Chapter 304: Chapter 271: Two Beauties in My Arms

In the Moon Worship Sect, the Ji family has a special title known as "Sacred Surname."

This is a group of people with privileges. Their clan is not large, only about a few hundred people, but these few hundred are very powerful, holding control over more than half of the Moon Worship Sect’s assets...

To ensure the purity and heritage of their bloodline, they practice close-kin marriage, allowing marriages except those between siblings and within three generations of blood relatives.

They kill children with impure bloodlines (those with disabilities and defects), keeping only the normal children, although they eventually made changes.

After one generation’s sacred bloodline ended, they found the so-called "Heavenly Chosen Son" from outside to continue this practice...

Then the second generation, third generation to now, face that problem again.

Ji family males are only allowed to marry within the clan and only permitted to marry women outside the Ji family if no suitable partner is found within.

This is how the Yue and Yin families were formed.

Only the Saint Heir is an exception; he is not restricted by this. Perhaps the Ji family discovered issues with intra-clan marriages, or maybe there’s another reason for the compromise.

Ji family females can marry outside, but only to families like the Yue and Yin, who previously intermarried with them. Outsiders are strictly prohibited!

On the surface, the Moon Worship Sect promotes gender equality and freedom, but this applies only to ordinary followers. At the top, it remains all about bloodline inheritance.

Privileges are everywhere.

Even though these practices are not formally documented, this is how they operate, and it’s an internal consensus.

This is the most terrifying part.

Every time the Moon Pool opens, the Ji family holds half the quotas, but they never publicly disclose this. On the surface, you wouldn’t know these people ever entered.

Thus, the Ji family can produce a batch of masters every twenty years...

Only the Sect Leader knows this secret, and he can’t speak. If he does, the Ji family would kill him and replace him with someone more obedient.

The Ji family has mastered a method to find the "Heavenly Chosen Son." Whenever they wish, they can locate a Saint Heir with the "Ji" family bloodline.

Of course, this also requires time and many harsh conditions. Just being able to cultivate the Moon God Record isn’t enough, as the Ji family has many who can, but only one person can open the Moon Pool Forbidden Area.

If the Ji family seeks out Lin Miao, whether to destroy or take him, they wouldn’t allow someone uncontrollable and capable of cultivating the Moon God Record to exist.

Lin Miao found it difficult to judge whether what this shadowy figure said was true or false, but the narrative didn’t seem fabricated.

What purpose would it serve to spin such a tale? He only needed to confirm with Yue Mei’er to basically clarify it.

But if what was said is true, then if the Ji family dispatches people, it would be a threat and preparations must be made in advance.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"If you truly are the Heavenly Chosen Son, I also hope you can shatter the shackles of the Ji family, change the millennium-old structure of the Moon Worship Sect, and realize true equality and freedom," the shadowy figure said.

"You have such thoughts?"

"Is there anything wrong with having such thoughts?" the shadowy figure laughed, "The leadership of the Moon Worship Sect is already rotten. Someone needs to overthrow and rebuild it, otherwise, it will keep spinning in this vicious cycle, never moving forward."

"I’m not interested in the affairs of the Moon Worship Sect; you’ve got the wrong person!"

"They will come for you, soon. You can’t escape it." The shadowy figure laughed loudly, tears welling up from the laughter.

...

Lin Miao came out of the cell, his face understandably not looking good, as the shadowy figure’s words indeed affected him.

"Mr. Lin, what did the shadowy figure say to you?"

"Mei’er, tell me the truth, is there such a thing as a ’Sacred Surname’ in your Moon Worship Sect?" Lin Miao asked seriously.

"Sacred Surname, yes, but that’s just the family name of past sect leaders. The Ji surname isn’t uncommon within the sect. Their family is quite secluded, rarely interacting with outsiders, and seldom getting involved in sect affairs. But because they are the Sacred Surname family, they live in a place called Sacred Village, self-sufficient..."

"Are you sure they’re just a group of peaceful recluses?"

"I don’t know, anyway, I’ve never been to Sacred Village myself; I only heard about it from my father," Yue Mei’er explained.

"What I’ve heard is completely opposite. The Ji family not only holds the actual power in the Moon Worship Sect but even your sect leader is merely their tool and puppet. They are nothing but a massive malignant tumor parasitizing on the Moon Worship Sect, and families like the Yue and Yin are just their vassal families..." Lin Miao summarized the shadowy figure’s words and told Yue Mei’er.

"This, how is this possible..." Yue Mei’er was dumbfounded, unable to believe what Lin Miao said.

"This is what the shadowy figure said. Although I also find it hard to believe, if he speaks the truth, then the ones we are facing next are not the people you said were sent by the sect leader, but rather the Ji family. Knowing nothing about the Ji family, how to deal with them is the most troublesome," Lin Miao said.

"Mr. Lin, if this Ji family is indeed hiding behind the scenes, they definitely won’t easily reveal their power, so even if they send people, it’s unlikely to be beyond the Meridian Passage Realm. We have the power to fight..." After a brief shock, Yue Mei’er quickly calmed down and analyzed the situation.

