Chapter 2121
How were they able to enter the ancient ruins?
Lu Chen has been so engrossed in cultivation lately that he almost forgot Pei Shuhua's due date was just a few days away.
After regaining his senses, he immediately opened the system interface, took out the drop of immortal blood, and prepared to refine it directly.
He is now at the mid-stage of the Heavenly Realm. If he were to directly refine this drop of immortal blood, he might be able to break through to the King Realm.
With his cultivation at the King Realm, even if the restrictions on the borderlands disappeared and the forces from the Central Continent flooded into the borderlands, he would have no fear.
Although he didn't know what the highest realm of those ancestors of the Central Plains forces was, he had heard Chu Qingli and Pei Shuhua say that the average leader of a Central Plains force was only at the Emperor Realm.
Moreover, those powerful figures would not easily take action, after all, they are important figures who are in charge of their respective forces. If they leave their forces, their forces are likely to be attacked by other forces.
As the drop of immortal blood entered Lu Chen's body, he immediately felt his limbs and bones filled with power, and a sharp pain swept through his entire body.
He could clearly feel the cells in his body constantly dying and being reborn.
The newly formed cells become very tough and strong.
Lu Chen strained his body, trying to guide the raging spiritual energy within him.
This puzzled Lu Chen. Although he had experienced pain when absorbing and refining the blood of immortality before, this time it seemed to be even more painful.
Shouldn't his tolerance for pain increase and the pain he feels decrease as time goes on?
Why does it hurt so much this time?
Could it be that this drop of immortal blood is different from the immortal blood refined before?
But he couldn't see anything different.
Time passed by, bit by bit.
It wasn't until evening that Lu Chen finally refined that drop of immortal blood.
As the pressure of the Undying Blood dissipated from his body, Lu Chen's aura surged instantly, and a terrifying pressure enveloped the entire capital city.
However, Lu Chen checked his own realm and found that he had not broken through to the King Realm, but was still only in the Heaven Realm, albeit at the late stage of the Heaven Realm.
This disappointed Lu Chen somewhat. He had thought that since he had broken through to the mid-stage of the Heavenly Realm with a drop of immortal blood last time, he should be able to break through to the early stage of the King Realm this time. However, he only managed to advance by one small realm.
However, on the other hand, the higher a spiritual warrior goes, the more difficult it becomes to improve their realm.
It's quite impressive that he was able to break through to the late stage of the Heavenly Realm.
Lu Chen took a deep breath, then looked down at the black mud all over his body, and immediately ordered the servants and maids of the Prince's Mansion to prepare hot water.
After taking a quick shower and changing into clean, fresh clothes, he headed straight for the palace.
Pei Shuhua gave birth to a child, so naturally, he, as the father, had to go and see him.
When Lu Chen arrived at Pei Shuhua's palace, Pei Shuhua had almost fully recovered her energy.
She was reclining on the soft couch, holding a baby girl in her arms and breastfeeding her.
Upon noticing Lu Chen's arrival, Pei Shuhua quickly covered herself with her clothes, then coldly glanced at Lu Chen.
The child has been born for so long, and this guy is only now coming to see me.
I wonder which woman he was fooling around with during the day.
Although she didn't like Lu Chen and didn't care which woman he was having an affair with, the child she gave birth to was Lu Chen's, so Lu Chen should at least come and see it.
But this guy didn't seem to care at all, and only came now.
With a smile, Lu Chen walked to the bedside and sat down, comforting Pei Shuhua, "My wife, you've worked hard. Let me see the child." Hearing Lu Chen's words, Pei Shuhua said sarcastically, "Young Master Lu is such a busy man. He can't even come to visit his own daughter right after she was born."
Lu Chen said, "Is my wife angry? But you can't blame me. I was cultivating during the day and only just found out about this."
Pei Shuhua said, "Oh? Is that so? This is the first time I've heard that Prince Lu can cultivate."
She knew Lu Chen all too well; all he did all day was lie on top of women, either in Ji Yunmeng's palace or in the rooms of the women in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.
Pei Shuhua had just given birth, and her emotions were somewhat unstable, so she spoke to Lu Chen with a lot more assertiveness.
In the past, she would not have spoken to Lu Chen in such a tone, given her fear of Lu Chen and the power of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, since her life was still in Lu Chen's hands.
At this moment, Lu Chen reached out and embraced Pei Shuhua, then placed his hand on her shoulder and said with a smile, "My wife, please don't be angry. Once you're better, I will definitely make it up to you."
Hearing Lu Chen's words, Pei Shuhua finally snapped out of her daze.
Upon hearing Lu Chen's offer of compensation, Pei Shuhua immediately thought of all the things Lu Chen had done to her in the past.
Compensation? This bastard wouldn't want to continue assaulting her and get her pregnant again, would he?
No, no, I've already given birth to one child, I can't have a second one.
Just then, Lu Chen looked down at the baby girl in Pei Shuhua's arms and asked, "Have you named the child yet?"
Pei Shuhua snapped out of her reverie and replied, "Not yet."
Lu Chen looked at the baby girl for a moment and then said, "How about we name her Lu Xinxin?"
At this point, Lu Chen raised his finger and gently touched Lu Xinxin's cheek, then said, "Xinxin, I am your father."
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Lu Xinxin opened her mouth slightly, and white breast milk seeped from the corner of her mouth.
Lu Chen said with a smile, "Looks like you've eaten your fill."
At this point, Lu Chen gave Pei Shuhua a meaningful look.
Seeing Lu Chen looking at her like that, Pei Shuhua felt a chill run down her spine. For some reason, she had a feeling that Lu Chen was thinking of some bad idea again.
At this moment, Pei Shuhua asked, "Now that I have given birth to a child for you, shouldn't you finally keep your promise?"
Lu Chen said, "Of course, I always keep my word."
"If the ancient ruins appear, I will absolutely not favor any of your foreign forces. All foreign forces are welcome to enter the ancient ruins and seize the ancient inheritance."
Hearing Lu Chen's words, for some reason, Pei Shuhua felt that she had been cheated out of a lot.
She gave birth to Lu Chen's child, which granted her the qualification to enter the ancient ruins that other forces already possessed, without her gaining any benefit whatsoever.
That scoundrel is so heartless. She's the mother of this child, he should at least give her something in return.
Thinking of this, Pei Shuhua said to Lu Chen, "I gave birth to your child and that's how I got the qualification to enter the ancient ruins. Other forces did nothing, so why were they allowed to enter the ancient ruins?"
Hearing Pei Shuhua's words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "What you said makes some sense. In that case, only people from your Qionghua Holy Land and Tianxuan Holy Land will be allowed to enter the ancient ruins."
"As for which of your two holy sites will obtain the inheritance inside, that depends on your luck."
At this point, Lu Chen suddenly remembered something and continued, "By the way, I recently heard that your Qionghua Holy Land has been lobbying other foreign forces, wanting to unite with them to besiege the Zhennan Prince's Mansion." (End of Chapter)