"Then I'll offer my early congratulations, Sect Master Cao. May you succeed at once and be united with the one you love!"
Su Jiu smiled. He wasn't just looking forward to Cao Dezhi's gender transition succeeding; he sincerely wished Zang Xin a successful trip to Universe Inquiry Valley, too!
The LEDs in Phantom Night Wanderer's eyes shone with a clear, genuine light. There was nothing false about it.
The glare made Cao Dezhi's eyes ache unbearably, and he instinctively couldn't bring himself to meet its gaze.
He could also see that those eyes brimmed with heartfelt sincerity and weighty blessings.
"Haha, then I'll accept Wuduan's blessings in advance..."
Cao Dezhi's lips curled into a smile, and light shone in his eyes as well.
They brimmed with happiness and boundless longing for a blissful life ahead. There was nothing false about that, either.
Just then, Chen Xinjie happened to pass by Cao Dezhi's dormitory. Laughter rang out from inside, clear as day.
Chen Xinjie wasn't pleased. His expression immediately darkened, his brows drawing tightly together as displeasure and anger surged in his heart.
How could Leng Wuduan get along so cheerfully with someone from the Tang Sect?
Didn't he understand the delicate relationship between the Federation and the Tang Sect?
The two of them were laughing together so intimately. There had to be some unmentionable shady deal between them!
As expected, birds of a feather flocked together. They were all a nest of snakes and rats!
"Bang!"
Caught off guard, Chen Xinjie let his imagination run wild, and the doorframe suddenly slammed into his face.
A dull thud rang out. He sucked in a sharp breath, his face contorting with pain. Two streams of bright-red blood spilled from his nostrils, leaving him in a wretched state.
"Oh! It's Chen Xuesan! What are you doing?"
"What am I doing...?"
"You were eavesdropping, listening in on private matters between me and Sect Master Cao. You're vile, you're shameless! As expected, it's not that there are fewer bad people in the world. They've just gotten old!"
Su Jiu didn't care what Chen Xinjie had or hadn't done. He just piled one accusation after another on the man.
Cao Dezhi came out as well. The look of disgust he gave Chen Xinjie was unmistakable, and he couldn't hide it no matter how hard he tried.
"Hall Master Chen, please conduct yourself with dignity!"
"I... You..."
Cao Dezhi scowled and slammed the dormitory door shut. Su Jiu ignored Chen Xinjie, too, and headed toward his own dormitory.
Chen Xinjie stood there, wiping the blood from his nose as he stared at Su Jiu's back. Murderous intent churned in his eyes, rising almost to its peak!
In the past, he would have loved to blow Su Jiu to smithereens with Eternal Heaven right there and then. But Eternal Heaven had been handed over to Yue Guan, and his Sea God Helmet had shattered. He'd lost all his trump cards, yet his eyes still blazed red and his breathing came in heavy snorts.
Leng Wuduan, you've earned yourself a death sentence!
The secret laboratory beneath Su Jiu's dormitory.
The pungent smell of disinfectant hit them head-on. In the sealed room, instruments beeped in an irregular rhythm, the cold sounds adding to the oppressive atmosphere.
Deep in the room, the once-ferocious Six-Clawed Demon Emperor had been dismembered.
Its torso and remaining limbs had all been severed piece by piece, each part sealed in a specially made jar bearing a label.
Transparent tubes ran neatly into the jars, channeling a steady flow of Abyssal energy inside to nourish every fragment.
Thanks to this supply of Abyssal energy, every piece of the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor remained fresh and viable, preserved here for A-Qi's in-depth research.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~"
Su Jiu stood silently before the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's head. Its skull had been split open like a flower, but its brain remained intact.
He was secretly astonished. He truly hadn't expected A-Qi to go to such lengths to complete the task he'd assigned. She'd actually captured an Abyssal King and dissected him to study every secret of the Abyssal Plane's energy!
He stood there, concentrating on the specimen and the materials in front of him for a long while. But Su Jiu wasn't well versed in this kind of planar energy or the technical knowledge of biological dissection.
