Next, it's your turn! Miko!
Under the sunlight.
The naked man with well-defined muscles struck a bizarre JOJO pose, delivering a 'death' sentence to Yae Miko.
Miko, who had just been feeling a bit self-pitying for not receiving affection, immediately began to get nervous.
Jack patted Yae Miko's thigh.
"This is outrageous, to be so stiff! You're usually so flirtatious, but in the end, you're more innocent than anyone. Could it be that Miko, you are the legendary cyber succubus, with a defiled mind and a pure body?"
"Who, who's a cyber succubus?!"
Miko tried her best to maintain her dignity.
However, her performance was far from satisfactory.
Jack had only used his first technique, 'Fingertip Breeze,' and Miko had already let out several of her characteristic fox-like "migu" cries.
Ei, watching from the side, kept shaking her head.
Hadn't Jack said that even ordinary people like Kamisato Ayaka and Yoimiya had passed this trial? Yet Miko, a divine familiar, was so utterly pathetic, practically disgracing the Hakushin Clan.
Even if Fox Saiguu were still alive, seeing this scene, she would probably cover her face and sigh, wondering how she could have chosen such a successor!
Buzz! —
Just as Ei was having these thoughts, the Sacred Sakura Tree suddenly emitted a purplish-red glow.
Petals drifted down, landing on the trio's shoulders.
[Buff Gained: Aphrodisiac]
[Buff Gained: Sensitivity Resistance Increased]
[Buff Gained: Attack Speed Greatly Increased]
"This is…"
Yae Miko felt her mind clear. She grabbed Jack's shoulders, stood up, and looked at the Sacred Sakura Tree she had protected for several hundred years.
"Are you helping me?"
Rustle! Rustle!
The Sacred Sakura Tree swayed its branches a few times in the wind, seemingly responding to Miko.
"Thank you, Sacred Sakura Tree!"
Miko said, moved. She had always believed that the Sacred Sakura Tree left by her sister Makoto had a spirit, and now it was confirmed.
It hadn't helped when Ei was in trouble.
But for her, it actively bestowed its enhancing radiance.
This meant that she, Yae Miko, was the one everyone wanted, the one the Sacred Sakura Tree had designated as the best partner for this man.
"Ei, did you notice?"
"Yes, I noticed."
"Eh? What are you two talking about?"
Just as Miko was feeling smug, the two people in front of her suddenly started talking about things she couldn't understand.
So she followed their gaze to the base of the Sacred Sakura Tree.
However, the Sacred Sakura Tree remained as it was, showing no change except for becoming a bit brighter.
"Don't look with your eyes; release your elemental power and perceive."
Jack reminded her.
Yae Miko did as told, but after a dozen seconds, she still found nothing.
"Don't bother, Miko. This is something only gods, or those with divine authority, can see—the deepest secret of Teyvat. Knowing too much is not a good thing for you."
Ei said.
However, the more this was said, the more Miko's curiosity was piqued. She looked at Jack, pointing to her mouth, and said:
"Husband, you can tell me this way, can't you? And now I'm your eternal companion too. Can Teyvat's rules still bind you, the Creator?"
"Indeed, Ei's thinking hasn't shifted yet, but it's true that you can't see the people inside the tree. Come here."
Miko obediently knelt and moved closer, wrapping her arms around Jack's neck.
Jack embraced her in return. To prevent this fox from suddenly passing out from pleasure, he temporarily lowered the sensitivity multiplier, adjusting it to around 3x.
Mwah~
Knowledge Infusion Ritual initiated.
Jack 'informed' Yae Miko of the ley line situation he had just perceived with divine power.
Beneath the Sacred Sakura Tree, countless kilometers deep within the ley lines, two figures gradually solidified.
One bore a ninety-nine percent resemblance to Ei, while the other had a temperament somewhat similar to Miko, and also possessed nine tails.
"Sister Makoto! Lady Fox Saiguu!"
Yae Miko's pupils widened.
She would recognize these two even if they turned to ash.
It was Raiden Makoto who had rescued her from the wild back then and raised her as a pet. The other, Fox Saiguu, was more like a mother figure to Miko.
"What happened to them? Why are they under the tree?"
"If I'm not mistaken, they should be byproducts of the ritual."
"The ritual… are you referring to that strange love and marriage ritual of the Sacred Sakura Tree?"
As one of the few who knew, Yae Miko was very aware of Jack's peculiar ritual.
But she really hadn't expected that ritual to also have the effect of resurrecting people!
If she had known this earlier, she would have gone around Inazuma, tied people up, washed them clean, and given them to Jack (beep—) already.
"Exactly. The Sacred Sakura Tree is, after all, a four-star eldritch boss. It's not surprising for it to have a second phase of combat."
