Dugu Yan noticed Ye Lingling's hesitation and suddenly remembered what Liu Erlong had given her before she came.
With a flick of her right hand, a white jade bottle appeared in her palm. She placed it on the stone table before Ye Lingling. "These are Soul King-grade Soul Replenishing Pills that everyone in the estate receives. There are five in this bottle. With these pills and the Soul-Gathering Array in the Cultivation Room, about a year should be enough to raise you to the level of a mid-stage Soul Emperor. That would count as fulfilling the deal with your grandmother. If you still can't become one of Xiao Yun's women by then, you'll have to leave the estate. Don't regret it when that time comes."
Ye Lingling happily accepted the jade bottle and carefully put it away.
Dugu Yan rose from her rocking chair and bade Ye Lingling farewell. "I've given you the pills. Is there anything else you want to know? If not, I'm leaving."
Ye Lingling immediately got up and followed Dugu Yan to the courtyard gate, watching her leave.
After Dugu Yan departed, Ye Lingling returned to her room and fell into deep thought. Remembering her grandmother's instructions before she came, she quickly made her decision.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
Over that month, Ye Lingling finally realized something: Xiao Yun truly seemed to have no intention of asking her to attend his bed.
For an entire month, she only saw Xiao Yun at dinner. No one paid much attention to her at other times, leaving her exceptionally idle with nothing much to do each day. As for cultivation, the Soul Power in the Cultivation Room only sustained two hours of training. Beyond that, its concentration was no