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

But Gu Changge directly spoke, "No need to trouble yourselves, I need to return to the family home quickly."

At the moment, Qingqing had just finished refining her elixir. Calculating the time, Yue'er was likely about finished with hers as well.

However, now that he was already in the Northern Domain and with his power at the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, as long as he received a system prompt, he would immediately rush to the Gu Family and would make it there on time.

This was why he dared to chat with these people for so long.

"Master..."

Liu Qingqing rose and spoke upon hearing her husband mention returning to his family.

Before she could finish, Wan Shan Taoist-Fellow directly said, "No worries, just go. However, whenever you are ready to head for Central State, remember to let me know so I can prepare some things for you."

"Thank you, Master." Liu Qingqing bowed in gratitude.

Gu Changge didn't plan on staying any longer and straightforwardly got up to bow, "Then I will take my wife and leave now. Please inform me whenever you've decided."

Seeing this, the Heavenly Cold Sect Elders also quickly stood up to see them off.

Only after escorting the couple outside the Mountain Gate did Wan Shan Taoist-Fellow watch them disappear into the distance and couldn't help but exclaim, "The growth rate of Saint Gu is truly terrifying."

"It's been less than five years since Qingqing married into the Gu Family, right?"

"Yet he has already transformed from the so-called 'incapable of cultivation trash' into the Sword Sect's Saint, a Great Power of the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm!"

"Who could have thought?"

"Who would dare to think?"

Hearing the Sect Master's reflections, the Heavenly Cold Sect Elders also unconsciously nodded in agreement.

However, someone couldn't help but ask, "Sect Master, about the proposal Saint Gu made earlier?"

"Let's discuss it back in the great hall." Wan Shan Taoist waved his hand and led them back to the hall.

...

Gu Changge condensed a cloud under his feet, taking his wife through the air towards Qingzhou.

Along the way, Liu Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "My lord, you must have already become a Sacred Body, right?"

"Yes." Gu Changge nodded slightly.

"Then why didn't I know when you underwent your Tribulation?" Liu Qingqing continued.

"At that time, my dear, you were in retreat."

"Besides, it wasn't something significant..."

Gu Changge said casually.

"Not something significant?"

Liu Qingqing pursed her lips, feeling somewhat helpless.

If her husband hadn't rushed back in time, she would have been directly obliterated by the Heavenly Tribulation!

She knew all too well how terrifying that Heavenly Tribulation was.

It was simply because the Sacred Body was intolerable by heaven and earth, leaving no chance of survival for the Sacred Body!

Yet, in her husband's words, the Heavenly Tribulation seemed unimportant.

Comparing people really could frustrate one to death...

"My lord, you're in such a hurry to get back..."

"Is Wang Yue about to undergo her Tribulation too?"

Liu Qingqing suddenly thought of something.

"That's right."

"The Root Bone Pill and the Comprehension Pill I gave you both are the same."

"The only difference is that she is refining hers a bit slower, still not completely finished."

Gu Changge replied to her without much thought.

But Liu Qingqing frowned slightly.

She asked somewhat puzzledly, "But... my lord, how do you know when we finish refining our pills?"

This question momentarily stunned Gu Changge.

After a long silence, he could only say, "Perhaps, it's what you call a heart-to-heart connection."

This answer earned him a glare from Liu Qingqing, clearly not convinced by that.

However, she didn't continue to probe. After all, her husband wouldn't harm her, so why bother digging deep and making it difficult for him?

Soon, they had already left Wuzhou, entering Qingzhou's boundary.

With Gu Changge's current strength at the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, although he wasn't rushing at full speed, it would still take only a little over two hours from the Heavenly Cold Sect to the Gu Family.

Before long, the main city of the Gu Family had come into their view.

Gu Changge felt an inexplicable sense of returning home in glory!

When he had left, his strength was decent, but he still needed protection, even to visit the Imperial City in the Northern Domain, he had needed a Sage Realm expert by his side to feel completely at ease.

But now...

In the vast Northern Domain, there was nothing he needed to worry about!

