A Visitor from the Immortal Ruins

In front of the courtyard.

Xue Tianfei first froze a watermelon for Lu Miaomiao.

Lu Miaomiao picked it up and started chomping away, eating it happily.

"Miaomiao, if you want more watermelon like this in the future, you can tell Aunt Xue! Take this voice transmission jade slip. You can send a message to Aunt Xue by putting Demonic Qi into it. Or if there's anything on your mind you want to tell Aunt Xue, you can send me a message about that too."

Xue Tianfei took the opportunity to get closer to Lu Miaomiao.

"Okay!"

With that, Lu Miaomiao went back to munching noisily on the watermelon.

After Lu Miaomiao finished a piece, Xue Tianfei resumed talking to her.

She wanted to find out more about what Lu Miaomiao liked.

"Miaomiao, do you really like eating cold things?"

"No, I like anything that tastes good!"

Xue Tianfei's eyes darted around when she heard that.

She's a little foodie!

Children like her are the easiest to win over!

"Miaomiao, Aunt Xue isn't very good at cooking, but I can learn. How about I cook for you more often from now on?"

"There's no need. Grandpa Xiao's cooking is delicious! Just let Grandpa Xiao cook from now on."

Xue Tianfei froze.

"Then, then how about Aunt Xue finds you lots of delicious things from the Demon Domain? There are so many things here that you don't have in the Immortal Ruins. Like demonic pills, which are a really delicious treasure. And there are some medicinal pills that smell wonderful..."

Xue Tianfei hurriedly searched her memory for delicious things she had eaten and rattled them all off.

"Really?! Aunt Xue, can you really get me all those delicious things I've never even heard of?" Lu Miaomiao asked in delight.

"Of course I can! But we're not especially close yet. Aunt Xue can only find you those delicious things once we become really close!"

Xue Tianfei smiled.

"Then from now on, Aunt Xue can be my second-best friend in the Demon Domain!"

"Second? Who's first? Don't tell me it's your daddy?" Xue Tianfei blinked.

"Daddy isn't a friend, of course. Daddy is Miaomiao's favorite person. My number one friend is Grandpa Xiao." Lu Miaomiao grinned.

When Xue Tianfei heard that, her beautiful eyes suddenly narrowed.

Xiao Qingyi!

He stole my number one spot!

Xiao Qingyi, who had just walked out of the house, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Wait!

My lady!

Why the hell are you directing killing intent at me again?!

I didn't offend you!

Xue Tianfei and Xiao Qingyi went over to the stone pavilion.

She had questions for him.

After sitting down, Xue Tianfei went straight to the point. "Do you know the details about that woman?"

Xiao Qingyi watched as, the moment Xue Tianfei left Lu Qing'an and his family, her expression changed as if she had switched masks, becoming utterly cold. His weathered face twitched.

"Actually, I'm a good friend of Lu Qing'an's too. Can't you treat me the way you treat them? Could you speak more gently and smile a little?"

Xue Tianfei spat, "You think you're the same as them? Hurry up! Once I'm done questioning you, I still need to spend more time with Miaomiao!"

Xiao Qingyi: "..."

"Unbelievable. And to think I've been praising you and singing your praises in front of him all this time."

"You, praising me? Why don't I believe that?"

"Forget it, forget it! I shouldn't have bothered being the good guy!"

"Cut the nonsense. Hurry up and tell me everything you know!"

Xiao Qingyi stopped wasting words and replied, "The woman you're talking about was the first woman that brat Lu Qing'an met after he arrived in the Immortal Ruins. She was quite talented, and a very gentle woman too."

"What, so I'm not gentle? My talent is poor?" Xue Tianfei couldn't help cutting in when she heard that.

"Ahem, how should I put it? You're quite gentle with him, but with other people..."

Xue Tianfei frowned deeply.

Could it be that this was the only way I lost to her?

Why should that be?!

"Actually, from what he told me, I think it was mostly coincidence that she became his woman. She appeared when he wanted to live a settled life. I suppose she was lucky?"

Xiao Qingyi sounded a little uncertain.

In any case, Lu Qing'an's ex-wife was quite lucky. Without Lu Qing'an secretly helping her improve her cultivation and talent, she couldn't possibly have reached the Great Emperor Realm so quickly.

"What else?" Xue Tianfei gritted her teeth.

Why wasn't I that lucky?!

A settled life?

I could change for him too!

In the past, she couldn't stand any discomfort and had extreme obsessions with cleanliness and compulsive behavior, but now she had changed somewhat for him and could tolerate it.

"After that, they got together, married, and had children. Two daughters and a son."

"There's a son too? Where is he?"

"With his ex-wife, of course."

"Why? His father is a Demon Emperor, and such a terrifying figure at that. Why would he go with his mother instead of his father?" Xue Tianfei froze.

Something must be wrong with that son's head.

