You Xiaoli froze, then asked in confusion, "Are you sure? If we rashly venture deeper, we're bound to be targeted."
Yun Che nodded. "Don't worry. Their summoning arts are indeed impressive, but the tribe doesn't have much combat power. They'd be lucky to have even one Pseudo-God realm expert stationed there."
You Xiaoli said no more about it. "All right, then. When do we leave?"
Yun Che thought for a moment, looking at the daughter in his arms and Huo Jinshang, who sat beside him, quietly eating with her head lowered.
"Let's wait a few days! I want to spend some proper time with my daughter."
Huo Jinshang's hand paused slightly around her chopsticks before returning to normal.
You Xiaoli lowered her gaze slightly and smiled. "True, you've only just returned. You really should spend some time with that precious daughter of yours."
With that, he turned to Huo Jinshang and said, "Sister Jinshang, you have a secluded cultivation chamber here. Could I borrow it?"
Huo Jinshang nodded. "Of course. You can use it for as long as you like."
Over the following days, Yun Che spent most of his time with Huo Jinshang and his daughter, Ling Xue.
Every morning, he took Ling Xue to the courtyard to practice the basic cultivation technique he had taught her. Watching his daughter imitate the postures for circulating energy with her babyish little sounds, Yun Che's face always brimmed with a rarely seen, tender smile.
In the afternoons, he kept Huo Jinshang company in the study as they organized the Huo Family's ancient texts, occasionally discussing their cultivation insights in low voices. Sunlight spilled through the window lattice onto them, painting a picture of peaceful days.
At dusk, the family of three sat by the stone table in the courtyard, listening to