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

Chapter 165: Chapter 145: Ancestor Passing on Power a Misunderstanding?

After Gu Kuang left, Old Blind Man naturally took his seat again.

It was Gu Liang, the Fifth Elder of the Gu Family, who felt a bit awkward. Although the Gu Hall was his territory, after all, he was in the presence of an unknown Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm Great Power, which left him unsure whether to sit or stand.

“Daoist fellow, don’t be restrained, just treat it as your own home,” Old Blind Man said with a chuckle when he noticed his embarrassment.

“Thank you, thank you…” Gu Liang bowed in thanks and then sat down.

But something didn’t quite feel right…

“How did the senior become the follower of our Young Master Gu?”

After a moment of silence, curiosity got the better of him, and he couldn’t help but ask.

“Everything is a matter of fate and opportunity,” Old Blind Man said enigmatically.

“I see…”

“That boy Changge really has remarkable fate and opportunity,” he muttered to himself, clearly puzzled by Old Blind Man’s words, which seemed to make no sense to him. Old Blind Man just shook his head and sighed, having no desire to explain further.

He thought that it was the young man’s fate, but in fact, it was his own! But after explaining to Gu Kuang and the others last time, he understood that the notion of luck was too difficult to explain—it’s not like he could toss a copper coin every time, right?

So he opted to let them think what they would.

Not long afterward…

Gu Kuang returned to the Council Hall with laughter and conversation, while Gu Changge silently followed behind the old man.

“Fifth Elder,” Gu Changge greeted with a slight bow as they entered the hall.

“Good, good, in just two short months you have already…”

Gu Liang hadn’t even had a chance to check his realm yet when he instinctively started to offer praise.

But when he sensed Changge’s cultivation realm, his face flushed red!

“Reach Profound Realm… Late Stage!?”

Gu Liang sprang to his feet, looking incredulously at Gu Changge, and after a long while, he glanced at Gu Kuang, seeing the arrogant look on his face as if looking down on him through his nostrils…

Although he really wanted to point out that it wasn’t Gu Kuang being amazing, but…

“Did you take Changge deep into the Demon Beast Forest?”

“Did you find any treasures?”

“It wasn’t that…”

“Just two months, and he’s reached the late stage of Reach Profound Realm?”

“I remember, it’s been at most half a year since Changge started cultivating, right?”

“Are you joking?”

“Just wait… let me catch my breath, nobody talk.”

Gu Liang, shaking and muttering, saw that Gu Kuang was about to speak, grabbed his own hair, and looked somewhat doubtful about life.

“Uninformed,” Gu Kuang snorted disdainfully.

“?”

“If you’re so informed, then tell me, is it normal to cultivate from a mortal to the late stage of Reach Profound Realm in half a year!? Did he consume Immortal Pills or get an Immortal’s inheritance?” Gu Liang retorted as his temples twitched uncontrollably at Gu Kuang’s words.

“It’s just luck…”

Seeing the Fifth Elder staring at him as if seeing a monster, Gu Changge helplessly smiled and responded with a bow.

“Luck?”

“A good stroke of luck indeed…”

“I guess I understand now why the family insisted on sending someone from the Eighth-grade Heavenly Gate Realm for support.”

“However…”

“It’s one thing to advance quickly while at the family, but how did you manage to progress so rapidly in Duanbei City?”

“Did the Ancestor come to Duanbei City to transmit power?”

Worried about the situation of the Ancestor who might have been striving to push the young master’s cultivation so quickly, Gu Liang frowned deeply.

“Transmit power?”

“The young master doesn’t seem like he’s received any transmission of power from a Great Power.”

Before Gu Changge could speak, Old Blind Man, looking somewhat confused, interjected.

“Besides…”

“With the young master’s talents, why would he need to boost his growth by power transmission, risking his future prospects?”

“Why would Daoist fellow have such a thought?” Old Blind Man continued, clearly puzzled.

“Talent?”

It was indeed hard for Gu Liang to associate the word ‘talent’ with the Gu Changge before him…

In his memory, this boy couldn’t even cultivate and had only come this far due to the Ancestor’s power transmission.

“There indeed hasn’t been any power transmission.”

Hearing the Fifth Elder mention the power transmission, Gu Changge found a good opportunity to clear the misunderstanding.

After all, he now had the ability to protect himself, and he was already firmly positioned as the young master.

“Previously…” Gu Liang was momentarily stunned upon hearing his confirmation.

“Changge has never said that the Ancestor transmitted power to him.”

“The elders never asked me either.”

Gu Changge replied with a light smile and offhand tone.

“This, this…”

For a moment, Gu Liang almost couldn’t digest this overwhelming information.

“The main reason is that Changge might have a special physique, suppressed for eighteen years before suddenly breaking through in leaps and bounds.”

“It really had nothing to do with the Ancestor,” Gu Changge added.

A long while passed.

Finally, Gu Liang came to accept this fact, and he viewed the young man before him with a different gaze.

He had thought it was good luck that afforded him the Ancestor’s transmission, but to think it was all by his own merit!

And from Old Blind Man’s words, he also learned about the Acquired Dao Body.

It was a physique that was even rarer and infinitely stronger than the Acquired Spirit Body!

“After returning home this time, you can wander around the Back Mountain more frequently.”

“With your rate of breakthrough, and this ‘Acquired… Dao Body’, you might just catch the Ancestor’s attention!”