After all that looking, it was still all a blur of incomprehensible details. He couldn't make heads or tails of any of it.
Su Jiu sighed softly and gave up.
Professional work was best left to the professionals. He shouldn't waste any more of A-Qi's research time.
A-Qi, come out.
After Su Jiu logged off, A-Qi, the embodiment of pure reason, took control of Phantom Night Wanderer, which was equipped with Sharp Bee Hunting as its core.
It picked up the scalpel on the table, its blade gleaming with a cold light, and walked steadily over to the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's head. Without a moment's hesitation, it neatly sliced off a small piece of the Demon Emperor's cerebral cortex. The searing pain made the Six-Clawed Demon Emperor's bloodshot eyes fly wide open!
It was her, it was her, it was her! She was the one making its life worse than death!
The Six-Clawed Demon Emperor wished it could die on the spot. Even if it lost all its memories afterward, that would still be better than suffering this inhuman torment...
Holy Monarch, please come save your lost subject!
The Leng Family mansion, the next day.
"Wifey, let's stop and rest for a while. It's been the whole night, and I still have to protect Na'er and Little Gu Yue today..."
Su Jiu sighed, unable to help thinking of an old saying from back home:
"Women at thirty are like wolves, at forty like tigers, and at fifty can suck the dirt right out of the ground..." Thinking of his wife Yao Zhu, who was nearing the century mark, he couldn't believe how fierce she'd been even though it was her first time. She'd nearly taken him out single-handedly.
Leng Yaozhu claimed the high ground once more, her eyes filled with pleasure and satisfaction. Happiness slowly swelled inside her, filling not only her heart but her whole body.
She continued to savor this hard-won delicacy.
"No! Hubby, you belong to me right now. One more time..."
Su Jiu glanced at the smear of crimson that had already dried and thought back to the night before. It had been a wild one.
"All right, all right, I'll do whatever you say, my dear..."
"That's more like it~"
At the doorway, a little silver-haired bundle was crouched there stealthily, peeking through the crack and spying on the forbidden lesson inside.
Na'er clapped both hands over her mouth. Her chest rose and fell rapidly, and her little heart pounded wildly in her rib cage.
Her whole face was burning red, all the way to her ears, and the color wouldn't fade. Her silver eyes were wide open, her pupils narrowed to pinpricks.
Th-this kind of scene—was she really allowed to watch it?
Would she... would she have to do this with Su Jiu someday, too?
So, so embarrassing...
Suddenly, Na'er felt a hand tap her shoulder. Just as she was about to leap out of her skin, the rich aura of the Silver Dragon came wafting over.
It was Gu Yue.
Quick as a flash, Na'er covered Gu Yue's mouth and pulled her away.
"Na'er, what are you doing? Why is your face so red?"
"Shh—!"
Na'er put a finger to her lips, signaling Gu Yue to keep her voice down and not disturb her childhood groom and Sister Leng while they made a baby.
"Huh???"
"Gu Yue, come on. I'll take you around Shrek City. Brother Su has things to do today, so don't disturb him."
The bewildered Gu Yue was even more confused now. Wasn't this her teacher's room?
What was Old Su doing here so early in the morning?
Every so often, passionate phoenix cries rang out from inside. It was obvious they were doing something especially enjoyable, which only made Gu Yue, who had inherited the Dragon God's World-Shocking Wisdom, all the more curious.
But Na'er clung tightly to Gu Yue, not letting her get close.
Gu Yue had no choice but to leave, but the seed of curiosity had already been planted in her heart. Once it took root and sprouted, it would only drive Gu Yue to reach for the forbidden even more, until there was no turning back...
"Na'er saw us, wifey..."
From the moment Na'er opened the door, Su Jiu had noticed the little one. Leng Yaozhu had noticed Na'er too, but she'd told him not to worry about it.
"So what if she saw? Na'er and I will both serve you someday anyway. Let her watch and gain a little practical experience now, so I won't have to teach her myself later."
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