comes to me."Hearing Xia Tian’s nonsense, Sun Xinxin could no longer bear her embarrassment and hurriedly ran out of the room, locking herself in the bathroom.Xia Tian was excitedly calculating: "Thr...Chapter 1240: The Three Brothers of the Gu Family

"I want to go see my wife Meimei and then decide when to leave," Xia Tian said after some thought.

"Why Are you afraid that Meimei won't let you leave" Zhao Yujie seemed a little jealous.

"My great fairy wife, it's not like that. This time, Wife Meimei is also leaving the capital city, and Xiaofang will go with me too. In this case, there won’t be any real experts left in the capital city. If we encounter someone more powerful, I worry you might get into trouble. However, your temporary strength isn't enough for that yet, so I can't immediately elevate either of you to the Golden丹period cultivation level," Xia Tian explained. "But Meimei is different because her original strength is stronger than yours to begin with. Plus, she has a good innate talent and practices a method that allows quick advancement, so she should progress quickly. With her current level, I might already be able to perform the miraculous fifth needle for her."

After pausing briefly, Xia Tian continued: "Although the other two cultivators are far from the capital city and likely won’t appear here temporarily, it’s better to have precautions against unforeseen circumstances. If there are unknown experts appearing, things won't be good if you don’t have a master here. It takes me several hours to get from Jianghai City to here, so I want to leave only after my wife Meimei becomes an expert at the Golden丹level. That way, she can take care of you in case anything happens."

"Alright, then you should go find Meier quickly." Although Zhao Yujie wasn't originally angry, she was even happier after hearing Xia Tian's explanation. She also comforted Xia Tian, saying, "Actually, there’s no need to overthink it; cultivators are rare and unlikely to all end up here by chance."

">Mm, I understand that as well, but it’s better to be safe," Xia Tian nodded in agreement. "After a while, when you all move to Jianghai City and live together with me and Fairy Sister, then there won’t be anything to worry about."

"Alright, you should go find Meier first. When the time comes for you to leave, just let us know, and I’ll have Tian Yao and Sara accompany you." Zhao Yujie spoke in a gentle voice.

">Sure, my big fairy wife, then I'll be going now," Xia Tian didn’t say anything more. He simply pulled Zhao Yujie out of the water, kissed her lips, put her back into the water, and then vanished with a flash.

In the old courtyard of Gu’s family home, three young men were lined up in battle formation. It must be admitted that the Gu family had excellent genetics; these three young men were all quite impressive-looking. There was the tall and handsome Gu Mingjun, as well as the stunningly beautiful Gu Hanfeng who looked like a woman, and there was also another equally handsome and tall man, though he appeared to be the oldest among them—this was actually Gu Hongwen, the eldest of the three brothers in the Gu family.

In fact, although the Gu family is not a large clan, it is an ancient one. A hundred years ago, the Gu family was already on par with other notable families. Despite experiencing rises and falls over these past hundred years, the Gu family has managed to survive and continue to this day. From this perspective alone, it can be seen as extraordinary proof of the Gu family's uniqueness. After all, maintaining a family’s survival for a century is no easy feat, and the Gu family’s ability to do so demonstrates their capabilities.

However, around ten years ago, the Gu family hit rock bottom. The parents of the three brothers in the Gu family had passed away at that time, leaving behind only them. At that point, the underage Gu Hongwen became the head of the household and took on the responsibility of continuing their lineage.

Over these past ten years, Gu Hongwen has been low-key and cautious. As a result, the Gu family’s name hasn’t made waves in Beijing. Under his management, although the Gu family is still an inconspicuous small clan today, compared to ordinary families, they can be considered a wealthy household.

However, not long ago, when Gu Hanchuang returned to the Gu family and her three nephews witnessed her extraordinary abilities despite her age being close to theirs, they no longer wanted to remain low-key. From that point on, Gu Mingjun started openly competing with Young Master Zhao Xiaozhuo, while Gu Hanfeng frequently took action, showing an unafraid attitude, swiftly establishing a considerable reputation in Beijing. Even Zhao Gongzi, known as the first young master of Beijing, avoided direct conflict with them.

