"I'm going to see Mei Er's wife before I decide when to leave." Xia Zhi said after a moment's thought.
"What is it? Are you afraid that Mei Er won't let you go? "Zhao Yuji seemed to be a little jealous.
"Great demoness, it's not like that, because this time, Mei Er's wife will also leave the capital, and little girl Shuang will also come with me. This way, there will be no real experts in the capital, and if we meet some more powerful people, I'm worried that you guys will be in trouble, but you and my golden-haired wife are temporarily not strong enough, so I can't immediately raise your cultivation to the Aurous Core stage." Xia Chen explained, "But Mei Er's wife is different. She was originally stronger than you guys, and her talent is very good. She also cultivated a type of mental cultivation method that can be used quickly, so she should be able to improve very quickly. With her current power, I might already be able to use the heaven defying fifth needle on her."
After pausing for a moment, Xia Chen continued, "Although the other two cultivators are very far away from the capital and shouldn't appear here for the time being, it's always better to be prepared. If there are other unknown experts that appear, it won't be good if you guys don't have any experts guarding this place. It'll take me a few hours to get here from Jianghai City, so I want to leave this place after my wife becomes an Aurous Core stage expert. This way, if anything happens, she can take care of you guys."
"Got it, then hurry up and go find Mei Er." Although Zhao Yuji wasn't angry at first, she was even happier after hearing Xia Chen's explanation. She then comforted Xia Chen, "Actually, you don't have to think too much about it. After all, there are very few cultivators, so it's not a coincidence that they all appear here."
"Oh, I know that's the case, but it's better to be safe." Xia Zhi nodded, "After a while, when you all go to Jianghai City and live with me and elder sister goddess, you don't have to worry about anything."
"Alright, go find Mei Er first. When you decide to leave, just let us know. I'll have Tian Tian and Sma go with you." Zhao Yuji said softly.
"Alright, great demoness, I'll be leaving first." Xia Chen didn't say anything else. He just carried Zhao Yuji out of the water and kissed her on the lips. Then, he put her into the water and disappeared in a flash.
In the Gu Family's old courtyard house, three young men were fighting in a row. It had to be admitted that the Gu Family's genes were pretty good, and these three young men all looked pretty good. The tall and handsome Gu Mingjun, the beautiful Gu Hanfeng, and the equally handsome and tall man. He looked the oldest, but he was the eldest of the three brothers of the Gu Family, Gu Hongwen.
In fact, although the Gu Family was not a big family, it could be considered an ancient family. A hundred years ago, the Gu Family had already reached the level of alumni, and in the past hundred years, although it had experienced prosperity and decline, the Gu Family had still managed to survive until now. Just from this point alone, it could be said that the Gu Family was not ordinary. After all, in the past hundred years, it was not easy for a family to survive, and for the Gu Family to be able to do this, it was enough to prove the ability of the Gu Family.
However, the current Gu Family had already reached the bottom of the valley about ten years ago. The parents of the three brothers of the Gu Family had already passed away more than ten years ago, leaving behind only the three brothers. At that time, Gu Hongwen, who was still a minor at that time, had become the head of the family, shouldering the heavy responsibility of continuing the family.
For more than ten years, Gu Hongwen had kept a low profile and was cautious, so the name of the Gu Family had never been heard in the capital. Under his management, although the Gu Family was still a very inconspicuous small family, compared to ordinary families, the Gu Family could already be considered a wealthy family.
However, not long ago, when Gu Han Shuang returned to the Gu Family, when the three brothers of the Gu Family saw the extraordinary abilities of this beautiful Daoist nun who should be their great-aunt and looked to be about the same age as them, they did not want to continue keeping a low profile. From that time onwards, Gu Mingjun and Young Master Zhao Xiaozhuo began to openly compete, and Gu Hanfeng also made his move frequently, as if he was barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes, quickly establishing quite a bit of fame in the capital. Even Zhao Gongzi, who was known as the number one young master of the capital, tried his best not to clash head-on with them.
Ten years ago, when Gu Hong Wen was cleaning up the ancient books left behind by the family, he found a martial arts manual, and from then on, the three brothers of the Gu Family began to study this manual together. Before Gu Han Shuang returned, they seemed to be right about a lot of things, and although they had learned a lot of things, they seemed to be lacking something, and were unable to turn the martial arts they had learned into real combat strength. However, after Gu Han Shuang returned, with Gu Han Shuang's guidance, the three of them immediately became martial arts experts, so, from this point of view, although their martial arts were not taught by Gu Han Shuang, without Gu Han Shuang, they would not have their current abilities.
