After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Zhao Duo looked up into the crowd and indeed saw a young man limping away from the crowd.

A tiny flying insect flew out of his sleeve; it was so insignificant that no one noticed it.

Pearl only caught a glimpse of a tiny black dot flashing past her eyes, disappearing in an instant.

The boy who had deliberately kicked him earlier covered his face and took a few steps back, screaming as if he had been frightened.

His scream immediately interrupted the lively singing and dancing.

He collapsed to the ground, covering his face, but his gaze was fixed on Pearl, or rather, on Zhao Duo beside Pearl.

Pearl felt uneasy under that gaze. He tugged at the boy's sleeve and asked, "What is it?"

The response to Pearl was not from Zhao Duo, but from that boy's second scream.

He covered his face and rolled on the ground, looking like he was in great pain.

Before long, the boy's face swelled up, and he curled up on the ground, twitching uncontrollably.

Those around were startled by what they saw and quickly gathered around.

Someone said, "It's probably because he ate some kind of mushroom and got poisoned. Let's take him to a shaman for a checkup."

Upon hearing this, someone immediately helped the boy up and took him to the witch doctor's residence.

Zhao Duo was only focused on checking if Pearl had any external injuries and didn't pay attention to what was happening over there.

Pearl, on the other hand, couldn't stand it anymore. "Brother, what's wrong with him?"

After confirming that Pearl was unharmed, Zhao Duo raised his eyelids and said, "She won't die."

"Did you cast a spell on yourselves?" Pearl put her hands on her hips, practically ready to pinch his arm. "Your clan rules say you can't cast spells on your own people, have you forgotten?!"

Zhao Duo then said, "It's not a curse, don't worry. It's just a little lesson for him. He'll only be in a bad mood for a few days at most."

"You're the young master! You, you, you! You can't even poison someone!" Pearl said, then suddenly changed her tone and called out softly, "Brother."

Zhao Duo looked at him. "Hmm?"

Pearl said with a grin, "You must love me so much."

"Um."

Then Pearl changed her expression immediately, "But you can't do that next time. If he complains to the clan elders, you'll be punished again."

Zhao Duo could hear the worry in Pearl's words, so he patted Pearl's head and said, "It's okay."

Pearl was about to say something when he suddenly heard someone call his name.

"pearl."

Upon hearing the voice, Pearl quickly pushed Zhao Duo away and obediently bowed, saying, "Father."

Yin Cheng looked at Zhao Duo with disdain, "Oh, isn't this the young master of the Atuna tribe? How can you be so rude, dragging along such an innocent young man?"

Zhao Duo: "..."

Zhao Duo bowed silently, but it was the greeting custom of a junior in the southwest when greeting an elder.

Pearl stepped forward and tugged at Yin Cheng's sleeve, acting coquettishly, "Daddy~ what are you doing here~"

"Oh, my sweetie."

"Where is Little Daddy?" Pearl asked in confusion. Daddy would never abandon Little Daddy unless Little Daddy ran off to play by himself.

Sure enough, Yin Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Lan Shu and the others dragged him away, saying they were going shopping."

Pearl chuckled to herself, no wonder her father was here all alone.

Yin Cheng noticed that Pearl's dress was a little dirty and immediately frowned. "Did you fall?"

Pearl dared not tell her father that she had been kicked down; if she did, her father would surely take a knife and chop that boy up.

So he nodded haphazardly and said, "Uh-huh... I lost my balance and fell down."

Yin Cheng felt sorry for her and pulled Pearl over to check her over, asking, "Where did you hurt yourself?"

Pearl shook her head. She didn't feel any pain anymore, except for some mud on her dress, which made her look pitiful.

Yin Cheng immediately became even more annoyed with the blond-haired man. "How did you take care of Pearl?"

Before Zhao Duo could even speak, Pearl sided with the outsider, saying, "It's not his fault, I just tripped and fell by accident."

Yin's expression was as if she were a wealthy heiress who had fallen in love with a security guard in the neighborhood and insisted that they were truly in love.

Considering that his son was just as thin-skinned as his wife, Yin Cheng didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "It's good that you didn't get hurt. Be careful. You're so old, why are you still falling on flat ground? I told you to bring the bodyguards, but you wouldn't. You insisted on following that blond guy."

Pearl was being unusually well-behaved at the moment, blinking her big eyes at her father.

Anyway, Pearl has always been cute and got away with things since she was little.

Yin Cheng was charmed by the boy's cuteness. "Alright, alright, stop acting like a spoiled child. Go play. Have him take you home tonight. Don't wander off by yourself, understand?"

"Okay," Pearl said. "Daddy, I'm going to play now."

After saying that, Pearl grabbed Zhao Duo, waved to her father, and went to browse the stalls.

Yin Cheng stood there, waved to his son, and watched the fluffy white flower skip away.

He suddenly remembered when he was dating his wife and she took him to Peach Blossom Town for a dragon boat race. Back then, his wife had already let loose in front of him and couldn't maintain her proper lady-like demeanor at all.

Yin Cheng smiled and stood with his hands behind his back, looking quite pleased with himself.

Suddenly, he seemed to sense a gaze on him from the crowd, so he turned around alertly and saw a young man in blue staring at him.

It was Artuya!

Yin Cheng had spent many years on the battlefield, so his murderous aura was undeniable. His powerful aura of controlling everything was enough to make Atuya tremble with fear.

Atuya quickly turned her head away, covering her eyes, unable to continue watching.

Yin Cheng narrowed his eyes, then raised one of his long eyebrows.

Looks like this blond guy is quite popular.

Not far away, four children were gathered together eating and drinking.

Lin Ling was rather reserved. He sat next to Xiao Zhai and sipped the sugar water from the bamboo tube.

The other three were much more rustic, especially Yuanbao and Xiaozhai, who had never tried Southwest-style snacks before and were now seriously judging which one was the best.

After a whole afternoon of eating, drinking, and playing, the children were so tired that they sat in a row.

Yuanbao asked, "What are we going to play next?"

Lin Beizhen said, "We've seen everything we needed to see. Now we're just waiting for Uncle Qianyuan to distribute the offerings to everyone after dark."

Yuanbao didn't understand, "Why do we have to wait until it gets dark to eat?"

Xiao Zhai also asked, "Can we eat the offerings?"

Lin Beizhen said, "The mountain god eats first, and then the offerings that the mountain god has eaten are distributed to the people, because it is said that this way they can be protected by the mountain god."

"Is it delicious?" That was all Xiaozhai cared about.

Lin Beizhen thought for a moment about the tributes he had eaten before, and then said, "They're alright."

They were all made by the best chefs in the Five Poisons Fortress, so the taste must be excellent.

Xiao Zhai immediately became interested. "Where should we eat?"

Lin Beizhen said, "The place in front of the mountain god temple is where we just worshipped."

Yuanbao said, "Anyway, it's going to get dark soon. Let's go and find a good spot."

He thought to himself that he would bring some back for his uncle and brother later. Whether it was auspicious or not was another matter, but it would be nice to have something new to try.

As for his father... that old rogue of his is a monster himself, he can protect himself perfectly well, eating some scraps is enough!

The four children went to the mountain god temple and sat under the altar, waiting for the temple to open.