Xun'er, We Have a Child!

Xiao Cang willed it, taking out the Human-Demon Puppet.

The burly, muscular Human-Demon Puppet landed on the ground. At first glance, it was no different from an ordinary person, but its vacant eyes showed that it possessed no life.

"A puppet?" Xun'er was extremely knowledgeable and recognized it at a glance.

"That's right. But it isn't an ordinary puppet. It's a puppet capable of rivaling a Nine-star Dou King." Xiao Cang smiled warmly.

"A Nine-star Dou King?!"

Xun'er's beautiful eyes widened in shock, and her rosy little mouth fell open in disbelief.

A puppet that could rival a Nine-star Dou King... Brother Xiao Cang's trump cards were truly growing more numerous.

But that only made Xun'er happier.

She knew full well how vast the Gu Clan was. The currently declining Xiao Family was far from comparable to it. The more outstanding Xiao Cang proved himself to be, and the more trump cards he possessed, the greater his chances of gaining the Gu Clan's recognition in the future.

"Brother Xiao Cang means... to use this puppet to lure Uncle Ying away?" Xun'er blinked her lovely eyes, her lively gaze flickering.

"Yes and no. Although this puppet is enough to rival a Nine-star Dou King, it's still no match for Ling Ying. If we send it out directly to draw Ling Ying away, Ling Ying will likely capture it in less than a quarter of an hour," Xiao Cang said calmly.

"Ah? Then what should we do?" The light in Xun'er's beautiful eyes immediately dimmed somewhat.

"Don't worry. I have my ways."

Xiao Cang smiled confidently and flipped his hand, producing a medicinal pill from his Storage Ring. He had refined it on the back of Little Silver, the Flying Magical Beast, while returning to Wutan City.

"This is a fifth-tier Spirit Speed Pill. It can drastically increase the speed of whoever takes it for a short time. With it, the Human-Demon Puppet can delay him for longer."

"But can a puppet take medicinal pills too?" Xun'er asked doubtfully.

"Ordinary puppets naturally cannot. But the Human-Demon Puppet is different. It is refined from the corpse of the deceased, so its body is essentially still human flesh. Although it likewise cannot consume and digest medicinal pills, with special methods, it can still absorb some of a pill's medicinal power."

After explaining, Xiao Cang spread open his left palm, where a cluster of golden flames flickered.

"A Heavenly Flame."

A gleam appeared in Xun'er's eyes, and a cluster of golden flames faintly danced within them as well.

Then, under Xiao Cang's control, the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame slowly wrapped around the pill before drifting into the Human-Demon Puppet's abdomen through its mouth.

The medicinal power was swiftly incinerated by the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, transforming into pure energy that poured into every limb and bone of the Human-Demon Puppet.

"That should do it."

Xiao Cang curled his lips into a smile, gently pushed open the door, and then controlled the Human-Demon Puppet to rush outside.

Whoosh!

The Human-Demon Puppet was extremely fast, even faster than Xiao Cang before he used Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

"Xun'er, it's up to you now."

Xun'er immediately understood. She walked to the doorway and revealed an anxious expression. "Uncle Ying, someone is attacking at night! Hurry and capture him!"

At once, a shadow flashed into view in the distance. "Do not worry, Miss Xun'er. I'll go at once!"

As soon as Ling Ying finished speaking, he transformed into a streak of dark light and chased after the Human-Demon Puppet.

"Ling Ying has left."

After his powerful Spiritual Sense detected Ling Ying's departure, Xiao Cang immediately looked at Xun'er with delight.

"Wonderful, Brother Xiao Cang. We can be together again."

Xun'er happily threw herself into Xiao Cang's arms, rubbing her pretty face hard against his chest.

Her gentle voice made Xiao Cang's heart melt.

"Xun'er, the Human-Demon Puppet can hold Ling Ying off for at most two hours. Let's make the most of our time." Xiao Cang lowered his head and whispered into Xun'er's ear.

"Mhm, mhm."

A rosy flush spread over the snowy skin of Xun'er's pretty face. Nestling in Xiao Cang's embrace, she nodded shyly.

Xiao Cang then scooped Xun'er up and carried her to the bed, where he laid her down.

