Donghuang Ziyou had been born into the imperial clan and had now taken the throne of Northern Profound Heaven. Naturally, her experience and knowledge were far beyond the ordinary.
Although she had long since stopped eating, she had still tasted countless delicacies.
In her eyes, the breakfast Lin Xuan had made was the best she had ever tasted.
As she caught the rich aroma wafting from the table, the turmoil Lin Xuan had stirred up inside her suddenly settled, and her mood improved considerably.
"Mother, it's really delicious! You should eat with us!" Xuanzhu said, blinking her big eyes.
Donghuang Ziyou shook her head. "Mother isn't hungry. You girls eat."
The food was delicious, but for an Emperor Realm powerhouse, it wasn't enough to whet Donghuang Ziyou's appetite.
At the Emperor Realm, one's will was far more resolute than that of ordinary people.
And since Donghuang Ziyou had stopped eating long ago, she naturally had no appetite for anything.
"Mother, just have a little," Xuanxi coaxed.
Xuanhan nodded. "That's right! This is the first time our whole family has had breakfast together."
Xuanyou was just about to speak when the Heavenly Dog Beast came over again, trying to curry favor with her. Xuanyou kicked it away.
Seeing how eager the girls were, Donghuang Ziyou had no choice but to agree. "All right. Mother will eat a little with you."
She picked up a spoon and scooped some steamed White-Feather Immortal Goose egg custard from the nearest bowl.
White-Feather Immortal Goose eggs were a common food in the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain.
But Lin Xuan's preparation was a little different from the White-Feather Immortal Goose egg custard Donghuang Ziyou remembered.
She wanted to see just how it tasted when Lin Xuan made it.
Her small, rosebud lips parted slowly, and she elegantly slipped a little of the custard into her mouth.
"Mmm!"
Donghuang Ziyou's eyes lit up.
This flavor was... incredibly fragrant!
The rich taste of egg mingled with a peculiar aroma, striking her taste buds.
The flower of her taste, dormant for so long, burst into wild bloom in an instant!
Donghuang Ziyou couldn't help reaching out for another spoonful.
This time, too, the flavor was rich, with a lingering aftertaste.
What's more, her taste buds, dormant for so long, seemed to have been fully awakened.
"I never imagined he could make White-Feather Immortal Goose eggs taste this delicious!"
Donghuang Ziyou raised her beautiful, dark eyes and gave Lin Xuan a faint glance.
On closer inspection, a hint of delight shone in her eyes, impossible to conceal.
"If Mother likes it, you can have all of it!" Xuanzhu said obediently.
Donghuang Ziyou took another small spoonful, then shook her head with a smile. "Mother's had enough. You girls eat."
For her, eating three spoonfuls in one sitting was already unprecedented.
Then, a faint smile on her lips, she watched Lin Xuan have breakfast with the girls.
For the first time, her long-sealed heart felt the warmth of family.
After breakfast.
Donghuang Ziyou had to go to court again to handle state affairs.
Before leaving, while the girls were playing inside, she took out a pill, purple-gold from head to toe, and handed it to Lin Xuan.
"This pill is called the Purple-Gold Profound Kui Pill. It's a mid-grade Heaven-Rank pill."
"If you want to cultivate, you can take it to increase your cultivation speed."
"An ordinary person would need ten years of diligent cultivation to reach the Profound Connection Realm, but with this pill, it would take no more than two!"
Lin Xuan didn't even look at the Purple-Gold Profound Kui Pill. He shook his head. "I don't need it."
With the system at his side, any random reward might send him soaring straight to the Emperor Realm.
The Purple-Gold Profound Kui Pill was certainly good, but after taking it, he would still have to cultivate diligently.
Lin Xuan was used to taking life easy. How could he possibly be tempted by something like this?
Donghuang Ziyou silently shook her head and sighed, then put the Purple-Gold Profound Kui Pill away.
The little bit of good mood she'd gained that morning vanished in the blink of an eye.
She hadn't expected Lin Xuan to take up cultivation in the first place.
