Concubine

In the central hall, there was a long table with several chairs and other decoration materials. The table was being filled with utensils containing food and fruits and drinks. A curvaceous beautiful milf was sitting on a chair, looking at the distant sky visible from an open window in her line of sight.

"Xui greets Mistress." Suddenly a sweet voice uttered and Xiao glanced at the direction of it. Maid Xui was standing near the table. Unlike before, she was now well dressed and her hair were combed. She had seemingly taken a shower as her hairs were still a bit damp.

Xiao snapped her fingers, signaling the food-serving maids to leave the hall.

"Xui, tell me how long have you served under me?" Xiao asked.

"Eh?" Xui was puzzled at this question. But she quickly composed herself and answered, "18 years, Mistress. I was brought here with my mother."

"Hmm…Your mother had been a faithful servant. Sadly she perished during the invasion of Kol. But you inherited her servile nature and served us greatly ever since. That is the reason why you are the head maid at such a young age." Xiao said.

"This subject is happy to have gotten the chance to serve Carny royalties." Xui spoke humbly.

"And now you wish to ascend to royalty by courting my son?" Xiao asked sternly.

"!!!" Xui was shocked. "Mistress knows that I slept with young master? How?! Oh! The garments left behind!" Xui thought quickly.

Xui's heart palpitated. She felt the pressure that Xiao was exerting on her. It made her fearful.

"This lowly subject dares not court young master!" Xui exclaimed while tearing up. She immediately knelt down and cupped her hands while looking down in shame. "I swear I had no plans on Young Master Wind."

"Hmm…" Xiao scrutinized Xui's every action inferring truth or lie from her body language. So far Xui had been honest.

"Then why did you have sex with Wind and hid it from me?" Xiao asked.

"I… I was asked to do so by Young Master." Xui replied honestly. "He didn't want to speak of it yet."

"Hmm… & what about the dual cultivation technique? Your cultivation base has increased rapidly. There's definitely dual cultivation involved." Wind probed further.

"Y-young master said that he learned that dual cultivation technique from his father's library & that the technique would allow him to heal his extreme yang syndrome and at the same time help me raise my cultivation level. I only wished to help master and not for my selfishness." Xui answered.

"Humph!" Xiao snorted. So it was dual cultivation technique indeed. Her guess was correct. But why didn't Wind benefit from it? What could be the reason? Xiao thought for a while before sighing and deciding to enquire from Wind first.

"Rise." Xiao spoke and Xui complied. "Get naked." Xiao commanded.

"Eh?!" Xui was stunned! Did she hear it wrong? Did the mistress just ask her to get naked?

"Do I need to repeat myself?" Xiao raised her voice with a tinge of anger.

"N-no. I'll do it Mistress!" Xui exclaimed. She stole a few glances around her and noticed that the central hall was devoid of any other people except her and the mistress. She felt embarrassed but she dared not defy her mistress so she hurriedly untied her clothes.

Within in a minute, Xui was standing butt naked in the middle of the hall. Xiao took a long glance at her body. She then walked up towards her and circled her, scrutinizing her body from all directions. She then placed her hands on Xui's throat and followed a certain meridian downwards. Mid way, she gently grasped Xui's soft breast, making Xui moan. Her body had become sensitive after tuning by Wind last night. Xiao couldn't help but chuckle at this cuteness of Xui and continued tracing her meridian and then placed her palm at her dantian which was located behind her belly button.

"Level 10 indeed. Basic realm cultivation." Xiao concluded and nodded satisfactorily. "Good, your progress is good." She said making Xui feel relieved. "Put on your clothes." She ordered and Xui complied.

A few minutes later, a fair youth walked into the central hall. This youth was Wind, wearing his noble clothes and looking energetic.

"This son greets mother." Wind cupped his hands and bowed towards Xiao. Xiao nodded in response.

"Have a seat Wind." She said. Following her order, Wind sat down and glanced at the maid standing near Xiao. That was none other than Xui, Wind's first cultivation partner in this life.

As their eyes met, Xui immediately blushed and looked down.

"Wind, did you dual cultivate with Xui?" Xiao asked directly, astonishing Wind.

