Chapter 405 - 165: Qing Lian’s Return

Once this Great Realm was cultivated to Perfection, one could undergo Nirvana. A successful Nirvana meant becoming a Bodhisattva and achieving Ascension.

Cultivation in the True Bodhisattva Realm required one to use Introspection to repeatedly refine the nine halos on their Bodhi Tree, condensing them from transparency until they seemed as solid as reality itself.

The difficulty of this Cultivation was a great deal higher than the previous eight Realms.

However, Xu Lei was only sixty-nine years old in this life.

His body had only aged to that of a man in his thirties, so he was more than capable of reaching Perfection in this lifetime.

After briefly consolidating his new Realm, Xu Lei left the Cultivation Room.

"I broke through another Small Realm, Master."

Just then, Bai Ling also emerged from her Cultivation Room, announcing joyfully, "I’m only five Small Realms away from reaching Perfection! Then it will be time for Crossing the Tribulation!"

That’s right—Bai Ling’s current Cultivation Realm was even higher than Xu Lei’s!

"Master, I want to serve you."

Bai Ling said with a seductive gaze, just as Xu Lei was congratulating her.

"Bend over there."

Xu Lei replied directly with a smile.

Bai Ling was a little older now, but her skin was still smooth and tender, and she was still tight.

She had simply gained the allure of a mature woman.

「Two hours later.」

After Xu Lei’s fervent Charitable Giving to Bai Ling, they rested for a while. Just as he was about to go out and find something to eat, a carrier pigeon suddenly arrived.

It was a message from his family in this life.

Xu Lei’s expression changed the moment he opened and read it.

The letter said that his three mortal wives were about to pass away.

Xu Lei immediately took Bai Ling and rushed home.

However, by the time Xu Lei arrived, Zhao Ziru and Chu Shuhan had already passed away. He hadn’t even been able to see them one last time.

He only managed to see Di Mengmeng before she passed.

The bodies of all three women had suddenly given out at roughly the same time.

When one grows old, death can come suddenly.

After all, they were now in their fifties.

In a society like this, living to such an age was already considered quite fortunate.

"General, General, I can’t believe you’re still so young, and Miss Ling’er is, too! I’m so envious of you both!"

On her deathbed, Di Mengmeng gazed at Xu Lei and Bai Ling in disbelief. "If... if there’s a next life, I hope I can become a Cultivator, just like you. No matter what, Brother-in-law, I don’t regret marrying you."

With those words, she passed away.

Xu Lei felt a pang of sadness.

Xu Lei didn’t leave immediately. He stayed home to attend the funeral before preparing to depart with Bai Ling.

Unexpectedly, however, he ran into Qing Lian on that very day. She had just returned.

Qing Lian had presumably come looking for Xu Lei, but seeing that the Xu Family was holding a funeral, she went to offer her condolences.

Qing Lian now looked to be in her early thirties.

However, her head was small and her face delicate. Combined with her slender frame, she still looked quite young for her apparent age.

She still had a shaved head and wore a nun’s robes. None of the Xu Family’s descendants recognized her, but of course, they wouldn’t refuse condolences from a nun.

Xu Lei and Bai Ling met Qing Lian at the entrance as she was leaving the funeral hall after paying her respects.

"Senior!"

Her eyes lit up the moment she saw Xu Lei.

Though she was no longer the delicate young girl of years past, she still skipped toward him with girlish excitement.

Completely ignoring Bai Ling, she ran to Xu Lei and leaped into his arms.

"I missed you so much, Senior! But my Cultivation wasn’t finished, so I couldn’t come back! I rushed here the moment I came out of seclusion!"

She planted a kiss right on his lips before saying in a sweet voice, "I’ve almost reached Perfection! After this, I plan to have your child before undergoing Nirvana and Ascension.

"I want to see if I can Ascend with the child. I don’t know if it will work, but it should be an interesting experiment. What do you think?"