuesday is the confirmed time for the next round of recommendations, so please continue reading, everyone. The child wants to be recommended and doesn't want to go naked on the shelves! Bang bang bang! Bowing to everyone first! Keep reading!!!

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