I Hooked a God?

"Could he really be my child?"

"How could this happen?!"

"Waaah~"

Sea Witch let out a mournful cry and helplessly covered her face.

She was clearly still a maiden mermaid, so why had she suddenly gained a child?!

She had never even been in a proper relationship!

As a half-human, half-Soul Beast hybrid, she was already unpopular on the marriage market, let alone with a child in tow!

"Mommy~"

Lin Mo blinked and called out again in his babyish voice.

Things had come to this, so he would put age aside for now. He needed to continue his conquest plan first!

"Waaah~"

"Baby, Mommy's so sorry~"

"Mommy didn't even know you existed~"

Hearing Lin Mo's voice, Sea Witch hurriedly picked him up from where he still lay on the ground.

They looked alike, they were both hybrids, and they even shared the same talent for Mind Reading...

Although she did not know why she had gotten pregnant and given birth when she was clearly still a virgin mermaid, Sea Witch had already taken Lin Mo's identity as a given.

"Right, baby, you look so young, but you already have rank 10 Soul Power. Did you awaken your Martial Soul early?"

Sea Witch set the soft little Lin Mo on her lap and asked gently.

"Mm-hmm! Mommy, look!"

"My Martial Soul is called the Sea God's Flute."

"When I play a tune to unleash a Soul Skill, it lets me control the surrounding sea and water sources at the same time."

Lin Mo nodded, and a deep-blue flute instantly appeared in his hand.

Although he did not know why Sea Witch had trusted him outright like some sweet, innocent airhead, Lin Mo still intended to play it safe!

"It's even a flute Martial Soul!"

"Waaah~ Baby, Mommy's so sorry! Mommy shouldn't have abandoned you!"

Sea Witch's eyes reddened with heartache.

"Don't cry, Mommy. Baby isn't sad~"

Lin Mo put on a pitiful look too, wiping away Sea Witch's tears with his little hands.

Just as mother and son were pouring their hearts out to each other, the surrounding currents suddenly surged into towering, terrifying waves!

Immediately afterward, the Sea God's Light, brimming with majesty, abruptly shone down upon Lin Mo in Sea Witch's arms!

Then a blue-gold trident mark appeared on Lin Mo's forehead in an instant!

"My head's itchy."

Lin Mo scratched his head and looked at the bewildered Sea Witch.

"The Sea God's... Nine Tests?"

Sea Witch murmured blankly.

What she had experienced today seemed a little too fantastical!

She had only wanted to slack off and soak her tail in the seawater, and then she had fished up a child with her tail.

Bizarrely, this child was actually her own flesh and blood. Then the Sea God's Light had shone, and the child she had only just met suddenly received the Sea God's Nine Tests!

In summary...

"I hooked a god?"

Sea Witch's brain crashed.

"Mommy, what was that thing shining on me just now?"

Lin Mo reached out and poked the frozen Sea Witch's cheek, just as she had poked him at the beginning.

"That was..."

"Never mind, I can't explain it clearly. I'll take you to the High Priest right away!"

Sea Witch shook her dizzy head. Things had come to this, and it was no longer something she could handle!

She had to report it!

Sea Witch's expression turned serious. Tucking little Lin Mo under her arm, she flew swiftly toward Sea God Hall!

"So I just don't get it. What are you keeping Xue Beng around for?"

"If you won't kill him, are you saving him for New Year's?"

"Who cares whether he's a real wastrel or just pretending? Once you're the only one left in the Xue Family, who else could the old emperor give the throne to?"

"He's so old already, it's not even certain he can father another child!"

"Go a little further and take out Xue Xing and Xue Ye together. Who else would the throne belong to then?"

In the Crown Prince's Residence in Heaven Dou City, Xue Qianren sat on the edge of Qian Renxue's bed, leisurely swinging his little feet.

In front of him, "Xue Qinghe," who was working at the desk, clenched her fists in irritation!

"Could you shut up?!"

"Do you think you can just kill anyone whenever you want?"

"Don't I need to find the right time?!"

"Xue Qinghe" snapped, her voice even cracking a little.

She had figured it out. This brat was an absolute chatterbox, yammering away in front of her whenever he found an opportunity!

"You're still too timid. Look how powerful your Spirit Hall is!"

"The Worship Hall could split into two groups and steamroll the upper ranks of both empires, yet you're still looking over your shoulders. Look at Grandmaster. As a Soul Elder, he dares to point at the Supreme Pontiff and curse. Truly worthy of someone who broke through age fifty at rank 30!"

Xue Qianren shook his head ruefully.

"Just shut up, you naive little brat."

"Xue Qinghe" rolled her eyes at Xue Qianren. In her irritation, she did not even notice the muddled wording in his remark.

"I'm so bored~"

Seeing that Qian Renxue was not particularly willing to engage with him, Xue Qianren let out a long, wistful sigh.

"If you're bored, cultivate!"

"Xue Qinghe" sneered and shot him a sidelong glance.

"Cultivation's so dull. Why don't we go out and uphold justice again?"

Xue Qianren swung his little legs, looking expectantly at "Xue Qinghe."

As the esteemed Imperial Grandson, going out to uphold justice would let him do good deeds, show off, and earn Reputation Points. It was killing three birds with one stone!

"Heh~"

"Help me handle these files, and I'll go out and play with you."

"Xue Qinghe" glanced at Xue Qianren, her tone mocking.

"Okay, okay. Do I just write 'read' and stamp them?"

Xue Qianren hopped off the bed and stood beside "Xue Qinghe."

"Get lost."

"Xue Qinghe's" gaze was icy enough to freeze someone to death.

"Okay, okay. Honestly, Qian Renxue, I quite like you."

Xue Qianren shrugged and headed for the door alone.

The daily flirting was over. Next came work time!

"Well, thank you so very much!"

"Also, don't call me Qian Renxue until I've changed back into my true form."

After receiving no reply for a while, "Xue Qinghe" turned her head. That brat Xue Qianren had long since run off somewhere.

"Sigh~"

"Always fooling around, never serious."

"Xue Qinghe" sighed softly, but then the corners of her lips lifted slightly. Honestly, having someone to bicker with felt rather nice.

If only she could have had someone like that to bicker with back when she was alone...

"Xue Qinghe" shook her head, brushed aside those irrelevant thoughts, and continued handling official business.

"Mm-mm-mm~"

"Qian Renxue~"

"Qian Renxue~"

"Pretty Qian Renxue~"

With a blade of grass between his lips, Xue Qianren strolled leisurely down the street, humming a nonsensical little tune.

He was going to pull off something big today!

He had a feeling that once he finished this, all of Heaven Dou City would know of his existence!

That way, when he died at Spirit Hall's hands, he would collect even more Reputation Points!

Xue Qianren pondered with the blade of grass between his lips as he walked toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.