Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 2084: 555: Fairy Tears

Bailu Palace.

Right now, faint and erratic footsteps resounded through the serene bedchamber.

There stood the Second Palace Master, her lavish red gown evoking a peony blossoming amid blazing crimson clouds, as she paced anxiously across the chamber.

Her mature allure was breathtaking, her refined features etched with deep thought like a flower in April. Her pale hands fidgeted, clenching and releasing, betraying her inner turmoil.

After what felt like an eternity, Shen Baishuang reached a firm resolve. Her lovely eyes hardened as she strode from her quarters, turning into a streak of rainbow light bound for the Goddess Palace Treasure Vault.

"Greetings, Second Palace Master!"

Even though these treasure vaults brimmed with restrictions, only the three Palace Masters or a group of direct-lineage elders could unlock them.

Nevertheless, this fortress-like site boasted a Core Formation Elder on constant guard.

"Hmm."

With an air of regal chill, Shen Baishuang gave a curt nod and tossed forth her Palace Master Token, channeling her Nascent Soul magic power into it.

Soon after, a deep rumble echoed as the vault swung open. She advanced directly, disabling multiple restrictions to reach the innermost depths.

The Goddess Palace’s treasure vault featured three levels.

Aside from her and Shen Jianjia, the Third Palace Master Shen Yiren lacked the power to breach the prohibition until attaining Nascent Soul.

The third level contained scant items.

Beyond elite rare materials, heavenly treasures, and earthly treasures, it housed certain sealed forbidden artifacts.

Shen Baishuang neared a sandalwood rack glowing softly and unlocked a jade box inscribed with the three words [Fairy Tears].

Within rested a porcelain vial, its body resembling pure white jade, etched with elaborate cloud motifs.

"Little sister, for the sake of the Goddess Palace, I must... do you wrong."

Shen Baishuang gently retrieved the porcelain vial, whispering inwardly to herself.

Following intense reflection, she devised a scheme to bind Xuanmu Taoist to the Goddess Palace.

Drug him!

Drug both Xuanmu Taoist and her sibling Shen Yiren.

Once Xuanmu Taoist shared intimacy with her sister, she’d possess a legitimate excuse to retain him.

This scheme might provoke Xuanmu Taoist’s fury.

Yet, by offering Shen Yiren in marriage as compensation, plus pledging a path to Nascent Soul, why would he object?

It amounted to just a temporary curtailment of liberty.

Against the prestige of wedding the Goddess Palace’s Third Palace Master, whose fame spanned the Starry Sky Sea, and securing a Nascent Soul chance, what did that minor constraint matter?

Countless souls craved such fortune but could never grasp it.

Regarding her sister Shen Yiren...

Shen Baishuang felt a twinge of guilt toward her sister, yet she sensed genuine fondness between Shen Yiren and Xuanmu Taoist.

Even absent this ploy, they might unite someday; she was merely hastening the inevitable.

Should her sister nurse bitterness... let it fall upon her, the elder sister.

"Though Xuanmu Taoist practices the Nourishing Life Technique and holds other hidden means, he cannot withstand the Fairy Tears."

Shen Baishuang gazed at the white jade porcelain vial clutched in her palm, her stunning eyes profound like polished onyx.

With the choice to drug them set, the challenge lay in delivery and selection.

Given Shen Yiren’s mastery of the Nourishing Life Technique and her intake of vast heavenly and earthly treasures, common aphrodisiacs would prove futile; Xuanmu Taoist’s enigmatic background suggested potential countermeasures; thus, Shen Baishuang selected the [Fairy Tears].

Legends described this elixir as extraordinarily fierce; upon exposure, victims drowned in lust, haunted by vivid erotic visions, aching for the opposite sex beyond measure.

The flesh would demand union with the other gender, yearning for bare-skinned closeness, resolvable solely via dual cultivation and profound merging.

Crucially, as a fourth-rank forbidden aphrodisiac, Fairy Tears proved undetectable—colorless, odorless—even to a Nascent Soul True Lord.

It could taint a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Spirit Body, rendering escape impossible for any Nascent Soul True Lord ensnared.

Shen Baishuang stowed the white jade porcelain vial in her storage ring, sealed the jade box, and departed the treasure vault.

...

"I was just about to start closed-door cultivation, and heard that Elder Xuanmu is preparing to venture out in search of a Nascent Soul opportunity. In that case, I shall arrange a banquet in three days to see him off, wishing him a safe journey."

On this day, Lu Changsheng received a transmission from Second Palace Master Shen Baishuang.

He figured that after announcing his exit from the Goddess Palace, the Second Palace Master—or perhaps the Great Palace Master—would offer some persuasion, warning of the Starry Sky Sea's dangers and urging him not to venture out.

To his astonishment, the Second Palace Master opted to host a farewell banquet instead.

Reflecting on it, relief settled in his heart; doubtless, the Second Palace Master sensed his intent to depart, and choosing magnanimity over coercion would only enhance their bond.

"Very well, relay to the Second Palace Master that I will join the banquet."

Lu Changsheng nodded to the messenger, persisting in his refinement of the Brahman Demon True Body.

Three days hence, with the banquet hour upon him, Lu Changsheng soared from Rongyue Island toward the Goddess Palace's Bailu Palace for the feast.

...

Bailu Palace.

Inside a palace brimming with elegance and splendor.

"Second Sister, a farewell banquet could easily be at the Heavenly Immortal Tower—why host it here?"

Shen Yiren felt puzzled when her elder sister summoned her, revealing that Elder Xuanmu was departing to seek a Nascent Soul opportunity and they were arranging a farewell banquet.

Her elder sister had always barred male cultivators from her palace, after all.

Besides, as Palace Masters, entertaining a male cultivator in their palace might stir unfavorable gossip if news leaked.

Her stunning eyes under slender willow brows flashed with subtle mystery as Shen Baishuang replied offhandedly, like any routine day: "It’s just a private banquet, no need to fuss."

Fearing her sister’s lingering doubts, she pressed on: "Little sister, this banquet masquerades as a farewell, yet its real aim is to bind Elder Xuanmu closer to our Goddess Palace..."

"Mhm."

Shen Yiren nodded lightly, fully aware that Elder Xuanmu’s fame had swept across the Starry Sky Sea.