1058: Chapter 649 1058: Chapter 649 Bian Shasha, regardless of the monk’s willingness, had already dragged him to the towering gates of her family home!
She was suddenly stunned; the house was still the same, the wealth within it perhaps unchanged, this opulent dwelling, perhaps refurbished every year, seemed not to have fallen into decline!
Bian Shasha hadn’t been home for several years, but she still received supplies sent by her family!
There were people specifically assigned to deliver these to her, allowing her to thrive in the Immortal Sect!
In the Immortal Sect, he might be an unimportant minor character, but at home, he was actually quite significant!
The connections within Bian Shasha’s family were rather complex, her surname was not common, maybe even rare throughout the country!
In this place, becoming a household of wealth was also passed down through their ancestors’ business Secret Manuals!
Those who had become wealthy might yearn for Longevity, desiring to live forever once they had riches, wishing to have a long life to enjoy their amassed fortunes!
It’s just a pity that generation after generation, none with a Spiritual Root had been born!
Bian Shasha’s father, the current Family Head, thought of a method; they could attract a daughter-in-law with a Spiritual Root using their wealth, but they also feared that if this woman’s cultivation was too formidable, she would outlive him.
So he devised a plan to buy some female Servant Disciples with Spiritual Roots from various Sects.
Such disciples might come from less fortunate backgrounds, and once they joined a Sect, they could not afford to provide offerings, only performing tasks slowly improving themselves.
Maybe with mixed-quality Spiritual Roots, the coins they earned from tasks barely covered their food, and the Cultivation Resources and pills they received were limited.
They might also have to support their families, so after ten years upon leaving the Sect, they’ve reached the age of marriage and are merely in the Qi Cultivation Stage!
Every year, the major Sects would release some disciples with insufficient abilities when the year ends.
They would recruit new disciples each year to replenish the ranks of their Sects!
Of course, there are also unions among fellow disciples and between those deeply rooted in their Sects!
There are also Elders who, having focused only on Cultivation, reach a certain age and then wish to extend their lineage, choosing some disciples with slightly stronger abilities!
Of course, they also choose those with beauty!
Cultivators are generally more beautiful than ordinary people; even if their genes are not so favorable, Cultivation will greatly improve their skin!
This is because the impurities of the body are expelled during cultivation, enhancing one’s skin, physique, and temperament, making them superior to common folk!
As for those who are still in the Qi Refining Realm by their teens, released without having caught the eye of a Cultivation Noble Clan due to their commoner status, maybe they’re also facing an uncertain fate upon returning home?
Some choose to do tasks for wealthy families or for Cultivation Noble Clans!
For men performing these tasks, life is somewhat better; they can even marry a woman who is a fellow cultivator!
Even if their abilities are not high, they can lead ordinary but happy lives while on their tasks!
Bian Shasha’s father married these women in the Qi Cultivation Realm and bought them Cultivation Resources – isn’t this a temptation for a cultivator?
Being able to continue cultivation while living a life of luxury, whether they become wives or concubines, depends on which woman the paying master chooses as a wife!
In Bian Shasha’s memory, her father had bought her mother and some concubines, yet among these women, she is the only cultivator.
Having not returned to the family in recent years, has her mother given birth to more children?
She hasn’t paid attention; as long as the resources provided by her father keep coming, that’s enough for her!
Naturally, other members of her clan began imitating this, or other families also wanted to do the same!
However, their wealth could not support the Cultivation Resources for so many cultivators!
Bian Shasha’s father, besides having purchased a few cultivators, also married ordinary women!
The Bian Mansion gates were not wide open, only if someone needed to enter or leave; with cultivators in the house, they typically favored a more intimate environment!
Even cultivators wouldn’t have that much time for social gatherings, as they never abandoned the quest to enhance their abilities!
Bian Shasha stood before the tightly closed gate, of course, to knock!
“Thump, thump, thump, thump”
It seemed as if someone inside was walking towards the door, perhaps alerted by the knocking, coming to answer; the footsteps were heavy, indicating at most a martial artist of some talent.
Bian Shasha’s father was also a martial artist, forever regretful that he couldn’t cultivate due to lack of a Spiritual Root!
“This lady, please let me go, we have arrived at your home, allow this poor monk to leave!”
The monk appeared anxious and unwilling; since he started his ascetic cultivation, he never considered returning to secular life, let alone thought that one day he would be ‘rented out’ to someone as a husband!
In front of the family of the lady, being a renunciant, it would be quite embarrassing for him!
“My husband, you have already been rented by me, you’re just bald, that’s all.
Once inside our home, someone will make a hat for you; once you change into your brocade clothes, you’ll look like a handsome gentleman.
Who would even know you were a monk?
I didn’t consider this properly, I should have changed your clothes outside just now, but this is also good; letting my family know that you renounced the secular life for me, they would think you care a lot about me!”
The Ascetic Monk mentally struggled, insisting, “I am a monk who does not partake in renting, and I do not lie!”
“Monk, you usually eat vegetarian and chant sutras, do you drink alcohol?
Eat meat?
Have you ever taken a wife?”
Bian Shasha had long seen that this monk was perhaps older than her, his cultivation level higher, and judging by his physique, likely remaining a virgin.