Sister Jiu You, I Want to Improve So Badly!

"Since that was the case, I'll go check on Mu Chen."

After putting away the Great Pagoda Art, Lin Suchou cupped his fists to Mu Feng in farewell and flew toward the horizon.

"A... a Heaven Fusion Realm Strong Person!?"

Mu Feng stared in shock as Lin Suchou flew through the air directly.

It seemed that, as a father, he still knew far too little about his son. The Strong Person who had once trapped him for a lifetime had actually become someone his son had befriended.

At that moment, endless regret rose in his heart—not regret over his actions, but guilt over what he owed Mu Chen.

If he had to do it all over again, he would still publicly claim that the woman had a great deal to do with him.

To keep the Liu Domain in check, he had no better choice.

Meanwhile, as Lin Suchou followed the map toward the Hong Domain, he kept examining the Great Pagoda Art in his hand.

With it, Lin Suchou might be able to get close to Qing Yan Jing in the future.

And if he wanted to approach Qing Yan Jing, he first had to approach Ling Xi—the girl Qing Yan Jing had saved.

Traveling at high speed, Lin Suchou soon arrived at the Hong Domain. After searching from the sky, he finally found the City Lord's Mansion in the Hong Domain's main city.

At the entrance to the manor, he spotted Mu Chen.

When the guard went in to report and informed Mu Chen that he could enter, Lin Suchou followed Mu Chen with his gaze to the City Lord's Mansion's main hall.

Landing in a large tree, Lin Suchou concealed his aura with the Luo Shen Robe and silently observed the scene inside through the window.

A beautiful mature woman in red sat in the seat of honor, her Beautiful Eyes filled with longing.

She must be Hong Ling, the Domain Lord of the Hong Domain.

Tap, tap.

Then footsteps sounded outside, and Mu Chen entered the hall.

Sister Jiu You and the little mare in his Qi Sea were also watching the hall intently, anticipating the coming reunion between mother and son.

"Isn't this Mu Chen, the Young Master of the Mu Domain? What brings you to my residence so late at night?"

The beautiful woman looked at Mu Chen as he entered and forced herself to remain calm.

"Are you my biological mother?"

Standing a short distance away, Mu Chen studied her. Looking at those eyes that somewhat resembled his own, he asked the question.

Crash.

Upon hearing this, the teacup in Hong Ling's hand fell to the floor, and the sound of shattering porcelain echoed through the room.

"You... already know?"

Her Pretty Face froze, before endless longing filled her eyes.

"Mother!"

Seeing her expression, Mu Chen stepped forward and threw himself into her embrace.

"Ah! My dear son, you've suffered all these years!"

Hong Ling looked at Mu Chen in her arms as two streams of clear tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I thought that woman was my mother. If I hadn't noticed something wrong yesterday while cultivating the Spirit Art she left behind, I probably would have been kept in the dark for the rest of my life."

Mu Chen's body trembled as he raised his head to look at Hong Ling.

"It's all your father's fault!"

Hong Ling extended a slender hand and gently stroked Mu Chen's black hair. "Now that we mother and son have reunited, you'll never have to live without a mother again."

After saying that, Hong Ling lowered her head and pressed it against Mu Chen's.

"Mother, I heard that Mu Chen came to our manor so late at night because he had... Hm!?"

Suddenly, a red-skirted girl appeared at the entrance. Seeing her mother embracing Mu Chen, her mind went blank as she stood there in stunned confusion.

"Hehe, Ling'er, come here to Mother. Let me introduce you properly again. This is your biological younger brother."

"What!?"

The red-skirted girl froze once more upon hearing her mother's words.

"Mother, what is going on? Why..."

The girl walked over and looked at her in confusion.

"Hehe, back then, your father had me establish the Hong Domain to resist the Liu Domain, and publicly claimed that woman was his wife..."

After Hong Ling explained the whole story, Hong Ling stared at Mu Chen in shock.

The childhood friend she had grown up with had actually become her younger brother!?

Watching this scene from outside the window, Lin Suchou suddenly thought of a certain martial arts television drama...

Afterward, to celebrate, Hong Ling had her servants prepare another table of dishes late into the night and gently spoke with Mu Chen about the years they had spent apart...

