The ultimate Valkyrie has fallen for me

While Lu Yuan and Shen Humeng were getting to know the situation, the people from the second and third wives' families were actually gathered together.

"What are your plans for this year?"

The third wife looked at the second wife and asked in a deep voice.

"Just keep doing what you always have. What else is there to plan?"

The second wife, holding her coffee cup, said something in a flat tone.

"Zhang Caihua, don't play dumb with me!"

The third wife slammed her hand on the table, her face full of anger. She couldn't stand the second wife's pretentious manner the most.

Pa~!

The second wife's face darkened instantly, and she slammed her coffee cup down on the table. She hated being called by that name; it was too corny!

"Hmph, stop pretending. You know what I mean."

Having won the round, the Third Madam looked smug and simply said it directly.

"This year is different from previous years. That little hussy from the fourth wife's family has found a tough opponent. Can we beat her?"

"Don't boost others' morale and diminish your own. You third branch are cowards, but we second branch are not."

"Huh? Ha, aren't you ashamed to say that?"

The third wife looked amused and pointed to her two sons standing behind her.

"Our eldest brother's weakness is that he's only a four-star warrior, but his wife is a six-star warrior! Our second brother is a seven-star warrior, so which of us from the third branch is weak!"

Immediately afterwards, the Third Madam glanced at Shen Yangyi behind the Second Madam, her disdain undisguised.

"Unlike your family, who are over forty years old and only four-star warriors. Your youngest son was a little more promising, but he died."

"you!"

The second wife stood up abruptly, her fist already raised.

The Third Madam's actions went beyond simply exposing her shortcomings; mentioning her youngest son was clearly an attempt to reopen old wounds.

"What! Want to fight? Come on, it's been a while since we've had a proper match, let's have a go!"

The third wife snorted coldly, and although she remained seated, she showed no sign of weakness.

The second wife gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and sat back down.

It wasn't that they were afraid of the Third Madam, but rather that a real fight would be undignified.

"What are your thoughts?"

"What are your thoughts?"

"How are you three wives dealing with the fourth wife's new son-in-law?!"

"If I had an idea, why would I need to consult you?"

"you……"

The second wife glared at him angrily, took several deep breaths, and gritted her teeth as she spoke.

"Alright, let's start discussing what to do now!"

"What else can we do? If a battle can't be resolved on the field, we can only resolve it off the field."

The third wife snorted coldly, her gaze suddenly turning gloomy.

"That kid even beat the Ye family's Sword King. Neither our second son nor your eldest son's wife would be a match for him. Even a tag team battle wouldn't be entirely safe. So, the only way is to make sure he can't show up at the arena that day."

"Don't you already have an idea?"

The second wife gave a soft hum, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Then the problem now is, how do we prevent him from appearing in the competition arena?"

The second wife glanced at the third wife again, her eyes gleaming with a sharp light.

"You're not thinking of killing him outright, are you? Although he's not of the Shen family bloodline, he's a member now, and the old man is very fond of him. If you kill him directly, I'm afraid the old man won't turn a blind eye anymore."

"I'm also struggling with this issue. Killing him is the only way to solve the problem once and for all."

The third wife frowned slightly, as if she was thinking.

After a long pause, he suddenly smiled and said.

"You're best at those schemes and tricks. Do you have any good ideas? Our third branch of the family can provide manpower and resources."

"That's called strategy, but it sounds so awful coming from you."

The second wife gave a soft snort, her brows furrowing as well.

"It's definitely no use in the city. After all, even the Ye family couldn't kill him back then. So we can only go outside the city. Luring him outside the city isn't difficult; the difficulty lies in mobilizing manpower. How can we do it in a way that allows us to mobilize enough forces without the old man noticing?"

After she finished speaking, the second wife stared intently at the third wife.

She knew that, in addition to their apparent power, the third branch of the family had secretly cultivated a private army.

But she wasn't entirely clear on the exact number and the strength of the force.

"Why are you looking at me like that? You want me to hand over my 'secret stash'? Why don't you show me your own savings? Don't think I don't know you've been supporting quite a few people behind the master's back."

"Pah! What nonsense are you spouting? Those are assassins I trained, how can you call them adulterers!"

"It's all the same, we're keeping it from the master anyway."

The third wife smiled, and her eyes lit up.

"If we combine the staff from both families, it should be enough, right?"

"That depends on your side's strength."

"That's what I wanted to ask you too."

The two exchanged a glance, clearly neither willing to reveal their secrets to the other.

"In that case, let's discuss how many people each of us should send, and what their personnel configuration should be."

"OK!"

The Third Madam nodded. Dealing with Lu Yuan was nothing; there was no need to empty the family coffers. Enough was enough.

The two then began to discuss the matter.

Based on Lu Yuan's demonstrated strength, how many people would be enough to take him down?

……

"Achoo!"

After finishing his conversation with Shen Humeng, Lu Yuan, who was cultivating in his room, suddenly sneezed.

He rubbed his nose, looked out the window, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Someone is plotting against him again.

After his mental strength broke through two thousand, his perception became even more acute, and he subtly improved to another level.

But he wasn't quite sure what specific abilities those were for at the moment.

Who cares who he is? As the saying goes, too many lice won't bite. What Lu Yuan has in abundance right now is enemies.

He simply ignored it and continued his cultivation.

According to Shen Humeng, the Shen family's martial arts battle is at the end of the year, less than two months away.

Now that the Northern Wilderness base and the mine are on track, with Xia Banzhu keeping an eye on things, Lu Yuan basically doesn't have much to do.

As for force, there's still the gate, right? A quasi-king-level demon beast is enough to deal with the vast majority of threats.

If any emergency occurs, Xia Banzhu can contact him via satellite communication, and Lu Yuan can quickly arrive in his Blood Shadow Escape mode.

As the base continued to grow, its communication with the city became more and more frequent, so Xia Banzhu simply spent some money to install satellite communication as well.

In this way, even if you are far away outside the city, you can directly contact the city after going through several base stations.

"It still doesn't work."

After a day of practice, it was already evening when Lu Yuan snapped out of his meditation and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Although he has been constantly absorbing cosmic energy from the outside world and using various potions containing cosmic energy, the seventh star core has remained stagnant.

The final bottleneck in the Star Core Realm was much more stubborn than he had anticipated.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but wonder if he should think of a way. If he were really trapped in this realm, even if it was for three or five years, it would be enough for him to endure.