Chapter 251: What the hell is that thing your man is doing? Completely

Oh?

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Qingwan's slightly proud expression, found it somewhat amusing, raised his eyebrows, and said:

"Oh? Is that so?"

Gu Qingwan stared at Lu Yuan's completely unfazed look, suddenly not knowing what she had thought of, her exquisite face involuntarily flushed.

She then turned her head toward elsewhere and said:

"All right, all right, elder sister was just speaking casually."

After saying that, Gu Qingwan then said:

"However, the imperial fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been completely refined by me in these past twenty-odd days; after this, the speed will not be so fast."

As for elder sister's talent, we can only see later; however~

Saying this, Gu Qingwan glanced at Lu Yuan with a playful blink and said:

"However, elder sister feels this time is different from before, and the cultivation speed will surely be fast as well~"

Listening to Gu Qingwan's words, Lu Yuan nodded, finding it somewhat believable.

These past days, regarding the situation of his second wife, Lu Yuan has come to know a bit.

First, after Gu Qingwan finished drinking the bloodline awakening liquid, what exactly she awakened to, Lu Yuan does not know.

Not to mention Gu Qingwan's, even what Lu Yuan himself awakened to, he completely does not know.

Including the previous matter of his first wife's whatever Heavenly Demon Nine Li, if not for Ji Lingxiao saying it, Lu Yuan would also not know.

This matter, perhaps one would need to drink the bloodline awakening liquid for several more years; only when the bloodline truly awakens can one know.

And these past days, his second wife's cultivation is not merely simple cultivation; more importantly, she has been refining into her body the imperial fortune accumulated by the Great Zhou Dynasty from its founding to the present, over eight hundred years.

Precisely because of this, that night after drinking the bloodline awakening liquid, his second wife went from the Qi Refining realm to the Golden Core realm in just one evening.

From now on, if she wishes to cultivate further, it will no longer be so simple or so fast.

Moreover, from now on, his wife will not cultivate spiritual power but will continue to cultivate the imperial fortune.

This matter is somewhat complicated; Lu Yuan is just a half-understood novice and basically doesn't understand it, and Gu Qingwan is also currently figuring it out on her own.

For such matters, it's best to ask Ji Lingxiao.

But after thinking about it, it's better not to, since asking Ji Lingxiao would inevitably bring about some other trouble.

Rather, wait half a year, a year later, when his first wife has nearly finished her studies at the Linglan Sword Sect, then ask her.

This is also why Lu Yuan agreed to Su Liyan going to the Linglan Sword Sect to cultivate immortality.

Next, everyone went into this Little Green Mountain, holding poles to start catching cicadas.

Hey, it turned into the legendary cicada‑catching spot.

One night's harvest was quite abundant.

Mainly because outsiders cannot enter this area, they let Lu Yuan and his companions come in and mess around.

The group of women collected cicada nymphs, while Lu Yuan and the three men themselves used bamboo poles to catch cicadas.

For example, Gao Tingyu and Kou Yang each had to hold a flashlight in one hand to shine light, find the cicadas, and then use the pole to catch them.

Lu Yuan, however, was different.

Lu Yuan is now a Golden Core powerhouse; with his spiritual sense opened, he just pokes the pole.

After one night, the cloth bag Lu Yuan prepared was completely full.

Now the conditions of the Great Zhou Dynasty are getting better and better.

Even the major restaurants have started offering some delicacies.

For example, these cicadas are one of them.

Some restaurants specialize in buying this, at a bit over one jin.

Lu Yuan alone caught at least a dozen jin that night.

Although Kou Yang and Gao Tingyu lack spiritual sense and are not cultivators,

but since there's no one else around, these two, taking it slow, also caught a couple of jin in one night.

By the time it was eight or nine o'clock in the evening, everyone headed back home.

As for the women's side, tonight's harvest was also quite abundant.

Each of those women gathered about one or two jin of cicada nymphs.

"When going back, soak them in salt water that very night; these cicada nymphs are the most delicious."

"If not soaked in salt water, by tomorrow morning they will turn into adult cicadas, and adult cicadas are not as tasty as the nymphs."

Lu Yuan had cicadas squeaking at his waist as he spoke.

As for Lu Yuan's words, Kou Yang beside him raised his eyebrows, looking at Lu Yuan arrogantly and said:

"Hey, you're still teaching us? This doesn't need your teaching—who hasn't caught cicada nymphs as a child?"

"Back when we couldn't afford rice, we'd just grab this stuff and stuff it under the stove, and it was still useful…"

Before Kou Yang could finish his words, he felt a hint of a dangerous gaze.

He saw Wang Yulan glaring at him; immediately, Kou Yang shrank his neck and said nothing.

