Chapter 2508 - 2198: Zhou Youyou’s Worries

Creak, the door slowly opened.

Upon seeing Lu Chen come out, the women flocked to him.

Ji Yunmeng asked coldly, "Are you okay?"

Lu Chen replied with a smile, "I’m fine."

Chu Qingli asked, "Did you have a breakthrough?"

Lu Chen nodded, "I did."

Xue Linglong said enviously, "I really envy you, lying on women’s bellies every day, and you can still have breakthroughs without cultivation."

Lu Chen’s wives and concubines knew him best.

This guy indulges in pleasure every day, yet he can still have breakthroughs without cultivation.

Meanwhile, they exhaust themselves cultivating daily, but their own realms aren’t budging.

To say they don’t envy him would be a lie.

As the women expressed their concern for him one after another, Chu Yuqin watched Lu Chen with a serious look from behind.

Based on Lu Chen’s aura, this time he directly leaped two small realms, reaching the late-stage King Realm.

Just a few days ago, he was at the early-stage King Realm and now, without cultivation, he broke through to the late-stage King Realm overnight.

Isn’t this realm advancement too fast?

The further you go, the slower the realm advancements become; breaking through even one small realm is extremely difficult, let alone advancing two in a short time. How did Lu Chen do it?

Perhaps Lu Chen’s words are true, that he is the reincarnation of a Great Power, merely regaining his strength, thus he doesn’t need to cultivate purposefully.

At this rate, given Lu Chen’s current realm advancement speed, within 20 years he might truly become a Saint Realm powerhouse.

And if Lu Chen becomes a Saint Realm powerhouse, even if he follows her to the Heavenly Profound Sacred Land, the Sacred Land may not be able to suppress him.

Chu Yuqin suddenly felt as if nurturing a potential threat.

While Chu Yuqin was in a daze, Lu Chen suddenly glanced at her.

Seeing Chu Yuqin’s serious expression, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Am I right? Give me 20 years and I’ll definitely break through to the Saint Realm."

Upon hearing Lu Chen’s words, Chu Yuqin calmly replied, "The further you progress, the harder it becomes to advance in realm, especially from King Realm to Emperor Realm; among a thousand Kings, not necessarily one will break through to Emperor Realm."

"Many remain stuck at late-stage King Realm their whole life, even until their life ends, unable to cross that threshold, so don’t celebrate too soon."

Lu Chen’s realm advancement speed is indeed very quick, but there are many exceptional talents in this world like him, advancing rapidly early on but getting stuck later, unable to break through again; Chu Yuqin has seen many such talents.

After hearing Chu Yuqin’s words, Lu Chen said with a smile, "I have confidence in myself."

Chu Yuqin said, "Let’s hope you can do it."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and left, not wanting to stay in the courtyard any longer.

At that moment, the courtyard was filled with Lu Chen’s wives and concubines, not the right place for her to be.

Soon, half a year passed.

In the pavilion, Zhou Youyou looked at her slightly swollen belly, a hint of worry appearing on her face.

She sighed softly before raising her hand to take a sour grape from the platter on the stone table and pop it into her mouth.

Originally, she didn’t believe Lu Chen’s words, thinking she had awakened some special physique, thus the small point in her body could isolate the Deceitful Evil.

But as days passed, she noticed her belly growing larger, and using Deceitful Evil to sense the small point in her abdomen, she found it was already shaped like a fetus.

Clearly, Lu Chen was right; she was indeed pregnant.

Although she was very pleased about carrying Lu Chen’s child, she worried whether this child could be born alive.

Her body was filled with Deceitful Evil; the fact that this child was surviving within her was a miracle in itself.

But surviving now doesn’t mean he will survive forever.

If one day the child cannot withstand the invasion of Deceitful Evil, he might suddenly be drained of vitality.

Most importantly, even if she really succeeded in nurturing the baby, she may not be able to give birth to him alive.

She had a mysterious physique; when giving birth, the fetus would inevitably come into contact with Deceitful Evil.

Can such a small fetus really withstand the invasion of Deceitful Evil?

Besides worrying about the child’s safety, she was concerned about her pregnancy being discovered by her sister and Yun Yudie.

Though her heart was with Lu Chen, Yun Yudie was still her superior in name.

She feared if her pregnancy was exposed, Yun Yudie and her sister would force her to terminate the pregnancy, not allowing her to give birth to the child.

To keep it hidden from Yun Yudie and her sister, she had stayed in the courtyard for a while without visiting them.

Previously, she occasionally went to see Zhou Xiaoxiao and Yun Yudie, as they had common topics as those possessing the mysterious.

Zhou Youyou planned to keep it concealed, only confessing after the child was born.

Now, she just feared Yun Yudie and Zhou Xiaoxiao suddenly coming to find her, exposing her secret.

Mysterious beings can actually avoid eating for extended periods; she intended to use seclusion as an excuse, avoiding her condition from being discovered, but not eating doesn’t mean the new life in her belly doesn’t need nutrition; she could feel the new life inside required plenty of vitality, and not eating might affect the fetus.

Moreover, perhaps due to the pregnancy, her body was affected, showing increased interest in human food, especially sour foods like grapes.

Gazing at the few remaining grapes on the fruit plate, Zhou Youyou told the maid beside her, "Prepare some more grapes."

Upon hearing Zhou Youyou’s words, the maid softly reminded her, "Madam, you’ve already eaten 10 bunches of grapes today; eating more might affect your health."

The maids in the estate didn’t know Zhou Youyou was a mysterious being; her excessive eating worried them about her health, especially her personal maids, as they would be impacted should anything happen to her.

Moreover, Zhou Youyou was bearing Lu Chen’s child.

Upon hearing the maid’s words, Zhou Youyou said indifferently, "It’s okay, I can eat unlimited grapes; my physique is special, no need to worry."

Then, Zhou Youyou tossed a grape into the air, catching it in her mouth, biting lightly, the sour juice instantly filling her mouth, refreshing her palate.

Seeing Zhou Youyou say so, the maid decided not to argue further, promptly leaving the courtyard to wash more grapes for Zhou Youyou.

After a while, another maid hurried into the courtyard, speaking to Zhou Youyou, "Madam, Madam Dazhou is here."

The estate’s servants usually addressed Lu Chen’s wives and concubines by placing their surname first, followed by ’Madam’.

But since Zhou Youyou and Zhou Xiaoxiao shared the same surname, the servants called them Madam Dazhou and Madam Xiaozhou for differentiation.

Upon hearing the maid’s words, Zhou Youyou’s expression changed slightly, she quickly sat up, tidying her dress to make her belly look less conspicuous.

Recently, she preferred loose clothing for disguise; with her back slightly hunched, her abdomen wouldn’t appear as protruding.