"The first phase is to complete its ritual, using the act of love to extract the power of thoughts. Then, combining the faith absorbed over the years with the characteristics from the MC side, it resurrects the two souls most closely connected to the Sacred Sakura Tree within Inazuma's ley lines."
"The two resurrected individuals are the true bosses we need to fight."
Miko covered her mouth in surprise, saying:
"What! We… have to fight Sister Makoto and Lady Fox Saiguu?" She looked at Raiden Ei, "Is this battle unavoidable?"
Ei shook her head, her eyes also filled with sadness and conflict.
"Makoto and Fox Saiguu are already dead. Even if they are resurrected, they are merely monsters. Since they are monsters and harmful to Inazuma, they should be slain!"
"No! There might still be a turning point in this matter."
Jack disagreed with Ei's simplistic view and recalled a bug he had encountered during the Alice incident.
If he could also take the Sacred Sakura Tree as a familiar, then the summoned beings (Raiden Makoto, Fox Saiguu) cultivated in the Sacred Sakura Tree's second phase would naturally also count as his familiars.
Ultimately, they would all be overwritten by the Maid Charm mod and become Jack's eternal companions.
In that case, even if only a small portion of Raiden Makoto and Fox Saiguu's true spirits remain in the ley lines, the 'eternity' inherent in the Maid Charm can fully restore them, achieving a broad sense of resurrection!
Ei still wanted to say something.
But Jack gave her a 'trust me' look.
Ei then closed her mouth; she was willing to listen to what this man said.
"Alright, don't dwell on this. Even if both of you complete the ritual, there are still two more steps before the final ritual, so we still have time to prepare."
Jack pulled Yae Miko up again.
"The most urgent matter is to let the hungry child eat her fill! Don't you agree, Yae Miko?"
Jack wrapped his arm around Yae Miko's slender waist and slowly leaned in.
"Eh? Wait, aren't there still the second and third forms of Gong's Massage Technique?"
"Anyway, the Sacred Sakura Tree has already strengthened you, and I've also lowered the sensitivity, so it's fine for us to go straight into the final form."
"Fi-final form! What's that?"
Jack smiled and leaned close to Yae Miko's ear, saying, "The final form is called the Yin-Yang Harmony Five-Breath Qi Absorption Method."
Five-Breath Qi Absorption, in contrast to Nine-Breath Qi Absorption, which involves drawing spiritual energy through the mouth, nose, and crown of the head down to the soles of the feet to form a cycle, focuses on retaining spiritual energy in the lower Dantian.
Normally, attempting to cultivate Five-Breath Qi Absorption would cause the lower Dantian to explode due to the compression of spiritual energy, so an additional yin-yang union is required to compensate.
This way, not only is the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy several times faster, but because the dual cultivation method fulfills the conditions of yin-yang coexistence, the spiritual energy is absorbed more fully.
To put it bluntly, it's about thoroughly penetrating! Thoroughly!
215: Aftermath of the Ritual of Love and Marriage
[Ritual Achieved]
[Love Indicator: Yae Miko]
[Reward Distributed]
It took a full 45 breaths of Qi absorption for Jack to make Yae Miko completely transparent and complete the ritual.
Two hours later, Yae Miko was so comfortable that her fox tails couldn't be hidden, spreading out on the bed, revealing the enchanting appearance of a nine-tailed fox.
Ei curiously squatted beside Yae Miko and poked her belly.
"After enduring so much essence of flora, there's no change at all. Husband, how did Nahida's belly get so big? What exactly happened between you two that day...?"
"Stop! Let's not discuss such dangerous topics. Ei, you are the first god-level familiar besides Nahida. How do you feel about the digestion speed of the essence of flora?"
How can plant mating be compared to animal mating? They're not even on the same level!
And I must emphasize again, Nahida is already an adult!
Seeing that he intentionally avoided the question, Ei simply stopped asking.
In fact, she didn't think there was anything wrong with liking little girls. If anyone dared to speak ill of Jack, she would just cut them down with her blade.
"This energy you gave me is very special. I can feel it constantly strengthening my body, hundreds of times faster than my own cultivation. It's just that the quantity is a bit small; it'll probably be completely digested in less than a day."
"Less than a day, huh?"
Jack secretly compared Ei's digestion rate with that of his other wives.
For Keqing and the others, the same dose injected would take about 4 to 7 days to digest this power.
In comparison, Ei's speed is about 5 times theirs.
Looking at it this way, little Nahida's speed certainly wouldn't be much slower than Ei's. The conclusion is that she would probably have to carry a big belly for another one to two months.
