Chapter 173: Chapter 151: Reach Profound Realm Perfection! What Realm is My Cousin at Now?
Back Mountain, after Gu Changge’s departure, Gu Family Ancestor sat for quite a while longer, yet there were no more fish.
“Sigh…”
“My mind is troubled, no matter, no matter.”
Gu Family Ancestor simply retracted his fishing rod and sauntered toward the deeper parts of Back Mountain.
After passing through one formation after another, he stopped within a gorge on Back Mountain.
Looking at the three black coffins before him, he chuckled, “I am indeed wise to know that there will be no further opportunities for advancement, preserving my lifespan to return to the Northern Domain.”
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These three black coffins were made of special heavenly-grade timber and carved with hundreds of arrays. Once inside, one could voluntarily fall into a state of suspended animation, minimizing all bodily functions to the lowest possible level, ensuring that lifespan would hardly be consumed.
The two previous ancestors of the Gu Family had tried to make a breakthrough in the Central State until their lifespans were nearly depleted, then used their last ten to twenty years of lifespan to return to the Gu Family in the Northern Domain.
Hiding in these coffins, they became the true trump card of the Gu Family, which no one in the Northern Domain dared to shake.
He had a more open perspective. After trying unsuccessfully for a hundred years, feeling that a breakthrough was out of reach, he decisively returned to the Gu Family in the Northern Domain.
Now his lifespan remained, if not a thousand years, still eight hundred.
Under untroubled circumstances, he could at least protect the Gu Family for eight hundred more years, then enter the black coffin before his lifespan ran out.
“Our Gu Family has produced a freak of nature.”
“Tsk, tsk, an Acquired Dao Body, no, far surpassing any Acquired Dao Body I have seen in the Northern Domain.”
“As long as he can safely continue, my Gu Family will surely be able to establish itself in Central State, no longer confined to these impoverished Northern Domain lands.”
“But this kid’s talent is too heaven-defying; if he really goes to the Central State, he will inevitably encounter endless trouble.”
“Sigh…”
“I wonder if this old frame of mine can withstand the trouble for him.”
Sitting on top of his own empty coffin, Gu Haitang seemed to be speaking to himself.
He didn’t care whether the ancestors in the other two coffins, pretending to be dead, could hear him or not.
Whenever he had worries on his mind, he would come here to speak his thoughts.
After all, even Gu Zhan, in his view, was but a brat, and there was simply nothing much to discuss with him.
“I can’t stay away from the Gu Family for too long, otherwise I might be able to find some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for this kid.”
“Speaking of which, there must be plenty of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside your two old coots’ coffins, right?”
“Forget it, I better not pry open your coffin lids after all, this kid probably isn’t lacking in Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.”
Muttering to himself, Gu Haitang lay down in his own black coffin without activating any of the coffin’s many small arrays. Getting accustomed to it in advance would ensure a more peaceful rest later on.
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Days went by, and in a blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
Wang Yue had secluded herself to refine the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Fruit, and today she had finally completed the process.
[Daoist Couple: Wang Yue broke through to the early stage of the Ruins Realm, reward one Sudden Enlightenment Pill (Ruins Realm).]
[Daoist Couple: Wang Yue (Ruins Realm · Early Stage) refined the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Fruit, do you wish to share the results?]
Two consecutive prompt sounds in his mind brought Gu Changge out of his cultivation.
“Broken through to the Ruins Realm?”
To this, Gu Changge wasn’t surprised; when refining Spiritual Liquid in Duanbei City, he had already helped Wang Yue reach the threshold of breaking through from the full completion of the Reach Profound Realm.
Now, with the aid of the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Fruit, breaking through to the Ruins Realm was only natural.
Now that she also possessed an Acquired Spirit Body, taking Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for breakthroughs wouldn’t leave behind any unstable foundational issues.
Not to mention, he could still feed her Sudden Enlightenment Pills, enough to compensate for any slight issues left from the breakthrough.
During this half-month period, his own realm had not been neglected.
He silently shared the results in his mind.
[The process of sharing the refinement of the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Fruit for the host has begun…]
The Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus within his body spun slightly faster, transforming the vast Spiritual Energy and transferring it into his three Qi Seas!
In addition, a portion of the Spiritual Energy continued to nourish his meridians and body.
His aura was climbing rapidly.
In a short while, he breezed through to the full completion of the Reach Profound Realm without any obstacles!
Even after reaching the full completion of the Reach Profound Realm, there was still Spiritual Energy left.
After some time, when the Spiritual Energy settled, the Golden Lotus slowly ceased spinning, and he finally opened his eyes.
“Reach Profound Realm, full completion achieved.”
Murmuring to himself, his thoughts accessed his own status panel.
[Host: Gu Changge]
[Root Bone: 405]
[Comprehension: 357]
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[Cultivation Technique: Emperor Dragon Control Secret, Spirit Moon Technique, Mystic Sky Technique.]
[Realm: Reach Profound Realm · Perfection（30/100）]
[Divine Skills: List…]
[Talent: Transcendence (Tao Bell), Protection (Golden Lotus), Hidden Breath, Dragon Flame]
[Attribute Points: 10460]
Originally, after half a month, he was already close to his next breakthrough, and the effects of sharing the Supreme Mysterious Spirit Fruit allowed him to reach a thirty percent progress immediately after breaking through.
Although Wang Yue hadn’t benefited much from cultivation over these half-month, Yuan Youbai’s daily consumption and digestion of the Seventh Grade inner core had brought him quite a bit of realm increase.
“Looking at this pace, I’ll probably be able to break through to the Fifth-grade Ruins Realm in a month at most.”
He mentally calculated his current pace of improving at the full completion of the Reach Profound Realm and was not in a hurry.
