âXiachen, Dragony, letâs go.â One hand holding her son, the other holding the missy, Bai Yan was all smiles on the face as she led them to the doorway.
âBut Mother, where are we going?â Blinking his big innocent eyes, the little steambun tilts his head as he eyed his mother.
âWeâre going to your fatherâ¦â she answers readily. âNow that the crisis with the Demon Realm is over, I want to go back to the Holy Land for a trip.â
âBack to the Holy Land?â âThe kidâs eye began to sparkle, âDoes that mean weâre going to see Godfather and Sister Yi Yi? I really miss them.â
Knocking on the boyâs forehead with her knuckle, Bai Yan uses a doting yet stern voice to lecture him: âHow many times have I told you not to call your godfatherâs sister that way. If you call her Sister Yi Yi then it would demote her by a generation.â
Covering his head with both hands, Bai Xiachen sounded pitiful and wronged: âBut⦠Sister Yi Yi wonât let me call her auntie, otherwise she wonât make fire with meâ¦.â
Quickly realizing the mistake he did there, the little steambun hurries to backpedal on his own words: âYouâve heard me wrong Mother, I didnât say anything about fire⦠I justâ¦.â
âNo need to explain!â she huffs at her own boy, âI had assumed it was Yi Yi who was a bad influence on you as a child, but to think my own son is bad to the bone when it comes to being an arsonist! Very well, Iâm sure your grandshifus will have plenty of things to say to you when they learn its your own idea to burn down the treasury vaults!â
âMotherâ¦â Making a scared and aggrieved face, the kid pulls at his own motherâs sleeve as a form of pleading: âPlease donât tell them, I know Iâm wrong.â
âHmmâ¦â caressing her own chin, âIâll decide based on my mood.â
That said, Bai Yan didnât delay the trip any longer and walked for the outside while donning that cheerful smile of hers.
â¦â¦
Inside the throne hall, Di Cang continues to stare down at the uneasy looking subjects of his. Due to that overwhelming aura thatâs enveloping them all, most had long been drenched in sweat purely out of reflex and not because they are worried for their lives.
Then suddenly, a ray of shining hope has come to save them from the uncomfortable situation. Gorgeous in her rosy red dress, the demon king didnât need any form of urging to fly over to sweep this woman into his embrace.
âHow come youâre here? Didnât I tell you to rest at the Demon Mountain while I finish up here?â Gentle as ever in his tone, Di Cang never ceases to amaze his subordinates on how quickly his attitude could change when presented with their queen.
âActually, Iâve come to tell you something. I need to go back to the Holy Land for a while.â
ââ¦..â Clearly unwilling based on the initial frown, the great demon king nevertheless relented and raised a brilliant smirk like heâs thought of something devious. âOkay, I will accompany you.â
âNo need,â shaking her head, Bai Yan blankly refuses the offer. âIâll be back real quick, you donât need to deliberately come with me. Iâm sure thereâs still a lot of things for you to take care of here.â
In that moment, Bai Yanâs brain unconsciously recalled back to the message the Lord of the Holy Land left her prior to her initial departure.
And nowâ¦.. she and Di Cangâs strength has become too far apart. In order to keep up with him, Bai Yan must improve if she wishes to fight alongside him in the future. And to achieve that, the only solution would be to return to the Holy Land!
âAre you afraid I would fight with Chu Yi Feng?â The manâs voice sounded all sour and jealous.
Di Cang understands very well that person holds an unusual position within his wifeâs heart. Mainly for the fact that Chu Yi Feng was there during Bai Yanâs hardest period while he himself remains out of the picture. That fact remains a threat and he didnât like it.