Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 151 - 151 150 Yurou Turns Out to Be My Cousin_1

151: Chapter 150 Yurou Turns Out to Be My Cousin_1 151: Chapter 150 Yurou Turns Out to Be My Cousin_1 Yundie saw that Lu Chuan suddenly became so agitated and was a bit puzzled, asking, “What’s wrong with you?”

Lu Chuan glanced at Yundie, then at Tang Yurou, who was staring at him with a full face of unspoken resentment, opened his mouth, then closed it, opened it again, then closed it, struggling to utter a single word.

His grandfather’s name was Lu Zhiyuan, and Yundie’s father was called Gui Zhiyuan.

To say that these two were not the same person, Lu Chuan would rather believe in the existence of Ultraman in this world.

He had guessed that Yundie’s father was his own grandfather, and that Abbess Yanyue, out of unreciprocated love and after becoming pregnant with his grandfather’s child, harbored resentment.

Thus, she deliberately told Yundie that her father’s surname was Gui, which was clearly a way to insult his grandfather!

Lu Chuan could understand Abbess Yanyue’s feelings; changing his grandfather’s surname to Gui was actually quite mild, but if his guess was true, then Yundie was his father’s half-sibling, either a younger sister or brother, and he would have to call Yundie ‘Auntie’!

And Tang Yurou would become his own cousin!

This sudden realization of family relations gave Lu Chuan a headache, and what was most important was that Yundie, who was unaware, still intended to marry Tang Yurou off to him, which was utterly absurd.

“Abbess Yanyue should have just said straight out that Yundie is my auntie from the beginning.

What if I couldn’t resist their persuasion and agreed to take Yurou as my wife?

Then everything would be so messed up!”

Seeing that Lu Chuan didn’t respond to her, and with his expression alternating between a deep frown and a face of worry, Yundie asked, “Lu Chuan, what on earth is wrong with you?

Just say something!”

Lu Chuan looked up at Yundie and blurted out, “Auntie…”

Yundie was taken aback, then scoffed with a laugh, “You little rascal, what nonsense are you spouting?

Acting like Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu here with me.”

Lu Chuan said, “No, it’s true.

Auntie, you really are my auntie!”

An onlooker, Tang Shouli, asked in confusion, “Lu Chuan, why are you calling her auntie upon hearing Yundie’s father’s name?

Could it be that you also belong to the Gui family?”

Lu Chuan’s face darkened as he explained, “In fact, there is no Gui family at all.

That surname was deliberately changed by Abbess Yanyue to vent her anger.”

Yundie frowned and questioned, “What on earth are you talking about?”

Lu Chuan then immediately explained the relationship between Abbess Yanyue, his grandfather Lu Zhiyuan, and his own speculation.

After hearing everything, Yundie was completely flabbergasted.

Tang Shouli was also flabbergasted.

Tang Yurou was equally flabbergasted.

Lu Chuan, seeing the reactions of the three, felt resigned, for he had felt the same way when he figured out this issue, “Although I know this is a bit far-fetched, it’s most likely true.

Grandfather…

he indeed had quite a romantic past.”

“But to be on the safe side, we should still try some other method to confirm this.”

He looked at Yundie and said, “You drop a drop of blood into the palm of my hand, and I will try to sense whether there is a blood relation between us.

If there is, this drop of blood will suspend above my palm.

If there isn’t, it will be rejected.”

Yundie nodded, then bit her finger and dropped a bead of blood into the center of Lu Chuan’s palm.

The drop of blood slowly fell, and just before reaching Lu Chuan’s palm, it peacefully suspended there.

Lu Chuan sensed the connection between their bloodlines through this drop of blood, and all his doubts were swept away.

He looked up at Yundie, gave a bitter smile, and called out, “Auntie.”

He then turned towards Tang Shouli and called out, “Uncle.”

Next, he looked at Tang Yurou and called out, “Yurou, my cousin…”

Tang Yurou was dumbfounded.

She had finally convinced herself to accept the fact of marrying Lu Chuan, and over this period, Lu Chuan’s actions had started making her quite fond of him.

But now, Lu Chuan had suddenly become her cousin, which was undoubtedly a huge blow for a girl.

Moreover, her previous ambiguous attitude towards Lu Chuan was entirely because she had treated him as a marriage prospect, and looking back at that now, she felt utterly ashamed!

Tang Shouli was lost in thought, muttering, “My good son-in-law…

just like that, he’s gone?”

After coming to terms with the reality, Yundie clenched her fists and yelled at Lu Chuan, “You Lu family really are no good!”

Lu Chuan, rather awkwardly, said, “Auntie, you’re also part of the Lu family…”

Yundie’s face stiffened, “Except for me!”

Lu Chuan cleared his throat and said, “Since we are all one family after all, let’s not bring up marrying Yurou to me again.”

Tang Yurou’s face flushed to her neck as she vehemently said, “Who says I want to marry you?

Conceited freak, narcissistic freak!”

Lu Chuan hastily said, “Yes, yes, yes, I was too narcissistic.”

“Well then, I’ve had my fill, you all continue to eat.”

Having said that, he hastily got up and left the place.

He had to help this family of three digest this fact.

After Lu Chuan left, Tang Yurou threw herself into Yundie’s arms, sobbing loudly, “Mom!”

Yundie quickly embraced Tang Yurou, patting her back as she said, “My dear girl, don’t cry, what’s there to cry about?

Even though you can’t marry Lu Chuan anymore, you’ve gained a cousin, right?”

Tang Yurou cried even harder.

