“Me, the King of Ten Thousand Demons?! Hmm… Well… Sigh, forget it. I’m definitely not suited to be a king!”
Qiao San was actually somewhat tempted, but alas, he was no longer the rebellious saint he once was in his days of demonic cultivation. Thinking of the longing gazes of his many beloved women at home, and especially his mother’s serene and ethereal eyes, he quickly abandoned the idea of becoming a chaotic demon king.
Yu Shan’s eyes moistened, and she actually shed tears, looking very pitiful as she said, “Then, can you visit me once every month? If not, maybe once every six months? Or even once a year would be fine! Waaah…”
The mighty Queen of Ten Thousand Demons was already choked up. Once she abandoned the pursuit of fame and power, her beauty, among the Five Beauties of Heaven and Earth, was an irresistible temptation no man could withstand, especially a lecher like Qiao San.
“Don’t, don’t cry! I’ll come visit you whenever I have time! Sigh…”
Qiao San’s sigh of both happiness and helplessness was still lingering when Xiaomo, who had been playing with the little phoenix, suddenly interrupted, “Mother, you’re teasing Father again!”
“Hehehe… Naughty little girl with no conscience! Mother’s love was wasted on you!”
Yu Shan’s tears vanished instantly, her sorrowful aura transforming in a flash as her true, wild, and mischievous nature emerged. Without a word, she grabbed her jade fan and whacked Xiaomo with its handle, making the little girl cry out in protest as she ran in circles around Qiao San, who was sweating nervously.
Yu Shan finally left, taking the little phoenix bird with her as punishment for Hongyun. Qiao San, wearing a bitter expression, flew away in gloomy mood because his nemesis insisted on tagging along back home.
“Father, hurry, fly faster! Turn left, no, turn right! Hehehe…” Hongyun, riding on Qiao San’s shoulders, twisted his ears with both hands, directing the lecherous man to fly left and right in confusion.
The joyful laughter of father and daughter echoed through the sky, but at the Purple Mansion Mountain of the Earth Sea, Beigong Zhen’s sharp, furious roar carried no trace of happiness.
“Senior apprentice sister, let me through! I must go to Heaven to find my child!”
Xu Nu stood firmly on the ground, her spirit soaring as if merging with the flowers and grasses of Heaven and Earth. “Junior apprentice sister, you can’t recklessly enter Heaven, or you’ll violate the sacred laws. The Four Heavenly Kings took the baby away only to properly educate him, so he won’t bring disaster to the Three Realms when he grows up.”
“Nonsense! What could be more cruel than separating mother and child? Who says my child is necessarily a demon? Can’t he grow up here on Purple Mansion Mountain instead? They’re all damned bastards!”
Such blasphemous words flew from her lips, and Beigong Zhen, once so devoutly loyal to Heaven, spoke with unshakable determination.
As soon as she finished speaking, the scene fell into a deathly silence. Xu Nu understood she should be furious, should immediately imprison her junior sister, but she couldn’t bring herself to feel anger. Instead, she said solemnly, “Junior apprentice sister, come back to the mountain with me. Let’s wait for our master to return and decide. With our master’s intervention, even the Queen Mother would show respect.”
Hope ignited in Beigong Zhen’s heart. Thinking of her two masters, the long-legged beauty weakly turned her body. Before she could even take one step, the sky darkened, and a phantom-like figure fell like a meteor, crashing heavily not far from the two women.
“Boom!” A massive cloud of dust shot into the sky. Before the dust could even settle, Xu Nu’s soul-piercing scream rang out.
“Master——”
The Purple Mansion Immortal Disciple forgot she possessed supernatural powers and rushed toward the seemingly lifeless Primordial Master like an ordinary girl.
Xu Nu ran frantically, crying out. A kind of pain spread through her body. Finally, the disciple of the Su Nu sect experienced the same kind of heart-wrenching pain that Beigong Zhen had endured—though the reasons were different, the sensation was the same.
The Earth Sea roared with a massive wave, and the Ten Immortal Islands fell into chaos. The Azure Phoenix soared into the sky, flying toward the Eastern Sea Crystal Palace at her fastest speed.
The Primordial Heavenly King’s soul scattered, the Supreme Jade Girl’s spirit was exhausted, and the Purple Mansion Immortal Disciple fainted on the spot. In such chaos, naturally, they could only seek help from the nearby Dragon Mothers of the Four Seas.
The immortals wept while the rogue laughed. At this moment, in Qiao Mansion at the Six Blind Village, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly lively.
“Oh, what a beautiful little girl! Master, isn’t she a bit too young? Hehehe…”
As soon as Qiao San landed his cloud, the Fox Queen’s mischievous gaze fell upon him, followed by similarly strange looks from the other women, all staring at the lecherous Qiao San who was holding little Hongyun.
“Nonsense! She’s my and Yu Shan’s… daughter. Hongyun, come, greet your aunts.” Qiao San glared fiercely at the women before finally putting the little devil who had tormented him all day on the ground.
“Waah, so big!”
As soon as she landed, the little devil darted like an arrow into the crowd of women. Her hands pushed aside all the aunts who tried to hug her, then she leaped straight into the arms of the Twelfth Concubine, sweetly flattering, “Twelfth Auntie, you’re so beautiful! No wonder Father likes you the most. Hongyun wants to drink milk——!”
“Master San, help!” Even the usually capable Twelfth Concubine was at a loss, while Qiao San watched with a delighted grin on his face, clearly enjoying the scene.
With Qiao San’s safe return, the reconciliation with Yu Shan, and the arrival of the lovely little devil girl, the Qiao family was filled with joy. For over ten days, happiness reigned in the mansion.
On this day, Qiao San approached his mother. Before he could even bow, a red blur zoomed past him like a gust of wind.
“Hehehe… Hongyun pays respects to Grandmother!”
Madame Qiao smiled gently, her beautiful face showing no surprise. With a casual wave of her slender jade hand, she easily caught the little devil’s elusive form.
“You little rascal, daring to tease your grandmother? Be careful I punish you.”
A grandmother in her blooming years, a son not much older than her, and a granddaughter already five or six years old though not yet a month old—this three-generation scene was truly one of a kind!
“Miss Hongyun, where are you? Come out quickly…”
After playing with Madame Qiao for quite a while, Hongyun finally ran off, and several fox maids responsible for taking care of the little devil girl came calling one after another.
Before the fox maids could enter the room, little Hongyun had already fled, leaving only a trail of laughter echoing inside, “Father, don’t tell them you saw me, or I’ll make you pay.”
Sigh! Seeing the fox maids in such a flustered state because of Hongyun, Qiao San couldn’t help but sigh helplessly. Although he had expected his home to gain a new troublemaker, he hadn’t imagined Hongyun would be this mischievous and cunning, managing to charm key figures like Madame Qiao and Lady Qing so thoroughly that Qiao San could only endure the injustice silently, both laughing and crying inwardly.
Seeing Qiao San’s helpless smile, Madame Qiao gently changed the subject, “Sheng’er, this is a close-fitting battle armor I specially made for you using threads from the Ghost Sutra and Earth Treatise. Try it on and see if it fits?”
With a gentle stretch of her jade hand, a miraculous armor as thin as paper and as soft as silk appeared in Madame Qiao’s hand, “Come, try it on!”
Though Qiao San could have simply shaken his body to put on the armor, he instinctively stepped forward like an ordinary person, stretching out his arms as his mother carefully fastened every clasp for him.
“Sheng’er, this armor will protect you from fire and water, and can also neutralize opposing forces. But be careful—it won’t withstand attacks from experts at the Chaos Realm level.”
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