Chapter 156 - 99: 10 Years Pass in a Snap
After she finished speaking, she took the initiative to kiss Xu Lei’s cheek.
Xu Lei froze.
"Are you of age?"
Xu Lei couldn’t help but ask, "That’s it?"
"It’s enough."
Xu Yan’er said, "I’m just old enough now.
Mother said that in times like these,
I’ve already reached a marriageable age."
"That’s good."
Xu Lei nodded, cradled Xu Yan’er’s head, and kissed her on the lips.
"Naughty,"
Xu Yan’er murmured shyly, yielding to him.
Of course, Xu Lei’s injuries hadn’t healed yet, so they couldn’t do anything more.
After all, Xu Yan’er was still an innocent maiden; she wouldn’t be too proactive on her own just yet.
Before he knew it, several more days had passed with Xu Lei recuperating under Xu Yan’er’s care.
His injuries were finally much better.
Moreover, the two of them had grown much closer.
The awkwardness between them had completely vanished.
Another ten days passed in a flash.
Xu Lei’s injuries had finally healed completely.
He returned to the residence he shared with Su Chun and Yiyi.
They were happy to see him return, but they didn’t know what he had been through during that time.
Of course, they found out that night when he was bathing.
Their eyes couldn’t help but turn red.
However, since his wounds had already healed, their happiness soon returned.
It didn’t affect their mood as they focused on their pregnancies.
Another three months passed in a flash.
Xu Lei acquired another Monk’s Certificate.
He used a Human Skin Mask to slightly alter his facial features.
Posing as a monk who had returned to secular life, he established a new identity to re-enter the world.
A month later,
Xu Lei married Yan’er under this new identity.
He also declared that in this life, Yan’er would be his only wife; he would take no concubines or other women.
Ostensibly, this new persona was that of a merchant.
The old woman also moved in with Xu Lei and Yan’er, living in a large residence he had purchased under his new identity.
"Xu Lei, I love you so much!"
That evening, in their room, Yan’er, fresh from her bath, took the initiative to embrace Xu Lei as he returned from his Cultivation. "Love me, okay? I want you!"
Looking at the pure and beautiful young woman, her hair down and her face brimming with youthful vitality, what else could Xu Lei do? He naturally lowered his head and kissed her.
Then he slowly pulled her robe from her shoulders.
He kissed a trail from the side of her face, down her neck, to her shoulder blade.
That’s right—the identity Xu Lei had created this time was under his own name, Xu Lei.
He was finally using his real name.
Another three months passed in a flash.
Yan’er was now pregnant.
One day,
"Xu Lei, you’re a legendary Enlightened Monk, aren’t you?"
Yan’er said, "That’s why you have an endless supply of money, why business is so easy for you, and why you can change your appearance.
And so many years have passed. I’m completely different from how I was back then.
I’ve become a young wife, and I’m pregnant now.
But you... you haven’t aged much at all."
"Amitabha Buddha."
Xu Lei said, "You could say that.
Do not speak of this to anyone else, Yan’er.
You are the only one who can know.
Your mother and everyone else, none of them know about this.
You are the only one who knows!
Understand?
Otherwise, it could bring trouble, or even disaster, upon us and our family."
"Yes, yes."
Yan’er promised, "I’ll keep it a secret. I won’t tell a soul!"
However, that very night, as the two of them were enjoying their time together...
In the middle of the night,
the old woman suddenly passed away.
Her serving maid was the one who found her.
"Mother!"
By the time Yan’er rushed to her side, the old woman had already stopped breathing, unable to leave any last words.
"Amitabha Buddha."
Seeing this, Xu Lei clasped his hands together and recited some scriptures from the Buddhist Sect for the deliverance of her soul.
’Of course, it was ultimately useless. When a person dies, their light is extinguished; it’s merely a form of spiritual comfort.’
"Yan’er, don’t be sad."
Afterward, Xu Lei held Yan’er and said, "You still have me!"
"I know."
Yan’er also said, "Xu Lei, I’m not sad.
Although Mother’s death was sudden and she couldn’t say anything,
I know that if she’d had the time to speak, she would have said she was completely content."
Xu Lei nodded in agreement.
The old woman had been overjoyed to see him and Yan’er married, and even happier to learn that Yan’er was pregnant.
She had originally hoped to wait until the child was born, so they could present it to the main Xu Family.
But she hadn’t lived long enough.
’She was only a mortal, after all.’
"My mother and I... we have been so thankful, so grateful, and so very lucky."
Yan’er then kissed Xu Lei on the lips. "Without you, Xu Lei, our lives would never have been this happy and peaceful."
Xu Lei reached out and gently stroked Yan’er’s head.
Another ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
A whole decade, gone as if in a dream, turning the page to a new Chapter.
It made Xu Lei truly appreciate the sentiment of time passing "in the snap of a finger."
In those ten years, Xu Lei didn’t encounter a single Demon Spirit.
His daily Cultivation proceeded methodically.
His routine involved shuttling between four locations: Guangyuan Temple, Xu Shan’s Family, his own home, and the Mu Prince’s Mansion.
One day.
「In the Zen Room.」
WENG!
The aura around Xu Lei, who was sitting cross-legged in Cultivation, suddenly shifted.
He had finally broken through to the next Great Realm.
’I’ve finally reached the Bodhisattva Realm!’
A smile spread across Xu Lei’s face.
When he used Introspection to look within, he saw that the Lotus Leaves on his Lotus Platform now numbered seven.
And in the center of the Lotus Leaves, a fruit-like embryo had formed.
At the same time, the Magical Power capacity in his Lower Dantian had expanded, now as large as a basketball.
His Original Lotus Platform had also grown, reaching the size of a bowling ball from Earth.
Every wisp of Magical Power circulating upon it had undergone another qualitative sublimation.
’This promotion has used up nearly all of my Magical Power!’
Xu Lei lamented.