Chapter 479: Chapter 139: I’ll Take Good Care of Your Mistress for You

"Your external affair?"

Qin Gengyun’s words made Shi Shuhong squint his eyes, and his temples couldn’t help but twitch.

This is the Innate Top-grade Spirit Root!

For thousands of years on the Hongzhou Continent, there are fewer than a hundred people with it!

Only slightly more common than the legendary Pure Spirit Body.

Shi Shuhong had been secretly searching everywhere for years and hadn’t found even one, but now it has landed in the hands of this He Zhiqiu.

And it has become his external affair!

How could a mere Loose Cultivator know how to use the Dual Cultivation Method to seize the innate spiritual energy of a Top-grade Spirit Root?

Such a treasure wasted on him, who broke her body, it’s unknown whether the innate spiritual energy is still pure.

Dammit, it’s a waste of a treasure!

The more Shi Shuhong thought about it, the angrier he became, glaring at Qin Gengyun, wishing he could slap this lucky yet foolish brat to death!

But then Qin Gengyun said in a simple-hearted manner, "But my external affair is still young, we are only deeply in love, and we agreed to go through the marriage ceremony when she comes of age."

Shi Shuhong’s eyes lit up, "So, you and your external affair haven’t consummated?"

Qin Gengyun nodded, "Yes."

Shi Shuhong was overjoyed, and regardless of his status, he immediately asked, "Is your external affair truly in Cyan Lotus Mountain?"

Qin Gengyun asked curiously, "Peak Master, why are you so concerned about my wife?"

Shi Shuhong then realized that his relentless questioning of his disciple’s wife was a bit unseemly, coughed twice, and his expression became serious:

"Zhiqiu, you might not be aware of the rules of Divinity Transformation Peak. Before advancing to Nascent Soul, no disciple is allowed to marry, lest they get distracted from their cultivation, and yet you even have an external affair, which violates the peak’s rules! Do you acknowledge your crime?!"

"Ah?!" Qin Gengyun was "shocked" and said fearfully:

"Forgive me, Peak Master! I truly did not know! I had long divorced my wife, and now I only have this external affair left. I... I will write a divorce letter and send her away!"

Shi Shuhong saw that he had managed to scare this disciple, his expression softened immediately, and he said with a smile:

"Ignorance is no sin. I am the Peak Master, naturally, I can pardon your crime. But your external affair being divorced without cause, if she comes to Zhenyang Mountain to cause trouble, it might harm your reputation, making it difficult for you to reach a higher level in the future."

Upon hearing this, Qin Gengyun became anxious and quickly said:

"If it’s really like that, what should I do?"

Shi Shuhong smiled, "It happens that I will be going down the mountain soon. Give me the divorce letter, and I’ll deliver it to your external affair personally, then counsel her well and compensate her. She naturally won’t trouble you again."

Qin Gengyun was delighted, "Thank you, Peak Master!"

Immediately, he seemed to realize something and asked, puzzled, "Wait, this is not right. Tang is an Innate Top-grade Spirit Root; Peak Master Ye is eager to take her as a disciple. Why aren’t you tempted?"

Shi Shuhong’s face froze, secretly cursing this fool for not being easy to deceive.

At the moment, he smiled and said, "I am different from Ye Xiyue. She sees talent and desires it; I believe cultivation is about the heart. Without the heart for cultivation, high talent is wasted."

Qin Gengyun suddenly understood and bowed, "Peak Master’s Tao Heart is profound; I am ashamed!"

Shi Shuhong laughed heartily and asked, "Cyan Lotus Mountain is vast, where exactly does your external affair live?"

Qin Gengyun opened his mouth but didn’t specify a location; instead, he said regretfully:

"My external affair is beautiful and an Innate Top-grade Spirit Root. Abandoning her like this, I feel... truly reluctant."

Shi Shuhong’s gaze flickered, hesitated for a moment, then patted Qin Gengyun’s shoulder:

"Zhiqiu, a cultivator should be clear-hearted and devoid of desires, not trapped by emotions. Here, I’ll order tomorrow to give you ten thousand spirit marrow and a hundred spirit pills to aid your cultivation so you can focus on refining."

