Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 666 Six Years Later

Qian Gu Huang Yu raised her jade finger and gently touched Xiao Jia Lin's fair forehead to attract Jia Lin's attention.

After Jialin looked at her, Qian Gu Huang Yu pointed her finger in Gu Yue Na's direction and whispered, "Be good, call her Grandma."

"boom--"

In an instant, Qian Gu Huang Yu was astonished to find that the resentment emanating from Gu Yue Na was almost tangible.

Although it's hard to admit, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na are indeed not young anymore.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to wait until Tang Wulin was born.

Even Qian Gu Dongfeng, who is only three years older than Qian Gu Huang Yu, became a grandfather a few years ago.

To be honest, she and Gu Yuena are indeed at the age where they should be grandmothers.

Of course, knowing is one thing, accepting is another. Now, Qian Gu Huang Yu is beginning to understand why Ning Qinglan made her call her "sister" instead of "second aunt".

Although Gu Yuena harbored great resentment, she did not show it directly because Jia Lin was still there. However, her gaze towards Qian Gu Huang Yu was filled with a dangerous look.

However, instead of calling out to Grandma Gu Yuena as Qian Gu Huang Yu had hoped, Xiao Jialin raised her chubby little hands and hugged her own palms.

Then little Jialin called out in her childish voice, "Mama—Mama—"

Startled by Xiao Jialin's sudden action, Qian Gu Huang Yu blushed slightly and looked away in embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, Qian Gu Huang Yu's gaze met that of the equally shy Gu Yue Na, making both of them even more embarrassed and annoyed.

"Oh my, you two are mothers now!" Qian Renxue said with a playful smile as she walked in with Yali.

It is quite poignant that among the few people who held supreme power after Qian Gu Huang Yu ascended the throne, only Qian Gu Dong Feng had descendants.

Although the others are not young, they don't even have grandchildren, let alone sons or daughters.

Now that a little fire dragon suddenly calls Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na "Mom," Qian Ren Xue will naturally seize this opportunity to make a good laugh.

Faced with the angry glares from Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na, Qian Ren Xue simply blinked her beautiful blue eyes innocently.

Just then, Jialin turned to look at Qian Renxue and called out in a clear voice, "Grandma!"

"Hahaha--"

Upon hearing this, Qian Gu Huang Yu let out a heartless laugh, gently stroking Xiao Jia Lin's little head while praising, "Well said, you should call me that from now on!"

Qian Renxue's expression turned so resentful. She quickly stepped forward, gave Xiao Jialin a 'kind' and 'gentle' smile, and said, "You have to call me 'sister,' okay?"

"Waaah—" Little Jialin was so frightened that she burst into tears, crying and shouting, "Grandma is so scary! Mommy, I'm scared!"

Even Gu Yuena couldn't help but laugh this time.

"Sorry, sorry, I don't usually laugh, it's just... I just couldn't help it..." Gu Yuena covered her mouth with one hand while explaining (making excuses).

"You're still laughing! You haven't stopped!"

Seeing Qian Renxue's face growing darker and darker, Yali walked over and took Qian Renxue's hand, saying with a mix of helplessness and amusement, "Sister Xue, why are you getting angry with a newborn baby?"

Perhaps it was Ya Li's natural affinity that made little Jia Lin stop crying when she sensed Ya Li's arrival. Instead, she opened her big eyes, waved her little hands, and looked like she wanted a hug.

"I should be her guardian!" Gu Yuena pouted in dissatisfaction, but still handed Xiao Jialin to Yali.

Yali gently held little Jialin in her arms, while little Jialin pressed against Yali's arm to prop herself up and rubbed her chubby little face against Yali's.

"Sister, I like it."

"stare--"

As soon as Xiao Jialin finished speaking, Yali felt herself being stared at by three pairs of eyes.

"Lily, what's going on? Do you have any clue?" Qian Renxue asked with a forced smile.

"Perhaps it's because my life force is stronger that makes her feel closer to me," Yali explained reluctantly.

After the four of them teased Jialin for a while, Jialin suddenly burst into tears.

"Yali, what happened? Did we hug her too hard and hurt her?" Gu Yuena asked.

Although Gu Yuena had the longest lifespan among the four, she spent most of her time sleeping at the bottom of the Lake of Life, which meant that her life experience was practically nonexistent, if not incredibly rich.

