Chapter 386 - 161: Xu Lei’s Cover is Blown

He hadn’t expected Qing Lian to say such a thing.

"Will having a child damage your Origin?"

Xu Lei was also stunned for a moment, then said, "It might affect your Cultivation somewhat. Are you sure?"

After all, Xu Lei already had plenty of children. It wasn’t as if he absolutely needed Qing Lian to have a child for him.

"That is true."

Qing Lian thought for a moment and said, "Then let’s talk about it later."

"Of course, it’s also normal for people to have the need to reproduce."

Xu Lei added, "If you want to have a child, I’ll certainly cooperate. But think it over first."

As he spoke, Xu Lei pounced on Qing Lian and embraced her. Then, he pushed her down and began the Charitable Giving, since her clothes were already mostly off.

Whether or not to have a child needed more consideration, but the Charitable Giving was a must.

「And so, another three years passed.」

Finally, on this day, while Xu Lei was cultivating in the Cultivation Room, the Qi in his body circulated, and he advanced by another Small Realm. He had crossed the Great Realm of the Bodhisattva Light Realm and reached the next Great Realm, the Bodhisattva Ring Realm.

At this moment, Xu Lei could use Introspection to see inside his Lower Dantian. On his Bodhi Tree, every single Peach Fruit was emitting a halo of light. This was the result of successfully cultivating in the Bodhisattva Light Realm.

Additionally, a small halo of light was now swirling around the trunk of the entire tree.

The Bodhisattva Ring Realm required one to condense nine of these halos to be considered complete.

Xu Lei was still quite satisfied. It had only taken him three years to reach this Realm.

Now, there were only two Great Realms left.

Unexpectedly, however, on this day, just as Xu Lei walked out of the Cultivation Room, Qing Lian suddenly pounced on him. "I want to have a child. I want to have one now."

Xu Lei didn’t try to persuade Qing Lian otherwise. They had already talked about it, and she had now been considering it for three years. That meant she had made up her mind.

Qing Lian was a normal person, too. Of course she also had the need to reproduce.

Since she wanted to have his child, there was no way Xu Lei would refuse.

After that, Xu Lei picked Qing Lian up, kissed her directly, and pressed her against the wall to begin the Charitable Giving.

「And so, another month and a half passed.」

Qing Lian was pregnant.

"This is wonderful! I’m pregnant!" Qing Lian said with great joy. "I’m going to have a child of my own, too."

"Having one child shouldn’t have too great of an impact. Your Cultivation progress is still excellent," Xu Lei said as he held Qing Lian. "But one should be enough!"

After Qing Lian went to rest, Xu Lei went to favor his four wives and concubines.

They, of course, had already given birth to the children they had been pregnant with back then. For the past three years, they hadn’t had any more.

On ordinary days, they simply took care of their children and lived their lives.

They weren’t thinking about having more children now, so they took precautions. Xu Lei would favor them in turns.

They now looked a bit older than they did back then.

Yao Xixi had become a woman in her thirties, but the other three still looked as if they were in their twenties.

And so, Xu Lei handled his official duties, cultivated, favored his four wives and concubines, and took care of the pregnant Qing Lian.

「In the blink of an eye, another year passed.」

In that year, Xu Lei’s Cultivation did not advance. He was still at the First Tier of the Bodhisattva Ring Realm.

Because Qing Lian was pregnant, it wasn’t good for them to engage in Dual Cultivation, as they were afraid it might affect the child.

But she had wanted a child, after all. Xu Lei couldn’t forcibly strip her of her right to give birth just for the sake of his own Cultivation.

Finally, after this year, Qing Lian gave birth to the child.

It was a son.

Qing Lian was overjoyed, and Xu Lei was quite happy too.

「After another three months of recuperation.」

Qing Lian’s body recovered, and she resumed Dual Cultivation with Xu Lei.

After receiving the boost from Dual Cultivation with Qing Lian.

It took another two and a half years for Xu Lei’s Cultivation to break through again, reaching the Second Tier of the Bodhisattva Ring Realm.

Xu Lei was now thirty-seven years old.

But he still looked like a young man in his early twenties.

His four wives and concubines, however, had started to look a bit old.

Di Xixi was over forty.

The other three now looked like women in their thirties.

When Xu Lei was with them, it felt a bit like a small horse pulling a large cart.

Fortunately, although Xu Lei’s face looked young, he had a tall and sturdy build.

Of course, Qing Lian only looked to be in her early twenties. She hadn’t aged much, as her Cultivation progress was excellent.

However, by this time, the energy from the Spirit Ginseng within Qing Lian’s body was finally almost depleted.

When she and Xu Lei engaged in Dual Cultivation, the boost it provided them still existed, but it wasn’t as significant as before.

"Senior, I came today to bid you farewell. I must leave."

And on this day, Qing Lian ran to find Xu Lei and said directly, "Actually, my mother gave me an opportunity back then. She told me that once I reached a certain level, I should go to a specific place to cultivate. That way, my breakthroughs will be faster, and I won’t get stuck at a bottleneck. The time has now come for me to go."

Xu Lei was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood. The reason Qing Lian had suddenly wanted a child was that she was planning to leave.

Then, without saying a word, Xu Lei simply embraced Qing Lian.

He pushed her directly onto the table in front of them and started taking off her clothes.

The next day, in the blink of an eye, Qing Lian was gone.

After a session of thoroughly satisfying Charitable Giving, she left her son with Xu Lei.

She herself went off alone to cultivate in some unknown place.

Although Qing Lian was gone, Xu Lei still had his four wives and concubines.

Thus, Xu Lei’s life became one of staying home with his children and four wives, occasionally handling official business, and as for Cultivation, he could only do it alone. As a result, his progress indeed slowed down.