Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Wu Yunwan once thought she was going to die here. As a late-stage Earth Realm Spirit Warrior, her pain tolerance was actually quite high.

After all, spiritual warriors cultivate by using spiritual energy to temper their physical bodies. Compared to the insignificant sensation brought by touching, the tempering of the physical body by spiritual energy is the real pain.

So, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

What she truly couldn't bear was the loss of consciousness and the mental disorientation.

However, just when Wu Yunwan thought that Lu Chen's body couldn't take it anymore and that's why he stopped, Lu Chen said, "Congratulations, you're pregnant."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Wu Junwan, who was lost in thought, instantly snapped back to reality. Her pupils contracted slightly, and she was somewhat incredulous. She was pregnant?

How is that possible?

It's only been less than half a month, right?

Keep in mind that she is a Spirit Warrior of the Earth Realm, while Lu Chen himself is a Spirit Warrior of the Heaven Realm.

For someone of their level of cultivation, having offspring is not such an easy thing.

She's pregnant already?

Is this guy lying to me?

After regaining her senses, Wu Junwan stared intently at Lu Chen with her indifferent eyes and asked, "Are you sure?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Just feel it for yourself, and you'll know if what I said is true or not."

Without any hesitation, Wu Yunwan immediately mobilized the spiritual energy within her body to examine her own body.

After her investigation, she indeed discovered that there was a place in her lower abdomen that no evil spirit could enter.

Although it's only a small amount, it's enough to illustrate the point.

That must be the prototype of an infant.

In other words, what Lu Chen said was true; she really was pregnant with that bastard's child.

This left Wu Yunwan with mixed feelings. Although she also wanted to get pregnant with Lu Chen's child as soon as possible, complete her deal with Lu Chen, and then enter the ancient ruins to search for the ancient inheritance.

But when she actually became pregnant with his child, she felt that it was beneath her noble status to bear children for a barbarian.

Seeing that Wu Junwan had fallen silent, he stopped speaking.

Lu Chen asked with a smile, "What's wrong? You seem unhappy."

Wu Yunwan looked at Lu Chen indifferently, just staring at him without saying a word.

She was pondering how to deal with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty. If her father found out that she had given birth to a child with a native of the borderlands, she might lose her status as the eldest princess.

She must find a way to conceal this matter before the restrictions on the borderlands are lifted.

Just as Wu Junwan was lost in thought, Lu Chen slightly shifted his body.

Wu Junwan snapped out of her daze and looked at Lu Chen with a cold expression. This bastard had gotten her pregnant and still wouldn't behave.

Seeing Wu Yunwan looking at him angrily, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You've come to your senses? You've been quite proactive these days, so why are you unhappy now that you're actually pregnant with my child?"

Wu Yunwan said coldly, "Now that I'm pregnant with your child, shouldn't you let me into the ancient ruins?"

Lu Chen said, "That won't do. What if you enter the ancient ruins now, obtain the ancient inheritance inside, and then come out and abort my child?"

"I will only let you in after you give birth to the child."

Just then, Wu Junwan suddenly thought of something. The reason why their various forces did not enter the ancient ruins immediately was not because of Lu Chen's obstruction, but because there was a strange restriction outside the ancient ruins. Most people would turn to ashes if they approached the entrance of the ancient ruins, so they did not dare to rush in. It seemed that only Lu Chen knew the way to enter the ancient ruins.

At this moment, Wu Yunwan asked, "It seems that not just anyone can enter this ancient ruin. There are restrictions at the entrance, and those who approach rashly will be turned to ashes."

"Since you agreed to let me enter the ancient ruins, you wouldn't just allow me in without telling me how to get in, would you?"

Lu Chen said, "Don't worry about that. Since I've already agreed to let you in, I will definitely help you get in."

Seeing Lu Chen say this, Wu Junwan felt relieved.

At this moment, Lu Chen put his arm around her waist, stood up and said, "Alright, you should rest now. I have things to do, so I won't continue to serve you."

At this point, Lu Chen and Wu Junwan slowly parted ways.

As Lu Chen left, Wu Junwan suddenly felt a void in her heart.

After leaving Wu Yunwan's room, Lu Chen did not immediately go to Xue Linglong's courtyard, but went to the cultivation room instead.

He had just obtained a drop of immortal blood, and he was preparing to immediately fuse with it to see if he could break through to the King Realm.

After arriving at the cultivation room, Lu Chen opened the system interface and first checked the system's first reward, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat.

He then prepared to take out the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat, but the next moment a system notification sounded: "The space where the host is located is too small to store the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat."

Lu Chen paused for a moment, then glanced at the introduction of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat.

[Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat: A King-level magic treasure; when activated by spiritual energy, it can travel 100,000 li per day.]

After reading the introduction of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cloud Boat, Lu Chen immediately lost interest.

Although in this world, being able to travel 100,000 miles a day is considered a very powerful magical artifact.

However, Lu Chen was, after all, a great emperor in the Spirit Realm. At his peak, he did not need to use magic treasures. He could instantly cross hundreds or thousands of light-years with a single spatial teleportation. Ten thousand miles was nothing to him.

Of course, for him at present, the magic weapon that allows him to travel 100,000 miles a day still has some use.

After closing the system introduction, Lu Chen focused his attention on the Blood of Immortality.

He took out the Blood of Immortality and began to refine it.

This time, the pressure emanating from the Undying Blood was even stronger than the pressure from the Undying Blood he had obtained before.

Lu Chen had already guessed that as his cultivation level continued to improve, the immortal blood he obtained from the system would become even purer.

The pressure contained in the blood of immortality is even more terrifying, and the difficulty of refining it will gradually increase.

As the blood of immortality merged into Lu Chen's body, a familiar, intense pain swept through his entire body once again, so painful that Lu Chen couldn't even straighten his back.

He felt as if his body was being peeled away piece by piece, like being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Despite the pain, Lu Chen tried to control his emotions, breathing heavily to calm his body.

As the drop of immortal blood gradually merged into his body, he found that his cultivation level was also slowly improving, and he was beginning to show signs of breaking through the bottleneck.

Lu Chen was overjoyed. As long as he could break through to the King Realm in one fell swoop, all the pain would be worth it.

For the next month, Lu Chen spent all his time refining this drop of immortal blood, which greatly worried Xue Linglong.

With less than a month left until their agreed-upon time, Lu Chen disappeared again.

At this moment, Xue Linglong was pacing back and forth in the courtyard.

Just then, a maid entered the courtyard. Seeing that the maid had returned, Xue Linglong quickly went up to her and asked, "How's the news I asked you to find out?"

The maidservant immediately replied, "Madam Xue, after His Majesty left Madam Wu's room, he went into seclusion and is currently in his cultivation room." (End of Chapter)