The Sage Realm, compared to his current state, saying he could suppress them with a wave of his hand might be an exaggeration, but dealing with a few from the Sage Realm hardly put any pressure on him!

Looking at Gu Family's main city, which was now in sight, he simply did not conceal his Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm aura anymore!

Being cautious in Central State was due to his insufficient strength, but back in the Northern Domain, there was no need to be timid!

With his aura unrestrained, the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm aura enveloped him.

Liu Qingqing looked at him with some surprise and couldn't help but ask, "Husband, what is this?"

"Returning home in wealth, why sneak around at night?" Gu Changge replied with a slight smile.

At this moment, all the cultivators in Gu Family's main city felt a terrifying aura and looked up!

"This aura... it's probably beyond the Eight-grade, isn't it the senior who guards Duanbei City from the Gu Family?"

"No, why does he seem so young?"

"Young? It only seems that way because at such a realm one can alter their appearance at will, can age really be discerned just by looking?"

"Wait... why does this senior look so familiar... it looks like... like the Young Master of the Gu Family!"

A Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm Great Power was rare in the Northern Domain; even knowing that a Ninth Grade Great Power guarded Duanbei City, they usually wouldn't show themselves unless there was a beast tide.

Seeing a Ninth Grade today, all cultivators observed with reverence and curiosity.

In the hearts of the Northern Domain cultivators, the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm was almost the ceiling they could imagine, as for anything beyond that realm, it was beyond their wildest dreams!

"Young Master Gu? Brother, are you hearing what you're saying?"

"The Gu Family Head currently is at the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm, and you're saying this Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm senior is the Young Master of the Gu Family?"

"Moreover, everyone knows that Young Master Gu has already left the Northern Domain and moved to the Holy Land in Central State, distinguished as a Saint Heir!"

"Daoist Fellow... it really does look like the Young Master of the Gu Family!"

"The one standing beside him is Young Master Gu's wife, the Heavenly Cold Sect Saintess Liu Qingqing!"

"Moreover, when Young Master Gu left the Northern Domain, he was already at the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm. At that time, it only took him three years to cultivate from a mortal to Seventh Grade; now, after another two and a half years of cultivating in the Holy Land of Central State, it's not impossible that he has broken through to the Ninth Grade!"

Soon, quite a few cultivators recognized Gu Changge's appearance!

After all, back in the Northern Domain, he had a huge reputation, especially before he went to Central State, when the Gu Family celebrated his attainment of the Saint Heir title, inviting guests from all directions.

Some cultivators had seen Gu Changge's appearance from a distance!

Despite some people expressing disbelief in the crowd,

they quickly had to believe!

One after another, figures from the Gu Family ascended into the sky, rushing to greet him at the first opportunity!

Initially, the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm Elders of the Gu Family, who felt the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm aura, were a bit astonished.

But that aura was very familiar to them.

Upon seting their eyes on him, all Gu Family Elders couldn't sit still!

Even Gu Zhan, the Family Head, couldn't think too much and immediately transformed into a stream of light, rushing to greet him.

Figures of the Gu Family's Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm experts stood in the air above the mansion.

And Gu Changge also stopped in front of the mansion.

Under the watchful eyes of those city cultivators, all the Gu Family Elders in unison bowed and saluted, chanting, "We welcome the Young Master back home!"

Although Gu Zhan, as the Family Head, did not bow, the shock in his eyes as he looked at Gu Changge was unmistakable.

This lad had only been gone for two years, yet he had already exceeded his own realm...

Faced with the salutations of many elders, Gu Changge also quickly returned the gesture with a bow.

Even though his realm was now only second to the Ancestor in the Gu Family,

these people were still his elders, and the necessary courtesy could not be neglected.

"Why have you suddenly come back?"

Overcome with shock, Gu Zhan also asked.

"Let's talk when we get back."

Gu Changge waved his hand; his appearance had already attracted the attention of all the cultivators in the city, and the fame had been sufficiently made, the following conversation need not be known by everyone.

Hearing this, the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm Elders also consciously made way, clearing a path for the Young Master.

They hadn't expected that in just a short two years, the Young Master had grown to such an extent!

The Gu Family taking charge in Central State was just a matter of time!