174: Chapter 174 The Departure of Mingkui

Luo Yunkai closed his eyes. "Stop!"

He did not want to hear what came next.

A trace of cunning flashed in Shi Kui's eyes.

She refused!

"Who would have known that even though we had slept together, you would abandon me and dump me to be raised by a Mortal couple!"

"Hmph, fortunately, ever since I became pregnant, the Devilish Qi in my body gradually returned. As soon as my cultivation recovered a little, I went to find you, but look at you—spending every night in debauchery!"

"I was so angry I almost miscarried. My son said he didn't want a lecherous father like you, so I took my son and left."

Shi Kui looked indignant, while Luo Yunkai wore a mask of pain.

Who could understand this feeling! Watching an eight-year-old girl with a childlike appearance talk about being pregnant, especially when the child was his!

It was full of guilt!

"Isn't that your fault!" Luo Yunkai couldn't help it anymore and gritted his teeth. "I was genuinely afraid that because of you, I had contracted some strange illness and could only numb myself with many women!"

A flash of guilt crossed Shi Kui's eyes, but she immediately stiffened her neck and said, "Isn't that because you brought female cultivators back to provoke me? Otherwise, I wouldn't have been so eager for quick success."

Luo Yunkai held his forehead, feeling a headache. "I raised you like a daughter, and you said you wanted to be my child bride. Of course, I had to quickly dispel your unrealistic fantasies."

Shi Kui pursed her lips. "That's just your wishful thinking. I never treated you like a father; you're not even as old as me!"

Luo Yunkai was choked up and waved his hand powerlessly.

Why was he even discussing these things with this person?

"Besides the Soul Stone Secret Realm, is there no other way to leave the Southern Continent?"

Seeing Luo Yunkai change the subject, Shi Kui also felt a bit guilty and didn't press the issue further. "There is, you can cross the sea yourself to reach the Southern Continent."

"However, there are many powerful Yao Beasts in the sea. For a Nascent Soul cultivator to cross, it is almost certain death."

"You must have a Soul Transformation cultivator to protect the path. Soul Transformation cultivators have the Space Teleportation technique, so if they encounter a Yao Beast they can't defeat, they can run."

Luo Yunkai understood. No wonder the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect could come to the Southern Continent.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Yunkai revealed information about the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect to Shi Kui.

A strange look flashed in Shi Kui's eyes, but she wasn't particularly surprised.

Luo Yunkai raised an eyebrow. "You don't want to go back?"

Shi Kui pouted. "I already had a way to go back."

Luo Yunkai's eyes flickered. "The Soul Stone Secret Realm?"

Shi Kui hummed triumphantly. "I told our son where the Formation that traverses the two Secret Realms is located. As long as he goes to that Secret Realm and leaves from there, he can go directly to the Southern Continent."

"My Holy Demon Palace is in the Southern Continent, and it is one of the top forces there. Xuanming will easily be able to find the Holy Demon Palace."

"With Xuanming's cultivation, even if he doesn't become a Saint upon entering the Holy Demon Palace, he won't be just an ordinary Disciple. When the time comes, he can contact the high-level members of the Holy Demon Palace, inform them of my situation, and the Holy Demon Palace will definitely come to pick me up!"

Looking at the naive-looking Shi Kui, Luo Yunkai couldn't help but hold his forehead.

She was too naive. That was why he had never even considered that this was an eighty-year-old crone pretending to be an eight-year-old child to deceive him!

"How many years have you been in the Southern Continent?" Luo Yunkai asked.

"Almost sixty years," Shi Kui blurted out.

Luo Yunkai nodded, and then his expression cracked bit by bit. "I remember you saying that when you left the Soul Stone Secret Realm, you were twenty-four."

Shi Kui nodded. "Yes, what about it?"

She looked at Luo Yunkai with a pair of clear, innocent eyes.

Luo Yunkai sneered. "Oh, so that means you are at most eighty-four now?"

Shi Kui hadn't realized the problem yet and continued to nod. "Yes, is there a problem?"

