After returning to the Endless Fire Territory, Xiao Se went at once to find Father and Mother to report back.
After all, the Heavenly Demon Emperor reviving in the Great Thousand World was hardly a small matter, and it also involved Elder Sister. There could be no slacking off.
However, Xiao Se had also prepared himself for the possibility that Father and Mother were not in the Endless Fire Territory. After all, the aura he had sensed when leaving the Tianluo Continent did not seem like his imagination no matter how he thought about it.
Halfway there, Xiao Se ran into that gentle, tranquil aunt of his, who was also Mother's closest sister.
"Aunt Xian'er."
"Xiao Se, you're back? Where's your Elder Sister? How is she?"
"Older sister is fine, safe and sound. It's just that quite a few things happened during this training trip. Mother... and father, are they here? There are some things I want to tell them."
Though he knew Father and Mother might not necessarily be here, he still had to ask.
"Them? They're here. I knew you'd be looking for them. Go on, they're in the courtyard."
Little Fairy Doctor nodded and did not chat with him further. After all, she could more or less guess that it was probably serious business. If there was no need for her to get involved, then naturally there was no point in fussing around and making things worse.
"Huh?"
Xiao Se blinked.
"Mm? Is there another problem? But there doesn't seem to be any need to come ask me specially. Just go ask them directly."
"No, it's nothing—"
Xiao Se quickly shook his head. Put that way, could it really have been his imagination?
In the courtyard, Xiao Yan and Yao Wan were chatting about something. Only when