Zhang Yi couldn't talk about it with his masters who didn't have good love relationships for all he knew, nor did anyone else know about the fact that he'd used a taboo technique to go back in the past.
Even ashamed Zhang Yi had no choice but to go to his mother to talk about it, Mary was the only person who knew everything he had been through and liked him well enough and knew the subject to give good advice.
Mary was also interested when Zhang Yi talked about Lu Bi, she had heard all about Zhang Yi's life and so it never bothered him to find a wife even though Zhang Yi was already over 55 years old.
She understood that as the life span of cultivators was different he was still very young in the cultivation world and even she who was over 80 was also young, plus she knew that Zhang Yi had 4 wives who actually still were not born at this time.
So she was pleasantly surprised to learn that Zhang Yi had someone she had loved for many years and was asking her for advice. Mary had accepted that in the world of cultivators it was normal for a man to have multiple wives.
Of course, she would never accept that Zhang Feng had other wives, but she was glad that Zhang Yi had many women who loved him and who could take care of him and Zhang Yi loved them too.
"I don't know what the problem is, son, does her sect or her parents accept that you stay together?"
"No, I don't think Lu Bi has any parents who live with her, but her master who is like her father would definitely like to see us together and our sect would definitely approve of that too."
"The problem as I said is that I already have my 4 wives that I will still know and who supported me until my end, I think it's a betrayal of them if I stay with Lu Bi before talking to them about it. "
"As you said, Zhang Yi, in the cultivation world it's normal for someone to have multiple wives, and from what you told me the circumstances that made you marry your wives were very strange."
"I don't doubt you loved them and they loved you, but your first two elven wives liked you more because of a prophecy than why you fell in love naturally."
"And with Luna and Solar, it was also because of a prophecy you met and then in a situation where you were forced to live together and you protected them from a situation where you could die that they fell in love with you."
"These are abnormal situations that usually don't happen and it was always your wives who said they loved you before, this situation that you are now with Lu Bi is actually a more normal situation."
"You met and lived for many years and developed a love for each other, so I think you should stay with Lu Bi and if your other wives really love you they will accept."
Zhang Yi really needed such a county to have the courage to talk to Lu Bi, just as his mother said their relationship developed naturally and he could never forget Lu Bi after all they went through together.
So in the coming days, Zhang Yi hoped to gather courage and have an opportunity to talk to Lu Bi about it, another fear he had was if she didn't really want to be with him, if that happened it would be difficult for Zhang Yi to continue this friendship.
But even though he was unsure Zhang Yi was always a brave man and when a new mission came to them Zhang Yi decided it was the right time to talk to Lu Bi about it, it was an important mission for the sect, but it was easy for Zhang Yi and Lu Bi solve it.
After the mission was over Zhang Yi just had to wait for the right moment to talk to Lu Bi about it, so he told Lu Bi that they better not use teleportation to return to the sect and he made a camp and a fire to they using the laws of the earth, wood, and fire.
"Lu Bi, I want to talk about something important to you."
"It is what it is? You know you can tell me about everything."
"Lu Bi, we have known each other for many years and have become very close friends in those years, I liked you since the first time I saw you, a little because of the admiration I have for your master, but mainly because I felt a special bond between us."
"In those years we did a lot of missions together and I was really happy to teach you about the laws and I am happy each time you improve your understanding of the laws, so I feel that our friendship has gotten much stronger and that we get much closer. "
Even though she has been together for over 20 years Lu Bi has not seen Zhang Yi talk about feeling like this many times, so she was surprised and eager to hear what Zhang Yi had to say and where he wanted to go with that conversation.
"That's why I hesitated a long time to tell you what I really feel, but I don't want to waste any more time on this indecision and so today I decided to say it all to you."
"Lu Bi, the truth is that I love you, many years ago I fell in love with you and afraid of ruining our friendship I said nothing, but we don't know what might happen in the future and so I want to say that I want stay with you."
Even though Lu Bi imagined that Zhang Yi would talk about something important with her, she could never imagine that he would say that he loved her, it even made someone like Lu Bi who had a very strong martial heart nervous and so it took her a while to understand what Zhang Yi meant.
Of course, after a few years she met Zhang Yi she had fallen in love with him too, but because of the way Zhang Yi treated her it was similar to the way her master did Lu Bi never expected Zhang Yi to love her too.
Also, even though she didn't worry that much about always living in a world of cultivators, she didn't know if Zhang Yi cared about their age difference of over 2,500 years.
Who was most anxious at that time was Zhang Yi, he had said he loved Lu Bi and expected her to say what she felt for him soon after, but she was a few minutes unresponsive and even if he waited Zhang Yi was more nervous about it.
"I love you too, Zhang Yi, since many years ago I fell in love with you and never expected you to feel the same as me, so I'm very happy with you saying that and I want to be with you too."
Zhang Yi was very happy to hear that Lu Bi also loved him and so finally he could relax, he understood that his mother said this was the right way to like someone, but he thought it was much harder and tiring than how happened to his other wives.
Besides, now Lu Bi was not his wife yet and for now, she was just his girlfriend and it would be much more complicated to marry her than it was with his other wives who had a different culture.
Besides, Zhang Yi still had to hide some things from Lu Bi for a while until she agreed to take a heavenly oath to him, and Lu Bi would not live in his mental energy world as his wives did before.
Still, it was a different thing, and Zhang Yi was happy because he really liked Lu Bi and would have many years before he met his wives again, until then he knew he would not be with anyone else and would be married with Lu Bi.