Urban Invincible Overlord

Chapter 1558: Chapter 1555: Yang Fei Is Going to Be a Father

Spring passes and autumn comes, years fly by, and in the blink of an eye, another year has gone by.

Mists swirl over Tian Nan Peak, with lush vegetation growing in the Spirit Medicine Garden, while Piaomiao Stream gradually becomes covered in a layer of indescribable frost.

Yang Fei still frequently leaves Piaomiao Stream as he did the previous year, sometimes gone for days or even months, offering the same explanation of seeking cultivation advice from Wan Daorong to Qin Yanyang and Tong Yunshu.

Qin Yanyang and Tong Yunshu understand all too well in their hearts, knowing full well he’s meeting in secret with that alluring Helian Rong in the Medicine Garden, yet they prefer not to expose it.

"Forget it."

Tong Yunshu once looked at the deeply sleeping Yang Fei one night, sighing internally, "As long as he still has feelings for me, why should I ask for more? When I intruded into his marriage with Qin Yanyang, I thought as long as he accepted me, I’d be satisfied. Why am I now feeling hurt over such things? Am I asking for too much?"

Qin Yanyang, however, couldn’t see it as clearly as Tong Yunshu.

Though willing to compromise and accommodate Yang Fei, she was ultimately a straightforward woman who detested deceit and betrayal.

Yet, when it came to Yang Fei, each time anger rose to her throat, she’d recall his past kindness, his willingness to sacrifice everything for her, and she’d forcefully swallow it back down.

Many times she thought of leaving, but the idea of the consequences of leaving Yang Fei broke her heart with pain, making it hard to bear.

Thus, amidst such entangled emotions, both women chose silence and tolerance.

They waited for Yang Fei to speak up, hoping he’d confess, waiting for an explanation that might ease their hearts.

Yet, as days passed, Yang Fei never mentioned anything about his relationship with Helian Rong.

One day, while Tong Yunshu was practicing making talismans, she found she had run out of materials.

Her talent in Rune Tao was originally outstanding, producing a higher yield of finished talismans than Yang Fei, thus material wastage wasn’t severe.

But in the past two years, ever since entering the Core Formation Stage, she mostly chose to make third-rank exquisite talismans and even attempted fourth-rank talismans multiple times. Added to Yang Fei’s concealment about Helian Rong, she felt somewhat upset and often succumbed to overthinking, resulting in a higher failure rate, consuming raw materials faster.

She said to Qin Yanyang, "I’m going to the materials library to exchange some materials. Do you want to come?"

Qin Yanyang shook her head, "You forgot I can’t wander around here? You go on your own."

Tong Yunshu exclaimed, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot such an important thing, alright, I’ll be quick."

The materials library was located in a stone hall on the west side of Tian Nan Peak, divided into several chambers, each serving its purpose.

Although it was Tong Yunshu’s first time there, she quickly found the storeroom containing the original materials she needed for talismans by following the directions.

"...Have you heard? The newly accepted female disciple in the Medicine Garden by Monarch Luo Yu already has a suitor."

A slight sound of discussion suddenly reached her ears.

Tong Yunshu hadn’t paid much attention at first. Like people in mortal world, cultivators also love gossip in the cultivation world, which is not surprising.

But soon, she perked up her ears, listening attentively.

"Indeed, I have a very good friend who helped in the Medicine Garden last month. He said Monarch Luo Yu’s female disciple is incredibly beautiful, simply like an immortal, and many people admire her secretly. Even Nascent Soul Stage powerhouses have confessed to her, but were turned down. Everyone thought she was wholeheartedly devoted to the Tao, able to endure loneliness, but surprisingly she got along well with that rather legendary Senior Brother Yang Fei. Not only that, I heard she’s pregnant!"

Tong Yunshu felt her ears buzzing and ringing.

"No way, really pregnant? Isn’t it said that us cultivators find it very difficult to conceive, especially the higher the realm, the harder it is to have offspring? Isn’t Yang Fei already a Core Formation Stage cultivator?"

"Absolutely true, this is what Monarch Luo Yu personally said, mentioning that once the child is born, they belong to the Medicine Garden. Monarch Luo Yu said he’s going to have a disciple-grandchild and is very happy."

Upon hearing this, Tong Yunshu gazed at two Foundation Establishment Cultivators arriving via Sword Flight from afar. They sensed her gaze, immediately changing their expressions, fearing trouble from loose tongues. Instead of heading to exchange materials, they detoured away.

"She... she’s pregnant? So soon?"

Tong Yunshu muttered to herself, feeling unbearably uncomfortable, stifled, with her mind a blank, unable to remember how she completed the exchange or how she dazedly returned to Piaomiao Stream.

She only felt that, ever since accomplishing her cultivation, no extremely cold weather could affect her powerful physique, yet the wind during Sword Flight left her feeling inwardly chilled on the journey.

A few days later, Qin Yanyang noticed Tong Yunshu seemed somewhat absent-minded, unable to resist asking, "What’s wrong with you? It seems like you’ve been distracted ever since you came back from exchanging materials."

Tong Yunshu had been debating whether to tell Qin Yanyang, but seeing her notice, she recounted everything she had heard in the materials library that day.

"He... finally has an heir." Qin Yanyang murmured, recalling Yang Fei’s efforts on her to conceive at that time, realizing his long-standing desire for a child of his own, her eyes immediately welled with tears.

Why wasn’t she the one who got pregnant first!

It’s all because of her uncooperative womb.

Now someone else has conceived his child, fulfilling his dream of fatherhood, she should be happy for him.

Tong Yunshu saw her reaction, feeling equally sour inside.

"Qin Yanyang, do you think we... are we being a bit redundant?" Tong Yunshu asked softly.

Qin Yanyang saw her low spirits, seemingly feeling worse than herself, hastily grasped her hand, "Didn’t you say you didn’t mind him having multiple wives? Why are you feeling upset now?"

Tong Yunshu’s eyes reddened instantly, "Who wouldn’t want his love exclusively? I also wanted to bear him a child, but my womb has never cooperated. Now another woman beat me to it. He’s... he’s scarcely stayed at Piaomiao Stream lately, turns out it’s because of the child. I fear he’ll return even less in the future."

Qin Yanyang felt both angry and upset.

She believed she’d been tolerantly accommodating towards Yang Fei, yet he has been passionately involved with Helian Rong these years, choosing to hide it from her and Tong Yunshu. What did he take us for?

It’s infuriating.

Is this forgetting old loves upon finding new ones?

At the very least, he should have appeased us.

Although the two women felt heartache, they didn’t say much. They believed that since Helian Rong was pregnant and due to give birth in a few months, Yang Fei would certainly come clean with them soon.

In the following time, they discreetly investigated, confirming the truth of the news—Helian Rong was indeed pregnant.

But after another two months, Yang Fei returned once, yet he never mentioned a word about it to them.

Qin Yanyang’s heart was like being cut with a knife.

She wasn’t naturally submissive in the first place; for Yang Fei, she had swallowed so much of her pride and principles.

But the tighter she suppressed, the more violent the eruption would be when the limit was finally breached one day.