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

Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Little Princess Arrives

Gu Changge stepped out of Liu Qingqing’s room, humming a tune and left the Heavenly Cold Sect’s courtyard in a good mood.

Seeing this, the Heavenly Cold Sect disciples were both angry and helpless.

“Since the method is feasible, there’s no need to directly exchange the values on the panel anymore.”

“Switching to elixirs is more cost-effective.”

After the test just now, he had already come up with a plan on how to use the remaining eight hundred plus attribute points.

At least until he had a stable source of attribute points, he still needed to be economical with them.

However, acquiring them through the killing done by a Daoist couple isn’t bad either, it’s just a pity that my wife, as a Saintess candidate, probably doesn’t have much need for those sect tasks…

Otherwise, with Liu Qingqing’s reach in the Profound Realm, killing some demon beasts or people from hostile forces of the same realm, wouldn’t that mean the attribute points would come faster than if I were to kill the enemies myself! @@novelbin@@

“Tsk… It would be great to marry an assassin as a Daoist couple, then I’d really never run out of attribute points.”

Suddenly, he came up with an idea, but soon shook his head and dismissed it.

As a member of the Gu Family’s direct lineage who had long resided in the Gu Family, where would he encounter an assassin?

Besides, a cold-hearted assassin probably wouldn’t become his Daoist couple!

It was a good idea, but it’s a pity that it wasn’t so easy to realize.

Even so, he silently noted down this idea in his mind; if an opportunity presented itself, it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try!

Today, Gu Changge did not return to his Back Mountain Courtyard but went directly to his original quarters in the Inner Mansion Courtyard.

With just three days until the marriage, his eldest uncle had already told him not to go to the Back Mountain these days.

“Wow…”

“Is everything done so quickly?”

As he approached the courtyard, Gu Changge couldn’t help but be stunned. The courtyard was already decorated with lights and festooned with large red lanterns and red ‘happiness’ characters.

It was a scene filled with joy.

The gate of the courtyard was open, so he walked straight in.

Upon entering, he discovered that all this didn’t seem to be the work of the servants.

The old man was meticulously busy in the courtyard, and in the pavilion, there were ink, brushes, and red paper. Even those ‘happiness’ characters were personally written by the old man.

“Back?”

“See if there’s anything that doesn’t meet your expectations.”

“Let the old man change it for you.”

After Gu Kuang finished hanging up the ‘happiness’ character, he turned around with a loving look on his face and asked his beloved grandson.

Although the scar on his right eye might seem fearsome to outsiders, Gu Changge only felt warmth in his heart.

“Just go by what you think is best; Changge doesn’t understand these things.”

“Besides, it’s the first time getting married, so I have no experience…”

After recent interactions, especially with the matter of killing Wang Yu, he felt much closer to the old man.

He even managed to make jokes with ease.

“You little…”

Gu Kuang laughed out loud and shook his head slightly.

But raising his hand, he set up a shielding barrier before he continued, “There’s been movement from the Imperial Family.”

“The matter regarding that useless prince, the Northern Domain Royal Family dares not to probe further for the time being.”

“However… I didn’t expect that the Emperor of the Northern Domain could be so patient.”

“He did not only refrain from blaming the Heavenly Cold Sect or our Gu Family, but instead… chose to form a marital alliance with our Gu Family.”

He had just received the news from Gu Zhan today, and to keep his grandson from worrying about the matter, he straightforwardly told him.

This outcome was indeed beyond Gu Changge’s expectation.

“Alliance?”

He had thought of various possibilities, but he really hadn’t expected the Imperial Family to go to this extent, not only refraining from any action but also seeking to draw closer to the Gu Family.

“Worried about us joining hands with the Heavenly Cold Sect?”

But he quickly came to realize what the Imperial Family was worried about.

The Heavenly Cold Sect, the largest ruler of Wuzhou.

The Gu Family, was the powerholder of Qingzhou.

If viewed separately, neither matched half the foundation of the Northern Domain Royal Family. But if the two families joined forces, they couldn’t say they would stand equal to the Imperial Family, but at least they could reach a standard that was close to a 40–60 split.

Thus, the Imperial Family’s hope of unifying the Northern Domain seemed nearly impossible.

Should they pay a dear price to swallow the two families, their remaining strength would likely be insufficient to dominate the Northern Domain, potentially even shaking their foundation!

“Indeed, that old geezer would do anything to swallow the entire Northern Domain.”

“But at least for now, things are still stable.”

“Alright, don’t go back to the Back Mountain for the next few days.”

Gu Kuang saw that he had only been slightly stunned before understanding the reason, and he nodded in satisfaction.

Indeed, his bright grandson grasped things at once.

He didn’t linger in the courtyard, but went to find Gu Zhan to discuss the marriage alliance.

Only Gu Changge was left in the courtyard, scratching his head, but he didn’t take the matter too seriously.

Looking at the familiar courtyard, which had drastically changed, he couldn’t help but feel sentimental.

After calming his emotions, he began to cultivate.

…

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

And there was just one more day until the marriage.

The Gu Family was abuzz with talk of it.

Mentioning Gu Changge, many were full of emotions.

Who would have thought that Changge, who couldn’t cultivate for over a decade, had now defied fate, not only stepping into the Sky-controlling Realm, but also about to marry Liu Qingqing, the Heavenly Pride Girl of the Heavenly Cold Sect.

In just this one month, truly earth-shattering changes had occurred!

As for the younger generation, they could only envy but not jealously begrudge.

Back in the day, Gu Changge’s father, the former Young Master of the Gu Family, had fought tooth and nail for the family’s benefits, gaining untold advantages!

Even the marriage to Liu Qingqing was arranged by his father with his sworn brother.

Towards Gu Changge, they all tended to be well-intentioned. Being of the Gu Family’s direct lineage, and he himself being an agreeable person, he never had any conflicts within the Gu Family.

“I heard that the Northern Domain Royal Family wants to form a marriage alliance with our Gu Family, and they should be arriving today.”

“Isn’t that so? The Family Head had already notified us yesterday, asking us to go to the Council Hall before noon today. It seems that the Little Princess of the Northern Domain will choose her marriage partner… Ah, I haven’t chosen a wife yet, and someone else gets chosen instead!”

“???”

“Why are you sighing? How come I didn’t get notified by the Family Head?”

“Don’t overthink it. Maybe it’s simply because you’re ugly, and that’s why the Family Head didn’t notify you.”

“Hey hey hey? If you keep talking like that, I won’t be polite, and I’ll beat you into a pighead to see if you can still make it to the Council Hall later!”

Besides the matter of Gu Changge’s marriage, the Gu Family were also discussing the marriage alliance with the Imperial Family.

The Little Princess had arrived at the Gu Family’s main city early in the morning.

As for Gu Changge, he had just finished his cultivation.

In these two days, because he was about to get married, according to tradition, he was temporarily not allowed to see his bride.

Unable to tease his little wife, he could only silently focus on his cultivation.

[Realm: Sky-controlling Realm Late Stage (50/100)]

Looking at the progress of his realm on his panel, he murmured to himself, “Wife has been a bit lazy in her cultivation these past two days, huh!”

Now, with both his Root Bone and Comprehension breaking through a hundred, just one day of his own cultivation could increase his progress by two percent.

Yet these two days had passed, and his realm progress had only increased by twenty-one percent.

But thinking that Liu Qingqing might be busy with the wedding, he didn’t dwell on it.

Little did he know, someone had been delayed in her cultivation due to getting caught up in reading these past two days…

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