Invincible Dad-Chapter 645 No One Understands Formations Better Than Me_1
"Hiss!" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Ruan Lan sucked in a cold breath.
Good grief. What is this? Getting frisky in broad daylight? The sun is still up; couldn’t they wait until nighttime?
Ruan Lan felt it was inappropriate for her to stay any longer, so she prepared to return to her room upstairs. The soundproofing was better there, and she wouldn’t hear any noises from outside.
But as she was about to head to the stairs, her feet seemed to gain a mind of their own, tiptoeing toward the French window instead.
Legs! My legs! Where are you taking me? What lies ahead is the abyss of adulthood! You’re a pure, innocent girl; you can’t fall into depravity! Eyes! My eyes, please, I beg you to close!
Ruan Lan panicked, trying to control her body, but it refused to listen and walked right to the window. Just as her face flushed and her heart raced, ready to peek outside, her lower abdomen was gently tapped.
Ruan Lan’s body stiffened. Who... who’s tapping me?
"Auntie, what are you doing?"
It was Xu Yiyi’s voice.
Ruan Lan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to see her niece looking at her, blinking her large, innocent eyes.
Ruan Lan quickly covered Yiyi’s eyes, "Shh, this isn’t suitable for children. You can’t look!"
"Dad is teaching Mom about cultivation. What’s wrong with looking?" Xu Yiyi blinked.
"Huh, cultivation???"
Ruan Lan stared dumbfounded out the French window, only to see Ruan Tang sitting cross-legged on the ground with an obviously half-hearted posture. She was either zoning out or letting out a bored yawn.
"Be more serious!"
Xu Lai said with a straight face, lightly tapping his wife’s forehead. His action immediately elicited a coquettish complaint.
"Ouch, that hurts! Xu Lai, be gentler. I’m still pregnant, you know."
"..."
Damn it! Ruan Lan clenched her fists. This wasn’t at all what she wanted to see— Urgh, urgh, urgh. This was definitely not the scenario she had imagined, and to think she had been so cautious, worried about disturbing them.
"Is that what they call cultivation?" Ruan Lan muttered. "That’s clearly just them being lovey-dovey! Yiyi, look at them making eyes at each other. It’s so disappointing."
"Auntie, what are you disappointed about?"
"...You’re just a kid; you wouldn’t understand. Go upstairs and do your homework."
"But it’s Sunday, I don’t have any homework," the little girl beamed with joy.
"What a coincidence. I bought dozens of workbooks on my way back, along with some for calligraphy practice. Go pick whichever one you like."
"..."
Xu Yiyi ran off crying, "I don’t like Auntie anymore! WAAA!"
In the backyard, Ruan Tang, who had been tormented by Xu Lai all afternoon, happily waved when she heard her daughter and sister’s voices.
"Ruan Lan, come over here."
She felt a wave of relief. She was finally free! Ever since Ruan Lan had left, Xu Lai had been lecturing her on cultivation methods and taboos. She had listened until her ears were numb, barely holding on until her sister finally got home.
"What’s up?" Ruan Lan was a bit nervous. Her sister was being oddly enthusiastic, which called for caution.
"I have something I want to talk to you about," Ruan Tang said, getting up.
Xu Lai knew his wife was just looking for an excuse to slip away, so he didn’t try to stop her. He said with a sigh of resignation, "You two can chat. I’ll go make dinner."
After Xu Lai went to the kitchen, Ruan Tang patted her sister’s hand. "Good thing you’re back. By the way, I thought you weren’t eating at home tonight?"
"The food outside isn’t as good as it is here," Ruan Lan replied. Another reason was that she wanted to get home early to study formations and fulfill her promise. After all, as the Sect Hierarch of the Star Origin Sect, she had to be true to her word.
While chatting idly with her sister, Ruan Lan’s gaze kept darting toward the kitchen. She wondered if she should ask her detestable brother-in-law for help. At that moment, Ruan Lan was unaware of Xu Lai’s supreme mastery of the Array Path. She was merely thinking of asking him to find her a few experts in formations.
