The Son-in-law Is Doing Well, Please Don't Worry

Jiang Yunhe's blunt question caught Song Ankang off guard, but fortunately, he had already thought of a countermeasure. After all, such tremendous progress in merely a day or two was indeed suspicious.

He still needed to hurry and cultivate the Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Art. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain things later on.

Song Ankang had not expected Jiang Yunhe to be so observant—or perhaps so concerned about him. They had only known each other for a short time, yet Jiang Yunhe had already noticed something unusual.

Seeing Jiang Yunhe's worried expression, Song Ankang smiled. "Instructor Jiang, you jest."

"Young Master must have already advanced into the Muscle Tempering Realm, correct? Other than demonic cultivation arts, orthodox cultivation arts simply cannot progress so quickly. Besides, Young Master's talent and aptitude are somewhat lacking," Jiang Yunhe said.

Song Ankang looked at him. "Even demonic cultivation arts should not be able to let me advance so quickly in such a short time. In truth, I cultivate the Seventh-Rank High-Grade divine art, the Thousand Mountain Art. It places exceptionally high demands on comprehension, so only a sudden enlightenment allowed me to improve so greatly. If Instructor Jiang does not believe me, you may sense the Qi and Blood Power within my body."

As he spoke, Song Ankang took Jiang Yunhe's hand and circulated his Seven Injuries Qi and Blood, allowing Jiang Yunhe to sense it.

Feeling the dense and majestic Qi and Blood Power within Song Ankang's body, Jiang Yunhe found that it truly resembled the qi and blood cultivated through the Thousand Mountain Art. It was certainly not something a demonic cultivation art could achieve.

Based on the original owner's memories, Song Ankang had specifically found the Thousand Mountain Art, a divine art and supreme technique whose qi and blood closely resembled his current Seven Injuries Qi and Blood. He had not expected it to come in handy so soon.

Only then did Jiang Yunhe let out a sigh of relief, and the doubts in his heart dissipated as well. "Congratulations, Young Master, on finding a divine art and supreme technique suited to you. Young Master is gifted and intelligent. Though your aptitude for martial arts is somewhat poor, your comprehension is extraordinary. The Thousand Mountain Art is indeed perfectly suited for your cultivation. I worried too much."

"Instructor Jiang was only concerned for me. I should be thanking you. I will still need much guidance from Instructor Jiang in the future," Song Ankang said with a smile.

Having put his worries to rest, Jiang Yunhe bade Song Ankang farewell and returned to the neighboring courtyard to practice martial techniques.

After thinking it over, Song Ankang went to help Qiushi sort the Medicinal Herbs.

Dressed in a lake-green skirt, Qiushi looked especially delicate and charming. When she bent over, her raised curves were particularly round and full, matching her front to perfection. Calling her a baby-faced girl with colossal mountains might have been a bit exaggerated, but they were still mountains, all right.

At the moment, she was carefully processing each stalk of Medicinal Herbs, a thin sheen of sweat beading on her fair, tender face.

When she saw Song Ankang arrive, Qiushi gave him a sweet smile. "Young Master, you're here. I didn't expect us to get so many Medicinal Herbs from the storeroom this time. They'll be enough to replenish you for quite a while. Then Young Master can consume Medicinal Cuisine every day to cultivate and improve."

"There are quite a lot of Medicinal Herbs. You should eat more Medicinal Cuisine too, and make yourself stronger," Song Ankang said with a smile.

Qiushi was also a martial artist. She had reached the Outer Forging Second Layer of the Muscle Tempering Realm and was only a stone's throw from the Muscle Tendon Realm. Her cultivation was even slightly higher than Song Ankang's.

Such strength was considered quite good among the maids of Tang Mansion. She was also one of the few maids able to cultivate, and the most beautiful of Tang Yelan's four personal maids.

Tang Yelan also felt guilty about being unable to consummate her marriage with Song Ankang, so she had specifically sent Qiushi to serve him. The meaning behind it was self-evident.

After all, among the human race of the Xia Kingdom, thirteen- or fourteen-year-olds were already considered adults and could marry and have children. At seventeen, Qiushi was even considered a little old.

