Amisius: From Now On, We'll Each Use Our Own Way of Addressing the Other. I'll Call You Dad, and You'll Call Me Mom!

If he really could cure the poison in Dugu Bo and Yanyan, what did it matter if Dugu Bo became a servant?

Dugu Bo wanted to seize any chance of survival he could.

There was nothing on him that Xu Qing could possibly want.

The people around Xu Qing were far too terrifying.

They felt even more terrifying than the Super Douluo he had once met.

He even had the absurd feeling that perhaps even a god was no more formidable than this.

"You know what's good for you."

Xu Qing gave Dugu Bo a long look.

"Take the medicine, then get ready."

Xu Qing went on to instruct Dugu Bo to collect as many different kinds of spiritual plants and herbs as possible.

Dugu Bo assented, then swallowed the several Intermediate Nutrient Blocks Xu Qing had given him.

He didn't care whether they were poisonous. As long as he could rid his granddaughter of the poison in her body, he would have no regrets even if he died right now.

But as soon as the medicine entered his mouth, Dugu Bo froze. A tremendous surge of vitality poured out within him, and his injuries quickly began to heal.

Those four pills alone restored him to well over half his strength.

With injuries as severe as his, even the Nine Heart Begonia, a top-tier healing Soul Master, would have needed considerable time to heal them, and he would still have had to recuperate for several days afterward.

Yet these few pills had let him recover rapidly. They were simply top-tier healing pills.

But Dugu Bo knew this was no time to stand there in a daze. He hurried out of the crater, came before Xu Qing and Aemeath, and bowed.

"Greetings, Master."

But when he looked at Aemeath, he didn't know how to address her.

"Just call me Miss," Aemeath said at once.

"Greetings, Miss."

Aemeath nodded, then looked at Xu Qing with a mischievous grin.

"Dad, I remember there's a Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Heaven Dou City. Now that you're so little, Dad, why don't you go to school too?"

She had been sent to school before, but now she was all grown up.

Her dad, on the other hand, was little now.

Maybe she could send him to school.

Dugu Bo's eyes widened as he looked at the boy and girl before him.

Even though Soul Masters developed faster, and Xu Qing's body had grown a little, making him a head taller than before, he still looked no more than eight or nine, no matter how Dugu Bo looked at him.

How could he have a daughter in her teens?

Are you sure it isn't the other way around? One's the mother, and the other's the son?

Uh.

Dugu Bo's mind snagged again. That wasn't right.

A girl in her teens couldn't have an eight- or nine-year-old son either.

Surely she couldn't have been eight or nine when she...

Hmm.

Suddenly, Dugu Bo remembered how quickly Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent developed and how early they could have children. That actually seemed fairly normal.

"Only an idiot would go to school."

Little Ai puffed up with indignation at Xu Qing's words.

"Then why did you send me to school before, Dad?"

"That's not fair!"

"What could I learn at a Soul Master Academy? Why would I go to one?" Xu Qing said disdainfully.

If he were just an ordinary Soul Master, going to school would be necessary.

After all, he would need to learn meditation methods, how to identify Soul Beasts, and some essential cultivation basics.

A novel was still just a novel; there were things it simply hadn't explained in much detail.

So there were still things he needed to learn.

But now he had a cultivation method and didn't need to obtain Soul Rings.

What would he go to school for?

He had been a student before, and now she wanted him to be one again.

Whoever wanted to go to school could go.

He wasn't going, anyway.

"Hmph."

Aemeath wrinkled her nose, then suddenly thought of something and smiled.

"Since you're not going to school, Dad, it would be a waste to leave Heaven Dou Academy as it is. Let Little Ai be its dean and rename it Aemeath Academy!"

Xu Qing gave her a surprised look.

Aemeath immediately raised her chin, her face plainly saying, Aren't I clever? Hurry up and praise me.

Dugu Bo's lips twitched.

Good grief. What do you mean, leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy as it is would be a waste just because Master isn't going to school? And you're even going to rename it outright?

Can she really be that willful?

But sensing her unfathomable presence, Dugu Bo didn't dare voice the slightest objection. He didn't even dare look at her for long.

"..."

Xu Qing said nothing.

Thinking of this Thunder Fleece, he could only sigh. If the girl wanted to make a fuss, he might as well let her.

"Do as you please."

Aemeath's eyes sparkled. "Does that mean you agree, Dad?"

"Mm. Little Ai knows where to draw the line, anyway."

Though the girl was a Demon Pill, she was quite restrained.

