Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister Chapter 955 499: Am I Here Just for Breeding?

"Your Highness, no need to fret so much. General Wu Guang isn't just any ordinary fellow; he'll surely make a full recovery."

"One can only hope!"

A look of deep sorrow clouded Qin Qi's face; his sole heir had perished on the battlefield. Wu Guang... simply couldn't bear this reality yet.

"Shall we inform Great Yu about it?"

The stunning lady inquired in a gentle tone.

Since it involved a battlefield casualty—Wu Guang's own son—rewards were customary, death or no.

"What good does that do once a person's gone?"

Qin Qi despised such customs entirely. Honoring the deceased? Utter rubbish!

"Think of it as a way to comfort Wu Guang."

The elegant woman understood his temperament well, yet nobody relished these affairs. Treat it merely as consolation for Wu Guang.

"We'll discuss it another time."

Irritation stirred within Qin Qi. Though the Stone Race endured severe casualties this round, Wu Jin's death too meant Great Yu's toll could prove even heavier.

And... the Stone Race might exploit the chance to launch an assault.

"Come here!"

Qin Qi summoned in a low voice.

"Your Highness!"

A servant girl hurried over. Within the Nineteen Prince's Mansion, solely maids accessed the inner quarters, much like Chen Xuan's situation.

"Summon the other three to the Prince's Mansion, excluding Wu Guang!"

"Understood!"

The maid departed the garden swiftly upon the command.

...

Within the azure tent.

Wu Guang gave a wry smile while gazing at Liu Sheng, inquiring, "Chief Eunuch, what's our next move?"

"The path will clear when the boat reaches the bridgehead! Relax."

Liu Sheng replied in a hushed manner.

Troubles existed, yet remained within control.

Events beneath the cliff stayed unknown; should Wu Jin abruptly ascend, none could object!

Wu Guang caught his drift and voiced worry: "I'm just unsure if the Nineteen Prince has descended there before."

He and the trio hovered near the Seventh Layer Dao Realm's peak—insufficient depth.

Qin Qi appeared as Mid-Eighth Layer on surface, but from repulsing the Stone Race Great Ancestor earlier, likely Late Stage now. With Imperial Family arts, he could clash against Eighth Layer peak.

"He's merely Late Eighth Layer; deeper descent eludes him!"

Indeed!

Wu Guang chuckled in resignation; Liu Sheng alone spoke so boldly.

Attaining Dao Realm's Eighth Layer lay beyond his dreams.

He grasped his limits clearly—the gulf from Seventh to Eighth Layer proved insurmountable in his lifetime.

"Incidentally, keep it under wraps!"

Liu Sheng cautioned.

To a brute like Wu Guang, secrecy posed a real test.

"I'll announce seclusion for some time!"

Feigning grief wasn't his strength. At the cliff, he'd relived life's darkest moments endlessly, but faking now? Impossible.

Seclusion, shunning all visitors, stood as his sole recourse.

...

Stone Race!

In the stone dwelling, Chen Xuan feigned unconsciousness while devouring this Stone Race member's recollections.

Jiang Tian! Dao Realm Second Layer.

Stone Race and Human Race cultivation paths mirrored closely. Humans refined the Dantian; Stone Race honed the chest's Crystal Stone.

A rigid hierarchy governed the Stone Race.

Surnames marked this rank.

Shi claimed the loftiest position among Stone Race surnames, tied to the Royal Family's supremacy!

Following were Ning, Yang, Zhang.

These ranked as elite surnames.

Superior strength yielded no exemption from deference to Shi bearers. Plus, Shi blood from Stone Ancestor imposed suppression on others.

Jiang Tian's surname rated commonplace.

Innate inferiority.

Trivial matter aside; Chen Xuan balked most at Stone Race's gender ambiguity—all identical.

Hence, unlike Humans pairing male-female for labor and progeny.

Stone Race pairs merged chest Crystal Stones, birthing fresh ones nurtured into new members.

For Stone Race, the chest Crystal Stone equaled Humans' Dantian—nay, far vitaler.

"Squeak..."

The stone house's petite door creaked open as a male and female entered.

The man was none other than the Stonemason.

But now, his face twisted into a hideous scowl. Slaying Wu Jin—son of Wu Guang, one of the Human Race's four great generals—ought to have been a massive triumph. Yet in the end, Qin Qi's lone sword wiped out over a thousand Stone Race clansmen.

Back among the Stone Race, he got hauled in and chewed out mercilessly.

Deep resentment churned inside the Stonemason.

What recourse did he have? Wu Guang had lost all reason like a feral beast, and only the Third Ancestor's timely rescue spared him from tumbling to his doom off the cliff.

"The Great Ancestor is really something. So mighty, yet he won't just erase that cursed Nineteen!"

Bitterness gnawed at the Stonemason.

Victory wasn't beyond their grasp; eliminate that wretched Nineteen, and the Stone Race could shatter the Stone Cave's defenses.

United with other forbidden realms, they could then overrun Great Yu entirely.

That vision alone set his blood racing.

As he grumbled under his breath, the girl at his side had already approached the bed, tilting her head to examine Chen Xuan closely.

A moment later!

"Daddy, why hasn't Jiang Tian woken up yet!"

"His Crystal Stone remains completely unharmed?"

This young girl was Shi Lin, the Stonemason's daughter, at Dao Realm First Layer.

"The damned Nineteen's Sword Qi injured his sea of consciousness, but it's not severe—he'll recover shortly."

With the Stonemason's expertise, one simple probe revealed the truth.

Yet his reassurance only furrowed Shi Lin's brow deeper. "How long?"

"One month from now, the supreme Yang Qi in the Holy Land hits its peak—the prime time for Crystal Stones to emerge. If Jiang Tian doesn't pull through, what will we do!"