Having children earns benefit, start competing for dominance in the world by marrying a wife-Chapter 1024 - 714: Lu Chen’s First Seclusion

After spending another day with Mu Zixuan, Lu Chen finally let her leave the Wind Cloud Palace.

When Mu Zixuan had left, Lu Chen soaked alone in the bath, his eyes fixed on the system interface.

"Saint-level Puppetry Technique: Saint-grade Puppetry Technique, four levels in total. Cultivate this puppetry technique to perfection, and the puppet and the host’s strength and perception can be communicated 100 percent. Within this universe, you can control the puppet to go anywhere, regardless of the distance."

Lu Chen was startled upon seeing the function of the puppetry technique. His first thought was to use the puppet to explore the Ziyang World, as he was initially planning to wait for the people from the Black Dragon Holy Land before trying to explore. He didn’t expect the system to reward him with a puppetry technique that could ignore distances so quickly.

However...

Exchanging half of the Tianchen World’s Qi Fortune for a Saint-level Puppetry Technique, why did he feel somewhat shortchanged?

Right, for harboring a child world and nurturing it, he could receive rewards.

The current reward from the system was only for Mu Zixuan harboring a child world; once she nurtured the child world, he could receive another reward.

He remembered when Chu Yuqin was harboring a child world, and the reward was just the Formless Sand needed to repair Tianchen World. Compared to the Saint-level Puppetry Technique, Formless Sand was nothing.

Mu Zixuan had received such a great reward for harboring a child world this time; would the rewards be even better when she nurtured the child world?

Thinking this, Lu Chen felt a flicker of excitement. After all, he had consumed half of Tianchen World’s Qi Fortune; he deserved some good returns.

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Since absorbing half of Tianchen World’s Qi Fortune, the cultivators of Tianchen World had become unluckier, with a significantly higher failure rate in their breakthroughs. This had little effect on ordinary people.

Lu Chen seriously suspected that Tianchen World was compensating for its own Qi Fortune by absorbing the Qi Fortune of individual cultivators, resulting in the current plight of the cultivators being more ill-fated than ever.

Of course, this was just Lu Chen’s speculation; he had no evidence.

Lu Chen then closed the system interface and quickly finished his bath, then headed to an underground palace in the Imperial Palace.

Over the years, the Imperial Palace had undergone renovations which included constructing a vast palace underground primarily used for the seclusion of his consorts and children.

Lu Chen’s consorts and children used it frequently, yet he had never used it himself. His previous method of cultivation had been through women, and he had no need for secluded cultivation.

This time, however, he wanted to cultivate the Puppetry Technique to perfection quickly, so he decided to seclude himself for cultivation.

Since the system had upgraded, he could no longer cultivate through women; the system explained that cultivating on his own was faster than improving through women.

When Lu Chen entered the underground palace, the maids looked at him in surprise. Their Majesty had voluntarily come to the underground palace today?

What was His Majesty doing at the underground palace?

Was it possible that he wanted to be intimate with some Noble Concubine, and since she was not above, he had personally come down to find someone and intended to indulge here directly?

The underground palace was just as splendid as above, with bright lighting that was far from dim.

Now, the industry of the Daxia Dynasty had developed to a certain level, improving the qualities of manufactured lightbulbs. The items used by the Emperor, naturally, were even more luxurious.

Lu Chen walked through the corridor of the underground palace, arrived at the Wind Cloud Palace below, and then said to the maid guarding it, "I am going into seclusion for cultivation. Unless there is something important, no one is to disturb me."

After hearing Lu Chen’s words, the maid was initially startled but quickly responded, "Yes... Yes, Your Majesty!"

Your Majesty has decided to enter closed-door cultivation, this is indeed huge news; everyone in the Imperial Palace knows what kind of person Lu Chen is, yet now he’s actually saying he wants to enter closed-door cultivation!

Has the sun risen from the west today?

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Lu Chen paid no heed to the astonished gazes of the maids as he walked straight into the Wind Cloud Palace. Once the palace doors closed, he began to cultivate the Saint-level Puppetry Technique.

Soon, the news of Lu Chen’s closed-door cultivation spread throughout the entire Yancheng Imperial Palace. Upon hearing that Lu Chen intended to enter closed-door cultivation, his wives and concubines were all stunned, and quickly they gathered together.

Inside Wind Cloud Palace, the women looked at each other in curiosity.

Mu Zixuan broke the silence, "Chu, why did His Majesty suddenly decide to cultivate in seclusion? Did something happen?"

Chu Yuqin responded, "I don’t know either; Chen’er went to the underground Wind Cloud Palace without telling me."

"It seems you were the last woman he saw before he went into seclusion, didn’t he mention anything to you about it?"

Mu Zixuan thought for a moment and then replied, "No, he didn’t say anything to me."

At this, the women again exchanged looks, and Chu Yuqin turned to look at Bai Qingqing. Bai Qingqing was Lu Chen’s personal maid; surely she must know something.

"Sister Bai, you should know why Chen’er has gone into seclusion, right?"

Bai Qingqing shook her head and said, "This consort also has no idea."

Yelv Nanyan spoke up, "How could His Majesty not even tell Sister Bai? Could it be that something really has happened, and His Majesty doesn’t want us to worry, so he didn’t tell us?"

Upon hearing this, a worried expression appeared on the faces of all the women.

After all, Lu Chen was someone who had never practiced in seclusion before; his usual method of cultivation was Dual Cultivation with his wives and concubines. This sudden seclusion caught everyone off guard.

The key issue was that he had told them nothing beforehand and hadn’t asked the maids to pass on any messages. It was impossible for them not to worry.

Chu Yuqin thought for a moment about Lu Chen’s identity and then said, "Let’s not think too much. Perhaps Chen’er just wanted to be in seclusion. There probably isn’t anything wrong."

Chu Yuqin recalled that Lu Chen wasthe son of the Great Emperor, a figure who, in his former life, was an ascetic who disregarded romance and avoided women, solely focused on cultivation. Now, it was just a matter of entering seclusion, and they needn’t be so tense.

After hearing Chu Yuqin’s words, Wang Qingci said, "What Chu said is true, alas, we just don’t know how long His Majesty’s seclusion will last."

Wang Qingci thought to herself that it had been a long while since Lu Chen had visited her, although she knew it wasn’t because of her, but simply because it hadn’t been her turn yet. Just when her turn was approaching, Lu Chen had gone into seclusion. How could she cope without Lu Chen’s presence?

Zhou Youyou also whispered, "His Majesty’s seclusion won’t last a hundred years, will it?"

Xiao Wenyao joined in, "It’s hard to say, I’ve heard that higher-leveled cultivators sometimes go into seclusion for a hundred years."

Chu Qingli then said, "If he really is in seclusion for a hundred years, what will we do?"

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Seeing that all of Lu Chen’s wives and concubines looked worried, Chu Yuqin felt somewhat speechless. Lu Chen had only just entered seclusion, and here they were, already fretting about when he might come out.

It’s not like they were that enthusiastic usually; they would start pleading for mercy not long after they got into bed, and now they were suddenly concerned that Lu Chen’s seclusion might last too long.