Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 2087: 556: Boys Must Protect Themselves When Away from Home!
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The wine has been drugged!
This realization hit Lu Changsheng's mind while a blazing heat rushed through his lower belly and spread across his entire body, making him nearly certain that someone had slipped him a drug!
Second Palace Master?
Why would Shen Baishuang drug him?
It appeared the Third Palace Master, Shen Yiren, had been drugged too.
In an instant, a theory formed in Lu Changsheng's heart.
His showcase of the Fourth Rank Puppet Array and Soul-calling Beast proved far too astonishing, leaving Shen Baishuang reluctant to allow his departure from the Goddess Palace.
Yet the Goddess Palace lacked any pretext to hold him by force.
Attempting to suppress or confine him forcefully wouldn't just fail—it could backfire, damaging the Goddess Palace's standing.
Thus, Shen Baishuang opted to drug him, leveraging Shen Yiren for coercion?
Should anything occur between him and Shen Yiren, Shen Baishuang would gain leverage to strike.
Even should he refuse, facing Shen Yiren's gentle approach alongside the stern tactics of Shen Baishuang and Shen Jianjia, no male cultivator could easily hold out.
In truth, if he yielded and bound himself fully to the Goddess Palace's chariot, settling down peacefully with Third Palace Master Shen Yiren, the Goddess Palace would shower him with generous rewards.
Truth be told, any male cultivator confronted with this scenario would gladly consent, perhaps even anticipate it with fervor.
Yet Lu Changsheng differed from ordinary cultivators.
Such notions held no appeal for him whatsoever at this moment.
His sole desire was to swiftly overcome this trial, return home to his wife and children.
Afterward, he'd perfect the Nascent Soul Secret Technique, then venture to the Forbidden Sea alongside the Sea Splitting Mysterious Dragon Whale and Soul-calling Beast to break through to Nascent Soul.
Achieving Nascent Soul would elevate him beyond the mortal realm, transforming him into a true hegemon with the power and assurance to confront any force in the Southern Wilderness!
Should he hitch himself to the Goddess Palace's vessel, the moment they witnessed his hidden prowess and pursuit of Heavenly Nascent Soul, unease might arise, leading to tighter controls, restrictions, or even draconian curbs.
Toward the benevolent Shen Yiren, Lu Changsheng harbored a measure of faith.
However, Shen Baishuang and the distant Great Palace Master inspired scant trust in him.
"What a sly jade-faced demon!"
Gazing at Shen Baishuang before him, who had downed three cups of Red Flame Wine—her cheeks tinged with a delicate blush, though her stunning eyes stayed lucid and piercing—Lu Changsheng felt a cold wave grip his heart.
Meanwhile, the Fairy Tears within the Red Flame Wine intensified its grip.
Despite his Chaos Body and Fourth Rank Body Refinement, Lu Changsheng struggled to fend it off.
The fiery surge from his lower abdomen raged outward to every limb and organ, even his soul, fueling an urge to seize the voluptuous Second Palace Master ahead and ravage her fiercely!
Indeed, a Chaos Body boasts exceptional resistance to toxins, shrugging off countless deadly venoms.
Yet seductive poisons transcend simple toxins.
Countless exalted empresses, Penglai仙子s, divine beauties, and supreme sect mistresses of unmatched cultivation have succumbed to aphrodisiacs and lustful elixirs, their forms consumed by passion, rationality crumbling, resorting even to lowly strangers to quench the blaze.
Lu Changsheng wasn't alone in this.
Beside him, Shen Yiren set her cup aside, a warm glow blooming across her flushed face.
Hmm? Have I gotten drunk?
Though cultivators rarely circulate mana to purge alcohol, intoxication remains possible.
Still, as a Nascent Soul expert cultivating the Nourishing Life Technique, her tolerance for drink was formidable.
She'd only sipped two or three cups earlier—how could drunkenness strike so soon?
Overwhelmed by body-wide heat, Shen Yiren stared blankly at her Second Sister and Lu Changsheng.
Upon beholding Lu Changsheng's refined, scholarly features reddened by drink, she inexplicably deemed Elder Xuanmu more captivating than ever, utterly enchanting.
Visions of tantalizing encounters flooded her thoughts unbidden.
These intense, seductive phantoms demolished the last shreds of lucidity in Shen Yiren's mind, plunging her into a haze of confusion.
On impulse, she yearned to draw near Lu Changsheng, nestle into his arms, inhale his crisp, earthy aroma laced with potent masculinity.
Nevertheless, her poise as the Goddess Palace's Third Palace Master preserved a sliver of awareness, alerting her that all was not right.
Just then, Shen Baishuang caught Lu Changsheng's predatory, burning stare full of yearning, noted her sister's vacant look, and judged the moment ripe.
Flashing a gentle smile, she remarked, "Oh, Elder Xuanmu, I've readied some gifts for you, but they slipped my mind—I left them behind."
"Sister, keep chatting and toasting with Elder Xuanmu for now; I'll return shortly."
After her words, Shen Baishuang ignored any reply from the pair and stood up from her chair in her crimson gown, ready to exit the dining hall.
Yet the moment she rose, Lu Changsheng blocked her path, his eyes faintly red like those of a savage beast.
"Second Palace Master, where are you rushing off to in such haste?"
With eyes tinged red, Lu Changsheng uttered these words amid labored, rapid breaths.
Inside him, the Peach Blossom Gu, Taiyi Divine Soul, and Chaos Body struggled to suppress the Fairy Tears' effects.
Noticing the typically mild and erudite Lu Changsheng in such a feral state, Shen Baishuang froze briefly before breaking into a hearty smile: "Elder Xuanmu, I've prepared for you some... "
But before she could complete her sentence, Lu Changsheng's hand shot out like forged mystic iron, clamping down on her snowy jade wrist with iron force. He leaned in close, eyes brimming with menace as he panted, "Second Palace Master, what have you done to me and the Third Palace Master!"
Lu Changsheng's crushing grip startled Shen Baishuang, shocking her with his unexpected power that even made her wrist throb in pain.
As a Nascent Soul Cultivator lacking Body Refinement, her physique and strength still outstripped countless Body Cultivators, utterly beyond any Core Formation cultivator.
Her brows furrowed sharply as she coldly snapped at Lu Changsheng: "Elder Xuanmu, I don't understand what you're talking about—let go!"