New Names

Yu Shun left Xu Miao's courtyard in disappointment as Ju Shoufen stole his profit.

When he regrouped with his bodyguards, he sent his new order.

"I want everyone to spread the news. Wei Yuan, the granddaughter of the rebel leader, is taking shelter under the Myriad Cauldron Sect. I want the royal armies and every orthodox sect to know!"

"The rebel's granddaughter?"

"Ah! I want every motherfucker to know! Give me my phone! I'll text my HQ and tell everyone about this!"

Yu Shun had a sinister plan. He wanted to use the royal armies and the orthodox sects to force Myriad Cauldron Sect's hands. Once these alchemists were intimidated, they would chase out the rebel's granddaughter or cooperate with him. If these alchemists wouldn't comply with their demands, the orthodox sects would take this opportunity to ransack these rich alchemists.

No matter what the alchemists would choose, Yu Shun would get his revenge.

'If you want to hide, I'll smoke you out! Once I get my hands on you, Xu Miao, I'll make you my alchemist slave! I'll make you concoct aphrodisiac pills for the rest of your life! Your wives and concubines will be my sex toys. I'll ravish them right in front of you and have them bear my children! You will pay for what you did, Xu Miao!'

Yu Shun guided his bodyguards to wait at the outskirt of Yeet City. For now, he would watch the upcoming chaos from far away.

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Ju Shoufen bid farewell to Xu Miao and the girls. Before she left, she gave Wei Yuan a meaningful look.

"Little girl, I think you should change your identity ASAP."

Wei Yuan tilted her head, "Why?"

"Your families got themselves in a complicated situation. You will be eventually involved in their messes sooner or later. You should forsake your old identity and disguise yourself a bit. For a starter, you can dye your hair or cut it."

Wei Yuan's current appearance stood out from the local cultivators. She had natural long blonde hair, a pretty face, and sharp eyes. One of the reasons that Xu Miao liked her body was her unique beauty and her hairstyle, which resembled Reina Kurashiki, a gorgeous and sexy heroine from a certain hentai series[1].

If Wei Yuan continued to maintain her look, she would be easily recognized in public. With her complicated relationship with Wei Huang, she would get dragged to the conflicts, where a bunch of monstrous 6th-stage and 7th-stage cultivators were playing a war game.

"I'll keep that in mind."

"You, too, Xu Miao. You should stop using that false name if you want to stay out of trouble."

Xu Miao nodded. It was about time that he had to stop floundering the Xu Clan's surname. However, he didn't like his old "Mao Meowmeow" name.

'What should I call myself? Should I resume the old cat name?'

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Xu Miao, Wei Yuan, and 12 yin slaves sat around a square dining table. Tea had been served to everyone. As for Ju Chen, she was still sleeping in Xu Miao's room.

"I'm thinking of changing my name."

"Me, too," Wei Yuan also needed a new identity, "But you can still use your true name. Your slave identity isn't well-known, right?"

"But Xu Xiuying knows my face and my real name. I also don't want to be treated like a cat."

"I see. Well, how about Mao Miao. Just cut one meow, and it sounds better."

Xu Miao shook his head, "That's not good. It's too easy to guess and connect between the old me and the new name."

"Then, how about Miao Mao?"

magic Xu Miao rolled his eyes, "Anything but Miao, please."

"Eh, what do you want to call yourself, then?"

"… I have no idea."

The yin slaves also gave their opinions. However, most of the names sounded too cute, such as Mao Mumu, Mao Mao, Mao Xiaomiao, or the absurd Miao Miaomiao.

Xu Miao wanted something impressive or masculine. Unfortunately, he couldn't come up with the right name either.

During their discussion, Xu Miao recalled the face of CJ. Then, he had enlightenment.

"Triple M."

"Triple what? Em?"

"Yup. MMM."

Xu Miao recalled that there was a professional wrestler by the ring name HHH, which stood for Hunter Hearst Helmsley. By using an abbreviation, it became more memorable.

CJ was also a shortened name. Xu Miao still didn't know what its abbreviation was for, but he knew that it was a nice idea.

Unfortunately, the girls were not familiar with modern names. They found it weird and awkward.

Wei Yuan also cringed, "I'll just call you as HUBBY."

The slave girls agreed, "Yeah. Em-Em is weird. We'll just call you as MASTER."

Despite the opinions, Xu Miao insisted that his official name would change to MMM. At least, nobody would call him meow-meow anymore.

Seeing how obstinate Xu Miao was, Wei Yuan and everyone gave up.

"I guess I should go by Mao Yuan now."

Hearing Wei Yuan's new name, Xu Miao laughed. It was weirder than his name since it was a pun to the currency of modern China, Mao-Yuan, because the banknotes had Mao Zedong's face on them.

