The Asura God Couldn't Hold It Together

One day in the future, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King would attack again, and Sea God Island would be in grave danger. Everyone would place their hopes on Sea God's heir.

Then Jiang Lan would step forward, flashing with golden light as he wore that round little suit of miniature golden armor, held up a trident the size of a barbecue skewer, and shouted "Guga!" at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King would probably laugh himself to death.

There would be no need to fight this battle. The enemy would die from laughing.

Bo Saixi tightly shut her eyes, forcibly deleting that horrifying image from her mind. Then she reached out, pinched Jiang Lan's chubby cheeks, and pulled them apart.

"Withdraw your soul skill."

"Wuu... why gaa?"

"Because you look too embarrassing in that outfit." Bo Saixi's face remained expressionless. "You're embarrassing Sea God."

Jiang Lan gave a muffled "Oh," and the golden light faded. The miniature golden armor and barbecue-skewer trident vanished together.

He turned back into an ordinary little ball of flesh wearing a penguin onesie.

Bo Saixi released his cheeks, straightened up, and walked toward the viewing window of Sea God Palace. With her back to Jiang Lan and her hands clasped behind her, she gazed out over the distant sea.

Her silhouette was straight and imposing, carrying the majesty of a High Priestess.

But upon closer inspection, one would notice that her shoulders were trembling slightly.

"Mother Bo Saixi?" Jiang Lan called, tilting his head.

"...Don't speak." Bo Saixi's voice was slightly muffled. "Let me have a moment."

Jiang Lan looked at Bo Saixi's back and, being very considerate, did not disturb her.

He lowered his head to look at Doro, asleep in his arms with drool nearly spilling out, then looked at the little orange flippers attached to his penguin onesie and fell into deep thought.

"Doro, do you think Mother Bo Saixi isn't very satisfied with my first soul skill, gaa?" Jiang Lan asked softly.

Doro rolled over in her sleep, smacked her lips twice, and let out a soft, sweet "Doro~." Who knew whether she was answering him or merely doing whatever she was doing?

Jiang Lan automatically interpreted it as, It's okay, you're already amazing, and nodded in satisfaction.

After quite a while, Bo Saixi finally turned around.

Her expression had returned to the usual aloof and imposing look of a High Priestess, though there was still a barely noticeable twitch at the corner of her eye.

"What is the content of the first trial of your Sea God's Nine Trials?" Bo Saixi asked.

Only then did Jiang Lan remember that he had been so focused on studying his soul skill that he had not yet checked the trial's contents.

He closed his eyes and sensed the additional information in his mind. Then his expression gradually became strange.

"Well?" Bo Saixi asked.

Jiang Lan opened his eyes and scratched his head. "There's no trial. It says my current strength doesn't meet the standard."

"?"

"The Sea God's Nine Trials says my current strength doesn't meet the standard, so it won't issue trial content to me for now." Jiang Lan honestly repeated the information from his mind. "It says to come back when I meet the standard."

Bo Saixi fell silent.

Jiang Lan thought Bo Saixi was about to enter that "Don't speak, let me have a moment" mode again. He had already prepared himself to stand there holding Doro as punishment.

Yet Bo Saixi's reaction was beyond his expectations.

She was stunned at first, then her furrowed brows slowly relaxed, revealing an expression of realization.

Bo Saixi nodded and calmly said, "Normal."

"Huh?" This time, Jiang Lan was the stunned one. "That's normal, gaa?"

"Of course it's normal." Bo Saixi looked as though it were only natural.

Bo Saixi casually picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, carrying herself with such composure that it seemed everything had been within her expectations. "What kind of sacred trial are the Sea God's Nine Trials? How could they be issued to someone so casually?"

Jiang Lan tilted his head, and his penguin hood slipped to one side with the movement, exposing one ear.

"But Mother Bo Saixi, didn't you just say I triggered the Sea God's Nine Trials?"

"Triggering them is one thing. Officially beginning them is another." Bo Saixi set down her teacup and spoke earnestly. "You're only six years old. You just awakened your Martial Soul, and you're only level eleven. What trial do you think you could possibly complete with your current strength?"

Jiang Lan lowered his head to look at his round belly, then at Doro in his arms, sleeping with drool streaming from her mouth. He pondered seriously for three seconds.

"Seems like I really can't."

"It's not that you can't do it very well. You simply can't do it at all." Bo Saixi mercilessly shattered Jiang Lan's fantasy. "Every one of the Sea God's trials is fraught with danger. One wrong step and you'll lose your life. If you participated in the trials in your current state, that wouldn't be a trial. That would be sending you to your death."

At this point, Bo Saixi actually felt a measure of relief.

To be honest, when she had heard that Jiang Lan had triggered the Sea God's Nine Trials, she had been worried.

Although this brat had a special constitution, might possibly be the Sea God's illegitimate son, and could carry a Great White Shark at five years old, he was still only six.

Sending a six-year-old child to take the Sea God's Nine Trials was not nurturing an heir. It was murder.

Now things were fine. The Sea God himself had said that no trials would be issued until Jiang Lan met the required strength.

What did that mean?

It meant that although the Sea God wanted to run away, he was not so utterly deranged as to send a six-year-old child to his death.

It meant that the Sea God still had a bit of conscience.

It meant that Bo Saixi had not followed the wrong person.

Bo Saixi silently brainwashed herself, rebuilding the Sea God's image in her mind.

Elsewhere, in the Divine Realm.

"Pfft..."

After watching the entire process, the Asura God could not hold it in and laughed aloud.

He truly had not expected that the Sea God would choose this little brat as his heir.

The moment the Sea God bestowed the Divine Examination, he had noticed it, but he had said nothing.

Bestowing the Divine Examination upon someone one favored was perfectly normal.

But...

Bestowing the Divine Examination upon a six-year-old child was ninety percent suspicious.

At first, he had thought this little fellow named Jiang Lan possessed something special.

After observing him for a while, he found that he indeed did. He was quite interesting.

Now, he seriously suspected that Jiang Lan was the Sea God's illegitimate son.

After the Asura God finished laughing, he picked up the divine brew at hand and took a sip, then began seriously analyzing the matter.

After analyzing it for several seconds, he became increasingly convinced that his deduction was flawless.

First, Jiang Lan's face.

Though it was chubby and still carried baby fat, those eyes—those indifferent eyes that looked upon everything as though it were beneath contempt—were practically carved from the same mold as Sea God's.

The Asura God remembered clearly that during Divine Realm meetings back then, Sea God often looked at the other gods with that same gaze, making everyone want to beat him up.

For a six-year-old child to naturally possess such a punchable look, the Asura God could think of no explanation other than heredity.

The Asura God suddenly remembered something. Six days ago, Sea God had sneakily done something.

He had paid it no attention at the time, but now that he thought about it, it was very likely connected to this little fellow named Jiang Lan.