Invincible Dad-Chapter 658: Ah, the Human World is Not Worth It_1
Immortals.
Of course, they couldn’t possibly exist. Xu Lai was more inclined to believe it was a legend or a gimmick. It was also possible that a flying Cultivator or Martial Artist had been mistaken for an immortal by the island’s fishermen.
Facing his daughter’s question, Xu Lai smiled and said, "If you’re curious, then go in and take a look for yourself."
"Mhm."
Xu Yiyi scurried into the stone cave with tiny steps.
Ruan Tang was worried and wanted to follow her inside, but Xu Lai gently held her hand. "Don’t worry, honey, it’s not dangerous."
And indeed, it wasn’t.
In less than five minutes, Xu Yiyi walked out dejectedly. There wasn’t a single trace of an immortal inside the cave. There was nothing but tangled weeds, along with shattered eggshells and bird droppings.
Clearly, the cave had been turned into a nest by the local seabirds.
"Did you find anything?" Xu Lai asked.
"It stinks." Xu Yiyi pinched her nose, her face mournful. "Daddy, let’s go down. There are so many bird droppings in that cave."
Ruan Tang couldn’t help but stifle a laugh.
Xu Yiyi pitifully raised her arm. "Mommy, smell this."
"I’m not smelling that."
"Then give me a hug, Mommy."
"No way!"
The mother and daughter chased each other playfully, their bell-like laughter echoing from the top of the stone pillar.
"Yiyi, go catch some seafood," Xu Lai instructed.
"Okay, Daddy."
Xu Yiyi was in the early stage of the Golden Core realm and could practically do whatever she wanted on Earth. She soon returned, carrying a large haul of seafood.
Dinner was steamed seafood, which was incredibly fresh and delicious.
While they were eating, Ruan Lan called.
Just as Ruan Tang answered, a perplexed voice came from the other end. "Sis, where are you all? How come you’re not home?"
"I forgot to tell you." Ruan Tang pressed a hand to her forehead and explained that the family of three was camping on an island to watch the sunrise.
"...Huh?" Ruan Lan was baffled. "So, when are you coming back?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, in three days, in the morning."
"And if something unexpected happens?"
"In three days, in the evening."
"..."
Ruan Lan grumbled sullenly, "Sis, you’ve gone too far! How could you leave your eternally youthful, adorable, and beautiful little sister to guard the empty house all by herself!"
"I’m so heartbroken... *sob sob sob*..." Ruan Lan actually started to cry. "I want to talk to my brother-in-law. I want to eat one of his big meals."
A helpless Ruan Tang handed the phone over.
Hearing the ridiculously fake sobbing from the other end of the line, Xu Lai feigned surprise. "Ruan Lan, are you crying?"
"WAH! WAH! WAH! You mean brother-in-law, you don’t love me anymore! I’m going to starve to death! Where are you? I’m coming to find you."
"Yiyi, every woman is beautiful in her own way. Some look beautiful when they smile, and some are absolutely stunning when they cry, so beautiful it makes you feel protective.
"But when someone like your aunt wails like that, it doesn’t tug at your heartstrings at all. It’s just fake. Do you know how a girl is supposed to cry?"
Ignoring Ruan Lan, Xu Lai turned to his daughter.
"I don’t know, Daddy." Yiyi looked clueless, and Ruan Tang looked over, ready to learn.
"It should be a gentle ’whimper, whimper’." Xu Lai said seriously, "Ruan Lan, give your niece a demonstration, and I’ll come home right away and cook for you."
"???"
Ruan Lan was completely bewildered.
She was the great Sect Hierarch of the Star Origin Sect, the number one beauty of the Four Immortal Domains, a genius Array Master, the woman even Venerable Qingfeng couldn’t have. She would never whimper just for a handout. How demeaning!
"Looks like you’re not hungry. I’m hanging up," Xu Lai said.
Ruan Lan panicked instantly.
