Chapter 356: If She Really Marries Him

While many guests marveled at Lu Xun's grand gesture.

Old Master Fu made a move again.

He reached out and grabbed a first-tier Saint-grade Longevity Pill into his mouth.

He actually swallowed it on the spot.

After taking it, Old Master Fu closed his eyes and fully focused on digesting the medicinal power of the Saint-grade Longevity Pill.

With his cultivation, plus this being only a first-tier Longevity Pill, the medicinal power was soon completely digested.

Old Master Fu faintly felt that his lifespan had increased a little.

For him, a first-tier Longevity Pill's effect was just ordinary—it could at most add one month to his lifespan.

Even a mosquito, small as it is, is still meat; an extra month is still an extra month, and nobody would complain about living longer.

Old Master Fu grabbed again and swallowed a second-tier Saint-grade Longevity Pill.

This scene made his old comrades envy him terribly.

Those old comrades had all been to the Earth Core Secret Realm, and after holding out until now, each of their lifespans was mostly within a hundred years.

Being Eighth Realm cultivators, they couldn't like the Ninetieth Realm extend their lifespan through sleep.

Even while sleeping, time still passes, so this kind of sleep is not ordinary sleep but entering a low-vitality state.

Eighth Realm sleep is not impossible, but its effect is mediocre, requiring some rare treasures to assist.

Such treasures are too scarce; Eighth Realm cultivators find them hard to obtain.

They can only grit their teeth and endure, watching their lifespans shorten day by day.

Now, Old Master Fu actually has Saint-tier elixir to eat.

His lifespan was directly extended.

How could they not envy him?

"Old Ge, you must definitely help me contact that Saint-grade Alchemist..."

No.

Some old comrades started pestering Master Ge.

They intended to spare no expense to contact that mysterious Saint-grade Alchemist and have him refine Saint-grade Longevity Pills for them.

At worst, they would mobilize their whole clan's strength to gather the ingredients for alchemy.

Their lifespans are still several decades, and during these decades Lan Xing will pass through many Ancient Route Nodes, enough for them to find.

Master Ge agreed to each request, but the exact timing of contact would depend on Lu Xun's opinion.

"Looking at it this way, it's already certain: Lu Xun must be Old Master Fu's grandson-in-law; otherwise, how could he give such a precious gift?"

"Yeah, but Lu Xun isn't without background; where does he get all that Dark Energy?"

"You probably don't know: just winning first place in the Heavenly Dao Battlefield comes with a reward of ten thousand units of Dark Energy, not to mention other rewards; those rewards are very rare, and Lu Xun could easily make up the amount by selling a few."

"What a waste."

"If you don't let the child go, you can't catch the wolf; otherwise, how could he bring home a beauty?"

Some guests were whispering there.

"Older sister."

By Fu Yue's side, Fu Xue's expression changed slightly.

Obviously, she had heard the guests' discussion.

"How do they all know?"

Fu Yue also heard it.

The more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

Originally, she thought this matter was controllable, could be kept within a certain range.

But she never expected that this matter would actually spread.

It seemed that all the several thousand guests present knew about it.

Many guests were discussing it with the people beside them.

"What should we do?!"

At this moment, Fu Yue felt a little panicked.

If this gets out, later when another engagement comes, how could we wrap things up nicely?

She couldn't help but regret again.

She regretted that, when Lu Xun returned, she hadn't laid everything out to her father.

However,

When, out of the corner of her eye, she saw her parents beside her, loving each other more than ever.

Fu Yue again felt that this was worthwhile.

Even if she were misunderstood.

Being able to let her father recover and repair her relationship with her mother—all of this is worthwhile.

It's just that Lu Xun suffers.

Fu Yue's gaze involuntarily turned toward Lu Xun.

She has always regarded Lu Xun with the attitude of an elder toward a junior.

After all, she is thirty years older than Lu Xun.

These thirty years, as both of their ages break through a hundred, several hundred, even a thousand years, basically don't count for anything.

But at this stage, traditional notions still ultimately affect her.

Furthermore, as Murong Wan's mentor, she is stronger than Lu Xun, so at first Fu Yue merely regarded Lu Xun as a junior with outstanding talent and aptitude.

The real change lay in Fu Xue beginning to develop affection for Lu Xun.

