Invincible Dad-Chapter 530
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She suddenly felt like eating grapes.
It was a pity that the grapevine her father had planted for her on the back mountain had long since withered. Now, there were only wild plum trees covering the hills, just as there had been a hundred thousand years ago.
Yu Guiwan swayed gently on the swing.
Watching the dawn break and all of creation awaken, she felt a dazed trance, as if she were in another life, along with a hint of helplessness.
After hiding for so many years, I was still found by my junior brother.
But, Father... I might become Qingfeng’s inner demon.
Yu Guiwan sighed. She knew her lifespan was short and that she had already consumed many elixirs and Spirit Plants. To wish for an extension was an extravagant hope.
SWOOSH—
A rainbow streak approached from the distance. When it drew near, it revealed a rotund middle-aged man, so plump he was almost a giant ball of flesh. With a large belly and a small head, his eyes were as tiny as green beans, making for a comical sight.
"May I ask, are you Immortal Venerable Yu Guiwan, the senior sister of Emperor Qingfeng?"
The chubby man was very polite. He cupped his fists and bowed—a simple gesture for most—but it left him panting heavily. A single bow took him a full minute.
Yu Guiwan snapped back to reality and asked quizzically, "You are...?"
"I am the Tenth Divine General of the Heavenly Court. My surname is Shan, and my given name is Baiwan." The chubby man wiped the sweat from his forehead and chuckled. "This humble Baiwan has the gall to follow The Supreme Emperor in calling you Senior Sister Yu. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Senior Sister."
Yu Guiwan was amused.
This plump man certainly gets friendly fast.
She didn’t doubt his identity. He was in the Immortal Venerable Realm, and she could sense the undisguised goodwill emanating from him.
Yu Guiwan touched her chin, pondering aloud, "The Tenth Divine General, Shan Baiwan? I seem to have heard of you..."
"It is an honor." Shan Baiwan’s chubby cheeks trembled with excitement. Just as he was about to bow again, Yu Guiwan hurriedly stopped him. "Don’t bow. Just tell me, why did Xu Qingfeng send you? To help build the Heavenly Court?"
Shan Baiwan was stunned. "Hasn’t the Heavenly Court always existed?"
A soft spot in Yu Guiwan’s heart was struck a heavy blow.
Before she could ponder it further, Shan Baiwan took out a Jade Slip. "By Imperial Decree, I have brought you some items."
Yu Guiwan was curious. "What are they? Show me."
"They’re elixirs and Spirit Plants." Shan Baiwan shook his head. "But we’d better not open it here; there isn’t enough space. If these plum trees get crushed, The Supreme Emperor might skin me alive."
At this, Shan Baiwan’s face was full of grievance. "The Supreme Emperor is always telling me I’m too fat and need to lose weight. I don’t see the point in being so skinny. What do you think, Senior Sister?"
Yu Guiwan laughed. "You’re right. I think being a little chubby is quite cute."
"Heh." Shan Baiwan gave a thumbs-up. "The moment I saw you, Senior Sister Yu, I knew your judgment was second to none."
"The feeling is mutual."
The two exchanged a round of blatant flattery.
Just then, the sun climbed higher into the sky. Shan Baiwan slapped his thigh and said anxiously, "Oh no, the elixirs I’m refining are about to blow the cauldron! Senior Sister Yu, we’ll have to chat another day!"
After setting down the Storage Jade Pendant, Shan Baiwan turned and fled, disappearing over the horizon in the blink of an eye.
An alchemist...
Yu Guiwan froze as she finally remembered.
The Tenth Divine General of the Heavenly Court. Although he was at the pinnacle of the Immortal Venerable Realm, he had once successfully refined over a hundred cauldrons of Quasi-Emperor Elixirs. He had even managed to refine half a cauldron of an Emperor’s Elixir by a stroke of luck, which led to countless cultivators in the Immortal Domain hailing him as the Pill Emperor! Later, Shan Baiwan felt the title was taboo and proclaimed himself the Pill Saint, but he would only ever admit to being second-best in the Alchemy Dao. As for who was first, he never said, leaving an endless mystery in the Immortal Domain.
