Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 1038: Zhao Ziyan Reveals Her Cultivation

In their estates, Patriarch Xing and Patriarch Gong were pacing about, their brows furrowed tightly and a heavy expression on their faces.

Not only had they not gotten anything from their outing outside, they had even made a strong enemy in Gu Chen. While they were covered in dark cloaks, they had no doubt that their identities would be revealed as long as Gu Chen put in some effort. After all, weren’t those people from the Judicial Office had found them?

‘I interfered in something I shouldn’t have.’ Both of them had this thought at the same time. Then they gritted their jaws, “Patriarch Song, you dog. I’ll make you pay for this.”

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In the Gu family…

Second Elder, Gu Lizhu suddenly rushed over to Zhao Ziyan’s residence and told the female gatekeepers to inform her that he wanted to see her for something urgent.

A short while later, he was escorted inside the residence, to the courtyard where Zhao Ziyan, dressed in heavy and beautiful blue robes, walked over. Seeing his face was overcast with worry, her smile receded and she asked, “What’s wrong, Second Elder?”

“Lady Zhao, it’s bad. I heard the rumors that a group of five Bone Tempering realm cultivators had entered the forest not longer after Patriarch went in. If I’m not wrong, they are headed by those bastards Song Heiran and Liu Bashan and they are clearly targeting the Patriarch.” He quickly said, then he couldn’t help complaining in a blaming tone, “Why did you let him leave, Madam Zhao and that too so openly? Did you not know something like this would happen?”

Zhao Ziyan felt her heart skip a beat and her expression clouded over with worry when she heard this. At the same time, she felt a strong urge to go and murder Song Heiran and Liu Bashan.

How dare they target her precious son?

Then she heard him complain and her expression fell as she began to blame herself. Indeed, she should have insisted that he didn’t leave. But…

She bit her lower lip as she recalled him looking into her eyes with that confident, determined and dominant look in his eyes… She just couldn’t say anything at that time.

Also, remembering it, her eyes lit up and she found herself calming down.

Haa!

Taking a deep breath, she said, “Second Elder, calm down. Nothing will happen to Chen’er.”

“Huh?” The second Elder stared at her in confusion, then he felt a hint of anger flare in his chest, “Lady Zhao, did you really not hear me just now? Five patriarch level figures had gone after him, FIVE! What makes you say he will be alright?!”

BANG!

As he spoke, he began angerier and slapped the table before him, “You are far too reckless. You should have informed us when he told you his decision to go hunting. We could have tried to dissuade him.”

Compared to the third Elder, Gu Lishu, he was quite mild tempered and always weighed his words before saying anything but at this moment, he was too angry to do so.

“Enough!” Suddenly Zhao Ziyan shouted and her presence changed, becoming more imposing.

The Second Elder’s eyes widened and he stared at her in disbelief, “Y-You… You have broken through? How? When?”

He blinked and rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn’t hallucinating.

Zhao Ziyan’s expression mellowed a bit and she calmly nodded, “Yes, I have and it happened just last night.”

Saying this, she added, “Now, I ask you to calm down and believe me that Chen’er will be fine.”

The Second Elder too was astonished by the revelation to register her words. He continued to stare at her, his eyes wide.

…

The Third Elder and other Blood Condensation Elders had also got the news. They were immediately overcome with worry. At the same time, just like the Second Elder, they felt angry when they found out Max had informed Zhao Ziyan before leaving and she had let him.

They rushed towards her residence to demand answers from her.

In her residence, Gu Ruolan had also heard about it from her maid and she came out just in time to see the angry and worried Elders rushing over. Unlike them, she already knew about Max going to the forest to hunt, so she wasn’t as angry as she was worried.

Before the crowd arrived before Zhao Ziyan’s residence, they saw the Second Elder come out, looking dazed.

The crowd stopped and the Third Elder asked, his brows furrowed, “What’s wrong?”

The Second Elder glanced at him, then the Elders behind him, “You all are here to complain to Lady Zhao?”

“Yeah. Why did she allow Patriarch to leave? That’s far too reckless of her—”

The Third Elder immediately let his dissatisfaction known but he was interrupted by the Second Elder and when he heard what he said, he became stunned. The same was true for other Elders behind him. Only Gu Ruolan stayed calm but seeing everyone’s expression, she couldn’t help but feel a little envious.

“Lady Zhao has broken through to the Bone Tempering realm.” The second Elder announced, “And she is confident that Patriarch will be safe, so all of you… calm down.”

“Is that true?” The Third Elder asked.

“Do you think I would lie about this just to placate you all?” Responded the Second Elder.

Immediately, the Third Elder inhaled sharply and his long lost hope of ever reaching the Bone Tempering realm was reignited in the depths of his heart. The same was true for a few other Elders whose cultivations had long stagnated.

Things only looked impossible until some had done it. Now that Zhao Ziyan, whose cultivation had stagnated just like them, had managed to break through, the chances were they would too.

The Second Elder and Gu Ruolan watched them for a moment, then turned to walk away. Now that they knew Zhao Ziyan was now a Bone Tempering cultivator, they wouldn’t dare confront her so there was no need for them to stay there any longer.

As expected, everyone soon dispersed while discussing how she had suddenly broken through.

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Judicial Building… Mr. Wang’s Chambers…

Max’s eyelids twitched as he slowly regained his consciousness. When he finally opened his eyes, he immediately saw two grown ass men sitting near him, staring at him with gazes that gave him goosebumps.