Chapter 168

Chapter 168

After a moment of passionate kissing, Lin Xilan finally let go of Yang Chen.

“Husband! Xilan has missed you so much!” Lin Xilan whispered softly in Yang Chen’s ear, her voice filled with deep affection and longing.

Yang Chen hugged her even tighter.

“Wah! Wah wah!”

At this moment, the sound of a baby crying broke the silence.

Lin Xilan’s body stiffened instantly as she suddenly remembered Zhao Shirou standing behind her. Her face flushed red with embarrassment.

She had been so focused on expressing her longing for Yang Chen that she had forgotten about Shirou still being in the hall. Now, having acted so proactively, she was sure to be teased by Shirou in the future. Lin Xilan hurriedly broke free from Yang Chen’s embrace.

“What’s wrong, my wife?” Yang Chen asked in confusion.

“Husband, you should spend more time with Shirou! When Tian’er was born, you weren’t there as a father! You were busy in Ice and Snow City, getting engaged to that beautiful City Lord!”

As Lin Xilan spoke, she lightly punched Yang Chen’s chest, showing her displeasure. Then she quickly walked over to Zhao Shirou and picked up Yang Tian, who was crying.

“Oh oh, Tian’er, don’t cry. Big sister will take you to play!” Lin Xilan cooed as she carried Yang Tian out of the hall.

“Shirou!” Yang Chen walked up to Zhao Shirou. Looking at the former Queen of Liyang, he wanted to embrace her.

However, she pushed him away.

“Hmph! Go accompany that City Lord of yours!” Zhao Shirou snorted coldly, turning her back to him.

Yang Chen felt a bit helpless at this. Back when he was cultivating in closed-door meditation for six months in the Liyang Palace, he had already experienced Zhao Shirou’s little temper. It was just her personality.

Among the three women, Zhao Shirou was the one who tended to get jealous and lose her temper the most. But that was as far as it went. The more she lost her temper, the easier she was to appease. Yang Chen directly pulled her into his arms. After struggling for a moment, Zhao Shirou gave up and leaned into his embrace.

“Alright! I apologize to you and Tian’er! The reason I got engaged to Feng Yuwan in Ice and Snow City was out of necessity! I didn’t come back sooner because I had to deal with a cultivator from Central Continent who had reached the Half-step Void Refinement Realm!”

“Half-step Void Refinement Realm?” Hearing these words, Zhao Shirou turned around, her expression full of worry.

“You weren’t hurt, were you?”

“No!”

Feeling her concern, Yang Chen hugged her tighter, gently stroking her smooth back as he softly said, “Thankfully, my master arrived in time and killed him! Otherwise, it would have been very dangerous!”

“Hmph!” Zhao Shirou snorted again upon hearing this, but her delicate body snuggled deeper into Yang Chen’s arms, her voice carrying a hint of complaint: “You’re a father now, but you haven’t even held your own son yet!”

A slight smile tugged at the corner of Yang Chen’s lips.

“No rush! I’ll hold him in a couple of hours. First, let’s talk about giving Tian’er a little brother or sister!”

Moments later.

Outside the hall, Lin Xilan held Yang Tian in her arms, listening to the faint sounds drifting from inside. Her cheeks flushed with heat.

Looking at the innocent face of little Yang Tian, she couldn’t help but feel that staying here, letting young Yang Tian hear such indecent noises, was a sin.

So, she quickly walked away to a distant spot, where she watched Yang Zhi and the other three little ones playing with the toys Yang Chen had brought them.

Five days later.

Xuantian Sect held the ceremony for the appointment of a new Sect Master. Naturally, the new Sect Master was Yang Chen.

Zhan Lingshuang had already decided to head to Central Continent to participate in the Heavenly Dao Holy Land’s Holy Maiden competition. Regardless of the outcome, her future cultivation focus would be in Central Continent. Thus, she passed the position of Sect Master to Yang Chen, the Holy Son.

Due to time constraints, the ceremony was simple, with only Xuantian Sect and a few nearby sects participating.

After the ceremony, Yang Chen followed Zhan Lingshuang to a forbidden area in the back mountains of Xuantian Sect.

“Those who trespass will die!”

These four bold characters were engraved on a stone stele, the strokes strong and powerful, like a dragon dancing across the surface.

Yang Chen only glanced at it briefly, and his eyes felt a sharp pain. His curiosity was instantly piqued. With his current cultivation at the Soul Transformation Realm, how could a simple stone stele cause such discomfort to his eyes?

Noticing this, Zhan Lingshuang explained: “Chen’er, this stele was left behind by the founding ancestor of Xuantian Sect! Even in Heavenly Dao Holy Land, the ancestor is considered a core elder-level figure! This stele is extraordinary! I’ve brought you here because I want you to accompany me into the forbidden area to retrieve something!”

“Retrieve something? What is it?” Yang Chen asked, puzzled.

A trace of solemnity appeared on Zhan Lingshuang’s stunning face.

“Before I came to the Northern Spiritual Realm, an elder of the Zhan family secretly told me that when that elder left Heavenly Dao Holy Land, he took a sacred artifact with him—the Yin-Yang Mirror! If I can bring this sacred artifact back to Heavenly Dao Holy Land, it will be a great merit and significantly help in my quest for the Holy Maiden position!

“However, the sacred artifact has its own spirit, and even though I’ve reached the Void Refinement Realm, it’s difficult for me to retrieve it! But you, Chen’er, are different!”

“I’m different?” Yang Chen was taken aback. This was news to him.

Zhan Lingshuang hesitated for a moment, but finally said, “Do you know why I took you as my disciple? It’s because, back then, I saw your face in the Yin-Yang Mirror!”

Seeing Yang Chen’s surprise, Zhan Lingshuang quickly added: “But don’t worry, Chen’er! I personally raised you and have long regarded you as more important than anything else! In my heart, not even the Yin-Yang Mirror, or my own life, matters more than you!”