Sure enough, before the Nine-headed Sea Emperor finished speaking, Long Ao raised his voice and shouted:

"It’s just a mere Human Clan cultivator, what’s so unfathomable about him? I could make his soul vanish all by myself!"

Long Hai seemed to have seen through the little scheme of the Nine-headed Sea Emperor and asked, "If that’s the case, do you have any plan to eliminate Li Chen?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

The Nine-headed Sea Emperor pondered for a moment before directly stating, "How about this, we set up an ambush feast to lure him over. When he arrives, we’ll work together to capture him!"

Upon hearing the Nine-headed Sea Emperor’s suggestion, the hot-tempered Long Ao wanted to object but was stopped by Long Hai.

"Alright, let’s do as you say!"

The Nine-headed Sea Emperor was thrilled at their agreement.

"By the way, are you two from outer space?"

Long Hai nodded and replied, "That’s right, we are from the Cretaceous Star Domain!"

After he finished speaking and saw the Nine-headed Sea Emperor looking as though he had more to say, he asked, "Is there something else you want to say?"

The Nine-headed Sea Emperor responded with a smile, "After capturing Li Chen, can you take me with you when you leave?"

Long Ao and Long Hai hadn’t anticipated such a request from the Nine-headed Sea Emperor.

However, they did not refuse either.

After all, the Nine-headed Sea Emperor is at the Peak of Late-stage Divinity Transformation, his combat power is probably only slightly inferior to Long Ao. Even in their Cretaceous Star Domain, this level of cultivation qualifies as a top expert.

Faced with an expert proactively joining them, they naturally had no reason to refuse.

...

Heavenly Pool Mountain, Star Pavilion Headquarters:

Li Chen was enjoying a tender moment with Ye Chuxue when suddenly a subordinate reported that the envoy from the Nine-headed Sea Emperor had come for a visit.

Upon hearing it was the envoy from the Nine-headed Sea Emperor, Ye Chuxue couldn’t help but furrow her brows slightly.

Since Li Chen left Earth in the fifth year, the relationship between the Sea Domain and the Star Pavilion had been very delicate.

Although the Nine-headed Sea Emperor hadn’t directly come to the Star Pavilion to cause trouble, there were several times he condoned his underlings in robbing the Star Pavilion’s ships and goods.

The Star Pavilion sent people to negotiate, but there were basically no results.

Though they hadn’t directly clashed, the relationship was extremely strained.

"Brother Li Chen, what do you think the Nine-headed Beast means by sending an envoy at this time?"

Privately, everyone at the Star Pavilion referred to the Nine-headed Sea Emperor as the Nine-headed Beast, and Ye Chuxue was no exception.

Li Chen dismissed it with a smile and said, "Let’s bring in their envoy, then we’ll know!"

After speaking, Li Chen shouted toward the door.

"Let the Sea Domain envoy in!"

Soon enough, a Merfolk was led into the main hall.

As soon as he entered, he bowed deeply to Li Chen.

"Greetings, Pavilion Master, greetings, Madam!"

Li Chen nodded slightly, as a return gesture.

"What makes your Sea Emperor send you here?"

The Merfolk respectfully replied, "Reporting to the Pavilion Master, my Sea Emperor has heard of your return, misses you greatly, and sent me to invite you for a gathering!"

Li Chen sneered coldly and asked, "If he’s missing me so much, why doesn’t your Sea Emperor come here first to see me? Why must I go to see him?"

"Isn’t the distance from here to the Sea Domain the same as from the Sea Domain to here?"

The Merfolk hadn’t anticipated such a question from Li Chen and couldn’t help but shiver.

Although he hadn’t interacted with Li Chen before, Li Chen’s infamous name for once cooking a million members of the Sea Clan was well-known; he fully deserved the title of Killing God.

Still, since the Nine-headed Sea Emperor had sent him, he certainly wasn’t a coward.

Quickly, the Merfolk calmed his mind and smiled broadly, saying: "Pavilion Master may not know, my Sea Emperor heard you enjoy seafood, and specially prepared hundreds of gourmet dishes."

"These food ingredients cannot leave the deep sea; otherwise, they’d lose their delicious flavor. Hence, he sent me to invite you!"

Li Chen was tempted to say, I don’t eat seafood.

But saying that would close the conversation too abruptly.

He wanted to see what kind of trick the Nine-headed Beast was up to anyway.

So he pretended to understand and nodded.

"I see, your Sea Emperor is very considerate!"

The Merfolk heard his excuse passed undetected and let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Chen looked at the Merfolk and said, "Since the Sea Emperor is so sincere, then I must not let down his good intentions. You may withdraw, we’ll depart in an hour!"

With that, not letting the Merfolk say another word, Li Chen ordered his men to take him down to rest.

Once the Merfolk left the main hall, a ripple of worry appeared in Ye Chuxue’s clear eyes.

"Brother Li Chen, in my opinion, the Nine-headed Beast definitely harbors ill intentions; this could be an ambush feast, you really shouldn’t go!"

Seeing Ye Chuxue’s worried look, Li Chen gently kissed her fair forehead.

"It’ll be alright, ten years ago the Nine-headed Beast wasn’t my match. Ten years later, he still isn’t. Besides, I want to see what trick is up his sleeve anyway."

Ye Chuxue saw that she couldn’t persuade Li Chen and didn’t continue to say more.

"Alright then, be careful on your own!"

Li Chen lightly bit Ye Chuxue’s earlobe and said, "I plan to return in about three to five days. Remember you still owe me a daughter!"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s latter words, Ye Chuxue’s face flushed red with embarrassment.

She soon vividly imagined a somewhat inappropriate scene in her mind.

Blushing, she said, "I haven’t had my ’visitor’ this month, I’m afraid..."

Li Chen heard this, paused, and curiously asked, "Visitor? Which visitor?"

Ye Chuxue rolled her eyes and said, "Which visitor are you talking about?"

Li Chen was momentarily confused, and then seemed to recall something, suddenly realizing: "Oh, I got it, it’s Aunt Flo!"

He then calculated on his fingers and said: "Wasn’t she supposed to come last week?"

Ye Chuxue pressed her lips lightly and said, "She didn’t come!"

Initially, Li Chen didn’t react to what it meant for Ye Chuxue to miss her Aunt Flo.

Suddenly, he jolted with excitement as he looked at Ye Chuxue’s belly.

"Are you pregnant?"

Ye Chuxue was startled by Li Chen’s exaggerated reaction, nearly falling over.

Fortunately, Li Chen was quick to hold her in his arms.

"Are you really pregnant?"

Li Chen was still very excited and repeated the question.

"Uh?"

Faced with this question, Ye Chuxue didn’t know how to answer.

She wasn’t sure whether she was pregnant or not.

After all, she didn’t have much experience in this area.

Moreover, it’s not stipulated that Aunt Flo missing means pregnancy; she could just be lost too!