Chapter 34

Prickling piercing coldness like thousands of needles, threatened Mo Huijun. The corners of his lips hooked, someone was mad, or to be exact terribly jealous.

He finally figured out what punishment his daughter should receive. "Ah'Hui, kiss your Daddy some more." Mo Huijun turned his head to the side, lending the baby his other un-kissed cheek.

Spiritual energy raised like a tide of tsunami waves, Kaijun and Feng Delun each held

of Ming Yongnian's shoulders, restraining the enormous tide of spiritual energy. A gale rose along with dust and stones, batting their clothes.

"Eldest brother!"

"Nian!"

Feng Delun's free hand danced in the air, each left golden strokes floating, drifting, circling them and Ming Yongnian. As his two fingertips pressed together, the golden strokes let out sparks. The suppressing array formation was in place. "Please restrain your spiritual energy eldest brother, you might harm your child."

"Nian, it's in the middle of the night. Calm down!" Kaijun pressed Ming Yongnian's shoulder a little harder.

While her uncles were in crisis the baby thought, why was it windy all of a sudden? Her round eyes were halfway closed with all the dust in the air. Never mind, why was her other father asking her to kiss him? Wasn't he going to punish her?

Noting that his daughter was confused Mo Huijun encouraged her, "Come on, from now on you have to give me kisses every morning, before bed, and call me Daddy as punishment."

"Ah!" You're asking too much other father!

The array holding Ming Yongnian's spiritual energy let out bursts of sparks. Feng Delun's golden strokes were being eaten away. The array master's forehead was covered with sweat.

The baby caught the sight of her papa, she blinked innocently. She was assessing the situation and judging. It seemed that her papa was jealous with other father. A lightbulb appeared on top of the baby's head. Without taking her eyes off of her papa she gave her other father a kiss.

That's for not saving me!

Still staring at her papa, her cheeks puffed up, then the baby said, "Dah, dah!"

Grin split Mo Huijun's face. "Well would you look at that, my daughter called me daddy." He taunted Ming Yongnian.

The sight of Ming Yongnian enraged by a simple kiss on the cheeks and a little "daddy" spoken was amazing! Mo Huijun laughed, this was far more rewarding and satisfying than punching the Golden Crowned Lord's icy face.

"Eldest brother!"

"Eldest brother, what happened?!"

"Eldest brother, if you want to fart your spiritual energy out, do it somewhere else, or else the house I just built is going to be blown away!"

Li Jiayi, Jie Qiqiang, and Lan Jianhong arrived, the three men fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

Feng Delun felt his blood boil. "LAN JIANHONG! Can't you see the situation is dire?! Come here and help us!"

Lan Jianhong who had complained, flinched, he was about to run away when he almost fell to the ground if it weren't for Jie Qiqiang catching him. His hands shakily pointed at Mo Huijun. "The Heavenly Emperor's wrinkly bosom! Isn't that the Devil Venerable?!" Lan Jianhong stood up straight and hid behind Jie Qiqiang.

"That's… Eldest brother's child!" Jie Qiqiang was alarmed. Why is the Devil Venerable holding her?

Lan Jianhong peeked from behind Jie Qiqiang. "Our little ancestor!"

Annoyed and embarrassed by Lan Jianhong, Li Jiayi dragged the man in blue robes out of Jie Qiqiang's shadow. "You're a late stage nascent soul cultivator, act like one."

"Jiayi, we both are not exactly a combative cultivator, but a scholar like cultivators. When it comes to fighting we're as good as a salted fish, a cannon fodder. We'll get in people's way. Let's just hide behind Qiqiang, look at his back, it's as firm as a mountain." Lan Jianhong rubbed his hand on Jie Qiqiang's back, his praises were over the top.

Li Jiayi's eyes seemed dead. "You're just afraid, of the Devil Venerable."

"I'm not! We have eldest brother, wh-why would I be afraid?" Lan Jianhong stuttered.

Feng Delun who was at his wits' end snapped, "The three of you enough talk, come over and help us!"

Li Jiayi and Lan Jianhong were quick to respond. Feng Delun ordered them to pour their spiritual energy into the array formation restraining Ming Yongnian.

Lan Jianhong frowned. "Why are we stopping eldest brother? Also who is this?" He had noticed Kaijun the moment he landed, but he only had the chance to ask now.

