Chapter 37

Cough!

Her nose felt awful! The poking on her cheeks returned, it's her daddy. It was daddy's fault that her milk went up her nose! Also what kind of parent was he? Calling his own baby a pig! Hmph, when he's old she won't take care of him.

His child pouted at him and hid in the crook of Ming Yongnian's neck. First thing Mo Huijun's daughter did in the morning was suck milk like a pig, proceeded to spray milk from her nose, and now she was pouting at him! What did he do wrong? "Ah'Hui, what did daddy do?"

"Stop calling her Ah'Hui, that's not her name."

"Have you named her, huh?"

Daddy's voice didn't sound like he was asking for forgiveness from her. He was just asking, daddy didn't know what he did wrong! I don't want to see you!

Complying to his daughter's wishes, Ming Yongnian told Mo Huijun to go away, "She doesn't want to see you Mo Huijun, stand back."

"What do you know? You can't even hear her. And my daughter said nothing."

"As a matter of fact I can hear her thoughts." Ming Yongnian looked proud.

Mo Huijun's expression morphed into a blank one. "She can communicate telepathically?"

Ming Yongnian said nothing, but it was all the confirmation that Mo Huijun needed.

[Ah'Hui, can you hear daddy?]

The baby's eyes grew large, why can she hear daddy's voice in her head?!

[Ah'Hui really does call daddy, daddy. Daddy is really happy.]

Her daddy sure was annoying as hell.

[You know I can hear you right?] Mo Huijun was not pleased with the way his daughter was disrespectful. [Would you like another punishment?]

No way, papa!

On cue Ming Yongnian forcefully closed the telepathic connection between the baby and Mo Huijun. "Mo Huijun, stop fishing for trouble with my daughter."

Clicking his tongue, Mo Huijun stepped back. "I'm also not in the mood to play around." He paused, remembering something important. "Ah'Hui you owe me a kiss."

The baby hid further into Ming Yongnian's neck.

All of a sudden Mo Huijun's temperament changed again, his eyes stared dead at the Immortal, who as usual returned it with the same courtesy. "I've told my men to erase any evidence of my daughter's existence, don't show yourself in any of the other realms without a disguise next time. As for the human side of things, I'm sure that you sent that Kaijun whoever, to resolve the matters."

The baby blinked, they went into business mode so fast I'm having a whiplash.

And then the Devil Venerable was gone. No flash of light, no sound, nor proof left he had been in this kitchen, in this house, or in this barren realm.

"Ah?"

Ming Yongnian tipped his head slightly to the side. Feeling ticklish from the child's face. "He has some important things to sort out."

***

"Elder brother, who do you think that Kaijun guy is, exactly?" Lan Jianhong could finally stop spreading grass seeds, and was sitting on the ground drinking water from his gourd.

Who was Kaijun? Was the most frequently asked question when it comes to their latest new friend.

"Someone with a lot of money." Feng Delun muttered.

"How much is a lot?" Li Jiayi asked.

"I'm not sure. Enough for us to build a sect."

The other there made a "whoa" noise.

"Let's see, we know that Kaijun is a childhood friend of eldest brother." Lan Jianhong began.

Then Jie Qiqiang corrected him, "Speculation, we still haven't confirmed it with eldest brother."

"Oh, yes, yes it's speculation. He is rich, but we don't know how rich, but rich enough for us to hug his golden thighs! And just this dawn, eldest brother sent him to do something." Lan Jianhong wasn't sure what Ming Yongnian had told Kaijun to do, but Feng Delun must know, he always knows.

Feeling their stares Feng Delun said, "Eldest brother asked Kaijun to prevent the news that he had brought a baby into Dongfu from spreading."

Jie Qiqiang frowned. "Why didn't eldest brother disguised himself?"

Ming Yongnian was a careful man. It was how their relationship between each other was kept a secret for so long, despite many eyes on them. He would made sure that all of them went through several prerequisites when they met up, to confuse anyone who had their eyes on them.

"It was to lure out Mo Huijun."

That explained it all.

"I still cannot speak with confidence that eldest brother is a kind man, or that he's a wretched man. It feels like he's both!" Li Jiayi lamented.

