When Xu Rui brought Hu Yuan back to the valley, Tang Baozhu was holding a jade slip to her forehead, reading its contents.
"You're back! And who is this?"
When guests arrived, Tang Baozhu certainly didn't continue reading; she would at least stand up and greet them.
Xu Rui quickly introduced, "Wife, this is my good brother, a medical practitioner named Hu Yuan. You can just call him Hu Yixiu, that's what everyone calls him."
"Doctor Hu is well."
Tang Baozhu did whatever Xu Rui told her to do. Since Xu Rui was his good brother, Tang Baozhu should be considered one of his own.
“Brother Hu, this is my reasoning. You can just call her Fellow Daoist Tang. There’s no need to be so familiar with her.”
Hu Yuan silently rolled his eyes, knowing that Brother Xu must be jealous. It seems he really has fallen for this young female cultivator in the Golden Core stage.
He didn't say anything. After all, he was just an outsider. The two of them knew how they were doing, and he, as an outsider, had no need to interfere.
"Friendly greetings from Tang."
Now that they had met, Xu Rui urged Hu Yuan to take a look at his wife and find out what the problem was.
Although the two were already quite familiar with each other, Hu Yuan felt that some things still needed to be clarified. "Brother Xu, as you know, when I treat patients, I always infuse spiritual energy into their bodies. This is standard procedure, so you can't be angry with me."
The spiritual energy passes through the other person's body, and it can see almost all the secrets inside. Even if they have recognized several immortal artifacts as their masters, it can see them clearly. So it can be considered as giving them a heads-up.
Xu Rui felt he couldn't make the decision himself, so he quickly looked at his wife. If she had no objections, then he would let her continue watching.
Tang Baozhu was thinking about her most precious possessions: a spatial vessel within her sea of consciousness, and a celestial sword...
The red envelope group seems to have a concealing effect; I got my red envelope group through a system lottery, so getting other things on my person is a piece of cake.
There didn't seem to be anything I couldn't show him, so I just nodded and agreed.
Since nothing precious can be seen anyway, one's aura is concealed in the blink of an eye.
"Thank you for your help, Doctor Hu. I'm fine here."
Hu Yuan's guess was not wrong. After all, it seemed unlikely that a female cultivator in the Golden Core stage would have any treasures, unless it was given by Brother Xu. But if she didn't have the ability to protect the items, no matter how many good things she was given, she couldn't keep them.
"Please sit down for now. Let me check your stomach to see if there are any problems."
While taking her pulse, Hu Yuan channeled his medical cultivation spiritual energy into her body, slowly examining her condition.
Tang Baozhu had only one feeling when spiritual energy entered her body: it felt incredibly comfortable. As expected of a medical cultivator, the spiritual energy she cultivated was different from that of others.
However, as soon as Hu Yuan's spiritual power entered his stomach, it was absorbed by the children inside.
There was no other way, so Hu Yuan could only increase the input of spiritual energy until the child in her womb had absorbed enough and stopped absorbing.
He stopped absorbing Hu Yuan's spiritual power and began to slowly examine the children's condition. The more carefully he observed, the more he could sense the difference in the children inside his womb.
After a while, he finally withdrew his spiritual power, and couldn't hide the smile on his face.
Seeing him laughing like a fool, Xu Rui quickly patted his shoulder to bring him back to his senses.
"What's with that expression? You're grinning like an idiot. Tell me right now, what's wrong with my wife? Is she in any danger?"
When the topic turned to danger, Hu Yuan finally regained his composure, organized his thoughts, and then said, "The child in Tang Xiushi's belly may not be an ordinary fetus. It may be the reincarnation of some powerful being. Their aptitude is exceptionally good, but such a fetus will face many hardships before it is born."
"They just absorbed a little more spiritual energy, but I'd like to ask, how old is Cultivator Tang now?"
"I am 26 years old this year."
"Does Cultivator Tang know how old I found out? I found out that you are already 46 years old. That means that without you even realizing it, the child in your womb has absorbed 20 years of your lifespan. How much more will be absorbed is beyond our control."
Tang Baozhu felt uneasy when the man spoke. She knew that her senses were very sharp and she could feel if she was feeling unwell. However, since the Golden Core stage cultivator could live for 800 years, these 20 years seemed like a small matter, and she didn't notice her lifespan decreasing very obviously.
However, anyone would feel bad knowing that they had lost 20 years of their lifespan for no reason. She didn't hold a grudge, but she felt that the children in her womb had suffered a lot. If she hadn't had such a long lifespan and had only reached the Qi Refining stage, they might not have even had the chance to be born.
But she never considered not having the child in her womb. After all, the child was born into her womb, which was fate between the two of them, and she was determined to give birth to them no matter what.
Xu Rui was also anxious. If it meant sacrificing his wife to have these children, he would rather not have any children at all.
"Hu Yuan, tell me quickly how much of her lifespan these children will absorb. If it's too much, I'd rather not have these children at all. I don't want my wife to be in any danger."
Hu Yuan knew his brother was anxious, so he didn't hide anything and told him directly, "It's impossible to determine exactly how much lifespan she'll absorb. It depends on the aptitude of the child in her womb. The better the aptitude, the more lifespan she'll absorb, but at least 500 years of lifespan is needed. Then, spiritual energy will also be continuously absorbed. When I checked just now, I found that your golden core is a bit unstable. Eat more pills to replenish spiritual energy, otherwise your cultivation will regress."
Upon hearing that so many years of lifespan were required, Xu Rui no longer wanted these children. In his heart, no one was more important than his wife.
"Is there any way to get rid of these children? I can't let my wife take the risk."
Tang Baozhu was unhappy when she heard that he wanted to abort the child. After all, she had worked hard to conceive the child, and besides, she could feel their heartbeats. She couldn't bring herself to do it.
"Honey, I want to keep the baby in my belly. It's gotten so big, and the heart is beating. How can you bear to get rid of it?"
Xu Rui couldn't bear it, of course. This was the child he had longed for for thousands of years. But if he had to choose between them and his wife, he would definitely choose his wife.
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