339: She doesn't want to be treated like a dish anymore.

“Nannan, call me Gege (older brother) and let me hear it.”

In the garden swing, Gu Qing held Xi Ling in his arms and kissed her collagen-rich, rosy face.

Gently pinching her chin, his tone was coaxing.

“Gege.”

Xi Ling looked shy, her voice soft and sweet. After calling out, she buried herself in Gu Qing's chest, too embarrassed to face anyone.

Truly a treasure of a villain… Gu Qing subconsciously tightened his embrace, his eyes dimming slightly.

Xi Ling's soft, cutesy voice was simply irresistible.

“What happened?”

Hong Lan and the other three, who had rushed back, saw Xi Ling nestled in Gu Qing's arms, looking like a shy, doting wife.

The four of them were instantly dumbfounded.

Especially that coquettish, cutesy voice; it shocked them for ten thousand years.

When did their vicious and domineering Young Miss turn into a demure little wife?

“Ugh!” Xi Ling saw the four of them return and felt even more humiliated. She wished she could shrink completely into Gu Qing's arms and never come out.

“Heh!” Gu Qing chuckled softly, his gaze shifting to the four as he asked, “How did things go?”

The four snapped back to attention. Hong Lan said, “We did not fail our mission. The teleportation arrays and cultivation caves have all been reclaimed. Here are the earnings from the past ten years; please review them, Young Master!”

A storage ring and a jade slip floated before Gu Qing.

With a sweep of his divine sense, he was immediately overjoyed.

There were a total of two thousand seven hundred cross-domain teleportation arrays, and one hundred thousand large and small teleportation arrays.

The monthly income was approximately ten billion catties of immortal essence and several trillion immortal crystals.

There were three thousand cultivation caves, with an annual income of approximately ten billion catties of immortal essence and one hundred trillion immortal crystals.

After deducting salaries and array maintenance,

the teleportation arrays and cultivation caves could bring the sect an estimated one hundred billion catties of immortal essence and several hundred trillion immortal crystals annually.

This storage ring contained a total of one trillion catties of immortal essence and several tens of trillions of immortal crystals.

Gu Qing finally understood why every disciple of the Star Dao Sect had an inexhaustible supply of immortal essence.

The sect's foundation was simply too profound.

These two sources of income alone were enough to support the entire sect.

“Young Master, these are the earnings from the ten super-ore veins!”

Shu Ying also took out a storage ring, with the mine's ledgers and expenses all recorded in a jade slip.

Inside were one hundred trillion immortal crystals and one hundred billion catties of immortal essence.

The immortal essence here was mined, and a large portion of the immortal crystals came from selling the precious ores that were mined.

Although these ores were precious, they were not rare and could be purchased with immortal crystals.

“Good!”

Today was truly filled with good news. Gu Qing was in an exceptionally good mood, and he gave Xi Ling a hearty kiss.

What a treasure of a wife, he loved her to death!

She's not even angry… The four stared wide-eyed, their hearts filled with wild joy.

Sure enough, their master's decision was indeed correct.

Gu Qing was the only one who could suppress their troublesome Young Miss.

With such a son-in-law, how could the Young Miss still be so arrogant in the future?

They must immediately convey this enormous good news to their master and madam.

Thinking this, Hong Lan immediately performed a secret art to send a message to He Guang Immortal King.

“How are things on the Commerce Association side?” Gu Qing asked.

“Young Master, rest assured, with Su Yunhai overseeing it, and with the Time Chamber of Commerce and the Shi family's Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion sending managers to handle it, everything is running smoothly and orderly.”

“Although there were some troublemakers, they were quickly suppressed and caused no significant harm.”

Shu Ying reported.

She had directly changed her address to Gu Qing as 'son-in-law'.

After all, the Young Miss had been tamed into a demure little wife.

“That's good then!”

Gu Qing nodded, thought for a moment, then added, “What do you think, if the three Commerce Associations were to cooperate, would there be any potential?”

The four pondered for a moment, exchanged whispers, and then Hong Lan said, “There is some potential, but the benefits wouldn't be significant, because the scale of the three Commerce Associations is already quite large.”

“Especially the Starry Sky Commerce Association, with its cross-domain teleportation arrays, it can collect treasures from other domains and profit from the price difference.”

Hearing this, Gu Qing understood and immediately dismissed the idea. If the benefits weren't significant, he wasn't bothered to put in the effort.

He inquired about a few other matters, roughly understanding the state of the industries, and Gu Qing felt reassured.

With a flick of his sleeve, a pile of magical artifacts appeared: “Take whatever you fancy.”