Within a month, he should be able to break through to the Great Realm again!
Seeing that Wang Yue was still digesting the gains from her breakthrough, unlikely to leave seclusion anytime soon, he simply left the other courtyard.
Having been back for half a month, he had yet to say hello to his uncle.
He also wondered what Realm Cousin Changming had now reached and if there had been any progress.
Thinking thus, he headed toward his uncle’s other courtyard.
“Young Master…” Everyone from the Gu Family’s Direct Lineage whom he met along the way greeted him with great respect.
His return to the family this time could be described as jaw-dropping for everyone.
In just a short span of two months, he had already made a breakthrough to the late stage of the Reach Profound Realm. If he could maintain this rate of breakthrough, wouldn’t it mean that within less than ten years, he would be able to break through to the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm?
Changge responded to his clan members with a light-hearted smile and a nod of his head.
Before long, they arrived at the entrance to his uncle’s courtyard.
He was just about to knock when, even before his hand could fall, the courtyard door opened. The sight of the person standing there gave Gu Yixiao such a start that he shivered unexpectedly.
“Changge ah…”
“Why didn’t you knock before coming in?”
“Cough cough…”
“Come in and take a seat.”
Saying so, he noticed Changge raising his hand to knock and, with a chuckle, welcomed him inside.
Before Changge could take a seat, a surprised voice came from the seclusion room!
“Ha ha ha!”
“I’ve reached the Qi Sea Realm, I did it!”
“This time, cousin Changge won’t be able to leave me too far behind!”
Hearing Gu Changming’s voice from the seclusion room, the two men exchanged a glance.
“This kid, ever since he was hit hard by you last time,”
“He’s been burying himself in cultivation…”
“He was hoping by the time you returned, he would at least have caught up to you a bit.”
“Tsk… you’re breaking through a bit too fast, kid.”
“I thought at most you would have broken through to the late stage of the Qi Sea Realm, maybe even Perfection.”
“Who would have thought that you’re already at the late stage of the Reach Profound Realm?”
“He hasn’t heard this news yet, or he might end up in self-seclusion again.”
Gu Yixiao placed some fruits on the table, shaking his head with a sense of wonder.
Even when he heard the news of Changge’s breakthrough to the late stage of the Reach Profound Realm, he doubted his ears until he confirmed it over and over, truly in disbelief…
“It’s not actually the late stage of the Reach Profound Realm,” Changge said offhandedly, picking up a spirit fruit.
“Oh?”
“I was thinking, how could that be possible?”
“So, the news was wrong, heh heh…”
Although Gu Yixiao had a Sixth Grade Refining Void Realm Perfection, today, Changge had casually activated the hidden breath effect of space ring before leaving home to save himself from those shocking glances.
As a result, his uncle couldn’t discern his actual realm.
Thinking it was a case of misinformation, he assumed there had been a mistake.
It seemed Gu Changming in the seclusion room caught wind of the noise outside and, after quickly calming his emotions, rushed out in a hurry.
“Cousin’s back!?”
“Ha ha, cousin, I’ve now reached the Qi Sea Realm too!”
“How about that, I haven’t fallen too far behind you, right?”
“But just now, what did father mention about the Reach Profound Realm?”
Upon seeing his cousin, Gu Changming proudly displayed the aura of the Qi Sea Realm.
“Heh heh, I heard a few days ago that Changge already made a breakthrough to the late stage of the Reach Profound Realm.”
“But it seems the news was incorrect; I don’t know who started that rumor.”
Gu Yixiao nodded satisfactorily, seeing his son’s breakthrough to the Qi Sea Realm.
“Must be a rumor. After all, cousin had just broken through to the Qi Sea Realm when he left the family.”
“How could it be possible to reach the Reach Profound Realm in just two months? I reckon cousin would be at least at the late stage of the Qi Sea Realm, right?”
“But no matter, the gap isn’t too wide yet.”
Upon hearing his father’s words, Gu Changming also spoke with a laugh, looking at his cousin to gauge his actual realm.
“Uh…”
“The news wasn’t exactly incorrect.”
“It just happens that I broke through to the perfection of the Reach Profound Realm this morning.”
“So, it’s not the late stage.”
Changge touched his nose, a bit embarrassed.
After speaking, he looked at cousin Changming with some concern, afraid that he wouldn’t be able to handle such a wide gap.
However, the latter’s reaction was completely different from what he expected.
After hearing it, instead of being hit hard, he didn’t believe a word and laughed dismissively.
“Cousin is still as humorous as ever, but seriously, what realm are you at now?”
“At least I have a goal to strive for, looking up to you.”
Hearing him say so, Gu Yixiao nodded slightly; it’s good that his son had a goal.
“Perfection of the Reach Profound Realm, huh…”
Seeing that Changming didn’t believe him, Changge simply let the hidden breath effect from the ring dissipate, and the aura of perfection of the Reach Profound Realm spread instantly.
Gu Yixiao’s face of satisfaction became stiff.
Gu Changming, walking towards his cousin, seemed to have turned to stone.
He quickly changed direction and headed back to the seclusion room.
Muttering to himself, “Damn it, I’ve secluded myself to the point of having illusions. How come I’m asleep now, dreaming about cousin reaching perfection of the Reach Profound Realm?”
Under Changge’s helpless gaze, he entered the seclusion room and slammed the door behind him.
“This…” Changge pointed toward the seclusion room, looking apologetically at his uncle.
“It’s not your fault… It’s just that this kid can’t accept it in his heart.”
As much as he said that, the twitching corner of Gu Yixiao’s eye also revealed that he wasn’t calm either.
The late stage of the Reach Profound Realm was already impressive, but how had it reached perfection so suddenly?