Chapter 4

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Chapter 4: The Second Choice

Li Xiaojun prepared a lot of delicious food for his two daughters and then asked He Qingqing to take it back for him.

After He Qingqing left, Li Xiaojun eagerly returned to his room and opened the box his daughter sent him.

Inside the box, there was a letter and a full box of transparent stones.

Li Xiaojun first opened the letter to take a look.

The letter was written by his eldest daughter, Li Yuting.

In the letter, Li Yuting told Li Xiaojun that the stones she sent him last time were spirit stones, which contained spiritual energy.

Learning that Li Xiaojun could absorb the spirit stones to become younger made Li Yuting very happy.

So this time, she directly sent Li Xiaojun one hundred spirit stones.

She informed him that this was just the cultivation resources she received for the month.

Li Yuting also told Li Xiaojun that she was now a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refinement and that after a few years when she reached Foundation Establishment, she would be able to visit him.

Seeing his daughter’s letter brought Li Xiaojun great joy.

From the letter, he also understood that the transparent stones were the spirit stones used by cultivators for training.

No wonder the system could absorb that energy; it turned out to be the famous spirit stones.

After finishing the letter, Li Xiaojun began to let the system absorb the spirit stones.

Soon, all the spiritual energy from the spirit stones was absorbed, and Li Xiaojun gained another 100 energy points.

With one hundred energy points, Li Xiaojun thought for a moment and first spent 20 points to exchange for lifespan.

He only exchanged for 20 years of lifespan because he was afraid that if he exchanged too much at once, he might become a teenager or even an infant.

After exchanging for twenty years of lifespan, Li Xiaojun then proceeded to exchange for lifespan year by year to test the limits.

Before long, Li Xiaojun discovered that once his appearance returned to around twenty years old, no matter how much lifespan he exchanged, he would remain looking around that age.

In the end, Li Xiaojun exchanged all one hundred energy points for lifespan, and his age still appeared to be twenty.

Unfortunately, the system was too inadequate; he couldn’t see his attribute panel, not even how much lifespan he had left.

“Are you Mr. Li? How did you become younger?”

“Ah! I became younger because my daughter brought me an elixir that cured my illness, and I was already quite young; I’m just in my twenties…”

In Honghe Town, everyone was envious of Li Xiaojun’s sudden youth.

Many people envied Li Xiaojun for having two daughters with top-grade spirit roots who could bring him elixirs from the Immortal Gate to heal him.

“Mr. Li, your two daughters have gone to the Immortal Sect, and now you’re all alone without anyone understanding you. Master Chen has a daughter who is just 18 years old and very beautiful…”

One day, a well-known matchmaker in the town approached Li Xiaojun to introduce a partner to him.

If it were before, Li Xiaojun would have firmly refused.

Because getting married meant his lifespan would be consumed.

During intimacy, the system would forcibly enhance his offspring, which would consume ten years of his lifespan.

Thus, even after his wife passed away, he had never remarried all these years.

However, now he felt that he could definitely remarry.

His lifespan was at least over one hundred years, which was more than enough to consume.

Moreover, as long as the first pregnancy was successful, the system would not forcefully deduct his lifespan during intimacy for the following year.

This meant he could enjoy one year of happiness by only consuming ten years of lifespan.

Additionally, the deducted lifespan could be resolved if he had his daughter bring back more spirit stones.

With the existence of the system store, as long as he could continuously obtain spirit stones, it meant he could achieve eternal life.

So, under such circumstances, Li Xiaojun really started to consider marrying another wife.

As for whether to marry Master Chen’s daughter or someone else, Li Xiaojun planned to investigate further.

Marriage is a significant matter in life; the character of the wife would determine how smooth life would be in the future.

Next, Li Xiaojun inquired about Master Chen’s daughter and then decided to give up.

Although Master Chen’s daughter was beautiful, he heard that the young lady had a very strong temperament.

Therefore, he dared not marry such a woman for fear of bringing home a difficult ancestor.

Afterwards, through inquiries, Li Xiaojun finally set his sights on a girl from an ordinary family in the town named Wang Qiuyu!

Her name was a bit plain, but she was quite pretty and very young, only 18 this year.

Most importantly, she was very industrious, and her personality was excellent, making her an ideal partner for daily life.

Li Xiaojun also heard that Wang Qiuyu had spirit roots, but during the spirit root testing, she was found to have low-level spirit roots in metal, wood, earth, and water, which were too mixed, so the Immortal Gate did not accept her.

After confirming his target, Li Xiaojun quickly found a matchmaker to propose to the Wang family.

Wang Qiuyu was beautiful and hardworking, so in the past two years, many matchmakers nearly broke down their door with offers.

Many unmarried young men in the town had sought to propose to Wang Qiuyu, but all had been rejected by her parents.

However, this time, after Li Xiaojun asked the matchmaker for a proposal, Wang Qiuyu’s parents immediately agreed.

Li Xiaojun appeared too outstanding now.

He had two daughters with top-grade spirit roots who were destined to become powerful Immortal Masters in the future.

Furthermore, Li Xiaojun was now very wealthy and had returned to his youthful state.

To Wang Qiuyu’s parents, allowing their daughter to marry Li Xiaojun was a path to a life of comfort.

Additionally, having lived in the town for so many years, everyone noticed Li Xiaojun’s kindness toward his late wife and two daughters.

Wang Qiuyu marrying him would undoubtedly not be a loss.

Wang Qiuyu’s parents agreed, and Wang Qiuyu herself had no objections to marrying Li Xiaojun.

So soon, Li Xiaojun married Wang Qiuyu.

On the wedding day, Li Xiaojun hosted a banquet for many guests, including officials from the county who came to congratulate him.

…

On the night of the wedding, after sending off all the friends and family, Li Xiaojun finally entered the bridal chamber.

On this wedding night, a beautiful woman in a red wedding gown awaited her husband’s arrival.

Lifting the red veil, drinking the cup of wine together, soon the candles in the room were extinguished.

【System Notification: Detected that the target has low-level spirit roots.

1. Option to consume 10 years of lifespan to enhance the offspring.

2. Option to consume 50 years of lifespan to enhance the offspring.】

Just as Li Xiaojun was in the bridal chamber, the voice of the system notification rang in his ear.

Hearing the system notification shocked Li Xiaojun.

In the past, the system had no such choices; it directly consumed ten years of lifespan to enhance the offspring.

However, now, perhaps because Wang Qiuyu had low-level spirit roots, despite being a mixed-grade spirit root, the system provided an additional option.

After some hesitation, Li Xiaojun chose 2, consuming 50 years of lifespan to enhance the offspring.

He wanted to see what the talent of the offspring born from the consumption of fifty years of lifespan would be like.

“I choose 2.”