After Accidentally Marrying My Sister-in-law, My 10,000x Cultivation Begins

378: Chapter 378 Are Evil Cultivators This Powerful?Hearing this, Feng Ming inwardly smiled bitterly. Not only were there evil cultivators in the prince’s mansion, but even King Xibei was poisoned. It was like a sieve, leaking everywhere—not safe in the slightest.

But on the surface, he couldn’t speak of this directly, so he spoke indifferently: ”It’s better to be safe than sorry. Besides, the Xun Luoyuan’s Mansion might not be entirely free of troubles either.”

Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan stared fixedly at Feng Ming for a moment, then finally sighed, ”Alright, as you say.”

After speaking, she waved her hand, and a Formation appeared, enveloping the entire room. ”You’re being overly cautious. In this City Lord’s Mansion now, only Brother Fang and Brother Xun could possibly eavesdrop here. My father’s health worsens by the day; his Divine Sense can no longer reach this place.”

As she spoke, Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan’s expression grew increasingly somber.

Hearing this, Feng Ming was also startled. ”Has His Highness’s condition deteriorated to this extent?”

”But it’s still good. Now, everything is still in time.”

Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan was taken aback. ”Wait, Feng Ming, what exactly are you trying to say? What is still in time?”

Feng Ming didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan and said, ”Xun Luoyuan, let me ask you a question first. You must not conceal anything. This matter is of utmost importance and concerns His Highness’s life.”

Hearing this, Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan instantly grew tense. ”It concerns my father’s life? What on earth are you trying to say? You’re really going to worry me to death!”

Feng Ming didn’t hide it either and spoke directly: ”Xun Luoyuan, I want to know if you are truly His Highness’s biological daughter.”

Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan was as if struck by lightning, her entire body freezing rigidly in place.

She looked up at Feng Ming, her face instantly turning deathly pale, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

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A covered walkway hung suspended in mid-air within the prince’s mansion, its carved beams and painted rafters half-hidden among drifting clouds. Jade bells beneath the eaves swayed gently in the wind without making a sound.

This was King Xibei’s usual place of rest, also the central hub of the mansion—heavily guarded, so quiet that only the faint sound of wind passing through pillars and stones remained.

Xun Yu and Fang Zhao stood to the left and right behind King Xibei, their postures erect.

King Xibei’s temples were frosted with white, his face bearing the weary, pallid look of prolonged illness. Leaning on the railing, he gazed down at the courtyard below, his brows tightly furrowed, clearly still troubled by the marriage of Feng Ming and Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan.

Both were trusted confidants of the mansion, possessing profound cultivation and sharp minds. At this moment, they involuntarily glanced at each other, a trace of suspicion and unease rising in their eyes.

Fang Zhao slightly restrained his Spiritual Qi, sending a voice transmission as fine as a mosquito’s hum directly into Xun Yu’s ear: ”Brother Xun, after the Xun Luoyuan returned to her room, she actually deployed an isolation Formation. Even Divine Sense cannot penetrate it. Sealing the door properly for no reason—could something unexpected have happened?”

Xun Yu rubbed the jade pendant at his waist with his fingertips, his expression unchanged, replying with a faint voice transmission: ”You’re overthinking it. Consort Feng Ming is also in the room. With him there, nothing can go wrong.”

”It’s precisely because the Consort is there that it’s worrying!” Fang Zhao’s tone suddenly became urgent. ”The Xun Luoyuan is peerlessly beautiful, the Consort is handsome and extraordinary. The two alone together, yet deploying an isolation Formation—clearly avoiding prying eyes! What if they ’strike a spark in broad daylight’? If word got out, it would damage the mansion’s reputation! We must report to His Highness immediately!”

Xun Yu hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, urgently stopping him: ”Absolutely not! His Highness is already overwhelmed with worry over the marriage. If he learns the Xun Luoyuan is with the Consort like this in broad daylight, he’ll be furious, his anger flaring up on the spot!”

Fang Zhao was taken aback. Thinking of King Xibei’s temper, he could only reluctantly give up, sighing deeply: ”Fine. Young people these days really can’t hold back. I haven’t sought a Dao Companion for centuries, devoting myself entirely to protecting my master, and I’ve never been this impatient.”

