This Is His Father-in-Law!

This Is His Father-in-Law!

"Please enlighten me, Demon Lord..."

Luo Tianya asked in confusion.

He thought about it for a long while, but he truly had no recollection of ever offending the Demon Lord.

"This Lord asks you: was it you who sent people to hunt down Ru Ying?"

Ning Yechen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked coldly.

Luo Tianya's brows knitted tightly, his expression growing ever more puzzled.

"Is the Demon Lord joking?"

"Ru Ying is my daughter. Why would I send people to kill her?"

It was not his doing?

Ning Yechen was also puzzled upon hearing this. His gaze carefully scrutinized Luo Tianya.

Seeing that his aura was steady, his eyes filled with confusion, and his expression showed no abnormalities, he did not seem to be lying.

Could it be that those hunting Luo Ruying were not from Goddess Luo Hall?

At that moment, Luo Tianya began to explain as well:

"Although I do not know why the Demon Lord wishes to find my daughter, she was taken away by some faction more than a hundred years ago after they took a fancy to her."

"Ever since she was taken away, I have never seen her again."

"She has never returned to Goddess Luo Hall either."

"What was the name of the faction that took her away?"

Ning Yechen demanded in a grave voice.

Since it was not Goddess Luo Hall, then it had to be the faction that had taken her away!

Luo Tianya shook his head.

"I do not know who they were either."

"I only know that their faction was immensely powerful, far beyond anything my Goddess Luo Hall could contend against."

"Even Ice Mist Sacred Domain of this Northern Nether Immortal Domain would not dare provoke them lightly!"

"They said my daughter's talent was extraordinarily outstanding, that she possessed the bearing to become a future Empress. After giving Goddess Luo Hall many benefits, they took her away."

Ice Mist Sacred Domain was one of the foremost sect forces among the nine Immortal Domains, as famous as Tiandao Imperial Palace. If even Ice Mist Sacred Domain did not dare offend them lightly, then they could only be those ancient clans that had hidden away in the Immortal Realm for hundreds or thousands of years!

Those old fossils generally concealed themselves somewhere within the Immortal Realm. Unless a calamity capable of destroying the realm descended upon it, those old fossils would not appear, much less interfere in any matter.

Yet they had issued an order to hunt Luo Ruying down...

The Immortal Realm was vast beyond measure, said to contain heaven and earth, the hundred rivers, sun and moon, and stars. It was a full hundred times larger than the mortal realm. Finding those ancient clans would be like fishing a needle from the sea.

Even if he found them, they might not necessarily be the clan pursuing Luo Ruying.

An exceedingly displeased and impatient expression appeared on Ning Yechen's face.

His wife's circumstances were even more complicated than he had imagined...

Still, the fact that those old fossils had taken a liking to his wife also proved how extraordinary her talent was.

Otherwise, those ancient hidden clans would never have chosen her.

Seeing Ning Yechen's displeased expression, Luo Tianya gathered his courage and asked worriedly:

"Has the Demon Lord perhaps met my daughter?"

"How is she now...?"

Through his conversation with Ning Yechen, he had discovered that the Demon Lord did seem to have come to demand an explanation, yet it also felt as though he had come to vent Luo Ruying's anger for her!

Moreover, it seemed the Demon Lord and his youngest daughter knew each other...!

From the sound of it, his daughter even appeared to still be hunted down by others!

As a father, for the sake of the Lineage's future, he could only helplessly hand his daughter over more than a hundred years ago. Yet that had become the matter he regretted most.

Now, he did not know in the slightest whether his daughter was alive or dead.

Hearing Luo Tianya's question, Ning Yechen came back to his senses and hastily lowered his crossed legs, sitting upright.

The cold, arrogant expression on his face also changed completely, replaced by a warm and kindly smile.

There was even a hint of ingratiation in that smile...

When he had first arrived, he had not known the truth and had been prepared to strike, to raze Goddess Luo Hall to the ground. That was why he had put on the manner and bearing he used to have as the Demon Lord.

Now that he knew it was a misunderstanding, he hurriedly reined himself in.

