Rest Easy and Care for the Babies, My Wives

Liked beautiful women?

Yes, Yan Buhui had said those very words aloud.

And who, one might ask, didn't like beautiful women?

Yan Buhui had set his sights on the Seven Beauties of Skywater purely because he coveted their beauty and liked their bodies.

But Yan Buhui didn't shy away from any of that.

As a man, liking a few more women wasn't such a grave fault.

An emperor had three thousand beauties in his harem, so why couldn't he, a "Phoenix Emperor," do the same?

Who had ever laid down such a rule?

Yan Buhui didn't believe in any of that. In this Land of Extreme Flame, he was the rule of the land, the law that could be laid down at will.

But faced with Yan Buhui's words,

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er showed no intention of arguing.

Indeed, what man didn't like beautiful women?

Just as handsome men were popular with women.

Most of the time, people only looked at appearances.

Humans were extremely superficial animals. There was nothing particularly noble about them; only after looking at appearances did they look within.

As the saying went, without a handsome face, who would bother to get to know you, unless you had ways of making lots of money?

Yet pampered little princesses of Skywater Academy like Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er

had skin as soft and white as snow, so delicate it could be broken with a puff of breath, like newly blossomed water lotuses, every petal breathtakingly beautiful.

Clearly, they had no shortage of money to spend.

Faced with everyone's silence,

Yan Buhui didn't sit and wait for death. He chose to take the initiative.

Seeing this, Shui Bing'er immediately found herself unable to move and cursed loudly:

"Little lecher, I won't let you get away with this!"

"Shameless scoundrel, don't you have even a shred of shame?"

Shui Yue'er likewise showed her displeasure.

"Villain, you lustful fire phoenix!!"

Xue Wu said, brimming with grief and indignation, "Can't you be a little gentler with us?!"

Yan Buhui had heard far, far too many words like these.

Now, he couldn't listen to them at all.

They passed by his ears like the wind, vanishing into thin air along with the muttered whispers.

Yan Buhui had already begun preparations for his plan to "benefit humanity."

"You!!" Yu Hairou said shyly, "How rude! You're so clumsy. Be gentler."

"All right, all right."

Yan Buhui smiled helplessly.

These girls really did have quite a lot of demands.

But Yan Buhui had no choice.

Everything was still going smoothly; this was a triumphant march that had to be completed.

The curtain fell on all the stories.

The passing on of the Seven Beauties of Skywater was also Yan Buhui's motivation; the ambition to strive upward and climb the peaks was what made people stronger.

Cries rang through the night, unceasing...

The next morning.

Warm sunlight shone down on Phoenix Emperor Mountain.

The night's revelry had given rise to a gentle dream.

Yan Buhui slept soundly and comfortably.

His spirits had doubled, his vitality was instantly replenished, and his face glowed with color. It seemed his vigor was no less than in years past.

However,

Yan Buhui rose early that day.

He didn't linger in this haven of tenderness.

For in his heart, his ambitions ultimately lay with the world.

The small patch of the Land of Extreme Flame he now possessed was still far from enough to satisfy his lofty ambitions.

Early that morning, Yan Buhui got himself ready.

He personally went into the kitchen and prepared a lavish spread.

At the feast,

seated alongside Yan Buhui were Huo Wu, Xue Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, Qiu Ruoshui, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and the others.

"My ladies, please, let us drink this cup together!"

Yan Buhui raised a cup of flaming magma wine and spoke calmly.

Yes, he preferred drinking magma. It quenched his thirst better-or perhaps not; it could actually replenish the Fire Energy elements in Yan Buhui's body.

Water or wine, on the other hand, would simply evaporate.

Yan Buhui knew this well.

He might have been the first man who dared drink magma.

Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the others looked at the man acting so unlike his usual self, somewhat curious, puzzled, and surprised.

Even so, they raised their cups of fine wine and drank with peace of mind.

Huo Wu then asked, "Buhui, are you going somewhere? It feels as though something is on your mind today."

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, and the other Seven Beauties of Skywater had also noticed that something was different about Yan Buhui.

So they asked, "Little lecher, are you... leaving?"

"Mm..."

Yan Buhui didn't deny it.

He merely nodded slightly and answered in confirmation, "Yes. I'm leaving the Land of Extreme Flame for a while to make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"The Star Dou Great Forest?"

Shui Bing'er was taken aback. "What are you going there for? There are two Soul Beast overlords there, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. Do you have a death wish?"

"My sister's right, little lecher. If you go there, you might not be a match for the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape."

Shui Yue'er voiced her agreement.

"Is that so? I've considered that, but I may not be a wolf, and they may not be tigers either. I'm only going there to subdue the two of them and make them my high-level enforcers."

Yan Buhui chuckled softly and answered in a matter-of-fact tone.

A trace of confidence flashed in his eyes.

"I've heard the legends of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. They say that even as thousand-year Soul Beasts, they could match ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. Their attacking power is undeniably formidable, and they usually live in the Lake of Life in the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Ordinary people really can't get in there."

After hearing him, Huo Wu frowned slightly and spoke to Yan Buhui with anxious concern.

"Mm... I've considered it."

"But all of that is normal."

Yan Buhui wasn't flustered.

He simply picked up a fire berry from the table, took a bite, and said quietly, "I hope all of you, my ladies, will guard Phoenix Emperor Mountain well while I'm away."

"Can I go with you?"

Now, Huo Wu belonged to Yan Buhui, body and heart. She only wanted to follow in his footsteps and fight in all directions.

Unexpectedly, Yan Buhui refused. The reason was simple, and it wasn't because Huo Wu was too weak. Rather, it was because Huo Wu was now pregnant.

If she followed him at a time like this, he wouldn't be able to be in two places at once, and having to send another body to protect Huo Wu would cost more than it was worth.

Even so, Huo Wu agreed to Yan Buhui's undertaking.

As his wife, supporting her husband's endeavors was the most direct reason she chose to believe in Yan Buhui.

It could be said that, for now, Huo Wu could only believe that Yan Buhui would succeed.

Just then, however, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the others felt a wave of dizziness and began to vomit.

"Is this... a sign of morning sickness?"

Seeing this, Yan Buhui wondered aloud.