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

Chapter 133: Chapter 125: Qingqing Attempts to Break Through the Ruins Realm, The Dragon Clan at Duanbei City?

Watching Young Master leave, the Gu Family disciples couldn’t help but stop Gu Qianjun.

They asked quietly, “Brother Qian Jun, how come the Young Master went out and brought back a little girl?”

“Picked her up,” Gu Qianjun answered casually.

“Picked her up?”

“What kind of joke is that? We’ve been in Duanbei City for quite a few years, and never have we heard about picking up little girls outside the city!”

“If you don’t want to tell us, then don’t bother lying to us.”

“Exactly, exactly…”

The Gu Family disciples immediately waved their hands to show that Brother Qian Jun, now following the Young Master, was no longer speaking the truth to them.

“Alright then, she must be the Young Master’s child bride.”@@novelbin@@

Gu Qianjun covered his forehead and complained.

“No wonder!”

“So that’s it!”

“I knew it! How could he just pick up a little girl? She must be the Young Master’s child bride!”

Everyone looked enlightened.

Seeing this made Gu Qianjun almost go mad.

“Are your heads filled with rocks?!”

“You believe this?!”

“You don’t believe the truth, so how do you believe this?”

“The Young Master has just arrived in Duanbei City not long ago, how could he possibly have a child bride waiting outside the city? Besides, how could the outskirts be suitable for raising a person?”

Gu Qianjun said frantically, waved his hands, and went after the Young Master’s silhouette.

The remaining members of the Gu Family looked at each other, dumbfounded.

“I still think the idea of a child bride is more believable.”

“Although the Young Master hasn’t been here long, the Second Elder has been in charge of Duanbei City for many years; there’s definitely a possibility that he prepared a suitable granddaughter-in-law for the Young Master in advance!”

“Right, it makes sense, indeed!”

“How come I’ve never been able to pick one up in all these years?”

“Exactly!”

After Gu Qianjun left, they were still analyzing confidently, saying it was a bride raised on purpose by the Young Master’s grandfather during these years in Duanbei City!

Their conclusions seemed reasonable and well-founded!

Not far away, Gu Qianjun stumbled upon hearing this conversation.

He couldn’t help but become doubtful in his mind—could it really be true?

Otherwise, why would the Young Master suddenly leave the city today, as if he smelled something and found it?

Had this been premeditated?

Liu Qingqing glanced at her husband and did not inquire; she trusted him.

…

When they returned to the Gu Family residence, he didn’t go back to his own side hall but went to the small courtyard where he had been temporarily staying.

Although he had moved out, the family hadn’t sent anyone to Duanbei City these days, so naturally, the courtyard was still vacant.

He placed the white-haired girl onto the bed in the room, then he went to the courtyard to discuss the details of what had just happened with his wife.

After listening to her husband’s account, Liu Qingqing covered her mouth in surprise and pointed towards the closed room, “Husband, are you saying that she is from the Dragon Clan?”

Gu Qianjun, who had followed and was guarding the door, was even more surprised than Liu Qingqing, “I knew she wasn’t a child bride!”

But he truly hadn’t expected the Young Master to pick up a girl from the Dragon Clan on this excursion outside the city…

“What child bride?”

Gu Changge turned his head, his face filled with resignation.

“Nothing… they were just making wild guesses.”

“I didn’t believe it!” Gu Qianjun said with conviction.

Gu Changge said irritably, “If you didn’t believe it, what are you so shocked for?”

To this, he could only grin awkwardly, excusing himself to stand guard for the Young Master outside the courtyard.

The speculation from his clansmen at the city gate had seemed so plausible.

Moreover, these past days, he could see how much the Sixth Elder adored the Young Master; the possibility of the Elder raising a bride in advance for him didn’t seem entirely improbable.

“Wife, what are your plans next?”

Liu Qingqing was calming her surprise and couldn’t help but ask after a while.

“Let’s wait till she wakes up,”

Gu Changge waved his hand, his mind not yet made up.

That Old Blind Man was in the Northern Domain pursuing this Dragon Clan, still in the Demon Beast Forest.

Moreover, the Northern Domain hasn’t seen a member of the Dragon Clan for years. This girl running here from Central State must have some trouble.

Even if he wanted to keep her by his side, it would be better to wait for the Old Blind Man to return and inquire about the specifics.

Besides, her character and disposition were yet unknown.

If she were fierce, subduing her would require some effort; and if she were of simple nature, he might not have the heart to bind her as a mount.

Although possessing a dragon as a mount would indeed be impressive, she was still a Young Dragon. Waiting for her to grow would require a tremendous amount of resources.

“Speaking of which, wife, you must be close to breaking through to the Ruins Realm, right?”

He turned the conversation to his wife’s situation, curious about her progress.

“Almost.”

“Although I’ve been delayed by our trips to the outskirts these days, I’ve also found some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.”

“I am now only a step away from breaking through; it seems I can already sense the bottleneck.”

Liu Qingqing spoke of her own realm, yet some worries shadowed her expression.

Her husband’s pace of making breakthroughs was simply too quick.

From the encounter with the Gu Family two months ago to now, she had only just broken through one or two small realms, yet her husband had already crossed four great realms, swiftly cultivating from a mere mortal to the same Reach Profound Realm as hers!

At this rate, it wouldn’t take long before she’d be surpassed by her husband, and he would significantly widen the gap between them.

“Finger Bone Lady, did the Heavenly Cold Sect Elders help her extract it?”

“Once that demon marrow inside the finger bone is refined, it should be enough for my wife to break through, shouldn’t it?”