After all, this was his wife's father—his father-in-law!!!

Sitting there with his legs crossed, propping up his face—he had been far too rude!

He absolutely had to leave a good impression...!

At this moment, Ning Yechen felt incomparably fortunate that he had not rashly attacked and wiped out all of Goddess Luo Hall just now...

If he really had destroyed it, that would have been a disaster!

"Cough, cough. Father-in-law... no, Goddess Luo Hall Master... your daughter is doing very well. You need not worry."

Ning Yechen coughed lightly and spoke with a polite smile.

Compared with his attitude just moments ago, this was a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

Luo Tianya looked utterly bewildered and puzzled, inwardly on guard.

Why had this Demon Lord's attitude changed so suddenly...?

He had nearly scared Luo Tianya out of his wits...

"Demon Lord..."

"Ah, Goddess Luo Hall Master, there is no need to call me Demon Lord. How distant that sounds!"

"My given name is Ning Yechen. Goddess Luo Hall Master may simply call me Yechen~"

The moment Luo Tianya spoke, Ning Yechen raised a hand to interrupt him, his face full of a warm smile.

That only made Luo Tianya feel even more uneasy...

The Demon Lord actually wanted him to address him by name...?

Such a thing had probably never happened in the entire Immortal Realm, had it?!

How many people dared call the Demon Lord by his given name?!

"Ye... Yechen...?"

Luo Tianya cautiously called out.

"Mm! Please speak, Goddess Luo Hall Master~"

Ning Yechen smiled in complete satisfaction.

See? Had the relationship between son-in-law and father-in-law not grown one step closer?

It was simply not yet a good time to tell him about his relationship with Luo Ruying...

At the very least, he had to wait until Luo Ruying accepted his identity, then find a suitable opportunity to make it public...

Luo Tianya was quite frightened by Ning Yechen's suddenly ingratiating attitude, but at this moment, he was even more worried about his daughter Luo Ruying's situation.

Thus, he could only force himself to ask:

"You have met my daughter, correct?"

"How is she now, and where is she?"

"She is truly doing very well. You need not worry."

"As for where she is, I will not tell you for the time being."

After thinking it over, Ning Yechen had no intention of telling Luo Tianya anything about Luo Ruying.

In order not to worry him, he did not even mention that Luo Ruying had had her Immortal Bone dug out and her heart taken.

On one hand, he feared that if Luo Tianya learned Luo Ruying was with him, he would become even more worried. It was not yet time to tell him.

On the other hand, telling him might instead bring a crisis of annihilation upon Goddess Luo Hall!

For the mysterious hidden clan behind the people who had taken Luo Ruying away, destroying Goddess Luo Hall would be as effortless as blowing away dust.

Luo Ruying understood this deeply as well. Thus, even when she escaped, she had no intention whatsoever of fleeing back to Goddess Luo Hall. She had not even dared to send word or meet them once.

She feared that if the mysterious clan learned of it, it would bring the Lineage a calamity of extermination.

That was why she had resolutely chosen to flee into the mortal realm.

Luo Tianya still wanted to press the matter, but Ning Yechen gave him no further chance. He rose to his feet and vanished from before his eyes in an instant, like drifting clouds and smoke.

Since he had already learned that Goddess Luo Hall had not ordered the pursuit, there was no use remaining here any longer.

Finding the true culprit behind it would be somewhat difficult. From here on, he could only wait for the other side to come knocking again.

They had dug out his wife's Immortal Bone and taken her heart. This matter would not end so easily!

After watching Ning Yechen leave with his own eyes, Luo Tianya did not relax. Instead, his expression became incomparably solemn.

How had Ru Ying come to know the Demon Lord...?

The Demon Lord had even come all the way to the Immortal Realm specifically to inquire about her news?

What exactly had happened to her? Why was she being hunted down?!

Luo Tianya's instincts told him that something must have happened to his daughter, Luo Ruying!

No!

He could not sit here and wait for death!

With a solemn expression, Luo Tianya shouted loudly toward the outside of the room:

"Guards!"