"Why didn't you go out to hunt demon beasts?"
Liu Changxu gazed dotingly at his children and asked with a cheerful smile.
"Father, you haven't visited Mother and me in such a long time. I've missed you so much."
Liu Fujing affectionately linked her arm through her father's and wheedled.
"Well, if you don't want to go, never mind. Let's head back to the Purple Tenuity Palace!"
Seeing that his children remained unmoved, Liu Changxu did not insist. Instead, he took them back to the Purple Tenuity Palace.
After returning to the Purple Tenuity Palace, Liu Changxu sat with his children, sipping tea and chatting.
From their conversation, he learned that the sea monster army had advanced to the Heavenly Mystery Sect three days earlier. In the clashes before that, the sect had suffered devastating losses because of its inadequate strength, and countless cultivators had died horribly in the sea monsters' jaws.
Although his children's account pained Liu Changxu for his fellow members of the human race who had perished in those beasts' jaws, he also understood that this was the fundamental law of a world where the weak were meat for the strong. Without strength, death could strike at any moment.
Yet no matter how powerful he became, he could not change this world's fundamental laws. All he could do was keep growing stronger and spare his family such misfortune.
Time slipped quietly by, and noon soon arrived. Seeing that his wife Duan Yuwei and the others had yet to return, Liu Changxu had an idea and went into the kitchen to prepare a delicious meal for his children.
When his children learned that their father would cook personally, delight lit up every face. They knew that his mastery of spirit cuisine ranked among the very best in the