The Grass Near One's Own Nest

Rong Tianding visited every household, which brought together people from Zhang Household Village.

Many of the elderly people from Zhang Household Village originally intended to go to Yanglingyi to have their fortunes told and find rich men in order to make more money; they never thought of moving their entire families there.

However, Rong Tianding's words made perfect sense. As long as they moved to Yanglingyi, the Zhang Household Village people who were stranded outside the city would have a high probability of obtaining new identities, thus avoiding being divided into two groups of people, one inside the city and one outside.

Moving from Yanglingyi to Chang'an City is very difficult, but moving from Chang'an City to Yanglingyi is very easy.

Moreover, having connections in the court makes things easier. As long as Zhang Xuezhou remains nominally in the court, Rong Tianding and others are considered to have good administrative skills, and matters involving household registration transfer, naturalization, selling houses, and buying land will be given extremely high priority.

"They haven't gone back yet?"

"What should we do?"

"Could it be that I was blown up in real life, which prevented me from traveling through time?"

"Or perhaps it's because I lack Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon that my time-traveling mechanism can't function?"

Rong Tianding was out contacting people from Zhang Household Village, while Zhang Xuezhou, after seeing Zheng Wukong off, secluded himself in his study, constantly seeking inspiration.

Time is constantly increasing; his previous travel cycle was twelve days, but now it is approaching thirteen days.

If he were to live a peaceful and uneventful life in reality, Zhang Xuezhou felt he would be quite patient, after all, he had experienced the changes in time travel cycles before.

Initially, he was living a life of reversed day and night, shuttling back and forth between the two worlds. Then, as time gradually lengthened and changed several times, a shuttle mechanism of twelve days was formed.

If the travel time becomes longer, Zhang Xuezhou feels he can accept it, and his Grain Avoidance Instruction does not shy away from longer travel cycles.

The real problem is that Zhang Xuezhou and his group are fighting against the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon. The fragments of the apocalypse have triggered fierce flames and explosions, and the outcome is unpredictable, including for Ren Anran and others.

If the time in both worlds is completely synchronized, Zhang Xuezhou has been away from Sinkhole No. 2 for more than twenty days.

Just thinking about that area—hot, dry, and filled with toxic gases—made Zhang Xuezhou realize that even if someone survived the competition, it would be incredibly difficult.

What's even more troublesome is that without Zhang Xuezhou controlling the scepter, the group who physically entered the Sinkhole No. 2 cannot return to North Rehe through the twisting and traversing, and can only remain trapped inside.

Zhang Xuezhou had previously harbored some delusions, and when he could no longer determine the time of his journey or whether he could return to reality, he inevitably became anxious.

"Brother Dongfang?"

Only when the familiar voice came did Zhang Xuezhou's anxiety lessen somewhat.

He pulled down the bolt to prevent others from entering at will, and welcomed Yi Shuo, who was on leave.

"You've really reached the Divine Ability Realm?"

With the Empress Dowager's thorough investigation of the Purple Gold Gourd incident, Yi Shuo was able to successfully avenge herself. The obsession and resentment of revenge in her heart were gone. Not only did her appearance change, but she also began to become dignified and composed. Yi Shuo's cultivation also made real progress.

To Zhang Xuezhou's surprise, Yi Shuo's cultivation had broken through to the Divine Ability Realm.

Judging from the unstable Law Power aura emanating from Yi Shuo, her breakthrough should have occurred within the last week or half a month, and the breakthrough should be considered a close call without any major incidents.

"Many thanks to Brother Dongfang for guiding me. With the Empress Dowager's guidance, I was fortunate enough to successfully pass the test!"

Yi Shuo bowed deeply upon entering and expressed her gratitude. When she looked up, she realized that Zhang Xuezhou's appearance had indeed changed drastically, just as Zheng Wukong had said. For a moment, she almost mistook "Brother Dongfang" for "Little Brother Dongfang."

"No need for thanks. You are inherently talented; you just lack the resources and opportunities for cultivation. I'm merely providing guidance; whether you succeed depends entirely on yourself!"

Zhang Xuezhou's temperament and speech remain very composed, but when combined with his youthful face and voice, it's a different story.

Yi Shuo raised her head and looked at Zhang Xuezhou's somewhat strange and uncoordinated body. For the first time, she felt that Zhang Xuezhou was 'naive', which was very different from the steady Zhang Xuezhou she had seen in the past.