Getting mocked, Wei Yuan changed her mind.

"Hubby, you're a bully!"

"HAHAHAHA!!"

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After the meeting, they came to a conclusion with new names and surnames.

Wei Yuan adopted her father's name, CAO, as her new surname, so she would appear in public as Cao Yuan. Xu Miao also took the new formal name of Cao Mao.

A new signboard with a character, CAO, was hung in front of the guest courtyard that day.

The new perverted clan of Cao had been born.

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The next day, Ju Shoufen sent a messenger to visit the newly established clan to congratulate on their new identities. The messenger also handed a temporary alchemist license to Xu Miao, or from now on, Cao Mao.

Now, Cao Mao could sell his mutated pills to the sect at the price of 20 raw spirit stones each. However, he couldn't sell them to the merchants directly since he was not their disciple.

Cao Mao didn't like the offer since he learned from the previous conversation between the merchant and the garden master. He figured that aphrodisiac pills might be sold at a higher rate, so it was a bad idea to sell everything he had to the sect.

"Thank you very much, messenger. Please give senior Ju my regards."

The messenger cupped her fist and bowed back, "Garden Master has said that you should participate in a garden realm expedition event in the next month."

"What's that event?"

The messenger explained.

The expedition was different from what Jia Shan did in the assessment tests, where he sent people to another realm to hone their survival skills.

The garden realm under the Myriad Cauldron Sect was a world of medicine farms. Only sentient plants and trees lived in that world, protecting the rare herbs from outsiders.

Cultivators with any strength could join the expedition. Also, combat between fellow cultivators was banned since it was the world's law. Violators would be ejected on the spot by the mysterious arrays in that sub-dimensional world.

The goal of this expedition was to harvest as many herbs as they could during the time limit of one day. But there was a kick – if a participant couldn't harvest a certain fruit, plant, or herb properly, the collected goodie would automatically return to where it came from, which would waste their precious time. Moreover, trap arrays and plants could counterattack against the cultivators.

The rewards of this event were their rare plants, trees, and herbs that participants could harvest from the world. Still, the Myriad Cauldron Sect would charge an entrance fee, depending on the participant's cultivation base.

For Cao Mao, he only needed to pay one refined stone. As for 3rd-stage girls, each of them had to pay 10 refined stones.

"So, the higher the cultivation base, the higher the chance?"

The messenger laughed, "No. It depends on the knowledge about the plants. If you use the wrong method to harvest them, you won't get anything in return. But if you study in plantations and herbs, even if your cultivation base is weaker than the guardians, you can still earn a lot, including heaven-grade plants."

"Oh? Interesting. But I never learned anything about medical plants. Heck, I have never planted a tree before!"

"Ahaha! You don't have to worry about that. Most low-grade and medium-grade herbs are easy to harvest. As long as you don't harm the roots, you'll be fine. The garden master said this herself."

"Ah, okay. If she said so."

The messenger bid farewell after she successfully completed her missions.

Cao Mao returned to his wives and told them about the event.

"Do you girls want in?"

Everyone shook their heads, including Wei Yuan, aka Cao Yuan. They were too lazy to do something risky such as plucking random medical herbs. Sleeping, cultivating, or having sex with Cao Mao was more productive.

"Meh, you guys are lazy bums! Fine, I'll prepare for the event on my own!"

Cao Mao went out to Ju Garden again. This time, he wanted to buy some guidebooks or textbooks, relating to medical herbs and the Garden World.

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Two hours later after Cao Mao went out, Jiang Lan received a text message from Ma Xingjuan, the receptionist that introduced her to him.

"Hey, Jiang Lan. Are you okay with that slave boy?"

Jiang Lan looked at her phone in shock. She texted back, "Who?"

"It's me, E19. Well, you probably don't remember me anymore since we haven't met for a long time."

"Ah, senior E19! How have you been? I heard you escaped from the brothel. Where are you now?"

"I'm at Sky Duck City. Actually, I heard some bad news relating to your husband."

"My husband?"

"That Xu Miao. Or should I call him Mao Miaomiao?"

"Ah!"

Jiang Lan's pretended to be clueless in the chatroom, but she was as calm as a mountain. Jiang Lan secretly called other yin slaves and Wei Yuan to read the chat while she was texting E19.

E19 continued, "Have you heard of Yu Shun?"

"Yu Shun?"

All yin slaves looked at each other. They recalled the fat merchant on the other day.

"Yu Shun's men have posted announcement posters everywhere. He said that Wei Yuan, the granddaughter of the rebel leader is living with Xu Miao in the Yeet City!"

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