Xuanxiao chuckled and said, "Dao Ancestor, those two love crying. What if you go soft and let them off after we leave?"
Hongjun was speechless. With a wave of his hand, he struck the two of them with another barrage of Purple Divine Thunder, scorching them black outside and tender inside, leaving their eyes blackened. He said to Xuanxiao, "You may leave now." Then, with a sweep of his sleeve, he sent them all to West Kunlun.
Taiyi said to Kunpeng, "We won't stay here and be a giant sun anymore. Remember our wedding after some time—you absolutely have to come." With that, he was about to drag Xuanxiao back to Heavenly Court.
Xuanxiao said, "Since you're already here, why not sit in my Daoist Palace for a while?"
Taiyi's face flushed, and he arrived at Xuanxiao's Daoist Palace with him. Inside, they saw a large, fat mouse lying there. Xuanxiao's expression instantly darkened. He said, "Duobao *^_^*, explain yourself. Who let you come to my Daoist Palace to sleep?"
Duobao's face turned awkward. He said, "Senior Brother, the Spirit Gathering Array in your Daoist Palace is excellent. Cultivating here gives twice the results with half the effort, so I slipped in."
Xuanxiao nodded and said to Duobao, "Come over here for a moment. Don't worry, your Senior Brother definitely won't hit you."
At this time, Duobao was still an honest, simple-minded child. He ran straight over to Xuanxiao and said, "Senior Brother, why did you ask me to come over?"
Xuanxiao said with complete seriousness, "I'm going to search you. Since you dared to come sleep in my Daoist Palace, you might not hesitate to do something else."
Then he kicked Duobao over and said, "Taiyi, put him in the Chaos Bell for a while. I'll see if anything is missing."
Duobao said aggrievedly, "Senior Brother, you promised not to hit me."
"That's why I kicked you instead of hitting you," Xuanxiao said with an entirely reasonable expression.
Duobao was speechless. Taiyi said, "This little fatty is so chubby and adorable. Isn't it a little inappropriate to suppress him directly?"
Duobao instantly put on a fawning expression and said, "Senior Brother, this fellow Daoist is right..."
"Shut up. Do you deserve to call me a fellow Daoist?" Taiyi was unhappy again when he saw Duobao's fat face inching closer.
"Senior Brother, are you done yet? I'm afraid the fellow you brought will beat me up~" Duobao wailed.
At this moment, Xuanxiao put on a kind expression and said, "I'm done. Duobao, remember this: next time you sneak into my Daoist Palace, meditating is fine, but sleeping isn't. And you especially aren't allowed to transform into your true form. Don't you know you shed fur?" As he spoke, he threw the bed from the bedroom out.
By an incredible coincidence, it landed right in front of Tongtian, who had sensed that his son had returned home and come over to see him.
Tongtian was speechless. He said, "Xiao'er, why are you so angry? You even threw the bed out."
Xuanxiao was speechless. He said, "It's all because of Duobao. Sneaking into my Daoist Palace to leech off the spiritual energy and cultivate would have been one thing, but he even transformed into his true form and lay on my bed. Look at all this mouse fur—how am I supposed to sleep? He can have the bed."
Tongtian said awkwardly, "He is your Junior Brother, after all. Don't be angry. Take a closer look. Duobao is a Treasure Seeking Mouse. He likes to stockpile the spiritual treasures he collects in the places where he usually sleeps. Go take a look."
Upon hearing this, Xuanxiao carefully searched the bedroom and discovered that Duobao had set up a small spatial array in his room, hiding quite a few spirit fruits inside. He was delighted and said, "Duobao, your Senior Brother was a little harsh just now. Don't take it to heart."
Duobao curled his lips and said, "As if I'd dare. You get angry with me as soon as you come back... You even threw away all the furniture I touched. Impressive."
Xuanxiao said helplessly, "I'll refine you a Daoist Palace and build you a Spirit Gathering Array. In return, these things belong to me. How about it?"
Duobao nodded and said, "I also want an extremely impressive signboard. Call it: 'Sole Supremacy Under Heaven and Above.'"
Xuanxiao nodded and said, "Fine. As long as you don't mind getting beaten because of that signboard, your Senior Brother will make one for you."
Yes, ever since he got that signboard, Duobao had been charging down the path toward becoming Tathagata. (He was beaten until his head was covered in bumps.)
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