Invincible Dad-Chapter 763: If I Had Known This Would Trouble My Heart_1
「The next day.」
Xu Lai took his senior sister on a tour of the Heavenly Court, even taking the initiative to introduce her to the Divine Generals.
Yu Guiwan was extraordinarily dignified, treating everyone with neither humility nor arrogance. Not only was she in the Immortal Venerable Realm, but her identity as Emperor Qingfeng’s eldest senior sister was enough for her to do as she pleased in the Heavenly Court, and even the entire Immortal Domain.
Xu Lai introduced quite a few outstanding male Divine Generals, clearly with matchmaking intentions. However, his senior sister deflected them all with a single sentence.
"My father said that anyone who wants to marry me must first defeat my three junior brothers."
The male Divine Generals all clasped their fists. "We take our leave!"
Then, ignoring The Supreme Emperor’s telepathic messages, they fled as fast as they could.
Is this some kind of joke?
Two of Fairy Yu’s junior brothers had already fallen, and the sole remaining one was The Supreme Emperor himself. They wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on him even if they were given a million guts.
"Qingfeng has grown up. Is he getting tired of his senior sister now?" Yu Guiwan lamented mournfully. "One hundred thousand years ago, you peeked at your youthful and beautiful senior sister while she was bathing. Now that I’m past my prime, you’re trying to push me away."
Leaning on a pillar of the Heavenly Court’s main hall, her lonely silhouette seemed to weep as she spoke. "Had I known it would entangle my heart so, I would rather we had never met."
"..."
Xu Lai’s expression darkened with exasperation.
He had thought that if his senior sister had a Dao companion to keep her company, perhaps she wouldn’t be so averse to the idea of ’staying alive.’ But his senior sister had clearly seen through his intentions. She refused to take the bait and instead put on a pitiful act of self-pity.
"Qingfeng was wrong. I shouldn’t have been so presumptuous. Please don’t be upset, Senior Sister," Xu Lai said awkwardly, clasping his fist in a bow. "Also, as I told you last time, the matter of me peeking at you bathing... was a misunderstanding."
At that time, their master had taken his two senior brothers away from the Sect, and before leaving, he had asked Xu Lai to deliver a Jade Slip to his senior sister. Xu Lai had hurried to the back of the mountain to deliver it, only to stumble upon his senior sister in the pond, at which point he promptly fled.
"I know."
A mischievous smile touched Yu Guiwan’s lips. "The embarrassed look on my little junior brother’s face is exactly the same as it was one hundred thousand years ago."
After saying that, she actually reached out and lightly pinched Xu Lai’s cheek, then pulled on both sides of his face.
Yu Guiwan let go with some regret. "Not as soft as before. And you don’t blush and run away like you used to."
Xu Lai was helpless.
Someone please come and wrangle my senior sister, he thought. This woman is a real headache.
Xu Lai continued to stroll through the Heavenly Court with his senior sister.
Meanwhile, at the Sect Gate of the Old Heavenly Court, an old man stepped forward, a smug smile on his lips.
Didn’t expect this, did you? I’m back.
This old man was, of course, the Ferryman of the Netherworld. He straightened his clothes and chuckled outside the Sect Gate, "Xu Qingfeng, Yu Guiwan, this old man has arrived."
"..."
There was no response.
Elder Huang Quan raised an eyebrow. He knew how much this place meant to Xu Lai, so he didn’t try to barge in or even extend his Divine Sense. Instead, he just called out in a solemn voice, "Xu Qingfeng, I once happened to pass by the Mass Burial Mound and saw the four members of your Sect fleeing in a panic. I secretly lent them a hand."
"Your master, despite his low Boundary, actually sensed my presence. He told me he had brewed several jars of Plum Wine, one of a kind in this world! He said I could take a jar as payment to settle the karma between us."
"I have come for the wine, to sever the karmic ties of the past. Surely you won’t even let me enter the Sect Gate, will you?"
The more Elder Huang Quan spoke, the more sullen his expression became. He hadn’t expected Xu Qingfeng to give him so little face. He was, after all, a Ninth-Heaven Quasi-Emperor. Even if his Boundary was lower than the Emperor Realm, he shouldn’t be so completely ignored!