Gu Liang, having calmed his emotions, paused for a moment before speaking.

“To be honest, although I’ve never received the Ancestor’s direct transmission of skills.”

“I have met the Ancestor before…”

Gu Changge casually replied.

“You’ve already met the Ancestor?” Gu Liang was surprised, but then he thought about it; given the Ancestor’s Realm, he must have long noticed this child’s extraordinariness!

Before his surprise subsided, Old Blind Man quietly said, “Your Gu Family Ancestor’s concern for the Young Master far exceeds your imagination.”

“The Young Master has been secretly escorted by your Gu Family Ancestor all the way here.”

“I had the fortune to meet him once in a city.”

Not only was Gu Liang stunned by this revelation, even Gu Kuang’s eyes widened.

The Ancestor had come to Duanbei City, yet only met with Gu Wanquan.

Recalling how Old Blind Man had previously presented a fishhook as proof of having met the Ancestor, Gu Kuang had an epiphany.

“The Ancestor personally escorted?”

“Geez…”

“Then, the Ancestor hasn’t followed us here too, has he?”

Gu Liang murmured to himself.

“Maybe… Old Five, you should bow towards the outside of the hall; see if the Ancestor responds.” Gu Kuang suggested with a careless laugh.

“Why don’t you bow yourself?” Gu Liang replied with annoyance.

Then, turning to Gu Changge, he asked, “When do you plan to set off?”

“Let’s set out today.”

Gu Changge thought about it; he no longer had any need to stay in Duanbei City.

Now that his Wife had left.

The Gu Family Disciples had also stopped targeting the disciples of the Heavenly Cold Sect training here.

“That’s good, then you may depart once you’re ready.” Gu Liang nodded slightly, knowing that the youngster had brought his Wife with him.

After saying goodbye, Gu Changge returned to his side hall.

He had already talked to Wang Yue about returning to the family when the old man came earlier.

Even before he had returned, everything was prepared.

Even Yuan Youbai had already awakened; hearing that Lord Jun planned to take her home, she too stopped sleeping and excitedly bombarded Wang Yue with various questions.

“What does Lord Jun’s family look like?”

“Nobody will bully Youbai because she’s not from the Human Clan, right?”

“Are there any particular etiquette that Youbai needs to pay attention to…”

“Sister Princess…”

Yuan Youbai blinked, her mouth never short of questions.

“Don’t worry.”

“As long as Lord Jun is there, definitely no one will bully you.”

“As for etiquette… there shouldn’t be anything too particular to note, just don’t sneak off and eat from the Gu Family’s Treasure Vault; everything else is a minor issue.”

Wang Yue explained with a smile, albeit impatiently.

“Then… What are Lord Jun’s parents like?”

“Are they easy to get along with?”

“Will they dislike Youbai?”

“Should Sister Princess and I go out of the city to find some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, as a gift for meeting them?”

Yuan Youbai, somewhat reassured, suddenly thought of something and asked.

So far, she had only met Lord Jun’s grandfather, who looked quite fierce especially with the terrifying scar above his eyes.

But he usually spoke quite kindly, especially when speaking with Lord Jun, always with a smile on his face.

“This…”

“Lord Jun’s parents are no longer around.”

“You don’t need to bring this up again, to avoid making Lord Jun sad if he hears it.”

Wang Yue paused for a moment and then shook her head.

Just then, Gu Changge opened the door of the side hall and walked in, just in time to hear this conversation.

The three of them exchanged glances, and before Wang Yue could say anything,

Yuan Youbai, with misty eyes, walked up silently and hugged Lord Jun’s waist tightly.

“It’s okay, Youbai will definitely stay by Lord Jun’s side forever.”

“And Sister Saintess, Sister Princess…”

Worried every day about her mother, she thought Lord Jun living without parents must have been difficult, right?

Hadn’t she herself been skulking and hiding, chased by many cultivators of the Human Clan and coveted by the Demon Clan for consumption precisely because her mother wasn’t there to protect her?

“Silly girl.”

Gu Changge simply smiled and ruffled her little head.

He didn’t have many memories of his parents in this life.

To say he had suffered, that wasn’t the case either.

Although he was parentless, at least his grandfather was still the second Elder of the Gu Family, with extraordinary strength.

Moreover, the Gu Family wasn’t like those contemptible families; he had never lacked the Monthly Salary he was entitled to, and no one had deliberately bullied him.

This might partly be due to the old man’s influence; even if he wasn’t in the Gu Family, as long as he was still around for one day, no one would be foolish enough to bully Gu Changge.

“Youbai will protect Lord Jun from now on!”

“I’ve eaten so many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures recently, I’m about to make a breakthrough!”

Yuan Youbai, her head being stroked by Lord Jun, wore a face full of enjoyment, no longer sad, but instead looked up seriously at Lord Jun and said.

“Good, then I’ll just wait for the day when I can be provided for.”

Gu Changge smiled slightly and then looked at Wang Yue, “Is everything ready?”

“There’s not much to tidy up, everything that needs to be taken has been taken.” Wang Yue said with a smile.

“Let’s go then.”

“Home.”

Gu Changge took one last look at the side hall, ready to leave with his two wives, unsure when he would return to Duanbei City next.

As soon as he stepped out of the side hall, he saw Gu Qianjun and his third uncle, Gu Sanfeng, waiting outside.

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