Three Nights of Sweet Spring Dreams

A maidservant who shares a room with a host.

The maids in the dormitory were responsible for serving the male master his daily needs, such as serving him tea and water, dressing him, making his bed, brushing his teeth, and washing his face.

When the master of the house requests it, the maids in the shared dormitory must sleep in the same bed as him.

If a maid in a shared dormitory gives birth to the master's child, she can be taken as a concubine.

If the woman is called a "dormitory maid," then the man would be called a "dormitory male servant."

Therefore, Tang Tiandong believes that Long Zhiyu wants him to be a "dormitory servant" for a month.

What does "a maidservant in a shared dormitory" mean?

"What is a male servant in a dormitory?" A look of confusion crossed Long Zhiyu's handsome face.

What I mean is, you have to eat and drink with me for a month.

You eat whatever I tell you to eat.

I told you to beat the dog, but you absolutely cannot chase the chicken.

You can travel with me for a month. I won't make things difficult for you, and you won't get tired. To put it bluntly, you'll just play the role of my husband for a month. Hehe, I just want to experience what it's like to be a wife."

Tang Tiandong's lips twitched slightly. "So, in the eyes of the Long Zhiyu, the husband's role is simply that of a wife's obedient servant."

"How?

You're not willing? If you're not willing, I won't even mention hiring my dragon.

Also, regardless of the circumstances, both spirit swords belong to me, Long Zhiyu, as compensation for my repeated trips to Dangwu Village."

This seemingly angelic -Long Zhiyu is actually a domineering woman. Luckily, she didn't agree to continue marrying me.

Tang Tiansong breathed a sigh of relief. "Fellow Daoist Long, I can agree to be your personal servant, accompanying you to eat, drink, and play."

A month is a bit too long.

"The weather is hot now, and my elder brother needs to be buried as soon as possible."

The Long Zhiyu curled its lip, "Your family really hasn't been cultivating immortality for long. You don't even know that the corpse of Qi Refining Stage cultivator can remain undecayed for three years."

"But Mr. Tang is indeed concerned about his family, and as the head of the Tang Lineage, he still has many family matters to attend to."

Could the time be shorter?...

"Yes, I understand."

"When was the last time I had trouble with someone finally over..." Long Zhiyu counted on her fingers.

Oh, right, it ended on the seventh day of this month.

Sigh, being a woman is so troublesome...

The old woman cultivator from the Long Household twitched at the corner of her mouth, rubbed her forehead, looked at Long Zhiyu, and said softly, "It ended on the eighth day of this month."

The Long Zhiyu blushed, "Yes, yes, it ended on the eighth day."

Let me calculate...

It usually takes seven to ten days after the procedure...

That is...

Tang Tiandong watched Long Zhiyu counted the time on her fingers, but he really didn't understand what she was calculating.

"Here's what we'll do: you'll be my servant for seven days."

I can go back on the 14th of this month.

I will give you the result of whether or not you can hire my dragon at that time.

Tang Tiandong, let me remind you.

For these seven days, you must set aside all Lineage matters and all your cultivation practices, and focus solely on being a mortal husband, accompanying me on my travels and adventures.

With a sigh, Tang Tiandong had no choice but to nod in agreement...

... On June 14th of the new Xian calendar year 4042, Tang Tiandong rested by a pool of water: it would take him another two hours to reach Dangwu Village.

I looked at a white package: inside were two bundles of paper money for sacrificial offerings that Long Zhiyu had bought for his elder brother, Tang Tiansong.

With a slight twitch of his lips, Tang Tiandong was truly grateful to the Long Zhiyu.

Originally, the Long Household agreed that the two spirit swords could only hire the dragon for one year, and the dragon would only stay in Dangwu Village for three days every three months.

Thanks to the help of the Long Zhiyu, the Long Household finally agreed that for the next three years, every two months, the Long Household would send a giant dragon to stay in Dangwu Village for several days.

If, within three years, foreign cultivators invade the Tang Household, and coincidentally, the giant dragon of the Long Household is not in Dangwu Village...

Once the Tang Household receives their plea for help, the Long Household will immediately dispatch at least two giant dragons to provide assistance.

However, emergency support will not be provided more than twice within three years.

The Long Household has at least three giant dragons, each nearly a hundred feet long and possessing strength comparable to a Qi Refining Qi Refinement Great Perfection cultivator.

With the Dragon Cage in their Long Household, the Tang Household is safe for at least three years.

In Iron Bridge Village, he killed the three Qi Refinement cultivators who had murdered his elder brother and obtained three spirit swords for use Qi Refining Stage.