Gao Tingyu, seeing Kou Yang like that, couldn't help but grin and say:

"Look at you, so useless, afraid of your wife!"

"Among us three, you're the only one without any promise."

Hearing Gao Tingyu's words, Kou Yang became anxious, stretched his neck, and shouted:

"What do you mean afraid of my wife? I cherish my wife!!"

As for Kou Yang's words, Gao Tingyu raised his eyebrows and said:

"If you cherish your wife, you should be like that; hey, I and my brother Lu Yuan don't have your bear‑like demeanor."

Kou Yang grew anxious, and when anxious he wanted to roll up his sleeves; Lu Yuan hurriedly stepped back a bit, lest the two start fighting and splash him.

Wang Yulan and Chen Taohua, seeing this, thought nothing of it; it was just a regular occurrence for those two.

They often start sniping at each other.

If they really came to blows, it wouldn't go that far.

Everyone was used to it.

Soon, amid the clamor, everyone returned to the courtyard.

Upon returning to the back courtyard, everyone was stunned.

A person that Lu Yuan's household did not want to see, yet could not avoid seeing, appeared.

Ji Lingxiao arrived.

Actually, everyone already knew in their hearts today.

The day had come.

Ji Lingxiao was sure to come.

After seeing Ji Lingxiao, neither side spoke.

After merely being stunned for a moment, Lu Yuan shouted toward the house:

"Mother, we're back."

After Lu Yuan finished shouting, Su's mother came out of the house, her face not showing much smile—no wonder Ji Lingxiao had arrived.

She also knew that her daughter would be leaving today.

After Su's mother came out, she softly nodded and said:

"Changsheng has gone to sleep."

Lu Yuan nodded, then said:

"All right, Mother, prepare some salt water to soak the cicadas we caught, fry a few, and take them for Liyan to eat on the road."

Su's mother repeatedly nodded and said:

"All right, Mother will go now."

After Su's mother finished speaking, she took Lu Yuan's cloth bag and also the buckets held by the two daughters-in-law.

Lu Yuan glanced at Ji Lingxiao, said nothing, and turned to go into the house.

Ji Lingxiao also said nothing and followed him inside.

After everyone entered the house, Lu Yuan looked at Ji Lingxiao, blinked, and said:

"Master, are you not in a hurry?"

Ji Lingxiao rarely showed gentleness toward Lu Yuan, slightly nodding his head and softly saying:

"Not in a hurry; we agreed this is the last day, and I won't take even an extra minute from you—there are still two or three hours left."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan nodded, began lowering his head to take the cicadas out of the cloth bag and place them into the salt water prepared by his mother-in-law.

The two daughters-in-law also came up beside Lu Yuan, putting the cicadas from their buckets into the water to soak.

Ji Lingxiao stood at the back, looked left and right, then said:

"By the way, Liyan, don't you need to pack up?"

Su Liyan, without turning her head, replied:

"I already packed this morning."

Since Ji Lingxiao's arrival today, everyone already knew, so they had packed early.

Ji Lingxiao gave a slight nod, then added:

"Then should we contact any relatives…"

Ji Lingxiao was thinking about whether to send some provisions, looking around, it seemed there were no relatives here.

Su Liyan simply shook her head and said:

"No need; I'm not going never to return, I've already greeted them, no trouble needed."

Since that was the case, Ji Lingxiao said nothing more.

Thereafter he found a quiet place to sit, not disturbing Lu Yuan's household as they worked.

These cicadas don't need to soak long in salt water; usually an hour or more, up to two hours, is about right.

After Lu Yuan's group finished, they also sat down to rest.

Everything was as usual; Su Liyan and Gu Qingwan leaned together, sitting in front of the sewing machine.

Recently, Gu Qingwan has been learning from Su Liyan how to use this sewing machine.

The household was very harmonious.

One could not tell at all that Su Liyan was about to go cultivate immortality, yet it made everyone have that atmosphere of sad parting.

Everyone was also striving to suppress that atmosphere.

After all, this isn't a matter of life-and-death separation; there's really no need to create such an atmosphere.

After two or three hours, with a sizzle, the cicadas were all fried.

Lu Yuan put the tastiest cicadas into a paper bag and gave them to his eldest daughter-in-law.

He sprinkled some pepper salt and chili powder.

That was all done.

The time had also come.

There were no extra words, no prolonged farewells.

Everyone was in the courtyard; Lu Yuan held a paper bag, stuffing fried cicadas into his mouth while looking at Su Liyan and grinning as he said:

"Go cultivate well, don't think of home… uh… maybe Brother will still come see you."

Su Liyan, who had been barely holding back her emotions, suddenly showed a hint of a smile on her face.

The next second, Su Liyan looked at Lu Yuan in astonishment and said:

"Brother, will you come see me?"

