Invincible Dad-Chapter 727: Old Huang Spent_1

"Just a moment."

Ruan Lan calmly locked her phone screen. "I want to have my woman try on a few more things. We can pay for them all at once."

"..."

Bai Xue's expression was complicated.

It seems Ruan Lan has already forgotten how Ruan Tang nearly came at her with the Qingfeng Sword, an Emperor Artifact, just a few days ago...

The cashier, on the other hand, was just happy to have more business and didn't care about such trivial details. She nodded repeatedly. "Mhm, mhm, mhm, right this way, please."

The shop was small, so she served as both the cashier and a sales guide. The more she sold, the more commission she earned.

While Bai Xue was trying on clothes, Ruan Lan's humble voice could be heard from the shop's entrance. "Hey, hey, hey, is my dear sister there? A dire emergency..."

「Two hours later.」

Ruan Lan appeared at the entrance of Haitang Court, holding Bai Xue's hand. She had a sour look on her face the entire way.

Bai Xue whispered, "Fairy Ruan, were the clothes you bought for me too expensive?"

"It's alright," Ruan Lan said, patting her completely flat chest. "I borrowed the money from my sister. The price... is that I have to help my niece with her studies."

Bai Xue said nothing. She didn't know if this was a steep price or a small one, but she still felt a bit embarrassed.

She couldn't help but hold out a finger to Ruan Lan. "Here, let me give you one of my fingers."

"..."

Ruan Lan let go of Bai Xue's small hand.

Her expression grew solemn as she took a step back. Are young girls these days this terrifying? The ancients would repay a debt of gratitude with a promise of marriage, so how did it turn into cutting off a finger when it came to Bai Xue? She certainly didn't have a strange fetish for collecting beautiful girls' fingers. The very thought was nauseating.

Ruan Lan couldn't help but clutch her chest and gag. "Ugh..."

Just as Bai Xue was at a loss for what to do, a lazy voice drifted from the living room of Haitang Court.

"I haven't seen you for just a few days, and you're already pregnant."

"Which bastard is slandering this fairy?! I'm obviously still a pure maiden!" Ruan Lan subconsciously retorted.

"Indeed. A very *old* maiden."

"..."

Ruan Lan felt a mouthful of blood get stuck in her throat.

Just as she was about to grab the Formation Chessboard and unleash the deadly offensive Starlight Array, she froze. "That voice... sounds like my brother-in-law?"

"Yes, it is," Bai Xue said, nodding her delicate head. "It's Daoist Qingfeng."

WHOOSH!

Ruan Lan spun around and fled. "I'll take my leave!"

Bai Xue was completely baffled.

Xu Lai found it strange. What does it mean that my sister-in-law runs away the moment she sees me? Has she done something to feel guilty about?

At this moment, Xu Lai didn't know that his identity as Venerable Qingfeng had been exposed, let alone anything about his sister-in-law's social death. He opened the door.

Seeing Bai Xue nervously tugging at the hem of her clothes, he wore an indescribably odd expression. He truly hadn't expected Snowflower's transformed form to look like this.

Bai Xue avoided Xu Lai's gaze, lowering her head and speaking in a small voice. "Daoist Qingfeng, it was presumptuous of me to ask Daoist Yan Chunfeng to bring me to Earth."

"Coming to Earth is fine, but why are you staying at my house?" Xu Lai frowned. This woman was not as harmless as she appeared; she could easily kill a Quasi-Emperor and an Immortal Venerable.

"The Fallen Emperor Epoch is coming." Bai Xue looked up, but upon seeing Xu Lai's frown, she quickly lowered her head again. "Staying by your side... might be safer," she said timidly.

"Everyone says that many people will die during the Fallen Emperor Epoch. As someone in the Emperor Realm, I'll probably die even faster. And you're choosing to come to my side now?" Xu Lai laughed self-deprecatingly. In the slang of Hua Country's younger generation, it was like joining the Nationalist army in 1949.

"With me here, you won't die," Bai Xue said, patting her chest. Unlike when Ruan Lan did it, which caused no ripples, her pat created a tumultuous surge.

Xu Lai's gaze sharpened.

