Li Mu had some admiration for Liu Hanyan.
He admired her independence and self-improvement as a woman. She had traveled thousands of miles from Zhong Jun with a servant girl, and in such a short period of time, she had expanded the Yunyan Pavilion to its current scale.
Other than admiration, he also craved for her.
Of course, it wasn't her body, but her cooking skills.
Li Mu didn't deny that Liu Hanyan was a very outstanding woman in every aspect. Appearance, figure, cooking skills, wealth, personality … There were probably countless men who dreamed of marrying her.
However, to Li Mu, this kind of person was fine as a friend. As a wife, he liked the kind of gentle, considerate, cute, obedient girls who knew how to act coquettishly and take care of others. He didn't like overly strong girls.
As a man, he preferred to protect his woman, not be protected by a woman or be kept by a woman.
Even if Liu Hanyan had a pure Yin body and was a natural match for him, feelings were more important than one's constitution.
"No, I'm not your type?"
Even if Liu Hanyan had never thought of developing a relationship with Li Mu, hearing this answer from his mouth was still a blow. As a woman, she had a figure, looks, cooking skills, and money. What reason did he have to not like her?
She glanced at Li Mu and asked unhappily, "Then what kind of woman do you like?"
In order to reassure Liu Hanyan, Li Mu spoke the truth, "Cute, obedient, well-behaved, and knows how to take care of others. As for age, it's best if she's younger than me …"
Cute, obedient, well-behaved, and knows how to take care of others …
Liu Hanyan felt that she fit this description very well. It was just that she was older than him by three years, but so what if she was older by three years? As the saying goes, a woman three years older than him would have a gold bar. Moreover, if he had her, it wouldn't be just a gold bar, but a pile of gold bars. It would be enough for him to live a carefree life for the rest of his life …
Was he looking down on her age?
This caused her to be instantly enraged.
It wasn't that she liked Li Mu. It was just that she was a woman who had absolute confidence in her looks, figure, and other conditions. Yet, she was ignored and disdained by a man, which made it difficult for her to accept.
She opened her mouth and was about to refute when she suddenly thought of something. She looked at Wanwan, who was swinging under the tree in the yard.
"Cute, obedient, well-behaved, and knows how to take care of people. She's a little younger than you …" She suddenly looked at Li Mu and said warily, "Are you thinking about Wanwan?"
If Liu Hanyan hadn't mentioned it, Li Mu wouldn't have thought about it. After her reminder, Li Mu suddenly realized that if Wanwan was two years older, wouldn't she be his ideal type?
No wonder he liked Wanwan so much and always treated her well …
He put away these thoughts and shook his head at Liu Hanyan, saying, "If I'm unlucky, I only have a few months left to live. How would I have the time to think about these things?"
Li Mu successfully changed Liu Hanyan's mind. She asked, "Aren't you a cultivator? Don't tell me you can't treat your illness?"
"To be exact, what I'm suffering from is not an illness." Since Liu Hanyan had also stepped onto the path of cultivation, the things that were inconvenient to talk to her in detail before could be explained now.
Deciding to be honest with her, Li Mu continued, "I stepped onto the path of cultivation in order to survive. Humans have three spiritual and seven physical souls. Two months ago, my seven physical souls were taken away by a demon. Only by condensing four physical souls within half a year can I have a chance to survive …"
Liu Hanyan listened carefully and asked, "Then how many physical souls have you condensed now?"
Li Mu answered, "Two physical souls."
Liu Hanyan hurriedly said, "Then hurry up and condense the other two physical souls …"
"Condensing the physical souls is not that simple." Li Mu took the opportunity to teach Liu Hanyan about the path of cultivation. He slowly said, "Humans are born with the seven physical souls. The seven physical souls are born from the seven emotions of happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and desire. If you want to condense the seven physical souls again, you have to accumulate a large amount of the seven emotions. These seven emotions need to be generated by others. This is easier said than done …"
"Accumulating the seven emotions …" Liu Hanyan thought for a moment and said in realization, "I understand now. The reason why you told stories in the teahouse and stopped at the most interesting part every time was to collect the anger of the customers?"
Li Mu nodded.
