Chapter 249: I have broken through Golden Core

About forty or fifty minutes later.

Ji Lingxiao panted slightly, then stopped.

A layer of fragrant sweat appeared on his smooth forehead.

Boosting this precious disciple's bloodline awakening is really exhausting.

But this didn't let my precious disciple fully awaken; it only increased it a bit.

At the same time, Su Liyan rose, lowering her head somewhat astonished as she looked at her own changes.

She looked at her hands for a while, then bounced in place, seemingly feeling her new body.

Regarding the three tails behind her, Su Liyan blinked and instantly retracted them.

After she came to her senses, Su Liyan immediately looked toward Lu Yuan, who had already risen from the throne.

Lu Yuan looked at his wife before him and swallowed slightly.

His wife's current demeanor... is really too alluring.

Not only that sense of mystery, but his wife also now possesses a cool, aloof aura, a lofty superiority unique to cultivators.

This feeling can arouse everyone's curiosity and desire to explore.

His wife is truly stunning now.

Lu Yuan felt that his wife's appearance had also changed slightly, though he couldn't pinpoint exactly where.

Looking at her now, his wife is different in every way from before.

If one had to say, it's that she's become more mature and enticing, like a fully ripe peach.

Those incredibly alluring narrow eyes, at this moment gazing at Lu Yuan with deep affection.

This gaze, like gazing at the moon in water or probing bamboo at the cloud's edge, truly threatens to ensnare Lu Yuan.

This was also how his wife used to look at him before, but it wasn't so obvious; or rather, his wife's allure now is truly innate.

A single glance or smile could throw people's minds into disarray.

Su Liyan naturally also noticed how fervent her husband's gaze was when he looked at her.

For a moment, Su Liyan, feeling a bit shy, looked at her man and spoke in a soft, coquettish voice:

Brother~

That intensely tingling sound with its trailing tone left Lu Yuan unable to bear it.

After regaining his composure, Lu Yuan went before his wife, curiously examining her to see exactly what was different.

On the contrary, Su Liyan, being examined up and down by her husband, blushed all over, and the next second flung herself into his arms.

With that sweet, soft coo as his wife flung into his arms, Lu Yuan found it hard to withstand.

Meanwhile, Ji Lingxiao, who had risen from the ground, curled his lip and then couldn't help but say:

"You two wait a moment; Liyan, do you feel anything different now?"

Ji Lingxiao also wanted to quickly see what specific changes had occurred in his precious disciple's body.

As a result, before he could even get up, the couple had already embraced each other.

This left Ji Lingxiao speechless.

Are they really that close, having to embrace in broad daylight?

At this moment, Su Liyan, nestled in her husband's arms, revealed half of her gorgeous, bewitching face as she looked at Ji Lingxiao and said:

"Master, this situation of mine... can it be changed?"

Su Liyan also noticed the changes in her own body.

To be honest, Su Liyan doesn't really like this.

To Su Liyan, the allure in a glance or smile, in every gesture, seems like a deliberate attempt to entice people.

Su Liyan only wants to entice her husband, not to appear this way in front of others.

Ji Lingxiao stared for a moment, then immediately nodded and said:

"Of course, you're like this now because of the Heavenly Demon Nine Glaze Bloodline; once you gradually adapt to this power and learn to control it later, you'll be different."

"It's like some people who are reckless in their youth; after experiencing many things, they become mature and steady."

"Furthermore, the Azure Lotus Heart Method that I will teach you in the future will also greatly weaken this Heavenly Demon Nine Glaze allure, so there's no need to worry."

Having said that, Ji Lingxiao paused, then looked at Su Liyan and said:

"However, things like appearance cannot be changed; originally your looks were like this, and after the Heavenly Demon Nine Glaze Bloodline awakens, they only become more pronounced, which is unavoidable."

Su Liyan, nestled in her husband's arms, watched her master nod.

That will do.

After the two finished speaking, Lu Yuan, embracing his wife, glanced at Ji Lingxiao, who still wanted to say something, and blinked as he said:

"Master, aren't you leaving yet?"

Huh?

Ji Lingxiao looked at Lu Yuan with a questioning expression, but soon he also knew what Lu Yuan was going to say.

Ji Lingxiao, speechless, then said:

"Can't you two hold back a little in broad daylight?"

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, raised his eyebrows and said:

"It's not what you're thinking; I mean, aren't you returning to the Linglan Sword Sect?"

As for Lu Yuan's words, Ji Lingxiao became even more speechless; he had only just arrived this morning.

He had traveled back and forth for seven days without a break.

Good grief, I just arrived, and now you're urging me to leave again?

