Half a month later, Liu Changxu and his father, Liu Shihao, finally returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with the cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team after a long absence. It was now October of year 3173 of the Great Tang Calendar.
When the flying boat landed in the square outside Peach Blossom Manor, almost every member of the Liu Lineage on Peach Blossom Mountain turned out to welcome the Liu Household Battle Team home, led by his grandfather, Liu Baishan, and his mother, Lin Yulian.
Li Zhenxin, Lian'er holding their son Liu Han, and their daughter Liu Jiao were all among the welcoming crowd.
When Liu Changxu and the others stepped off the flying boat, his daughter Liu Jiao was the first to rush over.
The little girl had missed her father terribly. Taking advantage of a moment when her mother was not paying attention, she shouted, "Daddy! Daddy!"
She dashed over to Liu Changxu like a streak of smoke.
Liu Changxu hurried forward and scooped his darling daughter into his arms. Liu Jiao immediately broke into laughter like tinkling silver bells.
Once his daughter Liu Jiao had taken the lead, the carefully planned welcoming ceremony was thrown off rhythm.
Seeing this, the children in the welcoming crowd rushed forward to greet their fathers and grandfathers.
His mother, Lin Yulian, smiled. After briefly consulting her father-in-law, Liu Baishan, she suspended the welcoming ceremony and went forward to greet her husband and son.
Holding his daughter in one arm, Liu Changxu took his son Liu Han from Lian'er with the other.
Unlike his daughter, however, Liu Han showed no affection toward his father and instead burst into loud wails!
This was probably because father and son had not seen each other for so long that the little boy, still too