Invincible Dad-Chapter 634 Give You Guys a Chance_1
"Please, go ahead, Senior Sister," Xu Lai said solemnly.
Yu Guiwan’s red lips parted as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she simply gave a self-deprecating smile. "Never mind. I’ll tell you next time."
"Senior Sister, there’s no need for formalities between us," Xu Lai said helplessly.
"It’s precisely because it’s you, my Junior Brother, that I can’t harm you."
Yu Guiwan pinched Xu Lai’s cheek again and said, "Moreover, I don’t care what your real purpose is for going to the Western Immortal Domain this time, but I’ll be watching you. I can’t let you do anything to wrong your junior brothers and sisters."
Xu Lai: "..."
His trip to the Western Immortal Domain to find Anna was genuinely just about Jing Ke. He had no other intentions!
Xu Lai didn’t argue with his Senior Sister. Instead, they chatted idly. "Senior Sister, Earth is very interesting. You’ll like it."
"No matter how beautiful the landscapes are elsewhere, they belong to another land, not the home I can return to," Yu Guiwan sighed softly. "My home is in the Heavenly Court."
Xu Lai chuckled lightly. "My home is in the Heavenly Court, too."
A sigh and a laugh, each revealing a different state of mind.
Yu Guiwan gave Xu Lai a deep look, and then her expression softened into a relieved smile. "Qingfeng, I’m craving some grapes."
"Just a moment, Senior Sister."
...
A cloud drifted from the Eastern Desolate Star Domain, where the Eastern Immortal Domain was located, toward the Western Immortal Domain. Seated on the cloud were Xu Lai and Yu Guiwan; one was peeling grapes while the other was eating them.
One hundred thousand years ago, when Xu Lai’s cultivation was too weak for flight, Yu Shouzong would carry his personal disciple, Xu Qingfeng, to travel the world just like this. That was why, even after a hundred thousand years, Xu Lai still chose to fly on a cloud. It was a fantasy from his youth, a cherished memory he could not part with.
"These grapes are so sour," Yu Guiwan said with a hint of disdain. "You eat this one."
She held a grape to Xu Lai’s mouth, and he ate it without the slightest hesitation.
"It’s not sour," Xu Lai said, surprised.
Yu Guiwan clapped her hands. "I’d feel bad if I made you peel all the grapes yourself."
Xu Lai’s heart warmed. His Senior Sister really did care about him.
But in the next second, he heard her melodious voice again. "However, since you ate one of my grapes, now I don’t feel bad anymore."
Heh. Women.
Xu Lai pursed his lips. He was already wondering if he should refine the heart of the Great Emperor Youming and mix it into the grapes to feed his Senior Sister. An Emperor Realm heart could extend one’s life by at least ten thousand years; it was a peerless restorative treasure. But when he considered the possible consequences, Xu Lai decided against it.
"By the way, I heard you found the Cloud Water Rust? Let me see it," Yu Guiwan said.
Xu Lai took out Mojian Wuzheng and the paper inscribed with thirty-five Cloud Water Rust characters from his Storage Space.
He asked hesitantly, "Was it Baize or Taotie who told you, Senior Sister?"
"Neither." Yu Guiwan’s slender, jade-like fingers stroked the body of the sword. "It was Domain Master Qing Yuan."
"Her?" Xu Lai frowned.
"Yes," Yu Guiwan said casually, though whether she was being intentionally vague or not was unclear. "She’s been bringing wine to drink with me occasionally these past few days."
"...What did you two talk about?"
"Heh," Yu Guiwan gave a cunning smile. "Don’t get any ideas, little Junior Brother. She has come three or four times, and she never mentioned you once."
Xu Lai didn’t feel awkward. Instead, he sighed with feeling. "I know. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be Qing Yuan."
Transcendent and otherworldly, like a fairy untouched by the mortal world. Countless female cultivators in the Immortal Domain called themselves fairies, but in Xu Lai’s heart, only Qing Yuan was worthy of the title.
