Chapter 153: A Glimpse of Spring

An immortal artifact! The most terrifying existence among all magical treasures, and one existing only in legends!

Chen Yuyi could not help being moved. He could already feel the majestic aura emanating from that fragment. The Flood Dragon King had told him that magical treasures were divided into Dharma implements, spiritual implements, precious implements, Daoist implements, and immortal artifacts.

Having just stepped into the Divine Ability Realm, the items he could forge would at best be ordinary Dharma implements with only simple functions, useful merely for self-defense and maintaining health, which could not yet be considered true magical treasures.

The subsequent categories of magical treasures were successively more powerful, but forging them was completely beyond his current capability.

Take a treasure like the Great Luo Astrolabe for instance; it was already heaven-defying enough in this world, yet it was merely a spiritual implement, and a legacy left behind by predecessors at that. Trying to forge one himself was almost impossible.

Of course, although he could not forge such a treasure from scratch, he could evolve it. Through future evolution, its grade could rise step by step. However, that was no overnight task, and perhaps he would never have such an opportunity. Even if he did, in the words of the Flood Dragon King, achieving it in this world without a few hundred years was utterly impossible!

Therefore, better magical treasures could only be acquired through serendipity.

Never had he expected to encounter a fragment of a legendary immortal artifact today. The Flood Dragon King had said that even in the cultivation world, an immortal artifact had never been witnessed by anyone, existing only in myth and history.

To actually behold such an object in this world—how could Chen Yuyi not be shocked? Although it was just a tiny fragment, it meant that such an item had once appeared in this world, which in turn meant that the complete immortal artifact might still be found.

Having reached his level, the only things he pursued were such worldly-transcending divine objects.

"Mr. Chen!" Seeing Chen Yuyi standing there in a daze, Wang Boyuan softly called out.

Chen Yuyi snapped back to his senses. "Where did this come from?"

Wang Boyuan smiled faintly. True to her word, that young lady had not deceived him. As long as he produced this item, this Mr. Chen would be moved. Reflecting on the young lady's infallible foresight, Wang Boyuan was deeply impressed; truly, there was no shortage of divine individuals in this world.

"I expended a considerable amount of effort to acquire this item. As for its origin, please forgive me for not being able to tell Mr. Chen just yet, as this matter involves certain secrets. I ask for Mr. Chen's understanding!"

Chen Yuyi glanced at Wang Boyuan and did not press him for the backstory. Since Wang Boyuan had used this item as bait to hook him, he would reveal it sooner or later. "In that case, I shall accept this item for now!"

With that, he unceremoniously put the fragment away.

Wang Boyuan was also secretly delighted, as this indicated that Mr. Chen had accepted the task previously entrusted to him.

"However, while I can agree to the matter you mentioned, you must also agree to a condition of mine!" Chen Yuyi suddenly said with a faint smile.

"You take our things, yet you still dare to negotiate terms in front of my grandfather?" Wang Ziming said angrily.

Wang Boyuan glared at him, then turned to Chen Yuyi. "I wonder what condition Mr. Chen wants this old man to agree to?"

Chen Yuyi pointed at Wang Xinyan. "My sworn sister says she does not wish to marry yet, so the condition is that your Wang family must not force her into marriage!"

Wang Boyuan was stunned.

Wang Ziming was even more furious, though he dared not direct his anger at Chen Yuyi to his face. He muttered under his breath, "Preposterous! How can an outsider be allowed to meddle in the private affairs of our Wang family?"

Wang Xinyan never expected her sworn younger brother to propose such a condition, and her heart was a turbulent mix of gratitude and unease.

Wang Boyuan looked at his granddaughter, sighed, and said, "I know Xinyan is unwilling regarding this matter.既然如此, we of the Wang family will not fear losing our credibility. As long as we have Mr. Chen's staunch assistance, I promise you."

Only then did Chen Yuyi nod. "Then everything is settled. As for any developments in the future, you can contact me directly!"

With that, he stood up, thought for a moment, and placed a Grass-Returning Pill on the stone table.

"This pill can completely cure the old gentleman's internal injuries, and the trouble with his legs will also be resolved. Consider it an extra compensation for this condition!"

Wang Boyuan was startled upon hearing this. He had not expected Chen Yuyi to see through his internal injuries at a single glance. On second thought, however, how could a divine person like this be measured by ordinary standards?

In fact, he had been hesitating just moments before whether to ask Chen Yuyi for a spiritual elixir, but now the young man had proactively produced one. Filled with deep gratitude, he was just about to offer words of thanks when Chen Yuyi turned around and walked away without looking back.

Wang Xinyan hurriedly said, "Xiaoyu, I'll see you out."

Watching the figures of the two disappear into the courtyard, Wang Boyuan finally picked up the Grass-Returning Pill.

