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

The news from the Sixth Elder of the Heavenly Cold Sect was sent back to the Sect immediately.

But after the Sect Master read it, he sealed the message and did not inform the rest of the Sect.

"Surrendering a Soul-Shaping Pill just like that... sigh."

"However, this matter may not necessarily require the intervention of our Heavenly Cold Sect."

"Calculating the time, Wang Yu should arrive in Qingzhou in a few days."

The Sect Master of the Heavenly Cold Sect looked at the information on the Communication Jade Token with a calm demeanor, not getting angry over the surrender of a Heavenly Rank Elixir.

Instead, after thinking it over calmly for a moment, he decided to wait and see, using Prince Wang Yu to test the attitude of the Gu Family!

Inside the Gu Family's Inner Court, Gu Changge, who was originally planning to return directly to the Back Mountain Courtyard, was stopped by his third uncle.

"Kid, you've really hit the jackpot this time!"

"Not only did you get a Heavenly Rank Elixir, but you also picked up a sensible and pretty wife."

"Looks like your old man won't have to worry too much about you anymore."

"With that girl's talent, in twenty or thirty years, she'll be considered a master in the Northern Domain. With this connection, even if your Cultivation isn't high, no one in the Northern Domain would dare to touch you."

Gu Sanfeng carelessly dangled a blade of grass he plucked from nearby, looking at his grandnephew with a playful expression.

"In twenty or thirty years, who knows, I might also become a Great Power myself, and with our uncle-nephew relationship, even if your Cultivation is so-so, no one in the Northern Domain would dare to touch you."

Gu Changge shrugged nonchalantly as he shamelessly replied.

This really amused Gu Sanfeng – did the kid not realize how vast the world was? Swallowing a Soul-Shaping Pill and reaching the fifth heaven in one night, he really considered himself a genius, didn't he?

Forget it... it's normal for the boy to be a bit arrogant after not setting foot on the path of Cultivation for eighteen years and only starting to cultivate now. He couldn't be bothered to burst his bubble, so he decided to let him be happy for a few days.

"Here, take these Elixirs in advance. You've just had a breakthrough, so you should stabilize your Realm. Don't let your Realm fall again." Gu Sanfeng casually took out a few Jade Bottles from his robes, all filled with ordinary Elixirs usually used by the Gu Family for Cultivation.

However, the quantity was enough to cover what Gu Changge was supposed to receive as his Monthly Salary for a year.

Gu Changge gladly accepted the Elixirs, but appeared to be hesitating as if wanting to say something.

"If you've got something to say, just spit it out. What's with the hesitance with your old man?"

"That um... Third Uncle, did you also prepare some Elixirs to aid in the use of the Soul-Shaping Pill?"

"I didn't have the complete assortment, but it was close to seven or eight out of ten."

"However, son, since you've already used the Soul-Shaping Pill, these won't be of much use to you. I still have to switch these for the usual ones from the storeroom in the coming days."

"Don't bother, Third Uncle. Since the Elixirs have been exchanged, why trouble yourself with switching them back from the storeroom?"

"How about we trade?"

Gu Changge smiled and shook the Elixir Bottles he had just acquired.

"The Elixirs you have aren't worth a fart in trade. Based on the resources you're entitled to, it would take at least three years to trade for these Elixirs."

"The key point being, these won't be of any use to you!"

"Hss... That girl from your house, she doesn't have... another Soul-Shaping Pill in her possession, does she?"

"You intend to use it for her?"

Gu Sanfeng waved his hands in disdain but then suddenly widened his eyes, asking incredulously.

A single Heavenly Rank Elixir, even he would have to save up for twenty years to get one. But that girl could produce two?

Heavenly Cold Sect has gotten so rich?

Has the Liu Family discovered a new vein of Spirit Stone!?

I haven't heard any news about that!

"Just don't worry about the excess, just hand over those Elixirs to me. For the next three years, I won't take my monthly salary. Uncle, you can collect it on my behalf every month," Gu Changge didn't want to explain too much to avoid further misunderstandings.

Ultimately, Gu Sanfeng could only sigh that the brat had really struck it lucky and was being so extravagant!

He did give him the Elixirs, but as for the three years of monthly salary, he didn't really care about them. After all, if he could willingly save up twenty years' worth of Spirit Stones for his great-nephew, why would he fret over this?

...

Back at the Back Mountain Courtyard, Gu Changge directly stored the Elixirs meant for use with the Soul-Shaping Pills into the System Space.

As for ordinary Elixirs, he didn't see the need to store them away, but instead sat down in the courtyard to attempt Cultivation for himself.

At first, he didn't take any Elixirs and directly started to practice the Cultivation Technique.

It felt completely different from all the times he had practiced in the past eighteen years!

Simply sitting there with his eyes closed, he could clearly feel the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, the surrounding spiritual energy gathered as if attracted, entering his body through the pores and into his meridians, and even as he breathed in and out, spiritual energy was drawn into his body.

A very refreshing and comfortable sensation almost made him groan out loud.

After circulating his energy for a single circuit, he stopped Cultivating.

"No wonder some can meditate for so long; Cultivation really is this comfortable..."

Gu Changge whispered to himself, unaware that this feeling was due to his sufficiently high Root Bone—ordinary people needed quite some time to merely sense the nature's spiritual energy, let alone the effort required to draw it into their bodies.

He then tried taking a regular Qi Condensing Pill, and it took a full Two Hours to fully utilize the pill's efficacy.

"If one were to cultivate normally, breaking through a Small Realm would likely need four months."

"With enough Elixirs, it could possibly be shortened to two months."

After his experimentation, he had a rough idea of his Cultivation speed, which would definitely be considered that of a talent in the Northern Domain.

However, recalling that morning when he collected the Cultivation results of his Daoist Couple, breaking through five Small Realms in a mere Two Hours, he suddenly felt that perhaps there was no need to spend his energy on meditating—his own Cultivation was too inefficient!

Just the regular Cultivation of Liu Qingqing brought him such great benefits, what if her Realm was even higher?

Or if she took Elixirs, would he also receive unexpected surprises?

"It looks like I need to find a chance to give the Soul-Shaping Pill back to Qingqing."

"However, taking it out at the Gu Family might lead to complications if someone sees it."

"In the next few days, it might be nice to arrange a meeting in the city."

Having made plans, though he didn't rely on his own Cultivation to improve his Cultivation, the experience itself was quite nice.

So, he simply continued to meditate; he did not take any more Elixirs, and before he knew it, the night had passed.

Only when the warm sunshine of the next day fell upon him did he stop Cultivating.

"Something's not right... why weren't there any reminders today?"

The first thing he did was to open the partner panel!

"Good, although there's no prompt, the option to collect has lit up."

It wasn't until he saw the choice to collect on the Cultivation column of the Daoist Couple panel that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without any hesitation, he chose to collect!