729: Chapter 484 729: Chapter 484 The two beauties fed the children the pills that Jiang Tang had provided.
Then they made copies of the jade slips Jiang Tang had previously recorded.
After waiting for the children to be healed, they also began to teach them cultivation techniques.
Jiang Tang’s supreme elixirs were very useful to these children.
They had only taken one Nourishing Soul Pill and one Vitality Pill.
Their previously silent eyes began to show spirit, and they started having their own thoughts, feeling afraid at finding themselves in an unfamiliar place.
But when they saw so many beautiful sisters and a handsome man, along with even more children around, they felt reassured.
Children possess a common ability to adapt; after their initial fear, upon seeing the other children’s cheerful and lively demeanors, they felt no danger and a sense of security.
Hua Xian’er and Su Feifei were pleased to see the children’s spirits revived, feeling that their treatment was successful.
So they transmitted cultivation techniques to them, which included both boys and girls, some of whom had been infused with spiritual energy and some who hadn’t yet practiced cultivation.
When Su Feifei and Hua Xian’er divided the dozens of children into two groups to teach them offensive techniques,
these children seemed to have a better capacity for learning than the previous ones, possibly because they had consumed supreme elixirs.
The beauties saw that, after being taught, the children remembered the cultivation techniques in one go.
And during their practice, those who had already been infused with spiritual energy quickly drew it into their Dantian, entering the first and second layers of the Qi Refinement Realm.
Those who hadn’t yet been infused with spiritual energy were able to gain it during practice, entering the first layer of the Qi Refinement Realm.
Hua Xian’er and Su Feifei were delighted to see their disciples advancing so quickly in their cultivation.
The children were also filled with joy upon discovering how swiftly their abilities were growing stronger.
The other seven beauties, realizing that their disciples were not progressing as well as those of Su Feifei and Hua Xian’er, especially since their children didn’t have supreme elixirs for their cultivation, became discontented.
All having taken on disciples themselves, they felt responsible for their well-being and didn’t believe their disciples were any less capable or more foolish than the others.
It was simply a matter of unequal treatment, and how could that be right?
So, as mentors who hadn’t distributed their own pills, the seven beauties together clung to Jiang Tang, demanding that he treat everyone equally and distribute pills.
Jiang Tang, surrounded by seven beauties, was in a mix of pain and pleasure as one woman embraced him from the front, and two more from either side, arms wrapped around him in a concerted attack.
This was exactly the sort of fortune every man dreams of, suffering and rejoicing in the notion that he was no better than a beast.
In the presence of so many beautiful girlfriends, and even if he hadn’t made them his wives, to only be emotionally moved without taking further action amid so much temptation…
For sure, there were embraces, kisses, and hand-holding,
But the final step hadn’t been taken, and the marital act, viewed by others, simply made him seem worse than a beast given the circumstances.
Jiang Tang, albeit with crooked thoughts, had contemplated sharing a big bed with nine beauties together.
It was only a crooked thought, without the lecherous intent to make it a reality.
With desire but no courage, he lived in a state of pain and pleasure, unsure if he would still be able to perform when the day came to make all these women his wives.
But as a pill alchemist capable of healing some physical ailments, he knew he could formulate medicines for that particular treatment should the need arise.
Jiang Tang was only thinking to himself, and certainly wouldn’t act out in front of so many children.
“Alright, alright, resources will be distributed to them all!”
Jiang Tang realized that he was going to take another financial hit, and although it pained him a bit, he truly believed that it was a worthy expenditure for the development of his base’s young charges.
These future wives and their disciples would definitely help to grow and strengthen the Saint Sect in the future.
Jiang Tang sighed inwardly, recognizing that as his team grew in number and strength, he too would have to work harder.
He would need many more supreme elixirs and would have to keep his two avatars in the space constantly busy making pills.
Luckily, as he grew stronger, so did his two avatars in the space, who became strong without the need for their own cultivation and did not require sleep.
They devoted more time to pill-making, otherwise, all the supreme elixirs distributed to others would have been thought to be crafted by him alone.
Others had such speculations, but he did not explain.
His secrets were his trump cards.
The admiring and loving gazes of the beautiful women around him did not make him proudly reveal his secrets and trump cards to them!
Jiang Tang now understood some truths.
People’s hearts can change, and faced with greater benefits, even family and friends can turn into enemies!
He did not want those around him to become like that, nor did he want his enemies to know his trump cards.
Jiang Tang knew that these beauties loved him—loved his abilities, his handsome and dashing ways, and his wealth.
If any of these were lacking, the beauties might not like him at all.
This was a love mixed with interest, and though love influenced by other factors was not pure, Jiang Tang, whose soul had come here from the modern world, could understand it even more.
In both the Cultivation World and the modern world, people are realistic!
To naively believe in true love—how true is this true love without external factors—would someone risk their life for you if they couldn’t get enough to eat?
Would they remain loyal over the trivialities of daily life?
Hard times often break people’s wills, mutating pure romance into a reality where love is replaced by money, or romantic love turns into familial affection, and then they fight over money amidst their struggles!
Jiang Tang got lost in his thoughts for a moment, but he was then drawn back by General Maria.
Her submarine, unable to find the enemy, wanted to return to look for Magical Treasure City and report to the queen.
General Maria now realized that they could no longer trace the whereabouts of Magical Treasure City.
“That’s not right.
It’s not time yet.
How can Magical Treasure City be gone?”
She murmured to herself, and the guards around her started to chirp in with their own thoughts and opinions.
Ignoring the guards’ opinions, the general was certain there was an enemy.
At this moment, contacting the queen was the most important thing—to know if the queen was in danger!
General Maria recited a curse to contact the queen but discovered she could not reach her.
Reciting the curse also did not help locate anyone else.
General Maria panicked and consulted with her guards; they activated the submarine and began a search across the seafloor.
As the submarine kept on the move, General Maria feared it was the Dragon King of the seabed causing trouble.
General Maria knew the legends of the seabed; their Curse Cultivation lineage had always survived underwater.
But to cultivate their curses, they had to go ashore to find children and drain their soul power.
Not only could they control these people, but they could also increase their own soul power, making their curses more potent.
Besides the queen needing children for cultivation.
Ministers, including General Maria, also required the soul power from these children for their cultivation practices.
The other guards, unable to find suitable children for cultivation, had to settle for those with lesser abilities.
Those who accompanied General Maria ashore took advantage of these two months not only to find children.
They also used it to enhance their cultivation, seeking their own soul power resources.
Beyond bringing the children back for the queen and ministers to cultivate,
General Maria would seize her time outside to achieve greater advancement than those in the city.
Every time, she would disguise herself as part of a small sect from the Cultivation World, not daring to recruit disciples in large cities but opting for children from small towns or remote villages.
Over the years, she had never failed.
Previously, they did not dare make a move towards Xia Country, operating only in the surrounding cities.
They had caused the misfortune of many children around the West Sea, leading to their wanted status by the authorities.
This time, they took a risk in entering a larger city to gather higher-quality children.
Their impersonation of the Saint Sect was surprisingly successful, and they thought their return to Magical Treasure City was smooth.
In the future, they planned to continue this, yet they did not anticipate that without being discovered outside,
they would lose the children just outside Magical Treasure City, drawing trouble not only to themselves but now Magical Treasure City had vanished without a trace.