SPMT : Chapter 44 Five Hundred Years Limit Fiery Grass

Evening.

“Young Master Mu, you were looking for me?” Xiao Jingting asked.

Mu Shuyu nodded and said, “Yes, thank you for helping your second brother, and also thank you for taking me in.”

Xiao Jingting smiled and said, “Helping Second Brother is what I should do, you don’t need to thank me. Young Master Mu has helped me a lot during this time, so if anyone should be thanking anyone, it should be me thanking you.”

Mu Shuyu looked at Xiao Jingting and said slowly, “After your second brother was poisoned, his strength regressed. If it were just strength regression, that wouldn’t matter much – your second brother is still young, and with time, he could eventually cultivate back to his previous level. But the poison your second brother was affected by damaged his internal organs and meridians, cutting off the possibility of him advancing further…”

Xiao Jingting was stunned and said, “How could this happen?”

“Let me finish. I originally thought he would only reach the fourth layer of Qi Refinement at most in this lifetime, and I never dared tell him. But recently I discovered something – your brother’s internal organs and meridians are gradually being repaired. After observing, it should be the spirit wine you brew that’s taking effect,” Mu Shuyu said.

Xiao Jingting: “…”

Mu Shuyu looked at Xiao Jingting and said, “If possible, I hope you can save more spirit wine for your second brother.”

Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “I understand.”

Xu Mu’an had just put the two sons to sleep. Seeing Xiao Jingting enter the room, he lowered his voice and asked, “What did Shuyu want with you?”

“He’s looking out for Second Brother’s welfare. He said the spirit wine I brew is beneficial for Second Brother and asked me to save more for him,” Xiao Jingting said.

Xu Mu’an was stunned and said, “Mu Shuyu is really good to your second brother!”

Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “Yes! Second Brother really has great charm.” Even after Mu Shuyu learned that Second Brother’s injuries would affect his future cultivation progress, he still stayed by Xiao Jinfeng’s side. This showed that Mu Shuyu truly cared for Xiao Jinfeng!

Xu Mu’an nodded, “Of course. So about this batch of spirit wine…”

“We won’t sell it,” Xiao Jingting said. The benefits of the spirit spring were too great, and when he brewed wine, he had added even more spirit spring water. It wouldn’t be good if someone with ulterior motives noticed something.

“Boss Bengjie even told me that if there’s spirit wine, he definitely wants me to save him two jars. But we don’t lack the money from selling wine now, and the spiritual energy contained in this wine is really abundant,” Xu Mu’an said.

Xu Mu’an had become much more open-minded now. After not worrying about food and clothing, Xu Mu’an thought more about how to improve his strength, placing greater value on things that could enhance his power.

Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “Yes!”

Xu Mu’an carried wine and food toward the fields.

“Little Xu! Coming to deliver food?”

Xu Mu’an nodded and said, “Yes!”

“Little Xu! Those two relatives who came to your house are really capable! One has extraordinary strength, and the other is a third-level Spirit Plant Master.”

Xu Mu’an smiled faintly and said, “Yes!” Mu Shuyu now spent all day helping with farming, and Xiao Jinfeng helped deal with patrolling the fields. All things considered, he was the most idle one. Xu Mu’an was used to being busy, so being idle made him somewhat uneasy.

Xiao Jingting saw Xu Mu’an and happily waved at him.

Xiao Jingting’s actions caused the several villagers in the fields to tease them good-naturedly. Under everyone’s kind smiles, Xu Mu’an walked toward Xiao Jingting and handed him the basket.

Xiao Jingting distributed the food and sat with Xu Mu’an on an earth mound to share lunch.

Xiao Jingting looked at Xu Mu’an’s focused gaze and asked, “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you eating and just staring at me like that? Did you discover your husband is very charming?”

Xu Mu’an propped his chin up and said, “You’re really popular. When you work, many people stare at you.”

“Really?” Having his teasing turned back on him, Xiao Jingting felt a bit shy.

“Yes!” Xu Mu’an nodded seriously. Recently, Xiao Jingting had become increasingly popular in the village. “By the way, your strength seems to have improved again.”

Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “As long as I exhaust my spiritual energy completely, when the spiritual power in my body becomes full again, my strength will make a leap.”

“That must be very painful,” Xu Mu’an asked.

Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “It is somewhat painful, but the feeling of strength improvement is very good.”

Xu Mu’an smiled and didn’t respond.

“Mother-father, you’re back early?” Xiao Xiaodong saw Xu Mu’an return early and was somewhat curious.

Xu Mu’an said somewhat absentmindedly, “Yes!”

Xu Mu’an said to Xiao Xiaodong, “You and your brother play outside, Mother-father is going to sleep in the room for a while.”

Xiao Xiaodong nodded and said, “Okay, Mother-father, are you very tired? Then rest well.”

Xu Mu’an returned to the room and took out a jade box. A fiery red Flame Grass came into Xu Mu’an’s view – in the jade box was a spirit herb that was completely fire-red.

Ordinary Flame Grass blooms for ten years and withers for ten years. This one had mutated and was 500 years old, containing incredibly abundant spiritual power.

Xu Mu’an’s cultivation had improved so quickly largely thanks to the Flame Grass. With Xu Mu’an’s current cultivation level, ordinary Flame Grass no longer provided much benefit. To improve further, he could only use strong medicine.

Xu Mu’an closed his eyes. Recently, he had vaguely touched the bottleneck of the fourth level, but touching it didn’t mean he could cross it. Many people got stuck at the peak of the third layer of Qi Refinement for several years. In this world, strength was supreme. Every level of strength improvement brought huge changes in status. Xu Mu’an was eager to catch up with Xiao Jingting’s pace and really couldn’t wait any longer.

