Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse-Chapter 219 - 167: The Old Master’s Life is Coming to an End? Then Break Through to Ninth Grade!_3

"This morning, that disappointing fellow, Old Third, was still telling me he'd thought of a way."

"To help us break through to the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, which would add another two thousand years to our lifespan, and our Essence Blood would be replenished after the breakthrough."

"Ha ha, maybe we can try it at the end, right?"

"Anyway, I've seen my eldest grandson, and there's nothing else to regret."

Gu Kuang said this casually as a joke.

A breakthrough was naturally impossible.

Even if he hadn't burned his Essence Blood so recklessly before, he had no ability to break through the Annihilation Realm.

Not to mention now, attempting a breakthrough would be courting death!

But his words were like a hammer, jolting Gu Changge awake!

His eyes lit up.

"Yes, isn't it just a matter of breaking through to the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm?"

"Neither Essence Blood nor lifespan would be a problem anymore."

"How could I have failed to think of something so simple?"

It was only then that Gu Changge realized that in his panic, he had been misled.

Everyone was saying it was impossible, there was no hope.

He could only resign himself to death!

Even Senior Xue of the Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm had said the same, making him believe it.

But the old man's words made him realize.

Maybe all was not lost!

Why not just break through to the Ninth Grade?

"Hmm?"

"Good boy, don't overthink it."

"We've already accepted it, so why can't you?"

Hearing his eldest grandson say this startled Gu Kuang.

He had just said it offhandedly, intending to make a joke to ease his grandson's mood.

But why was his grandson taking it seriously?

It was not that he feared that trying to break through would hasten death, but that it was simply impossible. If he could have broken through, he would have done so long ago!

Gu Kuang didn't want his grandson doing something foolish over a single comment of his.

"No, no, no."

"Wait a moment, old man."

"Let me think."

"Let me think..."

Gu Changge, however, raised his hand to interrupt the old man, his mind quickly calculating.

The old man had cultivated up to the Eighth-Grade Heavenly Gate Realm, so his Root Bone must be good.

He had also surely taken plenty of Elixirs and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to enhance his Root Bone.

At the very least, his current Root Bone value should be over eighty without an issue.

The effect of his Root Bone Pill on someone other than his Daoist Couple was only one percent.

But the old man's Root Bone had not exceeded a hundred, and the price of a first-grade Root Bone Pill was not expensive.

Twenty Attribute Points, if increased a hundredfold, two thousand Attribute Points, even at one percent effectiveness, could increase the Root Bone value of a cultivator outside his Daoist Couple by one point.

Even if the old man's Root Bone was currently at the lowest, exactly eighty...

Forty thousand Attribute Points could help the old man reach around a hundred, and with another twenty thousand Attribute Points exchanged for a second-grade Root Bone Pill, it would be sufficient to elevate him to the level of an Acquired Spirit Body.

At most, sixty thousand Attribute Points could help the old man achieve an Acquired Spirit Body!

Every time the Root Bone was enhanced, it would naturally improve vital energy and blood, including Essence Blood...

Even if he couldn't break through to the Ninth Grade, reaching the level of an Acquired Spirit Body was enough to extend the old man's life by a hundred years without an issue!

In a moment, Gu Changge's mind raced with thoughts.

He was grateful that he still had seventy thousand Attribute Points in hand.

Enough to solve the current trouble!

As for spending fifty to sixty thousand Attribute Points to promote the old man to an Acquired Spirit Body and attempt a breakthrough to the Ninth Grade, he had not considered it; while these Attribute Points could indeed have the greatest effect on his Daoist Couple, he couldn't bear to ignore the old man's life and death.

"If you had the Root Bone of an Acquired Spirit Body, would you be confident in breaking through to the Ninth Grade?"

After a moment, Gu Changge suddenly looked up, his eyes shining intently, and asked the old man seriously.

"Heh, if I had had an Acquired Spirit Body earlier, how could I have been stuck at the perfection of the Eight-Grade Heavenly Gate Realm for so many years, I would have long..."

"What do you mean by asking this?"

"What are you planning to do?"

The old man responded instinctively to his grandson's question, but his words trailed off as he suddenly froze, especially with the intense look from his grandson that worried him, and he couldn't help but ask.

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"Let's not talk about the past, just now."

"If you now had the level of an Acquired Spirit Body and your Essence Blood replenished, would you be confident enough to break through?"

Gu Changge asked again with a serious tone.

After locking eyes with his grandson for a moment, Gu Kuang nodded, "If my Essence Blood were restored, plus having an Acquired Spirit Body, the chances of trying to impact the Ninth Grade would be around seventy percent."

"Come with me..."

After hearing this, Gu Changge didn't wait any longer and immediately led the old man outside.

"Eh?"

"Where are we going?"

"Eldest grandson, finish what you're saying."

Gu Kuang, looking bewildered, also hurried to keep up with his grandson, unsure of what he was planning to do.

But he let his grandson make his move; after all, what was there left to fear?

Cultivator Gu Qianjun, upon hearing the Young Master's voice and having completed a full Circulation of his Cultivation Technique, emerged from his room.

Before he could come forward and pay his respects, he saw the Young Master hurrying to take the second Elder somewhere.

"Young Master, where are you going?"

Gu Qianjun chased after him outside, asking hastily.

"To the Back Mountain to find the Ancestor, to help the old man break through to the Ninth Grade."

Leaving behind that statement, Gu Changge headed straight for the Back Mountain.

He was confident he could increase the old man's Root Bone and replenish his Essence Blood, and if the Ancestor lent his assistance on top of that, perhaps this time was not the old man's demise, but rather, the old man's opportunity to breakthrough to the Ninth Grade, turning death into life!

The old man followed, bewildered, not believing in breaking through to the Ninth Grade, which was like a fairy tale. However, he did want to meet the Ancestor; seeing the Ancestor one more time would fulfill one of his wishes.

Gu Qianjun stood there stunned, not following after them.

Not to mention he was a member of the Gu Family's collateral branches, even a member of the Gu Family's direct lineage, or an Elder, couldn't seek the Ancestor on the Back Mountain without a valid reason.

"Eh?"

"The old man's gone out?"

"Why does that person look like that brat?"

Gu Sanfeng happened to come to see the old man with his elder brother, as time was short, and they also wanted to spend as much time as possible with the old man during this period.

"It's the Young Master..." said Gu Qianjun somewhat dazedly.

"Where is this brat taking the old man?" Gu Sanfeng said irritably, upon hearing it was his grandnephew.

"He said..."

"He's taking the second Elder to break through to the Ninth Grade..."

Gu Qianjun answered uncertainly, suspecting he had misheard, or was the Young Master talking nonsense?

"What!?"

Gu Yixiao and Gu Sanfeng were incredulous upon hearing the response, looking at each other in disbelief!