ch 238 â An Unexpected Discovery; Chasing Away The Best (7)
Under Zhou Jinjiangâs austere stare, each and every single one of them lowered their heads. In the Zhouâs, Zhou Jinjiang has absolute respect.
The strictly adhere to the âyour husband is your entire worldâ rule, which was the most basic rule among common women.
âYe, donât be angry. We just worry about our safety is all!â Mrs. Zhou explained again after she had made him promises, âNeither me nor my sisters had expect that the Chengâs would encounter someone so powerful.â
âHrm, these characters are everywhere. Itâs just a matter of whether they would come and rob you!â Zhou Jinjiang had been working for the royals for many years. As far as he was concerned, risking oneâs life couldnât be more normal. He never expect to live a secluded life after he had quit his previous position.
Contrarily, he was aiming for the next higher level. He failed to see any more prospect working for the royals. Other than losing his life, there just werenât a lot more he could go after. He had been stuck at the martial spiritualist level for eight years. In the past eight years, he had tried all means but still werenât able to move forward any.
Ever since he had drank the mystical water from the Chengâs, he noticed that his bottleneck was starting to loosen up. That had brought him the biggest surprise. He realized that he was better off fighting along side his buddy rather than selling his life to the royals. In addition, he knew very well what kind of people the Chengâs were â tits for tats, quid pro quo.
That was why he gave up what he had worked on for the past twenty years â the riches, the power. That might have been way more difficult to give up twenty years ago; but now, he could give them up easily without looking back. All these were merely materialistic goods; what he was going after longevity.
Cultivators below the level of martial king have lifespans between 100 â 150 years; once you break through passed martial monarch, at least 300 â 400 years, and he had met someone like that before.
Someone who had lived for 340 years who looked about the same as him. He was utterly stunned, and also made up his mind to pursue longevity with his family.
He wanted to bring his two sons with him as well, but he couldnât, for the peace of mind of the emperor. Unless he had powers to stand up against the emperor, heâd have to wait till his sons finished their training before he could see them again.
âYe, donât be mad. We just worry about your safety is all!â said Mrs. Zhou, as the concubines next to her nodded in agreement.
Zhou Jinjiang looked at this concubines and said, âItâs almost morning, you should go back and get some rest. We can talk more tomorrow!â
âYes, qie1 will retire now!â
The concubines dare not disagree with him. They curtsied to him and retired, leaving the couple in the main house
Mrs. Zhou laughed as she saw that and said, âYe, the sisters only had your best interest in mind. Why you have to scare them like that?â
âI wasnât trying to scare them!â said Zhou Jinjiang as he shook his head. He looked at his wife and said to her, âThey were women gifted to me by the emperor. They are not of high status and also very ignorant. You need to guild them so they donât misspoke and bring us trouble.â
âYe, I got this!â nodded Mrs. Zhou. Then, she sighed and said, âIt would be nice if they can cultivate too, then they will be able to always keep you company!â
Mrs. Zhou is not an envious person. She understood her husbandâs feelings toward her, and the concubines were merely women gifted by the emperor and they must keep them around and theyâd serve her husband when she wasnât feeling well.
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Notes:
1. How the concubines were referring to themselves in a humble form.
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