Marrying Qu Zhenzhen!

As a cultivation lineage, the Green Bamboo Lu Lineage naturally did not allow just anyone to bring outsiders in.

At the very least, Lu Changsheng did not yet have that privilege.

However, the disciples stationed at the entrance recognized Lu Changsheng and did not make things too difficult for him.

Seeing that Qu Zhenzhen had no cultivation and was merely an ordinary person, they gave her a brief inspection before letting her through.

They only asked Lu Changsheng to report her arrival to Uncle Fu.

"Thank you."

Lu Changsheng nodded in thanks, then took Qu Zhenzhen and Li Feiyu to Green Bamboo Manor to return the spirit steed to Uncle Fu and report her arrival while he was there.

When Uncle Fu saw that Lu Changsheng had returned from his trip with a young girl in tow, his expression turned peculiar, and he was somewhat speechless.

So this was what Lu Changsheng had been planning when he asked whether he could marry more wives and take concubines while renegotiating his contract.

Now that he couldn't take concubines from the Lu Lineage, he was bringing them in from outside instead?

Still, he had only brought back one woman. Uncle Fu said nothing, nor was it really his place to do so.

After all, aside from his fondness for women, Lu Changsheng had performed very well in talisman making and other respects. The Lu Lineage was quite satisfied with him.

However, once Uncle Fu noticed that Qu Zhenzhen possessed a spiritual root, his expression grew more serious.

He told Lu Changsheng that he could bring people in, but he could not casually bring cultivators or people with spiritual roots into Green Bamboo Mountain.

That was because the spiritual energy produced by a spiritual vein was limited.

Every additional person cultivating would consume another share of spiritual energy.

A few extra people naturally made little difference to Green Bamboo Mountain's spiritual vein.

But this was a rule of the Lu Lineage.

If everyone could freely bring people in, bringing all their friends and relatives to Green Bamboo Mountain, wouldn't it become overcrowded?

Lu Changsheng lived in Green Bamboo Valley, in particular, so he had even less leeway to bring people in casually.

Thus, Uncle Fu told Lu Changsheng he could bring in no more than two people.

If he wanted to bring anyone else in after that, he would have to pay spirit stones.

Uncle Fu said nothing about the Nine Nether Mastiff.

It was perfectly normal for cultivators to keep a demonic beast as a spirit pet, and the Lu Lineage had no rules restricting that.

Besides, demonic beasts came in countless varieties. The Nine Nether Mastiff was still a cub and looked like a little wolfhound, so it did not attract much attention.

Uncle Fu therefore paid it little mind, merely reminding Lu Changsheng to be careful.

With so many children at home, it would be terrible if the spirit pet injured one of them.

Lu Changsheng naturally nodded in agreement.

After thanking Uncle Fu, he carried the Nine Nether Mastiff and took Qu Zhenzhen back to his residence.

Naturally, none of his wives and concubines objected when Lu Changsheng brought Qu Zhenzhen home.

Although the Lu Lineage was a cultivation lineage, Lu Changsheng's wives and concubines had all grown up in the secular world and held somewhat traditional, feudal views.

Especially after Lu Changsheng revealed his talent for talisman making, rose in status within the Lu Lineage, and moved to Green Bamboo Valley, his wives and concubines had become utterly harmonious.

It would be no exaggeration to say that the husband was the guiding principle for his wives.

After Lu Changsheng briefly explained Qu Zhenzhen's tragic background to his wives and concubines, they showed great concern for their new younger sister.

They helped Qu Zhenzhen quickly settle into her new family.

However, having suffered such a drastic upheaval and now finding herself in unfamiliar surroundings, Qu Zhenzhen felt deeply insecure and remained most attached to Lu Changsheng.

Whenever she saw Lu Changsheng, she would cling to his side.

Lu Changsheng did not mind.

He also spent a little more time each day nurturing his relationship with Qu Zhenzhen.

After their feelings had deepened over more than half a month, Qu Zhenzhen finally opened her heart to Lu Changsheng completely.

She told him everything about her family and circumstances.

She came from a scholarly household in Zhoushan Prefecture, Dongyang Commandery, Azure Province.

Apart from her elder brother, Qu Changge, who had gone to the capital to take the imperial examinations, everyone in her family had met a tragic end at the old man's hands.

She had previously said she had no relatives because she knew Lu Changsheng could not possibly take her to find her brother at the time.

She had also, to some extent, wanted to latch onto Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu.

After all, she had been gripped by fear, panic, and despair.

When Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu appeared to rescue her like heroes saving a maiden, they were naturally a ray of dawn breaking through the darkness, one she wanted to cling to with all her might.

