Chapter 291 - 134: Traveling with Granddaughter
「Three more months passed in the blink of an eye.」
Zhou Ya was pregnant once again.
And on this day,
Xu Lei sent his intangible Magical Power into Zhou Ya’s belly.
It traveled into her womb.
He detected that the fetus inside her had already taken form.
And this time, the fetus was a boy.
That’s right. A Cultivator like Xu Lei could determine the sex of a fetus.
However, it required extending one’s Magical Power into the pregnant woman’s belly.
Naturally, Zhou Ya didn’t resist.
As Xu Lei performed the detection, she just watched with great nervousness.
"It’s a son," Xu Lei said, retracting his Magical Power.
"That’s wonderful!" Zhou Ya was overjoyed.
Zhou Ya was completely content with her current life.
She held the title of Commandery Princess, and although she had no official post, she had the Emperor’s promise.
She had land and numerous tenant farmers to work it for her, granting her financial freedom.
Although she had originally said she wanted to be Xu Lei’s Maid,
Xu Lei still treated her quite well.
She also felt a great sense of security. After all, with Xu Lei possessing Divine Powers, she didn’t have to worry about her entire family being suddenly executed, as had happened when her father was still alive.
Her life was far better than that of most people on Earth.
Now, the only thing she lacked was a son.
Being without a son and hearing people gossip about it behind her back was practically her greatest source of anxiety.
Now that she even had a son on the way, she was naturally ecstatic.
Seeing Zhou Ya so happy, Xu Lei smiled as well.
Happiness is contagious, after all.
However, three days later, Xu Lei bid farewell to Zhou Ya.
He wanted to return to the temple for a visit.
He also wanted to find some Demon Spirits and gather resources to aid his Cultivation.
After all, the current pace of his Cultivation was far too slow.
’Or if I run into any clueless Cultivators, I can just kill them and seize their Treasures!’
’I’ll see if that can help my Cultivation!’
’If I stay at home all the time, I’ll never run into any suitable targets.’
’And then there’s that bastard Hui Kun. When Jingchun failed Crossing the Tribulation, he stood there making snide remarks.’
Xu Lei wanted to find him and kill him.
At the time, Xu Lei didn’t have any Gunpowder on him, so he was unwilling to waste his Magical Power fighting Hui Kun.
That’s why he hadn’t killed him then.
But now, over the past year, Xu Lei had produced a large amount of Gunpowder and stored it in his Qiankun Cloth Bag and Storage Bracelet.
Therefore, as soon as he ran into Hui Kun again, he could eliminate him.
’After all, I can just blow him up directly with Gunpowder.’
’A single explosion won’t kill him.’
’But every time he tries to tank a blast, it will definitely consume a lot of his Magical Power.’
’A few more blasts...’
’...and a guy like Hui Kun will definitely be worn down and killed.’
’With Gunpowder in hand...’
’...I shouldn’t have to fear anyone, aside from a few truly powerful experts in the final realm whom I should be wary of.’
In any case, Xu Lei decided to leave Zhou Ya for a while.
Zhou Ya had all sorts of servants to attend to her at the estate, so she would be fine without Xu Lei.
When Zhou Ya was pregnant with their daughter, Xu Lei had stayed by her side the entire time.
Now that Xu Lei had his own affairs to attend to, she was very understanding and didn’t object.
Because Xu Lei was no ordinary person. Even though Zhou Ya was now a noble Commandery Princess, she still held Xu Lei in considerable awe.
She would obey any order Xu Lei gave her without question.
Of course, Xu Lei wasn’t bad to Zhou Ya.
He would just occasionally give her orders and be a bit rough during their "Charitable Giving."
On the day of his departure,
Xu Lei could sense Zhou Ya’s reluctance to see him go.
So, he reached out and patted Zhou Ya’s head.
Zhou Ya’s pretty face flushed, and she looked aggrieved, but there was a hint of delight in her eyes.
And with that, Xu Lei left.
「Three more months passed in the blink of an eye.」
He returned to his temple and looked around, but it seemed like nothing much was happening.
Although there were some Monks in the temple who were True Cultivators,
and some True Daoists in the neighboring Daoist Temple,
Xu Lei couldn’t bring himself to target them.
After all, they hadn’t provoked him, nor were they doing anything evil. There was no reason to go up and kill them just to seize their cultivation resources.
Besides, these people had always been cultivating in seclusion. He guessed they probably didn’t have any resources like Demon Cores anyway.
Xu Lei also asked some of the Monks in the temple about Hui Kun’s whereabouts.
But that old bastard had disappeared. No one knew where he’d run off to.
He hadn’t appeared in any temple.
He had vanished after saying he was leaving the temple to travel.
This was to be expected. After all, he had acted against Jingchun back then.
And with all his derisive taunts, he had to know that Xu Lei was definitely displeased with him.
So, it was understandable that he would go into hiding.
After that, Xu Lei continued to wander, hoping to find a trace of a Demon Spirit or of Hui Kun.
But to Xu Lei’s surprise, he found neither.
Then one day, Xu Lei came across a beautiful young woman with a graceful figure.
He saw her passing by on a nearby street, wearing a Daoist Robe.
Xu Lei couldn’t help but be taken aback.
Because he recognized her.
She was one of his granddaughters!
That’s right, she was a child born of his bloodline.
The young woman’s parents were not Cultivators.
They were just mortals.
But unexpectedly, she possessed talent.
So, Xu Lei had arranged for her to enter a Daoist Sect for Cultivation.
Over the years, although Xu Lei didn’t live with his descendants,
he would still keep an eye on the lives of his children and the well-being of their children.
However, it was only a one-sided observation on Xu Lei’s part.
He never went up to talk to them.
Therefore, his descendants were unaware of his existence.
That included the young woman before him.
Although she had also noticed Xu Lei.