Chapter 16: Getting Closer to Huang Nishang
For the past few days, some strange images had appeared in Yue Wuxia’s mind. For now, she couldn’t connect these images; they were completely fragmented.
Of course, all those images were of her with Mingyan, scenes that were not in her previous memories.
In fact, it wasn’t just Yue Wuxia; some images had also appeared in Yue Ningshuang’s mind. But like Yue Wuxia, she couldn’t string them together. In those images, it was also Yue Ningshuang and Mingyan standing together. Sometimes, Huang Feiyan and another unfamiliar woman were also present.
That woman was somewhat similar to Yue Wuxia, especially in temperament, but there were also many differences.
Yue Ningshuang couldn’t find any trace of this person in her own memories.
Just from these fragmented memories, it seemed very difficult to form a complete memory. Confused, Yue Ningshuang committed these images to heart.
And naturally, some images had also appeared in Mingyan’s mind. But unlike Yue Ningshuang and Yue Wuxia, who only saw memories related to him, Mingyan’s mind also contained memory fragments of other women.
He had never met these people, but some of them felt very familiar…
Did I dream of them before? Or did I forget something?
But he had been quite busy these past few days and didn’t have time to think about it in detail.
First, he had to regulate his body; second, he had to get closer to Huang Nishang; and third, he had just reconciled with Yue Wuxia, so he couldn’t neglect her. The same was true for Yue Ningshuang. So, being busy with one thing after another, Mingyan didn’t have much time to think about other matters, and the issue of the memory fragments was naturally set aside.
After two days of regulation, Mingyan felt his body was in excellent condition, but his heart felt as if it were on fire, becoming somewhat unbearable.
Huang Nishang’s method of regulation was through massage and medicine. It wasn’t just Mingyan; Huang Feiyan naturally had to be regulated as well. Both husband and wife were finding it hard to hold back. After all, their nightlife had been a daily affair before, but now, to prepare for pregnancy, they had to endure.
On this day, after taking the medicine prepared by Huang Nishang, Mingyan lay on the bed, receiving her massage.
This could hardly be called comfortable. Although Huang Nishang’s hands were delicate and her fingers slender, she was a cultivator. The strength in her hands was surprisingly great, and during the massage, the medicine’s effects were constantly at work, making Mingyan feel quite sore.
But just before finishing, Huang Nishang’s grip would lessen to let him relax, and that period was indeed comfortable.
“Cousin, what is a cultivator’s life like?”
While receiving the massage, Mingyan was also getting to know Huang Nishang.
Huang Nishang was somewhat similar to Yue Wuxia in certain aspects. Yue Wuxia’s expression was calm and cold, while Huang Nishang’s was icy. But deep down, neither of them was the person they appeared to be on the surface. Although Yue Wuxia’s face was calm and cold, she would always indulge Mingyan and had quite a lot on her mind. Huang Nishang was even more so. If you were scared off by her icy face, there was nothing more to say, but if you started a conversation with her, you would discover she wasn’t actually that cold.
“It’s no different from a mortal’s. It’s just that we have a longer lifespan,” Huang Nishang shook her head. “In the end, it’s still the law of the jungle. It may look very different from the mortal world, but in essence, there is no difference.”
“A longer lifespan… does that mean you can do more things?” Mingyan murmured to himself.
“You could say that,” Huang Nishang nodded. “Those top-tier cultivators can live up to twenty thousand years with the help of some immortal medicines.”
“Twenty thousand years?” Mingyan was flabbergasted. “Such a long time…”
“Those are the supreme experts,” Huang Nishang said calmly. “In reality, generally speaking, living for a few thousand years is already considered a long life.”
“Cousin… what is your current lifespan?” Mingyan asked curiously.
“Around two thousand years,” Huang Nishang’s hand strength was truly formidable. Mingyan was gritting his teeth from the massage but had to endure it. But hearing about Huang Nishang’s lifespan, he was still shocked. It was hard to imagine that this twenty-one-year-old, cold-faced beauty before him could actually live for several thousand years…
For an ordinary person, their face would likely be old and their beauty faded by forty or fifty. But for his cousin, forty or fifty years was like half a year to them…
“Cousin, your cultivation level must be very high in the cultivation world, right?” Mingyan asked tentatively.
“I…” Huang Nishang frowned. She felt the memories in her mind becoming slightly confused. She paused for a moment before saying, “I suppose so. In the Huang family, there are not many stronger than me.”
Mingyan took a sharp breath. Was my cousin such an outstanding person? And I actually wanted to marry a celestial maiden like her…
But his cousin herself didn’t seem to object. She hadn’t called him a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh. Besides… fortune favors the bold. If he could marry such a celestial maiden, wouldn’t that be absolutely wonderful?
