Sealing

The commotion from the two playing around was not small. Their clear laughter mingled with the fragrant breeze of mandrake flowers and drifted leisurely toward the far end of the lawn.

Xiao Xi'er, who was swaying atop the back of the giant black-scaled python, twitched her ears and immediately turned her little head around.

When she saw her father raising a hand to fend off her mother's sweeping jade leg beside the stone chairs in the courtyard, the smiles in their eyes warmer than the morning light beneath the corridor, two bright sparks instantly lit up in the little girl's eyes. Her already-curved lips lifted even higher, revealing two shallow little canine teeth, and her dazzling smile was almost blinding.

"Mother! Father!"

The crisp voice of a child shattered the courtyard's tranquility. Before her words had even faded, the little girl's tiny body leaped from the giant python's back.

Faint ripples of Dou Qi shimmered around her as her small figure shot toward Xiao Ling and Medusa like a round little cannonball.

Hearing his daughter's voice, Xiao Ling immediately withdrew his hand. The smile on his lips deepened as he opened his arms.

The next instant, her soft little body crashed into his embrace with considerable force. Xiao Xi'er wrapped her small arms tightly around his neck, buried her little face in the hollow of his neck, rubbed against him, and let out sweet, delighted giggles.

Xiao Ling steadily caught his daughter. Feeling that familiar impact against his chest, the corner of his mouth twitched, yet a helpless warmth flooded his heart.

This girl looked soft and adorable, but the force behind her flying pounce was genuinely formidable. If not for his powerful physique and profound cultivation, an ordinary Dou Zun would likely have had his blood and Qi churned