Cultivation: Starting from a Mortal Bone

Even though he had already been cautious in everything, trying his best to go along with the Empress’s wishes, any slight mistake would bring about merciless rebuke.

Originally, Qin Yu was worried—if this lasted more than seven days, how would he deal with it?

Fortunately, the Empress had already sunk into a deep sleep.

That suffocating anger was gradually dissipating, and this tribulation...

At last, it had passed.

”The next one should be ’Sorrow,’ right?”

Qin Yu gazed silently at the deeply sleeping Empress. Looking at that peerlessly beautiful face, he couldn’t help but reach out and gently brush aside some stray hair on her cheek.

The Empress’s eyelashes fluttered lightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Those clear eyes, like bottomless dark pools, were now filled with grief.

”Qin Yu, I dreamed you left me. No matter how I called you, you never turned back...”

While Qin Yu was still stunned, the Empress’s body began to tremble slightly, tears welling up, as she threw herself directly into his arms.

The sudden change instantly swept away the anger in Qin Yu’s heart, replacing it with...heartache.

”Your Majesty, that was just a dream. I’m right here, I won’t leave.”

Holding the Empress, who was weeping like a pear-blossom in the rain, Qin Yu for a moment didn’t know how to comfort her. All he could do was hug her tightly, trying to give her more warmth with his body heat.

The Empress bit her lower lip lightly, wanting to speak but stopping, like a wounded solitary goose. That heartbreakingly beautiful face was covered with sorrow enough to shatter one’s heart.

”Qin Yu, you...won’t leave me, right?”

Tears glistened in the Empress’s eyes, deep sorrow overflowing. She clung to him tightly, drawing ever closer, as if she wished to meld herself into his very body.

”Of course not.”

Embraced closely, Qin Yu looked at the delicate, pitiable Empress in his arms, feeling as if it was all a dream.

In his heart, the Empress had always been an aloof and exalted figure. When had she ever been so frail and willow-like, on the verge of tears, akin to Lin Daiyu herself?

Her jade-sculpted features, and those eyes that were usually so deep and majestic, now brimmed with an intense, unspoken sorrow.

Hearing Qin Yu’s promise, the corners of the Empress’s lips drooped faintly, as if smiling yet not, as if sad yet not—such a pitiful look, it melted his heart.

Qin Yu had not expected that a person’s character could change so dramatically.

Wait a minute...

This is the Seven Emotions Tribulation!

Doesn’t this mean he’ll get to see seven different sides of the Empress?!

Just like seven different Empresses...

Hiss!

Just thinking about it, Qin Yu couldn’t help feeling a bit excited.

”Qin Yu, are you...disgusted by me? Why don’t you...”

The Empress lowered her head, her voice trembling softly.

To dispel her doubts, Qin Yu stepped up without hesitation to prove himself.

The Empress’s graceful figure, with those long, perfect legs, was matchless. Under the ”Sorrow” tribulation, she epitomized the essence of the Innate Tight Leg Sacred Body.

Before the fragile and delicate Empress, he was as gentle as could be, his palm lightly stroking her back, as if soothing a kitten.

[Emotion Point +3 from Ji Luoxi]

[Ji Luoxi Romantic Point: 35 (Affection Arising)]

[Gold Attribute Dao Rhyme Power: 5%]

[Thunder Attribute Dao Rhyme Power: 5%]

[Light Attribute Dao Rhyme Power: Not Comprehended]

Qin Yu was shocked in his heart.

For the past five days, he had hardly relaxed; even when the Empress was resting, he remained on guard, afraid to offend her in any way.

Now, Qin Yu discovered that the previously ”not comprehended” Gold and Thunder Attribute Dao Rhyme Powers had already reached 5% progress.

Could it be, through cultivating with the Empress...

He could actually comprehend Dao Rhyme Power?!

On ordinary days, when cultivating with his little wife Yan Yu, although there were some sensations, he had never quite managed to perceive it.

Was it because Yan Yu’s aptitude couldn’t compare to the Empress, or had he taken a wrong path?

However, as for the Light Attribute Dao Rhyme Power, which was listed as ”not yet collected” on the flame—what did that mean?

The Empress could control both Gold and Thunder Attribute Dao Rhyme Power; that he’d witnessed with his own eyes. But what of the Light Attribute?

Was it because the Empress herself hadn’t yet comprehended it, and thus it showed as such?

Cultivation finished.

Qin Yu wanted to take the Empress outside the Flying Carriage for some fresh air. After all, her sorrowful appearance was truly distressing.

But recalling the Empress’s repeated instructions not to let her leave this room, Qin Yu had to restrain himself, settling instead for holding her near the window, letting her gaze at the scenery outside through the lattice, hoping to soothe her mood a little.

A gentle breeze drifted through the lattice, brushing the hair beside the Empress’s temples, as if whispering stories of untold sorrow.

Qin Yu didn’t realize that the sorrow in the Empress’s clear eyes was fading, replaced by a hidden depth.

Feeling his large hand on her robe, the Empress instinctively wanted to toss this backstabber away.

But remembering how this guy had cared for her so attentively all day long...

The Empress hesitated for a moment, but in the end decided not to reveal that she had regained her awareness.

After all, if Qin Yu learned she was lucid...

The Empress would not feel embarrassed at all.

She was simply worried it would delay her collection of the Warm Current.

After all, every tribulation must end, and once it was over, she’d no longer be able to obtain the Warm Current. Therefore, she had to seize this time to gather as much as possible.

Otherwise, would Qin Yu have it so easy?!

However—

Being held by a man like this, while remaining vigilant for a backstab, the Empress truly felt uncomfortable!

”Yue!”

The Empress suddenly covered her mouth, pressing her hand to the windowsill, her body trembling slightly.

”???”

Qin Yu was stunned.

What the heck just happened?!

What’s going on?

Don’t tell me...

The good news has come?

Impossible!

He had so many lovely wives, and all these years, hardly ever stopped cultivating. But all the energy would always transform into a Warm Current, enhancing his wives’ Root Bone aptitudes.