32: My brother is back?

By the side of an imperial road less than two days' journey from Liumian Prefecture.

A group of people had pitched tents here, setting up a temporary camp.

At this moment, a tall young man was hiding in the shadows where the bonfire could not reach, relieving himself.

Just then, the bushes beside him rustled.

The young man shuddered in fright, and he couldn't pee anymore.

"Who is it?"

As the words fell, a person actually walked out from the bushes.

That person straightened his clothes while approaching the youth, speaking with a smile.

"Why are you still not resting so late at night?"

When the youth saw the other person's face, his tense heart instantly settled.

He let out a long sigh of relief and spoke helplessly.

"Senior Brother Huangfu? You're asking me? Where have you been so late at night? Why are you coming back from this direction?"

Huangfu Jing smiled and replied: "What could I be doing? Just out on patrol. You know it's not peaceful around here, and there are Yao Beasts, so we naturally have to be careful."

"Feng Mian, since you are here, is there anyone protecting Qianqian?"

The sturdy youth was Feng Mian, Feng Ming's older brother.

Hearing the question, Feng Mian couldn't help but laugh.

"Senior Brother Huangfu, rest assured. Senior Sister Lu has people with her. She is so popular; who wouldn't want to protect her?"

"However, Senior Brother Huangfu, if you want to win over Senior Sister Lu, you still need to put in more effort."

Huangfu Jing nodded, "Can't be helped. A new love interest is hard to pursue. Mainly, I don't have the good fortune that you do, Junior Brother. Your Family has already arranged a partner for you, just waiting for you to go back and get married."

"I heard she is from the Jiang Family. That is truly enviable."

Feng Mian waved his hand and replied with a smile.

"It was arranged by the Family. She can't compare to Senior Sister Lu. It's true she is from the Jiang Family, but she is just a concubine's daughter."

"I don't have any requirements for my future wife. Since the Family has arranged it, I will treat her well and not let her suffer any grievances."

"That's true. Then I wish you a happy marriage in advance, Junior Brother."

"Many thanks, Senior Brother!"

"It's getting late, so I'll go back to rest first. Senior Brother, you should rest early too."

Huangfu Jing nodded, "Go, go. We are almost home. I understand that you are anxious."

Feng Mian turned around.

Huangfu Jing smiled with a sinister expression.

Getting married?

Married, my ass.

Your wife has already been slept with by your brother.

"When you get home and discover your wife has become your Younger Brother's Wife, I hope you can still smile."

Feng Family, you had better get out of Liumian Prefecture early.

...

Outside Liumian Prefecture, on a mountaintop.

Jiang Shuwan had successfully withstood the last Lightning Tribulation.

By this time, the sky was already bright.

The red sun rose in the east.

After the thunderclouds dispersed, rays of light stretched for thousands of miles, and five-colored radiance poured down, enveloping Jiang Shuwan.

Bathing in the colorful light, Jiang Shuwan's exhausted Dantian seemed to be nourished, recovering rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When Feng Ming came to her side, she had already completely changed.

Both her temperament and aura had become extraordinary.

It made one feel a sense of majesty at a glance.

"Shuwan, you succeeded."

"Husband!"

Jiang Shuwan looked at Feng Ming with an excited face.

Having successfully promoted to the Golden Core this time, she had sufficient confidence for the battle.

Against Huangfu Yi, she also had the certainty of victory.

Feng Ming nodded, "Let's go, get something to eat, then welcome today's challenge."

His wife being able to make a smooth Breakthrough was just too satisfying.

Today's battle, a sure win.

While eating, Feng Ming looked at Jiang Shuwan with a half-smile.

"Shuwan, do you think your husband deceived you now? Combining work and rest is the best way."

"Your husband is not just lustful; I am also concerned for you."

Jiang Shuwan's face turned bright red, but she did not refute.

The facts were indeed so.

