25: Wan'er was about to give birth when strange phenomena occurred in the heavens and earth.

"You dare touch my person?"

"What are you?"

Chu He's voice was cold and domineering, like a heavy hammer smashing fiercely onto Wang Teng's heart.

Wang Teng knelt on the ground, trembling like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

He wanted to look up, wanted to refute, wanted to say, "Zhao Yanran is not your person."

However, under Chu He's terrifying pressure of the Mid Foundation Establishment stage, he didn't even have the strength to lift his head. That pressure was like an invisible great mountain, suffocating him and making his Divine Soul tremble.

He finally understood.

In the face of absolute strength, all rationale and all background were bullshit.

Here, Chu He's word was the Heaven!

"I... I was wrong... Senior Chu... I was wrong..." Wang Teng couldn't hold on any longer. He lay on the ground like a dead dog, using all his strength to squeeze out a sound of pleading from his throat.

"I... I was blind to Mount Tai... I will never dare again... Please... please spare my dog life..."

The two guards behind him had long since fainted from fright.

The Zhao Family members in the courtyard watched the scene before them, each one terrified, not daring to breathe loudly.

The Second Young Master from Black Stone City, a Genius at the Peak of Qi Gathering Ninth Layer, couldn't even withstand a single move before Senior Chu and immediately knelt down?

Too terrifying!

Senior Chu's strength was far more terrifying than they had imagined!

Zhao Yanran, who was standing to the side, now had a blank mind.

She stared blankly at the man who had forced Wang Teng to kneel and beg for mercy because of her, her heart filled with mixed emotions and turmoil.

He... he just said... "my person"?

In his heart, does he really still care about me?

He didn't come to humiliate me, or to watch me fail, but genuinely... to save me?

A huge, unspeakable surge of ecstasy and regret instantly drowned her.

The joy was that he still cared about her.

The regret was why she had made such a foolish decision back then!

If... if she hadn't broken off the engagement back then, then the person standing by his side now, enjoying supreme glory and the admiration of all, would be her, Zhao Yanran!

Instead of that lowly born maid Qing'er, and that Alchemist Lin Waner who appeared out of nowhere!

"Chu He..." Zhao Yanran looked at Chu He's back, her lips moving, wanting to say something.

However, Chu He didn't even bother to look at her again.

The reason he acted was not because of Zhao Yanran.

It was because Wang Teng had provoked his authority on his territory.

As for Zhao Yanran, saving her was merely a convenience. In his eyes, this woman was no different from a stone on the ground.

"Scram." Chu He coldly spat out a single word at Wang Teng, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Yes! Yes! I'll scram immediately! Scram immediately!" Wang Teng felt as if he had been granted a great pardon. He scrambled to his feet, not even bothering to help the two unconscious guards, and stumbled out the main gate like a stray dog.

"Wait." Chu He's voice rang out again.

Wang Teng's body stiffened, nearly wetting his pants in fright. He trembled as he turned around and said with a mournful face, "Se... Senior... do you have any other commands?"

"Go back and tell your father." Chu He's voice was chillingly cold. "Starting today, Qingyang City will no longer pay any tribute to Black Stone City."

"Also, tell him to clean his neck and wait. Since you dared to act wildly in my Qingyang City today, I will personally go to Black Stone City sooner or later to settle this debt with him."

When Wang Teng heard this, his vision went dark, and he nearly dropped dead from fright.

It's over!

Now it's completely over!

Not only did he fail to intimidate Chu He, but he also brought a massive calamity upon the entire Black Stone City!

He dared not say another word, scrambling and crawling as he fled the Zhao Family, fleeing Qingyang City.

The courtyard finally fell silent.

After Chu He dealt with Wang Teng, he prepared to turn and leave. He had no interest whatsoever in the Zhao Family's messy affairs.

"Chu He! Wait!"

Seeing that he was about to leave, Zhao Yanran finally mustered the courage to call out to him.

Chu He stopped, turned his head, and looked at her with an indifferent gaze.

"Something wrong?"

"I..." As soon as Chu He's cold gaze fell upon her, the courage she had just mustered instantly dissipated by half.

She bit her lip, finally walked forward, and bowed deeply to Chu He.

"Thank you... for saving me today."

"No need." Chu He's reply was simple and cold. "I didn't save you because of you. It's just that my territory is not a place for others to act wildly."

This sentence was like a basin of ice water, instantly extinguishing the small spark of fantasy that had just ignited in Zhao Yanran's heart.

So... she had been overly sentimental.

In his eyes, she truly was nothing anymore.

A huge sense of loss and bitterness surged into her heart.

"No matter what, you ultimately saved me. I, Zhao Yanran, will remember this kindness." Zhao Yanran looked up, her eyes complex, "In the future, if there is ever a place where you can use me..."

"Use you?" Chu He interrupted her, as if he had heard a joke.

