35: Chapter 35, Fourth Stone: Late Stage of First Rank, Three Major Families of Jiangcheng Gather

A few days passed after Shen Youqing became pregnant.

Inside the Training Room, Lin Yun stepped into the Gravity Chamber once again.

Twenty-five times gravity activated.

He took out a small jade box, which contained a first-grade blood essence pill worth twenty million.

"This is the fourth one..."

Lin Yun said, placing the Medicinal Pill into his mouth.

The scorching medicinal power became even more violent under the pressure of twenty-five times gravity.

Lin Yun channeled the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method with all his might, guiding this power to surge along the route of the Cultivation Technique.

Two hours later, the door of the Gravity Chamber opened.

Lin Yun walked out and headed straight for the punch force testing machine. Without much preparation, he threw a simple, unadorned straight punch.

"Boom—!"

The machine vibrated violently, and the numbers on the screen jumped frantically: 25,987.42 kg

Twenty-six thousand kilograms!

That was an increase of over three thousand five hundred kilograms from last time!

Lin Yun's eyes brightened; this was much better than he had expected.

He had originally thought he would only be able to increase it by three thousand kilograms this time, but he hadn't expected it to be over three thousand five hundred.

He was still fourteen thousand kilograms away from First-Stage Perfection...

"It's so good to be rich! I can just keep popping Medicinal Pills." Lin Yun sighed with emotion.

In just four short months, he had spent over eighty million just on Medicinal Pills.

Four first-grade blood essence pills cost eighty million, and six regular blood-qi pills cost six million.

This didn't even include other expenses, such as the maintenance and use of the Gravity Chamber and other equipment, all of which cost money.

Adding it all up, the total cost was nearly one hundred million.

If you want to make rapid progress in martial arts, it's just that expensive.

"One hundred million..." Lin Yun smiled bitterly.

If the Lin Family weren't the richest in Jiangcheng, they wouldn't be able to support such consumption at all.

But the results were also significant.

Four months ago, he was still a martial arts Trash with a blood-qi of 48 points.

Now, he was already a Late Stage First-Rank Martial Artist with a punch force of twenty-six thousand kilograms!

Such a speed of progress naturally attracted the attention of countless people.

Because Lin Yun had previously been a martial arts Trash, and his progress over these few months had been so great, countless eyes were naturally fixed on the Lin Family.

And the Lin Family had never deliberately hidden anything.

Or rather, some things couldn't be hidden even if they wanted to.

For example, the news of Shen Youqing's pregnancy spread throughout the upper society of Jiangcheng in just a few days.

For a time, all sorts of speculation and rumors were rampant.

"The Lin Family's second young mistress is pregnant too? She's only been married for two months, right?"

"Really? Isn't it very difficult for Martial Artists to conceive?"

"Absolutely true! My niece works as a maid in the Lin Family, and she saw the Lin Family celebrating with her own eyes!"

"This is just too fast... One pregnancy could be called luck, but both of them..."

"Could it be that the Lin Family really has some secret technique?" someone speculated.

"I heard that Young Master Lin has made rapid progress since getting married. Could it be... a Dual Cultivation Technique?"

The rumors spread further and further, becoming more and more outrageous.

Finally, the other three Families in Jiangcheng besides the Lin Family—the Wu Family, the Wang Family, and the Feng Family—could no longer sit still.

In a secret room, the three Family heads sat around a rosewood tea table.

High-quality tea leaves were placed on the table, but none of the three had the heart to taste the tea.

Wu De, the head of the Wu Family, spoke first. He looked to be in his forties, very handsome, slightly chubby, with a shrewd look on his face:

"Old Feng, Old Wang, you've both heard, right? The Lin Family's second young mistress is also pregnant."

Wang Shouyi of the Wang Family nodded. He was a thin, tall middle-aged man:

"I heard. When I first heard the news, I thought it was fake, so I sent someone to investigate. As it turns out... it's true."

