Chapter 341: Mother's Bloodline Purified Again, Core Formation Once More

After scolding Third Uncle with a single remark, Mother came up the mountain with a smile. The moment she arrived and saw Shang Hongxue looking frightened and anxious, she couldn't help but find it amusing.

She didn't speak directly to Shang Hongxue, but instead forcefully embraced her own son, hugging him tightly. After messing with Chen Chuyang's hair for a while, she slowly let go, as if this could improve her mood.

Chen Chuyang smiled bitterly. Mother was still the same Mother, doing this every time. He hurriedly fixed his hair and complained, "Mother, can you not treat me like this next time? I've grown up, I'm not a child anymore."

Back in the day, he had been ravaged by his mother plenty of times. His mother couldn't be reasoned with—the more unwilling you were, the more she insisted on doing it, always doing the opposite of what you wanted. The more you objected, the more energized she became. This was Chen Chuyang's mother, Long Ming.

She said exasperatedly, "Even if you've grown up, you're still my son. Can't Mother give you a hug?"

"You can, it's just that I have a wife now. Can you be a little more mindful?"

Shang Hongxue's eyes went wide—wait, I didn't say anything, I have no objections. Brother Chuyang, don't drag me into this!

Long Ming looked up at Shang Hongxue and asked, "Hongxue, do you have any objections?"

Shang Hongxue quickly shook her head: "No, no, Mother, do as you please."

That address of "Mother" was something Long Ming loved to hear. She quickly walked over, took Shang Hongxue's hand, and said gently, "Hongxue, you're so sensible. Mother likes you very much. If this boy bullies you in the future, tell Mother, and Mother will beat him up for you."

Shang Hongxue smiled all over her face: "He wouldn't, Mother. Brother Chuyang treats me very well. He couldn't bear to bully me."

Her face was full of happiness, her tone gentle, and those eyes were brimming with tender affection.

Long Ming had been through it all herself. At a glance, she saw Shang Hongxue's gentleness and shyness, and naturally knew what had happened. She secretly smiled at her son, giving him an approving look for doing so well. She hadn't expected this silly son of hers to act so quickly and win over Shang Hongxue as a daughter-in-law. She had still been worried that her son wouldn't know how to do this and would foolishly focus only on cultivation.

Hongxue was the daughter-in-law she had chosen. Anyone else, she wouldn't accept.

The eldest son was beyond hope, but fortunately the younger son had given her a pleasant surprise. If he let a wife who was already within reach slip away, that would truly be too wasteful.

Chen Chuyang naturally understood the meaning in his mother's eyes and gave an awkward smile.

"That's good then. This son of mine can be a bit dull sometimes. If he doesn't treat you well, Hongxue, you must be more understanding."

"Mm, I will."

Shang Hongxue couldn't help but cast a smug glance at Chen Chuyang. Those eyes seemed to say: See that, Brother Chuyang? Mother is on my side. If you dare bully me in the future, hmph, just watch how I deal with you.

She had backing now. Within the Chen Clan, her status would surely be higher than Brother Chuyang's.

Chen Chuyang smiled speechlessly. These two women had hit it off the moment they met, like sisters, with endless things to talk about.

"Hongxue, your skin is so fair. How do you do it?"

"Hongxue, your cultivation isn't bad and you're improving quickly, but you need to be careful. You can't just focus on raising your cultivation—you need to pay attention to your foundation. You can't let your foundation become unstable."

"Hongxue, you…"

Mother had many topics of conversation. Even without a topic, she could find something to talk about.

Shang Hongxue chatted with Mother while Chen Chuyang stood beside them like an outsider, with nothing to do.

Shang Hongxue's inner nervousness and fear completely vanished. She forgot about Hu Yueer's family's affairs. Chen Chuyang stood to the side, watching them chat. This chat lasted half an hour, with inexhaustible topics. Shang Hongxue gradually opened up and talked about everything, along with their beaming smiles. Chen Chuyang couldn't wedge his way into their conversation, and the two of them didn't allow him to speak either.

Just like that, Chen Chuyang was left on the sidelines, utterly helpless.

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts didn't exist here. Chen Chuyang breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. Mother's relationship with Hongxue was even better than he had imagined. It was clear that Mother really liked Hongxue, and Chen Chuyang was completely reassured.

Half an hour later.

The two women's topics flowed endlessly. Chen Chuyang coughed, interrupting their chat, and asked, "Mother, you came up the mountain this time because…?"

Mother, Long Ming, then snapped out of it and stopped her chatter.

"Son, do you still have any of those Dragon Blood Pills?"

"I do."

Chen Chuyang took out a bottle and gave it to his mother. He noticed that the aura on his mother's body was different—more powerful. That oppressive pressure could be felt even before she arrived. It was a terrifying pressure, like facing a Wild Dragon Snake.

Long Ming opened the jade bottle and swallowed three Dragon Blood Pills right in front of him. These weren't the upgraded version of Dragon Blood Pills, so the effects weren't as strong, but swallowing three pills at once was still very risky. Chen Chuyang couldn't help but worry: "Mother, you…"

"It's fine, I can handle it."

After taking three Dragon Blood Pills, Long Ming showed no reaction. She picked up another Dragon Blood Pill, gritted her teeth, and popped it into her mouth.

This time, she had a reaction. She quickly sat down and cultivated cross-legged.

Digesting the energy of the Dragon Blood Pills and the dragon blood within them, Chen Chuyang narrowed his eyes and sensed a majesty radiating from deep within his mother's body, like Dragon Might. In the haze, he saw the silhouette of a dragon on his mother.

Shang Hongxue's cultivation was insufficient, and she was blasted away. Fortunately, Chen Chuyang caught her and let her land steadily.

"Hongxue, stand further away."

"Mm."

Shang Hongxue was still somewhat shaken and didn't dare approach. If not for Brother Chuyang just now, she might have been injured.

She still hadn't understood what had happened—she only knew that Mother seemed to be making a breakthrough.

That aura was terrifying, leaving her without any power to resist.

"Mother is so terrifying."

This level of cultivation was even more terrifying than Third Uncle's after forming his core.

Down the mountain, Third Uncle Chen looked up, staring blankly at his eldest sister-in-law. That soul-shaking oppressive pressure, that aura, moved his spirit.

"As expected, my eldest sister-in-law is truly no ordinary person. Just look at this oppressive pressure."

"I don't know what kind of dumb luck eldest brother had, to find such a terrifying eldest sister-in-law."

"Eldest sister-in-law is about to break through. After her breakthrough, I'm afraid eldest brother will be suppressed again and will have a hard time holding his head up."

Only eldest brother could endure such a thing.

Sometimes he really felt sorry for eldest brother.

"What's happening to eldest sister-in-law?"

Liu Yuer said worriedly. Her face was deathly pale, feeling that oppressive pressure, that aura—impossible to resist, like duckweed in the rain, in danger of being destroyed at any moment.

"It's fine, don't worry. With that kid Chuyang here, nothing will go wrong."

"Mm."

Liu Yuer leaned against Third Uncle Chen Shen's chest, accepting Chen Shen's protection.

The kneeling Hu Yueer's expression changed drastically as she stared at Long Ming, her eyes wide with disbelief.

That aura, that imposing presence, made it impossible for her to stay calm; her body trembled, her bloodline trembled.

Fear and dread stemming from the bloodline—she could not steady her body. She had not encountered this feeling for a very, very long time.

Among the Monster Race, bloodline suppression—high-grade bloodlines suppressing low-grade bloodlines—was invincible; basically, it could not be resisted.

"What kind of person is she?"

"Why does she possess such terrifying bloodline?"