Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse

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As for Gu Changge, when he returned to his own grand hall,

he found that Dongfang Mingyue had already ended her seclusion at some point and was sitting in the hall, seemingly waiting for him.

"Back?"

"My lord, your trip must have been smooth."

Dongfang Mingyue, seeing him return, also completely relaxed.

She was originally in seclusion, practicing cultivation, but she was awakened due to successive messages received from the Dongfang Family through the Communication Jade Token.

She had learned about her lord's visit to the Wu Family.

"Of course, it went smoothly."

"And along the way, I also made a breakthrough to the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm."

Gu Changge replied with a slight smile, sitting beside her and pouring himself a cup of tea, casually mentioning.

"..."

Dongfang Mingyue couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, sure enough.

Before she went into seclusion, her lord's realm had not been so high.

How come once she came out, he had already reached the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm?

This breakthrough speed was simply astonishing.

"Why didn't you mention going to the Wu Family in advance?"

"I could have arranged for some people from the Dongfang Family to help out, which might have made things easier."

"Moreover, the Wu Family is merely a second-rate family, so why did my lord have to visit personally?"

"With your current reputation, just by leaving a message at the Sword Sect, there would have been Great Powers from the sect willing to clear the way."

Although Dongfang Mingyue was shocked by his breakthrough to the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm, she couldn't help but ask.

"There are some matters that I still prefer to take care of personally."

"My wife, however, did quite well too, breaking through to the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm this seclusion."

"Congratulations."

"By the way, I have prepared some Elixirs for my wife that might be of help."

Gu Changge didn't dwell on the matters of the Wu Family and easily shifted the topic.

Previously, when Dongfang Mingyue was in seclusion, the system had rewarded him with a Sudden Enlightenment Pill of the Infinite Realm, and he hadn't yet had the chance to give it to her.

As they spoke, he took out the Sudden Enlightenment Pill from the Infinite Realm and placed it on the table.

Then, with a thought, he checked Dongfang Mingyue's Daoist Couple panel:

[Daoist Couple: Dongfang Mingyue]

[Root Bone: 299]

[Comprehension: 299]

[Cultivation Technique: Purple Qi Eastward Technique·Heaven Rank Top Grade]

[Realm: Infinite Realm·Early Stage]

[Divine Skills: Thousand Sword Shadows (Heaven), Formless Sword Formation (Heaven), Absolute Slash (Heaven)...]

Based on the panel, he decided to silently redeem Elixirs in his mind.

Since he was within the Sword Sect, there was no need to exchange everything all at once.

[Redeemed: Fourth-grade Root Bone Pill (+100) one, Fourth-grade Comprehension Pill (+100) one, Elixirs have been dispatched to System Space.]

[Total Cost: Four million Attribute Points.]

[Host Remaining Attribute Points: Two billion five hundred ninety-four million...]

Instantly, a huge sum of four million Attribute Points flowed out like water, yet Gu Changge felt no pain at all.

He immediately took out the two wooden boxes and placed them on the table as well.

"It's merely a breakthrough to the Seventh Grade Realm..."

"Compared to a monster like my lord, it's nothing worth mentioning."

"I really don't know how you practice, your speed of breakthrough is infuriating!"

Dongfang Mingyue smacked her lips and said with a wry smile.

If it were in the past, her breakthrough to the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm would have been a cause for grand celebration, even bragged about with much fanfare in the Dongfang Family!

But now, she had no desire to show off at all.

She felt utterly outplayed!

Given her own achievements, what was there to brag about?

Seeing the three wooden boxes on the table, she had already guessed the function of the Elixirs inside.

Certainly, those three miraculous Elixirs from before, unique to her lord!

One to enhance Root Bone, one for Comprehension, and even one that could induce a person into the miraculous Sudden Enlightenment Realm!

"These Elixirs..."

"My lord must have paid a certain price for them, right?"

"Why not take them yourself?"

"I am already of the Talent of Dao Body, that's enough."

Although the Elixirs were extremely tempting for any Cultivator, Dongfang Mingyue knew what they meant to her.

Yet, after pursing her lips, she still pushed the wooden boxes with the Elixirs back.

Elixirs that defied the heavens surely were incredibly difficult to obtain.

Who knows what price you had to pay!

"There's a cost, of course."

"But it's not significant."

"Since it was prepared for my wife, just take and use them."

"To be honest, I have also prepared Elixirs of the same effects for Youbai."

"And... for the two currently in the Northern Domain, I have entrusted the Ancestor to take the Elixirs back."

"If you are unwilling to take them, you will eventually fall behind others, whether in Root Bone or talent."

"My wife doesn't want to become the weakest, does she?"

Gu Changge didn't explain much, speaking in a relaxed tone.

As expected, Dongfang Mingyue silently reached out and took the three wooden boxes back.

However, she glanced at one of them with a melancholic look.

That resentful gaze made Gu Changge involuntarily wonder if he had said something wrong?

After a moment, she squeezed out a sentence, "So it turns out... my lord had already sent the Elixirs back to the two sisters first, and only then thought of me at last."

"It seems that I am not valued enough in my lord's heart, always behind others."

Hearing this, Gu Changge slapped his forehead, indeed, things had gone south!

What kind of thought process was this?

Why did it suddenly get to this point?

"No, there's still Youbai."

"He hasn't received his Elixirs yet, to be accurate, my wife is not the last one."

However, he immediately realized a flaw and decisively said.

"Oh..."

"So, I am the second last in my lord's heart, and the poor little Youbai is the very last."