Feng Zhenbang of the Feng Family frowned and asked:

"Old Wang, both you and your wife are Martial Artists. Tell me, when did it become so easy for Martial Artists to conceive?"

Wang Shouyi shook his head with a bitter smile: "Easy? What's easy about it?"

"My wife and I have been together for so many years, and we've only had three children."

"Although we are both First-Stage Perfection Martial Artists, we haven't reached the Second-Rank yet, and our life evolution only occurred once when we became Martial Artists."

"It's the same situation as those three from the Lin Family."

"Then what's going on with the Lin Family?" Feng Zhenbang pressed.

"Su Yingxue and Shen Youqing both only got pregnant after becoming Martial Artists. You are so slow, they have no reason to be that fast."

"I don't know." Wang Shouyi spread his hands. "Why else would I invite you two here?"

Wu De looked at the two of them: "Do you think... the rumors are true?"

"Did that kid Lin Yun really obtain something, or some kind of Dual Cultivation Technique, which is why he can progress so quickly?"

"The news I received is that he is already at the Late Stage of First-Rank, with a punch force of twenty-six thousand kilograms."

Wang Shouyi and Feng Zhenbang fell silent. The three looked at each other, staring blankly.

As for rumors, they hadn't believed them before, but now... the facts were right in front of them, and they couldn't help but believe.

Feng Zhenbang pondered for a moment and said: "Does either of your Families have a girl of appropriate age? How about... we marry one off to see what's going on?"

Wu De and Wang Shouyi looked at each other, both nodding, but then shaking their heads.

Wang Shouyi sighed: "Old Wu, it's not like you don't know how picky that kid Lin Yun is."

"After he decided to take a wife, he looked for all the beautiful ones in Jiangcheng, screened out a total of 5, and only married the two most beautiful ones."

"Although our families have many of appropriate age, but... that kid probably wouldn't like them."

"My Family is the same." Wu De continued. "My wife only gave birth to one daughter. After she married off, she did have a few granddaughters, but they are either too young or still pursuing the Dao of martial arts and don't want to get married at all."

"Even if they were to marry, I doubt Lin Yun would like them."

Feng Zhenbang refused to give up: "Besides the main branch, what about the others?"

"The same." Wang Shouyi shook his head, "There are many people, but they don't meet the requirements."

Wu De also said: "It's the same on my end. What about you, Old Feng?"

"I wouldn't be asking you if I could find one!" Feng Zhenbang said helplessly.

The secret room fell into silence again, with only the sound of boiling water in the teapot.

After a long time, Feng Zhenbang spoke again, this time directly to Wu De: "Old Wu, are you really not planning to marry a daughter off to find out the situation?"

"If the rumors are true, and there really is some kind of Dual Cultivation Technique, you could become a Martial Artist too."

Wu De's eyelid twitched: "What are you saying?" "Didn't I just say? My granddaughters aren't suitable."

"You know as well as I do, I only have one daughter, and my wife is a Second-Rank Martial Artist, so it's hard to get pregnant!"

Feng Zhenbang looked at him with a half-smile: "Old Wu, stop pretending."

"Who here doesn't know that you've been secretly keeping quite a few concubines in the commandery city—Tianshui City, and have had a bunch of children."

"Didn't one of them just enter Martial Arts University last year? She's very beautiful, with a ton of suitors."

Wu De was startled and almost jumped out of his chair: "What?! Don't talk nonsense, I didn't!"

"Old Wu, just stop pretending." Wang Shouyi took a slow sip of tea. "Who here doesn't know? Do you think you can hide it from your tigress at home?"

"She's known for a long time, she's just pretending not to know. Who do you think you're fooling?"

Feng Zhenbang also nodded: "Exactly, exactly." "Old Wu, that little daughter of yours, Wu Qingya, is nineteen years old this year and just started at Martial Arts University."

"Her Martial Arts Talent is good, and she is even more beautiful. I heard that her suitors could line up from Jiangcheng all the way to the commandery city."

"With such conditions, that kid Lin Yun should be tempted, right?"