Edrick sighed, laying in bed with Linmin peacefully resting against his chest, his second wife perhaps loved the cuddles just as much as the act itself, maybe even more and now that there was a maid to take work off his shoulders, Linmin could not only spare more time toward training and cultivation, but also spend more time like this with his lord-husband, before, Linmin would have felt bad, as it would have seemed, at least to him, like he was slacking on his other duties.
The foppoof was always quick to relax and fall asleep when Anoteros was there, so for a little while, Edrick caressed his wife's long hair, slowly running his hand across the slumbering body, what he had said earlier had not been a lie, Linmin had indeed clearly changed a little due to training, and Anoteros was all for it, his second wife remained slender and soft, but there was an undeniable strength there.
Also, it had somewhat refined his shape, it sounded impossible, but Linmin had managed to get even more feminine than before, looking over at the back, Edrick saw a silhouette that many of the women in his old world couldn't even get close to achieving.
But that probably wasn't a fair comparison, as the 'average' person in this world appeared to be vastly more attractive than the 'average' in his former world, especially for those practising cultivation, finding one that was obviously unattractive would actually be more surprising.
Seeing that even the feminine men here were so pretty, it made him want to find some more of them for himself…
Some more time passed, and by then, spring had come in full swing, it was especially noticeable for Edrick, since the residence he had been granted as a special disciple was situated amidst dense vegetation and was even near small woods, with no one else occupying the other residences that were already a rather good distance away to begin with, this place was especially peaceful.
The fact that Fanqia had caught a gardening fever also helped reinforce the very natural feel his home had, as it turns out, his first wife was actually a woman of many talents, and since then, he had naturally already gifted his four wives with the items he had earned from the system, and everybody was making swift progress in their respective fields.
But truly, it was Fanqia who had the most diverse set of hobbies, if she wasn't working on making arrays or trying to brew potions, she would be in a garden with her hands in the soil, she lacked talent in cultivation as far as one could see, and thus, was still much an ordinary girl in terms of strength or combat ability, but she certainly had the stamina and robustness of a country girl.
Seeing her hard at work like that, Anoteros might have perhaps bedded her directly upon the upturned earth where she had planted potatoes, or maybe in the tall grass deeper into the woods behind the residence, and he had done that so many times that Fanqia expected him to show up everytime she did something outside, but in his defence, she always looked mighty enchanting during such times…
In any case, Edrick now had to train under a new elder, Elder Wei, who didn't seem that serious in his teachings, as they would only have a lesson together on the Dikenag of every week, or in others terms, every Sunday, which did not really interfere with much of his schedule at all.
So apart from visiting Muxing in the woods, still trying to figure out what that strange sensation he felt in there was, and the occasional murders- The only thing that truly consumed time were the sessions with Ku and Ting, which were not cancelled even with Elder Wei now technically being the one in charge of him, but that was early in the morning, so Anoteros had been spending quite a bit of time with his wives.
As mentioned, he would sometimes be outside with Fanqia, not just mounting her outside like a beast, but also actually helping his wife, she was adamant on growing as many of the resources needed for her activities as was possible, especially since she had started to pick up talisman crafting and tool refining amongst other things, safe to say, his first wife was always doing something, or being done by her husband.
Linmin continued to overlook Jingyi's work, but by now, the maid was pretty much completely trained and could be trusted with the household tasks she had to do, his second wife was therefore spending much more time training his swordsmanship and cultivating, with the help of the Antique Training Dao, he was making expeditive progress with both.
He spent time at the library with Hui as well, she was always very excited to show him the progress she had made in deciphering whatever obscure languages she had run into, and they also scoured through countless books together, her favourite place to read was right beside him.
As for Luxuli, she was the one he had gone on the most walks with, they would often go into some shops of Oie so that she could appraise whatever items were on display, the sight of the large man holding hands with a pale demoness was one pretty much everyone in the city knew by now, and the shopkeepers that were not totally honest about their products dreaded seeing the duo enter their place.
Thanks to the Nonsensical Nothing, her proficiency had greatly increased, it seemed like it got better overall when she analysed something new, but her analysis could also get more intricate the more she used it on similar items, so the black box was perfect as it was simultaneously something completely different every time, but also the exact same item still.
As for Anoteros himself, he had naturally been diligently improving on his cultivation techniques and training every single day without fail, by overloading himself with energy before cultivating his other techniques, he had further improved his cultivation speed compared to others.
The Encyclopedia Of Self-affliction was nearly done with the bone making up his right hand by now, the time it would take to do the entire body with this technique would be enormous, but this first milestone, once completed, should demonstrate why it was completely worth it.
The technique he was more focused upon however, was naturally Mountain Sasquatch Body, possessing a bloodline linked to the very creature that this technique had been based upon, and having always had an enormous affinity for it to begin with, as evident with the transformation, which as far as he was aware, was unique to him, as that sort of thing should only occur on specific techniques, of which this one was not a part of.
It was only supposed to induce severe hair growth and produce a foul smell, nothing more.
So naturally, he had poured a lot of effort into that one in particular, attempting to acquire the physique that went along with it, once that was done, taking everything into account together, he should acquire far more thanks to it than just the physique.
Somehow, he had to immerse himself deeper into being a sasquatch, and it just so happened that the mating season he had been sensing for a while now, was just about to begin…