Over the next few days, the Song-Style Courtyard House settled into an utterly bizarre daily routine.
In the mornings, on the lawn in the Back Courtyard, Gu Qingxue dutifully served as their spell instructor, teaching Song Qiuya and the Five Women, along with Chen Qianqian, basic spells such as the Water Arrow Technique and Fireball Technique.
In the afternoons, everything changed.
Song Qiuya, Qin Chuxia, Li Xiaoyue, Zhang Ruoxi, and the newly joined Qin Churan followed Chen Lin into the Master Bedroom in single file, right on schedule. With a bang, the door shut tight, and the Soundproofing Formation activated at full strength.
In the spacious Back Courtyard, only Chen Qianqian remained, exchanging bewildered looks with an equally confused Gu Qingxue.
"Qingxue, what peerless technique are they practicing every afternoon?" Chen Qianqian asked, biting into an ice pop and staring suspiciously toward the Master Bedroom. "Why do they come out glowing every time, with their cultivation shooting up?"
Gu Qingxue coughed twice, her gaze wandering. "It's a secret technique the boss teaches them. Outsiders like us have no right to ask. Focus on your Wood Thorn Technique."
Chen Qianqian rolled her eyes. She might have an overactive fantasy life, but she wasn't stupid. The looks those women in the Master Bedroom gave Chen Lin were so smoldering they could practically spin a spiderweb between them.
"My brother's playing favorites," Chen Qianqian muttered.
Night fell.
Chen Lin gathered Song Qiuya and the Five Women in the Master Bedroom's Changing Room, then dragged over Chen Qianqian, who had just finished bathing.
"Bro, what's this about in the middle of the night?" Wrapped in her pajamas, Chen Qianqian guarded her chest warily.
Chen Lin ignored her. With a turn of his wrist, a dark teal scroll appeared out of thin air. He poured