Aemeath squatted down, propped her chin on one hand, and looked at Xu Qing.

"Then, Dad, since Little Ai is going to be a dean, shouldn't we change how we address each other from now on?"

"What would we change it to?"

"From now on, we'll each use our own way of addressing the other. I'll call you Dad, and you'll call me Mom!"

Little Ai promptly delivered those thunderous words.

Xu Qing's face instantly darkened.

She was turning heaven and earth upside down!

Beside them, Dugu Bo's lips twitched violently. Looking at Xu Qing, who was surrounded by a terrifying presence, he spoke cautiously.

"Master, Miss, this old servant will take his leave."

Xu Qing gave a quiet grunt of assent.

Only then did Dugu Bo bow and carefully back away more than ten meters. After that, he slowly turned and quickly left the scene.

Xu Qing then pulled a whip from his storage space without a change of expression and flicked it with a crack.

"Dad?"

Aemeath's expression froze. She slowly stood and backed away, putting on a sweet smile in an attempt to awaken his paternal love.

Expressionless, Xu Qing walked forward with the whip in hand.

"Dad, Little Ai was joking."

Aemeath turned and ran, her pleated skirt swishing as her long legs in black stockings moved at lightning speed.

"I really was joking."

"Stop right there! Don't run! I'll give you a complete childhood right now!"

"Holy Thunder Fleece, as if I would!"

"Aemeath!"

"I'll go check on how that big fox's construction is coming along for you, Dad! Little Ai's leaving now. Bye, Dad!"

Little Ai looked back and blew Xu Qing a kiss with a grin, then vanished in a puff of smoke.

Xu Qing stood there watching the pink figure flee faster than a rabbit. He put the whip away and shook his head.

That girl really was a Demon Pill through and through.

Just then, a familiar laugh rang out behind Xu Qing.

A pair of fair, jade-like hands came to rest on his shoulders, and a soft voice spoke.

"Rover, Little Ai really is mischievous."

Who else could it be but Hsin, that big fox?

Her main body was currently busy constructing the new base with great care.

This was where her Rover would cultivate and live in the future.

She had to put extra thought into arranging it carefully.

"That girl." Xu Qing was happy to see Little Ai so lively, cheerful, and mischievous. He only hoped she would live well.

"Rover, you haven't eaten for a day since coming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Have something to tide you over first."

"What about you?"

Xu Qing turned his head and looked at the profile of the big fox leaning against his shoulder.

"Don't tell me you were watching me the whole time and didn't eat either?"

He had been tempering his Ice and Fire Golden Body, soaking in the well for a whole day, so naturally he hadn't been able to eat.

But he felt sure this big fox had been watching him again, her face full of worry and unable to think of food or drink.

"...I, I did eat." Hsin's eyes flickered slightly.

"Really? I want the truth." Xu Qing turned around and looked straight into her eyes.

"You were still cultivating, Rover. I had no appetite."

With Xu Qing staring at her like that, the pair of fox ears on Hsin's head drooped.

"What a silly fox."

Xu Qing raised a hand and stroked the big fox's head.

People said a beauty's devotion was the hardest thing to bear.

With him filling her heart and eyes, and every thought she had devoted to him, who wouldn't be moved?

"Rover."

As he stroked her head, the big fox narrowed her eyes in comfort and made a soft purring sound.

"Don't do that again."

"Yes, Rover." Hsin opened her eyes slightly, looked at Xu Qing, and agreed.

"All right, what delicious food did you make this time?"

"I guarantee you'll be satisfied, Rover."

Hsin beamed and led Xu Qing to the dining room.

When it was time to eat, a certain mischievous Little Ai came running out, sidled up to Xu Qing, and opened her mouth for him to feed her.

What could Xu Qing do? Indulge her, of course.

Then a peculiar scene unfolded.

Xu Qing fed Aemeath, while the big fox fed him.

It made a certain aloof sword immortal feel as though her mouth had been pried open and several handfuls of dog food had been stuffed into it.

Even though a certain big fox was an excellent cook, the food now tasted like chewing wax.

After enjoying a lovely meal, Little Ai pulled Xu Qing along to fish at a lake in Sunset Forest.

The rod was cast into the water, and after quite a while, it began to move.

"Dad, Dad, a fish took the bait!"

"Yours too, yours too! Pull it up, quick!"

The two of them yanked hard, bringing their "big fish" ashore. At the sight of the so-called "big fish," Xu Qing's eyes widened.

"Wait, why is Paimon here?"

"And Phoebe Chibi too?"