In the lava ruins.
Luo Xiu sat helplessly on the ground, looking at the few burly men in front of him who were "commenting" on him, and suddenly felt like laughing in his heart.
He never thought that he would reunite with these guys here, and in such a manner.
The four people in front... to be exact, the four demons in front, among them, three are the Three Bandits of Thunder Swamp!
A crocodile, a python, a hippopotamus.
They are indeed the three brothers: Pig Dragon, Tian Bang, and Big Mouth.
As for the last one, Luo Xiu still couldn't recognize for a moment, but the aura felt familiar to him.
Luo Xiu took a deep breath and struggled to stand up, dragging his limp right arm, he walked to the stern, cold middle-aged man and tentatively called, "Brother Xiong?"
At the word, the middle-aged man's gaze slightly sank.
Beside him, Pig Dragon full of disdain said, "Brother Xiong, that's what you're calling him? You little brat, stop trying to play close here!"
"Kid, let me tell you, the current Grandpa Kuang Pi is the Demon Domain Supervisor, you'd better open up your horizons!"
"Hahaha..."
Luo Xiu suddenly laughed, feeling very joyful.
The middle-aged man stared at Luo Xiu and said indifferently, "What are you laughing at?"
Luo Xiu suddenly extended his left hand, pressing firmly on the middle-aged man's shoulder, "I'm happy, Brother Xiong."
"Okay, okay, no more pretending, I'm laying my cards on the table... I'm Luo Xiu."
As his words fell, the air instantly became silent.
Moments passed.
Luo Xiu suddenly screamed miserably, "Ah, ah, ah... It hurts, Brother Xiong, be gentle!"
Kuang Pi was teary-eyed, hugging Luo Xiu tightly, "Little brother, you're not dead! You made it to the Upper Realm!"
"Brother... be gentle..."
Luo Xiu's face twisted.
"So good, my dear brother! Henceforth, the two of us can conquer the world together again!"
"Brother... I'm in pain..."
"Hahaha, little brother, later you must tell brother well, how did you survive!"
Luo Xiu directly fainted.
"Little brother!"
"Little brother, what's wrong?!"
"Quick, quick, quick, take my little brother back for treatment!"
Pig Dragon was covered in black lines, complaining, "Grandpa Kuang Pi, this is you being petty... just now you hugged our leader to death!"
Kuang Pi angrily said, "Bullsh*t, my little brother is invincible, how could he be hugged to death? He was just too seriously injured!"
"..."
Indeterminate time passed.
When Luo Xiu woke up again, he found himself lying on a big bed.
The room reeked, the smell of foot odor, sweat, and armpit smell concentrated so strong, it hurt his brain.
Looking around, there were underpants and socks thrown everywhere.
Luo Xiu endured the severe pain all over his body, quickly flipped off the bed, and fled outside the room to breathe.
He then found that it was a huge flying boat.
The entire flying boat was wrapped in a barrier, traveling at an extremely fast speed within the Tianhe.
"Little brother, you woke up!"
Kuang Pi held a large bowl of medicine, walking briskly to Luo Xiu.
Luo Xiu looked at Kuang Pi in front, his expression somewhat odd, "Brother Xiong, weren't you previously disdainful of cultivating a human form? How come now..."
"Oh, don't talk about it!"
Kuang Pi waved his hand dismissively and said, "Before, brother was short-sighted, later realized, us demons want to go further, we need to cultivate a human form!"
Luo Xiu nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, this appearance suits your demeanor quite well."
"Come, little brother, quickly drink this medicine, brother personally prepared it for you!"
Luo Xiu glanced at the medicine Kuang Pi was holding, his face suddenly pale.
The medicine in that bowl emitted a foul stench, was dark green, and sticky, like snot from an old lady with a long cold, dried and ground into powder, then wrapped in socks Pig Dragon wore for a month without washing, and boiled for forty-nine days...
Kuang Pi said, "This is mashed from the Death God octopus in the Demon Sea, plus cowhide boiled into ejiao, and added more than twenty kinds of rare spiritual medicine, it's a great nourishment thing!"
"Little brother, your injury this time is extremely serious, your right arm bones are all shattered, ribs fully broken, needs supplementary bone healing. When we get to the Demon Domain, brother will find a way to heal your fractures."
Luo Xiu took a deep breath, "No need, brother, I have my own way."
"Little brother, listen!"
Luo Xiu hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, Brother Xiong, are we heading to the Demon Domain now?"
"Where else would we go?" Kuang Pi said, "Eighteen Realms of the Demon Domain, it's all Demon Race territory now!"
"By the way, little brother, you probably still don't know, Xiao Luanzi is now the Demon Venerable of the Demon Domain, ruling over all Eighteen Realms!"
Luo Xiu was surprised, "He's doing so well now?"
Kuang Pi chuckled, "That's destiny. Little brother, you don't know, Xiao Luanzi's ancestors were the previous Demon Venerable, also one of the Ancient Ten Emperors, the Demon Emperor!"
"I see." Luo Xiu nodded, "Didn't expect it to be connections after all."
"Exactly. Oh, little brother, you must tell brother well how you actually survived?"
"After the catastrophic disaster, we all thought you... By the way, does your wife know?"
"You mean Xi Yue?"
"Who else could I mean?"
Luo Xiu reached out and rubbed his forehead, "Don't know if she knows, but I guess she already does, I have to find her later."
"Then little brother, please drink this medicine."
"I won't!"
Luo Xiu ran off.
"Hey, as your brother, I'm really worried!"
Kuang Pi sighed longly and chased after him.
...
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Heaven Azure Empire.
Secluded closure forbidden area.
Secret chamber.
Luo Hao staggered toward the mirror, looking at his white-haired, old-faced self, eyes filled with fear, body trembling.
"Summon... Mei Nu."
Soon after.
Mei Nu arrived.
Luo Hao looked at Mei Nu kneeling on the ground, his gaze sharp as a blade, and slowly said, "Is Zhang He's last transmitted message confirmed?"
Mei Nu nodded heavily, "Based on investigation, the Empress of Yanhuang is indeed the Daughter of the Azure Emperor!"
Luo Hao gently squinted his eyes, "So, she possesses the Azure Emperor Bloodline?"
Mei Nu said cautiously, "If she's his biological daughter, then there's naturally the same bloodline."
Luo Hao took a deep breath and said decisively, "Send my order, immediately mobilize... dispatch the Heaven's Aegis Army, we must bring the Empress of Yanhuang back to the Empire, dead or alive!"
"Old servant obeys!"
"Leave now."
"Old servant takes leave!"
Secret chamber.
Luo Hao sat weakly on the meditation mat, looking down at his old, dry hands, fear in his eyes growing stronger.
Lifespan drastically reduced, that's the cost of playing with Fortune-Forming Power!
He was always looking for a solution.
Now, the only solution he could think of is seizing the Emperor's Blood.
But the Azure Emperor is too strong, he couldn't even kill the Azure Emperor, let alone seize the blood.
Fortunately, good news cameβ Azure Emperor has a daughter.
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