Yali frowned slightly and asked, "Did you feed her milk after she hatched?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na took a step back almost simultaneously, using their arms to shield their aunt's chest.

Ya Li was speechless at Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na's actions, and couldn't help but say, "You don't need to do it yourselves! Little Jia Lin is about to be born, haven't you prepared any formula for her?"

Seeing the helpless look on Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na's faces, Ya Li sighed helplessly, "It's fortunate that she is the Dragon King's daughter. If it were an ordinary life, you would have killed it long ago."

Ya Li was truly surprised that she and Qian Renxue had waited so long to go in, while Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na had only been playing with Xiao Jia Lin for so long, without any intention of feeding her milk powder.

Wait a minute, shouldn't you feed the baby and then put them to sleep right after they're born? Why are they playing with the baby right away?

Yali suddenly realized that no matter what, the first step shouldn't be to play with the newborn baby, right?
At this thought, Ya Li completely lost faith in Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na's ability to take care of the child.

However, Ya Li's disappointed gaze pierced Qian Gu Huang Yu's pride. She immediately took out her soul communication device and dialed a number.

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong?" Qian Gu Qingfeng's voice came through the soul communication device.

"Big brother, come help me, my little girl keeps crying and won't stop," Qian Gu Huang Yu said.

"What? Xiaoyu, you have a daughter? Who is she with? Why didn't you tell me? Never mind, where are you now? I'm coming over right now."

The voice of Qian Gu Qing Feng was noticeably more urgent than before, and it was even trembling slightly.

"Qingfeng, what's wrong?" Xia Zheng asked, staring coldly at her husband's drastically changed expression.

After learning the location from Qian Gu Huang Yu, Qian Gu Qing Feng hung up the soul communication and looked at his wife, saying, "Xiao Yu is pregnant."

"What?" Xia Zheng was stunned, completely unexpected that such a thing would happen.

"What exactly is going on?" Xia Zheng asked hurriedly. Qian Gu Qingfeng shook his head and said, "I don't know, let's go and take a look first."

Not to mention Xia Zheng felt cold, even Qian Gu Qing Feng was surprised by this sudden news.

As the founding emperor of the Douluo Empire, Qian Gu Huang Yu's marital status has always been a point of great interest to the outside world.

After all, she was the emperor of the largest empire in human history, so her child would be the next emperor.

Although Qian Gu Qingfeng had always seriously doubted whether Qian Gu Huang Yu would have children, after all, her situation was indeed quite special.

[Could it be that Grandma's soul guidance technology has made another breakthrough?] Qian Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but let his mind wander.

Actually, the reason why Qian Gu Qingfeng, who was the first among them to get married, didn't want children was not only because he didn't want children to interfere with his and his wife's life.

There's also the reason of avoiding suspicion; after all these years, Qian Gu Huang Yu hasn't even gotten married, let alone had children.

This led to Qian Gu Huang Yu's older brother, Qian Gu Dong Feng, becoming the target of public criticism after having a child. Some even believed that Qian Gu Dong Feng's child would be the next emperor of the Douluo Empire.

Qian Gu Qingfeng didn't want children, and the troubles that would come with having children resulted in her not having any children over the years.

Despite his deep thoughts, Qian Gu Qingfeng continued his actions without stopping, bringing Xia Zheng Leng directly to the front of the Heavenly Palace.

Yes, in front of them, rather than directly entering the palace.

To highlight Qian Gu Huang Yu's imperial status, Qian Gu Huang Yu set up a huge magic array in the Heavenly Palace, preventing anyone from using spatial power within the Heavenly Palace's boundaries.

Currently, only Qian Gu Huang Yu herself, Gu Yue Na, and Qian Ren Xue can directly use spatial power to enter the Heavenly Palace.

Of course, this wasn't an extra privilege granted by Qian Gu Huang Yu. It was just that, in order to avoid alerting Tang Hao and A Yin, Qian Gu Huang Yu only set the magic array to protect against spatial forces below the god level.

This meant that when Qian Gu Qing Feng arrived at the Heavenly Palace, he could only walk in with me, Xia Zheng Leng.

After Qian Gu Qingfeng walked a long way with a dark face, he found Ya Li holding a little girl with red hair, while Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yue Na, and Qian Ren Xue were frantically figuring out how to make baby formula...

When Qian Gu Huang Yu saw Qian Gu Qing Feng arrive, her eyes lit up and she said, "Big brother, you're here. Come and help me."

