Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 444 Reconstruction of the Village of Picking Up Babies

Yuwen Tuo, along with Xiao Xiao and Qiu'er, left the territory of the Star Luo Empire and returned to the Heavenly Soul Empire.

The reason they were a few days late was because Xiao Xiao's fifth Black-level trial was to condense a soul core, which was not difficult for her with her current strength.

However, although he successfully condensed the energy, it still took several days to accumulate his power.

Now that they know they're wanted, Xiao Xiao is so angry that her pigtails stand up straight. Yuwen Tuo barely managed to calm this violent little girl down, otherwise she probably would have taken her cauldron and wreaked havoc.

In fact, this was Yuwen Tuo's own plan: to use the Xuanyuan Sword to kill and cause bloodshed, just like his master. Even if he had to bear a greater infamy, it wouldn't be so scary.

Anyway, Yuwen Tuo himself doesn't care much about his reputation. Once he has completely avenged himself, he will take Xiao Xiao and the others away from here.

But the Great Emperor Xuexin insisted that he couldn't bear both responsibility and infamy, as that was too unfair to him.

Right now, only Shrek's die-hard fans hate Yuwen Tuo. But if Yuwen Tuo's plan were to go astray, he would become an enemy of the world, and even the people who still support him would fear him.

In fact, Yuwen Tuo also knew that this emperor was just afraid that one day he would not be able to bear the infamy and would hate the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Since he has his own ideas, let him do as he pleases.

In the following years, he also went into a period of relative quiet.

Yuwentuo avoided all the large towns. At this time, he could either return to the Divine Fire Purgatory in the far north to cultivate, but he didn't really like that place because the living environment was too poor.

Having been away from home for many years, he missed home.

"Xiao Xiao, Qiu'er, the place we're going to next might be a bit dilapidated, so we'll have to spend some time building houses," Yuwen Tuo said with a smile.

"Building houses? I can build several in a day!" Qiu'er said proudly. Her martial soul was the Golden Dragon, the ancestor of power. What was so difficult about building houses?

But when the three arrived at their destination, the entrance to Shiwa Village, they were immediately stunned.

Xiao Xiao asked curiously, "Tuotuo, did we go to the wrong place? Is this the dilapidated place you described?"

Yuwen Tuo also began to doubt whether there was something wrong with his brain. In front of him was a small village with wisps of smoke rising from chimneys and lush flowers and plants.

The roads are clean and flat, the houses are arranged in an orderly manner, and many exotic flowers are planted on both sides of the road.

There are about eight houses in the village, which are bigger and more beautiful than they used to be. If it weren't for the fact that there are so few houses, people would believe that this is not a village but a small town.

Yuwentuo stepped back a few paces and looked at the stone tablet at the entrance of the village.

The sign above clearly indicates that this is the village where children are picked up.

If it's not a problem with his memory, then it means he's traveled to a parallel universe?

Yuwen Tuo clapped his hands. "That's right, it must be Sister Luo Chen. She's been here before. I made an appointment with her to live in seclusion here for a while. It seems she came ahead of time. As expected of Sister Luo Chen, not only did she come back, but she also restored this place so well."

He immediately led the two women into the village, and calling out to a house with smoke rising from its chimney, "Sister Luo Chen, we're back!" Ling Luo Chen came out of the house, saw the three of them, and said with a smile, "Welcome home, Xiao Tuo, Xiao Xiao, Qiu'er!"

"It really is Sister Luo Chen!" Xiao Xiao happily went to greet her.

Ling Luochen tapped Xiao Xiao's little nose, "You lot actually managed to do something so big while I was in seclusion. Now look what's happened, we can't go anywhere else except here."

Xiao Xiao stuck out her little tongue, "I'm sorry, Sister Luo Chen, it's okay if we can't go out. Anyway, Tuo Tuo said that we'll practice hard in this little village from now on, and when we come out of seclusion, we'll be surrounded by a bunch of Title Douluo and scare those bad guys to death. Sister Luo Chen, you're really amazing. You've made our home so beautiful in such a short time!"

Ling Luochen paused upon hearing this, then shook his head, "I didn't do this."

"If it wasn't you, then who was it?" Even Yuwen Tuo couldn't believe it this time. There were very few people who knew about this place. Apart from himself and Ling Luochen, even Xiao Xiao and Qiu'er had never been here. Who would have turned this place into this?

Ling Luochen sighed and called out to the people inside the room, "Your Majesty, please come out."

A stunningly beautiful middle-aged woman walked gracefully out of the house; she was none other than Empress Vina of the Heavenly Soul Empire, Vina's biological mother.

Yuwen Tuo asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

The Empress smiled and said, "His Majesty sent me here to express his apologies to the Grand Tutor and also to give you a gift. I hope the Grand Tutor will like the rebuilt Shiwa Village."

"Your Majesty is too kind. I have never blamed him. Thank you, Empress, for helping me rebuild the village. This is the best gift I have ever received in my life," Yuwen Tuo said sincerely.

"Alas, in the Sun and Moon Palace, you cut off your bones to return to your father and your flesh to return to your mother. It is truly heartbreaking for a child to bear such pain. Child, have you ever hated your mother?" the Empress asked.

“If you’re just referring to the fact that she doesn’t support me, I don’t care at all,” Yuwen Tuo said.

He wasn't lying. He truly didn't hate Xu Yueran at all in this regard. He knew Xu Yueran's suffering; his existence was a constant reminder of the humiliation she had suffered back then. Therefore, he could understand why she abandoned him. If she didn't want to support him, so be it. He could simply pretend they didn't know each other. There was nothing to hate about it for Yuwen Tuo.

The Queen smiled wryly, "You are exactly as my Nana described, naturally indifferent."

She didn't sense any hatred towards Xu Yueran from Yuwen Tuo, but that made it all the more heartbreaking. Love is the foundation of hate, and the lack of hatred only proved Yuwen Tuo's indifference towards maternal love. How tragic it is for a child to have such an almost heartbroken attitude towards his mother.

"Grand Tutor, you are a citizen of my Heavenly Soul Empire, and I am the Queen Mother of the Heavenly Soul Empire. All children of the Heavenly Soul Empire are my children. If you wish, you can also consider me your mother," the Queen said.

Hearing this, Yuwen Tuo knew that the Empress had probably misunderstood. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. But Your Majesty doesn't need to feel sorry for me. I do not have a mother, but I am not without maternal love. In my life, I have had a master and his wife who gave me similar paternal and maternal love, which I have received for a lifetime. That childhood, though difficult, was happy enough to heal my whole life."

"Therefore, no matter what setbacks I face or how much suffering I encounter, it is all insignificant to me!"

"Is that so?" The Empress said blankly, then finally nodded. "I'm sorry, I was presumptuous. I'll take my leave now!"

"Tuo Tuo." Xiao Xiao held Yuwen Tuo's hand, as if she wanted to say something.

She sensed that the Empress's visit today was not just to deliver gifts, but also to ask Yuwen Tuo for a favor. That's why she was trying so hard to get close to him. She felt that the Empress looked somewhat pitiful at this moment.

(End of this chapter)