When he was absolutely isolated and helpless, Yu was the one he found to cooperate with.
Yu's residence was the most imposing villa of the Zi family, named "Shuhuaju".
When Bai Chen was brought into the main hall, Yu was sitting sideways on a rosewood armchair covered with animal skins, with her eyes closed and legs crossed, enjoying the massage from two maids. There were two other maids behind the chair, fanning her gently.
On the rosewood square table next to it, there was an incense burner emitting a faint fragrance, with wisps of smoke wafting out of the burner.
Pang Ya had no memory of Yu's residence because she had never been there.
Needless to say, the luxury and grandeur of this place was impressive, but what surprised Bai Chen the most was Yu's appearance, which could not be described with just one word: beautiful.
She is so beautiful that she can make fish sink to the bottom of their chests, geese fall to the ground, the moon hide in shame, and the flowers shame the whole country.
I heard that she has been stuck in the state of spiritual silence for many years, and has been trying to get over that hurdle, but just can't.
Perhaps it had something to do with her state of mind. Her husband's betrayal was a huge blow to her.
How many people envied their marriage back then! But in the end, it couldn't stand the test of time and ended up being a marriage of appearances but a separation of heart.
As long as she crosses that hurdle, she can add hundreds of years to her life span and can also fly in the sky in a cool way.
This is what most practitioners dream of.
But the more anxious one is, the harder it will be to overcome. The higher the cultivator's cultivation level goes, the more difficult it will be to practice and the more energy will be required.
The hurdle from spiritual silence to spiritual emptiness is huge and many people find it difficult to cross it.
Some people had obviously achieved the great perfection of spiritual silence long ago, but because they could never cross that hurdle, they lived until the end of their lifespan and finally died with regret.
The stunning Yu already had some fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes due to the limitations of her cultivation.
As for Old Man Zi, he still looks like a young man because he had advanced to the Lingkong realm a long time ago.
Comparing the two, Yu's psychological gap became even greater.
In addition, Father Zi was a playboy, taking concubines one after another, which made her extremely angry and upset.
Without a peaceful state of mind, it would be even more difficult to make progress.
Bai Chen certainly had some understanding of this matter, so he brought his own chips.
Bai Chen looked through the plot and had some understanding of Yu's personality.
Although she is the mistress of the house, she does not like to beat around the bush or engage in intrigue with concubines. She is a straightforward woman.
If someone pissed her off, she would resort to violence.
But she is not a bad person.
After Pang Ya's mother became Father Zi's concubine, she was bullied a lot, but she had never been bullied by Yu.
First, she was disdainful, and second, she didn't have the habit of bullying the weak for no reason.
Generally, she would only punish others severely if they provoked her.
In Bai Chen's opinion, it would be easier to deal with such a woman.
In Pang Ya's memory, Yu, her stepmother, was just a vague concept and she could hardly remember what she looked like.
Because, in the past ten years, Yu rarely went out and was always in cultivation.
She allowed Hua Shi to bully others in the Zi family without paying any attention to anything. Of course, she hoped that she could quickly cross that obstacle so that she could have the bargaining chip to be powerful in the Zi family.
Therefore, what Pang Ya knew about her came from the servants.
As the saying goes, you can judge a person by his appearance but not his heart, so Bai Chen would of course be on guard.
The first time Bai Chen saw Yu, he began to feel sorry for her.
The scumbag dad is really greedy. Even though his wife is already as beautiful as a fairy, he still takes concubines one after another.
Such a person is actually respected by the outside world and is touted as a model of a good man.
It's such a pity that such a beauty married such a fickle scumbag!
"Mother!" Bai Chen bowed and greeted her politely.
This is the rule for a concubine's daughter to meet her stepmother.
Yu then slowly opened her eyelids and said, "Sit down."
After Bai Chen stood up, he sat down at the bottom as per the rules and lowered his head slightly.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Yu had never paid any attention to the most frustrated child in the Zi family. How could such a timid child have the courage to come and see her? The other children were like mice seeing a cat when they saw her.
She was actually a little curious about the purpose of this child coming to see her.
I heard from the servants that she had a gift for her. What gift did she have for her? She wouldn't even look at an ordinary gift.
Over the years, Zi Yunqi's children have all tried to curry favor with Hua, because Hua is friendly, beautiful and kind, and every child likes her.
Why would the most inconspicuous child of the Zi family think of looking for me instead of Hua
Bai Chen glanced at the servants in the room.
Yu immediately understood what Bai Chen meant and became even more curious about the gift the child was talking about.
"You all go down." Yu signaled to the servants in the room.
"Yes." The servants filed out.
Bai Chen then took out a small box from the storage ring and placed it on the ebony-edged rosewood table in front of Yu.
Yu frowned and picked up the small square box with her slender, white jade fingers to check it.
It doesn't look like anything special, just like a decorative box, and a low-quality one at that.
"During this academy training, I accidentally entered a cave and picked up this box. It should be an ownerless object.
I checked and it seems to be a space.
Mother, please take another look." Bai Chen looked like a good kid. He found something good and didn't want to keep it for himself, so he gave it to his parents.
Only half a basket of magic crystals was left in a corner of the space.
Of course, the biography is no longer in it.
Most of the pills were left.
These magic crystals should be enough to shock the Yu family.
Because they are all high-level, the Magic Crystal King has several of them.
The top-grade elixirs and anti-aging pills inside that help advance to the spiritual realm should be what Yu family needs very much.
Although cultivators age slowly, they are still unable to withstand the test of time.
If one's cultivation level cannot be improved within a limited time, the body will age and eventually return to dust.
Before his own strength could be improved, it seemed more appropriate to hand over his "income" to the mistress of the house.
Sure enough, after Yu probed with his spiritual sense, his expression changed a little.
"This is... ."
"This is what I picked up in the cave." Bai Chen seemed very well-behaved and honest.
"When you picked up this thing, was there anyone else with you?" Yu was shocked, but her face was full of joy, because she had seen the thing she needed most.
Bai Chen answered honestly, "I went in alone at first, so when I picked up the things, there was no one around.
But after I entered the cave, the third prince and several sons of noble families also went in. At that time, he asked me if I had picked up anything and asked me to hand it over.
I would be a fool to hand it over! Of course I said no.
Later they kept searching in the cave, hoping to find some treasure. When they returned to the meeting place at night, they went back too late and encountered a high-level monster.
Later, Master Yu and Master Qi were eaten by the monster.