As he sank into his thoughts, Xu Lai seemed to drift away.
"Qingfeng, stop daydreaming," Yu Guiwan urged. "We’re out of grapes."
...
...
While Xu Lai and his companions were heading to the Western Immortal Domain to find Anna...
「The Moon」
Near the corpse pit, after a day and a night of fierce battle, the eleven old masters of the Three Sects and Eight Pavilions had all been captured. They were bound tightly with ropes, like rice dumplings.
This was a great humiliation for the masters. The ropes had special restrictions woven into them, preventing them from using their Spiritual Energy or even self-destructing.
"Shameless Moon Clan! If you have any guts, kill us! To humiliate us like this is beneath contempt!" the old Pavilion Master of the Red Fire Pavilion spat, his eyes burning with a rage so intense it seemed almost tangible.
The Supreme Elder of the Crescent Moon Clan sneered and was about to stomp on the human expert’s face to shut him up when Crown Prince Ji Gui spoke.
"They are Golden Core cultivators of the Human Race, after all. Show them some respect."
"Yes, Your Highness." The Moon Clan Elder cupped his fists respectfully. "If I may ask, why does Your Highness wish to spare these eleven?"
"This is none of your concern." Ji Gui waved a hand. "You may all leave. Today... nothing happened. And you never saw me."
...
The pupils of the elders of the Eight Great Crescent Moon Clans shrank. The meaning behind the Crown Prince’s words was truly alarming. But they didn’t dare to ask any more questions, much less dwell on it, and flew towards the distant horizon.
"How about we make a deal?" Ji Gui tossed out a sound-insulating Jade Slip, and a small barrier enveloped the twelve of them.
Eleven of them were the old masters of the Three Sects and Eight Pavilions.
"Pah!" Blade Sect’s Qi Wanhai sneered, "A bandit from the Moon Clan like you wants to make a deal with us?"
"The moment we dared to come to the Moon, we were prepared to die! We would never abandon the Human Race or Earth just to save our own skins!"
The old Sect Master of the Dao Sect said indifferently, "So, spare us the nonsense and give us a quick death."
"Gentlemen, don’t be so hasty." Unbothered by the dirt, Crown Prince Ji Gui sat directly on the ground. He propped himself up with his hands and gazed at the stars. He spoke as if to himself, "Our Moon Clan... we aren’t actually native to this planet. We come from the distant Immortal Domain."
...
His words made all eleven old masters fall silent. They stared at the Moon Clan’s Crown Prince in shock, wondering why he would say such things to men who were about to die.
"According to our ancestral records, there are countless races in the Universe: humans, demons, monsters, spirits, and countless other groups," Ji Gui said with a look of yearning. "The Four Immortal Domains control almost the entire Universe, and our Ji Family... we come from the Immortal Domain."
"The Ji Family?" The old Sect Master of the Formation Sect’s brows furrowed deeply.
"That’s right," Ji Gui murmured. "In truth, the Eight Great Crescent Moon Clans, as well as all the other large and small Moon Clan tribes, are nothing more than vassals to our Royal Ji Family."
"My Ji Family hails from the Forbidden Nine Kings Palace in the Immortal Domain. Though we are but a collateral bloodline, it is a terrifying place where even Emperor Realm experts must perish!"
Ji Gui tilted his head to look at them. "Do you Earth cultivators even know what the Emperor Realm is? I doubt you know of any realms beyond Nascent Soul."
The old masters of the Three Sects and Eight Pavilions had icy expressions. "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"My Imperial Father is a man of great ambition and strategy. But he has changed. He’s become more and more cowardly, hiding in the Royal City, never venturing out. For a thousand years, it’s been the same. And he still keeps many secrets, secrets he won’t even tell me... his Crown Prince."
Ji Gui looked at the eleven Golden Core cultivators of the Human Race before him. His face was expressionless as he said, "So, I want to give you an opportunity."
"What opportunity?"
"An opportunity to assassinate my Imperial Father."
...