Yundie, with a look of helplessness, turned to Tang Shouli and asked, “Cousins can’t get married?

I remember in ancient times, cousins used to marry each other; wasn’t Lin Daiyu the cousin of Jia Baoyu?”

Tang Shouli wore a look of annoyed helplessness, and for a moment, didn’t know what to say.

…

In the end, Yundie accepted that she was a member of the Lu family.

Even though Lu Chuan was actually the descendant of her mother’s romantic rival, she felt that it was all old enmity, and she couldn’t make it difficult for Lu Chuan because of that, especially since Lu Chuan had saved the Tang family from devastation.

So, she gladly accepted this great-nephew.

That afternoon.

Lu Chuan was in his room, using jade stones obtained from the auction to refine an Array Plate.

Now that the crisis for the Tang family was over, and he had fulfilled the task given by Abbess Yanyue, he could go back and have Abbess Yanyue restore Gu Hongzhuang’s life span.

Also, he had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and after some more preparation, he would be able to return to Cloud City to seek revenge against Long Tianya and his son, Long Hao.

But before that, he wanted to refine an array that he could carry around with him.

It wasn’t long before the Array Plate took shape.

Lu Chuan inscribed numerous array patterns on it, and with the jade’s already excellent quality, it could completely bear the majority of the immensely powerful formations available to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

“Next, I need to consider what kind of array I should refine with this plate.

Right now, even though I’m just at the beginning stage of Foundation Building, I should have no problem facing a skillful expert from the third or fourth level of the Transcendent Realm.

And once I use the Sword Nourishing Gourd, if the opponent is unprepared, I might even be able to kill a ninth level Transcendent Realm practitioner.”

“So what I’m missing now is a means to deal with being ganged up on.

This array must be capable of area attacks, to ensure that if I am surrounded by many, I can still handle it deftly, without being too embarrassed.”

Lu Chuan earnestly flipped through the array formations recorded in his inherited memories.

After careful consideration, he finally decided to refine an array known as the ‘Five Phases Divine Thunder Array Formation.’

This array was considered one of the more powerful ones within the Foundation Establishment Realm; once activated, it could transform the Power of Five Phases into Divine Thunder for attacks.

The thunder summoned by the Purple Cloud Pearl had shown Lu Chuan the power of thunder.

The Divine Thunder released by this Five Phases Divine Thunder Array was far more potent, capable of inflicting substantial damage on Transcendent Realm skillful experts.

Most importantly, the Five Phases Divine Thunder Array could release dozens of thunders at once.

Even with numerous enemies, it could suppress them easily.

Of course, the power of the Five Phases Divine Thunder Array was unquestionable; its refinement was extremely difficult and required many rare materials.

Lu Chuan quickly calculated that just purchasing the materials would cost more than ten million.

“Money isn’t everything, but being without money is absolutely no good.

Fortunately, I have enough money in my card; otherwise, having the method to refine the array but lacking the money for materials would be the greatest tragedy for a cultivator in modern times.”

After deciding to refine the Five Phases Divine Thunder Array, Lu Chuan left the room to look for Tang Shouli, intending to ask him to help purchase the required materials.

After all, Qingyang City was the Tang family’s turf, and if he couldn’t rely on his newly recognized uncle at such a time, when would he?

He made his way to Tang Shouli’s study.

Lu Chuan saw Tang Shouli looking worried and somewhat downcast.

“Uncle,” Lu Chuan called out.

Tang Shouli looked up at Lu Chuan and responded, “Great-nephew.”

Lu Chuan asked, “The Sun family has already gone bankrupt; from now on, Qingyang City will be the Tang family’s domain.

You should be happy about that, why do you still look so troubled?”

Tang Shouli sighed, “It’s true that the Sun family has gone bankrupt, but I invested a lot in Cloud Mists Villa, and now that the place no longer has ghosts, the reputation from the past rumors still scares people away from buying the houses there.”

“Without buyers, the capital can’t flow back, making my previous investment akin to water thrown away.

This loss can’t be recovered just by the bankruptcy of the Sun family; the Tang family still faces massive financial pressure.

If we can’t find a solution, I’m afraid we’ll have to consider selling some family assets to cover the loss caused by Cloud Mists Villa.”

Lu Chuan’s brow lifted; he hadn’t expected that dealing with the Sun family would still not pull the Tang family through the crisis.

It looked like he needed to find a way to help the Tang family resolve the issue with Cloud Mists Villa.

After a moment of thought, a smile suddenly appeared on his face as he said, “Uncle, I have a way to sell all the houses in Cloud Mists Villa for you.”

Tang Shouli stared at Lu Chuan and said, “You have formidable strength and various unexpected divine skills, I admit you’re a genius, but the real estate business is nothing like fighting ghosts or dueling, it’s not that simple; the houses in Cloud Mists Villa aren’t something that can just be sold like that.”

Lu Chuan spoke with a smile, “I indeed don’t understand real estate, but if people choose not to buy houses in Cloud Mists Villa because of ghost rumors, wouldn’t they also rush to buy if they believed a divine miracle had occurred there?”

Tang Shouli paused and then said, “That’s true.

If a divine sign could show up, that would indeed cause a frenzy to buy.

But there are no such miracles in this world, and if we fabricate one, we’d just become a laughingstock.”

Lu Chuan continued with a smile, “You don’t have to worry about that, just listen to me.

I guarantee I’ll help you sell all the houses in Cloud Mists Villa.”

“Of course, before that, I need your help to buy some things for me.

It’s not much, just material worth about ten million or so.”