461: Chapter 461 Stunned

"Shame on you! Crying and acting like a spoiled brat at your age!" Xin Ci crossed her arms over her chest, looking down at her unusual younger brother with a disdainful gaze.

De Ming, De Zhao, Xinrou, and the other highly talented older brothers and sisters also watched the scene with amused expressions.

"What do you mean 'at my age'?" Tong Xiao wiped away his tears with his hand. "I'm not even one year old yet!"

"What one-year-old child is as tall as you? You are as old as you look, and I say you look at least eight!"

"You're bullying me! I clearly haven't even reached one year old yet," Tong Xiao said indignantly.

"Father, you tell her, am I not under a year old?" He scrambled up from the ground and pulled on Liu Xuan's robes.

"Yes, yes, yes! You aren't even a year old yet. However, your sister is right; you are no ordinary child. Even if you aren't a year old, you aren't allowed to cry and act like a spoiled brat."

Liu Xuan pointed outside the warship. "The warship is flying so fast; if you fly outside the barrier, how will you catch up? What will we do if you're left behind all alone?"

Tong Xiao fell silent, merely staring pitifully at the scenery outside the warship.

"Don't be sad! Once we reach the Star Palace, you can fly as high as you want." Liu Xuan patted the back of his head.

Everything else was secondary for Liu Xuan's trip to the Star Palace this time; his primary objective was actually Tong Xiao.

As Liu Xuan's only Yao Race offspring at present, Tong Xiao was a complete misfit in the Clan School.

He was born already at the Early Qi Refining Realm. With just a little bit of combat training, many of his adult brothers and sisters were no match for him.

Staying in the Clan School was both a blow to his siblings and likely to make him arrogant from a young age.

There was one more crucial point: the grade of the Bloodline in Tong Xiao's body could not be exposed. Liu Xuan needed Peach Blossom to take action and mask his high-grade Bloodline aura to avoid attracting trouble.

Although Liu Xuan could cast spells to mask the aura himself, Peach Blossom Demon Lord was at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm; her intervention would naturally yield better results.

Furthermore, Peach Blossom Demon Lord was surrounded by many Yao Race members. Tong Xiao would be relatively less conspicuous by her side and wouldn't easily draw attention.

Star Academy.

In the past six months, the previously damaged nodes of the Star Array had all been restored and even further perfected. The starry sky was dazzling, and a Star Palace sat high overhead, like a bright moon and a great sun shining in harmony.

The entire Star Academy had expanded several times over compared to the former Peach Blossom Sect. At a glance, Liu Xuan saw many Cultivators dressed in Confucian robes; their behavior and mannerisms were vastly different from the locals of the Southern Border.

Several orderly, ancient-style palaces were either completed or under construction. The overall style of the Star Academy had undergone a massive transformation.

"They sure move fast!"

Liu Xuan had been keeping an eye on intelligence regarding the Star Academy, so he wasn't surprised, but seeing it with his own eyes still brought a sense of wonder.

The Star Academy had been captured by the Southern Courtyard of the Beast Taming Sect. As the victors on the front lines of the war, it was nominally under the management of the South Courtyard.

However, everything had to serve the Pioneering War. The Star Academy could not refuse the reasonable requests of the Beast Taming Sect's Main Mountain army and had to cooperate with their settlement and provide certain conveniences.

Where there are interests, there is conflict. Under normal circumstances, those Nascent Soul True Lords from the Beast Taming Sect's Main Mountain wouldn't care who had captured the Star Academy; they only knew it was now Beast Taming Sect territory.

They had come to fight. Setting aside seizing the territory for themselves, wasn't it reasonable to take a share of the benefits for future warfare?

To make reasonable demands for the sake of victory in the war—even if the matter were brought before a Dao Lord, it would be justifiable!

However, the current situation was not normal because of the variable known as the Peach Blossom Demon Lord.

Peach Blossom Demon Lord possessed a Peak Nascent Soul cultivation. Moreover, in the previous great battle, she had single-handedly wounded the true body of the Demon Saint Xuanyu. Her strength was at least at the Soul Transformation Dharma Idol level, which was terrifying.

