Chapter 1209: Chapter 506: Little Pervert~ (2)

Hiss...

Huang Ningshang’s voice and the rich, faint fragrance coming off her body entered his ears and brushed his nose at the same time, making Lu Jin’an feel a tingling rush that shot from the base of his spine straight to the crown of his head.

Maybe it was because she had a daughter now, but this sense of mature allure she had was even stronger than Master’s.

"Don’t call me that."

"Is it because Mu Yan has never called you that, so you’re saying this?" Huang Ningshang chuckled softly, her fingertips kneading his arm. "But I’m different, I actually gave you—"

"Stop right there!" Lu Jin’an glanced at Huang Ningshang. "If you’ve got something to say, say it. Don’t go off on useless tangents."

"Ha~ fine." Huang Ningshang pulled her gaze away from him and said slowly, "When are you planning to go take a look at Outer Heaven?"

"What does that have to do with Lu Yunzhu?"

"Naturally it’s related." Huang Ningshang’s lashes lowered slightly. "I originally thought I was already overestimating her, but I still ended up underestimating her."

"She moved the corpses of Zhu Tianqi and Li Chengshi." Huang Ningshang stopped when she reached the lakeshore. "I don’t know what she wants Dark Matter for, but I think you should go home and check first."

"The Lu Family?" Lu Jin’an watched the fish swimming in the lake. "I’m guessing quite a few people have been killed."

"It’s not that simple." Huang Ningshang said faintly, "Aside from the Lu Family and the Qin family, the Source Blood reaction of all the other Changqing Immortal Clan members has disappeared."

Hearing this, Lu Jin’an’s expression grew a bit more grave. "All of them?"

"All." Huang Ningshang said lightly. "And all within the time you and Zhu Tianqi were fighting so fiercely the sky went dark."

Lu Jin’an nodded. "Got it."

With that, he turned to leave, but Huang Ningshang still hadn’t let go of his arm. "Leaving now? Your body hasn’t recovered yet."

"It’s something I have to do sooner or later." Lu Jin’an tugged at his arm, but couldn’t pull it free.

Huang Ningshang tilted her head, looking at him. "I have a way to get you back on your feet quickly."

Lu Jin’an looked at her with a smiling-not-smiling expression. "Yin Yang harmonization?"

"Exactly."

"You do realize that’s an old cow eating tender grass."

"Old cow?" Huang Ningshang twisted her waist and set one hand on her hip. "Go on then, tell me, what’s old?"

Lu Jin’an just smiled without committing himself either way, and was about to speak when Huang Ningshang said again, "Aren’t you curious about the place Qingyue used to stay?"

Lu Jin’an’s eyelid twitched. "Not curious!"

"Aren’t you curious about the difference between a woman who’s given birth and one who hasn’t?"

"Not curious!"

"Aren’t you curious whether Qingyue’s Phoenix Egg was laid by the Black Phoenix, or by the current me?"

"Not cu—" Lu Jin’an’s voice stalled instinctively, then he hurried to tack on, "rious!"

"So you are curious!"

Huang Ningshang leaned forward slightly, smiling as she stretched out her index finger and poked at the spot over Lu Jin’an’s heart. "What a little pervert."

Lu Jin’an coughed lightly. "Can you let go now?"

Huang Ningshang smiled and released his arm, then suddenly said, "Sorry. Back then I took something I shouldn’t have without your permission."

Lu Jin’an gave this woman a surprised look. Now she knows to apologize?

He laughed. "I am me, the Sword Spirit is the Sword Spirit. Nanzhi didn’t really count as a success back then."

"To me, that was a success."

Huang Ningshang said softly, "Even if it was only for an instant."

"Then let’s call it even." Lu Jin’an shifted his gaze away. "Thinking back on it now, with the Realm I had at the time, going back two days was something very hard to do. I’m guessing you lent a hand, didn’t you?"

"Mm..." Huang Ningshang gave a faint smile. "At the time, Lu Yunzhu’s attention was also on suppressing the Heavenly Dao."

Lu Jin’an pinched the bridge of his nose. "Forget it, all that’s in the past."

"Indeed, which is why..." Huang Ningshang tilted her head at him. "Won’t you reconsider that proposal I just made regarding Qingyue?"

Lu Jin’an started walking, waving a hand at Huang Ningshang as he went.

Watching the back that faded from view, Huang Ningshang let out a soft laugh. "Little lecher~"

As she murmured, her hand gently caressed her lower abdomen, the smile in her eyes deepening. "Mm... Next time I’ll satisfy his curiosity a bit, about that Phoenix Egg... heh~"

After parting ways with Huang Ningshang, Lu Jin’an returned to the entrance of Huangyu Palace and said to Master and the others inside, "I’m going out for a bit."

"Husband, where are you going?" Zhu Nanzhi hurried up to him. "Your body still hasn’t..."

"It’s nothing."

Now that the serious injuries were gone, what was left were only minor wounds that his inner Dao Palace could use to restore his body.

It would just take some time, that was all.

"Then may I accompany Husband?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"You just stay here and be good." Lu Jin’an pinched Zhu Nanzhi’s cheek. "I’ll be back very soon."

