First Meeting, Skywater Team's Seven Beauties

"Hey, who are you?"

Just as Chen Yue froze, a girl among the little ones who had begun to shed her childishness asked in a clear voice, "Why are you at the Gu Family?"

"Sister Bing'er, he's my Third Aunt's Husband!"

Before Chen Yue could speak, Gu Qingbo, who was in his arms, could not help but shout.

Clearly, this girl who had shed some of her childishness and begun to look youthful was Shui Bing'er, the one with the highest Soul Power level among the seven girls.

An increase in Soul Power could make the body more robust as well. If one did not look at the face, it was impossible to tell the exact age.

This was also the main reason why many academies judged age by feeling one's bones.

Build and appearance could be disguised, but bone age... on the current Douluo Continent, there was still no method capable of concealing it.

Otherwise, how would the original Soul Master Competition have had anything to do with all those youngsters?

"What?"

Gu Qingbo said it casually, but Shui Bing'er and the others were stunned. "Your Third Aunt's Husband!?"

"No way!?"

"Is that real!?"

"I don't believe it. Your Third Aunt already has a man?"

"This guy only has a good-looking face. I bet he's still a little..."

Listening to these girls, who did not look very old but spoke rather fiercely, Chen Yue could not help breaking into a cold sweat.

Was this the all-female Heavenly Water Academy?

Did they all talk this boldly?

"Enough, stop talking!"

Noticing the look on Chen Yue's face, Gu Qingbo immediately felt a little embarrassed. "Um... Third Aunt asked me to take him to his residence. You girls go have fun first!"

"I'll come find you later!"

Hearing this, Shui Bing'er and the other girls looked at one another. Still, they did not hesitate and nodded. "Then hurry up!"

"Very soon!"

After watching Shui Bing'er leave, Gu Qingbo finally turned back to Chen Yue and smiled awkwardly. "Um... Third Aunt's Husband, they... uh, they were just talking nonsense, just shooting their mouths off!"

She was somewhat afraid that Shui Bing'er and the others' fierce words would be spread around through Chen Yue. If that happened, their reputations would be...

"I see."

Chen Yue nodded, the corner of his mouth twitching, but he did not dwell on the awkward topic. "By the way, could you tell me about how your Third Aunt and the others became the family heads?"

He had always been rather curious about it.

On Douluo Continent, women's status was not like it had been in his previous life. Forget any special privileges—even equality was only relative, after all. This was a world where Soul Masters reigned supreme.

Unless one possessed tremendous strength, like Spirit Hall's Pope Bibi Dong or Worship Hall's Young Master Qian Renxue.

But the Gu Family was led by three women. That was a little...

"Well..."

Gu Qingbo hesitated slightly, but then she thought of how Chen Yue had already passed the examination and been accepted as a son-in-law. Clearly, he already counted as half a member of the Gu Family, so... he should be allowed to know, right?

With that thought, she no longer hesitated. "Only members of the Gu Family are allowed to know about this. Since Third Aunt and the others have already accepted you, I'll tell you!"

"As for the specifics, I don't really know much either. I only know that my grandfather had four daughters and one son... um, that would be my father..."

Gu Qingbo said, "Our branch has always been the Gu Family's main branch, because only we possess the Gu Family's Inherited Martial Soul. But because I don't... the ones who inherited the position of family head were Third Aunt and the others, who possess the Inherited Martial Soul..."