Chapter 103: Gu Shengnan
Chapter 103: Gu Shengnan
At that moment, Gu Qingfeng walked over.
Seeing the newcomer, Gu Yang hastily bowed, "Father!"
"How is Li Niang?"
Gu Qingfeng looked at the tightly closed door of the room, from which came intermittent cries of pain.
Gu Yang shook his head, "There's no news yet!"
After saying that, Gu Yang couldn't help but pace back and forth, his expression shifting uneasily.
Gu Qingfeng frowned and sternly rebuked, "Pacing back and forth is unbecoming of a man of your standing!"
This reprimand made Gu Yang's face turn serious, and he stopped pacing, his anxious and worried expression fading slightly.
In the entire Gu Family Manor, the only person Gu Yang truly feared or respected was Gu Qingfeng. Especially now, with Gu Qingfeng's cultivation growing ever deeper, his presence in the Blade Polishing Hall exuded an indescribable aura of authority, making it impossible to look him in the eye.
Seeing Gu Yang finally calm down, Gu Qingfeng kept his eyes on his information panel.
This time, it was also a moment of validation.
Time slowly passed.
Suddenly, the information panel, which had been inactive for a long time, refreshed with new text.
"You have a new offspring!"
Gu Qingfeng's eyes lit up.
"Indeed, it works!"
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, the cries of a newborn baby echoed from the room, and the midwife emerged with a beaming smile, offering her congratulations.
"Congratulations, Master Gu, Lord Gu! Lady Li has given birth to a healthy daughter, and both mother and daughter are well!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yang rushed into the room.
Gu Qingfeng turned to the servant beside him and said calmly, "Bring in the midwife and give her a hundred silver taels!"
"Thank you, Lord Gu!"
The midwife's face lit up with joy. This was the benefit of dealing with a wealthy family. If something went wrong, the blame was inescapable, but if the task was completed successfully, the rewards were immense.
A hundred silver taels.
For an ordinary person, it was a fortune beyond imagination.
...
The next day, Gu Yang, holding a newborn girl, came before Gu Qingfeng.
"Please, Father, give the child a name!"
Gu Qingfeng glanced at the infant and smiled, "Let's call her Shengnan!"
"Shengnan!"
"Gu Shengnan!"
Gu Yang murmured the name, then his face lit up with joy.
"Gu Shengnan is a wonderful name! Thank you, Father, for bestowing it upon her!"
"To ensure the child develops exceptional potential, her roots and bones must be purified from a young age. Remember this. Also, the higher a martial artist's cultivation, the harder it is for them to have offspring. If possible, try to have more children before you reach the Bone Tempering stage to strengthen our family's lineage!"
Gu Qingfeng added this advice.
From the fact that Gu Shengnan was recorded on the information panel, Gu Qingfeng had a vague understanding of the true purpose of this golden finger.
To branch out and expand the family.
To strengthen the clan.
Currently, the Gu Family had only a few members, so the advantage wasn't apparent. But when the Gu Family lineage grew to hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, the impact would be formidable.
Of course, Gu Qingfeng couldn't be certain if this hypothesis was correct just yet. He needed to verify it further.
---
A few days later, in the Gu Family's backyard.
Gu Xuan and Gu Xiu appeared, their young faces radiating barely contained excitement.
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When Greenhill Gu arrived, the two boys formally bowed.
"Father, we pay our respects!"
"Hmm."
Greenhill Gu nodded, his gaze falling on the two of them.
Though they were only six years old, years of root washing and medicinal baths had made their bodies much more robust. Even compared to those a few years older, they were not lacking in any way.
"You are no longer young. Today, I will teach you the methods of martial cultivation. I hope you both understand and practice them well!"
"Yes, Father!"
The two boys hurriedly responded.
Both had long been eager to learn martial arts. Seeing many in the Gu Family Manor possess martial skills had only made them more restless.
Unfortunately,
Greenhill Gu had strictly forbidden them from practicing martial arts until they were old enough. Therefore, they dared not disobey, and no one in the Gu Family Manor dared to teach them privately.
"This time, I will teach you the basic fist technique of the Gu Family Manor, known as the Gu Family Fist. Although it is not a top-tier martial art, it will help you lay a solid foundation and allow you to progress further in the future."
Greenhill Gu explained slowly.
The current Gu Family Fist was different from the one from before. Over the years, Greenhill Gu had refined it, elevating this technique, which could only barely touch the Blood Tempering threshold, to a level comparable to top-tier middle-grade martial arts.
The current Gu Family Fist incorporated the advantages of Perfect Skin Tempering and Perfect Blood Tempering that Greenhill Gu had achieved.
Without exaggeration,
if the Gu Family Fist were used as the foundation for building one's roots, even if one couldn't attain Perfect Physical Cultivation, it would still allow the body to approach a near-perfect state.
Greenhill Gu believed,
that the current Gu Family Fist was truly among the top-tier middle-grade martial arts. Even the former Scorching Sun God Palm might not be stronger than the Gu Family Fist.
The Scorching Sun God Palm's true advantage lay in its ability to, upon reaching Blood Tempering perfection, allow the practitioner to autonomously temper their entire skeletal system, passively entering the Bone Tempering Realm.
Merely based on this, the Scorching Sun God Palm could surpass many middle-grade martial arts, and even outweigh ordinary high-grade martial arts in importance.
However,
if only considering the foundation, the Scorching Sun God Palm was slightly inferior to the Gu Family Fist.
Looking at Gu Xuan and the other's excited gazes, Greenhill Gu didn't say more, first explaining the Gu Family Fist's incantation and breathing adjustment methods, ensuring they fully memorized them before demonstrating the Gu Family Fist techniques.
A moment later,
Greenhill Gu finished a set of fist techniques, intending to ask if the two had remembered, but seeing their perplexed expressions, he slightly shook his head and didn't ask further, continuing to patiently demonstrate the techniques.
Half an hour later,
the two finally memorized the fist technique sequence and corresponding mental incantation.
Greenhill Gu was extremely satisfied with this.
Not to mention other aspects,
for a first-time encounter with martial arts, being able to remember a martial art's technique so quickly was, if not indicative of exceptional innate talent, at least a testament to their superior memory and comprehension compared to ordinary people.
"Only time will tell when the two will truly step into the Martial Path!"
Watching the two diligently practicing the Gu Family Fist, Greenhill Gu silently pondered.
(End of Chapter)
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