"Where are you going?" Pei Wanyu asked aloud.

"Qingqiu."

Lu Jin’an took one step out and stepped directly into the void.

Watching this scene, Yun Duo’s eyes flickered slightly. Using the excuse of preparing dinner, she quickly withdrew from Huangyu Palace.

Pei Wanyu couldn’t be bothered to meddle and went straight to the lakeside. "When are you leaving?"

"Right away."

Huang Ningshang gave Pei Wanyu a slight smile. "All these years, thank you for raising Qingyue for me."

Pei Wanyu neither affirmed nor denied it. "So long as you’re still alive."

"Yes, being alive really is wonderful."

Huang Ningshang stretched out her arms, showing off her graceful figure. Pei Wanyu gave her a couple of extra looks. "Don’t you dare try to seduce Jin’an."

"We’ll talk about that later..."

Huang Ningshang waved her hand. Demon Energy surged around her, and in the next second she transformed into a Black Phoenix, soaring into the sky and vanishing without a trace.

Outer Heaven.

Huang Ningshang stood in the void, gazing far ahead, her pupils shrinking.

In the extremely far distance, black clouds pressed down like a city.

She’d only been gone a short while—how had the Dark Matter already rolled in, blotting out the sky and covering the earth?

The Outer Heaven Fortress that Yunding’s Transcenders of all past ages had spent over a hundred thousand years constructing was about to be breached just like this?

This kind of thing...

Hm?

Huang Ningshang suddenly turned her head to look, only to see that several thousand li to her rear flank, a black Dragon Qi surged into the heavens, piercing through heaven and earth.

"Hidden Life Mountain..."

Huang Ningshang’s expression changed slightly. "Lu Yunzhu, just what are you trying to do?"

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Qingqiu.

After Lu Jin’an and Zhu Tianqi’s great battle, the whole of Qingqiu had fallen into ruins.

The distance between Qingqiu’s eight great clans had never been that far to begin with; now that everything was destroyed, the Qingqiu Fox Demons were left homeless.

And with Zhu Tianqi’s Death, Yunshan State, which should have fled far away, instead led the Yu Family Fox Clan to kill several Qingqiu Fox Saints at the first possible moment, seeking a voice in the entire Fox Clan.

The Four Great Fox Clans had already been turned upside down by Lu Jin’an, so Yu Yunzhou knew very well what he had to do under the current circumstances to preserve himself to the greatest extent.

The still-living Qiu Miaoyu was his tool to threaten the Qiu Family and the possibly having survived-by-a-fluke Lu Jin’an, and the powerful strength he’d gained after killing several Fox Saints was the capital that allowed him to now look down on all the Qingqiu Fox Demons.

Amid the gathered foxes, the Hua Family Clan Leader, Hua Yingyue, was half-covered in blood. Her expression was dark as she stared at Yu Yunzhou in midair. Her gaze swept over the clan foxes around her, dead or injured, and her voice carried a chill. "Do you really think that by doing this, you’ll be able to escape Death in the end?"

Yu Yunzhou’s face was expressionless. "Before I achieve Transcendence, I am always Qingqiu’s Emperor!"

"Transcendence?" Hua Yingyue let out two cold laughs. "Truly, when there is no tiger in the mountains, the monkeys proclaim themselves Great King. If you were capable of Transcendence, you would have ascended to Outer Heaven long ago—why wait until now?"

"Don’t worry. You will all become my stepping stones to the Heavenly Rift!"

Nine tails unfurled behind Yu Yunzhou in full splendor. "The Fox Ancestor, Your Majesty, is calling to me, whereas you lot... are not worthy!"

Hua Yingyue’s expression shifted slightly. "You intend to perform a sacrifice?"

"Since I am the Emperor, you naturally must serve the Emperor!"

Yu Yunzhou’s gaze was indifferent. Although the Fox Saints before him had not agreed, he was now the Fox Clan’s strongest, and with the summons from the Outer Heaven Fox Clan’s Emperor, whether they agreed or not no longer held any meaning.

Yu Yunzhou spread his arms wide, and the phantom of a Sacred Land manifested behind him. The phantom of a Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox threw its head back in a long howl. "Offer your lives to the Emperor."

The corner of Hua Yingyue’s mouth twitched. She was about to say something more when she realized that the phantom of the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox of the Sacred Land had glanced in this direction, and immediately afterward she found herself unable to move.

The majesty of the Fox Ancestor, Your Majesty, made their bloodline incapable of resisting.

Death was right before their eyes.

Hua Yingyue desperately roused the Demon Energy within her body, but no matter how she struggled, it could not compare to the sudden sound that rang out.

"The Fox Clan’s Emperor? You think you’re worthy?"

The lively voice carried a hint of breathlessness, as if its owner had rushed over. Yet Hua Yingyue and the other foxes clearly felt the pressure on their bodies lighten.

They all turned their heads to look, only to see Qiu Qingtang in a teal dress walking over at an unhurried pace, a pair of pink eyes glittering with demonic luster, actually weakening the bloodline oppression of the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox.

"I am the Fox Clan’s Emperor!"

Qiu Qingtang lifted her chin slightly, the aura of the Fox Emperor revealed beyond all doubt.

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