Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 565 - 181: Settling Down and the Ultimate Battle

The arrival of the whole family brought a lively atmosphere to the originally quiet Chenxi Manor.

Originally, it was only the lively noise of the New Generation Ice Barbarian bear children, Xue Ning’s forced smiles, and Xiaozhao’s lonely and cold demeanor.

But now, Xue Ning had a son, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, and more sisters; Xiaozhao had a brother, sister-in-law, nephews, nieces, Third Lady, Fourth Lady, and Aunt Yao who taught her painting when she was young.

Though the Cloud Mountain Path was a land of ice and snow, Chenxi Manor felt as warm as if spring had arrived, and everyone couldn’t help but smile.

Jing Shuixiang, while being the third-ranking expert of the Divine Wood Hall, quickly adjusted her role here and often personally cooked for the whole family.

She had "maxed out her Life Skill Points," and her cooking was naturally excellent, even causing Xiaozhao, who usually only ate a small bowl of rice, to finish three bowls.

Cui Huayin, who had a cold and aloof personality, took a painting easel and brushes alone to paint some snowscape pictures to give to Chenxi Manor.

She originally painted alone, but Yaojue led Xiaozhao over.

Yaojue learned to paint from Cui Huayin.

Xiaozhao learned from Yaojue.

Yaojue, smiling, said, "I’m bringing a disciple to meet the Grandmaster Grandma."

The words "Grandmaster Grandma" made Cui Huayin want to raise her brush to teach the mischievous maid a lesson.

The atmosphere instantly softened.

During this time, Cui Huayin inquired about some news from Xiaozhao, who, informed by her father, told almost everything except matters related to "Yan Yu" and "fire," including the "Tang Sect" and the "Barbarian Race."

Hearing about the existence of such a mysterious and powerful race in the Western Pole Permafrost, and that her own man had unified the nine tribes there and became the first Barbarian King, left Cui Huayin astonished.

Not only Cui Huayin, but Yaojue felt the same.

On the way, although Li Yuan had mentioned the "Barbarian Race," he only touched on it briefly, saying something like "he had some connections over there, considered a backer," but it turned out to be "a significant connection."

The two women exchanged glances.

And when Jing Shuixiang learned about it, it became three women exchanging glances.

By then, a week had passed since the three women arrived here.

They slowly started to accept everything that had happened.

The first step was to restore the relationship between husband and wife with Li Yuan.

Originally, only Jing Shuixiang and Cui Huayin were thinking about it, and Yaojue was encouraging them, but now, curiosity prompted them to decide to act that night.

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Li Yuan wasn’t idle during these days either.

While his family settled down here peacefully, he was busy traveling between two places.

During the day, he used "Thousand-Mile in a Line" to travel to the Mianzhou Path to investigate the situation, both to see if there was any room for improvement and because he was uneasy about the impending events in Shanbao County.

At night, he used "Thousand-Mile in a Line" to return to Chenxi Manor, enjoying a delicious meal made by Fourth Lady, then comfortably bathing and changing clothes before lying in bed, listening to the wind and snow, contemplating the future.

During these days, Xue Ning was busy bonding with her daughters-in-law, so she wouldn’t accompany him.

And among the three wives he brought back, aside from Yaojue, it was clear they hadn’t adapted yet.

However, Yaojue felt embarrassed to come over alone to "have the meal to herself," which led to the fact that Li Yuan "became an empty nester prematurely."

Li Yuan had mentally prepared himself for the possibility that Jing Shuixiang and Cui Huayin might no longer share a bed with him, as these two women were indeed independent and aloof, unlike Yaojue.

They had their own paths and would never do something like "following a husband wherever he goes" or act softly dependent. The reasons they married him back then were varied. After more than a decade, to rekindle old dreams and share a bed again was difficult.

However, for appearances, both women maintained his dignity. Shuixiang cooked, Huayin painted, and their active integration into the family, along with addressing him intimately as husband in front of others, were forms of feedback.

That night, Li Yuan, after bathing and changing clothes, yawning, came to the door, ready to push it open and go in alone as usual, when he suddenly paused, sensing there were three presences quietly hiding behind the door.

These three hid well, their breathing, even heartbeat, and presence were concealed.

But ever since Li Yuan mastered the "Human World Transformation," he gained many "additional powers," and sensing "living things with Yang Qi" became a kind of "soft power."

Anything alive, as long as it couldn’t hide the fact that it was alive, Li Yuan could detect it.

However, his "slight pause" lasted only a moment, as he then pushed the door open the next second, pretending as if he wasn’t aware, entering as usual.

Swish, swish, swish!

Three figures immediately surrounded him.

Li Yuan looked and saw his three wives in robes standing there.

Among them, Yaojue stood behind him, blocking the door, patting his back, and said, "Master, the ladies and I, as well as Sister Shuixiang, have made a decision.

From now on, when you are around, we will draw lots among the four of us, and whoever draws the short straw will accompany you."

Li Yuan laughed, "Then wouldn’t you want to draw the short straw every day?"

Yaojue blushed, twisted her legs, and haughtily said, "I... would not!"

Li Yuan laughed, "For such a matter, you ladies went to the trouble of notifying me personally?"

Jing Shuixiang, with an unchanged expression, directly said, "These days, we’ve talked with Xiaozhao and Sister Xue and learned that your extraordinary abilities far exceed our imagination, so we wanted to listen.