"I thought I'd have to wait until tomorrow to invite you over," Zhang Xuezhou said, "I didn't expect you to arrive so early!"

"Teacher has been seriously ill recently, and I was worried about his health, so I didn't dare to delay and left the palace as soon as my rest time arrived. I didn't expect that Brother Dongfang would also fall ill," Yi Shuo said.

"Old Zheng's health isn't good enough to cooperate with me, and the medicine I gave him to cure his illness is difficult to retrieve due to a lack of Law Power. Everything depends on you," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"Did the teacher say you need to marry a woman with a pure Yin constitution?" Yi Shuo asked.

"To Zhang Xuezhou," Old Zheng said, "I've passed on the method of judgment to you, so I can only hope you can find me a spouse!"

"Isn't there any other way to eliminate the drawbacks?" Yi Shuo asked.

"Yes, there are, but the cost is too high and it's difficult to repeat. I probably won't have the chance to use it in my lifetime," Zhang Xuezhou said, shaking his head.

"I listened to the teacher's description of your condition. If we follow this method to unblock the Yang poison, Brother Dongfang might be able to take a lot of wives and concubines," Yi Shuo said.

"Let them marry if they should, and let them raise the children if they should," Zhang Xuezhou said, shaking his head before suddenly coming to his senses. "Yi Shuo, do you have a better plan?"

"My plan is no different from the teacher's," Yi Shuo said. "It's simply a matter of exchanging quality for quantity!"

"How can we improve this quality?" Zhang Xuezhou asked doubtfully.

"If the method to neutralize the poison works, the higher the cultivation level, the better; the lower the cultivation level, the less effective it will be," Yi Shuo said. "As for women who have never cultivated, they are unlikely to be of much help!"

"This... this is a huge problem!"

Zhang Xuezhou gasped, realizing that resolving the Law Power seal was not as simple as he had imagined.

As long as the basic condition of having a pure Yin constitution is met, Zhang Xuezhou will not care about the woman's appearance, temperament, wealth, or other conditions. Zhang Xuezhou's mentality tends to be to marry wives and concubines at a low cost, solving big problems with a small price to pay.

But after Yi Shuo explained the situation to him, Zhang Xuezhou realized that he might very well fall into this trap of taking wives and concubines.

Aqiao, who was able to cure his illness, was a servant of the Princess of King of Huainan's Household, and Aqiao's cultivation level was not low.

If not compared to outstanding women from the upper class, A-Qiao's conditions are already very good.

The probability of acquiring a woman who has achieved spiritual cultivation through matchmaking or buying and selling is not high. If the condition of a pure Yin constitution is added to the equation, Zhang Xuezhou can already imagine how difficult the situation will be.

This isn't a matter of identifying female bodies; the problem is that it's very difficult to find individuals who can accurately identify them.

Zhang Xuezhou had previously thought that Yi Shuo could wander the streets looking for women, or enter brothels to observe the women being led around by madams like a revolving lantern. In fact, things were completely different from what he had imagined.

He belatedly realized that Zheng Wukong and his group's technique for identifying women's bodies served a certain social class, and he felt that if he had thought more carefully, he could have foreseen today's situation.

Of course, if the situation were to repeat itself, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his choice would still remain unchanged.

Once his Law Power and Demon Power are unsealed, and he restores his Technique Method, and even transforms some of his Technique Method into supernatural Divine Ability a second time, Zhang Xuezhou feels that he will definitely have a place in the Three Realms and will not fear the attacks and retaliations from the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

Even if he were to face a cultivator of Emperor-level strength head-on, Zhang Xuezhou felt it was normal that he couldn't win, but if he wanted to leave, there wouldn't be much of a problem.

"I'm counting on you for all of this," Zhang Xuezhou said, patting his chest. "Just help me find a wife who meets my criteria, and I'll spend all my money to marry her!"

"Well... if I meet your requirements, would you give up everything you have to marry me?"

Yi Shuo nodded in agreement to Zhang Xuezhou's request, and then quietly asked Zhang Xuezhou a question.

"How can you make assumptions about something like that!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head repeatedly.

When Yi Shuo began explaining the art of identifying a woman's body and used her own body as an example, Zhang Xuezhou immediately understood why Zheng Wukong had told him to go directly to Yi Shuo.