Tang Tiandong had inquired and learned that each of these three spirit swords could sell for at least one hundred Spirit Stone.

The Tang Household is currently lacking Spirit Stone, but they are even more in need of outside help.

Tang Tiandong felt it was worthwhile to exchange two spirit swords for three years of protection from the Long Household.

Thinking back on these seven days spent with the Long Zhiyu, enjoying the scenery and waters of Divine Dragon Island,

Thinking of the Long Zhiyu's voice and smile,

I remembered that I had dreamt for three nights in a row of blissful dreams about sharing a bed with Long Zhiyu.

Tang Tiandong slapped himself in exasperation: these seven days had been so happy and relaxing, so relaxing that Tang Tiandong wanted to give up cultivating immortality and become a mortal, living an ordinary life with the Long Zhiyu.

"I am destined to walk this arduous path of cultivation in this life."

"I want to be a mortal, maybe in the next life..." Tang Tiandong murmured softly, gazing at his reflection in the water.

... On the 27th day of the sixth month of the year 4042 in the new Celestial Calendar, the sky was overcast, and raindrops were hidden in the clouds, reluctant to fall.

Tang Tiandong, Tang Pingan, Tang Miao, and Cui Xueyong, all dressed in white mourning clothes with hempen garments over their shirts and hemp ropes tied around their waists, carried the coffin together, struggling to make their way up the mountain behind Dangwu Village. They each held a willow stick wrapped with white joss paper in one hand.

Inside the coffin, naturally, lay the remains of Tang Tiansong.

Tang Tianlan, Tang Tianzi, Tang Tianya, and Tang Tianshu, dressed in mourning clothes and carrying willow sticks wrapped with white joss paper, followed behind sadly.

Tang Tiandong had an extra soul-summoning banner in his hand compared to others.

Tang Tiansong's funeral was kept simple. Only the clan members in the five villages under Tang Household's jurisdiction were notified, and a mourning hall was set up for three days for people to pay their respects.

No funeral banquet will be held, no gifts will be accepted, and the number of people attending the funeral will be kept to a minimum.

Although many people from Tangxia wanted to come and pay their respects, Tang Tiandong ultimately only allowed about a hundred people to come.

As an elder, Tang Xing's wife, Miao, was not allowed to attend the funeral.

Although Tang Tiansong had already held an engagement banquet, according to etiquette, he was not married and had no children, so he could not be buried in the Tang Household cemetery.

Because his son, Tang Jincan, was not buried in the Tang Household cemetery, Tang Yuan's younger brother, Tang Xiao, firmly disagreed with Tang Tiansong being buried in the Tang Household cemetery.

Mother Miao said to Tang Tiandong, "This is also the will of Heaven: to find a new auspicious burial site for Tang Tiansong, and this place where Tang Tiansong will be buried will become the ancestral grave of the Tang Household for future generations..."

After a joint search by Tang Tianzi and the village's feng shui master, Tang Tiansong's tomb was found to be located at the foot of the main peak of the back mountain.

About two miles down from Tang Tiansong's tomb is Carefree Cave, the place where the Tang Household siblings meditated and cultivated themselves.

The funeral procession finally arrived at the Tang Household cemetery on the back mountain—the cemetery was built by Tang Tiandong using his spiritual powers to level a hillside, and then by mobilizing thousands of Tang Lineage members, taking three days to complete.

At Tang Tiandong's request, the starting point for Tang Tiansong's tomb was also dug, and Tang Tiandong's tomb was also excavated.

Tang Tiandong and three others used hemp ropes to lower the coffin into the tomb.

The crowd threw the willow branches they were holding into the grave and stood there, grief-stricken and stunned.

"Tiandong, it's almost time. It's time for the burial and sealing of the grave." Cui Xueyong handed Tang Tiandong a shovel.

Tang Tiandong took the shovel, glanced at the coffin, and sadly shoveled a handful of dirt.

Before Tang Tiandong could shovel the soil into the grave, a familiar yet sorrowful voice came from the cemetery entrance, "Wait, wait."

Everyone looked over and saw that it was Yu Wei, the eldest brother's fiancée.

It is considered unlucky for the surviving spouse to attend a funeral.

In particular, if the wife comes to bid farewell to her deceased husband, it means that she will never remarry in her life.

Despite the supposed disadvantages to herself, Yu Wei came to see her elder brother Tang Tiansong off, and it also signified that she would never remarry. Tang Tiandong had nothing to say about it.

However, upon seeing Yu Wei's attire, Tang Tiandong frowned. "This future sister-in-law is incredibly rude; she's actually wearing a festive red dress!"