Chapter 36 Bully Shuang’er 

The Grand Turtle Shell was the most formidable level 3 protective array that Shangguan Yi currently knew. The main materials to create it included eight of level 3 Turtle Shells, eight bottles of Golden Sand, eight drops of Core Black Oil, one million essence stones, and another eighty sub-materials.

Before leaving the Azure Cloud Pavilion, Shangguan Yi made a huge transaction with Old Wang, ensuring he had more than enough materials and essence stones to build the array.

Shangguan Yi began providing the materials to the system. The system absorbed the materials and essence stones like a black vortex, showing no signs of being satisfied. Half an hour later, when Shangguan Yi had poured all the materials into the system, he began pouring his core essence into it. The process proceeded at a steady pace, consuming his core essence constantly. A day later, the Grand Turtle Shell Array covered every inch of the Meditation Garden.

Shangguan Yi chose to build the array in the Meditation Garden first to separate himself from the Xia Family, as he preferred not to be disturbed.

Afterward, Shangguan Yi took pills to recover his core essence. After ten hours of replenishment, he began providing the materials and another million essence stones to the system. A day later, a great commotion occurred in the Xia Family. The mountain shook violently for an hour before the Grand Turtle Shell Array covered every inch of the Xia Family.

At the same time, Xia Feng brought the drops of blood from the members of the Xia Family to Shangguan Yi, but he was stopped by the array outside.

Sensing Xia Feng's aura, Shangguan Yi lifted the restrictions with a thought, allowing Xia Feng to enter.

Arriving at the pavilion, Xia Feng bowed respectfully and handed the space ring to Shangguan Yi. "Great Ancestor, I'm here to deliver the drops of blood from our family members."

Shangguan Yi accepted the ring and scanned it with his Divine Sense. Inside the space ring were around 1,000 bottles, each containing a drop of blood from Xia Family members, both mortals and cultivators.

In fact, the Xia Family had a total of two thousand people, but the true members of the Xia Family numbered around 1,000. The rest were servants and their families. All of them were mortals, as the Xia Family wouldn't allow a single cultivator to appear among the servants.

"Inform Xia Zu and Xia Fu to bring information about Red Maple City to me tonight. You can leave now," Shangguan Yi said simply.

Xia Feng was momentarily stunned by this abruptness but quickly bowed and left.

After Xia Feng departed, Shangguan Yi focused on replenishing his core essence.

…

At Xia Kun's house.

"My cultivation has reached its peak. With this mid-grade essence pill, I might attempt to break through to the 2nd level," Xia Kong said, holding the mid-grade essence pill with excitement.

…

At Xia Feng's house.

"Mother, Shuang'er will go back to Young Master's side. If you have any matters, you can visit me there," Shuang'er said to her mother. Her aura was not level 6 anymore but level 7 already.

Shuang'er's mother, Xia Xuanni, also a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, smiled lightly. "Now that you are by his side, living here or in the Meditation Garden is the same. Mother doesn't need to worry all day and night. When mother misses you, I'll visit there. Take care of your husband well."

"Mother!" Shuang'er's face blushed.

"How old are you now? Why are you still shy?"

"Shuang'er will take her leave." Shuang'er left the room quickly as staying here longer, would make not knowing to react.

When she stepped out the front door, she unexpectedly encountered her little brother.

"Sister! Are you leaving?" Xia Xiu asked.

"What leaving? I'm just going back to the Meditation Garden to cultivate," she responded.

"Oh? I see, you're just going back to keep sweet on your husband," Xia Xiu teased his sister.

"You brat! Who told you about this stuff?" Shuang'er's face turned red, her ears heating slightly.

"Who taught me? I learned by myself. In fact, I'm more experienced than you in this aspect. I can even give you some advice," Xia Xiu said with a smile.

"Who wants your advice? If you don't stop teasing me, don't blame me for giving you a lesson," Shuang'er's face turned cold.

"Hmph! You want to beat me like in the past, don't you? Aren't you afraid I'll tell brother-in-law about your brutal actions? When he hears how brutal you are, let's see if he still favors you," Xia Xiu said in panic, subconsciously raising his hands to guard himself.

But to his surprise, Shuang'er didn't beat him like he expected. Which made him quite surprised—several years of not meeting, had his sister changed into a new person?

