Your Parents Won't Give It, but Mine Will

"The third thing is, go back and tell your parents."

The moment Tang Wutong heard Li Changsheng say she needed to tell her parents, her exquisite, beautiful face froze.

She stopped, turned around, and stared straight at Li Changsheng with her big eyes, as though she were looking at some incomprehensible creature.

Then she stretched out her fair, delicate hand, first touching Li Changsheng's forehead, then her own.

After comparing them back and forth several times, she finally asked in confusion,

"No fever. Why are you suddenly talking nonsense?"

Li Changsheng did not know whether to laugh or cry at her series of actions. Just as he was about to explain, Tang Wutong beat him to it. "Changsheng, did you forget? We're sneaking down there! If we tell them, won't that expose us?"

Her lively eyes were full of confusion, as if she simply could not understand why Li Changsheng would make such a "stupid" suggestion.

In her view, since they were sneaking out to have fun, the fewer people who knew, the better.

Ideally, no one would know. That was the only way they could have fun to the fullest.

Seeing Tang Wutong act as though it were only natural, Li Changsheng could not help sighing.

He rubbed his brow and said helplessly, "Wutong, do you really think that with our abilities, they won't know even if we say nothing?"

Tang Wutong blinked, seemingly still processing what he meant.

Li Changsheng continued, "Don't forget, they're Divine Kings. Every blade of grass and tree in the God Realm lies within their perception, let alone the two of us, children of Divine Kings. Do you think they'd be completely unaware if we slipped away in secret?"

Tang Wutong's little mouth parted slightly. She wanted to argue, but found that Li Changsheng seemed to have a point.

Her father, Tang San, was both the Sea God and the Asura God, while her mother, Xiao Wu, was also a first-class deity.

Though she did not fully understand how powerful a Divine King's senses were, she knew they were far beyond ordinary comparison.

"Even if we take a step back..."

Seeing that she was deep in thought, Li Changsheng pressed on. "Even if they really don't know where we went, won't they go crazy? To find us, they'd turn the entire God Realm upside down, and even the lower realms wouldn't be spared. By then, everything would be in complete chaos. Do you think we'd have an easy time after we came back?"

Tang Wutong's expression finally changed upon hearing this.

She imagined the scene...

Three beings at the Divine King level searching frantically through the God Realm and the various lower planes for their missing children.

Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.

"Then... then what do we do?"

Tang Wutong panicked a little and asked helplessly, "Are we not going after all?"

"Who said we aren't going?"

Li Changsheng smiled faintly, a sly glint flashing through his eyes. "What I mean is, rather than sneaking off, we should go openly. And more importantly—"

He deliberately paused, thoroughly whetting Tang Wutong's appetite before drawling, "We can use this chance to ask them for something to keep us alive. Got it?"

"Something to keep us alive?"

Tang Wutong tilted her head, clearly not fully following Li Changsheng's train of thought.

"Think about it!"

Li Changsheng explained patiently, "Once we go down there, we'll be strangers in an unfamiliar place. Douluo Continent may be your father's hometown, but that was a long time ago. We know nothing about what Douluo Continent is like now, how many powerful people there are, or whether there are hidden dangers. What if we get ourselves killed by some unexpected setback without any means to protect ourselves?"

Tang Wutong nodded thoughtfully, but soon frowned again. "But... will my father give me anything? He always says I need to train and grow on my own, not always rely on external help..."

As she said this, Tang Wutong's tone noticeably fell.

As the daughter of both the Sea God and the Asura God, great expectations had been placed on her since childhood.

Tang San had always been strict with her and rarely gave her any special treasures or conveniences.

Hearing that, Li Changsheng smiled in a tone so smug it made one want to hit him. "That's your father's problem. Just because your parents won't give you anything doesn't mean mine won't!"

His tone was filled with confidence.

He knew very well that neither the Goddess of Life nor the God of Destruction loved him any less than Tang Wutong's parents loved her.

Thus, from childhood until now, as long as Li Changsheng asked for something, he could generally get it.

Even those incomparably precious divine artifacts would be handed over without hesitation by the Goddess of Life if he wanted them.

But Tang Divine King...

Li Changsheng secretly shook his head.

He had never found Tang Divine King to be that generous. At the very least, splitting his daughter's soul was something so insane that the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction could never do it, not even if they were beaten to death.

After all, that was his own flesh and blood. How could he bring himself to do such a thing?

"Your parents..."

Hearing this, Tang Wutong bit her lip, a trace of envy appearing in her eyes.

"Exactly!"

Li Changsheng said matter-of-factly, "If I were leaving, they'd probably want me to take every treasure in the entire God Realm with me! If I ask for a few extra items, it wouldn't be impossible to give you one or two."

Tang Wutong's eyes immediately lit up. "Really?"

"Of course."

Li Changsheng smiled carelessly. "But only if you agree to my plan. First, we go find our respective parents and tell them we're going to Douluo Continent to train, then ask for some things to keep us alive while we're at it."

Tang Wutong hesitated for a moment before finally nodding. "All right, I'll listen to you. But... are you sure your parents will agree?"

"My parents shouldn't be a problem. You, though, are another matter," Li Changsheng said indifferently.

"Then what do we do? You absolutely can't leave me behind!"

Tang Wutong grew anxious and quickly grabbed the boy beside her by the arm, afraid that Li Changsheng would run off while she remained stuck in the God Realm.

"Go ask first. What if your father agrees?"

Li Changsheng smiled faintly, as though he was not worried in the slightest.

Because even without him, Tang Wutong would eventually descend to the lower realm.

After all, Tang San wanted people and things down there.

So neither Tang Wutong nor he needed to worry about whether Tang San would refuse.

At most, he would put up some token resistance before reluctantly agreeing.

"All right, then I'm going."

After thinking it over and finding no other solution, Tang Wutong nodded in agreement.

She got up and walked out of the Life Palace.

After Tang Wutong left, Li Changsheng closed his eyes again and remained where he was, quietly waiting for the Goddess of Life to return.