Free Web NovelChapter 516: Chapter 10: The Great Secret of Transcendence, The Truth of the Demon Ancestor, I’m Your Dad
She was dizzy and unsteady, but she gave Xiaoyan a brilliant smile.
"My dear daughter, what were you just saying?"
Yan Jiangxue blinked, then tossed her confusion aside and said indignantly,
"Mother! That girl Xiaonian ran off!"
The stunningly beautiful woman nodded dazedly. She’d hit herself a bit too hard, and her head was still buzzing.
She said,
"If she ran off, she ran off. It’s no big deal. She’s the symbol of the[Immortal],[Immortal],[Unending], and[Indestructible]. Even if a Dao Fruit fell, nothing would happen to her!"
"Of course I know that."
Xiaoyan grew even more indignant.
"I’m not worried about that brat, but she took all the Innate Chestnuts! All of them! All of them!!"
The stunningly beautiful woman didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She said placatingly,
"What’s the big deal!"
As she spoke, she glanced sideways at the Emperor Corpse lying beside her, who had just recently killed himself again, and called out,
"Old Haotian, time to get to work!"
The Emperor Corpse opened his eyes with a pained expression, speaking listlessly,
"That stuff is incredibly rare. We already harvested all of it last time. Where am I supposed to find more? Besides, I still have to figure out how to rescue that old bald donkey."
The stunningly beautiful woman stroked the two black Long Spears stuck in her chest and rolled her eyes prettily.
"Did you two develop feelings for each other while locked up? Don’t worry, Lamp will be fine. I’ve got the Demon Ancestor Incarnation suppressed tight. It can’t leave that Great Palace!"
The Emperor Corpse nodded slowly, then asked curiously,
"Goddess, why were you hitting yourself just now? That was some serious force..."
The stunningly beautiful woman was completely unconcerned, saying nonchalantly,
"Just a small thing. Some guy got into my head, claimed to be Wa Huang, and started talking to me about some mystical nonsense I couldn’t understand..."
With that, she put her hands on her hips triumphantly and tilted her head up.
"I could let it slide if that person was just impersonating me, but to come and find the real deal? If she’s Wa Huang, then what am I? Hmph!"
The Emperor Corpse’s eyelids twitched wildly. He was horrified.
’Wa... Wa Huang!!’
The Goddess’s eyes could see through all things, but she couldn’t see or even hear anything related to herself.
Therefore, she didn’t know what the Emperor Corpse was thinking and nonchalantly comforted him,
"Don’t worry. Those three smacks of mine went right through my skull and deep into my soul. I’ve already shattered that imposter... It’s just, well, I’m a little dizzy."
The Emperor Corpse nodded dumbly, trembling nonstop, the hairs on his body standing on end. Then he shot to his feet in terror.
"I’ll go find some Innate Chestnuts!"
He dove into the River of Time, and only then did a look of utter horror appear on his face!
’That person who sought me out... really is a huge problem!’
’But They actually managed to evade the Goddess’s perception? No, that’s not right. Not completely. They only concealed Their tracks.’
’They probably could only conceal the matter of our conversation. They wouldn’t dare appear before the Goddess...’
Having escaped into the past within the River of Time, the Emperor Corpse’s expression became incomparably grim, but then he suddenly smiled.
’The one calling themselves Wa Huang probably never expected the Goddess to react like that, much less say it out loud, right? Her childish disposition has its advantages...’
...
「At the foot of Mount Taishan.」
Lu Nian skipped along happily.
"Hey, hey, hey, Sister Xiaoyu, you like chestnuts too? They’re my favorite!"
Zhong Xiaoyu, holding the sleeping baby, perked up and said generously,
"Here, I’ll give you half... No, wait, you should eat less, or you’ll get cavities!"
Little Lu Nian, who looked like a porcelain doll, scoffed.
"I won’t get cavities. I’m the symbol of Innate Invulnerability and Innate Invincibility! Grandma said I’m like that Profound Yellow Pagoda, only even more amazing!"
"What is all this nonsense?" Zhong Xiaoyu was confused. She handed a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts to Little Lu Nian and reminded her,
"Eat just a few, so you don’t get cavities!"
Beside them, Zhong Hongshan and Zhong Muhua both slapped their foreheads helplessly. They glanced at each other, seeing the shared bewilderment in their eyes.
This little girl named Lu Nian was only about three years old, yet she had come to the Taishan Holy Land all by herself to find her younger brother...
It sounded completely absurd.
Little Lu Nian happily took the sugar-roasted chestnuts and said in a soft voice,
"Thank you, Sister Xiaoyu! I’ll tell you what, I have lots and lots of chestnuts too, I swiped them from my mom. But I can’t take them out now, they’re too conspicuous. I’ll give you some later!"
Zhong Xiaoyu chuckled.
"How can chestnuts be conspicuous? You silly child..."
After a pause, she asked curiously,
"By the way, where are your parents?"