Qiushi wiped the sweat from her forehead, her smooth little face radiant with smiles. "My little bit of strength is already enough. There's no use in becoming any stronger. Young Master should eat more instead and advance beyond Inner Refinement as soon as possible. That way, you'll have a chance to return to the mansion."

"Actually, the Eldest Miss had no choice but to send Young Master to Chaoyun Manor. Outside, the Prince of the Demon Queller is eyeing you like a tiger stalking its prey; inside, the family elders refuse to accept the Eldest Miss holding power. Young Master will actually be safer at Chaoyun Manor, so please do not resent the Eldest Miss over this."

"I understand." Hearing Qiushi's consolation, Song Ankang smiled and nodded. Speaking of which, many members of the Tang Family looked down on him, this frail scholar who had married into the family. Even his Second Sister-in-law Tang Mingyue and Sister-in-law Tang Liuli did not particularly approve of this marriage.

The reputation of the Capital's Foremost Filial Son was certainly resounding, and Song Ankang's looks were certainly astonishing. Yet in this terrifying world where the human race could barely protect itself from one day to the next, only the strong possessed sufficient status and standing. Everything else was illusory.

Moreover, Tang Yelan not only possessed astonishing business acumen and beauty beyond the mortal world, but also had excellent cultivation talent. At merely twenty-one, she was already a martial artist at the Inner Refinement Fourth Layer. In the future, she might even have a chance to advance into the Transcendent Realm.

Song Ankang was far too inferior compared to her. Even becoming her son-in-law was somewhat beyond his station. If circumstances had not been unusual at the time, such a good fortune would never have fallen upon Song Ankang's head.

No matter what the other members of the Tang Family thought, Tang Yelan had shown immense kindness to both the original owner and Song Ankang, who had crossed into this world. Naturally, Song Ankang would not entertain any messy thoughts.

To be honest, given the original owner's previous family circumstances, it had been uncertain whether he would even survive the year. Tang Yelan had not only arranged a splendid funeral for the original owner's parents, but had also allowed him to live a life better than anything he had known before.

The original owner remembered this kindness, and Song Ankang would remember it too.

With enough Medicinal Herbs on hand, Qiushi prepared a lavish Medicinal Cuisine for Song Ankang that evening. At the same time, Tang Yelan at the Tang Family Mansion in the capital received the information Jiang Yunhe had sent over.

Upon learning that Song Ankang had embarked upon the path of cultivation and had even, through sudden enlightenment of the Thousand Mountain Art, leapt into the Muscle Tempering Realm in one stroke, Tang Yelan was quite delighted. She specially fetched several bottles of medicinal pills, intending to have someone deliver them to her Husband when she had the time.

Although her marriage to Song Ankang had been somewhat hasty and helpless, now that she had married him, Tang Yelan would not entertain other thoughts. Naturally, she would treat this Husband of hers well.

In fact, Song Ankang's marrying into the Tang Family had been helping her. He had even provoked the Prince of the Demon Queller because of it, so Tang Yelan felt that she owed Song Ankang.

Thinking of Song Ankang's incomparably handsome face, Tang Yelan's heart fluttered at the thought of a man for the first time in her life. Her lovely face could not help turning red, and she returned to her study to continue handling documents.

Moonlight streamed like silk through the window, falling upon Tang Yelan's exquisite, flawless oval face and rippling in layers of luminous radiance. Yet however brilliant that moonlight was, it could not compare to the brilliance of Tang Yelan's bright eyes.

If Song Ankang had been asked to describe those dazzling eyes that seemed to shine with light, he would definitely have used two words... electric eyes.

According to the original owner's memories, when he first met Tang Yelan and their gazes met, his entire body had gone numb and weak for quite some time.

Even when Song Ankang occasionally recalled it, he still felt a tingling sensation throughout his body, accompanied by an indescribable feeling.

However, at this moment, Song Ankang had no idea that his convenient wife Tang Yelan was thinking of him, and that her heart had stirred because of those thoughts. Song Ankang had just finished enjoying the huge bowl of five-year ginseng Medicinal Cuisine Qiushi had prepared for him. Heat surged throughout his body as he prepared to absorb and digest it with all his strength.