Huai Falls for an Old Friend - Chapter 8

We had still miscalculated.

The monster must have wanted revenge, because he made no attempt to hide.

Bloodline suppression among demons was extremely powerful. Using it, the great demon raised an army and tried to bring disaster to the mortal realm.

For now, however, he had been stopped at Cangwu Peak.

When I arrived with reinforcements, my deputy was leading our army in a stalemate against the monster. The moment the demons saw me, they withdrew.

Tens of thousands of years ago, I had been nearly helpless against him. Now he was only a wisp of soul—not enough to make me exert myself.

An attendant entered my command tent and bowed respectfully.

“Your Excellency, Xie Huai of the Southern Sea requests an audience.”

I had expected him to hide from me a while longer.

Xie Huai had changed somewhat. His wild, careless air was gone, and he looked several degrees more dependable.

“Qingqing.”

Then stars filled his eyes again.

Never mind. He was exactly the same.

“What is this? Have you finished calming down and come to find me?”

I did not believe that refusing to accompany me to Mount Xinyi had been an act of cowardice. He deserved time to think everything through.

“Calming down? Who needed to calm down? Qingqing, I took half the treasures from my father and brothers’ vaults as greeting gifts for your subordinates.”

I did not know whether to laugh or cry. “Why didn’t you use your own?”

He scratched his head. “I don’t have any left. Everything of mine is yours now.”

And your father and brothers did not beat you senseless?

“Speak plainly. What exactly did you go home to do?”

His aura had grown drastically stronger. I would never believe that nothing had happened.

Knowing he could not fool me, Xie Huai confessed.

“The Four Seas have remained powerful because of the dragon clan’s unique secret realm and its inheritance. Even ten thousand years might pass without a single dragon emerging from its depths. I’m the first in almost thirty thousand years. Aren’t I amazing, Qingqing?”

“Amazing. You’re the most amazing of all.”

I tapped his forehead.

I had known the previous dragon genius. He, too, had sworn to reach the deepest part of the secret realm.

He never came back.

Since the birth of Heaven and Earth, very few dragons had returned alive from its depths. Including Xie Huai, there had been only three.

No one knew what lay inside, only that the dangers were unimaginable. What a dragon could obtain near the edge was already sufficient. Few were willing to risk their lives for that tiny chance of going farther.

“Why did you decide to go there?”

I sent spiritual power through Xie Huai’s body, searching for hidden injuries.

His gaze abruptly deepened. He caught my hand.

“If you’re going to protect the Three Realms, then I’ll protect you.”

Xie Huai took me straight into the demons’ lair and challenged the troublemaking great demon.

We could not let him delay our wedding.

Demons bullied the weak and feared the strong. Once the great demon was dealt with, the rest would be unable to cause trouble for some time.

Preparations for my wedding with Xie Huai officially began.

Every day, Mount Xinyi had to turn away countless immortals who came fishing for news.

Including the Heavenly Emperor.