A Half-step Demon Sage, the number one demon below the Dao Lords—Peach Blossom's name had spread throughout the Southern Border and was spreading even further.

With such a powerhouse presiding over the Star Academy, those True Lords from the Beast Taming Sect's Main Mountain had to carefully consider the 'reasonable' scale when they wanted to take advantage or reap benefits.

The entire Star Academy appeared very busy. Large numbers of Cultivator armies would take a brief moment to resupply before immediately heading toward the southern battlefield.

True Lord Haoran was busy discussing war deployments, operational plans, and coordinating resource allocation with numerous True Lords.

Almost every few days, a new Nascent Soul True Lord would arrive leading a large force, and it was impossible for him not to show up.

The only quiet place in the Star Academy was likely the Peach Blossom Secret Realm where the Peach Blossom Demon Lord resided.

The Peach Blossom Secret Realm occupied half of the Spiritual Veins in the southern part of the Star Academy. The surrounding area was the Peach Blossom Palace, the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's territory, which took up nearly half of the entire Star Academy.

There were far fewer people here. Currently, Bai Leng and Lv Luo, who had rushed back, were managing the place.

Peach Blossom Demon Lord had personally ordered that because she needed to recover from her injuries, she would not participate in the subsequent war for the time being, though she would diligently handle the logistics.

Peach Blossom Palace only accepted Cultivators with immortal cultivation skills to reside there. Those with different grades of skills could bring a certain number of family and friends to live with them.

The Sun Warship met no resistance. It first passed through the Star Array, then through the Peach Blossom Palace array, flying deep into the Peach Blossom Palace.

Deep within the Peach Blossom Palace was the entrance to the Peach Blossom Secret Realm. That was the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's residence, and usually, even True Lords were not allowed to approach.

Many Cultivators looked toward the Sun Warship from afar, casting curious glances.

Stopping the Sun Warship, Liu Xuan summoned Lv Luo and instructed her to properly settle the Liu clan members he had brought. He then led his son Tong Xiao into the Peach Blossom Secret Realm.

The current Peach Blossom Secret Realm was actually a combination of the Star Space and the Peach Blossom Secret Realm; essentially, it was the Star Secret Realm.

"Husband~"

"You're finally back!"

As soon as Liu Xuan entered the Secret Realm space, Peach Blossom Demon Lord instantly pressed herself against him, hugging his arm and acting coquettishly.

"If you hadn't come, Husband, I would have gone to Great Sun City to find you!"

Liu Xuan pushed away Peach Blossom's soft, boneless body and looked at Tong Xiao, whom he was holding by the hand. "Behave yourself; there's a child here!"

Tong Xiao tilted his head up and nodded, saying in a crisp voice, "That's right! There's a child here."

A trace of confusion appeared on Peach Blossom's face. "Husband, why did you bring a child in here?"

"Hmm? Yao Race?" Her Divine Sense swept over him, sensing the Demonic Qi on Tong Xiao, and she became even more puzzled. "Is he the son you had with that little vixen?"

Peach Blossom reached out and pinched Tong Xiao's little face. It was the first time she had seen a child with such pure Demonic Qi who looked entirely human.

"My mother isn't a little vixen! Her name is Yun Yao, and she is a Peak Golden Core Crane Great Yao!" Tong Xiao said angrily.

"Oh! So it's that little crane from last time. No wonder you asked me to look after her." Peach Blossom gave Liu Xuan a sidelong glance, her eyes containing a hint of dissatisfaction mixed with a touch of flirtation.

"I don't know how to look after children. Husband, you'd better find someone more capable!" Before Liu Xuan could speak, Peach Blossom spoke first to shut him down.

Liu Xuan smiled and handed Tong Xiao's small hand toward Peach Blossom. "Don't be in such a hurry! Why don't you first see what kind of Yao Race Bloodline he has?"

"Heh~"

"A child born from a Golden Core crane little demon, what could he possibly..."

Peach Blossom took Tong Xiao's hand, but halfway through her sentence, she suddenly froze!