Chapter 731 - 109: Tribute from All Domains

In Li Ji’an’s Dao Field, enchanting music played for seven days without respite.

During the two years Ning Sujin was forming her core, he remained outside, not leaving her side for a moment.

Now that she had achieved Golden Core Great Success, a little absence naturally made the reunion feel like a new marriage.

Upon attaining the Golden Core, after a baptism of magical power infusion and spiritual pressure, Ning Sujin’s body appeared more refined and could better endure Li Ji’an’s Tier Three physique.

"Husband, spare me, I admit defeat, it’s really enough..." Until the seventh day, the perspiring Ning Sujin finally leaned back with a sudden jolt and exclaimed.

"Hahaha, so Fairy Yongning yields so soon? I still prefer your defiant demeanor from seven days ago," Li Ji’an laughed heartily.

"I was wrong, I thought that forming the Golden Core I could belittle my husband, I apologize sincerely," Ning Sujin pleaded repeatedly.

After some playful teasing, Li Ji’an stopped his antics, embraced her, and quietly enjoyed the tender moments.

...

"Husband, I only just realized today, after all these years, you’ve truly been wronged," Ning Sujin said with a hint of heartache, raising her head from Li Ji’an’s chest after their emotions calmed.

Li Ji’an smiled and tapped her delicate nose: "What nonsense are you saying?"

"Ah, before core formation, I thought that when my husband and I shared intimacy, you couldn’t fully indulge, likely exerting only seventy to eighty percent of your strength. Now, after forming the core, I see that my husband’s physique remains unfulfilled by my early stage Golden Core level.

It would probably take at least a Mid-stage Golden Core fairy to satisfy my husband’s fullest," Ning Sujin said with some guilt.

"Hahaha." Hearing this, Li Ji’an burst into laughter.

He was truly amused by the ideas Ning Sujin had brought from the Immortal Dynasty where she was once confined.

The Cultivation Realm doesn’t care about such things.

"Husband, I observed that Alliance Leader Tong has quite the affection for you. She is also a peak Mid-stage Golden Core female cultivator, moreover, her Taiyin Body offers numerous benefits for cultivation..." Ning Sujin, noticing Li Ji’an in good spirits, hastily advised further.

"..." Li Ji’an, hearing this, couldn’t help but chuckle again.

Tong Yaoyao, the only colleague from his first life in this Cultivation Realm who was still alive, held tremendous significance for him.

Currently, in the Great Marsh Cultivation Realm, only Tong Yaoyao still remembered his first life here.

If Tong Yaoyao were to fall, every trace and memory of his first life would truly vanish.

With such an emotional bond, he naturally felt a closer affection towards Tong Yaoyao.

However, during his first life when he first met Tong Yaoyao, she was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, still with innocence, trying to stand up for Zhao Shuyao.

Having witnessed her growth over two lives, Li Ji’an regarded her as a younger generation in his heart.

Though the Cultivation Realm didn’t fuss over such ethical issues, and he had already rejuvenated thrice, he couldn’t bring himself to accept it.

Hence, in the face of Tong Yaoyao’s numerous hints, especially during Ning Sujin’s two years of core formation, Li Ji’an turned a blind eye.

Like Xiaoqiao and Guo Wanzhi, although peers in this life, they were juniors in the previous life.

For all those juniors, he wouldn’t cross his psychological boundaries.

As for the Taiyin Jade Liquid mentioned when Tong Yaoyao was teaching the Dragon and Phoenix Double Cauldron Technique, Li Ji’an never thought of drawing it from her, only remembering it for endless future epochs should he encounter another Taiyin Body.

In the days that followed, Ning Sujin calmly stabilized her Golden Core realm, while Li Ji’an continued his cultivation in an orderly manner.

With the dual sponsorship of the Nine Tripods Commerce Association and the Five Blessings Commerce Association, an endless supply of mid-stage Tier Three spiritual materials arrived, and even high-grade Tier Three materials were abundant. Master Chunyuan, seeing this situation, worked even harder to provide him with cultivation resources, hoping he could soon return to the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm.

In his cultivation downtime, Li Ji’an forged rapidly ahead with puppetry and talismans.

Two years slipped by in an instant.

This day marked the upcoming Core Formation Ceremony for Ning Sujin.

During these two years, as Tong Yaoyao firmly sat as the alliance leader, with no powerful adversaries within the Business Alliance to hinder, the alliance united as one, rapidly expanding across surrounding cultivation domains.

Both the scale and influence of trade increased by leaps and bounds.

Therefore, this Golden Core celebration of the Business Alliance leader Nine Tripods Commerce Association attracted countless attendees.

Half a year ago, Feihong Immortal City was already teeming with people, and all the inns and restaurants in the city were fully occupied.

In addition, with Tong Yaoyao now reorganizing the Business Alliance and the entire Ten Thousand Merchants Domain, establishing a Business Alliance Law Enforcement Team to clear tribulation cultivators within the domain, ensuring unobstructed passage throughout the Ten Thousand Merchants Domain, numerous itinerant merchants and junior cultivators from various regions gathered, turning Feihong Immortal City into the trading holy land of the entire Eastern Cultivation Domain.

"Father, there is actually so much Eternal Grass here, and the price is so low. Then what’s the point of us risking our lives earlier?"

"This... alas! Father admits that he had been a bit short-sighted before."

In the common tavern hall within the Immortal City, Li Ji’an and Ning Sujin, in disguise, sat casually, allowing their divine sense to capture the conversations of passing cultivators.

They happened to overhear a conversation between a father and son.

They came from the Holy Fire Domain in the southeastern part of the Celestial Cyan Domain.

It was one of the top five forces in the Holy Fire Domain.

Influenced by the Flame Mountain Forbidden Land, the Holy Fire Domain has sparse vegetation, resulting in a scarcity of spiritual grass resources within the domain.

For the sake of acquiring Second Tier Eternal Grass, there were frequent conflicts between the several leading forces within the domain.

However, invited by the Business Alliance, they traveled here via a cross-domain spiritual ship, finally broadening their horizons.

This will undoubtedly change the future cultivation environment and pattern within the Holy Fire Domain.

Li Ji’an had heard quite a few similar conversations lately.

By observing these small details, his understanding of Tong Yaoyao advanced further, and he grasped Tong Yaoyao’s ambitions.