An Old Friend's Senior Sister

Xu Yunyi said, "Not long ago, I awakened an Innate Array Physique here. After this senior discovered it, she wanted to take me as her disciple, but she needed me to cripple all my Immortal Ruins cultivation and start over cultivating the Demon Domain's cultivation."

Hearing this, Lu Qing'an took another look at Luo Danhong.

After he returned, he had noticed an unusual presence about his sister-in-law. Her physique had indeed undergone a tremendous change. If it really was the Innate Array Physique, then her journey here had been worthwhile.

Just now, he had carefully sensed Luo Danhong and found no hostility. Besides, her mastery of Array Dao was indeed impressive. She had relied on it to descend that deep into Heavenfall Demon Cavern, which meant her attainments in arrays surpassed even those of his old friend.

"There's no need to cripple your cultivation, but do you want to become her disciple? If you do, you probably won't be able to return to the Immortal Ruins often," Lu Qing'an asked, looking at Xu Yunyi.

He respected Xu Yunyi's choice.

If Xu Yunyi wanted to become Luo Danhong's disciple and learn more advanced knowledge of arrays, he would help her convert her cultivation to the Demon Domain's. It would not be much trouble for him.

After all, Xu Yunyi had not yet broken through to the Great Emperor Realm.

If Xu Yunyi had broken through to the Great Emperor Realm, it would indeed have been a little more troublesome.

Only a little, though.

Xu Yunyi said awkwardly, "I kind of want to, but I can't just stay here forever..."

When she came to the Demon Domain this time, she had told her older sister and younger brother that she would be back soon. If she suddenly told them she was not returning, wouldn't they suspect that something bad had happened to her and worry for nothing...?

"If you're worried because of your sister and brother, I'd advise you not to pay them any mind. Your sister cares so much about strength. If you tell her you want to improve yourself here, she'll naturally agree. As for your brother, ahem."

Lu Qing'an said no more.

He did have a tiny bit of selfishness, too.

If Xu Yunyi could stay here a while longer, his two daughters would surely be delighted.

Before Xu Yunyi and He Hong came, he had seen smiles on his daughters' faces, but he had always felt they were putting them on deliberately. The two children had grown up and acted that way because they did not want him to worry.

After the two arrived, especially after Xu Yunyi came, he could clearly see that his daughters' smiles were much more sincere.

His daughters were happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Hearing this, Xu Yunyi felt that Lu Qing'an had a point.

"Then, how about I think it over? There's no rush to go back anyway," Xu Yunyi said, a little embarrassed.

Lu Qing'an nodded.

Luo Danhong, the one who wanted to take a disciple, listened to their conversation with bitterness in her heart.

Wasn't I the one taking a disciple...?

How come I don't get a say...?

Lu Qing'an turned his gaze back to Luo Danhong.

"You really want to take her as your disciple? You should have a clear idea of my strength by now. If you dare harbor any ill intentions toward her, there won't be a place for you in the entire Demon Domain, or even the entire Cangyun Continent."

Hearing the threat, Luo Danhong hurriedly assured him, "Of course I wouldn't harbor any ill intentions! You can rest assured!"

She was certain Lu Qing'an was not boasting.

Seeing that Luo Danhong truly intended to take a disciple, Lu Qing'an made a decision as well.

"All right, then. I'm preparing to leave for Demon Descent City. Are you coming with us, or do you have things to attend to? If you do, leave a voice-transmission imprint."

"I'm free!"

"Good. Let's go." With a wave of one hand, Lu Qing'an put away the black shield of light. The Demonic Qi around him enveloped Lu Zixuan and the other three once more. Then he thought of something. Before leaving Heavenfall Demon Cavern, he turned to look at Luo Danhong and asked, "What's your relationship with Huang Hao, the Demon Domain's strongest array master? Are you his disciple?"

In his eyes, Luo Danhong looked very young, while that fellow Huang Hao looked like a white-haired old man. If the two were connected, they were probably master and disciple.

If they really were, then that old thing Huang Hao had some skill after all, having actually trained such a formidable Array Dao master.

By his assessment, Luo Danhong's level in Array Dao had already surpassed Huang Hao's.

"He isn't the Demon Domain's strongest array master..."

Luo Danhong's mouth twitched at the name. Then she replied, "I'm not his disciple, either. He's my junior brother..."

"Hm?"

Lu Qing'an was quite surprised.

He's your junior brother?

He had never heard that Huang Hao had a senior sister!

But Luo Danhong had no reason to lie to him, nor would she likely dare.

In that case, was there some hidden story between the two?

By the time he met Huang Hao, that old thing had already been called the Demon Domain's strongest array master. Whether the old thing had boasted of it himself or someone else had given him the title, Lu Qing'an did not know.

Seeing Lu Qing'an's confusion, Luo Danhong hurriedly explained the situation between her and her junior brother.

"I became our master's disciple alongside him when I was young. I'm much younger than him, but my talent for Array Dao was greater, and I grasped its basics a little sooner, so I became his senior sister. I don't care much about what people outside think of me, unlike my junior brother, who loves being in the limelight. I'm more absorbed in studying Array Dao, so I've always been stronger than him in it. At one point, my skills reached a bottleneck, so I went into secluded cultivation somewhere. A full thirty thousand years passed..."

Luo Danhong explained her exact relationship with Huang Hao, as well as her cultivation and achievements over the years. "I'm much stronger than him, but after I came out of seclusion, I found everyone calling him the Demon Domain's strongest array master..."

Lu Qing'an was speechless.

That old thing really has no shame.

He knew full well there was someone stronger than him, yet he kept boasting to everyone that he was the strongest array master.

Still, it suited the old thing's character.

Lu Qing'an had met many people who loved to show off, and not many could outdo him, except for Huang Hao.

"Since he's your junior brother, that's convenient. Send him a voice transmission and tell him to meet me in Demon Descent City."

Hearing this, Luo Danhong asked in surprise, "You know my junior brother?"

"We're quite close. You may have heard my title." Lu Qing'an looked calmly at Luo Danhong.

At this, Luo Danhong suddenly realized something and stared at Lu Qing'an in shock.

After she came out of seclusion, her junior brother had kept boasting about one thing.

He had said that he was the Eternal Night Demon Emperor's good brother!

Could it be!!

This is...

No!

The Eternal Night Demon Emperor isn't this strong, is he?!

Wasn't it said...

Could the Eternal Night Demon Emperor be far stronger than the rumors say?!

Luo Danhong swallowed, then asked cautiously, "Could you be... the Eternal Night Demon Emperor?"

Lu Qing'an nodded.

Luo Danhong: "..."

"I never imagined you were the Eternal Night Demon Emperor! Um, well, my junior brother might not be able to come see you anytime soon..."

"Why?"

"The last time I competed with him in an array battle, I accidentally injured him. He's in seclusion healing now... He might not be able to come out anytime soon..."

After hearing this, Lu Qing'an shook his head with a smile.

"Never mind, then. We'll talk about it when he comes out of seclusion."

He was in no hurry to see this old friend.

"All right, let's go."

He brought Lu Zixuan and the other three along, then glanced at Luo Danhong. Not wanting to wait for her to follow at her own pace, he promptly took her with him as he flew.

With a whoosh,

he took the five of them up into the sky above Heavenfall Demon Cavern. Then his body shook, and the void ahead collapsed, revealing a void passage.

With just one step, he brought the five of them back above the courtyard in Demon Descent City in the blink of an eye.

Luo Danhong, who had followed Lu Qing'an the whole way, was once again stunned on the spot at the sight.

Is he... even human!!!