That pill had been her last-ditch effort.
Now it seemed she could give up hope for good.
She would let Lin Xuan take good care of the girls. There was no need to keep pressing him about anything else!
"I'm leaving."
Donghuang Ziyou left without looking back, her beautiful figure receding into the distance.
Lin Xuan didn't think much of it. He turned and went inside, soon joining his daughters in their games.
Heavenly Devil Realm, Myriad Devil City.
In the shadowy hall, over a hundred young righteous cultivators stood bound in a row.
Ye You activated his demonic art and devoured all of their true essence in one go.
A strange demonic light flashed. Only then did Ye You slowly open his eyes.
He looked without pity at the hundred corpses before him and gritted his teeth.
"I never imagined the Empress Profound Ice would be so powerful. She actually cost me a quarter of my cultivation!"
"But then again, it was because I had doubts in my heart and couldn't focus on fighting her that she got the chance to take advantage of me."
During his battle with the Empress Profound Ice, Ye You had kept thinking of Lin Xuan from time to time.
In a duel between Emperor Realm powerhouses, such distraction was extremely dangerous.
So he had no choice but to grit his teeth and bear the consequences of his defeat.
What he needed most now was to find out whether Lin Xuan really was a Great Saint Realm powerhouse.
Or, rather, who in the Profound Ice Palace had been the one to drive him back.
This was extremely important!
If he couldn't figure it out, he would still be affected the next time he fought the Empress Profound Ice.
After all, nobody liked having an unknown powerhouse lurking behind them, posing a threat at any moment.
"Zheng Song, send the Four Devil Generals to Northern Profound Heaven. Find a chance to strike at Lin Xuan!"
"This time, you must find out exactly what Lin Xuan is capable of!"
"If you can kill him—and his four daughters—that would be even better!"
Zheng Song immediately stepped out of the darkness and nodded. "Yes!"
Since Lin Xuan had accepted the VIP invitation Shangguan Jie had given him,
he set off with his four daughters after breakfast.
This time, the literary gathering was being held on Mount Wenqu in the southern part of Northern Profound Heaven.
The place was five million li from the Profound Ice Palace.
Lin Xuan and the girls were traveling in the imperial palace's Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage.
Four enormous Green-Winged Flying Birds pulled it. They were fast, and the ride was comfortable.
With the special beast-taming jade, Lin Xuan could transmit his thoughts and fully control the Green-Winged Flying Birds' flight.
At first, the little girls had thought highly of the Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage.
They thought the carriage was big and comfortable, and that it flew very fast.
But after seeing cultivators flying through the air nearby from time to time, they changed their minds.
"We have four Green-Winged Flying Birds, but we're still not as fast as those uncles and aunties!"
"That's right! We're so slow!"
"Daddy said Mount Wenqu is still far away. How long will it take us to get there?"
"I want to get there faster!"
The four little girls wished they could reach Mount Wenqu right away.
And seeing the cultivators flying through the air made them realize just how slow their Jade Carriage was.
Lin Xuan smiled and shook his head. Northern Profound Heaven was one of the Nine Heavens Immortal Domains, with countless cultivators.
For many cultivators, flying through the air was no difficult feat.
Especially since there were so many Venerable-level cultivators here, and even Quasi-Emperor Realm powerhouses.
Their flying speed was simply beyond what the Green-Winged Flying Birds could match!
"Daddy, can you make us go faster?"
Without comparison, there was no hurt.
Xuanzhu and her sisters now wished they could outpace every other cultivator.
Lin Xuan nodded with a smile. "Sure!"
The God-Speed Bracelet on his wrist was the perfect treasure for increasing their speed.
With a thought, vast currents of spiritual energy surged from every direction into his bracelet.
Whoosh!
In an instant, the spiritual energy became a terrifying force, propelling the Jade Carriage forward at breakneck speed.
The four Green-Winged Flying Birds had been pulling the carriage. In the blink of an eye, the carriage was pulling them instead.
The four little girls stared at the sight in amazement.
Even the cultivators flying in the distance were left dumbfounded.
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