Jack couldn't even imagine how ridiculous things would become if the people of Sumeru found out about Nahida's appearance during this period.
... (Moving with wives)
Clatter, clatter!
Inside Yae Miko's room, there were four or five mahjong tables.
Two or three hours later, led by the girls from Mondstadt and Liyue, most of the others had learned this novel game and started getting the hang of it.
Clang!
The sliding door opened, and the three who had completed the Sacred Sakura Tree ritual walked in, greeted by a scene like a Liyue-style teahouse.
"Jack, you're back! Two of bamboo!"
"Husband, why are you so fast today? North Wind!"
"Fast? Brother-in-law seems to have been diligently working for two or three hours already, Red Dragon!"
Everyone greeted him sparsely, their attention focused on the card tables.
This made the two young women next to Jack cast strange glances at him.
So, what unites the wives isn't your charm as a husband, but rather that the wives spontaneously formed mahjong groups, right?
Jack's face dropped a little.
But what could he do? Women and the entertainment of playing mahjong seem to have a naturally high compatibility. It's better than them scheming against each other and engaging in palace intrigue, right?
Ei walked over to Kujou Sara's table, sat cross-legged beside her, and watched intently.
"Gen-General-sama!"
"Call me Big Sister!"
"Mmm, Big Sister-sama!"
"Good, tell me how you play this game."
"Okay! Gen... Big Sister-sama!"
Once she truly entered the harem, Ei, this shut-in goddess who usually stayed in her deep chambers, also began to look for common topics with everyone and learned this game that everyone seemed to love.
Yae Miko wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes with relief.
"Ah, my Ei has finally grown up and knows how to make friends! Wuwu~"
Swish!
A naginata instantly grazed Yae Miko's cheek, embedding itself in the doorpost, as a few strands of pink hair floated down.
Ei glared sideways at Yae Miko.
"Eh!"
Yae Miko was so scared that she immediately hugged Jack, hiding behind her man.
"You, you! You can't beat Ei, yet you constantly tease her nerves. It's true to say you're a masochist."
"But I only want to be your masochist, I don't want everyone to bully me!"
She truly was a vixen, with a set of tricks for manipulating hearts.
This kind of give-and-take attitude made Jack's heart itch again.
"Suddenly remembered there's still something to clean up under the Sacred Sakura Tree. Yae Miko and I will go there."
Afterward, Miss Fox got her wish and became a masochist subjected to a triple assault.
...
After the Heavenly Marriage banquet.
The maidens and young women from various nations of Teyvat were all sent back to their respective places by Jack, and he left behind teleport waypoints, allowing them to travel freely across the Teyvat continent, which now had an activated network.
He, meanwhile, continued to stay in Inazuma, inviting the three academic witches from his household to research the Sacred Sakura Tree problem.
Among the three witches, the most senior was undoubtedly Alice, a current elder of the Witch's Assembly.
She gently stroked the Sacred Sakura Tree and said, "This tree was left behind by Raiden Makoto. In my memory, when I came here hundreds of years ago, it wasn't like this. Now it's starting to develop towards the level of the World Tree, but this process will be very long."
"World Tree? Alice-nushi, are you referring to the legendary divine tree that records all information in Teyvat and supports the world's existence?"
"That's right, little Lisa. If the Sacred Sakura Tree is allowed to continue growing for three to five thousand years, it might then be called the Tree of Love and Reincarnation, wouldn't it?"
Love, reincarnation... why does that sound so familiar?
Jack looked at the tree trunk carved into a fox shape by Yae Miko. This isn't the Bitter Love Tree from Fox Spirit Matchmaker, is it?
"Then, Alice, do you think it's possible for me to take it as a familiar?"
"Yes, but it needs a little assistance."
"What assistance?"
Alice smiled slyly and said, "I don't know yet, darling. I need to see the changes when the Sacred Sakura Tree actually completes the ritual to judge, so..."
Jack suddenly had a bad premonition.
"So?"
"Just let me observe the ritual execution process once or twice!"
Jack rubbed his forehead helplessly: "What's so interesting about that? If you want, we can go back to the room, and I'll make a sister for Klee right now."
Watching the ritual was fake; taking the opportunity to cause trouble was real!
Having already had deep discussions with her, Jack had long seen through Alice's little schemes.
"Oh, no! I'm just curious how the Sacred Sakura Tree absorbs virtual energy like emotions, darling. Since you love your wife so much, you should agree, right?"
Alice bit her lower lip, her big eyes fluttering as she looked up at Jack from below.
Jack was speechless for a moment.
Seriously, can't you, as a mother, teach Klee something good? I've been wondering why she always gets away with things by acting cute lately. So, you're leading by example, huh!
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