Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse

Chapter 132: Chapter 124: Even being a child bride is a crime, my wife, listen to my cunning defense!

Gu Changge stood atop the city wall when he suddenly felt an unusual sensation from the Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus within his Qi Sea.

His gaze swept across the land, landing directly on a spot a hundred miles away.

“Is there a treasure?”

From several past experiences, he had come to understand that whenever a treasure beneficial to cultivation appeared, the Golden Lotus within him would sense it.

A hundred miles outside the city was not particularly dangerous, and without much thought, he instantly vanished from the city wall with a flash.

Seeing the Young Master leave the city, Gu Qianjun immediately followed suit.

With his current Reach Profound Realm speed and a clear target and direction, a hundred miles would take less than thirty minutes!

However, after a short while, Gu Changge furrowed his brows.

Why is this treasure moving?

…

On the other side, the petite figure hidden under a cloak felt something was terribly wrong.

“It’s impossible…”

“The Hidden Breath technique of my Dragon Clan shouldn’t be detectable even by the Heavenly Gate Realm!”

Despite changing direction several times, the two figures behind her consistently headed her way.

She eventually confirmed that she had been discovered!

But this shouldn’t be happening. Even in the Demon Beast Forest, the Ninth Grade Old Blind Man hadn’t been able to detect her, though her Hidden Breath technique was more effective while hiding at the bottom of a pool; still, it shouldn’t mean that the person in the Reach Profound Realm behind her could discover her!

Unable to reveal her aura, she could only exert thirty percent of her speed.

Seeing the distance closing, she was prepared to take the risk and eliminate the two humans tailing her.

Fortunately, the sudden appearance of a stream ahead brought her a glimmer of hope as she transformed into her original form—albeit many times smaller, like a tiny white snake.

She plunged into the stream and employed her Dragon Clan’s Hidden Breath technique to its utmost limit, slowly moving with the flow.

She couldn’t believe that if even the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm couldn’t detect her, that the following Reach Profound Realm would be able to?

If he truly did, she would have to take the risk to eliminate him and make a quick escape!

Thankfully, she was now not far from the Human Clan’s territories and was about to circumvent Duanbei City.

After a short time, the two figures reached the spot where she had disappeared into the stream.

“Young Master, have you discovered something?” Gu Qianjun inquired, searching the surroundings with his Divine Sense. He found no trace of Demon Beasts or Spirit Grass, prompting his curiosity.

“It’s hard to say…”

“I’m not sure what it is,” Gu Changge replied, shaking his head slightly. Even with his Divine Sense far surpassing that of an ordinary person, he could discern nothing at the moment.

However, the Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus within him reacted even more strongly.

The treasure was nearby!

The closer he got to the treasure, the clearer the sensation from the Golden Lotus became.

He didn’t rush, instead wandering along the stream according to the changes in the Golden Lotus to determine the direction.

His eyes brightened when he decided to head downstream.

The little White Dragon in the water was completely panicked.

She had submerged herself in the water, yet this man could still detect her?

Was his Divine Sense stronger than that of a Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm?

As he got closer and closer, she became increasingly conflicted!

She was just short of crossing the border of the Human Clan’s territory.

If she took action now, it would surely draw the attention of the Human Clan’s Great Powers in the nearby border city.

Without any better option, she reverted to human form—a Reach Profound Realm and a Ruins Realm probably wouldn’t recognize her Dragon Clan identity.

But just as she transformed, her head suddenly felt heavy.

“Not good…”

Before she could do anything, she fell unconscious into the stream.

She had already been pursued and heavily injured by the people of Central State before attempting to flee to the Northern Domain. Now, prolonged use of the Hidden Breath technique, combined with employing Spiritual Energy for transformation, had caused a disorder in her Spiritual Energy.

Moments later.

As Gu Changge followed the enhanced sensation from the stream.

He eventually stopped in front of some weeds.

Casually using his Spiritual Energy, he pushed the weeds aside, anticipating that he may find some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures this time.

He only thought the treasure was moving with the stream.

Gu Qianjun stood slightly ahead of his Young Master, ready to protect him in case of any danger.

But as the weeds were cleared, they revealed a petite figure blocked by a rotted tree trunk.

“?”

A large question mark appeared above Gu Changge’s head.

Even Gu Qianjun was stunned.

So, the Young Master had not discovered some Heavenly Material or Earthly Treasure but a girl?

Did he chase for over a hundred miles just by her scent?

The girl seemed to possess some technique or Magic Treasure, as her Realm could not be discerned.

Her age appeared to be around fifteen or sixteen, small and exquisite, with hair of an uncommon white color.

“Young Master… what is this?” Gu Qianjun tentatively asked.

“Strange.”

Gu Changge frowned and squatted down to take a closer look.

The girl was still breathing, she was alive.

But… why would his Golden Lotus react to her?

Could it be that she carried some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?

Without further thought, seeing the girl’s weak breath, he simply hooked her with a finger and lifted her from the mess with his Spiritual Energy, placing her on the grass beside him.

There didn’t seem to be any treasure on the girl’s person.

Clad in only a simple, tightly-fitting dragon-patterned leather armor, the silver boots were also embossed with dragon patterns.

The quality was indiscernible, but it likely was a magic treasure.