Are you, Lu Yuan, some kind of breeding machine?!!

Ji Lingxiao didn't want to talk about his palpitations, couldn't stay long in that dark spatial rift, merely stared at Lu Yuan and said:

"There are still about twenty days before Liyan goes with me to the Linglan Sword Sect; this round trip of mine takes seven days, so why would I still leave? Naturally I must wait twenty days then take Liyan with me!"

Lu Yuan blinked, looking at Ji Lingxiao and said:

"Then, Master, you'd better go elsewhere; you being here makes us tense, restrained, ill at ease—why not go elsewhere for a stroll?"

Ji Lingxiao was full of question marks.

"Being here, why are you ill at ease? Why are you tense and restrained?"

"You brat asking me for that dark gold dragon‑pattern—does that look tense or restrained?"

Moreover, Ji Lingxiao was never one who liked a warm face pressing a cold butt, except for his beloved disciple.

Ji Lingxiao pondered, perhaps those three had been a warm family before; my sudden arrival indeed made me an outsider.

After pondering, Ji Lingxiao flicked his sleeve and directly said:

"When the time comes, I will return to take Liyan away."

Having said that, Ji Lingxiao prepared to leave, but just as he turned, the next second he turned back again.

He gazed speechlessly at the loving couple embracing and said:

"You two be careful, don't get pregnant—Liyan will cultivate immortality later."

…………

Night.

Lu Yuan and the three didn't return to the Siheyuan.

Tonight they planned to sleep in the Chonghua Palace.

The main thing is, Lu Yuan must hurry to make that soft armor.

As for fearing that Ji Lingxiao hasn't left and might secretly peek…… Lu Yuan felt Ji Lingxiao wouldn't do such a low‑class thing.

After the meal.

Lu Yuan took out the Bloodline Awakening Liquid from his system storage space.

After Lu Yuan produced this, the two wives curiously gathered around.

"What is this?"

Su Liyan clung to her man's arm, cooing softly beside him.

Frankly, since this afternoon Lu Yuan has been finding it hard to resist his big wife.

She is truly alluring.

Those eyes like autumn water, every time they look at him are full of feeling, sending autumn waves.

That pert jade nose, those rosy cherry lips—truly deadly.

Lu Yuan also knows his wife isn't saying she wants something now; this is just normal talk.

But after being stimulated by Ji Lingxiao again today to awaken that Heavenly Demon Nine Ling Bloodline,

his big wife's every gesture exudes charm, driving men mad.

Especially—lately his big wife especially likes to cling to him, often hugging him and speaking coquettishly by his ear.

Feeling his wife's tender, voluptuous perfect body, Lu Yuan is really hard‑pressed.

"Bloodline Awakening Liquid—you can awaken that Heavenly Demon Nine Ling Bloodline, so it must be this."

Lu Yuan also didn't intend to hide it from his wife, prepared his explanation.

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Su Liyan stared at her man in shock.

Frankly, even though Su Liyan doesn't know what the Heavenly Demon Nine Ling Bloodline is, nor why she has a bloodline, her man never mentioned it before.

But Su Liyan had already guessed this might be related to her man.

Looking at it now, sure enough!!

After Su Liyan came to her senses, the next second she blinked her clear, flowing eyes at her man and suddenly asked:

"Brother, is my orchid heart also from you?"

Lu Yuan, while dripping the Bloodline Awakening Liquid into old soda, nodded and said:

"Yes."

Hearing this, Su Liyan blinked.

Indeed……

Indeed everything I have is from my man.

Talent, bloodline, genius……

Without my man, I am nothing.

Lu Yuan didn't say more to his big wife, but shook the Bloodline Awakening Liquid into the old soda, stirred it evenly, then handed it to the dazed Gu Qingwan before him:

"Quick, drink it down—maybe you'll cultivate faster; I and Liyan both drank it, I'd forgotten this matter until today."

Although whether mortals can cultivate depends on spiritual roots, bones, etc., not worldly status.

But I feel my second wife is more than that.

Gu Qingwan hesitated not at all; she felt this was her only chance.

These days she has known her realm…… is far behind her man and Liyan.

Taking the bottle of old soda, Gu Qingwan gulped it down.

After finishing the bottle, Lu Yuan stood beside her, eyes pleading, and suddenly said:

"You drank the whole bottle in one go—don't you want to burp?"

Gu Qingwan startled, then gave Lu Yuan a coquettish white‑eyed look, just about to say something when she suddenly froze.

Afterwards, Gu Qingwan stared at Lu Yuan in disbelief and said:

I... I felt it.

Huh?