He sized Zhao Yanran up and down, his gaze filled with blatant scrutiny, like he was assessing the value of a commodity.

"What use are you now?"

"You..." Zhao Yanran trembled with anger at his undisguised humiliation, her face turning alternating shades of green and white.

"Do you think you are still that high and mighty Young Miss of the Zhao Family?" Chu He's tone was full of mockery. "In my eyes, your current value is not even comparable to a fire-stoking maid in my residence."

"Go back to your room and stay put. Not coming out to cause me trouble again will be your greatest repayment."

Having said that, he no longer paid attention to the woman who had been completely petrified, and with a flash of his figure, he vanished from the spot.

Only Zhao Yanran was left, standing blankly in the courtyard, allowing the tears of humiliation to silently stream down.

She knew that the last sliver of possibility between her and Chu He had been completely severed by his own hand... Time flew by, and another nine months passed.

That year, Qingyang City enjoyed favorable weather and prosperous industries.

Under the leadership of the Chu Family, this remote small city burst forth with unprecedented vitality.

And the Chu Family also entered the fast lane of rapid development during this period.

The Pill Hall's business spread across several surrounding cities, bringing immense wealth to the Family.

The Chu Family disciples' cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds with the unlimited supply of Medicinal Pills. In less than a year, more than a dozen new Qi Gathering Realm Cultivators appeared!

The strength of the entire Family was more than ten times greater than a year ago!

And Chu Tian, Chu He's first son, who was already over a year old, also displayed even more astonishing talent.

He could now walk unsteadily, and his favorite place to stay was the "Spirit-Gathering Pill Refining Room," where Spiritual Qi was abundant.

Sometimes when Lin Waner was performing Alchemy, he would watch nearby, neither crying nor making trouble. Sometimes, when Lin Waner encountered difficulties controlling the heat, he would just babble "ya ya" twice next to her, and Lin Waner would miraculously find inspiration and resolve the issue smoothly.

This astonished Lin Waner, who exclaimed that Little Chu Tian was a natural-born "Pill Dao Prodigy."

Everything was developing in the best possible direction.

Until this day.

"Ah—!"

A painful, suppressed cry from a woman came from the deepest courtyard in the Chu Family's back garden.

Lin Waner was going into labor!

The entire Chu Family instantly became tense.

Chu He rushed to the outside of the delivery room immediately, his nervousness exceeding even when Qing'er gave birth.

This was his predetermined SS-Rank, or even SSS-Rank, Divine Child! There must be absolutely no mishaps!

The Midwife hired was the best in the entire Commandery City!

Various rare Spirit Medicine for stabilizing the fetus were sent in as if they were worthless.

Qing'er was also standing by anxiously with her big belly. That's right, just three months ago, Qing'er became pregnant again.

The Chu Family's lineage was flourishing at an explosive rate!

"Husband, don't worry too much. Waner's Physique is better than mine, and she has so many Spirit Medicines protecting her. She will definitely be fine." Qing'er gently comforted Chu He.

Chu He nodded, but the sweat on his forehead kept flowing down uncontrollably.

Just then—

Boom!

The originally clear sky suddenly changed drastically without any warning!

Large swaths of Seven-colored Auspicious Clouds gathered from all directions, shrouding the sky above the entire Chu Family!

Immediately afterward, an incredibly thick Azure Light Pillar, composed of the purest Wood attribute Spiritual Qi, descended from the Heaven and accurately blasted into the delivery room where Lin Waner was located!

All the vegetation in the entire Qingyang City seemed to have received some kind of summons at this moment, and they began to grow wildly!

Dead trees sprouted, and a hundred flowers bloomed simultaneously!

In the city's pharmacies, even the medicinal ingredients that had long since dried up miraculously regained vitality!

"Heavens! This... what kind of phenomenon is this?!"

"It's... it's ten times more terrifying than when the Chu Family's Eldest Young Master was born last time!"

"Seven-colored Auspicious Clouds! Azure Light Piercing the Sun! Could this... could this be the legendary... descent of a Saint?!"

Everyone in the entire Qingyang City was dumbfounded by this world-shattering phenomenon!

And Chu He, who was outside the Delivery Room, felt the extremely pure Wood Spiritual Qi, coupled with the System notification sounds exploding like landslides and tsunamis in his mind, and he was completely engulfed in ecstasy!

"Waaah—!!!"

A baby's cry, louder than a Dragon's roar and clearer than a Phoenix's cry, pierced through the clouds from inside the Delivery Room!

This cry seemed to contain the most Origin Law of Life in the world!

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully given birth to a second descendant!]

[Detecting descendant's Bloodline...]

[Detected perfect combination of "Yimu Body" and Host's "Primordial Dragon God Bloodline"...]

[Detected "Rightful Name" Quest Reward Bonus...]

[Heavenly Dao Congratulates! Ten Thousand Woods Worship! Descendant Bloodline Rank: SSS (Innate Dao Body)!]