Dao Embryo Emerges

"Fellow Daoist Hong, I trust you have been well."

Walking into the small house,

Li Rui looked at Hong Tianqi—or rather, Ji Ze.

He had not expected to encounter Hong Tianqi here again.

Back then, the two of them had plotted to kill Hong Tianyong, the deputy city lord of Divine Firmament City and Hong Tianqi's younger brother. Afterward, Hong Tianqi had left, claiming that he was going to find Hong Tianyong's reincarnation.

Yet they had met again here.

"He is..."

Li Rui glanced at the little boy.

He was not a Dao Lord, so naturally he did not possess the ability to trace karma across reincarnation and recognize someone. He only knew because the little boy had panic-strickenly called Hong Tianqi "Master" earlier.

And back then, Hong Tianyong had taken his own elder brother's reincarnation as his disciple.

As the saying went, return the treatment to its source.

Hong Tianqi patted the little boy's head. "Go. Your master has some matters to discuss with this senior. Go practice your cultivation first."

After the little boy left,

Hong Tianqi finally nodded. "That's right."

Li Rui was speechless.

These two brothers were truly interesting. The elder brother's reincarnation had been taken as a disciple by the younger brother, and now the younger brother's reincarnation was no different.

"Fellow Daoist Hong, you came here to...?"

His divine sense far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators.

Thus, when he had arrived at Joyful Union Valley, he had already sensed Hong Tianqi's presence. He simply had not acknowledged him until now.

But... this was Joyful Union Valley. Could it be that Hong Tianqi had brought his reincarnated younger brother here to have some fun?

Hong Tianqi gave a bitter smile. "I actually came here to hunt down a criminal."

"Hunt down a criminal?"

Li Rui's