Shuang'er, of course, had changed greatly upon staying with Shangguan Yi for several years. She said with a sneer, "Oh, it's a pity. I thought I wanted to give you a few mid-grade essence pills, but to think you would try to harm me this way. Sigh, I should keep them for myself."

Shuang'er took out a pill bottle and swayed it a few times before walking past Xia Xiu.

Seeing this, Xia Xiu couldn't help but beg, "Oh, my good sister, I'm wrong to say that. Actually, you are the most beautiful and courteous woman. Brother-in-law must adore you very much, which is why he cares for your safety and provides our family protection. My fairy sister, no one but you is the most suitable person for brother-in-law. I'm really envious of your love."

"En, at least you know that. Take it." Shuang'er nodded in satisfied and gave the pill bottle to Xia Xiu before leaving.

"Thank you, sister. Thank you." Xia Xiu bowed repeatedly.

In just ten minutes, Shuang'er quickly arrived in front of the Meditation Garden, but she was stopped by the Grand Turtle Shell Array.

Sensing Shuang'er's aura, Shangguan Yi, who was still in the pavilion, lifted the restrictions and let her come in.

Upon arriving at the pavilion, she greeted Shangguan Yi, "Young Master, excuse me for not coming to see you these past few days."

Shangguan Yi slowly opened his eyes and stood up. He quickly approached Shuang'er, held her in his arms, and then returned to his original position.

"Young Master." Shuang'er's face turned red when being held by Shangguan Yi.

"You've broken through," Shangguan Yi said, still holding Shuang'er in his arms, while observing her little red lips.

"Yes—" Shuang'er replied, but Shangguan Yi's lips had already met hers.

Shuang'er clenched her fists and closed her eyes, trying to keep up with him.

Shangguan Yi kissed her hard, his hands not idle.

Shuang'er widened her eyes in disbelief and pulled her lips away from Shangguan Yi's.

"Young Master, let's go inside," Shuang'er said, her face turning cherry red.

"Little girl, you didn't come to see me for a few days. I must punish you here, outside," Shangguan Yi said, ignoring her suggestion.

"No, if someone sees us here…" Shuang'er said, lowering her head.

"Hah! I've set the array here, who would see us?" Shangguan Yi replied, putting his lips on hers again, leaving her no room to negotiate.

The happy time began, with Shuang'er's hands wrapped around Shangguan Yi's neck, a mix of pain and happiness for her. Minutes turned into hours before their time together ended. Shuang'er walked back to her room in stagger.

Meanwhile, Shangguan Yi continued to replenish his core essence.

Time passed, and night fell.

Sensing Xia Zu and Xia Fu's aura outside the Meditation Garden, Shangguan Yi opened his eyes and lifted the restrictions to let them in.

Xia Zu and Xia Fu quickly arrived at the pavilion and greeted him respectfully, "Greetings, Great Ancestor."

"Great Ancestor, here is the information you requested," Xia Fu said, handing over the information pearl to Shangguan Yi.

Shangguan Yi accepted it and used his Divine Sense to absorb the information. Within minutes, all the details about Red Maple City that Xia Family had gathered over the years entered his mind.

Red Maple City was named after its distinctive red maple trees. It housed a population of around 20 million, with 2 million being Cultivators. The power structure included the City Lord Manor, three great families, two great sects, and one Azure Cloud Pavilion. The latest updates about Azure Cloud Pavilion indicated changes in the power structures.

Among the 2 million Cultivators, 90% were locals. There were hundreds of high-grade families, thousands of mid-grade families, and tens of thousands of low-grade families.

Shangguan Yi focused on the information about mid-grade families, their rankings, and locations. From this, he learned that Xia Family was positioned in the middle tier of mid-grade families, similar to Zhang and Guan Family. However, Xia Family appeared slightly weaker based on their previous conflicts. This suggested that some mid-grade families might possess a few false Core Formation Cultivators.

Without delay, Shangguan Yi selected five mid-grade families located in the suburbs.

"Take these and depart," Shangguan Yi said, handing black robes and black masks to Xia Zu and Xia Fu.

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Cultivation Realm: 

-Body Refining Realm (mortals / practitioners)

-Foundation Establishment Realm ( genuine Cultivators)

-Core Formation Realm 

Technique/Pill/Artifact/Array/Beast/Herb/Talisman Level

-Warrior (level 1)

-Elite (level 2)

-Master (level 3)

Each level divided to 4 grades: low, mid, high and supreme.