Otherwise, as a helpless young woman, she had no idea what she would do afterward.

After spending this time together and growing ever closer to Lu Changsheng, she was deeply thankful for her choice.

She knew Lu Changsheng was someone she could entrust her life to, and she had also fallen in love with him, so she held nothing back.

Finally, she asked Lu Changsheng to help find her elder brother, Qu Changge, and tell him what had happened to their family and how she was doing now.

As for avenging her parents, she did not mention it.

Perhaps she knew that this would not be easy for Lu Changsheng either, so she left it unsaid.

Lu Changsheng naturally agreed to such a small request, saying he would have someone help look for her brother.

At the same time, seeing that Qu Zhenzhen had opened her heart to him, Lu Changsheng brought up marriage.

Faced with his proposal, Qu Zhenzhen naturally nodded shyly in agreement.

Afterward, Lu Changsheng sought Uncle Fu's help and held a simple wedding at Green Bamboo Manor, taking Qu Zhenzhen as his wife.

After all, the young girl was all alone and had followed him to Green Bamboo Mountain. Lu Changsheng would naturally give her ample reassurance and a proper place as his wife.

"Why is Lu Changsheng getting married again?"

"He went out a while ago and brought a woman back."

"Good heavens, he's already married nine women! Why is he marrying another?"

"He already has more than ten children, too, and he's still having more."

"Ridiculous. Just fucking ridiculous. He doesn't even have to father fifty children anymore, so why is he still having so many?"

"You can tell he really loves children."

"Doesn't he need to cultivate?"

"Does all this marrying wives, taking concubines, and having children look like cultivation to you?"

"I just took a look with the Spirit Eye Technique. This bride has a spiritual root."

"Ah, no wonder..."

Many Lu Lineage disciples and Immortal Seedlings attended Lu Changsheng's wedding, marveling that he was marrying yet again.

After all, he already had nine wives and concubines.

For a cultivator his age, this undoubtedly suggested he had somewhat given up on pursuing cultivation.

The Immortal Seedlings were even more at a loss for words.

Lu Changsheng clearly no longer had to be forced into having children,

yet he was still willingly marrying wives and having children like mad.

Meanwhile, they did not want to marry or have children at all and only wished to cultivate, yet they had no choice but to keep producing babies.

The wedding was very simple, with no particular ceremonies, merely going through the motions.

Then he treated the Lu Lineage disciples and Immortal Seedlings at Green Bamboo Manor to a meal, making the occasion a little livelier.

The wedding banquet cost Lu Changsheng twenty-four spirit stones in total.

As for the wedding gifts everyone brought, Lu Changsheng returned them all.

It was not that he thought he had too much money.

The Lu Lineage disciples and Immortal Seedlings at Green Bamboo Manor were already poor and had difficult lives.

His finances were fairly comfortable now, so there was no need to covet that little bit of money.

Otherwise, people might start saying behind his back that he had deliberately held a wedding to squeeze gift money out of them.

Lu Changsheng also prepared a red envelope for his good friend Li Feiyu.

After all, Li Feiyu had witnessed how he and Qu Zhenzhen came together, so he naturally ought to give him a token of appreciation.

At the same time, he also asked Li Feiyu to write back to the Red Whale Gang and have them help search for Qu Zhenzhen's elder brother, Qu Changge.

When the wedding banquet was nearly over, Lu Changsheng went to the bridal chamber.

"Zhenzhen."

Seeing Qu Zhenzhen sitting on the bed in a phoenix crown and embroidered bridal robes, with a red veil over her head, Lu Changsheng called to her.

Qu Zhenzhen did not answer, but beneath the hem of her dress, her little feet in their red embroidered shoes involuntarily drew back slightly.

Lu Changsheng chuckled at the sight, walked over to Qu Zhenzhen, and gently lifted her red veil.

It revealed Qu Zhenzhen's shy face, delicate as carved jade, with soft, fair skin.

"Husband."

Her fair, tender cheeks flushed red as Qu Zhenzhen called to him timidly.

Even after spending so much time with Lu Changsheng and developing both affection and a reliance on him, Qu Zhenzhen remained bashful.

That was simply her nature.

"Zhenzhen, it's time for bed."

Looking at Qu Zhenzhen's lowered eyes, her face full of shyness, and her hands that seemed to have nowhere to hide, Lu Changsheng sat on the bed and gathered her into his arms.

"Husband, the candles haven't been blown out... mmph~"

Qu Zhenzhen spoke in a soft, sweet voice, but before she could finish, a melting little moan escaped her lips.