Perhaps there really is a difference in talent when it comes to taking care of children. After getting the hang of it, Qian Gu Qingfeng quickly prepared the formula and fed it to Xiao Jialin.

In the end, Qian Gu Qing Feng even took on the task of coaxing Xiao Jia Lin to sleep.

After Xiao Jialin fell asleep in the crib, Qian Gu Qingfeng looked at Qian Gu Huangyu and asked, "Xiaoyu, what exactly happened?"

After taking care of Jia Lin, Qian Gu Qing Feng calmed down. At least he was now certain that Jia Lin was not Qian Gu Huang Yu's biological daughter.

At least their bloodlines and appearances don't match.

Qian Gu Qingfeng once thought that Qian Gu Huang Yu's daughter might have blonde hair and red eyes, silver hair and purple eyes, blonde hair and purple eyes, or silver hair and red eyes, but what the heck is red hair and red eyes?

Qian Gu Huang Yu explained, "Jialin is an orphan abandoned by her parents that Gu Yue and I met on the Star Luo Continent, and we adopted her."

"Is that so?" Qian Gu Qing Feng nodded slightly, accepting Qian Gu Huang Yu's explanation.

“However,” Qian Gu Qingfeng changed the subject, “Xiao Yu, although no one can stop you on Douluo Star, can you really raise her like this?”

The meaning of "Qian Gu Qing Feng" is very simple: although Qian Gu Huang Yu is the emperor of the Douluo Empire and no one can stop her from adopting Jia Lin, it is probably difficult for her to raise Jia Lin to adulthood with her current level of ability.

Qian Gu Huang Yu's expression became incredibly complex for a moment, and she whispered, "This was just an accident..."

Under the suspicious gaze of Qian Gu Qing Feng, Qian Gu Huang Yu's voice grew softer and softer.

"Sigh—" Qian Gu Qingfeng sighed and said, "For now, you can learn how to take care of the child from me."

...

Time flies, and six years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Six years is not a long time for the entire Douluo Star, but for some people, their destiny is drawing ever closer.

A new era is about to begin.

Aolai City is a small coastal town on the east coast of the Douluo Empire, adjacent to the sea.

The city is exceptionally lively today; the annual Awakening Day has arrived.

In the Douluo Continent, people possess something called a Martial Soul. A Martial Soul is a part of their body and can be any animal, plant, or object.

At the age of six, one can awaken their own martial spirit through an awakening ceremony. The annual Awakening Day is the day to awaken one's martial spirit.

If a person's martial soul is a hoe, then that person will be better at farming than others.

If a martial spirit were an animal, perhaps that person would possess some of that animal's basic abilities. Therefore, martial spirits have long been an important force in changing people's lives.

More importantly, people are looking forward to the appearance of soul power. Soul power is a kind of energy that nourishes and enhances martial souls. Everyone has a martial soul, but even among a thousand people, not one person may be able to develop soul power along with their martial soul.

Soul power is equivalent to the future and to strength. When the martial soul is accompanied by soul power, one can improve his own martial soul by practicing soul power, thus becoming a soul master, a noble profession that has existed on the Douluo Continent for thousands of years.

Therefore, even the most ordinary people expect their children to awaken their martial souls and develop soul power at the same time on the day of their sixth-year awakening. This may very well change the child's life and even benefit the entire family.

Six years ago, after Tang Ziran and Lang Yue adopted Tang Wulin, they took him back to Aolai City, the homeland of the Douluo Empire.

Today is the day that Tang Wulin awakens his martial soul.

Early in the morning, Tang Wulin, who had just woken up, excitedly ran out of his room. He was so excited that he hadn't slept much the night before.

Tang Wulin had short black hair and was slightly taller than other children his age. His most striking feature was his eyes – large, clear, and bright, with long eyelashes that even many girls couldn't match. Although his clothes were ordinary, his outstanding appearance easily drew attention.

"Good morning, Grandpa Ha!" Tang Wulin called out to the old man lying on the recliner next door.

"What are you doing out so early today, Xiao Wulin?" the old man greeted Tang Wulin with a smile.

Tang Wulin said excitedly, "I'm going to the Spirit Pagoda to awaken my martial soul. After I awaken it, we'll go fishing together!"

“Alright, I’ll be waiting for your good news,” the old man replied.

(End of this chapter)