Qin Gengyun was still somewhat hesitant and stammered, "But, Peak Master, my cultivation technique is a bit low-level, preventing me from progressing further. I’m truly troubled and unable to concentrate on cultivation."

Shi Shuhong immediately understood; he was still angling for an advanced cultivation technique.

Selling out your woman for things so heartlessly, you are not a good person either!

Fine, greedy people are easier to control and won’t talk loosely.

Obtaining that Top-grade Spirit Root is the priority!

Shi Shuhong steeled his heart and took out a booklet brimming with spiritual light, with the name of the cultivation technique on the cover—Dragon Elephant Technique.

"This is the Body Cultivation Technique I’ve studied. There isn’t a stronger Body Cultivation Technique on Zhenyang Mountain than Dragon Elephant Technique. I give it to you; can you focus on your cultivation now?"

Qin Gengyun accepted the "Dragon Elephant Technique" with both hands, his face beaming with smiles:

"Thank you, Sect Leader. I will practice diligently and will not disappoint your expectations!"

Shi Shuhong wasn’t interested in such words at all, staring straight at him, Qin Gengyun then realized and hurriedly said:

"My external affair lives beside a lotus pond on the back mountain of Cyan Lotus Mountain."

Shi Shuhong’s eyes flickered. When Cyan Lotus Mountain was slaughtered, he had participated and remembered that there was a lotus pond on the back mountain.

At that time, those Cyan Lotus Sect disciples defended the lotus pond fiercely, claiming that it was built by Saintess Xia Qinglian in memory of Senior Sister Chun Hongtang, and they wouldn’t retreat even if they died.

In the end, naturally, those fools were all killed by him.

He had checked that lotus pond too, but it was simply filled with lotuses, nothing special.

In a fit of anger, he casually destroyed the pond.

Unexpectedly, He Zhiqiu’s external affair lived in such a place.

Shi Shuhong was quite cautious, saying calmly, "Zhiqiu, Cyan Lotus Mountain was once a Demon Sect stronghold, why does your external affair live there?"

Qin Gengyun replied, "Peak Master, you might not know, Tang originally lived in a village near Cyan Lotus Mountain. Later, when the Three Great Sects besieged the Demon Sect, the surrounding villages were affected. Tang fled to the Northern Wilderness and met me then."

"After we fell in love, I came to Zhenyang Sect. Tang’s personality is shy and wouldn’t meet people, so she returned to her hometown alone. But her village was already destroyed, so she simply lived on Cyan Lotus Mountain."

This claim actually had many unclear aspects, but Shi Shuhong was eager for the Innate Top-grade Spirit Root and confident in his cultivation, not fearing what a mere Golden Core cultivator could do to him.

He immediately calmed down and pretended to let Qin Gengyun write the divorce letter, then said with a smile:

"Zhiqiu, rest assured, I will definitely deliver the divorce letter for you, and your external affair, I will help you handle... talk to her properly."

Qin Gengyun looked grateful and then left. Shi Shuhong called after him and asked:

"Zhiqiu, other than Ye Xiyue, who else knows about your external affair?"

Qin Gengyun shook his head and replied, "Peak Master Ye said it’s best to keep it secret, and I haven’t told anyone else."

"Very well, Xiyue did right, it’s for your own good. You may go."

Shi Shuhong was very satisfied.

"Yes."

Qin Gengyun exited the Peak Master Hall, the gratitude and respect on his face turning into disdain.

Sure enough, as my wife said, this Divinity Transformation Peak Master is a vile character!

Even wants to snatch away his disciple’s wife!

Of the Zhenyang Sect top management he’s seen so far, there really aren’t many good ones.

Is this Zhenyang Sect truly just a false front of righteousness?

...

Xiyue Peak.

Peak Master Ye Xiyue’s room.

Jiàn Yuè looked at Wei Shouyuan, who had barged into her room uninvited, with a cold demeanor:

"Junior Martial Uncle Wei, calling late at night, what is the reason?"