The Martial Doctor

This was Ji Fei’Er’s second time. Although she was more familiar with it compared to the first time, her movements were still a bit stiff. It was unclear what exactly she had learned from Si Miaoxue or Yue Mei’Er.

The experience wasn’t very pleasant.

Lin Miao had to guide her the entire time, but they finally completed the cultivation process.

After it was over, Ji Fei’Er wanted to leave, but she was suddenly pulled back by the waist, falling into Lin Miao’s embrace.

"What, do you think this was just a task?"

"The Young Lord has already gotten what he wanted from Fei’Er, why make it difficult for Fei’Er now?" Ji Fei’Er stiffened involuntarily.

Although in that moment she did indeed feel a kind of transcendence from body to soul, she couldn’t bring herself to fawn and flatter like Si Miaoxue or Yue Mei’Er.

"What, didn’t you go to great lengths to climb into my bed back then, and now that you’ve used it, you want to discard it?" Lin Miao said.

Ji Fei’Er was taken aback, turning her head slightly to look at Lin Miao, feeling a bit bemused by this man who sounded somewhat "resentful."

"Lie down, talk with me for a while. Since you’ve become my woman, I should get to know you better, right?" Lin Miao said, patting the space beside him.

Ji Fei’Er hesitated slightly but lay down nonetheless. "What does the Young Lord wish to know?"

Lin Miao gently stroked Ji Fei’Er’s soft hair, a gesture that could be seen as both affectionate and indulgent.

"Your family, your parents and siblings, even secrets you’ve never shared with anyone, you can tell me."

"The Young Lord is so greedy indeed!"

"Since you acknowledge me as your Young Lord, both your body and heart should belong to me. Or are you merely playing along with me, feigning submission?"

"Young Lord, I’ve already given my purity to you, isn’t that enough?"

"For you people of the Ji Family, the body and purity are nothing compared to family interests. Or perhaps in your heart, it doesn’t matter at all."

Ji Fei’Er was stunned.

Women of the Ji surname were taught from birth by the family in this way, and she was no exception. Family interests were above everything else.

Even if married and with children, if it conflicted with family interests, the husband and children could be sacrificed when necessary.

This was the ancestral teaching of the Ji Family.

"Young Lord, let me tell you about my situation. Although I have the Ji surname, I’m not from the main branch. Our Ji family internally has three branches: the first is the prime ancestor, the main branch; the second is the secondary ancestor, the secondary branch; the third is mixed, called the miscellaneous branch, although we hold the Ji surname, we can’t tell which branch we belong to. My family is part of that mixed branch. Although we have records in the family genealogy and can trace our origins, it’s been over a thousand years, with countless generations past, really, all I remember is my great-grandfather’s name, beyond that, I don’t know..."

Being born into this emotionally cold and self-interest-driven family is quite pitiful indeed. Of course, if a family wants to continue, it really needs this kind of indifference; those values of kindness, humility, and respect are just for outsiders to hear. How could one survive without being a bit ruthless?

Lin Miao’s hand naturally moved to her smooth back.

Listening to Ji Fei’Er’s soft murmurs, he occasionally interjected a sentence, but mostly he listened. Ji Fei’Er being chosen as one of the Four Attendants of the Saint Heir was also the result of internal family compromise.

The main and secondary branches didn’t want to send their girls, so it came from the miscellaneous branch, from which Ji Fei’Er, a rare talented individual, emerged.

She was just arranged and sent.

Becoming a Moon Attendant, although it granted certain cultivation resources, her life would ultimately be tied to the Saint Heir. If she’s lucky and favored, she might have a chance to become the Consort of the Sect Leader, but for people of the Ji Family, that chance was essentially nonexistent.

While historically all Sect Leaders carried the Ji surname, none ever chose a Ji woman as Consort; this was an unspoken rule.

In the religion, where the Ji family already held significant power, if both the Sect Leader and Consort were of Ji surname, it wouldn’t be a sect anymore but a family affair.

Other families within the sect wouldn’t agree to this, which was the outcome of multiple power struggles.

So, even if Ji Fei’Er was the head of the Four Moon Attendants, she could at best become a secondary consort; the position of Sect Leader’s wife was out of reach.

As for the other Moon Attendants, they had a chance to compete, such as Yue Mei’Er, the Priestess, and even that Mrs. Yin.

Even Si Miaoxue had a chance.

At the moment, if Lin Miao truly intended to return as Saint Heir to inherit the Lunar Palace and become the Young Lord of the Moon Worship Sect, then Si Miaoxue was most likely to be appointed as Consort Yue.

"When you came to me for the treatment of your claustrophobia, it wasn’t just to become a real woman, was it?"

Ji Fei’Er hesitated, then slowly spoke, "Yes, the cultivation technique I practice requires a complete female physique to break through to the Tianyuan level. Otherwise, due to this flaw, I cannot break through and will be eternally trapped in the Meridian Passage Realm."

"Once you break through to the Tianyuan level, you will have some degree of autonomy, right?"

"Yes, according to the rules of the Moon Worship Sect, if I break through to the Tianyuan level, I can become an Elder. As an Elder, aside from receiving more resources, I can challenge some rules. For example, I can request to have my status as a Moon Attendant revoked."

"So now, if you reach Tianyuan, would you request it to be revoked?"