Xuan Yi paused slightly. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?" Her voice was soft, hoarse, and carried a hint of imperceptible tension.
Xiao Jietian met her concerned gaze and gently stroked her face. "No, it's just something I need to deal with later."
Xuan Yi saw that Xiao Jietian didn't elaborate, and observing his expression, it didn't seem to be anything particularly difficult to handle.
"Alright, that's clean enough. I'll leave now." Xiao Jietian embraced Xuan Yi, took out a recovery medicinal pill and placed it in her mouth, then used his Dou Qi to help her clean herself.
After helping her put on her clothes and dressing himself, Xiao Jietian's Dou Qi pulsed, obliterating all strategic resources in the room. Then, he unleashed a self-developed air-cleansing Dou Technique in the room.
"Mhm, okay." Xuan Yi lay diagonally on the bed, looking up at Xiao Jietian with a hint of longing in her eyes: "Don't forget the Pill Convention you promised me."
Her voice, though hoarse, carried an undeniable seriousness.
Under Xuan Yi's persistent coaxing with various knowledge-seeking and reasonable requests, Xiao Jietian had agreed to her suggestion to participate in this Pill Convention.
"Don't worry, I'll naturally do what I promised you, and I've already received the benefits." Xiao Jietian leaned down and imprinted a kiss on her forehead. "However, I actually have an even better suggestion."
"What suggestion?" Xuan Yi asked with curiosity in her eyes.
"Isn't killing prohibited in the Pill World, one of your assessment locations? If I just kill everyone inside and only leave those from the Pill Tower, wouldn't that work?"
Xiao Jietian smiled, twirled Xuan Yi's hair, and said with a serious expression.
Xuan Yi's mind conjured a scene of Lazy Goat from a modified 'sheep and wolf' story Xiao Jietian had told them.
All gone, all gone, all completely gone!!!
"Take your rotten idea and get out of here, quickly!" Xuan Yi heard Xiao Jietian's suggestion and burst out laughing in anger, almost dropping the things Xiao Jietian had given her.
If everyone were killed, who would dare to participate in the Pill Convention next time? Their reputation would plummet, and they might even lose their title as the Alchemist Holy Land in the future.
"Alright then, your husband will be leaving now."
Xiao Jietian had already sensed a rapidly approaching aura. Fortunately, Holy Pill City prohibited flying, or she would have arrived much sooner.
Xiao Jietian said no more, his figure moved, turning into a phantom and vanishing from the spot.
About seven minutes after Xiao Jietian left, Cao Ying finally arrived at Xuan Yi's room.
She anxiously knocked on the door and, after Xuan Yi opened it, walked inside.
She first subtly surveyed the entire room but found no trace of Xiao Jietian.
"Ying'er, you're in such a hurry, is there something you need me for?" Xuan Yi looked at the hurried Cao Ying, whose hair was slightly disheveled, and asked with confusion.
"No, I just missed Junior Martial Uncle, so I came to see you."
Cao Ying's gaze swept over Xuan Yi, who was wearing a nightgown. Her complexion was rosy, as if she had consumed some great tonic.
As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run?
Although Cao Ying hadn't experienced such things, she had read some books that described similar appearances to Xuan Yi's.
Through Xuan Yi's appearance, Cao Ying inferred that Xiao Jietian must have left, and for a considerable time. She secretly fumed at her own tardiness; otherwise, she could have cornered Xiao Jietian.
She thought Xiao Jietian was angry and avoiding her. After all, she had told him that if he had anything, he could come to the Cao family or Holy Pill City to find her, but when he actually came, he was driven away by her own beauty-blinded, brainless elder brother because she was in seclusion.
Xuan Yi glanced at Cao Ying's appearance and guessed most of it. If it weren't for a message on Xiao Jietian's message stone, she would have suspected if Xiao Jietian had left intentionally. After all, Xiao Jietian was never the type to finish and then leave; he always accompanied everyone well.
"You've come at a good time; I was just about to talk to you." Xuan Yi decided to probe Cao Ying's love for Xiao Jietian, whether it was a youthful stir or a clear understanding of her own heart…
Five days later, Eternal Heaven World, Eternal Heaven Palace.
"Wah—!"
A loud cry of a baby girl echoed from Medusa's exclusive palace.
The originally clear sky, devoid of clouds for thousands of miles, was instantly covered by endless dark clouds. Within the cloud layers, it wasn't ordinary lightning, but intertwining nine-colored auspicious light and purple-gold thunder. A giant python, radiating nine-colored light and adorned with purple-gold lightning arcs, swam indistinctly within the clouds, magnificent and terrifying!
Many people in Eternal Heaven World looked up in horror towards the Boundless Heaven Hall in the sky.
"This is a celestial phenomenon? Such terrifying aura!"
Inside the palace, Medusa lay weakly on the bed. Beside her was a baby wrapped in a swaddle.
In the center of the baby girl's forehead was a nine-colored scale-shaped mark, adorned with numerous purple-gold lightning patterns, mysterious and noble.
At this moment, the baby girl was opening her eyes, curiously observing this new world and Xiao Jietian, Yun Yun, Qing Lin, and others.
Xiao Jietian sat by the bed, took out a medicinal pill and placed it in Medusa's mouth. Then, he reached out and tightly grasped Medusa's hand, transmitting wood-attribute Life Qi to her. Medusa felt the warmth of Xiao Jietian's palm, and a happy smile bloomed on her face.
Ever since meeting Xiao Jietian, she had gradually begun to experience unprecedented happiness.
Her body, mind, and spirit were filled with happiness, and she felt that her life was perfect, without regrets.
"My precious daughter."
Xiao Jietian reached out his other hand and gently touched his daughter's small cheek. She also reached out and grasped Xiao Jietian's finger.
Medusa quietly watched the interaction between father and daughter.
Her daughter, nurtured with various good things and over three years of care, had perfectly inherited her Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Bloodline, combined with the Physique card and Xiao Jietian's pure lightning attribute.
This was by no means an ordinary Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Bloodline, but an astonishing mutation.
The specifics would require careful observation later, but her talent was terrifyingly evident just by her being a Dou Zun-level expert at birth.
"How is it? I told you my daughter's talent would definitely be strong." Cai Lin looked at her daughter weakly but with satisfaction, unable to suppress a smile as she spoke.
The little one in Xiao Jietian's arms seemed to understand her mother's words, cooperatively waving her small fists, and faint lightning flickered in the air.
Upon hearing Medusa's self-praising voice, Hu Jia and the other girls couldn't help but roll their eyes helplessly.
"Yes, yes, your daughter is the most amazing." Yun Yun was the first to chuckle, walking to the bed to tuck the quilt around Cai Lin, her tone gentle with a hint of teasing. "This girl caused such a stir the moment she was born; she certainly takes after Your Majesty's temperament."