Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool

In the other room, Lu Yuan patted Su Liyan and whispered, "A little louder!"

Lu Yuan was very satisfied with Su Liyan’s cooperation and lavished praise on his wife.

Su Liyan whispered, "You’re so naughty!"

Su Liyan’s family home in Changliu Village consisted of two tile-roofed buildings—the east house and the west house.

Su Liyan was in the east house and her mother was in the west, the two of them acting in concert, calling back and forth to one another.

It was a cold night. Outside, a bitter wind howled... Snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The perfect fusion of Western and Eastern instruments, together composing a magnificent score!

Early the next morning, when Lu Yuan and Su Liyan got out of bed, Su Liyan’s father was in the courtyard sweeping snow. Su Liyan’s mother was sitting by the opening of the earthen kang’s firebox, feeding firewood into it.

White smoke billowed from the chimney, the scene a perfect picture of rustic, countryside life.

Su Liyan draped a light fur coat over her shoulders and asked, "Mom, where’s Ruyan?"

"Our granddaughter is still lazing in bed!" Su Liyan’s mother said, glancing up and jutting her chin toward the east house.

It only took a few seconds for Su Liyan to notice something was different.

Su Liyan moved closer to her mother, squatting down to say, "Mom, your face is so rosy. What’s going on?"

Su Liyan feigned ignorance, asking a question she already knew the answer to.

Su Liyan’s mother paused, a little flustered. After a glance at her son-in-law, she gave her daughter a light shove and said, "It’s the fire. I was up at the crack of dawn to steam rice, and the heat flushed my face."

’What? It’s not like you were any quieter than me last night! This little minx...’

The meaning behind Su Liyan’s mother’s words couldn’t have been clearer: I’m already up cooking for you, and you’re still teasing your old mom.

A blissful expression bloomed on Su Liyan’s mother’s face. It was truly a welcome rain after a long drought—a single, deeply satisfying release that left her reminiscing endlessly.

Lu Yuan smiled, pulling Su Liyan to her feet. "Mom, since you’re working so hard, we should go do something to help. Let’s help Dad sweep the snow."

"No need, my dear son-in-law," Su Liyan’s mother said, adding more firewood to stop them. "Liyan’s father is full of hot air right now. It’s good for him to be out in the yard, blowing off some steam."

"True, true. It’s good to let off some of that heat!" Lu Yuan nodded. His father-in-law had kept his mother-in-law busy well into the latter half of the night before finally falling asleep, which had only dissipated a fraction of his fire.

When Lu Ruyan woke up, she peeked out the window at the snowman her maternal grandfather had built in the yard. She hastily shoveled down a few mouthfuls of rice and then charged into the courtyard to play in the snow.

This was the first time Lu Ruyan had ever seen snow.

During the meal, Su Liyan grew worried. Afraid her young daughter would catch a cold, she called out, "Ruyan, come inside and put your coat on before you go back out to play!"

Lu Yuan waved it off. "Kids need to be tough. You have to learn to let go so they can grow up strong and healthy!"

Su Liyan felt he had a point, so she let it be.

After they finished eating, Su Liyan’s mother retrieved a large chest from an inner room and set it on the table. It was covered in a thick layer of dust.

Su Liyan’s mother went to the washstand by the door, grabbed a cloth, and dampened it with water.

But before Su Liyan’s mother could wipe the dust from the chest, Su Liyan simply blew on it, sending a cloud of dust billowing through the entire room.

"Oh, for heaven’s sake, dear daughter, what are you doing? Look at this, just look! You’ve filled the whole room with dust!" Su Liyan’s mother cried out.

Su Liyan looked a bit sheepish. She scratched the back of her head with her left hand while turning her right palm over and pressing down gently. The force of gravity in the room instantly multiplied, and all the floating dust settled to the floor.

Lu Yuan flicked his sleeve, and all the settled dust was swept clean out the door.

Su Liyan’s mother chuckled. "It’s a good thing Liyan’s father took Ruyan out to play. You know you can’t use Techniques otherwise. Su Liyan’s father hates all that."

Su Liyan’s mother draped the damp cloth back on the stand, then opened the chest for her daughter and son-in-law to see. "These are all Inner Cores from beasts with millennia of cultivation."

