(To keep this bath scene from being flagged as vulgar and getting censored, the author will keep it brief. The gist is that Niu Kexin got a small red flower from the Pig Emperor that could knock Mo Qi out. While he was bathing, she secretly added it to his tub, knocking him unconscious, and then... she got the deed done.)

(Skipping the naughty bits, mwah!)

...

Outside the door, a person and a pig were squeezed together, each having poked a hole in the paper window.

"Young lady, you’ll get a stye from peeping!" the Pig Emperor said, wiggling its backside as it searched for the best viewing angle.

Liu Ruyan’s face flushed red, but she didn’t look away. She shot back, "I’m not peeping! I was worried you, you lecherous pig, might do something untoward, so I’m here to supervise you! That’s right, supervise you!"

"Well, well, well, who knew? That Mo Qi fellow has a pretty nice body," the Pig Emperor said, smacking its lips.

Liu Ruyan: "..."

"The flower’s in! It’s starting to work! Three... two... one... Got him!"

The Pig Emperor chattered on excitedly as it watched.

Just then, the Pig Emperor suddenly felt the world spin as someone grabbed it and lifted it upside down.

"Hey, young lady, you’ve gone too far!"

Her face beet red, Liu Ruyan strode away, dangling the Pig Emperor in her grip.

"Hey, put me down! The main event is about to start!" the Pig Emperor struggled with all its might.

"You’d better think this through. If Brother Mo finds out about this later, do you think he might just add a roast suckling pig to his next batch of Medicinal Cuisine?"

Liu Ruyan’s words completely deflated the Pig Emperor.

Pig Emperor: "Sigh, what a loss, what a loss!"

...

「A valley on the outskirts of the Imperial Academy, in the Mountain and Sea Empire Imperial City.」

Inside a manor that covered ten li, a man and a woman sat facing each other, their expressions incredibly grim.

"Brother Chen, our Hao’er is dead!" The woman, who appeared to be around thirty, was beautiful, but her face was now as cold as ice, her eyes blazing with fury.

The man was of a similar age and wore a handlebar mustache.

"Yes. The old man sent word a few days ago. The murderer’s name is Mo Qi, a Core Disciple of the Void Sect. He holds a great secret of the Wailing Abyss. His true strength is unknown, but it’s at least at the Peak of the Purity Realm."

"I told you we should have kept Hao’er in the Imperial City! Even if he couldn’t get into the Imperial Academy, at least he would have been under our watch and safe! It’s all your fault! You just had to send him back to that bullshit Void Sect!"

The man remained silent, the coldness in his eyes intensifying.

His name was Wang Chen, the only son of Wang Xinglong and the biological father of Wang Hao.

The woman before him was named Zhao Yuqi, Wang Hao’s mother.

"I’m going to the Void Sect right now to kill that villain Mo Qi and avenge Hao’er!" Zhao Yuqi stood to leave but was stopped by Wang Chen.

"The old man mentioned in his message that Mo Qi is highly valued by the Void Sect’s ancestor. For his sake, they were even willing to turn on the Wolf Fang Sect. With just the two of us, I’m afraid we won’t be able to get revenge."

Zhao Yuqi said coldly, "So we’re just supposed to let it go? No matter how strong the Void Sect is, can they really stand against our Mountain and Sea Empire?"

Wang Chen shook his head. "Calm down. The Mountain and Sea Empire isn’t going to pressure the Void Sect just for the two of us. Of course we won’t let Hao’er’s death go unavenged, but we need a long-term plan!"

"A long-term plan? How long? He couldn’t even protect one child! Your useless father is half responsible for Hao’er’s death!"

"Enough!"

Wang Chen roared, raising his hand as if to slap Zhao Yuqi.

Although he and Wang Xinglong had a falling out years ago, Wang Xinglong was still his father. Blood is thicker than water.

"What, are you going to hit me now?" Zhao Yuqi stared coldly at Wang Chen. "If you have any backbone, go kill Mo Qi. What’s the use of taking it out on me?"

Wang Chen lowered his hand and sighed.

At that moment, a young man appeared and knelt before the two of them.

"Reporting to Master and Mistress, someone left this Communication Talisman. They said they have matters to discuss with you concerning a man named Mo Qi."

A white Jade Talisman was presented to Wang Chen.

"Where is he?" Wang Chen’s expression changed slightly.

"He left as soon as he delivered the talisman, Master." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Wang Chen took the Jade Talisman and exchanged a look with Zhao Yuqi, both seeing the shock and suspicion in the other’s eyes.

’It was too much of a coincidence.’

"You may go," Wang Chen said with a wave of his hand. The young man bowed and retreated.

He crushed the Jade Talisman. A cyan light flared and coalesced into the figure of a middle-aged man in a black robe.

"Zhang Shao? It’s you!"

Wang Chen recognized the figure. It was the Sect Leader of the Wolf Fang Sect, Zhang Shao!

"Heh heh, Wang Chen. It’s been many years. I trust you’ve been well?" Zhang Shao said with a laugh.

"Hmph. If that’s all you have to say, then I don’t have time for pleasantries."

Wang Chen had come from the Void Sect and had a great deal of conflict with the Wolf Fang Sect back in the day.

Even though he had left the Void Sect many years ago, he still held no goodwill toward anyone from the Wolf Fang Sect.

"If you don’t want to avenge Wang Xinglong and Wang Hao, then by all means, disperse this wisp of my Divine Sense," Zhang Shao said coolly.