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Chapter 875: Chapter 330: Double Blessings, Secrets, and Seeking Help (Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter) (Part 4)

”Celestial Sound Fairy, I temporarily leave you to guard Xinguang Mountain. The items in this box are enough for you to cultivate to the peak of the Foundation Establishment. In your spare time, there are also Array Formation Scriptures inside that you can comprehend. Thank you for your hard work.”

”Thank you for the Patriarch’s gift!”

Celestial Sound Fairy excitedly received the box.

Fu Changsheng gave a few more instructions before leaving Xinguang Mountain and returning to Yinan Mountain.

On his way back to Yinan Mountain, Fu Changsheng made a stop at Qiuya Mountain. The formation outside Qiuya Mountain was still running at full capacity, and the cultivators of the Yu Family coming and going were still subject to strict inspection. The end of the war did not relax their vigilance. The Yu Family gatekeepers quickly saluted upon seeing Fu Changsheng:

”Greetings to the Main Family.”

”Hmm.”

Fu Changsheng stated his purpose, saying he wanted to see Yu Qingru. The guards quickly let him through, wishing Fu Changsheng would visit often. Only by having a good relationship between Yu Qingru and Fu Changsheng could the Yu Family seize the opportunity to advance as an Eighth-Grade Noble Family.

In the Patriarch’s Mansion of the Yu Family.

Yu Qingru was in a secret chamber studying formations. Seeing Fu Changsheng’s arrival was somewhat unexpected to her. Upon noticing that Fu Changsheng’s aura had broken through to the Third Layer of the Purple Mansion, she congratulated him, but there was a hint of loneliness in her eyes. The gap between her and Fu Changsheng was widening, and with age, signs of time had begun to appear on her face.

After all.

She was nearing ninety years old now.

Fu Changsheng glanced at the fragmented map of the formation inference that Yu Qingru had yet to tidy up on the ground. He cast a technique towards the secret chamber array, causing a light curtain to rise, and then spoke:

”Qingru, is this Inference Map the barrier of the Cave Mansion?”

”Indeed.”

Yu Qingru nodded.

Given the current assets of the Yu Family, she largely relied on this Broken Bone Cliff Cave Mansion site to obtain Purple Mansion resources. So, after the war ended and the Mountain Protection Array of Qiuya Mountain was repaired, she devoted herself to researching a way to break the barrier at the Broken Bone Cliff Cave Mansion site. Counting the days, it had been two years:

”Husband, you came just in time. After pondering over these years, I rediscovered another more convenient method to break the barrier. I wonder if Yaoyao and Fellow Daoist Chang Lei have emerged from seclusion. If they help to verify, I believe the time to break the barrier at the Broken Bone Cliff Cave Mansion site can be halved.”

Yu Qingru had good attainments in formations and was willing to put in the work, so the progress was not surprising to Fu Changsheng:

”Yaoyao is still in seclusion and won’t be available this year.”

After a pause.

Fu Changsheng continued:

”Here’s the plan, Qingru. You head to the Broken Bone Cliff Cave Mansion site first. It won’t be long after Chang Lei comes out of seclusion that I’ll leave a message for him to meet up with you. With Chang Lei reaching Half-Step Purple Mansion upon exiting seclusion, the two of you working together should suffice.”

Yu Qingru had no objections to this.

However.

From Fu Changsheng’s words, she guessed that Yaoyao likely broke through to Half-Step Purple Mansion and continued in seclusion to connect the upper and lower dantians. With a Soul-Attracting Pill, she could break through to Purple Mansion at once.

She congratulated orally.

But felt some envy in her heart.

Seeing Liuu Meizhen’s children about to reach the Purple Mansion.

While her six children, except for An’an who had some talent, were all mediocre, not comparable at all to Meizhen’s offspring.

Only if she, as their mother, broke through to Purple Mansion, could she possibly offer some guidance.

Such thoughts, however, she naturally would not reveal in front of Fu Changsheng, so she braced herself and said:

”Husband, you mentioned leaving a message for Fellow Daoist Chang Lei. Are you going on a long trip?”

”Yes, I have to go to Jingzhou.”

With that.

Fu Changsheng took Yu Qingru’s hand and earnestly said:

”Ningning has been found and is currently within the Seventh Prince’s territory.”

”What?”

Yu Qingru was startled.

Then she hastily said:

”Is Ningning hurt? How did she end up alone in the Seventh Prince’s territory? She...”

”Qingru, don’t worry, Ningning is perfectly safe.”

Fu Changsheng patted her hand, organized his thoughts, and explained the matter of Ningning and the Seventh Prince’s illegitimate son, Zhou Xuanming, secretly conceiving a child.

Yu Qingru frowned upon hearing this:

”Ningning... such an imprudent child!”

Of all the people, she mingled with the Seventh Prince’s illegitimate son Zhou Xuanming. It has been known throughout history, that illegitimate children in royal families seldom meet good ends.

Yu Qingru said:

”Husband, I will accompany you to the Seventh Prince’s territory. Regardless, I must bring back that reckless girl. At such a young age, she ran away from home, and now this — secretively conceiving a child. The thresholds of the Prince’s Mansion are not something a family like ours can cross.”

In her heart, Yu Qingru still saw herself as coming from a humble background.

Fu Changsheng, however, shook his head and said:

”Qingru, you know Ningning’s personality; she is bold and determined, and now that she is an adult, it’s not a matter of just bringing her back by force. After all, she could run away once, she’d easily do it again. Please remain calm; I’ll first visit the Seventh Prince’s territory and evaluate the young man who enticed Ningning. If he’s worth entrusting her lifetime to, so be it. If he’s not, I’ll make sure Ningning sees him for what he truly is and changes her mind.”

Currently, this was the only sensible approach.

At this time, Yu Qingru felt embarrassed.

Others like Yaoyao risked their lives multiple times for Fu Family’s benefit and had now reached Half-Step Purple Mansion. But look at Ningning, she cannot even hold a candle to a lock of Yaoyao’s hair and has now caused such disturbance:

”Husband, it’s my fault for not teaching her well. I shouldn’t have been so indulgent with her when she was young.”

Fu Changsheng consoled her with a few words.