Chapter 104: Infiltrating the Shangguan Family (Part 1)

After Ivanova followed Zhou Lang to the apartment he shared, she discovered that Zhao Xiaorou was truly not home, and she felt secretly delighted.

"Brother Lang, have you and Zhao Xiaorou broken up?"

Ivanova asked curiously. She was a rather direct person who asked whatever was on her mind.

If that were the case, it would be her favorite scenario, as she could be alone with Zhou Lang. Although she knew of Zhou Lang's status as a Cultivator and didn't mind too much that he had several women, she would be much happier if she could be with Zhou Lang all by herself. Love is selfish, and almost everyone hopes for exclusive possession rather than sharing with others.

"She and her family ran into some trouble, so she returned to the provincial capital," Zhou Lang said. "I just got back from the provincial capital myself. I was afraid you might have some misunderstandings about me, so I came to find you as soon as I returned."

"Her family is from the provincial capital?" Seeing that Zhou Lang cared so much about her feelings, Ivanova felt warm inside, and at the same time, she became curious.

"She is the daughter of Governor Zhao Cang." Zhou Lang recounted the situation regarding Zhao Xiaorou and his conflict with the Shangguan Family.

"No wonder you haven't been paying attention to me lately, Brother Lang; it turns out you were under such immense pressure," Ivanova said understandingly. "It's fortunate that Zhao Xiaorou found you, Brother Lang. If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid she wouldn't have been able to stick to her own wishes and would have, nine times out of ten, been forced to marry into the Shangguan Family."

"You got off work very late last night. Go get some rest first," Zhou Lang said, feeling a secret sense of relief that Ivanova was quite reasonable.

"Alright, Brother Lang, keep me company."

Ivanova said with a shy blush. Since she was already Zhou Lang's girlfriend and considered herself his woman, she naturally hoped to complete the union of body and soul with Zhou Lang as soon as possible.

The two went to the bedroom, and naturally, some intimacy followed.

However, at the critical moment, Zhou Lang did not continue. He explained to Ivanova that he had to reach the Golden Core Stage before he could engage in that kind of relationship with a woman who did not understand the Dual Cultivation Technique.

"Brother Lang, is Zhao Xiaorou learning the Dual Cultivation Technique?" Ivanova asked, her face flushed. The intimacy she and Zhou Lang had just shared on the bed made her even more shy.

"Yes," Zhou Lang nodded.

"Then I want to learn it too, and I want to learn it before Zhao Xiaorou," Ivanova immediately declared.

Xiao Xi had said that Zhao Xiaorou possessed a Pure Yin Body. If she learned the Dual Cultivation Technique and engaged in Dual Cultivation with Zhou Lang, both parties would receive great benefits and their cultivation would advance significantly. Although Ivanova did not have a Pure Yin Body, Dual Cultivation between the two would still be beneficial to some extent.

Zhou Lang had long wanted to bed such a beautiful mixed-race woman, but he didn't know how long it would take until he became a Golden Core Stage Cultivator. Therefore, he was naturally happy to teach Ivanova the Dual Cultivation Technique.

While Ivanova followed Zhou Lang in Feiyun City to learn the Dual Cultivation Technique, the current head of the Shangguan Family, Shangguan Long, was also cultivating in a secret room. This guy had rarely been seen out and about in recent years, as he was entirely focused on cultivation. After his son, Young Master Shangguan Yu, was taught a lesson by Zhou Lang, he had been cultivating even more diligently. Once his cultivation had a Breakthrough, he would definitely go to find trouble with Zhou Lang. If the Shangguan Family's Old Ancestor, who traveled the world, returned, he would certainly add fuel to the fire in front of the Old Ancestor and demand that the Old Ancestor wipe out the School to which Zhou Lang belonged.

Of course, this so-called School was non-existent; it was something Governor Zhao Cang had deliberately fabricated to scare Shangguan Long.

Early in the morning, there was fog. The Shangguan Family was nestled amidst the thick mountain mist, appearing like a fairyland on earth.

At the foot of the mountain, a man and a woman drove a truck and stopped at the mountain gate.

The entire mountain was private property of the Shangguan Family, and ordinary people were forbidden from entering. Therefore, an entrance was set up at the foot of the mountain; only those who passed inspection and wore a special jade pendant could enter.

Because this mountain was actually a great formation; anyone who did not wear the jade pendant and could not break the formation would be killed by it.

The experts guarding the mountain gate all wore a jade pendant close to their bodies. It was said that this jade pendant had been left behind by the Old Ancestor of the Shangguan Family. As long as someone wore this item, the formation would not attack them.

These two were delivering vegetables to the Shangguan Family. The Shangguan Family supported many experts, but these people did not engage in production, so their food naturally had to be brought in from the outside.

"Cai Jiu, why didn't you come alone today?" The experts at the mountain gate checked the people and food on the truck and asked the honest-looking man in his thirties, as there was a young woman beside him.

This honest-looking man was naturally Cai Jiu. He had been delivering vegetables to the Shangguan Family for five years, so he was naturally very familiar with these experts guarding the gate.

"This is my younger sister, Cai Ji. She envies that I can enter the Shangguan Family every day and insisted on coming along to take a look. I ask you all to please make an exception and let her go in with me. Besides, there are quite a lot of vegetables today, so it's better to have someone helping me carry them."

Cai Jiu looked at the young woman sitting in the passenger seat and said. The young woman was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans with her hair in a ponytail, but her skin was fair, her features delicate, and she looked fresh and lively—a true beauty.

"Cai Jiu, you look like that, but I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful sister. I know what you're thinking; you just want the Young Lord or the Family Head to take a fancy to your sister, and then you'd be riding their coattails to success."

An expert laughed. This man was burly and seemed to be the leader; his cultivation did not look shallow, likely that of an Advanced Martial Artist.

Cai Jiu smiled embarrassedly, tacitly acknowledging the matter.

"Fine, I'll do you a favor today and let your sister, Cai Ji, go in. But if your sister really has that kind of fortune, you mustn't forget the favor we've done for you." The leading expert said.

"That's for sure. Thank you very much, brothers," Cai Jiu said, bowing repeatedly.

"Thank you," Cai Ji also said. She was beautiful, and her voice was as melodious as an oriole coming out of a valley.

Subsequently, the experts guarding the mountain gate gave Cai Jiu and Cai Ji a jade pendant each and let them in.

What the experts guarding the mountain gate did not see was that while Cai Jiu, who was driving the delivery truck, was speaking with them, his back was soaked with sweat. It was still early morning, and although it was midsummer, the temperature was not high yet, so it was a bit strange for Cai Jiu to be sweating so much.

"Cai Jiu, what are you nervous about? In a while, I will give you a sum of money and the antidote, and let you fly far away," Cai Ji in the passenger seat said. Her voice was cold, completely different from the sweet, delicate tone she had used when speaking to the experts guarding the gate earlier.

Judging from the tone she used when speaking to Cai Jiu, she was not Cai Jiu's sister. Her entry into the Shangguan Family at this moment must have an ulterior motive.

"Milady, I will listen to everything you say. I just hope you can act with caution," Cai Jiu said tremblingly.

"I am just entering the Shangguan Family to have some fun. You don't need to be so nervous; just act natural. You are just a vegetable delivery man; no one will notice you," Cai Ji said.

Of course, her name was not Cai Ji, but Haneda Michiko. She was a subordinate of the Iga Clan ninja organization's Sect Master, "Yamamoto Yuki." Yamamoto Yuki had sent her to infiltrate the Shangguan Family to investigate exactly what level of cultivation Shangguan Long possessed, as well as what other powerful Old Ancestors the Shangguan Family had!