The instant a Dao Realm aura appeared, Ye Zhen's gaze shifted as he looked toward a spot in the sky.
A casual Warning Talisman had drawn out a Dao Realm expert. It seemed that while the Fox Clan of Tushan appeared to have lax defenses on the surface, they were actually tight within and loose without.
Very quickly, squads of patrol guards rushed over and surrounded Ye Zhen's group.
Ye Zhen paid them no mind. Instead, he looked at Hu Qingtong with a complicated expression.
"Are... are you well?"
Before they met, Ye Zhen had felt he had countless things to say. Yet now that they had truly met, all those questions had become this single sentence.
"I'm well." Hu Qingtong nodded slightly, then hurriedly pulled Chi Ling'er, who was tugging at Ye Zhen's robe, back to her side. She shot Chi Ling'er a fierce glare. "Who told you to cause trouble?"
"Mother..." Chi Ling'er pouted miserably.
"Qingtong, what happened today truly had nothing to do with Chi Ling'er. It was that Tu Yan who bullied her first and cursed at her. In the end, he even manifested his true form and attacked her," Ye Zhen said.
"He manifested his true form to attack her?" Hu Qingtong was shocked as well. Having been born into the Demon Race, she understood very clearly that even a child's attack after manifesting their true form was terrifyingly powerful.
"Fortunately, I happened to be there. Chi Ling'er is very obedient and very brave. I like this child very much." Ye Zhen paused, then asked in a somewhat stiff voice, "By the way, Chi Ling'er's... father?"
To be honest, ever since Xuan Hu had told him that Hu Qingtong had a child, this question had lingered in Ye Zhen's heart.
Ye Zhen desperately wanted to