Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

Although Situ Kong was blind, his keen senses had long since detected the imperial dragon aura.

He raised an eyebrow slightly and tapped the ground lightly with the bamboo cane in his hand.

Chu Jinglan.

What is this powerful regent doing in this godforsaken wasteland?

Before Situ Kong could finish his thought, a clear yet domineering child's voice came from the extremely ornate chariot.

"Dad! Hurry! I need to find Mom!"

Immediately afterwards, a tiny, exquisitely beautiful baby wearing a miniature purple brocade robe peeked out from behind the carriage curtain.

The child had black hair tied up with a small purple-gold crown, and his large, grape-like eyes sparkled with arrogance and impatience that were beyond his years.

The chariot was hovering low above the stone house.

The carriage curtain was lifted.

A pair of black official boots embroidered with gold cloud patterns stepped out.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Jinglan's refined and handsome face came into view.

He was holding a beautifully sculpted baby in his arms, like a deity from the heavens who had descended to the market and brought a child along.

"Wow!"

With a kick from Chu Jinglan's short legs, Chu Anyan shot straight down towards the stone house below like a little purple cannonball.

"mother!"

That childlike voice had an extremely strong penetrating power.

Jiang Yining was so startled that she spilled the melon seeds in her hand all over the ground before she could even see what was happening.

A ball of flesh, smelling of milk, landed in her arms.

"Hmm!"

Jiang Yining groaned as she was hit and instinctively protected her stomach.

Chu Anyan rubbed against her desperately, wiping his tears and snot all over her clothes.

"Mom! I want to! I'm hungry!"

Jiang Yining looked at the little darling in her arms, then at the man in mid-air who was looking at her with a resentful expression.

My scalp is tingling.

Ji Lingxiao had just left.

Why is there another one?

"Prince Chu...?"

Jiang Yining chuckled twice and tried to pry Chu Anyan away from her arms a little.

But the guy was incredibly strong, and he held on tightly to her collar.

Chu Jinglan flashed and landed in front of Jiang Yining.

He stared intently at Jiang Yining's still radiant face, his gaze lingering for a moment on her slightly disheveled hair.

He then glanced around at the simple surroundings.

Jagged rocks and sandstorms raged across the sky.

"You live in a place like this?"

Chu Jinglan frowned, his voice carrying a hint of suppressed anger.

"Come back to Beijing with me."

"Although the Regent's Palace is not as spacious as this place, at least it provides shelter from the wind and rain, and no one will dare to let you eat sand."

Jiang Yining hadn't spoken yet.

Jiang Lei ran over with a happy expression: "Little brother~"

"It's my brother who's back!"

younger brother?!

Situ Kong's heart was filled with turmoil.

Ji Lingxiao's son is actually the older brother of Chu Jinglan's son?

Doesn't that mean...?

Situ Kong felt he had discovered a shocking secret that could paralyze the entire cultivation world.

Ji Lingxiao and Chu Jinglan, two men standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, were actually both controlled by the same woman...

We've won! This time we've really won!

Situ Kong felt his heart, which had grown cold due to bankruptcy, warm up again.

He could almost see countless spirit stones beckoning to him.

"I've only been gone a few days, how come you've brought back some shady characters from outside again?"

Chu Jinglan's gaze pierced straight at Situ Kong.

Situ Kong felt a powerful divine sense sweep over him, as if it wanted to see through him from the inside out.

He scoffed inwardly, but maintained his nonchalant demeanor on the surface.

With a gentle tap of the bamboo staff on the ground, an invisible aura spread out, dissipating the probing divine sense power into nothingness.

"The workings of Heaven are governed by predetermined laws."

Situ Kong bowed slightly: "Situ Kong greets the Regent."

"But people in this world are all guided by fate; how can there be talk of picking up or not picking up?"

Chu Jinglan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Situ Kong? That eccentric old charlatan from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion?

What's he doing here? And getting involved with Jiang Yining's son?

Countless possibilities flashed through Chu Jinglan's mind in an instant.

"Sect Master Situ."

Chu Jinglan gave a forced smile and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Instead of spending time with his ten thousand concubines at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, how come the Pavilion Master has time to come to this barren land?"

Situ Kong's smile froze instantly.

Which pot is not open to mention which pot!

Is this damn rumor known to the whole world now?

Ji Lingxiao!!!

"Your Highness is too kind."

Situ Kong gritted his teeth, but still maintained the demeanor of a superior man.

"I've come here to..."

Just then, a nine-colored divine light tore through the sky, carrying a pure yet wild demonic aura, and shot out from the direction of Qingqiu.

"Ningning! I'm back!"

Before the people arrive, the sound comes first.

Bai Ze's joyful voice echoed throughout the entire desolate abyss.

The next second, he transformed into a white shadow and landed beside Jiang Yining, raising a string of bright red, flame-like fruits in his hand as if presenting a treasure.

"Look, I brought you Crimson Flame Fruit, a specialty of the Southern Wilderness! This will be good for you..."

Bai Ze stopped mid-sentence.

