Chapter 381 - 159: Qing Lian’s Sacrifice

The two had now been apart for nearly seven years.

Xu Lei never expected she would come back for him.

"The truth is, I’ve come this time to ask for your help, Senior!"

Qing Lian got straight to the point. "My mother ran into trouble. For my sake, she fought someone over a Treasure and was killed by a Peak of the Eighth Realm expert. I want revenge! I thought about it long and hard, and you’re the only one I could turn to for help, Senior!"

"What?"

Xu Lei was stunned. "Your mother is... gone, just like that?"

He was truly surprised.

To Xu Lei, Qing Lian’s mother was like a gust of wind—arriving and departing in a flash.

"Revenge? Against a Peak of the Eighth Realm expert?"

Xu Lei said, "Killing such an expert isn’t easy, is it? If I’m not careful, I might fail to kill them and let them escape. That could lead to a lot of trouble down the road.

I can help you, but what’s in it for me? I’d help with an ordinary favor without a second thought, but against an expert like this, I have to give it some thought.

After all, I have a family to look after now. If I’m careless and that expert comes after them..."

"I can be your Dao Companion."

Qing Lian bit her lip, her face flushing. "I’ll let you perform Charitable Giving as you wish! You can perform Charitable Giving as crazily as you want! I will be your woman forever!

I know you have wives and concubines at home and aren’t lacking for female company! But my constitution is special. Plus, my mother seized some unique resources before, which I consumed.

If you perform Dual Cultivation with me, it will surely allow your Cultivation to increase rapidly! You’ll be able to return to your peak even faster!"

"What? You want to be my Dao Companion?"

Xu Lei was stunned. "Are you sure? Are you serious?"

Back then, Xu Lei had a contract with Qing Lian, and they had spent more than ten years together, but Qing Lian was never willing to give herself to him completely.

Their relationship had always been limited to just words.

’I never thought that now that the contract is dissolved, Qing Lian would be the one to offer herself like this.’

With four women already at home, Xu Lei felt it was more than enough.

’And now another one shows up.’

Sometimes, Xu Lei truly felt the world was absurd.

During those ten-plus years, Xu Lei hadn’t had any women, but Qing Lian had been unwilling to be his woman, and neither was Bai Ling.

Now that Xu Lei had a full house of wives and concubines, Qing Lian was the one making the offer.

It was true that Xu Lei wasn’t lacking for female company now.

But Qing Lian had a point. Xu Lei’s Cultivation was indeed a bit slow right now, so her words swayed him.

’If I can perform Dual Cultivation with Qing Lian and my Cultivation speed increases, of course I’ll take the offer!’

Besides, his wives and concubines—Di Xixi, Di Mengmeng, Chu Shuhan, and Zhao Xiaoru—were either recovering from childbirth or were all pregnant.

That was why Xu Lei had just asked Chu Shuhan to imitate Qing Lian’s behavior from back then.

"Alright."

So, Xu Lei nodded and said, "Then I’ll help you! Where is this enemy of yours?"

Though a Peak of the Eighth Realm expert would be strong, Xu Lei was still confident he could handle it.

’But a Shotgun probably won’t be enough,’ Xu Lei thought.

’After all, it would be difficult to wear them down that way. If it dragged on, they could easily escape.’

’So I’ll still have to use dynamite. Preferably a lot of it, to critically wound them in a single blast.’

"Of course I know his location."

Qing Lian said, "But you’ll need to prepare, won’t you, Senior? Let’s do our Dual Cultivation tonight! Let Senior perform Charitable Giving on me!

After all, the sooner we perform Dual Cultivation, the sooner your Cultivation might get a bit stronger! That way, it will be more advantageous when it’s time to kill that old bastard!"

"Dual Cultivation tonight?"

Xu Lei was surprised. "Aren’t you afraid I’ll take advantage of you and then not hold up my end of the bargain?"

"You’re not that kind of person, Senior."

Qing Lian replied, "If you weren’t a man of your word, you could have just turned me into a Furnace Cauldron back then—performing crazed Charitable Giving, exploiting me, tormenting me. Why would you have waited until now?"

"Alright."

Xu Lei nodded. "In that case, we’ll do our Dual Cultivation tonight! No, let’s just do it now! Like you said, the sooner we perform Dual Cultivation, the sooner I get stronger!"

With that, Xu Lei swept Qing Lian up and held her tightly in his arms.

Qing Lian’s face was beet red.

"I have no objections."

She said, "Since I’ve said I’ll be your woman, you can perform Charitable Giving however, whenever, and wherever you want. It’s just... are you still up for it, Senior? You were just..."