Kaijun sighed. "Ask the questions later." Nian's sworn siblings were too easy going.

Even with four people restraining Ming Yongnian, his massive spiritual energy was barely contained. At the very least Feng Delun and Kaijun weren't struggling as much, which meant the immortal had not been fully consumed by his anger and released his entire spiritual energy. With his back facing Ming Yongnian Jie Qiqiang was standing guard in front of them, acting as a barrier between the Devil Venerable.

Kaijun began to persuade Ming Yongnian, "Nian, you need to calm down. Think of the mortals living in this place." Ming Yongnian's spiritual energy fluctuates. "Think of your daughter, she has yet to cultivate. If you keep this up, you'll end up killing her."

Killing her…

Their eyes met, Kaijun and Ming Yongnian, both transmitted words that didn't need any language nor voice to represent them. A bucket of cold water seemingly drenched Ming Yongnian's consciousness. The rolling tide of massive spiritual energy slid down a mountain, until the shimmering embers were all that was left. It would flicker as if it was twitching from being restrained so suddenly.

The dust floating halted in the air, instantly dropping to the ground. Like someone had poured sand from their hand.

The four men took a step back, giving Ming Yongnian space. A shoulder shrug and Ming Yongnian freed himself from Feng Delun's restraining array formation.

Li Jiayi, Lan Jianhong, and especially Feng Delun drew a blank when they saw Ming Yongnian's ease in dispelling Feng Delun's restraining formation array. Feng Delun had poured all of his effort when he restrained Ming Yongnian, that array was one of his best. Perhaps his best.

So this was the power of an immortal.

Then the three beamed at Ming Yongnian like some child meeting their hero. Although Feng Delun showed a great sense of restraint while fawning over Ming Yongnian's power.

Silence drifted until Mo Huijun's laughter shattered the brief moment. "Are you finished? I've taken the time to put my baby to sleep."

Many brows were raised past their hairline. Li Jiayi, Jie Qiqiang, and Lan Jianhong's eyes were drawn to Ming Yongnian, like metal drawn to a magnet.

Ming Yongnian's expression remained gloomy. "Get inside."

And so they head inside the house Lan Jianhong had built.

Reaching out his hands for the baby, Ming Yongnian said, "Hand her over."

Mo Huijun raised a brow. "I can carry her, don't worry. She's very light."

Ming Yongnian was already frowning ever since his rage, it was turning into a scowl sooner than later. His outstretched hands fell to his sides, below his long sleeves his fists were clenched, his knuckles whitened. Mo Huijun had cast a sleeping spell on his child, there was no way that baby would sleep with all the commotion.

Worried that rage would overtake Ming Yongnian's senses once more, Kaijun patted the immortal's shoulders, leading the man to sit on a chair beside him. "Nian it's alright."

Ming Yongnian saw the hand on his shoulder, following it up to Kaijun's face, and glared.

What a scary face! Kaijun whistles in his heart. If he hadn't known Ming Yongnian since they were both children, he would've shit his pants. Wisely his hand made a retreat.

An awkward silence settled in the room. Lan Jianhong's brows raised, eyes were wide, constantly shifting between the Devil Venerable, Ming Yongnian, and the man that seemed close to Ming Yongnian.

Then Lan Jianhong purposely stared at Feng Delun, until the man noticed him, proceeding to blink excessively. Feng Delun deadpanned, he did not understand Lan Jianhong's subtle questioning. Lan Jianhong wanted to sigh, but right now he was too afraid to even breathe too loudly.

Finally he knocked on Feng Delun's consciousness. [Elder brother, what happened?]

[We'll talk tomorrow.] Feng Delun was taking a lotus position to meditate on the tatami floor Lan Jianhong had created.

[Wait, wait, you can't sleep yet! You have to explain to me what happened!]

[Explain to us too!] Li Jiayi's voice resounded in their minds.

Including Jie Qiqiang's voice, [Count me in.]

Where did this bunch of curious kittens came from, Feng Delun wonders. Luo Huifang, that woman, turned out to have a bigger impact on everyone. She even turned these three supposed innocent men into a gossip haggler. The corner of Feng Delun's lips twitched, then he closed his eyes shut. [Remember not to make too much noise.] The heavens knew that these three would be shouting in surprise if he didn't remind them.