June 6, 2018

Xiao Bai’s refusal made Wang Jiu feel very disappointed.

As a guardian of humans, Wang Jiu sincerely hoped that the humans of Xiangzhou could quickly return to their peak era and even go further, reaching the other shore he once touched.

To achieve such a grand goal, genetic improvement is a must. The people of Xiangzhou, after the decline of the Ice Age and the Dark Age, have seen their individual qualities decline significantly. And at this time, Xiao Bai’s emergence truly brightens one’s eyes; from a talent perspective, she is undoubtedly the number one Wang Jiu has seen since waking up in Xiangzhou.

Even Zhao Chenlu’s talent doesn’t compare to hers—if it were the past life Zhao Yuming, the talent would naturally surpass Xiao Bai, but Zhao Yuming’s reincarnated body is merely an ordinary descendant of the Golden Jade Zhao family, with not the best innate qualities. Otherwise, Zhao Chenlu wouldn’t have spent decades to reach merely the Mountain-Overturning Realm in cultivation.

Xiao Bai has such good qualifications, yet she has squandered too much time, making it difficult for her personal achievements to have significant breakthroughs. Thus, becoming a mother to nurture more outstanding offspring has become the most efficient choice.

However, all of this needs to be based on the cooperation of the parties involved, and since Xiao Bai seriously refused, Wang Jiu couldn’t force it.

He just couldn’t understand.

"Why are you so resistant to reproduction? As I understand it, most creatures have reproductive needs, with humans having especially strong ones, experiencing mating seasons all year round. Although you have passed the peak of your cultivation, your physical functioning is still good, and your reproductive capabilities are intact. You shouldn’t have lost the instinct to reproduce."

Xiao Bai’s smile slightly stiffened at being questioned, and she explained helplessly: "That’s just instinct, and humans are creatures that can think rationally."

Wang Jiu said: "But based on what I know about you, you’re the kind of person who lives according to their instincts."

"..." Xiao Bai clutched her chest, feeling she’d been hit hard again, also recalling what her senior brother used to always say to her: Xiao Bai, you’re definitely going to get retribution!

In the past, Xiao Bai never believed in retribution, but now she couldn’t help but believe it.

The retribution was right in front of her, and it wasn’t just Wang Jiu, but Zhao Chenlu also added fuel to the fire.

"Dear, if you speak so bluntly, it’ll make others react shyly, especially women who are inexperienced."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiao Bai couldn’t help but widen her eyes in shock, unable to contain her astonishment even with the composure of a Mountain-Overturning Realm cultivator.

How did this guy see through it!?

Even her two senior brothers thought she was a master of romance, with countless admirers under her skirt—after all, over seventy percent of the dirty jokes circulated in the Sword Academy were her original creations. But very few knew that she had never experienced such events herself!

In this regard, it was mainly because she was truly lazy, insisting that instead of wasting time flirting with men on the street, it was better to read another novel in her room, so she had never tried the pleasures of physical intimacy in her decades of life. On the other hand, she didn’t want to lose face in front of her senior brothers, so she always acted experienced, deliberately faking an air of experience and demeanor, and no one had ever seen through her—until Zhao Chenlu figured it out with a glance!

Wang Jiu was also quite surprised by this remark: "Inexperienced women are particularly shy? But you’re clearly inexperienced yourself, yet have never been bound by a sense of shame."

Just as he finished speaking, Shen Qingming’s suppressed laughter erupted beside them. At the same time, Xiao Bai was taken aback, the legendary Zhao Chenlu, a beauty wealthy enough to rival a country, was just as inexperienced as she was? What had she been doing all these years!?

However, Zhao Chenlu was unaffected by the laughter around her and smiled: "I am inexperienced in the real world, but my mind has fought many battles in my mental world. The tricks I’ve tried, you probably haven’t even seen in books."

"What’s the point of bragging about that!?" Shen Qingming was nearly driven mad.