His stare, like a knife, landed on Bai Xue, making her extremely uncomfortable.

Xu Lai walked out of Haitang Court. A nameless fear welled up in Bai Xue's heart, causing her to take half a step back.

"I've heard the cultivators of the Immortal Domain say that Daoist Qingfeng is quite the flirt, but I am truly a flower," Bai Xue pleaded earnestly, trying to appeal to the conscience deep within Xu Lai's heart. "Daoist Qingfeng wouldn't be so heartless as to not even spare a flower, would he?"

For some reason, her cheeks flushed as if she were drunk. As her eyes, filled with a mixture of shock and fear, shifted, they revealed an unexpected and devastatingly beautiful charm. A cultivator with a weaker will might have truly been ensnared.

"?"

A large question mark appeared in Xu Lai's mind.

He rapped Bai Xue sharply on the head from a distance.

THUD.

"Ouch!" came a soft, aggrieved cry.

Xu Lai felt no pity for the fairer sex. He looked at her calmly and said, "I can protect you, but you must give me half of your life."

"Is that... all?" Bai Xue asked in disbelief, clutching her head.

Half a life is still better than losing it all.

"You seem to know quite a lot," Xu Lai said, looking at her intently. "Tell me about the Fallen Emperor Epoch. And also why Mojian Wuzheng split you into three parts a hundred epochs ago."

Bai Xue hesitated, seeming to have something to say but holding it back. She finally sighed. "Actually, many Great Emperors have sought me out, hoping to live a second life. But I was a fast runner, and I escaped into the Sea of the Boundless." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"I know of one Great Emperor who sealed himself in a coffin with only a wisp of his will remaining, becoming neither man nor ghost. Another became the Corpse Emperor and now lies in eternal slumber in the Samsara Sea..."

As Bai Xue spoke, Xu Lai's pupils constricted slightly. That Corpse Emperor... could it be Dongfang Youming? He's actually sleeping in the Samsara Sea!

"They are all waiting for the Fallen Emperor Epoch to arrive," Bai Xue continued, blinking. She looked at Xu Lai with a mixture of pity and fear. "Many, many people will die in this era, but the Path to Immortality will also appear."

This was the first time she had looked directly into Xu Lai's eyes, though she quickly averted her gaze again.

"As for why I was split into three..." Two streams of glistening tears rolled down Bai Xue's aggrieved face. "Those two big brutes were completely unreasonable! They wanted to eat me."

"I ran so fast they couldn't follow me out, so they just swung a sword that sliced me into three pieces, sending me tumbling into the Sea of the Boundless."

"After I was split into three, each part developed its own consciousness and refused to merge back into one." Bai Xue bit her lip. "With the Fallen Emperor Epoch approaching, we knew we could no longer act independently, so we..."

Xu Lai interrupted her. "Where did the two giants from the bottom of the Boundless Sea go? Are they dead or alive?"

"What!" Bai Xue's face went deathly pale. "There are... giants at the bottom of the sea, too?"

Xu Lai's eyes flickered. It seems Snowflower doesn't know about this.

He nodded. "Yes. But they escaped their bindings of Chaotic Refined Gold. They might have died somewhere, or they might still be alive."

Bai Xue stumbled, so frightened that she fell to the ground and curled into a trembling ball. "What do I do? What if they still want to eat me..."

"You're under my protection," Xu Lai said flatly. "Who can touch you?"

Those few words finally began to calm Bai Xue's terrified heart.

At that moment, a car drove up the mountain and stopped in front of Bai Xue.

The door opened. Ruan Tang, seeming not to even see the fallen Bai Xue on the ground, threw herself into Xu Lai's arms, her shoulders trembling slightly.

Her voice was soft and gentle, with a slight tremor. "So, you remembered to come back."

"This is my home. Where else would I go?" Xu Lai hugged Ruan Tang back and smiled. "Come on, let your husband give you a kiss."

In the end, he didn't get his kiss.

Ruan Tang raised a hand to block his lips. She glanced into the house. "Where's Yiyi?"

Xu Lai was taken aback. "Didn't the Yan Divine General bring them back with him?"

"No," Bai Xue whispered. "He only brought me."

"..."