[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples":3,"chapter-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-199":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity Begins From Raising Disciples",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1531009,1988,"Chapter 199 - 148: Qingzhu, the Great Coward Dumpling_3","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-199",199,"\u003Cp>No, it’s not just about being stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhiwei is also stubborn, but her stubbornness is completely different from Qing Jun and Mao Qingzhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhiwei’s stubbornness is a prideful kind of stubbornness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this \"mother and daughter\" duo, they are both cowardly and stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye silently cursed, but outwardly he remained respectful: \"If Qing Jun isn’t Sister Qingzhu’s child, then whose descendant is she?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Qingzhu hesitated slightly, examining Chen Ye again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he’s been Qing Jun’s mentor for nearly ten years, akin to a father-daughter relationship, perhaps he could be told?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts settled, it felt like a heavy burden had been lifted from her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This secret had been buried within her for eight or nine years, and now having someone to confide in undoubtedly relieved her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her mind relaxed, she looked at Chen Ye again, finding a bit of amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Ye is clearly a grown man, yet his face is thinner than hers, a woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s bowing so low; his head is almost touching the ground...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his cautious demeanor, part of the embarrassment she felt after being discovered bathing was oddly replaced by a sense of playfulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leisurely stretched herself in the water, the warm pool covering her snow-white shoulders, leaving only a graceful neck line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ripples accentuated her jade-like skin, delicate and charming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently parted her red lips, her voice gentle yet teasing: \"Brother Ye, with your head so low, could it be that the warm jade floor is more pleasing to look at than your sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... it’s not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye lamented inwardly and hastily explained, \"I just... I just don’t dare to offend Sister Qingzhu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" Mao Qingzhu’s phoenix eyes curved into a lovely crescent as she deliberately elongated her tone, \"But if you keep your head down, how do you know what sister looks like now, and how could it be offensive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... This is simply a trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye felt a tingling sensation on his scalp; as a former corporate slave, how could he handle such verbal exchanges?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply steeled himself, remaining silent with his head lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s becoming more like Qing Jun...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also having a bit of a demoness tendency, yet deep down just a timid bundle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his \"a dead pig not afraid of boiling water\" demeanor, Mao Qingzhu finally burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I won’t tease you anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She curbed her laughter, appearing gentle, though she couldn’t hide the amusement in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly revealed Qing Jun’s background:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The outside world believes Qing Jun is my illegitimate daughter with a man from the Xu Family, isn’t that right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye instinctively nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Qingzhu shook her head, a complex emotion flickering in her phoenix eyes: \"Actually... Qing Jun isn’t from the Xu Family lineage, not even... part of the Human Race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye stopped in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nine years ago, I was forced to marry into the Xu Family, but... it was out of obligation to my father’s kindness. I didn’t like Xu Buhui and never interacted with him. I always practiced alone on the Xu Family’s back mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Qingzhu’s beautiful eyes turned hollow, lost in long-past memories,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The back mountain of the Xu Family, called Dragon Sleep Mountain, is the resting place of the Xu Family’s ancestors. Accidentally, I discovered... a round stone there, constantly moving. Curious, I reached out to touch it, and it pricked my hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment the blood seeped in, the stone... burrowed into my belly. Using me as a cradle, it bore Qing Jun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the fog in Chen Ye’s mind cleared completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s how it is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of years ago, perhaps the Xu Family ancestors discovered something peculiar about Dragon Sleep Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they relocated to Dragon Sleep Mountain, yet the Xu Family ancestors were ignorant that there was a dragon egg there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And afterwards, this dragon egg invisibly influenced the Xu Family’s lineage, causing what they called bloodline ailments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>previously Chen Ye thought the Xu Family’s lineage influenced Qing Jun, but in reality, it’s Qing Jun who influenced the Xu Family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, even Mao Qingzhu doesn’t know that the bundle that emerged from her belly is actually the renowned True Dragon!\u003C\u002Fp>",710,"2026-06-06T06:08:59.013Z",1,"novelbin.me","3695b23d446f8985c05a8d0bd390a27ad6c26a083327f389d7855454c7455a97","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-200","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-198",686,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-cover.jpg"]