[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta":3,"chapter-starting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta-starting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta-chapter-178":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},236098,511,"Chapter 178 - 104: The Overbearing Lockheart Gu!_2","starting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>Chapter 178: Chapter 104: The Overbearing Lockheart Gu!_2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Lu Changsheng arrived at the Ink Cloud Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a shop where he often purchased books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shop mainly sold Cultivation Techniques and Spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As well as things related to the Cultivation World, such as records of marvels, local customs, and societal conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changsheng asked the shopkeeper for a few tomes about Gu insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lu Dongjia, the price will be nine Spirit Stones,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>said the bookstore shopkeeper as he handed three tomes to Lu Changsheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changsheng didn’t bargain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Cultivation World, there was a significant monopoly on knowledge, so the price of books had always been quite high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these were just ordinary books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Spells and Cultivation Techniques, prices started from several tens of Spirit Stones and could go up to several hundreds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had previously inquired about the value of a Second Transformation inheritance of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party indicated that it depended on which art it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a Second Transformation inheritance could vary in quality; it would be appraised based on the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through several casual conversations, Lu Changsheng had estimated the value of the Second Transformation Beast Taming inheritance he had initially obtained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That inheritance could sell for at least a thousand Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, selling it would require signing a contract and swearing an oath to the Heart Demon, agreeing not to sell or leak any relevant information again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, as he was not particularly short on money at the moment, Lu Changsheng had not sold the Second Transformation Beast Taming inheritance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After storing the three books, Lu Changsheng returned to the Spiritual Talisman Shop and began reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending a morning, Lu Changsheng finished reading the three books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems the bloody Gu insect is rarer and more unusual than I imagined,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changsheng set down the book in his hands and exhaled lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three books introduced a lot of information and knowledge about Gu insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also covered many common ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not find any information related to that bloody Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is also within my expectations; that bloody Gu is obviously not an ordinary one,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Most of the Gu insects introduced in these three books are either mortal or spiritual Gu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The bloody Gu is most likely a Mysterious Spirit Gu, or even an Earth Spirit Gu,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changsheng thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for a Heavenly Spirit Gu, he deemed it unlikely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because his own Peach Blossom Gu was a Heavenly Spirit Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that bloody Gu were a Heavenly Spirit Gu, there would not be incidents of the Gu insect rebelling against its master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From browsing the books, he learned that Gu insects rebelling is a rare event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only occurs when there is a difference of a full rank between the Gu insects, and there is a certain disparity in strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his Peach Blossom Gu was a Heavenly Spirit Gu, its strength was not very impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was currently only at the peak of the First Transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when its master, himself, broke through the Foundation Establishment stage could it break through to the Second Transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Lu Changsheng guessed that the bloody Gu was at most an Earth Spirit Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Lu Changsheng took the Gu jar out of the Spiritual Pet Bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the jar lid to check on the bloody Gu insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It still looked listless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will this thing starve to death if it’s kept like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changsheng looked at the half-dead appearance of the bloody Gu insect and frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Gu insects needed to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Peach Blossom Gu was quite special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lived on the fortunes of peach blossoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t need him to feed it normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not know what the bloody Gu insect ate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be rather embarrassing if it starved to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, Lu Changsheng tried the most straightforward method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out a variety of Spirit Food and Spiritual Objects from the Storage Bag, putting them into the Gu jar to see if it would eat anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several attempts, Lu Changsheng saw that a so-called ‘Blood Spirit Nectar’ caught the bloody Gu insect’s interest, and it began to lick it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the bloody Gu insect eating, Lu Changsheng immediately felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let it eat a drop and then stored the Blood Spirit Nectar away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to drop one or two drops every few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping it in this barely alive, listless state was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it got too healthy and escaped, what would he do then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, over half a month passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, Lu Changsheng received a notification from White Jade Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reported that a batch of Maids for members had arrived and asked if Lu Changsheng was interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was, he could go and learn more about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Lu Changsheng immediately went to White Jade Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to see what these so-called member-exclusive Maids were like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after learning about them and seeing them, Lu Changsheng promptly bid farewell to Feng Jiuniang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Maids were indeed excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both in looks and figure, they were the best of the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did they possess Spiritual Root aptitudes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but they also cultivated some form of furnace Dual Cultivation Technique, beneficial for cultivation, and even for breaking through realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the price was too expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the cheapest one started at a thousand Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casually, it amounted to several thousand Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with such prices, Lu Changsheng naturally could only take his leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh, I really am too poor,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“White Jade Tower is definitely not a place I can afford to patronize at my current stage,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changshsheng couldn’t help but shake his head as he left White Jade Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could afford regular Maids at White Jade Tower,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but those with Spiritual Roots at a certain level were beyond his means without an unexpected windfall; his regular income couldn’t support such an expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, I’m pretty much set for now with wives and Maids; there’s no need to buy more at the moment,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve already spent quite a sum on wives and Maids,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are significant daily expenses there as well,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I keep spending money there, it would even affect my own living,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, I plan to return to Qingzhu Mountain soon, so there’s really no need to add more Maids,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The residences in Nine Dragons Market are already close to capacity,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Changsheng walked along the street, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had come here this time just to see for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were suitable, affordable Maids, he might have considered adding one or two.\u003C\u002Fp>",1127,"2026-05-29T15:30:21.339Z","2026-06-01T04:29:36.927Z",1,"novelbin.me","aebfa12af2e3d1e77f3c95a653e2eb7ad555db6b06b7445ee8aa8646491b87b8","starting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta-chapter-179","starting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta-chapter-177",2404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-as-a-son-in-law-to-establish-an-immorta-cover.jpg"]