Luo Yunkai looked speechlessly at this... woman, who had absolutely no idea where the problem lay!

"Didn't you say last time that you were eighty back then, not eight?"

Shi Kui blinked, calmly said "Oh," and replied, "That was just a slip of the tongue. Anyway, I am indeed eighty, why do you care whether it was back then or now?"

Luo Yunkai almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

The most important thing was that he actually thought it made some sense!

"Kuier, your mouth... I don't even know if I should believe what you say anymore." Luo Yunkai shook his head and sighed.

Shi Kui said anxiously, "I only lied to you about this, nothing else, you must believe me!"

Luo Yunkai didn't dwell on the issue of trust with Shi Kui and continued from the previous topic.

"It's been sixty years, Kuier. Are you sure you still have status in the Holy Demon Palace? Will the Holy Demon Palace send someone from thousands of miles away to pick you up?"

Shi Kui had never thought about this question; she had been protected too well.

Even when she was stranded in the Southern Continent, she was still a top-tier combat power in the Southern Continent and didn't suffer.

Later, when her cultivation was lost, she had Luo Yunkai to protect her.

Her life was full of purity, which was why she had developed such a naive and playful personality.

But she wasn't stupid either.

Seeing Shi Kui fall silent and think, Luo Yunkai nodded secretly with satisfaction.

"Hidden Sword Immortal Sect." Shi Kui murmured the name of this power. "I remember, this is a power that had an Immortal who achieved Ascension in its ancestry, but it has declined in the last thousand years. Before I left, the strongest was only a Void Refining Sword Venerable."

"It's only been sixty years; I suppose the changes in the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect won't be too great."

"For the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect to come to a small place like the Southern Continent, I fear they have reached a dead end. They are in urgent need of protection!"

Shi Kui's eyes flickered. "I can totally cooperate with them!"

"Instead of pinning my hopes on the Holy Demon Palace coming to pick me up, it's better to use the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect to send me back to the Holy Demon Palace in a high-profile way!"

"Regardless of whether the Holy Demon Palace is willing or not, they must acknowledge the favor of the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect's escort. Out of respect for the Holy Demon Palace, the major forces will also have to tolerate the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect for another hundred years."

"In this way, it's a win-win situation!"

Luo Yunkai was very gratified to see that Shi Kui had figured it out.

She wasn't too stupid after all!

He released the spiritual power binding her. "Go, have a good talk with the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect."

The corners of Luo Yunkai's mouth lifted slightly, and his eyes held a hint of calculation. "Your bargaining chip isn't just the Holy Demon Palace; Xuanfeng can also serve as a bargaining chip for you. A hundred years is enough for Xuanfeng to grow."

Shi Kui rolled her eyes dramatically. "Don't think I don't know that you just want to take this opportunity to sell Xuanfeng for a good price! You also want to use my name to pressure the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect so they won't dare to do anything to Xuanfeng!"

Luo Yunkai laughed. "Why put it so harshly? I'm finding a good path for my son, how is that selling him?"

"As for using your name, I admit it, but even without you, I believe that with the Heavenly Sword Sect mediating, the Hidden Sword Immortal Sect will also treat Xuanfeng with care."

He was just adding an extra layer of insurance for his son.

Shi Kui landed on the ground, pouting as she brushed the dust off her body.

Then, when Luo Yunkai was caught off guard, she unexpectedly lunged at him and bit him hard on the mouth. After getting a mouthful of beard, she spat it out in annoyance: "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

Luo Yunkai pushed Shi Kui away with lingering fear, wearing an expression as if he had a toothache.

Fortunately, Tingshuang Fei had told him to keep a beard, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!

As expected, boys need to protect themselves well when they are out!

He immediately erected a five-colored spiritual barrier in front of him; the intention of refusal could not be more obvious.

Shi Kui snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Long after the small figure left the flying boat, a childish voice rang out in Luo Yunkai's Sea of Consciousness.

"Nether Sunflower, that is my name!"