Chapter 215

The wives' soul bones have already been distributed, but because Zuoyan went to the Heaven Water Academy's carriage at this time, his soul bone hasn't been given yet.

In the following time, Gu Xuan devoted all his body and mind to cultivation; during this period, Li Li in the carriage occasionally influenced Gu Xuan's Dao-heart.

After getting tired from cultivation, Gu Xuan called the several girls into the carriage to chat and brag, and at the same time asked them about their future cultivation plans.

However, their plans were all roughly the same, without any outstanding highlights; basically they were just following Gu Xuan in cultivation, breaking through to higher realms.

So Gu Xuan also began to formulate cultivation plans for the several girls and others.

The few members of the Royal Battle Team didn't need Gu Xuan to formulate cultivation plans for them, because they directly returned to their families to cultivate, thereby also consolidating their status as family heirs.

And these are Gu Xuan's core outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect; now they have all approached Soul King cultivation, with Yu Tianheng having already reached level fifty-one.

No need to say more; in a few years their strength will basically become pillars of their clans, and they will definitely become Gu Xuan's aid in the future.

As for Yang Po Jun and Ma Bao, Gu Xuan plans to let them travel the continent to broaden their horizons and experience, and once he obtains the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover, he will bring them to Sea God Island to become overpowered.

And Gu Xuan himself also has his own arrangements, after all, the battle three years from now against Qian Renxue that will decide the fate of the world is no joke.

If I'm not diligent enough, let alone pulling Qian Renxue over to be my little sixth wife, I might even have to go lick her feet; Gu Xuan doesn't have that fetish, so three years from now he must win this battle.

As long as I win and marry Qian Renxue as my sixth wife, in the future this continent will basically be whatever I say.

After all, Tang San now doesn't have the original story's opportunities, and he basically has no fate with Sea God Island.

Furthermore, without the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover, Tang San might not even succeed in reaching Sea God Island, and even if he does get there he could possibly be killed.

Therefore the most crucial point is that Gu Xuan must grasp the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover in advance, and he has already solved this.

Because Gu Xuan's main purpose in visiting Xue Qinghe earlier was precisely for this, not merely to take advantage of Xue Qinghe.

Gu Xuan used the excuse of needing to go out to sea for training, and asked Xue Qinghe for a treasure; that treasure is the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover, but since this item is a national treasure of the Xingluo Empire, Xue Qinghe couldn't decide on his own and thus hasn't given it yet.

However, Xue Qinghe has already promised Gu Xuan that he will speak well of him to Emperor Xue Ye; after all, Gu Xuan brought the Xingluo Empire its first overall championship this time, and with Gu Xuan's status and Xue Qinghe's influence, asking for some good things is not too much, right?

Time flows like water; in the blink of an eye twenty-three days have passed, the Heaven-Fighting Empire's competing team has finally returned to Heaven-Fighting City, and Emperor Xue Ye has long been prepared in the capital to welcome them.

This time, the Heaven-Fighting Empire's Heaven-Fighting Royal Academy won the championship, undoubtedly adding prestige to the Heaven-Fighting Empire; it can be foreseen that the Heaven-Fighting Royal Academy is now truly living up to its reputation as the number one academy of the Heaven-Fighting Empire.

Emperor Xue Ye personally awarded prizes and previously promised rewards to the seven members of the Royal Battle Team; the other academies of the Heaven-Fighting Empire also received substantial rewards, which is also Emperor Xue Ye's usual method of winning over these young Soul Masters.

Because Xue Qinghe promised Gu Xuan, Xue Qinghe also individually explained the situation to Emperor Xue Ye; after hesitating repeatedly, Emperor Xue Ye finally decided to grant the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover to Gu Xuan.

Although the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover is a national treasure, over the years no one has discovered its true purpose.

Even if its specific uses haven't been discovered, the four abilities it possesses are enough to greatly enhance a Soul Master's strength.

Gu Xuan happily obtained the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover as he wished, naturally overjoyed; besides anything else, the four abilities of the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover are immensely powerful, able to bring some improvement to Gu Xuan's strength.

However, Gu Xuan didn't obtain this so easily, because Emperor Xue Ye isn't foolish; although Gu Xuan has extraordinary talent, he ultimately still belongs to the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect.

Therefore, to win Gu Xuan over, Emperor Xue Ye also proposed a marriage alliance for him; this is the main reason Emperor Xue Ye is willing to give away the Vast Sea Heaven-Earth Cover.

Emperor Xue Ye has four sons, but now only Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng remain; however, he has many daughters, one of whom is named Xue Ke.

