Chapter 374: Nine Luminaries

Chapter 374 -144: Nine Luminaries

“Sigh!”

Fang Rui sighed and activated his Enchanting Technique.

The Courtesan named Qing Shi’s eyes instantly glazed over. With a soft moan, she clamped her legs together, fell onto the bed, and began making indescribable sounds.

‘Just like this, then!’

Fang Rui, however, sighed to himself, sat down to the side, and watched dispassionately.

He didn’t make a move, not because he was being prudish or anything of the sort.

Rather, he instinctively recoiled from leaving too many traces—even when using the Thousand Transformations Divine Technique to assume Zhen Guangzheng’s appearance.

Caution is the successful man’s medal of honor; carelessness is the failed man’s epitaph!

“Mmm… Hmph… Ah… Oh…”

On the bed, her warbling cries filled the air, painting a scene of boundless passion.

‘Someone is eavesdropping?!’

Fang Rui’s eyes narrowed. After a moment’s thought, he waved his sleeve and used Magic to create an accompaniment, producing waves of lewd sounds.

His source material?

With the countless erotic stories from his past life—all with rich plots and open-minded concepts—it was only natural for him to make the sounds as stimulating as possible.

A year or two ago, he would have been unlikely to do such a thing. But now, having been rejuvenated, his mindset was younger, and he couldn’t help but develop a wicked sense of humor.

Outside the door.

The bootlicking servant was pressed against the door, his face flushed and his eyes bloodshot as he listened. His eyes were practically on fire as his hands unconsciously drifted downward…

…

「Over an hour later.」

Fang Rui emerged with his robes half-open, straightening his clothes and hiking up his trousers.

“Young Master, did you have your fill?”

“It was alright.”

Fang Rui mimicked Zhen Guangzheng’s tone. “Take me for a stroll to walk off my meal. Then, we’ll go find my twenty-fourth brother!”

From Soul Searching Zhen Guangzheng, he had learned that his twenty-fourth brother, Zhen Guangfeng, possessed a Token that granted access to the Zhen Family Scripture Pavilion to select a Cultivation Technique.

“Yes, Eighteenth Lord! This servant will lead the way!”

…

“Twenty-fourth brother, I want that Token of yours for the Scripture Pavilion. Name your price!”

Fang Rui put on the airs of a rich wastrel.

‘Well, it’s easy to be generous with things that aren’t yours.’

“Oh? Eighteenth brother, you want to choose a Cultivation Technique for your Cultivation? Everyone in the family knows you… Haha, I don’t mean anything by that.”

“Besides, aren’t you cultivating the Three Yang True Technique? Once you reach the right Realm, you can naturally request the core legacy, the Qianyang True Scripture. Why would you need to choose another Cultivation Technique?”

Zhen Guangfeng asked curiously.

He was born to a concubine and not of the main line, so he wasn’t allowed to cultivate the Three Yang True Technique. He could only choose another technique from the Scripture Pavilion, which was why he had a Token.

“I, your eighteenth brother, just feel like training. I want to pick a Martial Arts Technique to cultivate on the side and improve myself… Now, are you going to trade it or not?”

“A Martial Arts Technique? I get it, hehehe!”

Zhen Guangfeng gave Fang Rui a meaningful look and said tentatively, “Well, that depends on what price my eighteenth brother can offer.”

“Eighteenth brother, that treasured Black Gold Purple Jade Bottle of yours…”

“It’s yours!” Fang Rui waved his hand magnanimously.

“That shop by the east gate?”

“It’s yours!”

“Your wife?”

“You can have… huh?!”

Fang Rui’s eyes narrowed.

‘Holy hell. I treat you like a brother, and you want to cuckold me?’

‘Wait, no, you want to cuckold Zhen Guangzheng. But still, that’s going too far!’

‘Don’t you know that’s your sister-in-law? Jeez… ahem, not even if you paid extra.’

“Brother, it’s not that I’m being disloyal, it’s just that your wife is so… GULP!”

Zhen Guangfeng swallowed hard. “Besides, didn’t my wife also let you…”

Fang Rui: …

‘As expected of a Noble Family. Their games are wild.’

Seeing Fang Rui’s silence, Zhen Guangfeng assumed his offer wasn’t enough and added, “Brother, I can call my wife over. We can all…”

Fang Rui didn’t feel like talking anymore.

These Zhen Family brothers… one was named Guangzheng, for “bright and righteous”; the other was Guangfeng, for “bright and clear.”

‘But what kind of degenerates were they?’

‘I, Fang, often feel out of place with you people because I’m not perverted enough!’

…

In the end, Fang Rui got the Token. As for the “erotic story” plot, he just feigned interest with Zhen Guangfeng, saying he would consider it, and managed to put him off for the time being.

…

「The Zhen Family Scripture Pavilion.」

Fang Rui presented his Token to the two guardian Elders and went inside.

As he passed through the curtain of light at the entrance, the blood and qi in his body churned slightly. Had he not been a Super Grade existence, he would have barely noticed it.

‘An Array for bloodline verification? Interesting! The Thousand Transformations Divine Technique has come in handy!’

Fang Rui thought to himself as he stepped inside.

The Scripture Pavilion was completely empty, with no one else on duty. After all, choosing a Cultivation Technique was a highly private matter.

As for security?

This was the heart of the Zhen Family’s territory, watched over by a Demi-Immortal ancestor and protected by the Clan Suppression Array. With all sorts of trump cards at their disposal, there had never been a case of a Cultivation Technique being stolen in their entire history.

‘This place is just as I saw in Zhen Guangzheng’s memories—completely empty. No people, no bookshelves, no scrolls, no Jade Talismans.’

‘As for the location of the various Cultivation Techniques…’

A thought stirred in Fang Rui’s mind, and he looked up.

What he saw was not a roof, but…

The energy of an Array swirled to form a pitch-black, nebula-like canopy. Within it, countless star-like spheres of light drifted about, shimmering brightly.

“Each of these stars, like a galaxy in the night sky, represents a Cultivation Technique, a Martial Art, or a Secret Technique…”

“It’s breathtaking. I really want to… take them all!”

Fang Rui marveled, feeling like a country bumpkin, or a mouse that had fallen into a granary.

‘That makes sense. Half-Immortal Families like the Zhen Family have existed as long as the Great Yu dynasty itself. Over such a vast stretch of time, they would naturally have accumulated an immense collection.’

‘Filthy rich bastards!’

He cursed inwardly, took out the Token, and pulled down a curtain of light. After studying it for a moment, he began to browse.

And once he started, he was completely engrossed.

Although each of the cultivation techniques and secret manuals only showed a brief introduction and the opening passage, it was enough to leave Fang Rui utterly captivated. He felt as if a whole new world had opened up to him.