The Shining Star Above The Heaven

Chapter 1220 - 1220: Checking His Wives

"I... I... choose to leave my god," Patriarch Elliot said after a moment of contemplation.His voice sounded hesitant but also carried resignation.

Aldrian smiled hearing that.

"Good choice, Patriarch. So why not start immediately implementing this decision within your family? The sooner, the better. It will quickly solve your family's problem, and I will not come disturb you anymore. You could start by closing your family's doors and entering a long period of family seclusion."

Patriarch Elliot felt reluctance, but after three seconds of hesitation, he nodded. He simply felt compelled to agree with Aldrian's suggestion without saying anything else. Although he found it strange, he still felt that following what his logic and common sense considered the best course of action was the right thing to do.

"Good," Aldrian said as he tapped his knee and stood up.

"Well, I think that is enough from me. I think it is time for me to go back. Oh yes, I almost forgot. If anyone also cultivates using the same cultivation technique from your god, please tell them the same thing I told you. I would appreciate that."

Patriarch Elliot took a deep breath and slowly released it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."

Aldrian smiled and nodded. "Good."

The next moment, Aldrian disappeared, which made Patriarch Elliot release another sigh before slumping against the sofa behind him. He could not help but frown as irritation filled his heart. He felt humiliation, yet there was nothing he could do about it.

Throughout the conversation, he could only agree and say yes to everything Aldrian said. Although he felt hesitation and reluctance, he still could not stop himself from following what Aldrian ordered.

He felt so out of character, yet he did not find it strange either because the survival of his family remained the most important thing in his mind.

'Yes, this is for the best of the family. This is for our survival,' he thought.

Patriarch Elliot took another deep breath to calm his mind before thinking about his next move to implement what Aldrian ordered him to do.

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Aldrian had already returned to his palace, and he walked toward the time acceleration room where he could sense all of his wives gathered.

The matter of the Valroy family had been easily dealt with using his trick, as long as it was not Randolf.

With only a trick that messed with one's mind alongside a slight hypnotic effect, every word that came out from his lips could affect even the subconscious of any being. Those affected by it would think that it was what they were supposed to do, and they would believe it was the best decision they could take.

It became much easier to affect someone's mind and soul if he first made their thoughts unable to clearly decide what they should do.

In Patriarch Elliot's case, he first disturbed the patriarch's thoughts by telling him that there was a way out for his family's problem before revealing what he actually wanted. He also gave ambiguous answers when the patriarch asked about Randolf, which further prevented the patriarch from thinking clearly because his mind became occupied with concerns about Randolf's safety.

He knew that Randolf was important to Patriarch Elliot since Randolf was his successor and could even be considered the greatest factor behind the family's glory.

Patriarch Elliot did not want to lose Randolf while also trying to think about how his family could survive. That combination was something Aldrian used effectively for his own advantage. He did not even need to use a complete hypnotic technique to affect the patriarch's decision-making.

He only used a hypnotic voice to continuously influence the patriarch's mind and soul into accepting his orders and every word he said.

In the end, it was a combination of psychological manipulation and his hypnotic trick.

Aldrian arrived at the time acceleration room and opened the door. Finally, he could see his three wives, who were currently in the middle of cultivation. They sat apart from one another in a triangular formation.

Their cultivation had already grown much stronger, with Angelica finally reaching low pseudo immortal foundation stage, while Sylphia and Baek Jimin had already reached peak emperor stage and were close to making another breakthrough into pseudo immortal foundation stage.

Seeing them made him smile warmly. Moreover, two of his wives already had slightly bloated abdomens.

Sylphia and Baek Jimin were already pregnant with his children.

Because they spent most of their time cultivating inside this place and only occasionally went outside, their pregnancies had already reached nine months.

However, the size of their swollen abdomens was not as large as normal mortal women entering the last trimester of pregnancy.

Actually, it was quite normal for cultivators to have a longer pregnancy period. That was because the children of cultivators were different from ordinary mortals without cultivation, as the babies needed to absorb heaven and earth energy until they were ready to be born.

When would that be?

It depended on the baby itself. The pregnancy period of cultivators varied, and usually the stronger the parents were, the longer the pregnancy would last. It also depended on race since every race had different pregnancy periods. Races like elves and spiritual beasts such as dragons would have much longer pregnancies.

Most pregnancies would last for more than a year. Cases where the baby was only born after more than three years were not rare, and there were even pregnancies that lasted beyond four years. If that happened, normally both parents were pseudo immortal stage cultivators.

Now, in Sylphia and Baek Jimin's case, the babies were growing slowly inside them. Based on the estimation of the special physician Aldrian had hired for the imperial family, it was clear from the current progress that their pregnancies could last longer than four years.

The physician could not predict exactly when the babies would be born. Not only was the development process slow, but he also sensed that the babies were special. They absorbed massive quantities of heaven and earth energy that the physician had never sensed before.

The babies were truly like black holes since they continuously absorbed heaven and earth energy every second.

The physician suggested that Sylphia and Baek Jimin spend most of their time in the palace, or at least within the core region of the Eternal Sanctuary Forest.

The density of heaven and earth energy here was the most suitable for their development.

Aldrian knew that his children would be special with how extraordinary they already were even before birth.

He observed all of his wives with affection.

Aldrian simply stood there without saying anything. He just liked seeing his wives doing their own things directly. It always filled his heart with a warm and loving feeling.

His wives, sensing his presence, stopped cultivating and opened their eyes to look at Aldrian. They instantly smiled, and Aldrian approached Sylphia, who was the closest to him.

Aldrian immediately sat beside Sylphia and touched her abdomen. There was still no heartbeat since the baby had not yet fully formed, but Aldrian could not help already imagining the moment when his child would take shape and have a heartbeat.

"How do you feel?" Aldrian asked.

"I'm good," Sylphia replied before glancing at her abdomen.

"And our baby is still greedy since it does not stop absorbing so much heaven and earth energy."

Aldrian smiled as he looked at her abdomen. "I can see that."

Baek Jimin also wanted to approach Aldrian, but he instantly teleported her beside him, slightly startling her. Baek Jimin immediately sat beside him, and he also touched her abdomen. Baek Jimin's pregnancy had developed much faster, which was not surprising since she was human.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"I'm good," Baek Jimin replied.

Angelica also wanted to approach him, but she became stunned when her body suddenly appeared right in front of Aldrian and she was already embraced by him.

Angelica, who could feel the warmth of his body, smiled and hugged him back. Sylphia and Baek Jimin simply smiled while looking at their sister, who still had yet to conceive their husband's child, cling to him.

"How about you, my lovely Saintess? I think I need to check your abdomen too," Aldrian said.

Angelica blushed and lightly hit his chest.

"Stop teasing me, husband."

Sylphia and Baek Jimin giggled while Aldrian continued smiling. He stroked Angelica's hair for a moment before Angelica suddenly lifted her head and looked at him.

"I want to use my reward for winning the challenge on Earth," she said.

Aldrian, Sylphia, and Baek Jimin raised their eyebrows.

Angelica finally wanted to use her reward?

When Aldrian had asked her in the past what she wanted as a reward, Angelica had only said that she would ask for it in the future.

Now, they wondered what kind of reward Angelica wanted.