Xun'er's pretty face burned bright red with embarrassment. Even the exposed section of her jade-like arm and her snow-white swan neck had turned crimson.

"Brother Xiao Cang..."

Xun'er's eyes brimmed with affection, her gaze soft and alluring.

Yet when faced with this again, she was still somewhat bashful.

Xiao Cang looked at her flawless, jade-like, snow-white body.

"Xun'er."

But at the final moment, Xiao Cang considered the health of the child in Xun'er's womb and stopped himself in time.

"Brother Xiao Cang, what's wrong?"

"Xun'er, there's something I need to tell you."

Xiao Cang lay beside Xun'er, drew her delicate body into his arms, gently caressed her pretty face, and said, "What is it?"

There was a faint hint of grievance in Xun'er's eyes. What could possibly be more important than what had just happened?

"This is very important. I hope you're mentally prepared." Xiao Cang suppressed the turmoil in his heart and spoke with a serious expression.

Xun'er's heart immediately tightened, and her jade-like arms around Xiao Cang involuntarily tightened as well.

"Is Brother Xiao Cang leaving?"

"Of course not."

"Then what else could be such a big deal?"

Only then did Xun'er let out a sigh of relief. As long as Xiao Cang was not leaving, nothing else counted as a big deal.

"Silly girl, is me leaving the only thing that counts as a big deal?" Xiao Cang lovingly tapped Xun'er on the nose.

"Of course."

Xun'er answered as if it were only natural.

As the beloved daughter of the Clan Leader of the Ancient Clan, there would always be someone to hold up the sky if it fell. Thus, in her eyes, the only thing worthy of being called a major matter was being separated from her beloved.

"Xun'er, you're pregnant." Xiao Cang finally said it.

"What?! Pregnant?!"

Xun'er's little face froze, and she was instantly at a loss.

"Yes."

Xiao Cang nodded.

"What do you mean? Brother Xiao Cang, are you serious?" Xun'er immediately panicked.

"Xun'er, I would never joke about something like this. I only found out yesterday. I didn't tell you right away because I was afraid you'd worry." Xiao Cang held Xun'er tighter and spoke earnestly.

"Then what do we do? If Father finds out, Brother Xiao Cang, you'll be in danger too."

Xun'er looked flustered.

Although she did not know about her Divine Grade Bloodline, she knew that her father would never readily allow her to be with someone from the Xiao Clan.

Sending Ling Ying away so she could be with Xiao Cang had already been enough to provoke her father's fury.

If her father found out that she was pregnant as well, then the entire Xiao Family—no, the entire Jia Ma Empire—would cease to exist.

Xiao Cang was deeply moved by her words.

He had not expected Xun'er's first reaction to be neither blame nor sorrow, but concern for his safety and fear that Gu Yuan would vent his wrath upon him.

The depth of Xun'er's sincerity was plain to see.

"Xun'er, don't worry. I already have a plan."

"What are you thinking, Brother Xiao Cang?" Xun'er asked, nestling against him.

"We'll keep this hidden for now. Normally, even if Ling Ying notices something, it will take three months. Within those three months, I'll grow stronger as quickly as possible, until I reach a level where the forces behind you will acknowledge me." Xiao Cang said seriously.

"This is our only choice..."

Xun'er said softly, leaning on him like a little bird.

There was actually another way: abort the child in her womb.

But Xun'er had never even considered it.

Brother Xiao Cang's flesh and blood... how could she bear to get rid of it?

She would rather threaten them with her own life when the time came than harm Brother Xiao Cang's child.

"Then now..."

Xun'er lightly bit her pearly teeth. That wave of affection had yet to fade and was still burning within her heart.

"Xun'er, for the sake of your health and the child's, we can't do those things for now," Xiao Cang explained.

"Alright..."

Xun'er lowered her head in disappointment, but then she seemed to think of something.

A few days ago, Xiao Cang had kept wanting her to part her red lips, ...

PS: I used to have a bit of a literary pretension problem. Whenever I came up with chapter titles, I always liked using four characters plus four characters, which made it hard to think of suitable titles for many chapters. From now on, the chapter titles will be more natural.