"Qingfeng must have sent him to deliver life-prolonging elixirs. What a waste," Yu Guiwan lamented, casually tossing the Storage Jade Pendant into the air. Suddenly, the sky darkened.
It wasn’t because the sun had set. Instead, countless elixirs and all sorts of rare materials and treasures rained down from above, so numerous they blotted out the entire sky!
"..."
Only then did Yu Guiwan understand what Shan Baiwan had meant by "there isn’t enough space here." She hurriedly recalled all the elixirs and treasures back into the storage space.
When her Divine Sense probed inside, her scalp tingled.
The space within the Jade Slip was vast, comparable to half the Eastern Desolate Domain. One could even call it a small Barrier.
The elixirs exuded a faint fragrance and shimmered with a soft, non-blinding golden glow. These were Immortal Pills that only an Immortal Venerable could refine! Every single one could fetch an astronomical price at an auction in the Immortal Domain.
Yet in this space, there weren’t just one or two Immortal Pills. They were piled high like cabbages at a street market, stretching for hundreds of miles.
Among them were over a hundred jars and bottles. Yu Guiwan had not opened them yet, but she knew they contained Quasi-Emperor Elixirs and Emperor’s Elixirs—all personally refined by Xu Lai over the last one hundred thousand years!
As for the Spirit Plants, the youngest were one hundred thousand years old. There were even three to five hundred Holy Medicines that were a million years old.
The more Yu Guiwan looked, the redder her eyes became. She couldn’t help but choke out, "Xu Qingfeng, you big fool."
Xu Lai, of course, was no fool. But with a single command, he had emptied the Heavenly Court’s treasury of its hundred-thousand-year savings and had even incurred dozens of immense debts. Otherwise, even with his Emperor Realm cultivation, he could never have gathered so many elixirs and Longevity Spirit Plants in such a short time!
"It’s not worth it... not for me."
As Yu Guiwan wiped away her tears, the Pill Saint, Shan Baiwan, flew back and handed her another Jade Slip.
"Oh, right, Senior Sister Yu, I almost forgot this. The Supreme Emperor ordered this as well. I spent most of the night picking them. They’re still fresh with dew."
"What is it?"
"Grapes from the Heavenly Court."
"..."
「Countless light-years away on Earth, in Hua Country’s Haitang Court.」
Upon arriving home, Xu Lai took his wife, daughter, and Ruan Lan to their respective rooms. He suddenly frowned, feeling as though he had forgotten something.
Never mind. It’s not important.
Xu Lai turned and went into the kitchen. He had to hurry and prepare breakfast for his wife and child.
What would they do if they woke up hungry?
「Far away, in the Immortal Domain.」
Inside the Heavenly Court’s military barracks, a certain conch maiden and the Black Dragon Spirit shivered. The conch shell and the Spirit Vein looked at each other, their eyes filled with misery.
When can we go back? It feels so wrong to be stuck in these barracks every day. Yiyi, save us!
「...In the kitchen.」
Xu Lai pondered as he cooked. When the four Divine Generals had returned to the Heavenly Court, they had also brought back the corpses of the two ten-thousand-zhang-tall giants. Xu Lai needed Baize to investigate the origins and identities of these two giants, as well as the Bronze Gate that Great Emperor Youming had carried away.
A pity we didn’t find the key,
Xu Lai thought, a smile playing on his lips despite his feigned regret.
To him, the greatest reward from this trip to the Immortal Domain was finding his senior sister and learning why her body couldn’t be found one hundred thousand years ago. Of course, he had also buried the bodies of his master and two senior brothers in the tomb on the back mountain, allowing them to finally return to their roots.
As he thought, Xu Lai became lost in his reverie until a gentle, chiding voice reached his ears. "The food’s going to burn."
Xu Lai snapped out of it, only to realize that Ruan Tang had woken up at some point and was now leaning against the kitchen doorway.
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Chapter 530
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