The four looked at them; they were all top-grade xuan shen artifacts, but they weren't lacking in magical artifacts.

As the Young Miss's absolute confidantes, they had more magical artifacts than they could ever use.

However, since Gu Qing had offered them, the four symbolically chose one item each.

“You can go to the Scripture Pavilion to select some suitable cultivation techniques, secret arts, and divine abilities.” This was something he had promised the four previously.

Gu Qing handed Hong Lan a storage ring: “Take all the treasures inside and auction them off.”

“Yes!”

Holding the storage ring, the four consciously withdrew.

As for expressing their feelings to Gu Qing, that was in the past. Now, they only wished for Gu Qing and Xi Ling to have a deep and loving relationship, to be together in love.

Of course, if Xi Ling requested it, they naturally wouldn't refuse.

Xi Ling's red lips moved, and she reached out, wanting to call out to the four, but Gu Qing stopped her.

“Nannan, what do you want to do?”

“No, I don't want to do anything. Whatever Gege tells me to do, I will do.”

Xi Ling looked obedient, revealing a fawning smile.

“Oh, Nannan is so well-behaved!”

Gu Qing ruffled her silver hair and then pinched her smooth, tender cheek.

It had to be said, at this moment, Xi Ling was truly very docile and soft, just like a demure little wife.

Xi Ling saw Gu Qing's gentle and affectionate expression, and for a moment, her mind was in a daze, thinking Gu Qing was a good person.

A good person my foot… Xi Ling buried her head in Gu Qing's chest, wailing in her heart: “It's over, it's truly over.”

She was doomed to be in Gu Qing's hands for this lifetime.

The garden's array suddenly activated.

The four guards outside the door exchanged glances, then broke into smiles.

“It seems we'll be holding a little young master or a little young miss soon.”

“Yes, indeed!”

“Oh no!”

“What's wrong?”

“We haven't prepared the clothes and dresses for the little young master and little young miss, and also the treasures to be consumed during pregnancy…”

“Let's go, let's go, we'll buy them now.”

“Wait, bought ones aren't as good as ones we refine ourselves…”

“Quickly send a message to Master and Madam to send treasures over…”

The distance was too great to send messages via communication jade slips.

However, secret arts could be performed, combined with specially refined secret treasures, to transmit messages.

However, refining such secret treasures came at a very high cost, requiring extremely rare treasures.

But for He Guang Immortal King, these were not an issue. Nothing was more important than Xi Ling's lifelong happiness… After Gu Qing left, Xi Ling's obedient expression immediately turned incomparably furious.

“Shameless, scoundrel, villain… You just wait, I will definitely not let you off…”

After venting, Xi Ling's expression became resolute, and she worked even harder on refining artifacts.

Last time, when she refined the Xuantian Domain, she collected countless Essence of Heavenly Dao, enough for her to cultivate to the Xuan Shen Peak.

But to break through to Immortal King, mere Essence of Heavenly Dao was far from enough.

At the Profound God Realm, any energy could only increase magical power, but it could not lead to a qualitative change through quantitative change.

It mainly depended on 'comprehension'.

At the Immortal King stage, it went without saying.

In fact, Xi Ling was confident in breaking through to Immortal King, but if she cultivated step by step, she didn't know how many tens of thousands of years it would take to break through.

She couldn't wait.

The only shortcut was to refine heaven and earth, observe the evolution of heaven and earth, and comprehend its true essence.

Once she broke through to Immortal King, she would definitely not let Gu Qing off.

“Young Miss, you…” Hong Lan saw that she was still refining array artifacts, her heart sank, and she hesitated to speak.

She really wanted to say, why haven't you given up on your desire to refine the Eternal Universe?

But she didn't dare.

Because asking was useless.

“Hmph, no one can stop me. Even if I die and my Dao disappears, I will not hesitate.”

Xi Ling said coldly.

Compared to death, she was more afraid of being treated like a dish by Gu Qing, flipped over and over, stir-fried repeatedly.

“Young Miss, Master and Madam…”

“Shut up!”

Speaking of her parents, Xi Ling's anger flared, a belly full of suppressed rage.

When she returned, she would definitely not let her father off.

It was all her father's fault for arranging her engagement, causing her such a great calamity.

If her parents hadn't supported her, how could she have been so passive?

“Tsk tsk!”

Gu Qing activated his Dao Pupil, looking at the furious Xi Ling, and couldn't help but stroke his chin, deep in thought… *Sob sob… Finally released, better update soon, if it's locked for a few more hours, I won't have perfect attendance this month.*

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