Over the course of two weeks, an entire week longer than planned, Wu Long and his beauties were in closed-door seclusion.
The initial session lasted for three days, after which they started using smaller groups in order to let the others rest.
They were very careful with releasing their Yin Qi and he did not stimulate its release beyond the natural amount that came with an orgasm, since they had to last until his invigorated state was quelled.
Since the goal was for him to release as much of his desires as possible, it would be his women that would benefit more in their cultivation from this seclusion, though he would undeniably receive every last bit of Yin Qi they could give him eventually.
The outside world was still as seemingly quiet and peaceful on the surface, and yet chaotic in the shadows as before.
There were several minor developments in the politics of the Six Kingdoms, but chief of them being ramping up their armies in numbers, as well as increasing wages to attract higher cultivation practitioners to join the ranks.
The Alchemy Tower has also officially issued a letter of dissent, expressing their concerns over the Imperial Family's abuse of authority while the faction opposing the Crown Prince has finally regrouped after the embarrassing incoherence a month back due to being taken by surprise and started making appeals with sound reasoning.
Princess Cai Yin has been in constant contact with her double in the Tingren Kingdom, trying to offset the Royal Family's policy in seeking more military power.
"Hmm, the time they are in seclusion is twice of what they said it would be... should we check if anything went wrong?"
Yu Huan worriedly looked at a building that was quarantined off, tightly secured at all times.
"Heh, if anything went wrong they would have came out earlier instead. I doubt any of them would be happy to be disturbed right now"
Madam Liang chuckled as she drew on her smoking pipe and puffed a cloud of herbal smoke while shaking her head, inviting a hopeful gaze from the alchemist.
'The God of Pleasure in seclusion, huh? By the amount of time they are in there, and with only ten of them, I guess those ladies might be a bit relieved to be disturbed though, but something tells me that if that is true they are not going to be happy about it. Lucky girls...'
Yu Huan nodded and turned her gaze from the mysteriously smiling beauty back to the building with a little more assurance now, but still a little worry remaining in her eyes.
It was her pill that Wu Long was relying on, so she was afraid something went wrong and she could have harmed him. Alchemy was a precise science and any slight deviation or mistake could lead to catastrophic consequences for the one taking the product.
This was why cultivators as a general rule only took pills from sources they could trust, as taking a pill with an unknown source was extremely risky.
Hence, the trust Wu Long put into Yu Huan greatly flattered her and made her that much more passionate about being of help to him.
She then turned and left to tend to her new subordinates that had a lot to learn, determined to carry out her duties in teaching and training them to the full extent of her abilities since she could not do anything else for now.
In another part of the mansion there was another pair of eyes, green as the spring grass, looking at the same distant building with slightly different yet at the same time somewhat similar emotions.
"Cui'er, you have been staring at that building for a few hours already"
Gong Liwei softly spoke as she wore a shawl over her little sister's shoulders, as while it was already much warmer, the weather was still tricky with the occasional cold wind sneaking in on the unsuspecting people.
Cultivators were much healthier than common mortals, but Music Dao practitioners did not excel at their physical prowess, and her distracted state of mind could allow her to fail in protecting herself with Spiritual Qi.
The beauty melancholically sighed as she closed her eyes for a moment. She was unable to play her zither ever since that performance, and has been avoiding meeting Wu Long as well.
Gong Liwei sighed following her, since she knew that Gong Cui needed time to process everything, and that there was only one thing she could do for her, it was to be by her side and be her warm and unwavering support.
Meanwhile, in the Yin Yang Unity Palace, in the mansion on the Peak of Unity, Lian Zhiqiu stood in her office, looking out of the window.
"Hah, and here I thought he would contact me once he was back from the Tingren Kingdom. Besides, he was supposed to be on the way back to the sect as far as I know, yet there are no signs"
She muttered as she oversaw the now peaceful sect, where some damaged parts after the uprising a month back were still in process of being restored.
She then turned to her desk with a reluctant gaze, and after a moment of hesitation came up to it, opening a drawer and taking out a small piece of jade.
She slightly hesitated, but then ran her Spiritual Qi through the array of the jade, her eyes slightly widening as she looked at it.
When she sent the arrays for a Grand Formation to the mansion, she cheekily sneaked in a hidden function to it. It's effect was truly minimal and harmless, and she did not truly expect to try using it, but her curiosity got over her.
Wu Long noticed it immediately but only chuckled, letting it be as the function was to count the number of orgasms women had inside the Grand Formation, and nothing else.
"3000... 5000... 7000.... 9... It's ... it's over 9000!!!", she exclaimed as she unconsciously crushed the thin and fragile jade slip in her hand.
"What the hell is he doing over there?"
She incredulously looked at the crushed jade, slightly regretting impulsively destroying it, but at the same time relieved as even after the count caught up, the number still slowly kept growing one by one in real time as she looked at it, and thinking her nerves would be better preserved not knowing the final count.
'Hmm, but still... now it is more and more likely... if it is him...'
She then turned to the side as she placed the pieces on the desk, her expression turning to one of contemplation as a light anticipation lit up in her eyes.
"I guess there is only one way to know"
She sighed as her gaze became determined, looking out of the window again.