Picking Up His Son

The next morning, the courtyard was shrouded in a thin mist, and morning dew adorned the branches and leaves of the Demon God Mother Tree. A gentle breeze carried a sense of tranquility throughout the area.

Xu Xuanyu got up early, cleaned the courtyard, wiped the stone table, and set out tea and snacks.

Lu Qing'an sat inside the stone pavilion.

A faint aroma of tea filled the air, and the birds on the bamboo branches lowered their chirping.

Lu Miaomiao and Lu Zixuan went to the academy. He had already told the two children that their son was coming, and the two of them still went to the academy hand in hand.

After learning that Lu Qing'an's son was coming today, Xue Tianfei couldn't help but roll her eyes at Lu Qing'an. Then she quickly asked Xu Xuanyu about Lu Zhengran's hobbies before leaving the courtyard to try and get a good gift as soon as possible.

She wanted to be a good stepmother, but she couldn't just win over her two daughters; her son was important too.

Looking at Lu Qing'an, who was unusually quiet, Xiao Qingyi teased, "What's wrong? Now that your son's here, you're putting on that old fatherly serious act again?"

Lu Qing'an glanced at Xiao Qingyi and said speechlessly, "I'm thinking about how to get along with the child from now on."

I was indeed a bit too strict with my child before.

He has always treated his son the same way he treated Li Cangxuan back then.

He grew up enduring hardship, while Li Cangxuan could only rely on him as his "old father," which is why he was so close to him.

Unexpectedly, treating his son in the same way made his son afraid of him and even want to stay away from him.

"Do you need me to teach you?" Xiao Qingyi asked with a smile.

"How can someone who never marries raise a child?" Lu Qing'an said with a smile.

Xiao Qingyi snorted, "Although I've never married, I've raised several children, so I do have some experience, you know."

"Your situation is different from mine." Lu Qing'an couldn't help but think of Xiao Qingyi's two apprentices and secretly shook his head.

I don't know whether I should talk to Xiao Qingyi about it.

Let's see how things go first. If he can destroy that mysterious organization, then for the sake of this old partner, let's spare those two kids' lives.

However, we absolutely cannot let those two boys get any closer.

"What's the difference? Just listen to me, try your best to get along with the child, take the child with you wherever you go, and slowly, the child will become fond of you," Xiao Qingyi said with a smile.

"Fight together? Who's fighting?" Lu Qing'an asked.

Xiao Qingyi: "..."

Just then...

Xu Xuanyu approached the stone pavilion.

"Brother-in-law, news has come from over there; they've reached the Realm Wall."

Lu Qing'an nodded, stood up, and before leaving, he looked at Xiao Qingyi and said, "Send a message to Elder He and tell him to come over. Tell him Zhengran arrived."

Xiao Qingyi nodded.

Then, Lu Qing'an took Xu Xuanyu and broke through the void, leaving the courtyard in the blink of an eye and arriving at the Realm Wall between the Demon Domain and the Immortal Ruins.

When they arrived, Lu Qing'an simply scanned the Divine Sense and discovered a flying boat tens of thousands of miles away.

He took another step and arrived near the airship.

This is a high-level Immortal Ruins flying ship, hovering high in the sky above the Immortal Ruins.

A middle-aged man in the Late Great Emperor Realm stood on the deck of the flying boat, with a somewhat restless young man standing next to him.

The boy carried a long sword on his back, his throat bobbing as he swallowed, appearing both nervous and expectant.

"Zhengran!" A voice rang out from not far away, reaching the ears of Lu Zhengran and the middle-aged man in the Late Great Emperor Realm.

After hearing the sound, the middle-aged man in the Late Great Emperor Realm quickly looked towards the source of the sound.

Before I knew it, there were two people standing there!

He was terrified.

He had been looking straight ahead, and he hadn't even noticed the two people appearing in front of him!

What's going on?!

Even if the opponent is at the Peak Great Emperor Realm, there's no way he wouldn't notice!

After all, he's a senior hall master at the Green Mountain Academy!!

"Uncle! Father!!" Upon hearing the voices, Lu Zhengran looked over and quickly spotted the two people he had been longing to see.

However, no sooner had he finished shouting excitedly than he saw his father standing with his hands behind his back, looking somewhat stern, which stirred up his memories of the past, and he gave a wry smile.

Looking at my father, I still feel a bit of pressure...

"Thank you, Headmaster. I'm on my way. Please let my teacher know I arrived safely when you get back."

Lu Zhengran looked at the middle-aged man beside him, cupped his hands in thanks, and expressed his gratitude.

"Okay, take care of yourself over there." The middle-aged man nodded.

He finished his cultivation early this morning and found that the dean was calling him over. Then, without any reason, he received the task of bringing Lu Zhengran here.

He had no idea what exactly happened from beginning to end.

Lu Zhengran nodded.

Meanwhile, Lu Qing'an had already led Xu Xuanyu across the Realm Wall and entered the Immortal Ruins.

Lu Qing'an and his companion landed directly on the deck of the flying boat.

The middle-aged man, at the Late Great Emperor Realm, looked closely at Lu Qing'an and Xu Xuanyu and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Greetings, fellow Daoists."

Lu Qing'an nodded.

He discovered that this person only had the cultivation level of the Late Great Emperor Realm and was not the dean of the Green Mountain Academy.

He had assumed that the dean of the Green Mountain Academy had personally escorted the person over.

"Father..." Lu Zhengran stepped forward with his head down and called out softly.

Lu Qing'an smiled and patted Lu Zhengran on the shoulder, "Zhengran, it's only been a short time since I last saw you, but you've grown quite a bit taller."

"After my cultivation improved, I also grew a bit taller." Lu Zhengran lowered his head and scratched his head with his right hand.

He sensed that his father was slightly different.

Lu Qing'an nodded, then looked at the middle-aged man in the Late Great Emperor Realm and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am the headmaster of the Green Mountain Academy. The dean asked me to bring the child here, and I am now entrusting the child to you. I need to go back and report shortly."

"Alright, take this." With a Lu Qing'an of his finger, two leaves from the Demon God Mother Tree flew out.

The middle-aged man accepted it, and then was shocked to discover that the two leaves were extraordinary!

"Wait! This! This is!!"

The middle-aged man seemed to have a discerning eye, recognizing the two leaves.

Lu Qing'an didn't want to waste any more words. This person probably didn't know anything and was just helping to bring the child over. He could just give him something as a token of his gratitude.

But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly realized something.

"So you're here too." He thought to himself, then looked in one direction.

He sensed some unusual changes in the void 100,000 miles away.

So he gently beckoned in that direction.

The next moment, Liang Juntian, the dean of the Green Mountain Academy, who had been hiding in the void using extremely powerful methods, suddenly widened his eyes, even though he was 100,000 miles away.

He suddenly felt a terrifying suction force on his body, and before he could do anything, he didn't even have time to use his cultivation strength to resist it.

In a flash, his body twisted and turned, and he traversed 100,000 miles of void, appearing on the deck of the flying boat in the blink of an eye!

When he appeared here, his mind was completely blank.

The person is dumbfounded.