This token is crafted from a piece of blood-red jade, exceptionally warm to the touch, with a slight coolness spreading from the palm to the entire body.
Mind and spirit.
Beco inexplicably peaceful.
Ruan Tang stood beside Xu Lai, softly asking, "What is this token?"
"I’m not sure."
Xu Lai’s expression was solemn; the jade token bore no inscriptions, and even probing with divine sense elicited no response.
Try recognizing it with a drop of blood?
The Other Shore’s token, Xu Lai dared not attempt lightly.
Who knows if this seemingly token-like jade is an evil implent that can take life with a drop of blood; caution is warranted.
The twelfth Cloud Water Rust character contained nothing.
The thirteenth was also empty.
The fourteenth character was a Storage Space, inside which lay a Spirit Plant long since withered.
Xu Lai felt a bit regretful.
This Spirit Plant is the very rare ’Primordial Chaos Flower’ from the Immortal Domain, capable of sowhat compensating the flaws in the Dao’s law; sadly, it has weathered away with the passage of ti.
However, even though withered, it still holds dicinal value and can be added next ti during alchemy.
Not to ntion, extending lifespan by a millennium or two wouldn’t be a problem.
The fifteenth character was empty.
The sixteenth character was empty.
The seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth characters were all empty.
The twentieth character...
Xu Lai sighed lightly, still empty.
Ten characters were all Storage Spaces, with eight items removed, possibly elixirs, divine skills, cultivation techniques, or precious Spirit Plants.
This discovery gave Xu Lai a headache.
Not that he believed the treasures belonged to him had disappeared, but he suspected that in the upcoming Empire’s Fall, the missing treasures from Cloud Water Rust might bring unforeseen variables.
Cloud Water Rust’s Storage Spaces are extrely valuable; this can be inferred from the Primordial Chaos Flower and those few False Death Pills.
"It’s okay, I’ll decipher the remaining characters soon."
Ruan Tang gently held Xu Lai’s hand, comforting her husband.
"You’ve already helped a lot."
Xu Lai said seriously, "I won’t allow you to continue deciphering Cloud Water Rust; your current task is to rest well and nurture the baby."
"You know I can’t sit idle; being able to help you... makes happy."
"No way."
Xu Lai did not relent in the slightest.
Although Ruan Tang seed to have insightful eyes, capable of easily seeing through the layers of obscure Cloud Water Rust characters, the ntal exhaustion was hard to conceal.
Ruan Tang might not be aware of it; she rely felt a bit fatigued, unaware that her spirit had long been drained.
Cloud Water Rust is reputed to be the Immortal Scripture.
Even the Emperor Realm like Xu Lai requires a great expenditure of mind and ti to decipher; even if Ruan Tang can understand it, there’s a price to pay.
"Xu Lai..."
"Please listen, or the family law will be enforced."
"My belly’s already so big, if you’re heartless enough to bully , then..." Ruan Tang seed a bit annoyed.
"Slap!"
A palm slapped down.
Landed on the back beneath the buttocks, making Ruan Tang blush: "You—"
"Slap!"
"Xu Lai! How dare you..."
"Slap!"
"..."
Ruan Tang dared not speak again, lightly biting her lip, casting Xu Lai a reproachful look.
"I’m indeed curious what’s hidden within Cloud Water Rust, very much so, but my wife, you’re my entire world, and I won’t allow you to suffer any harm because of it."
Xu Lai said seriously, "My wife, sit up; I’ll teach you two cultivation techniques for divine soul; if you’re bored, go practice them."
"I don’t want to..."
"No, you want to."
Xu Lai’s eyes encouraged, as if saying: Practice, my dear wife!
"Fine, I’ll practice."
Ruan Tang stood up, pushing Xu Lai’s back forward: "But hubby, you’re sleeping on the sofa tonight!"
"???"
Xu Lai couldn’t help but complain, "Wife, why are you acting like a child? Couples shouldn’t kick each other out during argunts."
"I am a child, and you just hit ... I’m upset, and tonight I want to sleep alone!"
"..."
Won aren’t ant for reasoning.
Xu Lai said helplessly, "Fine, then I’ll sleep with Yiyi."
"Yiyi?"
Ruan Tang smiled slyly, "Then good luck, hubby."
"Bang!"
The door slamd shut.
Xu Lai felt the smile on his wife’s face carried extra aning, so he went to the backyard and asked, "Yiyi, can Dad sleep with you tonight?"
"No way, Dad."
Yiyi shook her head repeatedly, "I’m a big girl of seven; I can’t sleep with Daddy anymore."
Xu Lai looked at Ruan Lan, lying back on the water surface of the hot spring in a swimsuit, the flat-chested sister-in-law showing an innocent face:
"Hey, stinky brother-in-law, why are you looking at ? It’s not who told Yiyi."
"Masteraunt said so."
Xu Yiyi counted her fingers, saying cutely, "Masteraunt also said not to be overly intimate with other boys, holding hands, kissing lips, and..."
Listed over a dozen prohibitions.
Ruan Lan listened beside, showering praises, "Never expected old Yu, spot on, Yiyi you must protect yourself!"
"But I’m your Dad... "
Xu Lai weakly replied, being kicked out of the room by his wife was one thing, but even little cotton coat Yiyi rejected him.
Ruan Lan delightedly said, "Stinky brother-in-law, did my sister kick you out with nowhere to sleep?"
"Heh."
Xu Lai crossed his hands behind his back, calmly saying, "If I, Xu Qingfeng, do not wish to move, who can make retreat half a step!"
"Dad, you stepped on my toy..."
"Yiyi, I’m sorry." Xu Lai quickly retreated.
"Is that it?"
Ruan Lan showed disdain.
She was about to continue mocking, but hearing the second-floor balcony door opening, suddenly hesitated:
"Brother-in-law, if you co sleep in my room tonight and my sister finds out, what then?"
Ruan Tang: ???
Xu Lai: ???
Xu Yiyi also looked puzzled, saying naively, "Auntie, Dad hasn’t said—"
"Mph mph mph."
Before she could finish, Yiyi’s mouth was covered.
Ruan Lan anxiously said, "Lower your voice, don’t let that wicked woman hear."
Ruan Tang from the second-floor balcony, face dark: "Xu Lai, return to the bedroom, I have so words for you."
Xu Lai said helplessly, "Wife..."
"Mr. Xu, please return to the bedroom."
"...Alright."
"Stinky brother-in-law, no need to thank !" Ruan Lan slyly winked.
Xu Lai indeed didn’t thank, but took half of the good wine stored in the wine cellar.
"See, Auntie is impressive; just a few words convinced your mom to take your dad back."
Ruan Lan sighed, "I’m pretty, have a good figure, possessing a Bodhisattva heart; how amazing am I!"
Xu Yiyi scratched her head, always feeling things weren’t that simple.
...
...
If a person’s life has seasons, then Sikong Jiu certainly belongs to spring, even if Earth is currently snowy winter.
Inside an apartnt building.
Sikong Jiu just ca down from the second floor after dining at Aunt Wang’s house, exhaled a cold breath, tucked his little hands beside the red bellyband, and humd a hotown tune.
"Today the common folks ah, really ah really happy..."
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