Gu Han Shuang's powerful abilities also gave the three brothers of the Gu Family the idea of strengthening their family. However, Gu Hanfeng and Gu Mingjun's plan to conquer the world had come to a premature end because of the arrival of the summer. This also made Gu Hong Wen realize that although their martial arts were very strong compared to ordinary people, the gap was still very big compared to the summer.
Just as Gu Hong Wen was considering whether or not to treat Xia Chen as an opponent, a dramatic change suddenly occurred. Even now, Gu Hong Wen still couldn't understand why this great-aunt had gotten together with Xia Chen. A few days ago, this great-aunt came back and told them that she was already a summer maid, and from now on, she would be a summer person.
At that time, they still didn't believe it, but in the past few days, when Shu City was in an uproar during the summer, almost everyone knew about the beautiful Daoist nun beside Xia Chen. Others didn't know the true identity of this beautiful Daoist nun, but the three Gu brothers naturally knew very well that the so-called beautiful Daoist nun who was inseparable from Xia Chen was their great-aunt. At this time, they had no choice but to accept the fact that their great-aunt had really gotten together with Xia Chen.
In this way, Gu Hong Wen naturally stopped thinking about becoming enemies with Xia Chen. Even their powerful great-aunt, Gu Han Shuang, had been taken care of by Xia Chen, so how could they be Xia Chen's match? Of course, the most important reason was that they had no enmity with Xia Chen. Since they had the chance to be friends now, why would they have to be enemies?
He hoped that the Gu Family would be able to get a share of the spoils. Now that Yue Zhifeng had died, and the Yuan Family had also perished because of Yue Zhifeng's death, the rankings of the major families in the capital had to change once again. From Gu Hongwen's point of view, although the Gu Family was not strong enough to enter the Four Great Families, if Xia was willing to help, there would definitely be a place for the Gu Family among the Four Great Families.
Therefore, early this morning, Gu Hong Wen called Gu Han Shuang. He had already received news that Gu Han Shuang and Xia Chen had returned to the capital, so he hoped that Gu Han Shuang could say a few words for the Gu Family, allowing the Gu Family to gain more benefits from this division of power.
"Great-aunt, you're back." When they saw a Daoist nun walk through the door, the three Gu brothers bowed together. However, when they stood up and saw Gu Han Shuang clearly, they couldn't help but be stunned.
It had only been a few days since they last saw each other, but this great-aunt seemed to have changed a little too much, right?
"Great-aunt, you look a lot younger." After a while, Gu Hong Wen finally couldn't help but say.
Gu Han Shuang did indeed look a lot younger, so much so that Gu Hong Wen felt that this title was too strange. Just by looking at her appearance, the current Gu Han Shuang was definitely younger than him.
However, in Gu Hong Wen's opinion, the biggest change in Gu Han Shuang was not just that she appeared to be ten years younger, but that her entire temperament had changed a lot. Previously, he had always felt that although this great-aunt looked to be in her thirties, she gave off the feeling that she was over a hundred years old, lifeless, devoid of vitality, as if she could die at any time. But now, although her expression still looked a little cold, her entire person gave off a feeling of agility and vitality, especially her eyes, which were bright and full of spirit, and between her brows, there was a hint of charm that could be seen in an ordinary woman.
"You said you have something urgent, what is it?" Gu Han Shuang asked directly.
"It's like this, we …" Gu Hongwen didn't hesitate and quickly said his thoughts.
After listening, Gu Han Shuang frowned and said with a displeased tone, "Your so-called urgent matter is just this?"
"Grandaunt, this concerns the future rise and fall of our Gu Family, so I think it's quite important." Gu Hong Wen hurriedly explained.
"Do you really think there's any point in fighting for the titles of the Four Great Families and Four Small Families?" Gu Han Shuang said indifferently, "Right now, there are only three of you in the Gu Family. A large family, the most basic thing is to have a prosperous population, otherwise, no matter how strong you are, it would be difficult for you to be called a large family. If you really want to strengthen your family, then don't think about fighting with others for power and profit all day long.
The three Gu brothers were all stunned. Obviously, Gu Han Shuang's answer was completely different from what they had imagined.
After a moment of silence, Gu Hong Wen finally opened his mouth and asked, "Grandaunt, if we don't have the ability to protect our family, then even if we three brothers give birth to ten or eight children, we still might not be able to protect them. Our family could perish at any time, just like the current Yuan Family and the previous Li Family and Sun Family."
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