Lin Miao looked at Yue Mei’er with newfound respect. Though a little crazy, she was undoubtedly smart and perceptive.

No matter how powerful the Ji family is, far away and unreachable, what can they do? As long as they don’t send out top-level masters, he can handle the rest.

If the Ji family had clouds of top-level masters, they would have long unified the world instead of hiding and manipulating from behind the Moon Worship Sect.

Thus, even in the Ji family, top-level masters are relatively rare, and in this world’s premier sect, the Dao-seeking Sect, there are only seven visible top-level experts, known as the Seven Sages of Dao-seeking.

The Snow Mountain Sect is also considered a super first-class sect, with only three experts in the Tianyuan Realm: Celestial Monarch Xue, Eagle Monarch, and an elder who has been in seclusion.

The Moon Worship Sect is also a super first-class sect. Besides its leader, Moon Demon Qi, there’s the Left Protector Yuegui...

Some other sects or factions would be fortunate to have even one expert in the Tianyuan Realm.

Apart from those hidden Tianyuan experts, all the experts in the Tianyuan Realm worldwide are countable and shouldn’t number more than a hundred.

As long as the Tianyuan experts do not appear, given the current power they wield, self-preservation shouldn’t be much of a problem.

Now it seems Lin Miao cannot return, and Yue Mei’er also feels fortunate not to have pushed for Lin Miao to return to the Moon Worship Sect; otherwise, it would be like sending a lamb into a tiger’s den.

Times change.

Now, she is Lin Miao’s woman, and with a bright future ahead, she naturally has to consider things from her man’s perspective and think for herself.

"Mr. Lin, I’ll make an effort to make Yin Mei talk about the cultivation technique he’s been practicing..."

"Are you sure he’ll talk?"

"He’s in this state and wants to lure us in. He’ll definitely talk." Yue Mei’er smiled charmingly and floated away.

Lin Miao shook his head slightly, unsure if anyone from the Ji family would come. Regardless, there was no need to worry too much. He just had to face whatever came his way.

"Young master, Liansuo seems a bit unwell..." As Lin Miao was about to return to his room, Lianxin suddenly ran over, blushing, and reported.

"Unwell?" Without thinking much, Lin Miao followed Lianxin.

The two entered Liansuo’s room and saw her lying on the bed, cheeks flushed. Touching her skin, it felt burning hot.

Is she having a fever?

Liansuo is a martial artist. A slight cold wouldn’t cause such a big reaction, especially in the middle of summer. How could she suddenly have a fever?

Could it be heatstroke? That’s unlikely.

They had rested during the peak sun hours and didn’t travel, and everyone else was fine, so why only Liansuo...

"Hot, I’m so hot. Young master, you’re here..." Suddenly, Liansuo opened her eyes. Seeing Lin Miao, she immediately got up from the bed and pulled off her clothes.

"Liansuo, you?"

"Young master..." Before Lin Miao could react, Lianxin also removed her outerwear, leaving only a thin pair of panties and a pink bellyband.

At this point, Lin Miao understood what was happening.

They say: "When the flowers bloom, one should pick them, lest one misses the flowers and ends up empty-handed."

Reaching this stage, pushing them away would hurt their feelings, so he went along and embraced both women.

Having received his favor, Lin Miao also taught them the "Dual Cultivation" Heart Method, benefiting both parties.

Don’t let it go to waste.

...

For the first time, the two women, both sensitive, could not withstand the onslaught and succumbed in less than half an hour.

One on the left, one on the right, both identical in appearance; one seductive and fiery, the other cold and ingénue.

To achieve this as a man, what more could one desire?

"Which one of you came up with this idea?" Lin Miao asked, still surprised he had fallen for the young women’s scheme.

Naturally, if not for resources, they wouldn’t have been able to keep him.

What had already been decided was now merely being executed, ensuring no further changes. The Snow Mountain Sect likely thought the same; otherwise, Bai Feng wouldn’t have come to explicitly state it.

The two women remained silent, either too shy or unwilling to speak.

"If you don’t say anything, I’ll leave." Lin Miao pretended to get up.

"No, young master, we’ll tell you." Liansuo quickly spoke, trying to calm herself.

"Liansuo, was it you?"

Liansuo shook her head and looked at her sister Lianxin.

Lin Miao was a bit surprised. He would believe it if Liansuo suggested it, but he was skeptical about the usually passive Lianxin.

"It was me. Although the young master agreed to let us join, he hadn’t taken any action, and we wanted to become his people sooner to serve him better in the future." Lianxin blushed.

In truth, this was part of it. More significantly, Lin Miao had generously given them each a Zhu fruit without any conditions, helping them advance their cultivation to the Peak of Blood Fusion Realm, with enough residual power to quickly reach the Meridian Passage Realm!

This great favor, even with an arrangement, was enough for them to give themselves willingly.

Furthermore, Yue Mei’er had spoken with them once before, prompting them to make such a decision.