Invincible Dad-Chapter 535: Xu Qingfeng, Who Doesn’t Understand Formations_1
Chapter 535: Chapter 535: Xu Qingfeng, Who Doesn’t Understand Formations_1
Ruan Lan dove to the floor, fawning as she hugged her older sister’s thigh. "Thank you, sis, for buying your little sister new clothes!"
Ruan Tang, already used to her sister’s erratic behavior, said helplessly, "The clothes are with your brother-in-law."
"Is my handsome brother-in-law around?" Ruan Lan’s beautiful eyes twinkled as she looked toward Xu Lai.
He replied indifferently, "No."
"..."
Facing Ruan Lan’s look of silent accusation, Xu Lai tossed her a storage ring and then headed into the kitchen. Yiyi waddled eagerly behind him, her voice soft and sweet. "Daddy, what are we having for dinner?"
"What do you want to eat, Yiyi?"
"Meat."
"Anything else?"
"More meat."
"...Anything else?"
"Just meat is enough."
Xu Lai let out a frustrated sigh. "Xu Yiyi, you can’t just eat meat. You need a balanced diet—vegetables are important too."
"Daddy makes sense," Yiyi said seriously, nodding her little head.
Xu Lai nodded, satisfied. But he soon heard his daughter’s sweet voice again, "But I still only want to eat meat."
"..."
Fine, fine. Xu Lai prepared a large table full of meat dishes but also made several vegetable dishes for himself and Ruan Tang.
「After dinner.」
Ruan Tang put Yiyi to bed, and Xu Lai shooed away his sister-in-law, who was lounging on the living room sofa. "Go to sleep."
"It’s not even nine o’clock. Why sleep so early?" Ruan Lan pouted, clutching the Formation Chessboard. Soon, as if she suddenly understood something, she smirked. "Oh, I get it. Young people these days..."
Before she could finish, Xu Lai pinched her cheek. "You mentioned earlier that you had good news to tell me?"
Ruan Lan’s pretty face was pinched into a doughy ball. Startled at first, she angrily swatted his hand away. "Stinky brother-in-law, don’t pinch my face!"
Ruan Lan was puffing with anger, but her red, puffy cheeks actually made her look somewhat adorable.
"If you don’t speak up, I’m leaving."
"No, no, no!" Ruan Lan first glanced nervously toward the bathroom; after putting Yiyi to sleep, Ruan Tang had gone to draw a bath. She lowered her voice and said, "Brother-in-law, is it difficult to create formations?"
"It’s manageable, I guess. Why?" Xu Lai asked, curious.
There were countless types of formations with all sorts of bizarre functions. The vast majority, however, were for offense and defense. Following that were more functional types, such as sealing, shielding, or creating illusions. Of course, some heretical cultivators added other strange elements to their formations, which broadened the scope considerably.
Ruan Lan couldn’t hide the excitement in her voice. "This afternoon, I think I created an attack formation."
"Hm, impressive," Xu Lai offered perfunctory praise. "If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going now."
"Hey, hey, hey, stand right there, brother-in-law!" Ruan Lan panicked. "I want to sell this formation. Could it sell for a few hundred million... no, a few tens of millions would be fine. Can you take a look for me?"
"Show it on the Formation Chessboard, and I’ll have a look." Xu Lai sighed. He was eager to join Ruan Tang in the bath, and Ruan Lan was just wasting his time.
As Ruan Lan demonstrated the formation on the chessboard, Xu Lai’s initial impatience vanished. He let out a soft exclamation, his expression growing strange.
Ruan Lan had indeed created a formation. But it had no array patterns, no structure, and no real form. It was barely cobbled together, yet its destructive power was terrifying—comparable to a single strike from a cultivator who had just reached Qi Condensation! In terms of Hua Country’s Martial Dao, it was roughly equivalent to a full-power palm strike from a Second Grade Martial Artist.
Even a child in the Immortal Domain who had studied basic formations for a few years wouldn’t create something like this, because they’d find it too embarrassing!
