Chapter 188 - 108: Resurrection and Counter-kill
But this time was even more miraculous than before.
Incredibly, at a spot a hundred meters away from the one Xu Lei had selected, it had materialized a new body for him out of thin air.
It had created a healthy, new body for Xu Lei.
Of course, Xu Lei wasn’t going to get hung up on this matter right now.
He only needed to know that the Ten Thousand Lives Book was a supreme Treasure.
And that it had the two functions of resurrection and reincarnation. That was enough.
All he had to do was make good use of these two functions.
There was no need to investigate it too deeply.
Then, Xu Lei immediately got up and headed for the place where he had previously buried his things.
He first dug up the Qiankun Cloth Bag containing the Locust Leaf Flying Ship, the Phoenix True Flame, and other Treasures.
Only then did he set off for the spot where he had buried the Demon Core.
The Demon Core had not been discovered by those twelve Enchantresses either.
After that, Xu Lei didn’t dare to linger.
He still wasn’t entirely sure what method those twelve Charming Demons had used to sense him before.
But it didn’t matter now.
Those twelve Enchantresses had already left.
Even if they could sense him and rushed back, the time it would take them was enough for Xu Lei to fly back to a Mortal City.
Once he returned to a Mortal City, although those twelve Enchantresses were quite strong, they probably wouldn’t dare to rush in and cause trouble.
Otherwise, the true high-level experts from the Daoist and Buddhist Sects would swarm out.
They would certainly die without a proper burial.
「Some time later.」
Xu Lei returned to the Mortal City without a hitch and, from there, made his way back to the Kyoto Celestial Zen Temple.
As he entered the Celestial Zen Temple, the heart that had been hanging in suspense finally settled completely.
’Time to refine the Demon Core!’
Xu Lei quickly entered the Cultivation Room.
He took out the Demon Core from that Demon Consort.
Because of this one piece of karma, Xu Lei had lost one of his lives.
This single Demon Core was not enough to make up for the loss.
Its value wasn’t high enough.
’Unless I kill half of the remaining twelve Enchantresses, I might break even.’
’If I can kill seventy or eighty percent of them, I’ll make a small profit.’
’If I can kill them all, I should make a hefty profit.’
Of course, it was useless to think about that now.
Straightening out his thoughts, Xu Lei soon entered a state of serious Cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
Xu Lei had just finished his afternoon Cultivation.
When he came out, he heard that Shi Yi had arrived.
He hadn’t had a chance to tell her about his return yesterday.
Of course, when Xu Lei wasn’t around, she would just come to sit in Zen and meditate.
Sometimes, she would rest directly in the temple.
Today, for instance, she had gone to the Zen room previously arranged for her.
And just as she was soaking in the bath...
Suddenly...
...she felt a hand reach out from behind her.
It slid from the hollow of her fair shoulder down half the length of her forearm.
The other hand slipped under her armpit and wrapped around.
Startled, she turned her head.
And sure enough, she saw the face she had been longing for day and night.
"Living Buddha!" she cried out coquettishly.
"Amitabha Buddha," Xu Lei said. "Say no more."
"This humble monk will, today, work hard to repay what was owed from the past few days!"
"And bestow upon you a proper Charitable Giving!"
"Mhm. Please, give it your all!"
Shi Yi also said with a blushing face, "Let Xiaoyi’s belly grow big as soon as possible!"
Naturally, Xu Lei wasted no more words.
He stripped off his clothes and joined her for a holy shared bath and exchange.
In the blink of an eye, another ten-odd days had passed.
「That day.」
Shi Yi was pregnant.
She was overjoyed.
Before, she had been a little unsure if there was a problem with her own body.
’What if I’m also infertile and can’t have children?’
Even though it had already been verified that the Fourteenth Prince was completely unable to successfully sow his seed, she had worried that she might be the same.
But now, the facts proved that there was nothing wrong with her.
She was a healthy, normal woman.
She was going to have a descendant of her own bloodline!
「In the blink of an eye, another three years had passed.」
In those three years, the Crown Princess Consort, the Princess, Shi Yi, and the others had all successfully given birth.
Shi Yi and the Crown Princess Consort gave birth to sons.
The Princess, on the other hand, had a daughter.
During these three years, Xu Lei did not encounter any other suitable targets for Charitable Giving at the Celestial Zen Temple.
Let alone any who could help him pass his bloodline into the Royal Family.
However, Xu Lei wasn’t anxious about this; he wasn’t flustered at all.
He felt that having passed his bloodline into the Royal Family three times was more or less enough.
As for the rest, he would let nature take its course.
Besides, maybe Shi Yi and the other two would come asking for another child in the future.
Of course, Xu Lei hadn’t stayed in the Capital City the entire three years.
He would occasionally visit Su Chun, Yiyi, Xu Yan’er, Shen Ling’er, as well as Mu Yao and Su Yilin from the Mu Prince’s Mansion.
The pregnancies they had over three years ago had, of course, long since been delivered.
And just over six months ago...
...when Xu Lei went back to see them again...
...he had successfully bestowed his Charitable Giving upon them all, and they were pregnant once more.
Of course, at the same time, Xu Lei had not slacked off in his pursuit of Cultivation.
He had been cultivating diligently.
And on this day, he finally finished refining that Demon Core from before.
’I suppose I’ve reached the Mid-stage Bodhisattva Tree Realm!’
Xu Lei opened his eyes, let out a breath, and thought to himself, ’This Charming Demon’s Inner Core is quite useful when refined!’
Upon Introspection, the Bodhisattva Tree above the Lotus Embryo in the space of his Lower Dantian had grown quite a bit.
This Realm was all about continuously pouring energy into the Bodhisattva Tree, allowing it to grow constantly.
’However, with this level of strength, dealing with the weakest of the twelve Enchantresses should be no problem.’
Xu Lei muttered to himself again, ’But taking on that tall Male Enchantress leader and that fat, sturdy female Enchantress is still completely impossible!’