Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

"Auntie..."

Zhou Mengyue awoke with a start from his dream, his face blank as he looked around.

It seemed he had been dreaming!

He dreamt that he and his auntie were engaging in intimate acts within a cave?

Suddenly, Zhou Mengyue’s gaze shifted to the token beside him, his face filled with surprise.

At this moment, there were two drops of blood on the token, and beneath it lay a note which read:

"Dear Ping’an, I am leaving. In truth, your auntie is a princess of the Great Flame Immortal Dynasty. The Emperor, my father, has summoned me to the palace to acknowledge me. I am anxious to return, and in my rush, I did not have time to tell you. Please don’t worry. Additionally, the Xu Family inheritance has been opened. I hope you can revitalize the Xu Family and tread the path of the strong. Do not seek me out. Signed, Su Chan. Do not fret for me!"

Xu Ping’an scrutinized Su Chan’s note, his brows knitted tightly.

Although his auntie’s words conveyed the joy of reuniting with her imperial father, he knew that with her character, even if she truly found her biological parents, she would never have such an attitude.

His auntie might appear gentle and gracious, but her unyielding spirit was incomparable to that of ordinary people.

The ease with which she spoke was evidently because she did not want him to worry.

But the sentence that followed caused Xu Ping’an’s heart to tremble.

The Xu Family inheritance has been opened?

So, what he experienced was not a dream, but reality?

His auntie had given herself wholly to him?

And to help him unlock the inheritance?

These two drops of blood—one was his own, but could the other be... his auntie’s blood of virginity?

Xu Ping’an was stunned.

His auntie truly made such a sacrifice to help him unlock the inheritance?

At this moment, Xu Ping’an felt a whirlwind of emotions within his heart.

While he had thoughts about his auntie, he believed that she should not have helped him in this way.

"To think that I, a mighty Immortal Emperor, let a woman make such a sacrifice for me—it’s truly lamentable," Xu Ping’an chided himself in his heart.

Immediately after, intense killing intent erupted in his eyes.

"Chen Tianqing, Zhou Meng Yue, you both must die!" Xu Ping’an’s heart roared with murderous fury.

This was the moment he truly became enraged!

If it hadn’t been for them, how could his auntie have made such a decision?

Even if his auntie cared for him, she would never have given herself to him in that manner!

Seeing the fresh blood on the token, Xu Ping’an found it particularly jarring.

"Enough, Auntie, you wait for me. Since you’ve given yourself to me, from now on, you are Xu Ping’an’s woman. You don’t want me to find you because you fear I’ll be harmed in the Great Flame Immortal Dynasty, but how can Xu Ping’an neglect his own woman?" Xu Ping’an’s gaze was resolute.

He needed to become stronger!

To eliminate all his enemies and find his auntie, to bring her back to his side.

"First, let’s see what the Xu Family inheritance really contains!" Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

At this moment, his injuries had largely recovered.

Cleary, his auntie had fed him healing elixirs. As for where these pills came from, they must have come from those who had come to take her away.

Xu Ping’an picked up the token and, the next moment, he felt a new connection with it.

This token turned out to be a storage token, containing approximately a hundred cubic feet of space.

Inside the token, there were many items, with the most conspicuous being three vials of elixirs, a Cultivation Technique, two Combat Techniques, and three jade boxes laid out at the center.

The elixirs were all Third Rank, which included Meridian Opening Pill, Heavenly Green Pill, and Dragon Bone Pill.

These elixirs were valuable, but for Xu Ping’an at the moment, they were of little use.

He aimed to breakthrough into the Sea-Splitting Realm. Elixirs of such a grade were too powerful—if consumed, they would likely cause his body to explode and lead to certain death.

So, setting aside the elixirs, Xu Ping’an focused his attention on cultivation techniques and combat skills.

The cultivation technique was the ancestral "North Dark Mysterious Skill" of the Xu Family, which, although of not low grade, had reached the level of the Sixth Rank.

But for Xu Ping’an, this cultivation technique was far inferior to the "Chaotic Reversal Scripture."

Even any cultivation technique from his previous life that he could casually take out was stronger than this one.

As for the two combat techniques, they did surprise Xu Ping’an.

One of the techniques was a Sword Nurturing Technique, which allowed for a powerful strike to be unleashed after a prolonged period of nurturing the swordsmanship.

This Sword Nurturing Technique’s power, regardless of grade, only depended on the strength of the person nurturing the sword and the duration of nurturing.

Xu Ping’an was quite interested in this combat skill, because once it was well-cultivated, it might be possible to kill enemies of a higher level with a single strike, serving as a complete trump card.

The other combat skill was also interesting, a Body Refinement technique called the "Great Bright Vajra Scripture."

This combat skill had a total of six layers, but here only the first two layers were available, clearly incomplete.

However, even being incomplete, refinement to the Second Layer could achieve a state where ordinary weapons would hardly leave a scratch.

For Xu Ping’an, whose Qi-Blood had reached the Twelfth Layer, this combat skill was more than suitable.

Afterward, Xu Ping’an shifted his gaze to three jade boxes.

Inside the first jade box was a hundred-year-old Azure Yang Grass, a Fourth Rank medicinal herb.

Inside the second jade box was a Long Yan Fruit, which could be used for body refinement and was particularly well-matched with the Great Bright Vajra Scripture.

Upon opening the third jade box, Xu Ping’an found the item he desired, a hundred-year Yin Yang Flower, a Third Rank medicinal herb, which could be used to open up meridians and establish the Pill Sea.

Xu Ping’an was overjoyed. With the Yin Yang Flower, his prospects of breaking through to the Sea-Splitting Realm were definite.

There were also other items within the token, but most of them were Mysterious Iron level weapons; there were only three Meteorite Iron level weapons.

In addition, there were one hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones. Although they were the lowest grade of Spirit Stones, each was worth one hundred thousand Gold Coins. One hundred pieces, that’s ten million Gold Coins, an absolute fortune.

"Huh, what is this bone? It’s actually golden? Could it be a Dragon Bone?"

Suddenly, Xu Ping’an was attracted to a golden bone, his face showing shock.

His memories from his previous life told him that this was a True Dragon Bone.

It was known that True Dragons had been extinct for a long time, and even he in his previous life had not seen a real True Dragon Bone.

Yet, this bone was indeed a True Dragon Bone.

"Could it be that there are still True Dragons in the world?" Xu Ping’an wondered in his heart, astonished.

It was an established consensus throughout the entire Sky Vault Continent that True Dragons no longer existed.

But this bone shattered all of Xu Ping’an’s previous knowledge.

Perhaps this bone was tied to a tremendous secret.

"Forget it, even if there’s a huge secret, I don’t have the power to explore it for now. Let’s first break through to the Sea-Splitting Realm," Xu Ping’an said to himself.

Once he entered the Sea-Splitting Realm, his strength would also greatly increase.

By then, if he encountered Chen Qinglong again, he would not be in such a sorry state.

Xu Ping’an consumed the Yin Yang Flower and began to circulate the Chaotic Reversal Scripture.

Just to be cautious, he also held a Lower Grade Spirit Stone in his hand.

The power of the Yin Yang Flower exploded within Xu Ping’an in an instant.

Xu Ping’an immediately used this violent power to start impacting his meridians.

Connecting three main meridians would be enough to create a Pill Sea, with more opened meridians leading to a larger Pill Sea.

In fact, there were a total of four main meridians and one Hidden Vein.

Ordinary people had no clue, but as the Immortal Emperor, how could he not know?

This time, he planned to open all four main meridians at once, to establish the most powerful Pill Sea.