Lady Yan playfully scolded, "None of us are Bodhisattvas, you are the Bodhisattva. It's the Bodhisattva subduing demons..."

Li Yuan said, "I'm not a Bodhisattva, and I'm not subduing demons either."

"Aren't mountain bandits committing all sorts of evils demons?"

"I didn't kill them because they commit all sorts of evils, but because they might threaten our safety..."

Immediately, Li Yuan recounted the incidents with Zhao Xiantong and General Gu Xiang.

Both women were utterly shocked, completely unable to understand what kind of methods their man had used to be so extraordinarily capable.

Seeing the awe in the expressions of the two women, Li Yuan suddenly embraced them both, leaning toward the tavern owner and asked, "Do you want to have a child with this terrifying person?"

The tavern owner's fear was immediately washed away, her face blushed red, and she said, "Do you still have it?"

Li Yuan replied, "Yes."

Then, he leaned towards Lady Yan and said, "Sister Yan, do you want a Bodhisattva to grant you a child?"

Lady Yan blushed and spat lightly, pointing at him with her finger, "You're so indecent."

Li Yuan asked, "Do you want it or not?"

Lady Yan bit her lip, bashfully bowed her head, and asked, "Will it affect you?"

Li Yuan thought about it; once he reached the Sixth Grade, it would be extremely difficult to have any more offspring, so he might as well take advantage of this rare moment of safety to handle the matter, ensuring that... even if he lived for hundreds of years, thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years, he would still have a family.

"No."

He shook his head.

Lady Yan, her face still flushed, wiggled her waist provocatively and said, "Alright then, come on, I'm just afraid you can't."

The tavern owner also leaned in and said, "Then... I want to too..."

...

After a busy night, the next day arrived.

As dawn broke, Li Yuan got out of bed, but Lady Yan and the tavern owner couldn't get up...

The two women wanted to move, but found their bodies no longer seemed to belong to them. They could only pull up the blanket to cover their faces, utterly embarrassed.

After leaving the room, Li Yuan had a quick word with Aunt Wang, asking her to take care of the two ladies inside.

Aunt Wang, being experienced, immediately understood. Not only did she understand, but she was also very happy.

Because this meant that perhaps by this time next year, there would be two new lives in the residence, perhaps a little lord, or a little lady, or maybe both. The arrival of new life always brings hope and expectation...

Meanwhile, Li Yuan sat in the dining hall having breakfast.

Just as he finished, almost as if on cue, Xiaolan came running over, saying, "Master, Sect Leader Tie requests your presence in the Blood Fury Hall to ask about your demon taming progress."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Got it."

After eating, he wiped his mouth, stood up, and headed straight for the Blood Fury Hall.

Upon entering the hall, a disciple led him to the back. There, aside from Tie Sha standing by the window, no one else was present.

Tie Sha, seeing Li Yuan, suddenly stood up.

Li Yuan bowed and respectfully said, "Disciple greets Sect Leader Tie. The disciple has been diligently practicing recently, striving to become a qualified Demon Master as soon as possible."

Tie Sha looked at him but said nothing.

Li Yuan continued, "Through relentless effort, the disciple can now tame an additional two Black Rock Demon Dogs."

Tie Sha's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he suddenly took a deep breath.

Li Yuan, noticing something off in Tie Sha's expression, curiously asked, "Sect Leader... what's wrong?"

Tie Sha said, "General Qing Xiang is dead, and everyone outside says it was the Ancestor who did it."

Li Yuan replied, "The Ancestor is mighty, with the Blood Saber Ancestor overseeing our sect, we are truly impregnable..."

Tie Sha swallowed and said softly, "When General Qing Xiang was killed, you... were not at home."

You?

Li Yuan: ???

"I... I went hunting."

Tie Sha cautiously said again, "When the Sun-Wei Alliance invaded the Inner City before, you... were in the city."

Li Yuan: ...

Tie Sha continued, "Back then, that Ren-surnamed disciple died very abruptly, and he... had a grudge with you..."

Li Yuan: ...

"But that doesn't necessarily mean they're all related to me."

Tie Sha quickly bowed and said, "I mean no harm, I just thought that perhaps while you're here, you might need someone to manage your affairs, so..."

Suddenly, he knelt to the ground in admiration, "If Senior doesn't mind, Sha is willing to acknowledge you as a foster father, and from now on, I'll fulfill my filial duties... should Senior need anything, I will undoubtedly comply."

He performed such a grand gesture, not because he was a hundred percent certain Li Yuan was the Blood Saber Ancestor, but because he was more than fifty percent sure.

And that... was enough for him to perform the grand gesture.

If it wasn't, at most, he'd just lose face.

Li Yuan quietly watched him, thought for a moment, and said, "Sect Leader Tie, rise."

Tie Sha's body trembled with a jolt. This sentence in his ears was no less than an admission of identity.

"Foster father." He had no more doubts.

Li Yuan said, "No need to call me foster father..."

He wasn't sure how to explain, but it was clear an explanation was impossible now.

He understood Tie Sha's line of thinking, Tie Sha thought he might be an ancient monster... as for how he became so young, an ancient monster has its means.

"Whatever happened in the past, should continue in the future, just be sure to let me know if anything major occurs." Li Yuan added another line.

Tie Sha respectfully nodded, then added, "Yes, Ancestor, from now on the Blood Saber Sect will be at the Ancestor's disposal."

Li Yuan thought for a moment and said, "There's indeed something I need you to pay attention to..."

He then recounted Zhao Xiantong and General Gu Xiang's retreat, "Keep an eye on Antelope Pass, dispatch secret investigators to gather information around it, and don't let them break through."

"Yes, Ancestor." Tie Sha, still in shock, responded directly, truly not expecting the Ancestor to have done so much in such a short time.

...

...

Over the next few days, Li Yuan chatted quite a bit with Tie Sha, discussing various matters.

It was then, during an inadvertent casual chat, that he finally asked his question: "In the Central Plains, some people can use wild beasts or even demon beasts to spy on others, does Sect Leader Tie know anything about this?"

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