Many descendants

Chapter 222 System Crisis

Su Yan was somewhat tempted, but ultimately refused, saying, "No."

Xiao Mei didn't say anything more.

"Qing Linghuan! I want a teleportation portal. How about we make a deal?" Su Yan called out the name of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

Seeing that she knew her real name, Qing Linghuan was somewhat surprised and patted her head with her huge fox paw, "How did you know?"

“Give me the portal, and I’ll tell you.” Su Yan looked at him.

“No,” Qing Linghuan replied.

A young man dressed in a red wedding robe walked towards Qing Linghuan and said with a smile, "I just saw you turn back into human form, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Qing Linghuan held Su Yan under her claws.

Su Yan saw the approaching person using the system map.

He had long, dark brown hair, tied back with a crimson jade crown, and handsome features, but paled in comparison to Qing Linghuan. He was tall and muscular, with a sensual, light honey-colored complexion. His striking, double-lidded, azure eyes were terrifying to behold!

Su Yan asked Xiao Mei, "What's the explanation for 'double pupils'?" On Earth, this is an eye disease, either hereditary or due to a medical condition, but in the beast world, it must be explained differently.

[A born king.] Xiao Mei was somewhat depressed after Su Yan decided not to have a child with Qing Linghuan.

"There's a little thing under your paws, it's quite interesting." The Lord of the Underworld looked down at Qing Linghuan's fox paw holding Su Yan's.

“She’s my little pet,” Qing Linghuan replied.

"At first glance, I thought it was a louse; it's so small," the three-headed dog demon retorted.

"Really? I thought this was a congratulatory gift from Brother Qing." This meant that since I liked it, I should give it to him as a gift.

"The congratulatory gift for the Lord of the Manor is here." Qing Linghuan raised her other fox paw, revealing a rectangular redwood box.

The Lord of the Underworld didn't answer; he kept staring at the fox paw gripping Su Yan. "What if I choose this?"

"She's mine."

"Really? But she doesn't have your mark on her."

"Lord, today is the day you are taking a concubine." She reminded him that the bride was still waiting for him to perform the ceremony.

The Lord of the Underworld chuckled, "I've suddenly taken a liking to this rat demon."

With a wave of his hand, a dark golden demonic energy flew towards the beautiful bride in red on the stage.

Upon seeing this, the bride in red turned to flee, but was ultimately caught up by the demonic power and turned into a handful of dust and vanished.

All the demonic beasts were stunned by this sudden turn of events!

Qing Linghuan narrowed her fox-like eyes slightly, "The Lord of the Manor sacrificed his most beloved concubine to the heavens; victory is assured!"

The Lord of the Underworld's smile deepened, his heavy blue eyes revealing a sense of certainty. "Brother Qing comes from the Demon World, so let Brother Qing lead the way to the Beast World to avoid making enemies of old friends."

"Okay." Qing Linghuan didn't care where they went.

"I'll go to the demon world," the three-headed dog demon volunteered.

The Lord of the Underworld asked, "Can you handle the Qilin Academy?"

"..." The three-headed dog demon immediately shrank back and fell silent.

The Lord of the Underworld looked at Qing Linghuan and said, "I heard that the Qilin Academy came to Qingqiu Valley a few days ago and almost started a massacre over a little Qilin."

Qing Linghuan knew that he wanted to ask about the divine status, since he had ultimately taken away the little Qilin.

But he didn't want to talk about it, and only said, "That's a matter between Qilin Academy and Qingqiu Valley. I wonder when the Lord of the Manor plans to set off?"

"Tomorrow at sunrise in the spirit realm," the Lord of the Underworld said, staring at his fox claws.

Su Yan hadn't felt a sense of crisis in a long time. The Lord of the Underworld gave her a very dangerous feeling, and she just wanted to instinctively escape.

【Xiao Mei?】

What are your orders, host?

"...You think so highly of Qing Linghuan?"

Everything is according to the host's wishes.

[Let's put off the matter of offspring for now. This Lord of the Underworld seems to have his eye on me. Could you investigate him?]

【Lord of the Underworld?】 Xiao Mei seemed to only just notice this person.

A moment later, a system alarm suddenly sounded: [Host, the system has been attacked by an unknown entity and requires immediate repair!]

[Unidentified attack? How could anything in this place possibly attack you!]

But the next instant, the entire system displayed that it was undergoing emergency repairs and could no longer be used. Even the system store and space were shut down, and the system map could no longer be used.

Su Yan was stunned. Even during the Holy War, Xiao Mei had encountered countless attacks, all of which she had easily deflected.

Even in the worst-case scenario, the system space wouldn't be destroyed along with it!

Lord of the Underworld!

Xiao Mei's unusual behavior only occurred after she asked Xiao Mei to investigate the Lord of the Underworld.

And the thing that drew his attention to me just now was when I was using the system map to observe him.

Su Yan dared not make any more rash moves. Before Xiao Mei recovered, she had to protect herself first.

The grand banquet for taking a concubine turned into a send-off banquet. All the demon beasts raised their cups and drank, completely unconcerned about the bride's death.

The Lord of the Underworld kept his eyes on Qing Linghuan, watching Su Yan being held down by his fox claws.

Su Yan dared not make any more rash moves, and did not even dare to summon Master Qing.

Qing Linghuan was a little curious about Su Yan's sudden silence, so she gently raised her paw to look at her.

It turned out she was asleep.

Her small body was curled up, and even her tail was wrapped around herself, showing her extreme anxiety.

Su Yan was so nervous that she fell asleep.

When she woke up, she was surrounded by thick, dense fox fur.

Noticing that she was awake, Qing Linghuan asked, "Are you hungry?"

Su Yan paused for a while before saying, "I'm not hungry, but my stomach is empty."

"..." Is this a sign of hunger or not?

“You won’t die if you don’t eat, but eating won’t taste good either,” Su Yan explained again.

Qing Linghuan felt she shouldn't have asked; at her current cultivation level, she wouldn't die even without eating.

"I've already given your son back to you, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

Why did you arrest my son?

“If I don’t catch him, he will catch me. If he stays with me, he can live. If he…”

"Who is he?"

"Lan Shi, the Lord of the Underworld." Qing Linghuan didn't hide it from her, nor was there any need to; she was also being watched.

Why is the Lord of the Underworld targeting us?

Qing Linghuan said, "I don't know anything else. But there's one thing you'd better hide your son well; he eats divine essence!"

"You... what did you say?!" Su Yan teleported above his head, staring intently into his eyes, her dark, deep fox eyes completely calm.

He didn't lie to her, and there was no need for him to lie to her.

"I originally only planned to attend the ceremony that day, but I was surprised to find that Lan Shi was also there. He had possessed a demon cultivator at the god level."

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

"There was no need to tell you before. I'm telling you now because you've been targeted by him too."

"Are you on his side or the spirit world's side?" Su Yan frowned.

Qing Linghuan said, "I'm not on either side. I just owe Lan Shi a favor, so I let him do whatever he wants. You should be glad that he asked me to help him invade the Spirit Realm first. If he asked me to hand you over, I would have done it too."