"Pfft!"
Her Natal Treasure had been destroyed, and they were connected in mind and spirit.
Haotian spat out a mouthful of golden essence blood on the spot. His once-raging aura instantly withered.
He collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the shards scattered everywhere.
Broken?
The Qi Fortune Suppressing Treasure bestowed by the Dao Ancestor... had been smashed by a milk bottle?
How was this a milk bottle?
This was clearly the Creation Divine Axe disguised as a milk bottle!
Xiruan didn't care about any of that.
With a swaggering stride, she walked up to Haotian, who was already beginning to doubt his very existence.
A shadow fell over him.
Haotian shuddered and reflexively covered his face.
"D-don't... don't hit my face..."
At that moment, all thoughts of the Heavenly Emperor's dignity and ruler of the Three Realms crumbled before absolute violence...
This little girl was too wicked!
That milk bottle didn't just hurt when it hit him; even his primordial spirit trembled!
He felt that if he took one more hit, he'd really die on the spot, his Dao vanishing with him.
"Can you talk nicely now?"
Xiruan tossed the milk bottle onto the ground, cracking it in a few more places.
She looked down at Haotian, her little face utterly serious.
"Y-yes... yes..." Haotian swallowed, his voice trembling despite himself.
"How much money does my daddy owe you?"
"H-he doesn't owe me any money..." Haotian was about to cry.
Master Tongtian was a Saint. Though he was under house arrest now, even a dying camel was bigger than a horse. How could he possibly owe Haotian money?
Which heartless bastard had started this rumor and brought this little menace down on him?!
"He doesn't owe you money?"
Xiruan furrowed her brows and raised the milk bottle again.
"Then why are you keeping him locked up? Why did you send people to watch him? And if he doesn't owe you money, why were you just looking at me through that mirror?"
"I..."
Haotian had no way to explain himself.
The Dao Ancestor had locked him up! The Dao Ancestor had sent people to guard him! He was only a gatekeeping boy!
But he didn't dare say that.
He was afraid that if he did, the girl would charge straight to Zixiao Palace. Then the Dao Ancestor would blame him for it anyway.
That burden was too dark, too big, too heavy. He couldn't carry it!
"Fine. Since he doesn't owe you money, you're just picking on an honest man, then?"
Xiruan snorted and held out her little hand.
"Pay up for emotional distress, lost wages, and that other thing from just now... the Scaring Children Fee."
"I'll pay! I... I'll pay!"
All Haotian wanted now was to get this menace to leave.
Trembling, he pulled a Storage Bag embroidered with golden dragons from inside his robe.
"Th-there are ten bottles of Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, a hundred jars of Myriad Years Nectar, and a few Postnatal Spirit Treasures I... I kept for myself..."
"Who wants that junk?"
Xiruan didn't even look at it before cutting him off. "I want peaches! The big, red kind that make you grow taller when you eat them!"
"P-Peaches of Immortality?"
Haotian's heart bled. They were the foundation the Heavenly Court used to win over the immortals!
"Are you giving them to me?"
As she spoke, Xiruan shoved the milk bottle against Haotian's nose.
Haotian jolted.
"I'll give them to you! I will!"
His hands shaking, he reluctantly took out a smooth, warm Jade Token. "This is the token for Pantaoyuan... You... you can go pick them yourself..."
Xiruan snatched the Jade Token and bit it. Once she was sure she couldn't break it with her teeth, she happily stuffed it into her red bellyband.
"Hmph! You know what's good for you."
She reached out and patted Haotian's cheek.
"If I catch you picking on my daddy again, I'll tear down this lousy palace and turn it into a latrine!"
With that, she hoisted the milk bottle onto her shoulder again and turned to leave.
After two steps, she suddenly stopped.
The breath Haotian had just let out caught in his throat again.
Xiruan turned her head, her gaze landing on the Nine Golden Dragons pulling the carriage.
The nine imposing golden dragons were so frightened when she looked their way that they huddled together and trembled. They wished they could burrow into the ground.
One after another, they silently chanted: You can't see me! You can't see me!
"Those long worms look pretty good, too. Lots of meat."
Xiruan drooled a little, looking somewhat regretful.
"Never mind. I'm too full today. I'll leave them here for now and come back for a dragon meat hotpot next time."
The Nine Golden Dragons rolled their eyes and fainted on the spot.
Only after watching Xiruan disappear into the depths of the clouds, heading straight for Pantaoyuan, did Haotian finally let out a long breath and slump to the ground, his dragon robe soaked with sweat.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, are you all right?"
Taibai Jinxing shakily crawled out from behind a pillar and came over to help him up.
"Get lost!"
Haotian shoved Taibai Jinxing away. Looking at the priceless shards of the Haotian Mirror scattered across the ground, he was overcome with grief.
"Tongtian... you old bastard!"
"Did you have that daughter just to ruin me?!"
"Hurry! Go to Zixiao Palace and fetch the Dao Ancestor! I can't live like this anymore!"
Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, at Zixiao Palace.
Patriarch Hongjun had just awoken. Before he could repair the hand shattered by Pangu's Shadow, he suddenly sensed something.
He made a quick calculation, and the muscles on his eternally impassive face twitched violently.
"Pantaoyuan... Oh no."
At that very moment.
At the entrance to Pantaoyuan.
The Tudigong on guard was leaning against a tree stump, dozing. Suddenly, he felt the ground shake violently.
An earthquake?
He sleepily opened his eyes and saw a little girl with a milk bottle slung over her shoulder, standing at the entrance to the garden.
She gazed at the Peaches of Immortality filling the garden, her big eyes gleaming green.
"Wow! So many huge peaches!"
Xiruan wiped away the drool at the corner of her mouth.
"If Daddy eats these, he'll definitely have enough strength to kick open the door of that dark room!"
"Everyone! Chow time!"
She waved her hand.
Of course, there was no one else there.
Only a system that was enthusiastically adding drama to the situation.
[ Ding! The host is about to go on a zero-cost shopping spree! ]
[ Hidden quest triggered: Great Peach Garden Sweep! ]
[ Option One: Pick only the ripe ones. Reward: One Good Kid Certificate. ]
[ Option Two: Pick them without eating any. Reward: One Storage Bag. ]
[ Option Three: Only kids make choices. I want it all! Pull out the trees, too! Reward: Innate Supreme Treasure—Qiankun Cauldron (perfect for refining pills or stewing meat)! ]
A pure, unblemished smile appeared on Xiruan's little face.
"Pull out the trees? I know how to do that!"
The Tudigong watched that smile. For some reason, his heart kept pounding.
This little menace... With that look... was she going to strip the land bare, too?!
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