Elder Huang Quan snorted and was about to force his way into the Heavenly Court when he saw a man and a woman coming down the mountain. The pair was none other than Wang Bainian and his wife, Wang He.
A hint of excitement appeared on Wang He’s face as she whispered with a smile, "I told you when we were up the mountain that someone was shouting for Young Master Xu and Fairy Yu. Do you believe me now?"
Wang Bainian scratched his head. The couple had just gone to the back of the mountain to deliver some vegetables and fruit but were disappointed not to find the senior sister and junior brother there. As they were heading back down, his wife mentioned hearing someone at the foot of the mountain. He had thought Wang He misheard, but it turned out to be true.
Wang Bainian went up to the visitor and said with a smile, "Old sir, Young Master Xu is not on the mountain. Please come back another day."
"Not here?!"
Elder Huang Quan was speechless. So I was just talking to thin air this whole time?
"Yes, he’s not here."
After saying this, Wang Bainian led his wife back to their house at the base of the mountain. They still had a lot of plums to pick today; their trip up the mountain to deliver vegetables and fruit had just been a brief break from their work.
"..."
Elder Huang Quan couldn’t help but sigh. He was a smart man; he knew Xu Qingfeng was intentionally making him wait.
Could it be that he knows the real purpose of my visit?
Elder Huang Quan fell into deep thought, eventually shaking his head with a wry smile. "Let it be. I’ll leave a Jade Slip. It would be best if he responds, but one cannot force such things," he muttered, consoling himself.
An ancient-looking Jade Slip flew toward the back of the mountain, and Elder Huang Quan turned and departed.
* * *
「Heavenly Court.」
「The Treasure Vault.」
Outside the small Barrier labeled 818233, the Second Divine General, Baize, stood guard.
She suddenly tilted her head. The figure of The Supreme Emperor appeared in her line of sight, along with a stunningly beautiful female cultivator.
Yu Guiwan hadn’t expected to run into an acquaintance and quickly flew over. "Divine General Bai, what are you doing here?"
"Guarding this little Barrier." Baize replied, then asked curiously, "But you—"
"Qingfeng insisted on bringing me here to pick out some protective Magical Treasures. Here, take a look."
Yu Guiwan sounded somewhat helpless. They had been having a perfectly nice time touring the Heavenly Court when Xu Lai had suddenly dragged her to the Treasure Vault, and refusing was not an option. At that moment, her Storage Space was crammed full of all sorts of Magical Treasures, Elixirs, and Jade Slips containing Divine Skills.
"..."
Baize’s Divine Sense swept over Yu Guiwan’s storage ring, and she gasped.
This fortune... It’s even deeper than mine, and I’m a sixth-level Quasi-Emperor!
The Second Divine General looked at Xu Lai and frowned slightly.
Xu Lai knew what Baize was thinking. She feared that the various treasures, prepared with good intentions, might instead become a death warrant for his senior sister. However, Xu Lai had already considered this possibility and had prepared a unique treasure for his senior sister capable of concealing her from heavenly fate.
Xu Lai was about to say something.
Just then, he seemed to sense something and glanced behind him. A corner of his mouth twitched. That annoying old geezer is finally gone.
With a wave of his hand, an ancient Jade Slip was swallowed by the void. In a moment, the Jade Slip appeared in Xu Lai’s hand. Layers of seals swirled across its surface, drawing the attention of both Baize and Yu Guiwan.
Baize’s brows furrowed even more deeply. "A Quasi-Emperor restriction, unbreakable by anyone below the Emperor Realm. Was it left by the one from the Netherworld?"
"Mhm," Xu Lai confirmed without hiding anything. "He came looking for me yesterday."
"No wonder." Baize understood now. Otherwise, given The Supreme Emperor’s hands-off nature, he wouldn’t have returned to the Heavenly Court just one day later. She nodded. "Let’s see it."
Xu Lai wiped the restriction from the Jade Slip and tossed it directly to Baize.
The Second Divine General’s Divine Sense probed into it. After a long silence, she looked at Xu Lai, seeming to want to say something but holding back.
"What’s inside?" Yu Guiwan leaned in curiously, but soon her eyes began to redden. "Qingfeng..."
Xu Lai immediately realized what the Jade Slip contained. It was likely about him, and it was probably not good news.