At sunset, Xiao Jingting was walking toward home when he saw a small figure stumbling and running frantically toward him.

“Run slower, what’s this about?” Xiao Jingting reminded Xiao Xiaodong.

Xiao Xiaodong rushed to Xiao Jingting out of breath, his face pale, saying, “Daddy, something’s wrong, something’s wrong, something happened to Mother-father.”

Xiao Jingting picked up Xiao Xiaodong and asked, “What happened?”

“I don’t know, Mother-father is screaming miserably, and he locked the door so we can’t get in,” Xiao Xiaodong was frantic.

Xiao Jingting didn’t have time to ask more questions and rushed home with Xiao Xiaodong.

Xiao Xiaofan was pacing by the door, looking helpless, while Xu Mu’an’s painful screams came from inside.

Xiao Jingting kicked the door, and it immediately burst open.

Inside, Xu Mu’an’s face was flushed red, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.

“Are you okay, are you okay?” Xiao Jingting looked at Xu Mu’an’s uncomfortable state and became somewhat flustered.

When Xu Mu’an saw Xiao Jingting, his face immediately turned red as if it were about to explode.

Xu Mu’an turned his face away and buried it in the bedding in complete embarrassment.

Xiao Jingting said anxiously, “Mu’an, don’t stay silent! How are you feeling? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Tell me!” Xiao Jingting grabbed Xu Mu’an’s arm, which felt scalding hot. “Mu’an, you’re so hot! Do you have a fever? How did you get so feverish?”

Mu Shuyu stepped forward, checked his pulse, and his expression immediately changed.

“Young Master Mu, what’s wrong with Mu’an?” Xiao Jingting asked Mu Shuyu with full concern.

Mu Shuyu swallowed and said awkwardly, “Mu’an seems to have mistakenly taken a potent aphrodisiac. You just need to sleep with him and he’ll be fine.”

“Ah?” Xiao Jingting made a stunned sound.

Xu Mu’an curled up his body, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.

“Alright, alright, we’re going out,” Xiao Jinfeng, who had come to his senses, carried the two children out.

“I want to watch over Mother-father,” Xiao Xiaofan said loudly, not understanding what was happening.

“Mother-father doesn’t need you to watch,” Xiao Xiaodong said.

Xiao Jinfeng and Mu Shuyu quickly retreated.

Inside the room, Xiao Jingting was somewhat at a loss. He had wanted to gradually take advantage, but now he was being forced into it.

Xu Mu’an was both shy and embarrassed, wishing he could knock himself unconscious.

Xiao Jingting reached out to embrace Xu Mu’an. Under the effect of the medicine, Xu Mu’an uncontrollably climbed onto Xiao Jingting, letting out a satisfied sigh. His body completely betrayed his reason – on one hand, Xu Mu’an craved Xiao Jingting’s embrace, while on the other hand, he was embarrassed beyond words.

Being embraced, Xiao Jingting became excited and quickly removed his clothes to hold Xu Mu’an.

Xu Mu’an’s skin was very smooth, feeling like fine silk to the touch. Xu Mu’an’s waistline was perfect – when Xiao Jingting’s hand rested on Xu Mu’an’s waist, it felt like touching fine warm jade.

Xu Mu’an wrapped his arms around Xiao Jingting’s neck and began nibbling frantically at Xiao Jingting’s neck.

Xiao Jingting’s whole body became heated from Xu Mu’an’s nibbling, feeling as if he himself had taken the aphrodisiac.

Outside the door, Xiao Xiaofan heard the “thump thump thump” sounds from inside and scratched his ears anxiously. “Brother, I’m going to check on Mother-father.”

Xiao Xiaodong’s face flushed red as he said, “You’re not allowed to go.”

“But…”

“You’re not allowed to go,” Xiao Xiaodong said decisively.

Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Xiaodong with grievance and said, “Brother, aren’t you worried about Mother-father at all?”

Xiao Xiaodong pressed his lips together. Worried? Of course he was worried, but looking at this kind of thing would make your eyes grow styes.

Dad had been too explosive just now, kicking the door so hard it broke, and now they couldn’t even close it properly.

Xiao Xiaofan puffed his cheeks and said, “I know now, you don’t worry about Mother-father at all.”

Xiao Xiaodong glanced at Xiao Xiaofan with disdain, thinking to himself: Brother is really an idiot.

“Screaming” sounds came from inside the room. Xiao Xiaofan couldn’t help but jump down from his chair and was about to run inside when Xiao Xiaodong tackled him to the ground.

Xiao Xiaofan started crying loudly, and Xiao Xiaodong fiercely shouted, “Shut up!”

The commotion inside grew louder and louder. Xiao Jinfeng rubbed his nose and said sheepishly, “Shuyu, take them out to catch some fish for dinner.”

Hearing Xiao Jinfeng’s words, Mu Shuyu immediately said with relief, “Alright.” Mu Shuyu had been restless listening to the sounds inside, so hearing Xiao Jinfeng’s suggestion, he immediately felt relieved.

Mu Shuyu took the two children away. Xiao Xiaofan seemed reluctant to leave Xu Mu’an, but was forcibly dragged away by Xiao Xiaodong.

“Mother-father keeps crying out in pain,” Xiao Xiaofan said unhappily.

“You heard wrong,” Xiao Xiaodong said coldly.

Xiao Xiaofan said disagreeably, “I didn’t hear wrong! Mother-father is really crying out in pain!”

Xiao Xiaodong said displeasedly, “I said you heard wrong, so you heard wrong.”

……

Xiao Jingting and Xu Mu’an battled through the entire night before falling into a deep sleep, not waking until the sun was high in the sky.

R : I like the “Mother-father” so much