55: Chapter 55 The Demon Child—Xiao Xie?

"Xiao Xie?" Bai Susu frowned. "Husband, this name doesn't sound very righteous!"

"Righteous?" Xiao Ye waved his hand grandly, full of confidence. "In this world, whoever has the strongest fist is the Righteous Path! Our son was born to do great things; what's wrong with having a bit of a wicked name?"

Bai Susu opened her mouth to say something but swallowed her words. Fine, your fist is stronger, you have the final say.

"Then let's call him Xiao Xie."

"Hahahaha—" Xiao Ye couldn't help but laugh loudly again. His laughter echoed far and wide, startling a flock of birds.

He stood in the courtyard with his hands on his hips, looking high-spirited and triumphant.

"My Xiao Family now not only has Xiao Yan with the Great Emperor Potential, but also Xiao Xie with the Eye of the Great Dao!"

He took a deep breath, his gaze reaching far as if he could already see the future where the Xiao Family dominated the Cultivation World.

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Because of the frequent phenomena when Xiao Xie was born—thunderclouds descending and a giant eye peering at the world—Xiao Ye felt somewhat uneasy. What if this youngest son really was a Demon Child and decided to tear the house down one day just because he was unhappy?

So, he decided to stay home for another month to observe him before returning to the Sect.

And this month really wore Xiao Ye out.

At night, he had to play poker with his wives, and during the day, he had to change diapers for a bunch of little brats.

As for why he didn't use servants? Zhang Waner shut him down with a single sentence: "You're going back to the Sect next month. By the time you return, your children will have grown up who knows how much. If you want to change them then? You won't even have the chance."

Xiao Ye heard this and thought it made sense.

So he rolled up his sleeves and went into battle himself.

But the problem was—among these little brats, there was a troublemaker.

Xiao Xie.

Every time he changed his diaper, the little brat seemed to have radar, accurately predicting the exact moment Xiao Ye opened the diaper. "Sshhh—" a jet of water shot straight into Xiao Ye's face, drenching him.

He even laughed after peeing.

He giggled and giggled, his eyes curving into crescent moons, his little hands and feet kicking about, smiling with a face full of innocent purity, as if saying, "Dad, are you happy?"

Xiao Ye wiped the "sweet dew" from his face and stared expressionlessly at this little thing that was only a month old.

Happy.

So happy I want to stuff you back in.

What was even more infuriating was—when the servants changed him, he didn't pee. When others changed him, he didn't pee.

He only peed on Xiao Ye, never missing a single time, with 100% accuracy.

"This brat is definitely doing it on purpose," Xiao Ye said to Bai Susu through gritted teeth.

Bai Susu lay on the bed, laughing uncontrollably. "Didn't you say he's a Demon Child? A Demon Child naturally needs some special skills. His skill is—peeing on you."

Xiao Ye: "..."

Fine. He's my own flesh and blood; even with tears in my eyes, I have to keep changing him.

Over the month, Xiao Ye developed the skill to dodge pee streams. But Xiao Xie also progressed rapidly—from single shots to rapid fire, from direct streams to spray patterns, making him impossible to guard against.

On the day he was leaving, Xiao Ye held Xiao Xie and looked at him deeply.

"Kid, Dad's leaving. Be good at home and don't bully your mother."

Xiao Xie blinked his eyes and blew a bubble from his mouth.

Xiao Ye handed him to Bai Susu, turned around, and left with quick steps.

On the flying boat, Xiao Ye finally found some time to take stock of the rewards from this birth.

First was the rewarded cultivation, with 23 years remaining.

Next was the Tortoise Breathing Technique rewarded when Xiao Xie was born—this technique was impressive because it could hide one's cultivation, and only someone a full major Realm higher could see through it.

He was now at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, which meant only a Cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage could see through his background.

"This technique is good." Xiao Ye rubbed his chin, a grin spreading across his face. "In the future, I can emulate a certain Mr. Ye and pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger. If anyone dares to look down on me, I'll give them a 'surprise'."

Another treasure was a High Grade Spiritual Artifact—the golden thread jade raiment. Wearing it allowed one to withstand a full-strength blow from a Nascent Soul old monster while also rapidly recovering from injuries. Combining defense and healing, it was simply an essential item for traveling or staying at home.

"Good heavens, this is a life-saving Divine Artifact!" Xiao Ye stroked it fondly a few times before carefully putting it away. "In the future, if I encounter someone I can't beat, I'll put this on and run; no one will be able to stop me. The only pity is, this Spiritual Artifact is a dress, and a damn pink miniskirt at that!"

At the thought of himself one day running away in a pink miniskirt with his leg hair showing...

The image was too beautiful; he didn't dare think about it!

As for the other Medium Grade and Low Grade Spiritual Artifacts, he couldn't be bothered to look at them closely and planned to leave them all to his concubines and descendants later.

Anyway, he was wealthy and influential now; he didn't care about these few items.

Ten days later, at the Treasure Pill Hall.

Xiao Ye saw Zi Yun again.

Having not seen her for a few months, Zi Yun's temperament was completely different—the pressure of the Golden Core Stage faintly emanated from her, and there was a touch more of a superior's composure in her every move.

She sat behind the counter, resting her chin on one hand, her laziness tinged with a hint of nobility.

"Oh, if it isn't our Elder Xiao." Zi Yun's lips curled up, her tone carrying three parts teasing, three parts holding a grudge, and three parts pride. "I haven't seen you for months; I thought you'd run away."

She hadn't forgotten how much "grievance" she had suffered at Xiao Ye's hands back then just to beg for a perfect dust-descending pill.

Whenever she thought of that time, her buttocks would ache slightly.

Now that she was a Golden Core Master, it was time to slowly settle this score.

"How could I?" Xiao Ye approached with a smile, his tongue slick. "I could never bear to leave such a beautiful woman like you."

"Stop being so glib." Zi Yun rolled her eyes. "Tell me, what are you here for today? Buying or selling?"

"Are there any more golden beads for refining dust-descending pills?"

"No more. There were only eleven, and I gave them all to you last time."

"Huh? Not even one left?" Xiao Ye's eyes widened, his expression looking as if he'd lost Qianbao. "Then do you know where I can buy some?"

"Buy?" Zi Yun gave him a sidelong glance. "Those eleven beads from last time were brought out from the Trial Secret Realm by Disciples during the Inner Sect Competition and sold to our Treasure Pill Hall. Do you think these things are like common cabbages on the roadside that you can buy whenever you want?"

"Ah~ Inner Sect Competition? Secret Realm?" Xiao Ye slapped his thigh, his heart full of deep regret. "It's over, it's over. If I had known, I would have been more careful during the last Alchemy session. Now look, the golden beads are gone!" He beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling immense regret!

"My dust-descending pills—I was waiting to use them for my Breakthrough!"

Zi Yun looked at him strangely. "Why the long face? You can't use them yet anyway; you're only at Foundation Establishment Stage 3!"

Since Xiao Ye was currently using the Tortoise Breathing Technique to hide his cultivation, Zi Yun scanned him with her Divine Sense for a long time but failed to notice that he was already at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment—just one step away from being able to kick open the door to Core Formation.

"I don't need them now, but I'll need them later!" Xiao Ye stomped his feet in anxiety. "I can't wait until I need them to go looking for them, can I? By then, the opportunity will have long passed!"