Zhao Chenlu said: "There’s not much point bragging to others, but why not show off in front of you two little virgins? At least I dare to draw beautiful futures for myself and him in my mind, do you dare?"

"I..." Shen Qingming stammered, not daring to say she could.

On the other side, Xiao Bai added: "I haven’t done it with anyone, but that’s just because I’m not interested, completely different from some blushing teenage girl."

Shen Qingming was shocked: "We’re all failures, is there a need for a hierarchy of contempt?!"

Xiao Bai said: "What do you mean we’re all failures, please don’t compare me to you. If you must categorize, I’d be on City Lord Golden Jade’s side."

Zhao Chenlu sneered: "On my side? Fine, take a look at this picture."

Saying this, Zhao Chenlu casually pulled out an erotic painting and handed it to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai glanced at it, sneered, and then issued a snorting laugh: "Pfft..."

Blood stained her clothes.

Then, with a calm expression, Xiao Bai silently took out a handkerchief to wipe her nosebleed, saying: "That was an accident. I just had an epiphany on a Sword Dao problem and my cultivation advanced. My body’s qi blood responded with a minor outburst."

Shen Qingming sneered: "You actually dare to concoct such an excuse!"

The three bickered with each other, and Wang Jiu observing from the side could see the signs that the grand plan for reproduction was probably doomed.

According to the conventions of human society, when more than three people argue, the likelihood of reaching a reliable conclusion is minimal. Even if there are significant intelligence differences among them, as long as all three parties are skilled at topic diversion and shameless denial, they can easily muddle the discussion beyond repair. At this point, unless one party can forcefully end the discussion with superior strength, continued debate is just a waste of time.

The debate between the Jiu Immortal Venerables and the Myriad Immortals Alliance back then was a classic example. The upper echelons of the Myriad Immortals Alliance had both opponents and supporters of the Jiu Immortal Venerables, but even supporters only supported certain aspects and did not have fundamental alignment with the Jiu Immortal Venerables. At this point, with three parties’ demands not aligned, and with numerous disagreements within the two camps of the Myriad Immortals Alliance themselves, several high-level gatherings resulted in no conclusions. In the end, the opposition gained an advantage, even though the war on the frontlines had reached a point where humanity’s extinction loomed at any moment, the rear still endlessly bickered, criticizing the Jiu Immortal Venerables’ origins and overstepping actions. This forced the Jiu Immortal Venerables to overthrow the Myriad Immortals Alliance violently, finally giving the Jiuzhou Continent a breather.

By following the solution from back then, it would now be best to let Zhao Chenlu use her martial prowess to suppress any dissenters who won’t listen, then take advantage of Xiao Bai’s momentary inability to resist to cultivate her into an excellent breeding vessel.

Although Xiao Bai verbally declined now, as long as enough physical modifications were performed, it would be easy to let her indulge in the joy she had never experienced before, and then earnestly embrace this great and noble career. Upon reflecting later, she would probably just sigh at her own youthful ignorance.

But the more Wang Jiu thought about this solution, the more inappropriate it seemed, so he hesitated to make a decision.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but recall Shang Lanfei’s decisiveness; after seeing that none of the Myriad Immortals Alliance gatherings yielded an ideal result, she simply canceled all upcoming work plans, redesigned the coup plan, and within an hour, devised a complete action plan, guiding the Jiu Immortal Venerables and Celestial Divine Sword to slaughter all the old geezers.

According to Shang Lanfei, calculating those upper echelons’ entangled interests and political calculations was difficult even for her computational abilities, but if they swiftly decapitated the chaos and turned living people into dead ones, it would be far simpler.

The situation Wang Jiu faced now was very similar to back then; listening to three women arguing, his mind was full of quick-and-dirty ideas. Just as he was considering throwing the three of them into an arena for a death match, a familiar True Essence fluctuation came from nearby.

The next moment, he heard the familiar voice of the Saint Sect’s Sect Leader.

"What is happening here?"