"Ahem, it's a bit bizarre. Let me tell you the whole story."

Xiao Qingyi felt like venting and told her everything, from how Lu Qing'an had been forced to conceal his identity as a Demon Emperor in the Immortal Ruins, to Xu Qingying breaking through to the Great Emperor Realm and obtaining the Immaculate Emperor Position not long ago, and more.

Xue Tianfei was completely dumbfounded after hearing it.

"This..."

After hearing the story, she found it utterly unbelievable!

"That's utterly unbelievable!!!" Xue Tianfei exclaimed.

"Right?! When I heard him tell me all that, I had the same look on my face!" Xiao Qingyi slapped his thigh. Finally, someone understood how he had felt back then.

"How did that woman ever deserve to have him?!!!"

Xue Tianfei could no longer remain seated. She stood up as she spoke.

"Right! That's exactly what I thought at the time!"

"The Immaculate Emperor Position? It's decent, about the same as the Eternal Night Emperor Position, but no matter how much she damn well cultivates, can she ever be stronger than him?! Even if she cultivates all the way to the end, without a breakthrough in some other aspect, whether she could even fight me as I am now to a draw is another question! With what she had, she left him because she wanted to become stronger?! That's stupidity beyond measure!!!"

"Right! That's what I thought too!!" Like a straight man egging her on, Xiao Qingyi slapped his thigh again.

"No, no! Haha! I shouldn't be criticizing her! What am I criticizing her for?! If she hadn't failed to cherish him, if she hadn't been so stupid! If she hadn't gotten it into her head that she wanted to become stronger, how could I possibly have gotten such a wonderful opportunity?!"

Xue Tianfei quickly realized this, and a delighted smile bloomed on her face, like a gorgeous flower blossoming amid ice and snow.

"Anyway, from what I know of Lu Qing'an, there's almost no chance he'll go back to her. Your chances of winning him over are pretty good. You'll have to work hard," Xiao Qingyi said with a smile.

"Well, well, you're suddenly a little easier on the eyes! Good, good! Keep it up!" Xue Tianfei said with a smile.

Xiao Qingyi said, "Hey, I told you, I've always approved of you two being together, and I've urged him to be with you many times. Why wouldn't you believe me?"

"Fine! I'll believe you this once, just barely! I won't beat you up anymore!"

Xiao Qingyi: "..."

At that moment, Xue Tianfei turned to look at Lu Miaomiao, who was eating watermelon nearby.

Unlike that son, the two children hadn't chosen to go with that woman. That meant they loved Lu Qing'an dearly, and now, after that relationship, the two children were all Lu Qing'an had left to invest his affection in.

He would surely love the two children even more too!

So, as long as she truly won the two children's approval, she would surely find a place in his heart!!

Half an hour later.

Lu Qing'an had successfully cleansed his eldest daughter's cultivation, making it compatible with the Demon Domain.

"All right, Zixuan. Look inside your dantian and carefully familiarize yourself with the cultivation power of the Demon Domain."

"Wow! My cultivation really has changed to match the Demon Domain's! And I've even advanced a whole major realm! Dad, what happened?!"

Lu Qing'an smiled. "In the entire Demon Domain, only your dad could have helped you. If you were anyone else's daughter, you'd have had to cultivate all over again. As for that breakthrough, I did it along the way. I passed a little of my cultivation on to you, but I couldn't pass on too much for fear that your foundation would become unstable. You need to consolidate it properly."

"Wow! My dad is the best!" Lu Zixuan said with a smile.

Lu Qing'an smiled and nodded, then returned to the main hall.

When he saw that Xue Tianfei was actually holding Lu Miaomiao in her arms and playing with her, he briefly lost himself in thought.

"You two are that close already?" Lu Qing'an asked.

Xue Tianfei smiled. "She's cute and clever. How could we not be? Miaomiao, tell your daddy who your best friend in the Demon Domain is."

"Aunt Xue!" Lu Miaomiao answered at once.

Watching the scene, Lu Qing'an and Lu Zixuan couldn't help exchanging a glance.

Each could see the surprise in the other's eyes.

This Xue Tianfei has a real knack for handling children.

That was what Lu Qing'an thought.

Afterward, Xue Tianfei began spending more time with the two children, chatting with them.

She was clearly striving toward the goal in her heart.

And because Xue Tianfei had come, the quiet courtyard had become a little noisier.

That bit of noise eased some of the hurt Lu Qing'an had suffered from the relationship.

Just then, a voice transmission jade slip from the Immortal Ruins that he had hidden in a spatial treasure suddenly began to vibrate.

He took it out and saw that the person contacting him was his good friend from the Immortal Ruins, He Hong.

After thinking it over, he decided to answer.

"Elder He."

"Qing'an, I don't feel like staying in the Immortal Ruins anymore. It's no fun! Can I come find you in the Demon Domain?!"