Liu Hanyan continued to ask, "Then the reason why you deliberately barbecued meat in the courtyard last time was actually to make me angry and then take away my anger …"
"…"
Li Mu smiled awkwardly and explained, "I also wanted to survive. You should understand this, right?"
Liu Hanyan glared at him but did not pursue the matter. She thought of something else and asked, "You wanted to play Liang Shanbo because you wanted to absorb the sadness of the customers, right?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "Yes."
Liu Hanyan looked at him with a resentful gaze and said, "You even said that it was your dream. A man's mouth is a liar …"
Li Mu said embarrassedly, "I had no choice at the time …"
Liu Hanyan thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Happiness, anger, sorrow, and fear are easy to obtain. What about love and desire?"
This was also Li Mu's headache. He said helplessly, "Let's first condense the first four physical souls and live for half a year …"
Liu Hanyan nodded and said, "I will personally go to the theater and ask them to change the script as soon as possible."
Li Mu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you."
Liu Hanyan waved her hand. "What are you thanking me for? I haven't thanked you for teaching me cultivation yet."
Speaking of cultivation, Li Mu thought of something and his expression became serious. He said, "There is something you must be careful about."
Seeing his serious expression, Liu Hanyan also became serious. She asked, "What is it?"
Li Mu said, "The bodies of Pure Yin and Pure Yang are indeed suitable for cultivation, but our souls and bodies are also great nourishment for demonic ghosts and evil creatures. Not only are they easy to attract demonic ghosts and evil creatures, they will also attract the covetous eyes of Heretical Cultivation. In the future, you must never tell anyone about your birth date and horoscope, let alone let anyone know that you have a body of Pure Yin."
Liu Hanyan nodded and said solemnly, "I understand."
The bodies of Pure Yang, Pure Yin, and Five Elements could not be seen from the outside, unless someone knew their birth date and horoscope, or came into close contact with evil creatures that were more sensitive to these types of bodies.
That night in the Zhang Family Village, the zombie did not chase after Han Zhe and only chased after Li Mu because of this reason.
Liu Hanyan closed the introductory book and said, "Let me have a look at this book."
This book could help her understand more about cultivation. Li Mu nodded and said, "Take it. Take the other books in the study as well. Remember to return them to me when you're done."
Although this book was no longer of any use to Li Mu, it was still a gift from Li Qing. It would not be good to give it to someone else.
Liu Hanyan returned home and put the book under her pillow. She said to her servant girl, "Wanwan, go to the opera house and tell the masters to write the script for 'Transforming into Butterflies' in three days. Their wages for this month will be doubled …"
…
Ren Residence.
The Four Seas Bookstore was closed for three months as a punishment and had to pay a hundred taels of silver to the shopkeeper of the Yunyan Pavilion. The shopkeeper was also beaten 50 times. In the Ren Residence, the servants looked worried. In a room in the inner courtyard, Shopkeeper Ren's wails could be heard …
A young man walked into the room. When Shopkeeper Ren saw him, he immediately said, "Yuan 'er, you have to avenge Father!"
The young man's face darkened. He said, "Didn't I tell you to do business honestly and not engage in these crooked practices? Do you really think those cultivators in the yamen are useless?"
Shopkeeper Ren said regretfully, "I thought that woman was new here and did not have any background. Who would have thought that she had someone backing her …"
"Alright, let's forget about this matter. Stay at home and recuperate. Don't provoke the yamen again." The young man walked to the bed, stretched out his palm, and placed it on Shopkeeper Ren's back. A white light flashed on his palm. Shopkeeper Ren climbed up from the bed and said in surprise, "It doesn't hurt anymore …"
The young man said faintly, "I've only eliminated your pain. You still need to recuperate. Stay at home and don't think about money all the time. When I'm successful in my cultivation, I'll have as much money as I want."
Shopkeeper Ren lay back on the bed and said, "Cultivate well with your master. When your cultivation is successful and you earn a lot of money, buy all the bookstores in Yangqiu County …"
The young man walked out of the room and went to the deepest courtyard of the Ren Residence. He said to the two servants at the door, "I want to cultivate in peace. If it's not a big matter, don't disturb me …"
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