Chapter 988: Chapter 554: This Night

Zhao Sheng and his seven women didn’t stay long in the tree hole. After paying their respects to Feihong Ancestor, they left the hole with the treasures bestowed by the ancestor.

As soon as the Immortal Crane Flying Car took off into the Cloud Sky, the chattering of the seven women inside erupted with excitement, forgetting their ladylike demeanor.

Zhao Sheng touched the three treasures in his arms, thinking it was no wonder the seven women became so excited and lost their composure, as the treasures bestowed by Feihong Ancestor were too precious.

The Longevity Pill is a top-grade third-tier Treasure Pill, with a single effect: eternal youth!

Most importantly, the main ingredient of this pill is the fruit from the Da Chun Divine Tree.

Understand that the Da Chun Divine Tree blossoms once every hundred years, bears fruit every hundred years, and takes another hundred years to truly mature.

In other words, it takes a full three hundred years to bear nine Chun Fruits, and each Chun Fruit can only be refined into one batch of Longevity Pills.

Furthermore, only fruits borne from Da Chun Divine Trees with at least one tribulation can be refined into the third-tier Longevity Pill for eternal youth.

Apart from the Longevity Pill, Chen Ying, Chen Qi, and Chen Shuang, as co-wives, received a complete set of Top-grade Spiritual Artifact level phoenix crown and red wedding dress, a fate the other four women didn’t share.

Of course, the seven women were only supporting characters; Zhao Sheng was the one Feihong Ancestor valued the most.

Besides the Longevity Pill, Zhao Sheng was also granted a portion of Tree Spirit Liquid and the Thunder Drawing Bottle Magical Treasure.

The Tree Spirit Liquid is sourced from the Big Chun Tree Heart Marrow, equivalent to the level of Heaven and Earth True Water. It not only has the miraculous effects of Strengthening Qi and Nourishing Spirit and Refining but can also slightly extend one’s lifespan.

As for the Thunder Drawing Bottle Magical Treasure, there’s no need to elaborate; it naturally serves to attract, contain, and transform lightning into water.

Zhao Sheng drove the Immortal Crane Flying Car and quickly flew to the cave mansion where Chen Dacheng and his wife lived. He then took the seven women to visit his adoptive father and mother.

The eight of them stayed there for about four hours, also leaving with treasures bestowed by the elders, then departed on the Immortal Crane Flying Car, returning to the Hidden Dragon Pavilion.

By the time they returned to the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, dusk had fallen.

The courtyard was festively decorated with lanterns and colorful ribbons wound around green trees and columns. Waves of Immortal Music lingered in the air, the Cloud Mist curling around the garden.

The seven breathtaking beauties disembarked from the immortal carriage, immediately shyly retreating into their respective phoenix chambers, waiting for their husband to join them in drinking the Wedding Wine.

Marrying three wives and four concubines on the same day was truly a legendary tale!

However, Zhao Sheng faced a dilemma. Although having beauties interested in him was a good thing, who should he visit first in their phoenix chamber?

After much thought, he finally made a decision: Chen Ying, being the biological daughter of his adoptive father, must be prioritized.

A short while later, with a creak, Zhao Sheng pushed open the door and entered.

At that moment, the room was filled with an intoxicating fragrance. Numerous auspicious ornaments adorned the walls, and a pair of red candles with dragon and phoenix motifs burned quietly on the incense table, the gentle candlelight illuminating the entire phoenix chamber.

Beside the incense table, a delightful figure sat, wearing a phoenix crown and red wedding dress, her eyes bright and full of charm.

Chen Ying’s cheeks were flushed with shyness, unable to meet her husband’s gaze. Her stunning face, illuminated by the candlelight, seemed to shame all flowers.

“Ying’er, it’s getting late! Look…” Zhao Sheng approached with a smile, bending down gently to speak to the blushing Chen Ying.

Chen Ying’s chin nearly touched her chest from shyness, her voice as soft as Drifting Threads as she stammered, “Husband… husband, haven’t drunk…!”

Zhao Sheng laughed heartily, picking up the two Dragon and Phoenix Wine Cups from the incense table. He handed the phoenix cup to Chen Ying with a smile, saying, “Ying’er, come drink this wine with me!”

With a clink, a wine cup fell to the ground…(About six hundred words were deleted.)

That night, as the jade flask’s light shifted, the stars and constellations turned. As the verses go: the embroidered doors with draping curtains, red candles and golden cups reflected refined brows. In front of the canopy, double bows of the mandarin duck ribbon were tied, the warm and fragrant brocade canopy danced with the dragon serpent.

…

The next morning, Zhao Sheng, his face pale, slowly stepped out of the last phoenix chamber, finally choosing to rest in Chen Ying’s chamber.

The implication was obvious!

In the following three months, it was the honeymoon period for the newlyweds, sweet and affectionate.

During these days, Zhao Sheng lived like an immortal.

Those in the Chen Family paid great attention to the happenings at the Hidden Dragon Pavilion. Seeing Zhao Sheng get along harmoniously with his wife and concubines, with their relationship as sweet as honey, they finally felt at ease and began to hope that Chen Ying and the seven women would soon conceive and bear children.

Only through the birth of children could Chen Mingxi be firmly tied to the Chen Family.

However, the fertility of cultivators is always a challenge; conceiving isn’t something that happens easily.

Even though the Chen Family discreetly bestowed various Spiritual Medicines for fertility, these matters ultimately depended on fate.

During this time, Zhao Sheng treated all fairly, but the result was still less than satisfactory.

None of the seven women conceived a child.

Seeing this outcome, Chen Daqian, Chen Dacheng, and others were naturally disappointed, yet helpless.

…

With crisp autumn air and a sky without clouds.

Since Zhao Sheng’s marriage, the Chen Family had allocated a secondary branch in the second-tier canopy of the tree as Zhao Sheng’s “territory.”

The crown of the Da Chun Divine Tree resembles a regal canopy, and if spread out, its total area would be as vast as seventy to eighty thousand miles.

The tree crown generally consists of nine main branches and countless branchings.

Each main trunk extends hundreds of miles outwards, with branch diameters of dozens of miles akin to a horizontal mountain range, covering lands no greater than ten thousand miles.

Furthermore, each main trunk gives rise to hundreds of secondary branches, with diameters mostly ranging from half a mile to several miles, often extending over a hundred miles. Including many subdivided branches, their total area easily exceeds hundreds of miles.

One might doubt if all these numbers combined far exceed seventy to eighty thousand miles.

But do not forget, the tree crown is actually three-dimensional, and its total surface area is beyond imagination.