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said:

"Of course, I miss you, brother will definitely come see you."

Ji Lingxiao beside them slightly raised his eyebrows, then immediately raised his eyebrows oddly and said:

"How are you going?"

The Linglan Sword Sect is quite far from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Via a spatial rift it's only two or three days, but normally speaking, by horse, it's at least half a year!

By the time Lu Yuan arrives, Su Liyan might already have come back.

This Lu Yuan is only at the Qi Refining stage; he can't tear space, has no flying boat—how is he supposed to go?

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, raised his eyebrows at Ji Lingxiao and said:

"Never mind that, I'll definitely be able to go."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking to Ji Lingxiao, he then looked at Su Liyan and grinned, saying:

"Do you believe me, brother?"

Su Liyan nodded excitedly and said:

"I certainly believe you! ~"

Hearing Su Liyan's words, Ji Lingxiao smiled helplessly, shook his head, and didn't take it to heart.

He just felt that Lu Yuan was comforting his own wife.

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, smiled and nodded, saying:

"Then it's settled."

"Alright, you guys hurry up and leave; today I'm going to properly discipline Qingwan—when we catch cicadas tonight, you better not be disrespectful to me!"

As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Qingwan blushed instantly—there are so many people around!

Besides, Liyan is about to leave right away.

Even if nobody wants to create a farewell atmosphere, we should at least tone it down a bit.

What are you talking about!

It's embarrassing to death!

However, Su Liyan pursed her lips in a smile, glanced at Gu Qingwan beside her, blinked her eyes, and said playfully:

"Really, Elder Sister Wan is truly being rude to brother tonight—brother will definitely give her a good lesson~"

As soon as Su Liyan finished speaking, Gu Qingwan, already unable to bear her shyness, immediately said in a coquettish voice:

"Liyan~~"

Su Liyan smiled, pursed her lips, didn't say anything else, and immediately looked at Ji Lingxiao beside her and said:

"Let's go, Master."

Ji Lingxiao was still quite satisfied with this scene; if everyone were crying and wailing, he wouldn't know what to do.

Immediately, Ji Lingxiao nodded, then waved her jade hand, opening a space rift shimmering with azure light.

Afterward, Ji Lingxiao brought Su Liyan into it.

A few seconds later, the space rift vanished.

Su Liyan followed Ji Lingxiao away.

Lu Yuan stood where he was, stunned for a few seconds; his face lost its earlier nonchalance, and he let out a faint sigh.

Just now he seemed carefree and relaxed, but actually Lu Yuan still felt a bit sentimental.

While Lu Yuan was dazed in place, a soft, warm jade hand stroked his hand.

Gu Qingwan was no longer as shy as before; instead, like a caring older sister, she leaned against her man's ear and comforted him:

"Go rest."

Lu Yuan nodded, glanced at his mother-in-law and Yulan and some others nearby, and grinned, saying:

"Alright, let's all go home."

Having said that, Lu Yuan pulled Gu Qingwan home and shut the doors and windows.

Gu Qingwan, who hadn't been very shy just now, became shy again upon returning home.

Gu Qingwan had heard everything her husband had just said.

Moreover… her husband always follows through on his words…

She… tonight… will definitely be bullied by her husband all night~

Before, at least Liyan was there to help out; now that Liyan has left, tonight she fears she'll be badly bullied by her husband~

Upon arriving home, Gu Qingwan still shyly said softly:

"Sister, I'll go take a bath first~"

"Huh?"

Lu Yuan was taken aback, then looked at Gu Qingwan and grinned, saying:

"Hurry up."

Having said that, Lu Yuan slapped his wife's jade buttocks, causing Gu Qingwan to let out a shy little cry.

After his wife went to the washbasin.

Lu Yuan then took out the book 《Ingenuity》 and turned to a page in the middle.

On it was not anything else, but an airplane.

……

In the space rift.

Su Liyan sat quietly in front of the flying boat, looking at the space rift like a starry sky, eating the fried cicada monkey in her hand.

"Liyan, wear this that your master gave you, okay?"

Ji Lingxiao was coaxing Su Liyan to wear the soft armor he had prepared, just as he would coax his own daughter.

However, Su Liyan took a glance and then stubbornly said:

"Master, I really don't want your soft armor anymore; my husband made it for you—you've seen it, right?"

Ji Lingxiao, speechless at his precious disciple's words, said:

"What the hell is that thing your husband made? It doesn't even count as the lowest-grade magic weapon—it's just trash!"

Thank you, Old Brother Ren Mingcheng, for the 1666 book coin reward, thank you very much~

Thank you, Old Brother Ban Shao Bu Jiang, for the 100 book coin reward, thank you very much~

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