“You’re asking these things. Are you planning to cultivate?” Huang Nishang asked. “Actually, I suggest you do. Your constitution is very good. You could achieve great things in cultivation.”
“But if Ningshuang and Wuxia can’t cultivate… I don’t want to watch them leave me,” Mingyan shook his head.
“It was my fault for not being clear last time. It’s not that the two of them can’t cultivate,” Huang Nishang’s touch softened as she began to relax him. The strength from her slender, jade-like fingers became gentle, caressing his back like silk, making Mingyan’s heart stir.
Hearing this, Mingyan was a little surprised. “So you’re saying Wuxia and Ningshuang can actually cultivate?”
“Yes. I went to the imperial palace these past two days and observed the two sisters’ constitutions from a distance. They can both cultivate. As for Feiyan, you don’t need to worry either,” Huang Nishang said.
Huang Nishang’s subsequent massage was so comfortable that Mingyan’s thoughts gradually went astray. He suddenly reached back and grabbed her hand. Huang Nishang didn’t struggle. “You don’t want to continue the massage?”
Mingyan held Huang Nishang’s hand and was silent for a long moment before he suppressed the romantic thoughts in his heart and let go. “Cousin… is my body not yet regulated to its optimal state?”
Mingyan really couldn’t hold it in any longer. His mind was often filled with wild thoughts. At night, when holding Huang Feiyan, he couldn’t help but let his hands wander, but in the end, both of them had to stop for the sake of preparing for pregnancy.
“Not yet… You seem to be in great discomfort?” Huang Nishang shook her head gently, her palm resting on Mingyan’s back again. “If it’s very uncomfortable, you can vent it on me.”
Huang Nishang spoke those words with an icy tone, which hit Mingyan with a powerful impact.
Mingyan coughed awkwardly. For the sake of the cure, he could temporarily ignore the lack of feelings. But just for simple release, Mingyan was definitely not that kind of casual man. He was a philanderer, but not promiscuous. “Cousin, you’re overthinking it. I can endure it.”
“You probably don’t know your own body as well as I do,” Huang Nishang’s warm, jade-like hand roamed over his back. Soon, the accumulated soreness from the massage was swept away.
“…” Mingyan was silent for a moment. “I just… don’t want to treat you so casually, Cousin…”
Huang Nishang’s jade-like hand paused slightly but soon resumed its movement. “It’s unnecessary for you to care about my feelings so much. To help you and Feiyan, I made up my mind from the very beginning. You will be my only man. After this, if I decide to stay, I will stay. If I don’t, I will only return to the Huang family and will have no more contact with any other man. I have already thought all of this through. You don’t need to have any psychological burden.”
“But in my eyes, Cousin, you are an existence I could never hope to reach. To sacrifice so much for me and Feiyan, and for me to treat you like this… I feel terrible,” Mingyan let out a long breath. “I don’t know how to thank you, Cousin. You are a cultivator. I, a mortal, probably can’t help you with anything.”
“You and Feiyan having a child is the best repayment to me,” Huang Nishang withdrew her hand. She sat on the edge of the bed, her beautiful face cold, her tone carrying a chill, yet her words were strangely moving.
Perhaps Huang Nishang was unable to correctly express her own emotions, but in Mingyan’s heart, she was a woman rich in feeling.
Mingyan sat up. He and Huang Nishang sat side-by-side, his upper body bare. He reached out and took her hand. “Is there nothing else I can do for you besides this, Cousin?”
“…” Huang Nishang frowned. She had subconsciously wanted to say there was nothing, but a thought suddenly appeared in her mind, stopping her. That’s right, how could I have forgotten? This was also one of my reasons for coming here.
“It’s not that there’s nothing. Actually, besides helping you and Feiyan with childbirth, I have another purpose for being here,” Huang Nishang looked at Mingyan, her face cold and calm. “Your constitution is very special. I should have told you this already. In fact, you can help me activate the phoenix blood in my body, allowing my strength to break through significantly.”
“How do I do that?” After hearing this, Mingyan agreed with almost no hesitation. “Cousin, I will do my absolute best to help you!”
“It’s not very complicated. In fact, as long as we proceed with helping Feiyan, this goal can be achieved along the way,” Huang Nishang’s hand was held by Mingyan; she had no intention of pulling away as she spoke calmly.
Mingyan was stunned for a moment, then his expression became slightly strange. “Could it be that you’re talking about… the matters between a man and a woman?”
Huang Nishang nodded. “I don’t know why, but I forgot about this matter before.”
“…While I’m very happy to be able to help you, Cousin, isn’t… this method of helping a bit special?” Mingyan scratched his head.