The immortal could've raised his child on his own, kept the baby a secret to the very end. Mo Huijun would surely know nothing of the child's existence, until the child was of age. But unexpectedly he went against all common sense and summoned Mo Huijun, the Devil Venerable, and told him the two of them had a child together.

"I'm glad eldest brother is both good and wretched, none of us would be here today. Imagine it, if eldest brother was like those condescending old geezers deciding our fate, telling us what to do, none of us would be here." Lan Jianhong laughed.

A thought struck Jie Qiqiang and he chuckled. "Jiang Xiaotong would probably be farming demon chickens and cows. You," He pointed at Lan Jianhong. "Would be some stuck up young master!"

Called out, Lan Jianhong protested, "Hey! At least I wouldn't be stuck in a library for fifty centuries." He smirked at Li Jiayi's direction.

Closing the scroll he held, Li Jiayi was not amused. "At least I'm around the things I like for fifty centuries!"

The three men, around the age of two millennia, started bickering with one another. Feng Delun sent them a sidelong glance, before folding his arms over his chest and closing his eyes. He thought, a bunch of children as always. The corners of his lips were gently lifted. It was quick to disappear as it had appeared.

Feng Delun's right hand moved to the side, palms opened. A pouch was placed in his hand. Without opening his eyes Feng Delun said, "I thought Liwei would arrive first?"

"Someone mentioned my name, so I rushed back. Oi! Which one of you said this Jiang Xiaotong would be farming demon chickens and cows?!" It was none other than Jiang Xiaotong.

"Xiaotong, you're back!" Jie Qiqiang exclaimed.

"Why did you come back first?" Lan Jianhong questioned.

"What's with that question?"

Lan Jianhong shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just saying, you're not Jin Liwei, you're not an expert when it comes to your own finances, or anything related to money. I could already imagine you fumbling while selling your loot. Were you cheated?"

The corners of Jiang Xiaotong's lips twitched. "I'll have you know that I'm filthy rich before I have to give it all up to that sect of mine!"

"That's what you said all the time, but don't you always bother eldest brother and elder brother to treat you stuff?" Li Jiayi scoffed.

The group grew rowdier with Jiang Xiaotong's arrival. Feng Delun took a peek at the pouch insides, not bad, Jiang Xiaotong managed to sell everything. His little sworn brother managed to bargain a good price.

"Xiaotong has returned?" Ming Yongnian appeared out of nowhere.

Feng Delun almost jumped in fright. It took all the years of experience within him not to jump like some feline. "Eldest brother…" Even as a late stage Nascent Soul cultivator Ming Yongnian could sneak up on him.

Ming Yongnian was back carrying the baby, not a single sign of the Devil Venerable's presence.

Li Jiayi greeted, "Good morning eldest brother," His eyes slightly wandered around. "And the Devil Venerable?"

"What Devil Venerable?!" Jiang Xiaotong was shocked.

Lan Jianhong "Hehe"-ed at Jiang Xiaotong's reaction. "That's right you missed an important action! The Devil Venerable turned out to be our little ancestor's other parent."

"What?!" If Jiang Xiaotong's jaw could drop down to the floor it would, if his eyes could bulge out of its sockets it would. Because his ears must be waxy for him to hear things.

"He had matters to attend to." Ming Yongnian stated.

Jiang Xiaotong felt left out. "That sadist is the little ancestor's father? And he came here?! How did things develop this far, in a short amount of time I'm gone? How come something interesting happened and I'm always not around!"

"Instead of interesting, try saying terrifying." Li Jiayi shivered. He was the scholar out of them all. If all it took to beat the Devil Venerable was to recite sutras, dharmas, and ancient texts, he wouldn't find the Devil Venerable or any kind of devil scary. Alas it requires a bigger muscle than Jie Qiqiang's who was a man of hulking mass of muscles.

Jie Qiqiang must have felt Li Jiayi's stare, and the man threw a question at Li Jiayi's way, "Something the matter?"

Instead of answering Jie Qiqiang, Li Jiayi looked at Jie Qiqiang's arms and legs. "It's too tiny."