And yet, Ruan Lan had obtained the core inheritance of the Star Origin Sect—the two great Starlight Arrays, one for offense and one for defense. She had also received the improved version of the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation, which Xu Lai had created himself, a formation even more formidable than the Starlight Array!
And this formation of Ruan Lan’s... was like being in a mountain of solid gold and using a million tons of the finest material to carve a dagger the size of a fingernail. To take the dross and discard the essence—the difficulty was on another level.
His little sister-in-law was a real genius!
Xu Lai patted Ruan Lan on the shoulder. "Lan..."
"Why are you being so familiar all of a sudden?" Ruan Lan shivered, goosebumps rising on her skin.
"When you go out in the future, never, ever say you have the inheritance of the Star Origin Sect. Otherwise, those old geezers might climb out of their graves to beat you to death," Xu Lai said earnestly.
Damn it! Ruan Lan was furious. How dare her hateful brother-in-law look down on her.
"Go back to sleep," Xu Lai waved his hand. "In your dreams, you can be the Empress of Arrays and do whatever you want."
Ruan Lan glared at him fiercely. "Just you wait! I’ll create an even more powerful formation one day!" After a moment, she mumbled to herself, "Whatever. It’s not like you understand formations anyway, so there’s no point in being angry with you."
Ruan Lan returned to her room. Lying in bed, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep. As she became more involved with cultivation, she gradually realized that the old man from her dreams, the one who played chess with her and told her stories, was probably the Founding Ancestor of the Star Origin Sect.
You old coot, am I really that dumb?
Ruan Lan felt a little dejected.
But soon, she clenched her fist.
I will work hard and study formations until I’m the number one master of the Array Path in the entire Immortal Domain! Only then will my suitors witness the splendor of the invincible Empress Ruan Lan. Not just some Divine Child or Saintess—even those old fogeys will have to shout, ’Long live Fairy Ruan Lan!’
A smirk spread across Ruan Lan’s face.
She suddenly thought of the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation, which was slightly superior to the Starlight Array.
Brother-in-law said it was created by a cultivator named Qingfeng. I have to find this person. He’s destined to be my number one fan!
Ruan Lan’s brow furrowed.
Wait a minute... Senior Sister Wen Rou called Xu Lai ’Junior Brother Qingfeng.’ Could my brother-in-law *be* Qingfeng? No, no, no, that Qingfeng can’t be this Qingfeng. Xu Lai doesn’t understand formations. Otherwise, how could he fail to even solve the Formation Chessboard?
Being a carefree person, Ruan Lan simply patted her belly and drifted off to sleep.
「...」
「Bathroom.」
Ruan Tang lay in the bathtub, idly splashing the water. She kept glancing toward the bathroom door.
Why isn’t he here yet? Didn’t he say we were going to take a bath together? And I’ve been looking forward to it all day...
Just as she was about to get up and leave, she noticed several pieces of men’s clothing on the floor that hadn’t been there before. As she stared in surprise, she felt a cool hand on her abdomen.
"I’m late." Xu Lai hugged Ruan Tang from behind, his voice full of self-reproach. "Ruan Lan held me up for a bit."
Ruan Tang leaned back into his embrace and softly chided, "Who let you in? You rogue."
Xu Lai gave a knowing smile; he had heard his wife’s whisper.
Realizing this, Ruan Tang’s face flushed crimson. She glared at him. "What did you hear just now?"
"I didn’t hear a thing."
"That’s more like it." Ruan Tang breathed a small sigh of relief.
The couple embraced in the bathtub, whispering sweet nothings as they gazed at the starry sky outside the bathroom window. The stars twinkled, a beautiful sight.
A short while later, Ruan Tang’s face grew hot. "Xu Lai, you—"
"Shh, quiet. Let’s have a meeting."
"..."
Chapter 535: Xu Qingfeng, Who Doesn’t Understand Formations_1
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