He placed his hand gently on her lower abdomen, intending to infuse some spiritual energy to see if he could awaken her.

However, as soon as the spiritual energy entered her body, he furrowed his brows.

He looked deeply at the girl, whose eyes were tightly shut and who wore a pained expression on her face.

Not of the Human Clan…

Instead of a Qi Sea, her dantian harbored an inner core!

But this was somewhat peculiar.

Logically, a Demon Beast capable of transformation should at least be a Demon King of the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm, and when they transformed, they usually retained some characteristics of their demon forms, perhaps due to insufficient cultivation or perhaps by choice, finding those features more awe-inspiring.

Yet the girl before him, when he had infused her with spiritual energy, he could already tell that her realm was not close to the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm, not even the Sixth Grade Refining Void Realm!

How then, did she manage to transform?

Moreover, there were no characteristics of the Demon Clan on the girl’s body; her transformation was flawless.

Suddenly, as he looked at the white dragon-scale embossed leather armor the girl wore, a possibility flashed through his mind!

Old Blind Man had mentioned a few days prior that he had come to the Northern Domain in pursuit of a Young Dragon…

This time, on his journey to the Demon Beast Forest, he had also hoped to find that Young Dragon. Failing that, he planned to collect some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures as presents in exchange for a promise of future consideration to join the Central State Sword Sect.

“It seems there was a feature left after all…”

Gu Changge murmured to himself, now ninety-nine percent certain that this girl was likely the Young Dragon mentioned by Old Blind Man.

The feature was not retained on the body but instead had become a part of the armor after her transformation.

No wonder that armor was like a treasure, yet its grade was indiscernible…

And the movements in his Golden Lotus also suddenly made sense.

A member of the Dragon Clan could be considered precious all over; it was normal for the Golden Lotus to react!

But he had no intention of killing and refining this little dragon…

“Young Master, what should we do?”

“Should we take her back to the city?”

Gu Qianjun silently stood by, watching the Young Master place his hand on the girl’s abdomen, his expressions alternating between frowns and moments of enlightenment. After a long while, he dared to speak up and ask what the Young Master intended.

“Of course, we should take her back.”@@novelbin@@

Heeding his reminder, Gu Changge returned to his senses, glanced at the girl who even in her slumber seemed to be in pain, and decisively made a decision.

“Let’s go.”

Gu Changge casually summoned his Flying Sword, planning to take her back to Duanbei City on it.

However, his Flying Sword had no ability to enlarge, and how to place a sleeping girl on it became an issue.

“Perhaps, Young Master, you could carry her back,”

Gu Qianjun tentatively suggested from the side.

The girl looked quite pleasant, and the Young Master had placed his hand on the girl’s abdomen for quite a while; perhaps he had taken a liking to her.

It wasn’t out of the question to consider her as a potential child bride…

With such a talent, the Young Master should marry more wives to continue the Gu Family bloodline…

Hearing his suggestion, Gu Changge only curled his lip in response. How could he, the Young Master of the Gu Family, carry a ‘person’ back to Duanbei City so carelessly?

“Don’t worry, Young Master, I promise I won’t tell the Young Ladies about you leaving the city for a hundred miles today just for this girl’s sake,”

Gu Qianjun was already considering the Young Master’s concerns and promptly made a solemn promise.

“You… forget it.”

Gu Changge couldn’t be bothered to explain too much and simply picked up the girl outright.

Oddly enough, if she was from the Dragon Clan, how heavy should she have been before her Transformation?

But after transforming, she was indeed as light as a young girl.

For some reason, as soon as he picked up the girl, her instincts kicked in even without consciousness, and she wrapped her hands around his neck.

Her small nose twitched from time to time as if she had caught a scent that made her feel particularly content and close.

This made her tightly knotted brow gradually unwind.

“Young Master, this girl is too odd.”

“How come she appeared outside Duanbei City?”

On the way back, Gu Qianjun finally seemed to come to his senses and asked with a vigilant look.

“You’re just realizing that now?”

“Relax, I already know her identity,”

Gu Changge felt somewhat speechless for a moment, wondering if his cultivation talent had come at the expense of his intelligence, taking so long to recognize the obvious.

A fourteen-year-old child, how could she possibly appear outside Duanbei City?

“Oh…” Gu Qianjun nodded slightly. Since the Young Master had said so, he had been needlessly worried.

On the return journey, Gu Changge wasn’t in a rush to seek out Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and proceeded slowly.

It took nearly two hours until they were back outside Duanbei City.

By coincidence, a familiar figure was returning to the city at the same time.

He spotted his figure from a distance and happily approached him.

“Wife, how did your search go?”

Gu Changge also felt pleasantly surprised and cheerfully inquired.

But Liu Qingqing, upon stopping in front of him, turned her eyes towards what he was carrying behind him.

“Uh…”

“This, Wife, let me explain,”

“Just now outside the city, I thought I’d found some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and then…”

Gu Changge, seeing his wife’s gaze shifting to the girl he carried, immediately wanted to explain.

“What a pretty little sister,”

But Liu Qingqing just leaned in, dazzled by the delicately sculpted face, and couldn’t help but reach out to touch her forehead.

“But how could such a small…”

With the city gate crowded and noisy, Gu Changge simply said, “Let’s go home first, and then I can explain everything to you, Wife.”