Xun Yu finally couldn’t hold back and rolled his eyes, transmitting disdainfully: ”Stop boasting. You can barely handle your seven wives at home, your body is nearly depleted, and you still have the nerve to mention seeking a Dao Companion?”

These words completely ignited Fang Zhao’s anger. Suppressing his voice, he exclaimed with shock and fury: ”Xun! How do you know I can’t handle it? Have you been scheming behind my back, cuckolding me?”

Xun Yu was rendered speechless by his train of thought and directly revealed the truth: ”The fact that you begged the Master Gu to refine Pure Yang Pills for you a few days ago to replenish your body is already known throughout Xun Prefecture. How long did you think you could hide it?”

”You!” Fang Zhao’s face turned green then white, filled with shame and anger, finally squeezing out only one sentence: ”I don’t want to live anymore! The shame has reached home!”

As the two secretly sparred on the walkway, within the deep chambers of the mansion’s resting palace, the atmosphere was tense and secretive.

Inside the resting palace, beaded curtains hung down, sandalwood incense curled upwards. The isolation Formation wrapped the room airtight, completely cutting off Divine Sense and sound from both inside and out, creating an absolutely private space.

Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan wore a light purple dress, her figure graceful. Yet now her face was deathly pale, her fingertips clutching her skirt so tightly her knuckles turned white.

Faced with Feng Ming’s earlier question, she remained silent for a long time, ultimately unable to suppress the storm in her heart. Her voice trembled, her eyes reddening: ”How on earth did you know? I’ve never revealed even half a word to you. There’s no way you could know!”

She took a step forward, her gaze locking onto Feng Ming, urgent yet fearful: ”My father’s body is weakening, clearly due to old age. Why do you say this matter is related to my origins, to his life?”

Feng Ming looked at Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan, her face tear-stained like a pear blossom in rain, on the verge of collapse, and sighed inwardly.

Previously, he and Wanyan Lin had secretly deduced. Now, from Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan’s reaction, it was confirmed: Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan was indeed not King Xibei’s biological child.

Yet King Xibei’s love for her far surpassed that for a biological child, cherishing her in the palm of his hand, pampering her in every way. Everyone in the mansion knew this. The secret behind such deep affection was truly shocking.

Feng Ming steadied himself, his tone steady and solemn, each word clear: ”You’ve never told me a thing, but your father’s body has long revealed everything. He isn’t weak from old age; he’s been poisoned with the Child-Swapping Poison.”

”This toxin is the most sinister hidden poison in the world. The poisoned show no outward signs, only gradually weakening as their essence, Qi, and spirit are slowly drained. Combined with His Highness’s advanced age, it has led everyone to mistakenly believe it’s due to the passage of time.”

”The most significant characteristic of those poisoned is lifelong infertility. That is the reason I asked if you were His Highness’s biological child.”

”What did you say?!”

These words struck Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan’s head like a bolt from the blue.

She trembled all over, tears streaming from her eyes, her emotions completely out of control. She turned and rushed towards the palace door: ”I need to go find Father...”

Feng Ming hurried forward to stop her but was pushed aside by the emotionally distraught Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan.

Seeing Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan about to pull open the palace door—once word got out, it would surely lead to disaster—Feng Ming, in desperation, shouted loudly: ”Xun Luoyuan, calm down! This matter is far more dangerous than you think. You must not act impulsively! Within the mansion, evil cultivators are still hiding!”

”What?”

Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan’s hand had just touched the bronze ring on the door. Hearing the words ”evil cultivators,” her figure abruptly froze.

She slowly turned around, her tearful face full of disbelief, her pupils trembling uncontrollably.

Feng Ming’s two sentences—one shattered her understanding of her father’s health, the other overturned her trust in the mansion’s safety. In this moment, she felt as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had given way.

Looking at her devastated appearance, Feng Ming stepped forward slowly and gently patted her shoulder, saying helplessly: ”I’ve only just confirmed it myself. The Master Gu in the mansion who refines pills for His Highness is an evil cultivator hidden extremely deep. He excels at concealing his aura and feigning incompetence, disguising himself flawlessly. Even His Highness, Xun Yu, and Fang Zhao have never detected it.”

Xun Luoyuan Luo Yuan, her eyes red, asked in a hoarse voice: ”Even my father and Brother Xun are unaware. How did you know?”