Quite a few people in the hall smiled when they saw Gong Xin arrive.
Then their gazes shifted to Zhao Wuji behind her, and they snorted coldly. Clearly, they no longer bothered to hide their dislike for him!
Gong Jiulong, the head of the Gong Family, nodded gently.
After all, he had dug the pit himself and thrown his own granddaughter into it!
Regretting it now was no use at all!
"Since you're here, have a seat. Your cousin came today."
"You used to carry him around and play with him all the time."
Gong Xin thought for a moment, and the image of a little brat came to mind. But he had only stayed with the Gong Family for a few days before disappearing.
"I wonder what my cousin looks like now."
Gong Xin was curious too.
When Zhao Wuji saw Gong Xin's smile, his expression turned a little ugly.
He didn't know why, but seeing Gong Xin show such feelings toward another man...
It left him feeling stifled inside.
"They're here."
Just then, Gong Xinyue spoke.
She stood up and looked outside.
"Roar!"
Nine Jiao Dragons at the Sage Realm appeared in the sky, each one thirty thousand meters long.
The white vapor streaming from their nostrils soon shrouded the luxurious palace behind them, leaving it flickering in and out of sight.
The Gong Family members were shocked by the sight. Once they came to their senses, they were filled with curiosity and envy.
"I never imagined the Di Lineage would make such a grand gesture."
Gong Jiulong spoke.
"This was all the Ancestor's doing. Back then, Tian'er only mentioned it once."
The Sixteenth Ancestor had gone on a killing spree alone, armed with a single sword, and brought back nine of them.
But the Dragon Clan was hidden too deeply, and unless it was necessary, the Di Lineage didn't want to make enemies of them.
They could only settle for the next best thing!
Otherwise, the Ancestor might have...
Gong Xinyue left the rest unsaid, but the Gong Family members understood what she meant.
Now they looked forward even more eagerly to seeing the figure inside.
"Tap, tap."
Footsteps rang out.
Lotuses sprang from the void, golden blossoms appearing one after another and blooming around the palace.
They gave off countless rays of rosy light.
At the sight, the Gong Family members' eyes widened!
The female disciples in particular didn't even blink!
Showing off.
Zhao Wuji thought to himself.
A figure emerged from the mist.
Dressed in white robes adorned with qilin, he was handsome and majestic. Mysterious divine light flowed through a pair of impossibly deep black eyes.
He was like a god looking down from on high, too unreal to be a person of this world, like a dream or an illusion.
Yet the faint, elusive smile at the corners of his mouth seemed to pull him down from his divine pedestal and back into reality, making him all the more captivating.
The Gong Family members stared at him, dumbstruck.
Gong Xin's eyes widened.
She covered her mouth with one hand, as though afraid she might cry out and disturb this beautiful moment.
The men looked at him.
He's so damn handsome. If gender weren't a concern, they thought they could go for him too.
"Grandfather, Grandmother, Mother."
Di Juetian moved and vanished. When he appeared again, he was already standing before them.
Gong Jiulong's pupils contracted as he looked at Di Juetian, disbelief in his eyes.
When Di Juetian was born, even he hadn't known what kind of constitution the boy had. But now, he seemed to understand a little.
Gong Xinyue was somewhat shocked, but she didn't show it, as though this was exactly how her son should be.
"My good son, did you miss Mother?"
Gong Xinyue stepped forward and gathered her son into her arms.
When Di Juetian was little, he had let her hold him, but once he could walk, he refused to be held, going around with panda eyes all day long.
They had worried about him for a long time.
They had thought it was an aftereffect of his Demon Body.
They had been so frightened that they even dug the Ancestor out.
After the Ancestor took one look at him,
he said only one thing to her and Di Wushen.
"You two, act like decent human beings."
Then he took Di Juetian away.
Later, Di Juetian's temperament grew colder and colder. Though he did his utmost to hide it when he saw them, they could see the exhaustion in his eyes. But they had no better solution.
Back then, Di Juetian had been more like a devil who killed without blinking, so full of coldness that no one could easily approach him!
Now, seeing the gentle air about Di Juetian, Gong Xinyue felt as though her heart would break.
"Mother, I missed you very much."
"By the way, why didn't your father come?"
Seeing no sign of Di Wushen, Gong Xinyue asked curiously.
Even if his main body couldn't come, he could at least have sent an avatar as a token gesture!
"Father said he needed to cultivate, and that women would only slow his draw."
"Oh, give me a break. Every time, he's impatient as a monkey."
Of course, Gong Xinyue didn't say that aloud.
After all, there were too many people around, and it would have been embarrassing.
"But did your father really say that?"
Gong Xinyue was skeptical.
"Mm, the Ancestor can vouch for it."
Di Juetian spoke without blushing or skipping a heartbeat.
The world's truly turned upside down.
"All right, can you let me have a look at my grandson?"
At that moment, the old madam couldn't stand it any longer.
After all, who wouldn't love such a handsome grandson?
"Grandmother, I've been busy cultivating and haven't come to visit. Please forgive me."
"It's all right, it's all right."
"I never imagined my grandson would be so handsome."
"Indeed, indeed. Our Gong Family has good genes."
Gong Jiulong chimed in.
Gong Xinyue's face darkened.
She said nothing.
Di Juetian, meanwhile, turned to look at a woman.
"Cousin, long time no see."
"Cousin, it really is you! You were such a little bean sprout before, and now you've grown so big."
Gong Xin looked at Di Juetian, delight in her eyes.
He had been so small when she held him before. She never imagined he would have grown so big.
"Cousin, now that we've met again, I have nothing else to give you, so let me give you a Divine Ability."
Di Juetian used his remaining Villain Value to select a Divine Ability.
Then he pressed his fingers together and touched them to Gong Xin's head.
The Divine Ability wasn't particularly powerful, but it suited Gong Xin especially well.
"Take your filthy hand away."
At that moment, a cold voice rang out.
He looked at Di Juetian as though he wanted to devour him.
"How dare you! Admit your mistake!"
Quite a few people heard those words, came to their senses, and shouted at the man!
Only Di Juetian paid him no mind at all!
Instead, Di Juetian smiled faintly and stepped away.
He said nothing, and when Gong Xin opened her eyes, he gave her a slight smile.
"Thank you, Cousin."
"Tian'er, have you already broken through to the Divine Ability Realm?"
At that moment, Gong Jiulong was curious.
He asked the question because even he couldn't see through Di Juetian.
"I have."
Not only had he broken through, he had crossed the realm entirely and reached the sixth level of the Dao Palace.
Of course, he didn't say the rest. In the Immortal Domain, a world where people devoured one another, it was better to keep a few trump cards!
Hearing that, Zhao Wuji fell silent and looked at Di Juetian in disbelief. Many of the younger generation in the Immortal Domain were at the Void Hollow Realm. The reason they hadn't broken through was that they wanted to temper their constitutions.
If they wanted to break through, it would be easy, but their fighting strength would be weak.
It seemed the young man before him had only dared to break through after thoroughly tempering his realm.
Di Juetian didn't know what Zhao Wuji was thinking.
Tempering? Sorry, I'm a cheat user.
"Cousin, aren't you going to introduce me?"
Di Juetian looked at Zhao Wuji, then turned to Gong Xin and spoke.
Hearing that, Gong Xin looked embarrassed.
Gong Jiulong's expression also turned a little ugly.
After all, the matter was nothing to be proud of.