Because of her miraculous psychic connection with Fu Xue, this affection affected Fu Yue, so that Fu Yue unconsciously also came to feel affection for Lu Xun.

However, affection comes in many kinds.

Between relatives, between friends, and from elders to juniors.

Affection is something that cannot be explained clearly.

Like Lu Xun and Ran Bing, in their natural interaction, their affection level reached 100%, which is akin to soulmates in life.

As for Fu Yue, the real major change occurred when Yao Xing attacked.

Fu Yue's affection level for Lu Xun reached 100%.

At this level of affection, affection ultimately has some differences.

It somewhat carries a hint of romance, but not obvious; Fu Yue, because of her status, will also deliberately overlook it.

Then, she went to her father and told this lie in order to save Lu Xun, thereby persuading her father to intervene.

The result was that things spiraled out of control.

Across from them, it seemed to notice Fu Yue's gaze.

Lu Xun tilted his head and gave Fu Yue a slight nod.

It seemed to say, 'Don't panic, it's not a big problem.'

With Lu Xun's cultivation, he naturally heard the guests' discussion, knowing the matter had already spread.

Let it spread, then.

People have mouths on their own bodies; Lu Xun simply cannot stop them from speaking.

Compared to the matter spreading, the engagement affair is actually more troublesome.

Lu Xun's composure subtly influenced Fu Yue.

Fu Yue's heart eased a little.

"Tianze, Lu Xun has presented such a heavy gift to his father; as elders, we cannot be stingy later."

The mother of the two ladies, Xu Zhenxiu, said to the man in blue robes.

"Zhenxiu, rest assured, I will handle it well."

The man in blue robes seemed to have reverted to Fu Tianze, his speech and demeanor warm and smooth like jade.

"Their relationship is not bad."

Seeing her daughter's gaze continually on Lu Xun, Xu Zhenxiu felt quite relieved.

After all, as they say, love makes women foolish.

When Lu Xun and Fu Yue first saw her, her eyes were not too venomous.

It was easy to see that Lu Xun and Fu Yue were not truly lovers.

Even if Lu Xun kissed Fu Yue, it still could not dispel her suspicion.

But now,

She, having rediscovered the taste of love, saw her intellect plummet, and actually thought that Lu Xun and Fu Yue had a good relationship.

"Why have I been staring at him all this time..."

Fu Yue finally realized that she had been looking at Lu Xun for a rather long time.

In fact, she wasn't actually looking at Lu Xun; she was thinking about things.

It was merely that her gaze unconsciously lingered on Lu Xun, and once it lingered, it stayed for quite a while.

"We can only take things one step at a time."

Fu Yue thought to herself.

Given the current situation, the engagement cannot be avoided; after the news spreads, it will also become known to the outside world.

From now on, between her and Lu Xun, truly even jumping into the Yellow River couldn't wash it clean.

"If I truly marry him..."

Looking at Lu Xun's tall and slender figure, Fu Yue somehow had a thought pop into her mind.

As soon as that thought arose, she noticed it, her face instantly flushed with a crimson hue, and her heartbeat involuntarily quickened a bit.

She had never considered this matter before.

Moreover, Lu Xun already has Chu Youqing; if she marries Lu Xun, what will become of Chu Youqing?

Although in this era, many powerful individuals possess more than one woman.

Like the old master Fu, he has one wife and several 'beauty confidantes'.

However, a wife taken through proper matchmaking and formal marriage is mostly still just one.

The basic social order must still be upheld, at least on the surface.

"Grandfather, are you going to finish all the medicinal pills?"

Fu Yue hastily shifted her attention, so as not to let herself think about that possibility that would make her heart race.

Old Master Fu has already consumed a fifth-rank Saint-rank Longevity Pill.

Looking at this, he truly intends to swallow all six Saint-rank Longevity Pills at once.

The guests present, however, were quite patient.

Nobody was impatient.

Lu Xun's gift brought such a huge topic that the gossip fire in many guests' hearts ignited, and this amount of time is still not enough for them to gossip.

What they discussed was basically about Lu Xun and Fu Yue.

Listening to this made Fu Yue feel annoyed and restless.

From time to time, that inexplicable thought would pop up again.

No, it's not a thought; it's more of a feeling.

In her feeling, it seemed that truly marrying Lu Xun... wasn't bad, and there wasn't much rejection in her heart.