Don’t do that! It’s just a little whimpering. She can do that!
"Whimper... whim... per..."
"That’s not right. When you cry, you need to have a hint of grievance in your voice. The emotion isn’t quite there yet," Xu Lai said, turning on the speakerphone.
"Whimper, whimper..."
"Too soft."
"Whimper, whimper, whimper."
"That’s got the right flavor, but it’s still missing something. What do you two think?"
Xu Lai looked at his wife and daughter, and both shook their heads in unison.
He sighed. "Ah, Lan, your crying can’t even move your sister and your niece, let alone me."
Ruan Lan was furious. This damnable brother-in-law is just toying with me! But for the sake of dinner, she would endure.
Ruan Lan pinched her arm hard. She started thinking about the ’wealth gap’ between herself and her dear sister. They were born from the same mother, so why was she as flat as an airfield?
In that instant, a wave of sadness washed over Ruan Lan, and this time, real tears began to fall. "Whimper... PFFT!"
Her perfect sob was interrupted by the sound of a fart.
"..."
An extremely awkward silence fell over both ends of the line.
Yiyi tilted her innocent little face up and asked sweetly, "Who was that?"
"Your little aunt," Xu Lai and Ruan Tang said in unison.
"Little Aunt, was that you?"
Her niece’s innocent question was like a knife plunging into Ruan Lan’s heart. She decisively hung up the phone.
Then she tossed her phone aside and stared blankly at the ceiling.
Hmph.
This world isn’t worth it. This fairy might as well starve to death.
***
Xu Lai and Ruan Tang tactfully didn’t bring up the incident again.
It was Xu Yiyi who said weakly, "Daddy, Mommy, did Yiyi say something wrong?"
"It’s okay." Xu Lai smiled. "Your little aunt is very resilient. After tonight, she’ll go back to being the woman who can eat three bowls of rice."
"Only three bowls? That means Little Aunt *hasn’t* recovered yet," Yiyi said with concern. "She usually eats four bowls, and that’s not even counting the side dishes and soup."
Ruan Tang was speechless.
If Ruan Lan had heard that, it would have been like rubbing salt in the wound.
Night enveloped the quiet island. There were only thirty to fifty fishing households on the island, their lights scattered like stars in different corners.
Atop the stone pillar known as Xianren Residence, Xu Yiyi was lying in the tent, watching the stars. As she watched, the little girl drifted off to sleep.
Ruan Tang tucked her daughter in and whispered in the darkness, "Xu Lai, let’s go for a walk on the beach."
"Let’s go!"
Xu Lai knew that the most important surprise of the night was about to arrive.
Their figures vanished from the top of the stone pillar.
「Meanwhile.」
On another island several hundred nautical miles from Chang Island, dozens of figures flickered in the dark.
Leading them was a young man in luxurious clothing. His face was calm, but his eyes held a deep gloom.
He was the Moon Clan’s Crown Prince, Ji Gui.
Behind him were sixteen cultivators at the Peak of Golden Core from the Eight Great Crescent Moon Clans.
Thank goodness it was Yunxiao Sect’s Teleportation Array; otherwise, the seventeen of us would’ve never made it to Earth. The Supreme Elders of the Crescent Moon Clans thought with a sense of relief.
The only formation capable of transporting large numbers of cultivators between the Moon Clan and Earth was the Teleportation Array in Chang’an City. Beyond that, there were no channels capable of transporting over a thousand people at once. Although the Moon Clan had its own secret teleportation channels, they could only transport two or three people at a time and were for the exclusive use of the Royal Clan. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
The Teleportation Arrays of the One School, Three Sects, and Nine Pavilions couldn’t compare to the one in Chang’an City, but transporting a dozen or so people was still an easy task.
"Elders, besides all of you... no one else in the Moon Clan knows that my Royal Father’s avatar is hiding in the Yunxiao Sect," Ji Gui said, suddenly turning around. His tone was exceptionally calm.
