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Sylph's latest feat of "offering beauties" had once again earned Li Chen's appreciation. He gave her noticeably more cultivation guidance and resources, and her position within the lineage grew even more secure.

Whenever she happened to encounter Serathis, she still maintained basic courtesy on the surface, but a barely perceptible hint of smugness and provocation always flickered in her amethyst eyes, as though saying, You little upstart, you want to compete with me? You're still too green. I found my mother and offered her up, and I even devised a way to bring in beautiful wives from other households. What about you?

Serathis saw all of this and secretly gritted her teeth in anger, yet there was nothing she could do.

She knew that although her mother, Feiladuo, was also favored, she truly fell a step behind Sylph when it came to "earning merit."

Still, she did not lose heart. Her eyes darted as a new idea struck her. If Sylph can find women outside, why can't I unearth some from within?

That old bastard, Clan Head Lotherma, has secretly taken quite a few beauties and hidden them in his private residence. Some are exceptionally lovely. If I can find a way to offer them to Your Eminence too, wouldn't that earn me even greater merit?

An even more "grandiose" plan to offer beauties began brewing in her mind.

Serathis was clever. She understood one principle: she had to make Your Eminence comfortable and let him enjoy being surrounded by beauties, without bringing him any trouble, much less drawing fire onto herself.

If she used threats and inducements to seize the beauties the clan head kept hidden, there was no telling whether Lotherma would erupt in thunderous fury and deal with her. Even if she succeeded, the act itself might