26: Chapter 26 Perfect Foundation Establishment of the Heavenly Dao!

The moment Fourth Elder Zhuge You passed by Li Guidai's side, while his back was turned to everyone, his face bloomed like a chrysanthemum instantly, revealing an extremely exaggerated, smug, and silent expression that he could barely hold back from laughing out loud!

High in the air, Clan Head Zhuge Wen watched Fourth Elder Zhuge You rush up to meet him. Although he maintained the dignity of an elder on the surface, the smugness hidden in the corners of his eyes and brows was almost tangible. Clan Head Zhuge Wen's expression instantly darkened, so black it could drip ink.

Fourth Elder Zhuge You used telepathic transmission, his tone filled with triumphant showing off: "Oh! Clan Head, your honorable arrival truly makes my humble abode shine! How could I dare trouble you to come personally?"

Clan Head Zhuge Wen: "Fourth Elder Zhuge You, spare me that act!"

Fourth Elder Zhuge You: "Luck? Haha!"

Clan Head Zhuge Wen: "Hmph! Sharp-tongued! This boy's fate is bizarre; whether it is a blessing or a curse is yet to be known. Don't be too happy too soon!"

Li Guidai was naturally unaware of this telepathic conversation. He only saw Clan Head Zhuge Wen's expression getting darker and darker, and the air pressure around him dropping lower and lower.

Subsequently, Li Guidai's gaze involuntarily turned toward Zhuge Xingyue, who had arrived with Clan Head Zhuge Wen but was standing quietly a little behind him.

Today, Zhuge Xingyue was still bright and moving, but she lacked her usual liveliness and playfulness.

She was also looking at Li Guidai, but her eyes were complex and difficult to understand—there was disappointment, envy, and perhaps a trace of unwillingness that she herself had not even noticed.

Compared to her complex and depressed expression, Li Guidai's radiant smile as the bridegroom appeared exceptionally "glaring."

The oppressive silence lasted for several breaths. Clan Head Zhuge Wen ultimately could not suppress the stuffiness in his chest and let out a heavy snort from his nose:

"Hmph!"

The sound was like muffled thunder, revealing his extreme displeasure.

Immediately, he couldn't even be bothered to look at Fourth Elder Zhuge You's victor-like posture. With a sharp flick of his sleeve, a storage bag containing a congratulatory gift was tossed out as if by an invisible force, landing on the reception table with a "slap."

Then, without another word, his figure transformed into a streak of light, and filled with anger, he departed indignantly without looking back!

Once Clan Head Zhuge Wen left, Zhuge Xingyue's gaze lingered on Li Guidai for a moment, the complex emotions in her eyes almost overflowing.

She gently bit her cherry lips, but in the end, she didn't say a word. She turned silently and floated away in the direction her father had left. She was unusually quiet today.

In those eyes, they were filled with envy for her sister's good marriage, as well as a sense of confusion and complex feelings regarding her own situation and that budding affection which seemed destined to bear no fruit.

Li Guidai looked at the horizon where they had disappeared, scratching his head in confusion.

Although he didn't understand why the Clan Head was so angry or why Miss Zhuge Xingyue looked so dejected, his sharp intuition told him that this definitely had something to do with his father-in-law, Fourth Elder Zhuge You, who was currently trying hard to keep a straight face, but whose back betrayed a sense of smugness.

'Sigh, the waters of the Zhuge Family are truly bottomless... everyone is a schemer!'

He complained silently to himself, then shook his head, put on a warm smile again, and turned back to continue greeting the guests.

Finally, the noise dissipated, and the guests departed.

Li Guidai, with excitement and anticipation, pushed open the door to the bridal chamber that belonged to him and Zhuge Ying.

Inside the room, red candles burned high, and the warm light cast everything in an ambiguous hue.

Zhuge Ying was wearing a bright red wedding dress, sitting upright on the edge of the bed covered with a mandarin duck quilt. Hearing the sound of the door opening, her delicate body trembled slightly, and she subconsciously clenched her sleeves.

Li Guidai looked up and saw that her originally jade-white cheeks were now like they had been stained with the finest rouge, a flush of crimson spreading from her cheeks all the way to her ears, and even her slender neck revealed a layer of alluring pink.

Those bright eyes, which were usually either cold or cunning, were now lowered. Her long eyelashes trembled uneasily like butterfly wings, her gaze darting away, glistening with moisture, so shy that she hardly dared to look at him.

Her pearly teeth gently bit her lower lip. That shy, pitiful, and enticing appearance formed a huge contrast with her usual tall, bright, and heroic image, simply soul-stirring!

Li Guidai felt a rush of hot blood go straight to his head; how could he hold back anymore?

He gave a strange cry: "Yingying, I'm coming!" He jumped up like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey and lunged towards the bedside.