Lu Yuan blinked, and then his face also showed an excited expression.

Sure enough, it works!!

Before Lu Yuan could say anything, Gu Qingwan suddenly spoke again:

"... but... something's off... I feel like what I sensed isn't spiritual power..."

Ha?

Hearing Gu Qingwan's words, Lu Yuan felt a bit strange—what does that mean?

After Gu Qingwan carefully sensed it, she became more certain and looked at her husband, saying:

It really isn't spiritual power; it feels like another kind of special power...

Over these two months, Gu Qingwan has been practicing with Su Liyan, and now she has reached the Qi Refining stage.

Of course, Gu Qingwan's Qi Refining stage is a proper, orthodox Qi Refining.

Unlike Lu Yuan, who appears to be at Qi Refining but is actually at Golden Core Stage.

But even at the lowest Qi Refining level, Gu Qingwan can tell what is spiritual power and what is not.

Earlier, that Ji Lingxiao didn't leave behind two boxes—one for outer disciples, one for inner disciples.

Those things are now being used by Gu Qingwan.

So, Gu Qingwan is able to discern what is spiritual power.

However, after Gu Qingwan drank the bloodline awakening liquid, she suddenly felt something off—she sensed another thing similar to spiritual power.

And she can control these things for cultivation.

Lu Yuan stood there, blinked, and then suddenly said:

Then you try cultivating tonight to see what happens, Liyan—you watch over her, and if things look wrong, just stop it.

Let Ji Lingxiao leave quickly; Lu Yuan isn't doing this to mess with his big wife, but to forge the soft armor.

Su Liyan listened to her husband's words and nodded repeatedly, saying:

Mmm~ if Sister Wan feels anything wrong, I'll have her stop right away.

Looking at his wife now, Lu Yuan took two deep breaths—this big wife of his is really alluring.

Really, just casually she can make people's blood surge.

Calling her a beauty doesn't even do her one-tenth justice.

After circulating the heart method 'Dao Xin' to steady his mind, Lu Yuan walked toward the courtyard where he previously forged things.

He took out the Eight Trigrams furnace and lit the Six Ding divine fire.

Then Lu Yuan sent the dragon-pattern black gold into it.

After about half a minute, this extremely hard dragon-pattern black gold began to slowly melt into golden liquid.

At the same time, Lu Yuan began adding the previously prepared materials, one by one, into the dragon-pattern black gold.

As for Lu Yuan, this dragon-pattern black gold usually melts in half a minute—it's not exactly a premium material.

However, the dragon-pattern black gold possesses a special trait that makes it especially suitable for blending with Lu Yuan's self-made metal, allowing other materials' characteristics to shine.

Moreover, it's soft yet hard and comfortable, making it extremely suitable for soft armor.

……

The next day, early morning.

Two pitch-black soft armors flew out of the Eight Trigrams furnace.

Lu Yuan made two pieces from this dragon-pattern black gold, giving one to each of his two wives.

As for these two soft armors, their effects...

Lu Yuan is still very satisfied; any performance meets his previous expectations.

This soft armor is Lu Yuan's own creation, not from the 'God·Artisan's Heart' manual, so its grade is hard to say, but Lu Yuan feels... it should be around rank eight or nine.

Anyway, it's pretty formidable.

Regardless, the soft armor is fine in every way except its appearance.

Mainly, Lu Yuan added too many things, pushing the soft armor's effects to their limit—already his maximum.

Having Lu Yuan fuss over its appearance... he really hasn't reached that level yet.

But, it doesn't really matter.

Anyway, the soft armor is worn inside clothing; if it's ugly, it's ugly, as long as it works.

A black cat or white cat that catches mice is a good cat.

After tidying up, Lu Yuan then returned to the Chonghua Hall.

After returning to Chonghua Hall, Lu Yuan found that the night had passed, and Gu Qingwan was still meditating with closed eyes.

As Lu Yuan approached quietly, Su Liyan immediately noticed her husband and hurriedly rose, walking over softly.

Lu Yuan then whispered:

How is it?

Su Liyan leaned close to her husband's ear and whispered softly:

It seems there's no change... no spiritual power fluctuations all night.

Lu Yuan blinked—this... this is a failure??

No way... yesterday Gu Qingwan said... she felt something...

Oh, right... she said it wasn't spiritual power, so then...

Before Lu Yuan could figure it out, an unparalleled pressure suddenly descended.

This pressure bore solemnity, dignity, and might, sweeping in from all directions.

When Lu Yuan and Su Liyan were somewhat startled.

A voice unmatched in dignity and familiar appeared beside them.

"I, have broken through Golden Core."

(End of chapter)