"Grandfather, do you really believe that brat's words?" Wang Ziming could not help asking at this moment.

"Ziming, if immortals truly exist in this world, would you believe it?" Wang Boyuan asked softly, holding the pill.

"Immortals? How is that possible? While I might believe in certain Daoist arts and magical techniques, as for actual immortals, I would never believe it."

"But I do!" With that, Wang Boyuan popped the pill directly into his mouth.

Wang Ziming was too late to stop him. "Grandfather, how can you just swallow a drug like that?"

After swallowing it, Wang Boyuan suddenly began to cough violently.

Panic-stricken, Wang Ziming rushed over to pat his back. "Who knows what kind of concoction that brat put together! I'll send people to capture him back immediately."

Wang Boyuan held him back, and suddenly spat out a large mouthful of dark, stagnant blood.

Even more alarmed, Wang Ziming prepared to run off and call a doctor.

Just at that moment—

"It is gone. My internal injuries are actually healed!" A sharp gleam flashed through Wang Boyuan's eyes as he stood up from the wheelchair, his voice as resonant as a great bell...

Along the way, Wang Xinyan appeared somewhat silent. It was not until they were nearly at the Shen family residence that she spoke. "Xiaoyu, thank you!"

"What is there to thank between a brother and sister? Your affairs are my affairs. But Eldest Sister Xinyan, can you really not change your orientation?" Chen Yuyi asked with a gentle smile.

"Do you want your sister to change her orientation? If I did, would you dare to become my man?"

Chen Yuyi was startled. "Eldest Sister, you know very well that I am already married."

"So what if you're married? Does being married mean you cannot have other women? Besides, I only said *if*. And another *if* is that if you truly are willing to become my man, I wouldn't care about any official title!"

"We're here, we're here, we're here! Eldest Sister, just let me out of the car here," Chen Yuyi blurted out in a panic, terrified of what else his sworn sister might say if he stayed.

Wang Xinyan smiled softly and stopped the car. "What, are you afraid of me? Since you wrecked my wedding, you have to take responsibility for it!"

Fleeing from the car in haste, Chen Yuyi called out, "Just pretend I never did anything at all. Goodbye, Eldest Sister!"

Watching her sworn younger brother scamper away in a panic, Wang Xinyan wore a faint smile, shaking her head while a complex gleam flickered in her eyes.

Then she slammed hard on the accelerator.

Arriving home, Chen Yuyi looked at the tightly shut door and shook his head.

Having been away for such a long time, he had actually missed his lovely wife in his heart, though he had tried his best to suppress those feelings.

He twisted the doorknob, only to find it locked from the inside!

How could that possibly stop him, however?

With another twist, the door clicked open.

Shen Zhijun had just removed her outer garments and was halfway through unbuttoning her undergarment. Hearing the noise, she turned her head, their eyes met, and a sharp scream pierced the air.

Chen Yuyi was left momentarily stunned.

The shriek immediately drew the members of the Shen household.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Shen Youlin was the first to rush over, stopping dead in her tracks upon seeing the scene.

Shortly after, Shen Chengde and Xu Ruizhi came running up as well.

By the time they arrived, however, Shen Zhijun had already scrambled into bed, wrapping herself tightly in the duvet.

"Zhijun, what's the matter? Why were you screaming so loudly?" Xu Ruizhi asked in bewilderment, glancing at the young couple.

Shen Youlin stuck out her tongue and pulled her parents backward. "They're fighting a battle! Dad, Mom, don't go disturbing them!"

"Fighting a battle?" Xu Ruizhi lightly tapped her younger daughter's head. "You're so young and already acting all eccentric. Chengde, let's go, what are you still standing there for?"

Xu Ruizhi tugged on Shen Chengde.

And the entire family promptly retreated.

"Why don't you ever knock when entering a room? And I clearly locked it—how on earth did you open it?" Shen Zhijun sat on the bed, glaring angrily at Chen Yuyi.

Rubbing his nose, Chen Yuyi replied, "Do I need to knock to enter my own room? Besides, door locks are nothing more than decorations to me."

Shen Zhijun gnashed her pearly white teeth. "I am warning you, if there is a next time, we are sleeping in separate rooms, and I won't care what the family thinks!"

Chen Yuyi shrugged. "It's not like I haven't seen you in your undergarments before anyway. Why don't you let me appreciate it again right now?"

"Get lost!" Shen Zhijun grabbed a pillow and hurled it at Chen Yuyi.

Unexpectedly, due to her earlier haste, the duvet slipped, and because her undergarment had not been fully buttoned, it slipped down as well. In an instant, the alluring scenery of her chest was laid completely bare before Chen Yuyi's eyes...