Xue Ke not only has outstanding cultivation talent, at fifteen years old she has already reached level thirty-five, and she also inherited her mother's peerless grace and Emperor Xue Ye's imperial majesty.

Such a direct daughter uniting with Gu Xuan is sufficient to show Emperor Xue Ye's high regard for Gu Xuan; although this is intended to strengthen the ties between the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect and the Heaven-Fighting Empire, Gu Xuan truly does not lose out.

Although Gu Xuan himself is indeed happy, there are many who are not happy.

Du Gu Yan's five women naturally need no further explanation; originally five girls sharing one man wasn't enough to go around, and now another one is coming to snatch him?

Besides the five women, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is also unwilling to share, and he has even advised Emperor Xue Ye against it.

Although Xue Qinghe is wise, his current behavior feels like seeing his good sister being pushed by a pig; thus, although Emperor Xue Ye is pleased with Xue Qinghe's protection of his sister, for the stability of the Heaven-Fighting Empire he naturally does not heed Xue Qinghe's opposition.

Moreover, Emperor Xue Ye knows that Gu Xuan and Xue Qinghe have a good relationship; doing this also amounts to tying Gu Xuan to Xue Qinghe's chariot, so he can assist Xue Qinghe in the future.

Because Emperor Xue Ye's health is deteriorating day by day, he needs Xue Qinghe to quickly become familiar with state affairs so as to carry forward and glorify the empire.

However, when Emperor Xue Ye learned that Gu Xuan already had five marriage engagements, even the formerly flirtatious and unrestrained young Emperor Xue Ye couldn't help but admire him.

However, Xue Ke is after all the emperor's daughter; Emperor Xue Ye naturally doesn't want her to be a minor wife, so he wanted to discuss this with Gu Xuan, but he didn't expect the backgrounds of these five girls to be anything but simple.

First is the eldest sister-in-law Du Gu Yan, granddaughter of the Poison Titled Douluo Dugu Bo; her status is not beneath Xue Ke's, after all Dugu Bo is a Titled Douluo.

The second is Ye Lingling, the sole inheritor of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul; her status and position may not match Xue Ke's, but her standing among Soul Masters is certainly not bad, and it's hard to say.

The third is Ning Rongrong, no need to say more; she is Ning Fengzhi's palm treasure, her martial soul is the legendary Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and even Ning Rongrong ranks third, so how could Xue Ke compete?

The fourth is Li Li; although Li Li's background may not be as good as Du Gu Yan's, she has liked Gu Xuan for many years—what's wrong with being the fourth?

Zhu Zhuqing may not have interacted with Gu Xuan as long as the other girls, but she is the direct daughter of the Zhu family of the Xingluo Empire; in the future the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect could use Zhu Zhuqing as a line to backstab the Xingluo Empire, and Emperor Xue Ye would find it hard to object.

Of course, this is just an excuse for Emperor Xue Ye; whether we will actually do this in the future remains unknown.

But after knowing these, Emperor Xue Ye's daughter Xue Ke, princess of the Heaven-Fighting Empire, became the seventh wife.

Upon hearing that his precious daughter would marry Gu Xuan and become the seventh wife, Emperor Xue Ye almost couldn't catch his breath and just passed away.

Damn, weren't there only five girls? How did it become the seventh wife?

Gu Xuan then slowly explained: "Your Majesty, I previously made a bet with a beautiful older sister; three years from now I will fight her, and if I win she will come to be my sixth wife."

"Your Majesty surely knows my talent; losing is naturally impossible, so the position of sixth wife is already taken."

"As for your concern about her status, there's no need to worry; I think there are indeed not many on this continent who can surpass her in status."

Upon hearing these words, Emperor Xue Ye fell silent for a long time, but Xue Qinghe standing beside him couldn't help but blush.

"This brat actually keeps thinking of me all the time! We've only met twice, and he wants to marry me?" Xue Qinghe secretly thought: "It seems I really have the appearance of a heavenly person; otherwise, why would this brat with such high demands constantly think of me?"

For some reason, upon hearing this, Xue Qinghe not only didn't get angry, but actually forgot Gu Xuan's boastful claim that he couldn't possibly lose.

Xue Qinghe just sighed, "How could that pure little sister Xue Ke be pushed over by this brat!"

Fortunately the wedding isn't now but three years from now; after all, the engagement dates for Gu Xuan's five fiancées are all July 7 three years from now, Gu Xuan's birthday, so how could Xue Ke possibly move it up?

But this also works out well, allowing Xue Ke and Gu Xuan to cultivate their feelings in advance, so she won't feel wronged after marrying.

After all, men can't understand girls' thoughts, let alone Gu Xuan suddenly marrying so many wives.

ps: typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)