Cai'er Leaves, Returning Home to See Bai Yue!

Hero No. 1 was a little dumbfounded.

He could actually see that expression on Long Xingyu's face?

However, Long Xingyu ignored him and instead looked toward Cai'er. "Cai'er, return to Demon Extermination Pass with Hero No. 1."

"Although Odin Town is remote, that does not mean it is free of danger."

Upon hearing Long Xingyu's words, Cai'er immediately grew anxious and wanted to say something. However, her ability to speak had been completely sealed during the trial of reincarnation, leaving her unable to speak.

Seeing this and recalling the suffering his future daughter-in-law had endured, Long Xingyu could not help but feel some heartache.

He immediately stretched out his hand. "If there's something you want to say, write it down."

Cai'er brightened and quickly wrote, "I don't want to go back. It's so dark, so cold, so painful there."

Long Xingyu knew she was talking about the suffering of the Place of Reincarnation.

But...

After a long while, Long Xingyu said solemnly:

"I know your pain."

"But the demons are powerful now. Without strength, you can only become food for them."

"Your talent is something countless people could never hope for."

"And in the future, you will become an unparalleled powerhouse!"

"This is not your suffering. It is the absolute key that will allow you to determine your own fate in the future!"

Long Xingyu spoke bluntly.

"Uncle..." Cai'er wrote with some difficulty, "I..."

Seeing her like this, Long Xingyu's gaze gradually softened. He truly should not have lectured such a young child in this manner.

He glanced at Long Haochen behind him before continuing to Cai'er:

"For now, return to Demon Extermination Pass."

"After everything this boy of mine just did, your heart is filled with him. You will not make any other choice. Once everything has settled, I will bring him to Demon Extermination Pass."

"I will personally seek out Hall Master Saint Moon and discuss these matters with her."

As Long Xingyu spoke to Cai'er, his gaze became increasingly kind.

Upon hearing this, Cai'er's eyes lit up. She quickly turned toward Long Haochen, seemingly lost in thought.

Since the age of three, Long Haochen had been the only person who made her feel warmth. Naturally, she would react this way.

Then, she removed a purple ring from her hand and handed it to Long Xingyu. She pointed at herself, then at Long Haochen. Three words were clearly engraved on the ring: Forget-Me-Not.

"The Forget-Me-Not Ring?" Long Xingyu thought as he looked at the ring in his hand.

He did not say much more. He merely looked at Hero No. 1 and said, "Return to the Assassin Temple and inform Hall Master Saint Moon that I will definitely pay her a visit another day."

Although Hero No. 1 found it extremely strange, he quickly left with Cai'er.

This time, Cai'er did not resist. She obediently followed Hero No. 1 away.

Long Xingyu slowly walked over to Long Haochen, slipped the ring onto his hand, and said nothing more. He lifted him into the air and carried him toward the central peak of Odin Mountain.

Going Home

In the distance.

Hero No. 1 was still pondering many things. He wanted to understand what Long Xingyu's expression just now had meant.

That kindly expression.

Cai'er's eyes filled with nothing but Long Haochen?

And then he would personally visit Saint Moon and Saint Spirit Heart?

This...

After putting everything together, Hero No. 1 finally understood.

"I think I understand his attitude now."

"This is clearly the way a father-in-law looks at his daughter-in-law!"

"What is Long Xingyu doing?"

"These two children have only just met for the first time. Is he already arranging a childhood betrothal?"

Hero No. 1 suddenly did not know what to say.

And Long Xingyu had even said he would pay them a visit directly later, telling him to inform Saint Moon in advance.

Given her guilt toward and affection for that child, she would probably charge straight to the Knight Temple to demand an explanation at the first opportunity.

At this moment, Hero No. 1 was already imagining an old white-bearded man blowing his beard and glaring in fury upon receiving all this information.

But there was nothing he could do. He could not afford to offend either of them.

So he would just say what needed to be said.

He was Cai'er's guardian on the path, but matters of the heart were family affairs. It was better to leave Saint Moon, her proper great-grandfather, to worry over them.

Odin Mountain.

Inside a small thatched cottage.

Bai Yue was cooking rice and preparing dishes.

"It's already this late. Why isn't Haochen back yet?"

Bai Yue looked outside and spoke in confusion.

By all rights, Long Haochen should have returned by now. Why had he still not come back?

However, she soon changed her tune. "Today seems to be the day the results for the knight attendants at the Odin Sub-Temple are announced. That child Haochen is probably still at the Odin Sub-Temple, continuing his training."

"This child's madness for cultivation really is as if he were cut from the same mold as his father." Bai Yue smiled to herself.

But after saying that, she fell slightly silent.

Yes, he had learned it from him.

"I wonder how Xingyu has been doing."

"Ten years without seeing him... I wonder if he has been well. If it weren't for this identity of mine, perhaps Haochen and I would be at Dragon Control Pass now, enjoying the happiness of a complete family?"

Bai Yue murmured.

Ten years ago, after discovering she was pregnant, Bai Yue had threatened to die in order to return to human territory. She had originally intended to return to Dragon Control Pass, but she did not want her identity to affect Long Xingyu. Thus, she had stayed far away from Dragon Control Pass and come to the extremely distant Odin Town.

She had raised Long Haochen all this time, intending to live out her life like this.

She had dearly wanted to return to Dragon Control Pass and reunite with Long Xingyu, but as the daughter of the Demon God Emperor, she truly did not know how she could explain herself.

Moreover, the union between the Demon God Emperor's daughter and a Divine Seal Knight was something impossible to defend. It would have an enormous impact on Long Xingyu, and that was why Bai Yue had not dared to return.

Just as she was recalling these matters, there came a sudden knock at the door.

It interrupted Bai Yue's memories.

"Is Haochen back?" Bai Yue immediately brightened and walked toward the door.

She opened it.

The first person she saw was Long Haochen, but he was slung over a man's shoulder, already unconscious.

At that moment, Bai Yue's face turned pale.

But a mother was strong for her child. Her first thought was to seek justice for her son.

But suddenly, she heard the visitor call out, "Yue'er, long time no see."

Hearing this, Bai Yue froze and looked at the man.

The man was handsome, yet he carried layers of terrifying pressure. However, when he looked at Bai Yue, his gaze always held a trace of tenderness.

And he was the man Bai Yue had longed for day and night—the man who was hers!

Looking at him, Bai Yue's voice trembled as she called out, "X-Xingyu!"