Uchiha Hikaru did not have that much time to search for exotic flames to nourish the little one's growth, while Taishang Laojun had probably been accumulating this substance for a very long time.
With that in mind, he nodded and said, "All right. Starting today, I'll leave the little one with you." As he spoke, Uchiha Hikaru lowered his head toward the little one and smiled. "You greedy little thing, stay with your mistress from now on. Once you grow up, I'll take you out to play, all right?"
The phoenix was not stupid. It knew that staying by Taishang Laojun's side would accelerate its growth, which would be a tremendous help during its infancy, so it obediently nodded.
Who would have thought that, after getting her wish, Taishang Laojun would chuckle and say, "Then I'll take this little one as the token of your betrothal to me!"
Uh...
Uchiha Hikaru did not dare linger any longer. A token of love? At most, it was a token between fuck buddies!
Right afterward, he and Taishang Laojun worked together to repair the Eight Trigrams Furnace. When they came out, he deliberately flew a little higher and touched the tunnel leading into the endless void, wanting to see whether his current strength could forcibly break the balance and cross from the Human World into the underworld.
Of course, that repulsive force nearly tore Uchiha Hikaru apart, but if he went all out, he could probably still do it.
Since that was the case, Uchiha Hikaru really wanted the chance to take a trip to the underworld and meet King Kai, the strongest deity on Earth, to increase his own strength.
But now was not the time to go to King Kai's Realm. Once he solved the furnace-fire problem and completed the wedding,