Chapter 2345 - 2035: Bai Qingqing Gives Birth to Her Child
Ji Yunmeng’s jade-like hands couldn’t help but wrap around Lu Chen’s sturdy waist, but in her heart she was cursing him. This guy didn’t treat her like a human at all—doing it was doing it, did he have to be so brutal?
She really suspected Lu Chen was doing this to her on purpose.
Just then, Lu Chen’s low voice sounded by her ear: "Let me tell you some good news."
Hearing Lu Chen’s muffled tone, Ji Yunmeng said weakly, "You broke through?"
Lu Chen said, "It’s not about me."
Ji Yunmeng continued asking, "Then who’s it about?"
Originally she hadn’t wanted to pay attention to Lu Chen, but her head was a bit muddled right now; whatever Lu Chen said, she subconsciously answered.
Lu Chen buried his face in Ji Yunmeng’s silky hair and said softly, "You’re pregnant."
These four words exploded in the silent room like a clap of thunder.
Ji Yunmeng’s originally muddled mind instantly cleared—she was pregnant?
Was it real or fake?
If it was real, then that was great.
To be honest, she actually also wanted to keep dual cultivating with Lu Chen to quickly raise her Realm.
But for her, getting pregnant with Lu Chen’s child was the top priority. Only by giving birth to his child could she tie Lu Chen to her side.
In this era, the idea of "a mother’s status rises through her son" was deeply rooted in every woman’s mind, and even a Princess was no exception.
After Ji Yunmeng came back to her senses, she asked, "Really?"
Lu Chen said, "Of course it’s real."
Getting a definite answer, Ji Yunmeng let out a breath of relief. She had finally gotten pregnant. This way, she could properly rest and wouldn’t have to be tormented by Lu Chen the way she was last night.
But this also made her understand why Lu Chen had been so fierce last night. He definitely thought that for a long period afterward he wouldn’t be able to do that with her, so he’d gone all out.
He really had done it on purpose. She’d thought it was Lu Chen being affected by the Dual Cultivation Technique, his mind controlled by desire.
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Over the next few months, Lu Chen spent most of his time in the West Wing Courtyard, "exploring the origin of life" with Zhou Xiaoxiao and her sister.
But maybe because they had Mysterious bodies, and on top of that their Realms had already reached the Profound Realm, the two women still hadn’t gotten pregnant with Lu Chen’s child.
After the two women devoured a large amount of vitality, their Realms also reached the Late-stage Xuan Realm, only a step away from breaking through to the Earth Realm.
In these few months, Dazhou’s Qi Fortune had been rapidly declining. Those Mysterious beings destroyed quite a few remote cities, yet the Deceit Suppression Bureau still couldn’t do anything about them. The Imperial Court kept putting pressure on Prince Zhen Nan, even using reclaiming his fief as a threat.
No matter how the Imperial Court urged him, Prince Zhen Nan still couldn’t lead the Deceit Suppression Bureau to seal those few Deceit Kings.
It wasn’t that Prince Zhen Nan was deliberately stalling for time; those Deceit Kings were simply too crafty. They noticed Dazhou’s Qi Fortune declining, so they had no intention of clashing head-on with the Deceit Suppression Bureau. They planned to wait until Dazhou’s Qi Fortune declined further, their strength recovered, and then come to settle accounts with the Deceit Suppression Bureau.
Now Prince Zhen Nan’s body was getting worse and worse. Without Lu Chen helping him dispel the Black Evil in his body, the erosion of that Black Evil had already become extremely serious. He spent most of his time lying in bed now.
Hearing about Prince Zhen Nan’s current condition, Lu Chen really wanted to go to Guangling County, but when he thought about his current Realm, if he left the Capital city without permission, those Mysterious beings would definitely try everything to get at him, especially Yun Yudie.
Over these past few months, Lu Chen wrote to Prince Zhen Nan every month, asking him to return to the Capital city.
But Prince Zhen Nan stubbornly refused to come back, which left Lu Chen feeling very helpless. People just got bullheaded when they got old.
In the peaceful, tranquil courtyard, a baby’s cry came from inside the room. As that cry rang out, a system notification also sounded in Lu Chen’s mind: "Ding, congratulations to the host for siring a descendant. Reward: one Heavenly Realm Protector, one Heavenly Gang Refining Evil Pill."
Lu Chen quickly came back to himself. He didn’t rush to open the system to check the rewards, but pushed the door open and went straight into the room.
At this moment, Bai Qingqing was lying weakly on the bed, her face completely bloodless, her lips purple.
Although a Spirit Martial Artist’s physique was much stronger than an ordinary person’s, the process of giving birth was still extremely painful.
In this life, Lu Chen hadn’t obtained any healing methods yet. He could only come to Bai Qingqing’s side, comfort her, and say, "You’ve worked hard, my wife."
At this time the midwife carried Bai Qingqing’s child over to Lu Chen. Lu Chen took the baby girl from the midwife’s hands, then gently laid her beside Bai Qingqing.
Bai Qingqing said at this moment, "Princely Heir, give her a name."
Lu Chen glanced at her, pondered for a moment, then said, "Let’s call her Lu Rou."
As his words fell, Lu Chen lightly kissed Bai Qingqing on the cheek.
Right now, Bai Qingqing had a feeling she couldn’t quite describe. For some reason, she suddenly felt this scene was very familiar, and it made her feel very warm.
But when she thought of Lu Chen possibly being possessed by Evil Spirits, a trace of worry rose in her heart. She hoped all her suspicions were just her imagination running wild.
After being with Lu Chen for so long, she had already gotten used to the current Lu Chen.
If Lu Chen went back to how he used to be, she instead wouldn’t know how to face him.
Lu Chen stayed in the room and kept Bai Qingqing and their child company for several Hours before leaving the room and going to the courtyard to check the system rewards.
There actually wasn’t much to see—just a reward of one person and one Heavenly Gang Refining Evil Pill.
Seeing the "Heavenly Realm Protector" shown on the system panel, Lu Chen directly opened the personal profile of the Heavenly Realm Protector.
[Heavenly Realm Protector: Qu He, Early Heaven Realm, currently in the Capital city]
The information was very simple. Lu Chen glanced at it, then fell into deep thought.
If the system rewarded a person, that meant this person was very likely someone who had once been his subordinate. After all, with the memories in the Burial Furnace, Lu Chen knew what the system was about. Either the system was someone’s scheme, or it was something he arranged himself before reincarnation, a strand of Divine Thought given form to guide him to gradually grow stronger.
But what Lu Chen couldn’t figure out was this: in the Burial Furnace, the reason he used a strand of Divine Thought to turn into the system was because his body couldn’t endure that vast amount of memory, couldn’t bear the karma within those memories. He could only temporarily seal the memories, freeze the karma, then, as his strength increased under the system’s guidance, slowly accept those memories.
But now he not only possessed the memories of the Spirit Realm, he also had all the memories within the Burial Furnace.
With such a vast amount of memory and karma, his body had endured it all—so what need was there for the system to guide him?
After he entered this world, just what had happened?
He could feel that before he entered this world and recovered the memories of the Spirit Realm, there was a segment of memory that had gone missing. Maybe the system was related to that missing segment.
After Lu Chen came back to his senses, he said to the system, "System, can I have Qu He come to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor now?"
The system replied, "Qu He has received the host’s order and is currently heading to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor."
Lu Chen thought to himself that with a Heavenly Realm Strong Person protecting him, plus once he took the Heavenly Gang Refining Evil Pill he could break through to the Earth Realm.
After that, he could head to Guangling County and treat that cheap father of his.