"Do you need something from your brother-in-law? It’s about cultivation, isn’t it?" Ruan Tang was perceptive. Seeing her sister’s distracted state, she knew exactly what was on her mind.
"Mhm," Ruan Lan nodded.
Ruan Tang didn’t press further; when it came to cultivation, she was completely clueless. She waved a hand dismissively. "Go on, then. Go ask him."
"Okay!"
Ruan Lan went to the kitchen and briefly explained her situation.
Without even looking up, Xu Lai said, "You need to find outside help for something as trivial as inscribing a formation onto a Jade Slip? Forget cultivation. You should just go home and be a farmer."
"..."
Hearing the utter disdain in Xu Lai’s voice, Ruan Lan’s delicate frame trembled with anger.
"You stinky brother-in-law... no, you stinky Xu Lai! You don’t understand formations, and you have no idea how difficult this is!"
"No one understands formations better than I do," Xu Lai stated indifferently. "Try to figure it out yourself first. If you still don’t get it, then you can come to me. Taking shortcuts is not the way."
"Hmph." The sister-in-law curled her lip and scoffed. "You don’t know a damn thing! The only one who understands is Venerable Qingfeng, the man who created the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation. And he’s my number one admirer!"
"I, Ruan Lan, will make this vow today. Even if I can’t find a solution and have to jump off Mount Haitang, I will never ask for your help again!"
Ruan Lan stormed off in a huff.
"???"
Ruan Tang, standing by the door, was utterly bewildered. Unlike her sister, she had long known that the Venerable Qingfeng from Xu Lai’s stories was actually Xu Lai himself. But since when had her husband become Ruan Lan’s admirer?
Facing his wife’s scrutinizing gaze, Xu Lai looked completely innocent. "Venerable Qingfeng has nothing to do with Xu Lai. Honey, why are you staring at me like that?"
"Slick talker," Ruan Tang couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him.
He, however, was shameless enough to retort, "Then why don’t you have a taste and see for yourself?"
"Hm???"
While Ruan Lan was back in her room, diligently studying the Formation Chessboard...
「Sakura Country.」
At the edge of Holy Island, Ji Jie, dressed in a blood-red palace gown, stood on the beach. She watched the sky gradually dim until night enveloped the entire island. The moon above was a ghastly, brilliant white.
"Crown Princess, we still can’t get in touch with the Crown Prince..."
The maid, Ren Shi, knelt on one knee in the sand and reported respectfully.
"Ji Gui!" Ji Jie bit her red lip, her brother’s name spoken in an icy tone.
Since fleeing Mount Haitang in a panic and sending word back to the Moon Clan, she had been unable to contact Ji Gui. What’s more, she couldn’t reach any of the other Moon Clan leaders or even the Royal City. It was as if someone had deliberately blocked the signal of the Sound Transmission Jade Slips.
After thinking it over, she concluded that only her unbelievably foolish brother could have done something like this.
"What is he planning? Don’t tell me he intends to rebel!" Ji Jie’s cold features were as sharp as the bright moon in the sky.
The moment the word "rebel" was spoken, a fierce killing intent filled the air. The terrified maid, Ren Shi, immediately fell to both knees on the ground, not daring to lift her head.
The coldness on Ji Jie’s face quickly melted into a coquettish charm. She spoke languidly, "Forget it. I suppose I’ll have to return to the Moon Clan myself."
"Crown Princess, you mustn’t!" Ren Shi said anxiously. "The Moon Clan is very dangerous right now. What if Xu Lai is still on the Moon?"
Xu Lai!
Hearing his name, Ji Jie felt an inexplicable pang in her heart. She truly cared for this man, had even considered marrying him and wholeheartedly assisting him in becoming the king of the Moon Clan. By then, with Xu Lai handling external affairs and her managing internal ones, how could they not dominate the Milky Way?
But Xu Lai...
He had betrayed her