Zhong Xiaoyu’s tone became a little indignant. She felt that the parents of Little Lu Nian and the baby in her arms were irresponsible and awful.
They’d abandoned the latter in an alley and had seemingly kicked the former out of the house to wander alone, her clothes all tattered and torn!
At that thought, Zhong Xiaoyu looked at Lu Nian’s dusty clothes and said with a pang of sympathy,
"Later, I’ll take you to buy some new clothes..."
Lu Nian looked blank, her big round eyes wide.
"No, I got into a fight with a bad guy. That’s why my clothes are like this..."
"A fight??" Zhong Xiaoyu, along with Father and Mother Zhong beside her, were all stunned. Just as they were about to ask more, they arrived at the Entrance to the Taishan Holy Land.
"Everyone, please register."
A junior from the Zhuge Family in charge of reception didn’t even lift his head.
"After you’ve registered, walk five hundred meters forward to the talent and aptitude testing area."
Seeing this, Zhong Xiaoyu suppressed her doubts and obediently wrote down her own name. After a moment’s thought, she added Lu Nian’s name as well.
Then, she turned her head and asked,
"Little Nian, what’s your younger brother’s name?"
With her mouth full of sugar-roasted chestnuts, Lu Nian spread her little hands.
"I dunno. Lu Two? Lu Three? Lu Four-Five?"
Zhong Xiaoyu’s eyelid twitched. She suddenly remembered the big brother from over a decade ago, the one who later became an Ancient Times Saint.
After a moment’s thought, she smiled and pursed her lips.
"This name is auspicious!"
With that, Zhong Xiaoyu wrote down the name ’Lu Xuan’.
The moment the names Lu Nian and Lu Xuan landed on the registration book.
「On the mountainside.」
The decrepit Zhuge Shang’s eyes flew open in terror.
"The fortune of my Zhuge Lineage... why is it skyrocketing?"
Beside him, the Grand Elder asked curiously,
"Skyrocketing? Isn’t that a good thing?"
"Good my ass!!"
The old man swore, a rare occurrence, and said in horror,
"If the fortune of my Zhuge Lineage was originally a great river, then now..."
The Grand Elder’s heart skipped a beat. He asked cautiously,
"Now it’s... an ocean?"
"No." Zhuge Shang stood up, his expression grave. "It’s a river of stars! A river of stars containing hundreds of millions of stars, and it’s still surging. This is only the beginning!!"
He paced back and forth, muttering constantly,
"An increase in fortune is a good thing, but this kind of increase... something’s not right, not right at all..."
Zhuge Shang’s steps came to a sudden halt, and his eyes began to bleed again.
"I can’t see clearly... It’s related to today’s Mountain Opening Gate. Come! Go with me to take a look!"
...
At the foot of the mountain, after registering their names, Zhong Xiaoyu held the sleeping Little Lu Xuan in her left arm and Lu Nian by the hand with her right. After calling out to her parents,
she took the two small children to have their talents tested, while Father Zhong and Mother Zhong waited anxiously at the mountain gate.
’They actually use a rock to test for talent and aptitude...’
Zhong Xiaoyu muttered in confusion. While waiting for her name to be called, she asked curiously,
"Little Nian, which little bastard bullied you and ripped your clothes up like this? Also, what’s the deal with your parents?"
Lu Nian spread her little hands again and said in a child-like voice,
"No, I wasn’t bullied. I took a trip to the Demon Country to try and save Grandpa Lamp. I failed, but I didn’t get beat up!"
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Three question marks appeared over Zhong Xiaoyu’s head. A few other people waiting for the test glanced over, but after seeing she was just an exquisite porcelain doll of a child, they all smiled kindly.
Lu Nian continued to mutter,
"As for my dad and mom..."
She heaved a heavy sigh and said sorrowfully,
"My scumbag dad got my mom pregnant and then ran off. He’s been gone for over ten years. My mom is pretty ruthless too. She probably got so mad she had another baby, my little brother..."
At first, Zhong Xiaoyu didn’t process it and was just feeling indignant, but then she was left completely speechless.
’Her own father ran off for over ten years...’
’And look how old you are!’
She was exasperated. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a young, childish voice from her arms.
"You little girl..."
Zhong Xiaoyu looked down and saw that the baby in her arms had woken up at some point. His little head was poking out, and he was looking at Lu Nian with what seemed to be guilt, emotion, a daze, and fondness.
"I was a bit of a scumbag," Little Lu Xuan sighed softly.
"Ah!!"
Lu Nian was overjoyed.
"Little brother, you’re awake? I thought you’d be out until..."
Lu Xuan’s old face... er, little face darkened.
"I’m your dad!"
Lu Nian froze.
Then, she indignantly put her little hands on her hips, tilted her head up, and stared at the baby in Zhong Xiaoyu’s arms, huffing,
"Why are you cussing at me?"
Lu Xuan’s eyes showed his exhaustion, but his little face grew even darker. He felt a headache coming on.
