Return of the Immortal Emperor Daddy-Chapter 166 The Little Guy Asked

The little one refused to get into the cauldron no matter what.

Wu Tian chuckled and just went over, forcibly stripping off the little one’s clothes.

"Ah! I’m going to tell Mama you’re bullying me!"

"And I’ll tell Mama you..."

As the little one shouted, Wu Tian had already stripped her completely and tossed her straight into the Si Xiong Cauldron, not allowing her to get out.

"Stay inside and cultivate," Wu Tian said seriously,

at the same time, he sat down cross-legged as well.

At night,

The little one was originally unhappy about being in the cauldron, but gradually she felt very comfortable.

Wu Tian said it was enough and she could come out now, but she refused no matter what.

In the end, Wu Tian had to go in hard, dragging her out and putting her clothes back on.

The little one wore an unhappy face: "When you strip my clothes or dress me, can’t you be a little gentler? Am I still your little princess or not?"

"Nope," Wu Tian snickered.

"..." Hearing this, the little one snorted.

Wu Tian had something he didn’t say aloud.

You’re my little witch!

This daughter’s path is destined to be the path of a badass. Wu Tian already saw that clearly.

She will walk through hardships on her own someday—Wu Tian had calculated this. But by then, where would he be?

Wu Tian couldn’t figure that out for now.

But Wu Tian was certain—his daughter would definitely become a Great Emperor. Those who could match her would be few indeed.

"Baby, this time we’re going tomb raiding. There’s some knowledge I think it’s time I teach you." Wu Tian walked over to a bookshelf, took down a few books, speaking with a calm expression.

These books were all on tomb raiding. Clearly left by Zhao Zetian—she didn’t want to lead a bunch of tomb-raiding illiterates along.

"You read, I’ll listen." The little one said earnestly.

"Okay." Wu Tian nodded and started explaining the content of the books aloud.

As Wu Tian kept talking, the little one began to shake her head furiously: "No, no, no! I’ll fall asleep if I listen to this. What now?"

"But some things you just have to know," Wu Tian replied. "For example, what this book says about dangerous feng shui sites and the like."

"No! I don’t want it! Pa, do I have to study? Can’t I skip it, please?" She looked up, big eyes brimming with grievance as she gazed at Wu Tian.

But in Wu Tian’s eyes, she saw only coldness.

"You need to realize, even as your father, I can’t be by your side every single moment," Wu Tian said,

The little one’s big eyes were about to overflow with tears. Parents, how could they not be with her?

In the little one’s eyes, Wu Tian was the strongest of all.

Now that he was back, he’d never leave again.

But hearing Wu Tian’s tone, it sounded like he was about to leave, and it made the little one desperate to squeeze out some tears.

If you dare leave,

I’ll cry just to show you.

The little one was super determined!

"Crying is useless,"

"I won’t spoil you too much,"

"No one can protect you forever!"

"The journey of heaven is vigorous; a noble one strives on—unceasingly!"

The last line, Wu Tian enunciated, word by word, like a hammer thudding on the little one’s heart, making her remember it for good.

"Strive unceasingly?" The little one’s eyes widened as she stared at Wu Tian, asking, "So if I get strong enough, you won’t leave me, right?"

"Yes," Wu Tian nodded.

"Hmph." The little one snorted, "Even if you’re trapped under a mountain, I’ll split the mountain and save you, don’t worry."

"..." Wu Tian had no idea why she’d be talking about ’splitting mountains,’

but he was glad the little one wanted to learn. So Wu Tian nodded, "Let’s start studying now."

Wu Tian began explaining to the little one some principles of tomb raiding,

including feng shui, ancient sites, and matters of life and death,

By dawn, the little one had finished listening,

And the first thing out of her mouth, bright-eyed, was: "Does immortality really exist?"

"It does," Wu Tian nodded.

"And there are special places that can change one’s lifespan, right?"

"Right." Wu Tian nodded again—he hadn’t expected that a night’s lessons would lead his little one to ask such deep questions. This wasn’t her usual self at all.

"Okay, got it." The little one thought a bit, then said, "One day I want to find a really fierce place for cultivation."

"..." Wu Tian could only nod again.

"Pa, why do you only ever nod?" The little one put her hands on her hips, cocky: "Is it because now my knowledge has already surpassed yours? You’re so amazed, you’re embarrassed and mad, about to crap yourself..."

"Stop!" Wu Tian quickly cut her off,

The way she mangled idioms and phrases—seriously, earth-shattering, enough to move ghosts and gods to tears.

In the morning, Wu Tian took the little one out of the room and saw Yao Yuanyao kneeling at the door.

"Mr. Wu Tian, I’ve been kneeling here all night, please...please..."

He wanted to say something, and Wu Tian knew exactly what it was.

No more or less than Yao Yuanyao wanting to become a tomb raiding expert.

"You need to understand, I’m not a kind person—I don’t help people for no reason." Wu Tian’s eyes were calm, his tone was so flat it sent chills down Yao’s spine: "Teaching my own kid is only natural, but I can’t treat everyone equally. It’s like with teachers—no one can really treat all students exactly the same. If you want something from me, let me see your value, do you understand?"

"Value?" These two words made Yao Yuanyao’s body tremble. He nodded hurriedly, "I... I understand! I’ll show Mr. Wu Tian my value!"

Wu Tian nodded slightly.

They went downstairs to breakfast. Since they were at Jinyang Restaurant, the breakfast was abundant.

They had common items, like steamed dumplings and sponge cakes,

as well as specialties like lamb offal stew, meatball soup, fried flour tea, sweet rice wine soup, and sticky rice with peas. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Wu Tian and company sat down to eat, and the one eating the most was the little one—chomping down one after another, almost without chewing,

which, for normal people, would be unhealthy.

But the little one was just fine.

Zhao Mulan was there, but Zhao Zetian wasn’t. Lin Zhan asked and found out Zhao Zetian had gone to call others over.

Everyone she’d invited was famous in the tomb raiding world: descendants of the Commanders of the Touch Gold school, successors of the Mount Mover Daoist clan, and scions of the Unsealing Strength Masters.

As Wu Tian and the others finished breakfast, Zhao Zetian arrived with three people,

a fat guy,

a skinny guy,

and a woman with triangular eyes.

Before Wu Tian’s group said anything, the woman with the triangular eyes spoke up at once: "You know, tomb raiding isn’t a game, Miss Zhao Zetian. How can you bring these people? What’ll happen if they hold me back?"

The fat guy jumped in, too: "Heh, you’re mistaken. This time, tomb raiding—us Unsealing Strength Masters are determined to succeed. If anyone’s holding people back, it’s you holding me back."

The skinny one looked decent, swept his eyes over Wu Tian and crew, and said, "Everyone is born useful. I think they all have their uses and talents—let’s all go together."