Noble Marriage-Chapter 1069: Extra Story 2
"Qilin! How can you say such a thing that cuts off your own lineage?!"
"I’m just... speaking the truth. We both know, if Wuyou’s health continues like this, being able to last for a decade or so would already be a blessing."
"...I named him Wuyou, wishing that he would live without worries, to have a peaceful life... Is this small hope something even heaven won’t grant me?"
Standing at the doorway, Xuanyuan Wuyou heard his mother’s sobs and his father’s heavy sighs, and his eyes immediately dimmed.
Could it be that the Xuanyuan Family is truly going to be buried because of him?
"Stop crying. No matter how his health is, he won’t live past twenty-seven. This is predestined."
"I don’t believe in fate! There must be a way to make Wuyou live!"
"There won’t be a way, you know it too. The Xuanyuan Family has, for generations, been refining alchemical pills, consuming them, vainly wishing for immortality. Our constitution has long changed. This is heaven’s punishment for our delusions, and it’s also the consequence of our own actions..."
Xuanyuan Wuyou’s eyes flashed. So this is the reason why everyone in Xuanyuan Family can’t live past twenty-seven.
Because the ancestors wanted immortality, under the long-term erosion by pills, their bodies and blood changed.
His father’s words prompted another wave of sorrowful cries from his mother.
Xuanyuan Wuyou wanted to go in to comfort them, when he suddenly heard his father say firmly, "If this is fate, then I accept it. But the Xuanyuan Sect must not be lost at our hands; it’s the foundation left painstakingly by the ancestors, and it must not be destroyed!"
"Qilin, what... do you plan to do?"
"Rong’er, let’s have another child."
Xuanyuan Qilin’s words not only surprised her, but also startled the boy outside the door.
"What nonsense are you saying? We can’t possibly have another child."
"If we want it, then we certainly can."
Xuanyuan Qilin’s words carried an indescribable depth, and suddenly, Xuanyuan Wuyou seemed to understand his father’s unspoken intent. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
The next day, his father joyfully announced to everyone on the island that his wife was pregnant.
This news made everyone on the island very happy.
They thought the Family Head could never have children again, but who knew heaven showed mercy and gave him another child.
This good news was both unexpected and delightful to the people on the island, only Xuanyuan Wuyou remained very calm.
His mother "was pregnant," and she indeed seemed truly pregnant, experiencing all the symptoms that a pregnant woman should have; her belly grew larger day by day.
Xuanyuan Wuyou spent every day studying medicine, and in an ancient medical text, he found a record of a certain herb that could make one’s abdomen swell.
He thought, perhaps his mother had consumed that herb.
After ten months, his mother gave birth to a girl, instead of a boy, which he had expected.
His parents still held some hope for him.
If he could live to twenty-seven, their second child posed no threat to him.
Even if he unfortunately passed away early, the girl could still inherit the Xuanyuan Sect.
Presumably, his parents were contemplating the idea of letting Xuanyuan Sect change hands. If the girl truly inherited the Xuanyuan Sect, then eventually, one day, the Family Head of Xuanyuan Sect would no longer bear the Xuanyuan name.
And the Xuanyuan Sect could continue to exist, with the Family Head’s lifespan no longer stuck at twenty-seven.
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Tomorrow, the ending will be posted.