Because he finally noticed the strange atmosphere in the room.

The man who exuded an aura that made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Yo."

"Isn't this the regent from Zhongzhou who spouts benevolence and righteousness but is actually a scoundrel?"

Bai Ze instantly wiped the smile off his face. His nine fluffy tails swayed uneasily behind him as he shielded Jiang Yining. His fox eyes were filled with hostility and vigilance.

"What? The imperial court's taxes are being collected in this desolate wasteland?"

Chu Jinglan looked at the white fox that had suddenly appeared in front of him, and then at Jiang Yining behind him, who had an "it's none of my business" look on her face.

For the first time, the smile on his face faltered.

Ok.

It's only been a few days.

Not only did they provoke a blind man from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, but they also angered him.

Now they've even gotten their hands on the Demon Emperor?

Jiang Yining, you really are... well done!

The wind in the desolate abyss suddenly became somewhat noisy.

The small stone house seemed to have become the eye of the storm in the entire cultivation world.

The Demon Emperor Bai Ze, dressed in snow-white robes, had nine illusory fox tails baring their fangs and claws behind him, exuding a demonic aura that soared to the heavens.

Regent Chu Jinglan, his black python robe fluttering, exuded an aura of righteousness that swirled around him as golden characters, his imperial majesty as imposing as a prison.

There was also Situ Kong, the master of Tianji Pavilion, who was always eager to stir up trouble, squatting on a rock nearby.

He pulled a handful of melon seeds from his sleeve; he had just taken them from Jiang Yining's desk.

"Click."

Situ Kong cracked open a melon seed. Although he couldn't see, his ears stood up higher than a rabbit's.

We need to eat this melon quickly.

He secretly activated the unique technique of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, preparing to send a message back to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion in real time.

"Bai Ze".

Chu Jinglan pushed up glasses that weren't actually on his nose, his eyes as cold as if he were looking at a beast waiting to be slaughtered.

"Do I need to report to you, you beast, where I've come from?"

Bai Ze got angry.

"A monster?"

"I am an auspicious omen! A divine beast! You bookish old pedant, you've gone mad from all your studying!"

"Believe it or not, I'll have 100,000 demon soldiers raze your Regent's Palace to the ground right now!"

The two were locked in a fierce confrontation, their auras clashing in mid-air.

"boom!"

The surrounding rubble instantly turned into dust.

Chu Jinglan snorted: "I have come today to fetch my princess back to the manor."

Bai Ze retorted without hesitation, "Ningning is not your queen! And Xiao Lei'er is not your son!"

"Whether it is or not, it's not up to you to decide."

Chu Jinglan smiled even more gently: "This is a family matter between Ningning and me, so there's no need for Your Majesty to trouble yourself."

His words, though spoken lightly, were tantamount to a direct declaration of sovereignty.

Bai Ze was so angry that his teeth itched, and the hairs on his nine tails stood on end, ready to unleash his fury.

Situ Kong, who had been ignored all along, suddenly sighed.

He leaned on his bamboo cane and slowly walked between the two men, who were on the verge of exchanging blows, and shook his head.

"Gentlemen, please calm down, please calm down."

Situ Kong, his eyes blurred by the white cloth, "looked" at Chu Jinglan and Bai Ze respectively.

"The ways of Heaven are clear, and cause and effect are cyclical; this word, love, is the most heart-wrenching."

"In my opinion, this matter is complex and cannot be explained in a few words."

His rambling words successfully attracted everyone's attention.

Chu Jinglan narrowed his eyes: "What brilliant idea does Pavilion Master Situ have?"

"I dare not presume to offer such insightful opinions."

Situ Kong pretended to be profound, pinched his fingers, and then turned to Bai Ze.

"Your Majesty, the Jiang family head saved your life, and the karmic connection between them is extremely deep; this is a karmic bond."

He then turned to Chu Jinglan.

"Regent, you and the head of the Jiang family have a child, connected by blood. This is a tragic fate... no, a predestined marriage."

Situ Kong appeared to be mediating, but in reality, he was making his own calculations very quickly.

Fight! Start fighting now!

The fiercer the better!

If the news that two of the most powerful cultivators in the cultivation world are fighting over a woman were to be sold, half of the money that had been emptied from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's coffers would be recovered on the spot!

"Blind man, you talk too much."

Bai Ze snorted coldly, clearly not buying his act.

Jiang Yining felt a headache coming on.

She was holding Chu Anyan in her arms, with Jiang Lei hanging by her legs, and carrying a troublesome fetus in her belly.

And then there's the constant bickering and squabbling among these men.

"That's enough!"

Jiang Yining slammed her hand on the table.

The armchair creaked under the weight of the weight.

"Go outside and fight!"

"If you demolish my house, who will compensate me?"

Jiang Yining's shout immediately put the crowd at ease.

Chu Jinglan and Bai Ze simultaneously concealed their auras.

Chu Jinglan keenly noticed the unusual thing in Jiang Yining's stomach.

"you……"

"Your stomach..."