Lu Yuan was in disbelief. He picked out two Inner Cores and held them in his hand, amazed. "Good heavens... Just how many are there? This is insane!"

Stroking the Inner Cores in the chest, Su Liyan’s mother said, "I’ve never counted, but there are probably about fifty. My dear son-in-law, you should take them as soon as you can!"

If each descendant consumed just one of these during their first ancestral awakening, this chest alone could be passed down for thirty or forty generations.

Fifteen Inner Cores floated up and hovered before the three of them. With a wave of his sleeve, Lu Yuan gathered them up. "Mom, fifteen will be enough. Thank you!"

Su Liyan’s mother grabbed a handful and stuffed them into Lu Yuan’s arms. "Take more! Take more!"

"That’s enough, Mom! Really, it’s enough!"

"It’s not, it’s not!" Su Liyan’s mother insisted, forcing another handful of Inner Cores into Lu Yuan’s arms before she was satisfied.

It would have been rude to refuse, so Lu Yuan could only thank her profusely.

Lu Yuan took out a box of Elixirs he had previously refined. "Mom," he said, "have Dad take these. I guarantee they’ll make his body resilient and help him live a long life."

Su Liyan’s mother picked one up, asking with some trepidation, "This won’t... make him all hot and full of vigor, will it?"

Su Liyan stared at Lu Yuan too. He offered a placating smile. "Not this time~"

Eager to begin, Lu Yuan started refining an Earth Level Superior Elixir in the west house. The Seven-Star Wind Pill Furnace hovered in mid-air, a cyan Flame searing its base and radiating waves of heat.

The snow on the roof melted, dripping into the courtyard below. The large snowman built that morning was also slowly dissolving...

After a long while, Lu Yuan inspected the second Elixir. "Why is it still just an Earth Level Middle Level Elixir? What a waste of an Inner Core!"

An Earth Level Middle Level Elixir didn’t require an Inner Core from a beast with millennia of cultivation. While the other ingredients were rare, they were nowhere near as precious as the Inner Core.

Lu Yuan took out a third Inner Core. The dark red core in his hand had been left by a thirteen-hundred-year-old Ice Toad Spirit. He was determined to refine an Earth Level Superior Elixir with this one.

Lu Yuan swallowed an Earth Level Middle Level Nine-Turn Pill to restore his depleted Inner Strength. Then, he conjured another dense ball of cyan Flame and resumed the refinement.

After a long while, the Seven-Star Wind Pill Furnace flared with a dazzling light. An Elixir shot out from within, bursting through the paper-paned window and flying off into the distance!

A cool, detached voice rang out in Lu Yuan’s mind: [Congratulations to the Host for successfully refining an Earth Level Superior Elixir. Unlocking the Celestial Level Elixir Chapter of the ’Alchemy’ skill!]

But Lu Yuan had no time to celebrate. The Elixir he had just successfully refined had actually gained sentience and flown away on its own.

Su Liyan came running. "What’s wrong?" she asked.

Lu Yuan pointed to the hole torn in the window paper. "Quick, after it! The Elixir flew away!"

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan shot out in pursuit, one after the other.

Lu Ruyan, who was just over a year old, walked in through the main gate holding her maternal grandfather’s hand. "Grandpa," she announced, "all the snow in our yard melted!"

Su Liyan’s father was puzzled as well. The snow was ten centimeters deep everywhere else, but for some reason, it had all melted in their yard, turning the large snowman into a small one.

Just then, Lu Ruyan spotted the flying "candy bean" in the air. Letting go of her grandfather’s hand, she jumped up and snatched it from the air, murmuring, "It’s still warm!"

"Ruyan, don’t eat that!" Lu Yuan and Su Liyan yelled, trying to stop their daughter.

But Lu Ruyan had already popped the so-called candy bean into her mouth, and it slid right down into her belly.

Su Liyan’s father patted Lu Ruyan on the behind. "You can’t eat strange things, little one. Spit it out, quickly!"

"Ahhh~"

Lu Ruyan opened her mouth wide, her little tongue rolling around inside. "Grandpa," she said, "it slid into my tummy all by itself!"

Frost began to form on Lu Ruyan’s body as a powerful force repelled everyone nearby. Su Liyan darted behind her father in a flash, catching him before he fell.

"Cold... so cold!"