Of course, the powerful martial arts skills of the three brothers from the Gu family were not learned from Gu Hanchuang. In truth, this is due to Gu Hongwen. Ten years ago, while sorting through ancient texts left by their ancestors, he discovered a martial arts manual. After that, the three brothers in the Gu family began studying this manual together. Before Gu Hanchuang returned, they were still somewhat uncertain about many things; although they learned quite a bit, it seemed to be lacking something essential, preventing them from converting what they had learned into actual combat skills. But after Gu Hanchuang’s guidance upon her return, the three quickly integrated their knowledge and became martial arts experts overnight. Therefore, while their martial arts weren’t taught by Gu Hanchuang, without her guidance, they would not have reached this level of proficiency.

The formidable abilities of Gu Hanchuang also sparked the idea among the three brothers in the Gu family to expand their clan. However, the plans of Gu Hanfeng and Gu Mingjun to carve out a place for themselves were dashed by Xia Tian's arrival, making Gu Hongwen realize that while their martial arts skills were strong compared to ordinary people, they still fell short when measured against Xia Tian.

Just as Gu Hongwen was considering whether he should treat Xia Tian as an adversary, things suddenly took a dramatic turn. Even now, Gu Hongwen is at a loss as to how his great-aunt managed to get involved with Xia Tian. A few days ago, this great-aunt returned and informed them that she had become a maid to Xia Tian and would be her person henceforth.

At first, they were skeptical, but in recent days, when Xia Tian stirred up trouble in Shu City and the beautiful Taoist nun beside him became well-known, people naturally assumed his great-aunt was this renowned beauty. The three brothers of course knew better; that stunningly beautiful nun who accompanied Xia Tian everywhere was none other than their great-aunt. At this point, they had to accept the fact that their great-aunt truly had become a part of Xia Tian's group.

With this, Gu Hongwen naturally abandoned any thoughts of opposing Xia Tian. If even their formidable great-aunt, Gu Hanchuang, could be brought over by Xia Tian, how could they possibly stand up to him Besides, the most important reason was that there were no grudges between them and Xia Tian; why would they insist on being enemies when they had a chance to become friends

For this reason, when the major families in Beijing City began another round of reshuffling their power dynamics recently, Gu Hongwen thought about Xia Tian. He hoped that with Xia Tian's help, the Gu family could secure a place for themselves. With Ye Zhi Feng's death and Yuan Family's decline due to it, the ranking among the city’s major families would certainly change again. In Gu Hongwen's view, while the Gu family might not be enough to enter the top four families, with Xia Tian's help, there would definitely be a place for them in the circle of the four minor families.

So early this morning, Gu Hongwen called Gu Hanshuang. He had learned that Gu Hanshuang and Xia Tian had returned to the capital, so he hoped that Gu Hanshuang could speak up for the Gu family and secure greater benefits during this redistribution of power.

"Grand-Auntie, you're back." When they saw a Taoist priestess enter through the main gate, the three brothers from the Gu family bowed together. However, when they stood straight again and took a clear look at Gu Hanshuang, they were all involuntarily stunned.

Hadn't Grand-Auntie changed too much in just these few days

"Grand-Auntie, you look much younger," Gu Hongwen finally couldn’t help but say after a while.

Gu Hanshuang indeed looked significantly younger now, which made Gu Hongwen feel even more that this title felt odd. Judging from appearance alone, the current Gu Hanshuang was definitely younger than him.

However, in Gu Hongwen's view, the biggest change in Gu Hanchuang was not just that she looked ten years younger; her overall demeanor had also changed significantly. Previously, although she appeared to be only around thirty years old, she gave people a feeling of being over a hundred years old, with no vitality or liveliness, as if she could die at any moment. But now, while her expression still seemed somewhat aloof and cold, the entire person exuded a sense of liveliness and vibrancy for him, especially her eyes, which were bright and spirited, and her eyebrows had an allure that was not uncommon in ordinary women. All of this made her seem completely different from before.

"You said there's an emergency, what is it" Gu Hanchuang asked directly.

"It's like this, we..." Gu Hongwen didn't hesitate and quickly explained his thoughts.

After hearing him out, Gu Hanchuang furrowed her brows with a tone of displeasure: "This is what you call an emergency"

"Great-auntie, this concerns the rise and fall of our Gu family in the future, so I think it's quite important," Gu Hongwen hurriedly explained. I naturally become your father." Xia Tian said with righteous indignation."Ah" Yun Xiaodong tugged on Yun Qing's clothes, "Mom, is what the bad uncle said true"Yun Qing didn't know how to respond for...