Taking Care of Something Big

Beside the table, Little Fatty saw Yu Bai turn and leave without a word. Without thinking much of it, he immediately chased after him.

"Hey, Little Bai, wait for Fatty!"

After watching the two children leave, the four adults in the hall finally burst out laughing together.

"Pfft!"

"Little Bai is way too miserable, hahahaha..."

"Yeah, especially that resentful little look at the end. It was just too adorable! Hahaha..."

"Still, isn't it a bit wrong for us parents to gang up on a little fellow like this? Though maybe becoming an Exposer today made him a little full of himself, and he actually wanted to take charge of the household... Pfft~"

After the laughter died down, Yu Fan, whose arm Luo Ling was holding, wiped the smile from his face and returned to his usual steady demeanor. Wisdom gleamed in his eyes as he said,

"Still, we can confirm one thing: it was indeed as we suspected. One of Little Bai's two wives from his past life should have been watching over him ever since all her emotions and memories were fully instilled today."

"As for why she didn't appear in person, perhaps she's waiting for Yu Bai to grow up. Mm, in every sense of the word."

"But that means we basically don't have to worry about Little Bai's safety, or the safety of our two families!"

The four of them had risen from ordinary civilian families to become three Soul Emperors and one Soul Saint. Over the past several decades, they had faced countless hardships and crises, and the tacit understanding they had developed between them was beyond anyone's imagination.

Therefore, from the moment they saw Yu Bai's unusual behavior today, the four of them had already taken notice.

Then, the instant Yu Bai voluntarily revealed that he was the Flame Emperor among today's Exposers, they had already figured out every crisis they might soon face.

Yu Fan, as Yu Bai's father, had immediately thought of countless ways to respond. The simplest and safest one was to determine whether that "daughter-in-law," whose whereabouts and current identity were unknown—the one who had unleashed Dou Emperor Pressure at noon today—was watching over Little Bai.

And that turned out to be unexpectedly easy!

"Mm!" The burly Shi Kuan nodded as well. He glanced at his wife, Xie Rou, and said with a smile,

"Otherwise, our two families might have had to dig a connecting tunnel beneath my house and quietly sneak out of Keling City! Then we'd have to use Rou'er's soul skill to change our appearances and live in hiding for a while!"

Luo Ling, seated beside Yu Fan and hugging his arm, suddenly wore a complicated expression.

"Come to think of it, who would've thought that the little brat I gave birth to and personally raised for twelve years would turn out to be the reincarnation of the Flame Emperor from another world in his past life? Luckily, Yu Bai hasn't inherited all of his past-life memories and emotions yet. Otherwise, I don't even know whether that little fellow would still call me Mom like he did today..."

Hearing the concern in his wife's words, Yu Fan raised a hand and patted Luo Ling's head.

"Reincarnation is something that perhaps only truly peak experts can touch upon and understand. But since reincarnation exists, perhaps all our souls have been reincarnated before too. We just haven't been exposed by the Heavenly Dao Rankings, so there's no need to dwell on it."

Yu Fan paused.

"Besides, judging from what just happened, Little Bai seems somewhat resistant to the idea of actively seeking out his two wives from his past life."

"Is it because he hasn't awakened his past-life memories and feelings yet, and he also happens to be at a rebellious age, so he's acting like this?"

On the other side, Xie Rou, whose personality was as gentle as her name suggested, suddenly spoke up.

"Could it be that Little Bai already has a girl he likes? That's why..."

The moment those words were spoken, the hall fell silent.

Not long after, under the astonished gazes of the four adults, Little Fatty excitedly asked Xie Rou for two drumsticks created by her Sixth Soul Skill. He then tossed down two books and a note before fleeing without another word!

Yu Fan and the others curiously gathered together and looked at the note Little Fatty had left atop the two books on the table. It read:

"These are two Earth Rank Advanced Techniques: the Purple Cloud True Method, suitable for the old man and Uncle Shi, and the Dust-Dispelling Treasure Record, suitable for Mom and Aunt Xie. Practice these first. Once you meet the requirements to cultivate Heavenly Rank Techniques, I'll get you better techniques! Little Fatty and I are going out to take care of something big now. Sigh, I really have worn myself out worrying over these two families!"

After reading the note, the four of them picked up the two Earth Rank Advanced Techniques from the table. They looked at one another for a moment before Yu Fan spoke first.

"It looks like we need to change our plans."

Thousands of miles away, in Spirit Hall's Pope's bedchamber, the anger on someone's face had frozen at some point. The figure stared blankly ahead, eyes vacant, while a pair of beautifully manicured jade hands clenched into fists, loosened, clenched again, then loosened once more...

In a shadowed corner of a street, two figures clad in black robes suddenly appeared!

Looking at the carriage station not far away, the two black-robed figures exchanged a glance and nodded together. Their hands beneath their robes seemed to take out something, and then they lowered their heads and began eating!

However, with their black cloaks blocking the view and the invisible darkness of the nighttime street corner, no one saw what they were eating!

A few minutes later, once they seemed prepared, the two headed straight toward the carriage station.

Inside the carriage station, the lights were bright.

However, perhaps because it was nighttime, few people came to rent or hire carriages at this hour. The attendant watching over the carriage station sat behind the counter, his head bobbing as though he might fall asleep at any moment.

Knock, knock, knock!

At that moment, someone knocked on the counter, startling the attendant awake. He hurriedly said,

"Boss! I wasn't sleeping! I was just concentrating and meditating... Mm!"

As he spoke, the attendant fully came awake. When he saw that the people before him were merely two ordinary-looking middle-aged men, one tall and one short, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Ah, you nearly scared me to death!"

The short middle-aged man across from him couldn't help teasing him.

"Brother Attendant, you don't even have Soul Power. What are you meditating for?"

Hearing the customer's teasing, the attendant didn't get angry. He merely smiled bitterly.

"Well, I just haven't given up yet. I want to see whether there'll come a day when I can suddenly absorb Soul Power. Then I could become a Soul Master too, right?"

As he spoke, the attendant looked at the two men curiously.

"It's so late. Are you two gentlemen still looking to hire a carriage?"

The tall middle-aged man nodded. He then hired a carriage, and the tall and short men left the city, heading in the direction of Heaven Dou City.