Seeing this, Lin Suchou prepared to return to the Mu Domain and inform Mu Feng that Mu Chen was safe.

At least he had given him the Great Pagoda Art; having taken the payment, he should at least do something for him.

When he was about to leave, Jiu You insisted that he wait and watch a little longer...

In order to raise their intimacy, Lin Suchou obediently stayed a while longer.

Seeing that Lin Suchou had actually listened to her, Jiu You's pretty face broke into a smile within his Qi Sea.

Watching her like this, Lin Suchou summoned the system and asked inwardly, "System, can I form a contract with Jiu You now?"

"Ding! Target detected to meet the Goddess Contract requirements. Does the host wish to contract Jiu You?"

"Contract!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your intimacy with Goddess Jiu You has reached 13. Reward: Fire Spirit Pills (one hundred grains), Level 4 Spirit Array Diagram Blazing Sparrow Array!"

Hearing the system issue his rewards, Lin Suchou was thoroughly satisfied.

Only after Jiu You had finished watching the drama did he leave the Hong Domain.

Jiu You found his speed far too slow, so she flew out of his Qi Sea and swiftly carried him back to the Mu Domain.

Upon seeing Mu Feng again, Lin Suchou informed him that Mu Chen had already acknowledged Hong Ling.

"Mm. Thank you, young friend. It's already dark. Why not rest in my Mu Domain for the night?"

Hearing Mu Feng's invitation, Lin Suchou nodded and agreed without hesitation this time.

After having a servant lead Lin Suchou to a guest room, Mu Feng raised his head to gaze at the night sky, where the moon shone bright and the stars were few.

"Little Chen, I hope you can forgive me."

After a maid led Lin Suchou to the guest room, he lay directly down on the soft bed.

At that moment, another question surfaced in his mind. The Hong Domain's Domain Lord was named Hong Ling, and her daughter was also named Hong Ling. Could Potato really have been that careless?

Although carelessness might indeed have been the reason, Lin Suchou had another theory.

After Hong Ling established the Hong Domain at Mu Feng's suggestion, she had spent every day listening to outside gossip and living alone in an empty room. She had probably grown resentful toward Mu Feng.

She had even come to hate Qing Yan Jing, wanting to prove herself before Mu Feng.

But her talent for cultivation was mediocre, so she placed her hopes on her daughter instead.

It just so happened that Mu Feng had raised Mu Chen alone, while she had raised Hong Ling alone.

Perhaps out of comparison, she had given her daughter that name. It might have represented her unwillingness to accept defeat, her hopes, or something she wished to entrust to her.

However, after Mu Chen acknowledged her today, things should improve considerably...

After digging himself into that little hole, Lin Suchou began considering what to do next.

He had already taken all the good things in the Northern Spiritual Realm. He had not even been tempted to take the flute of that Spirit Insect Master in the Black Nether Abyss.

Where to go next had become a problem.

The Little Heaven Realm?

It was too far away, and with his current cultivation, he would not be able to help much.

The Northern Region Wen Family?

Forget it. Becoming a live-in son-in-law who suffered endless contempt would be another whole ordeal.

In the end, he could only place his hopes on Jiu You.

"Sister Jiu You?"

"Mm? What is it?"

After hearing Jiu You reply, Lin Suchou coughed lightly and said, "I need a year and a half of training right now. Do you have any places you'd recommend?"

"That's easy. Since the two of us are tied to the same rope now, I'll be merciful and take you to the faction I belong to—the Great Luo Heaven Domain!"

Hearing Jiu You's answer, Lin Suchou smiled.

"Sister Jiu You, I really want to improve! Once I follow you there, you'll have to take good care of me."

"Leave it to your big sister!"

Within his Qi Sea, Jiu You patted her ample chest and began introducing the Great Luo Heaven Domain to Lin Suchou.

"The Great Luo Heaven Domain I belong to is located in the northern region of Tian Luo Continent, one of the ten supercontinents. Countless powers are gathered there, constantly waging war against one another..."

Accompanied by Jiu You's textbook-like explanation, Lin Suchou soon drifted off to sleep.