"Ah—!" Zhuge Ying was startled by his sudden "attack" and let out a cry. Before she could react, she was firmly tackled into the soft quilt by an embrace full of masculine aura.

The red curtains fell, concealing the spring scenery in the room. (Ten thousand words of indescribable details are omitted here...)

An hour later, at the very moment when their affection was at its peak and their breaths were most closely intertwined—

[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully gained a wife (Zhuge Ying)! Task 'Matrilocal Son-in-Law's Ambition' completion rate (2/?)!]

[Reward: Profound Grade High-Rank sky-piercing demon drum (upgradable) x1, Profound Grade High-Rank moon shadow cloud soul spear (upgradable) x1, have been issued to the system space, please check, host!]

Li Guidai was stunned for a moment, then wild with joy! 'Good fellow! System, you've finally come to deliver warmth again! And two Profound Grade High-Rank items, both upgradable!' He impatiently scanned the system space with his divine sense.

"sky-piercing demon drum... moon shadow cloud soul spear..." Li Guidai muttered in his heart, and he instantly had a plan.

Li Guidai planned to give this moon shadow cloud soul spear to Zhuge Yue! After all, she was his first wife! Her status in Li Guidai's heart was still very important!

[Ding! Detected that the host's accumulated energy has reached a critical point, life source is resonating violently, beginning to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage!]

[Hum—!] A force far purer and more majestic than when Zhuge Yue broke through, as if containing some kind of truth of heaven and earth, erupted from the depths of Li Guidai's dantian and instantly flowed through his limbs and bones!

His meridians, bones, and flesh were all emitting joyful hums, undergoing an essential transformation!

[Congratulations to the host for successfully breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage! Because the host's foundation is incredibly solid and spiritual power has been tempered to the extreme, it has attracted the favor of the Heavenly Dao rules, forging a Heavenly Dao Perfect Foundation Establishment! (Heaven and earth phenomena have been automatically shielded)]

[At the same time, detected that the host has long suppressed his cultivation, and his foundation is deep. The perfect Grade 9 Fire Spirit Root has received feedback from the Heavenly Dao, and its quality has improved! Current Spirit Root: Grade 8 Medium-Rank Fire Spirit Root!]

[New task released: Please wait for your dao companion Zhuge Ying to successfully give birth to an heir. Task reward: Unknown (quality is related to the heir's talent).]

This series of system prompts rang in Li Guidai's mind like celestial music!

Before he could even carefully experience the terrifying power within him, which was as vast as the sea and far surpassed that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, he saw Zhuge Ying beneath him suddenly flash with golden light! An extremely pure energy was also fed back into her body from where they were connected.

Her original cultivation at the early stage of the 7th level of Qi Refining, like riding a rocket, "swished" and broke through directly to the middle stage of the 8th level of Qi Refining!

Because she was originally a Grade 6 High-Rank mutated Wind Spirit Root with excellent aptitude, the magnitude of this improvement was relatively "normal," but she was not far from the perfection of the 8th level, saving at least several years of hard cultivation.

Zhuge Ying was originally still a bit dazed, immersed in the aftertaste from just now. Feeling the suddenly surging spiritual power in her body and her obviously solid cultivation, she woke up abruptly, her beautiful eyes filled with unbelievable shock and wild joy!

"This... this actually really has such miraculous effects! And there are absolutely no side effects!"

Feeling the surging power within her, her eyes turned instantly scorching hot as she looked at Li Guidai. In them, besides affection, there was more of the excitement of discovering a peerless treasure.

The next moment, Zhuge Ying, having tasted the sweetness, flashed a hint of cunning and initiative in her eyes, and actually attempted to turn over, wanting to reverse the roles and take control of this "cultivation" session!

"Hey! Little girl, you want to rebel just after getting some benefits?"

Li Guidai was feeling the endless energy and power brought by the Heavenly Dao Perfect Foundation Establishment, feeling that he could punch a mountain to pieces right now, so how could he let her have her way?

He laughed loudly, and with a slight circulation of his newly broken-through Foundation Establishment Stage spiritual power, he easily neutralized Zhuge Ying's counterattack, firmly pinning her beneath him once again.

"Your husband has just broken through and now feels endless energy! Today, if I don't battle you for three hundred rounds, and at least twenty times, don't think about ending this!"

Li Guidai said this deliberately and fiercely, but his eyes were full of doting and playfulness.

When Zhuge Ying heard "twenty times"! The joy of breaking through just now was instantly replaced by "fear"!

Thinking of the "intense battle" of the past hour and her own body that was still a bit weak, her face instantly paled, and she begged for mercy in a delicate voice: "Ah?! Twenty times?! No, no! Husband~ Good husband~ I was wrong! Spare me! Next time... next time... Ah—!"

Her pleas for mercy were soon drowned out by a new round of "stormy weather"...