"Although I don't understand why sleeping with my husband is beneficial for Cultivation, and I originally thought it would take a long time to reach this Realm, I broke through so quickly."

"But what my husband said seems to really be the case. So from now on, I will combine work and rest and not be overly anxious for success."

Feng Ming nodded, wearing a wicked smile.

"Foolish Wife, you only got half of it right. Combining work and rest is correct, but the key is who you combine it with."

"In other words, if you rest with me early every day, I guarantee your Cultivation will progress even faster than if you Cultivate on your own."

This was not a joke; he was simply telling the truth.

After all, the main Cultivation of the Inverting Dragon and Phoenix Art is husband-and-wife Dual Cultivation.

When Jiang Shuwan Cultivated alone, she only had one times the speed, but with husband-and-wife Dual Cultivation, it was fully ten times.

Jiang Shuwan glared at him coquettishly.

"Bad husband, don't think I don't know what crooked ideas you are having. Shameless. Eat, we still have to go to the plaza in a while."

Feng Ming nodded, not refuting anything.

At 10:00 AM, only one hour remained until the time agreed upon for the martial arts competition with Huangfu Yi.

Jiang Shuwan and Feng Ming were strolling leisurely through Liumian Prefecture.

Along the way, they heard everyone discussing.

"Hey, did you hear the thunder last night? That commotion, it is said to be a Golden Core Lightning Tribulation. I don't know who is so powerful to actually break through to the Golden Core."

"Who in the entire Liumian Prefecture doesn't know about this? The Huangfu Family arranged for people to go to the mountain opposite to look for the person overnight, but it's a pity that by the time they arrived, the person had already left."

"I heard about this too. The people from the Huangfu Family came up empty-handed, and the Family Head was quite angry."

"Hmph, the Huangfu Family can only be angry in vain. A Golden Core Realm Expert is not someone just anyone can fawn over. They really think too highly of themselves."

"I don't think what you are saying has anything to do with me. I'm just purely curious about who this expert is."

"Could it be someone from our Liumian Prefecture? If we have an expert guarding us, ordinary people wouldn't dare to come and cause trouble. This would be a great thing for us."

"Yes, yes, I want to know too..."

Feng Ming and Jiang Shuwan looked at each other, smiling silently.

For the moment, they had no intention of exposing this identity.

When they were preparing to go down the mountain this morning, Jiang Shuwan sensed the aura of others and immediately took Feng Ming on a shortcut back to the city.

Therefore, the people sent out by Huangfu Yunyan didn't even catch a glimpse of the couple, Feng Ming and his wife.

"Wife, what do you think their expressions will be when they find out your identity later?"

Jiang Shuwan shook her head, "I don't know either. They will surely be incredulous. After all, I haven't even accepted it myself yet."

If it weren't for the golden inner core in her Dantian, she wouldn't have dared to dream that she could break through to the Golden Core so quickly.

After all, even though she was a daughter of the Jiang Family, she never thought she could achieve much in the path of Cultivation.

Good seedlings with talent had long been prioritized by the Family for training.

She was the one left over. In other words, she was the kind without talent, whom the Family was unwilling to train, kept as a tool for political marriage.

She thought the highest she could reach in this life was the Foundation Establishment Stage, which would be a good result.

She didn't expect that only a few days after marrying over, she would break through from the Qi Refinement Stage to the Golden Core Realm.

This speed, even the most talented descendant of the Jiang Family could not achieve.

But she had done it.

Jiang Shuwan also knew clearly in her heart that all of this was because of the person in front of her.

It was not the Jiang Family that gave her everything, but her husband, Feng Ming.

If not for the Spiritual Root he gave her, and those Cultivation Techniques, how could she have today?

Her husband is truly good in every way, except in certain aspects, she really cannot bear it.

It seems that the matter of finding a sister must be accelerated.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shuwan looked at Feng Ming and asked tentatively.

"Husband, what do you think of Sister Lu?"