“Last time I left the city, I happened to encounter Underground Spirit Marrow and have kept its spiritual liquid until now, which should be just right for my wife to overcome her bottleneck.”

As he spoke, Gu Changge took out a jade bottle from his System Space.

When he discovered the Underground Spirit Marrow outside the city last time, he did not refine the spiritual liquid within, preferring to save it for later.

His wife was about to make a breakthrough into the Ruins Realm, making it the perfect opportunity to use it.

“Spiritual liquid?”

“With the help of spiritual liquid, it should indeed be enough to make a breakthrough!”

Liu Qingqing calculated briefly in her mind, then seriously said.

Originally, she had planned to wait another half a month before attempting to break through into the Ruins Realm.

But with the spiritual liquid’s assistance, not to mention the demon marrow from that finger bone, it ought to be enough!

“However, this thing is too rare; shouldn’t my husband save it for his own breakthrough into the Ruins Realm?”

Watching her husband pass the jade bottle, she was reluctant to take it, instead furrowing her brows as a reminder.

“Does it seem to my wife that I face any sort of bottleneck when making breakthroughs?”

“To tell the truth, in these past two-plus months of cultivation, I haven’t even known what a bottleneck is…”

“Breaking through is as simple as drinking water, ahh… it’s honestly quite troubling.”

Seeing that she was about to be courteous to him again, Gu Changge immediately started showing off, as if he were participating in the Battle of Versailles.

Sure enough, hearing this, Liu Qingqing pressed her lips together and, without further hesitation, accepted the jade bottle.

She, too, yearned for such troubles…

What her husband said was indeed true; in less than three months’ time, to be able to break through from a mortal to the Reach Profound Realm without facing any bottlenecks, his progress was incredibly smooth.

With that being the case, there was no need for her to be courteous. She just needed to remember her husband’s goodness and strive to improve her own realm so that she wouldn’t be left too far behind by her husband in the future!

The courtyard, with the isolation barrier lifted, was free from any disturbances.

After getting her husband’s affirmation, she took a meditation cushion from her storage pouch at her waist and sat down to begin circulating her Cultivation Technique.

And she took out the finger bone.

The Sixth Elder had already helped her open a round hole in the finger bone and had attached a layer of spiritual energy to it to prevent the loss of its spirit.

She had just not reached the right opportunity to refine it yet.

But now, the time had come.

She was not in a hurry to refine the demon marrow with the spiritual liquid. Instead, as she repeatedly circulated her Cultivation Technique and absorbed nature’s spiritual energy, she also adjusted her state.

In fact, she could distinctly feel that her speed of absorbing nature’s spiritual energy and of refining spiritual medicine had greatly improved from before!

All of this was thanks to her husband’s Root Bone Pill!

An hour passed, and her state had reached its peak.

Everything was in perfect shape; whether it was the saturation of spiritual energy in her body or her mental focus, she didn’t open her eyes. With a slight movement of her slender, fair fingers, the finger bone came to float before her, enveloped by her spiritual energy, as she started refining the demon marrow inside for her own use.

Demon marrow, unlike Spirit Marrow, contained the aura of demon beasts and couldn’t be directly consumed and refined.

“I wonder if there are any Space Rings in Gu Hall within Duanbei City…”

“My wife is still using a storage pouch, and that’s an oversight on my part.”

“It’s probably difficult to get one here in Duanbei City, and giving my wife a second-hand one wouldn’t be appropriate. Once we return to the clan, I’ll see if I can have one crafted for her.”

Sitting quietly in the gazebo in the courtyard, Gu Changge watched his wife refine the demon marrow inside the finger bone. Simultaneously, he realized an issue — his wife normally used a Storage Pouch.

After all, the Liu Family didn’t have the deep foundation that the Gu Family had; even Liu Qingqing’s mother currently only used a Storage Pouch.

Not to mention, even his own Third Uncle didn’t use a Space Ring.

Such a ring was quite valuable in the Northern Domain; one of the special Spirit Ores needed to make them was exceedingly rare in the region.

But now that he was the Young Master of the Gu Family, crafting a Space Ring wouldn’t be a problem.

Thinking thus, he took his time, quietly watching his wife refine the demon marrow within the finger bone.

Although it was small, small enough to be held Single-Handed, the demon marrow inside was still of a Eighth Grade Demon King from the Heavenly Gate Realm, and it would still take a while to refine.

…

Elsewhere, a figure unashamedly exuded his Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm aura as he returned from the Demon Beast Forest.

“What a pity…”

“I couldn’t find the traces of the Young Dragon that Central State disciple wanted.”

“However, I did collect several Earth Rank Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.”

“I’m not coming back empty-handed, at least.”

Wang Yi had ventured out of the city into the vast lands for around ten or so days, but the compass Li Huaji had given him showed no reaction at all.

As soon as he fetched the compass upon arriving outside Duanbei City, planning to hand it over to the three prodigies from Central State along with those Earth Rank Spiritual Medicines, he was suddenly struck by an anomaly!

The compass, guided by Dragon Blood and cloaked in spiritual energy, had held that drop of dragon blood in the compass’s very center all this time.

But now, just as he took out the compass, that drop of dragon blood moved visibly toward one direction, as if guiding him.

“Is the Young Dragon inside Duanbei City?”

After his astonishment, Wang Yi suddenly burst into laughter. To find what he was looking for without any effort!

Now his grandson’s chance to become an Inner Sect Disciple was secured again, a position that would grant much better treatment and resources than an Outer Disciple!