"!! Umm…yes." Wind replied frowning at Xui who was still staring at the floor. Xiao was stunned. Wind was really straight forward this time.

"He must have realized that I know about it from the state of his room earlier in the morning and thus came mentally prepared." Xiao thought.

"Hmm…what technique was it? I do not sense any incrase in your…" Xiao suddenly fell silent as she gazed at Wind.

"Level 3 Basic realm cultivation!" Xiao exclaimed! "How? Why?" She was bewildered. Just an hour ago, Wind was still at Level 1, Basic realm despite having dual cultivated with Xui. Now unexpectedly he had risen by 2 levels in an hour without dual cultivation? What was going on?

"Haha!" Wind chuckled. "Do not be confused, mother." He replied. "It is not true that I didn't benefit from dual cultivation. I benefitted just as much as Xui but I practiced a different approach for cultivation."

"Oh?" Xiao raised an eye brow.

"I formed a yin bead last night & utilized it only earlier this morning after you left." Wind replied.

"...! So it's like this…" Xiao muttered.

There were two methods of dual cultivation. Firstly, to raise it directly during intercourse; the other was to form a bead of the opposite energy inside your dantian and raise your cultivation level at a later time using any other cultivation technique.

"How did you learn of all this?" Xiao probed, wanted to confirm the truth. Wind had been clueless about cultivation before. Since he couldn't cultivate, thus he never bothered to study cultivation techniques from his father's library in the past.

"I happened to be bored a few days ago and took a stroll to father's library. Therein I stumbled upon a nameless dual cultivation technique. I found it easy to understand and implement. There I learned about forming energy beads. I just didn't get enough time to cultivate last night. And although I cultivated this past hour, lacking a solo cultivation technique, I failed to make full use of the yin bead and could only progress to level 3." Wind explained everything.

Of course he was lying about it. He was using the 'Perfect Body' cultivation technique which required pure energy in abundance to raise cultivation levels firmly. Xui's yin bead wasn't enough. It could only raise 2 initial levels. But Wind couldn't tell Xiao about the perfect body technique so he devised an excuse.

"What about the pure yang syndrome. Did cultivation not hurt? Dual cultivation would have been equally painful." Xiao asked.

"Dual cultivation wasn't really painful. This technique is good. But yes, cultivation afterwards was painful. I could only grit my teeth and go through it." Wind said.

Cultivation in the very beginning levels was fairly easy and breakthrough didn't require cultivation techniques; only controlled chi flow. But after level 3 Basic realm, once would need to depend on the techniques for cultivation.

Xiao pondered for a minute before finally sighing and smiling.

"I see. Well I will help you choose a good cultivation technique manual from your father's library later today. But I am happy to see that you are finally able to cultivate! But don't go overboard ok. We need to cure your extreme yang syndrome." Xiao said.

"Of course mother." Wind replied.

"Now, tell me, do you wish to take Xui as your concubine?" Xiao asked smilingly.

Wind smiled warily. "This woman…she didn't ask whether I want to marry Xui. So marriage is apparently not an option huh. She wasn't going to allow it. So instead she is asking if I want Xui as my concubine." Wind deduced. "Well it's not like I really care."

In previous life, Wind/lu had thousands of wives and concubines & he had even explored incest. Those noble ladies who had approached him; many of them were his distant cousins.

"Yes mother. I want to make her my concubine." Wind replied and glanced at Xui whose body was quivering due to excitement.

"Hahaha! So be it!" Xiao laughed said. "Xui…"

"Yes Mistress?" Xui replied.

"From today onwards, you shall be Wind's concubine. Do you accept?" Xiao asked.

"Y…yes!" Xui replied, almost crying. She was very excited and happy. Not only her cultivation had risen, she also had been accepted by Xiao and was not discarded by Wind after sex and was now given the position of his first concubine! This was a dream come true.

"Good. Then from now on, you will only serve Wind. All the other workers and guards are beneath you. You will satiate my son in dual cultivation and are allowed to stay in his room unless he desires solitude for solo cultivation. You will get your own better separate room for such instances." Xiao declared.

"Thank you Mistress!" Xui said cupping her hands.

"Now, take a seat dear, let's have a feast together." Xiao said warmly, melting Xui's heart.