Dou Ling Empire, Ling Dou City.
Lan Xuanyu looked at the magnificent mansion before him with a complex expression.
“Xuan Ming Sect, one of the top Sects in Ling Dou City…
Joining here as a servant for a few years will allow me to awaken my Spirit for free.”
He, Lan Xuanyu, the reincarnation of the Dragon God and a Supreme God King, actually had to become a servant in such a Sect; it was an absolute disgrace!
But Lan Xuanyu really had no choice now.
He had spent over a year struggling to survive by scavenging trash in Ling Dou City, and he was already over six years old; if he delayed any longer, he wouldn’t have time to Cultivate.
Born into such a disastrous start in the slums, how could he have any way to make money?
Although he lived in an era twenty thousand years later with highly advanced technology, he himself didn’t know much about Soul Guidance Device technology.
The secondary profession he mastered was Forging, but at his current age, he simply didn’t have the strength to use it.
If he wanted to make money, he needed to forge; if he wanted to forge, he first needed to awaken his Spirit to gain strength.
It was essentially a catch-22.
So he really had no other options and had to resort to this inferior plan.
In this era, without the Spirit Hall and the Spirit Pagoda, ancient rituals like Spirit Awakening were controlled by the Spirit Master noble class.
How could those high and mighty Spirit Masters not take a bite of such a large cake?
Either pay ten gold coins to awaken, join a powerful Family as free labor for several years, or simply not awaken your Spirit and remain an ordinary person for life with no future.
It was just a path he had to walk; he believed that with his wisdom and ability, he would surely find a way to reach the Peak!
Lan Xuanyu clenched his fists and walked into the gates of the Xuan Ming Sect without looking back…
Three days later, the northern suburbs of Star Luo City.
“This should be the place!”
Baili Du stood before a three-story duplex villa, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and gestured for an exceptionally delicate-looking child and a gentle-faced beautiful woman to enter.
This was their new home.
If one were to ask which cities had the best public security, it would be the capitals of several nations and Shrek City.
In Heaven Dou City, they might encounter the remnants of the Tang Sect, and since it was near the Clear Sky Sect, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t run into some trap left by that grandson Tang San.
He didn’t want to be exposed to Tang San just yet.
They couldn’t go to Shrek City either, as Tang San’s mother was inside that Golden Tree.
Mingdu was even worse, and as for Ling Dou City…
it was best not to provoke the Saint Grandson of Tang prematurely.
After all, he was also a very important pawn.
As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest.
No matter how clever the The Duchess was, she would never imagine that Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun’er were living right under her nose.
Not to mention, with him around, let alone the The Duchess’s spies, even Tang Hao and Ah Yin—who had now replaced the Plane Master and the life core—wouldn’t be able to find them.
Baili Du looked at them with a smile: “M…
Madam Huo, and little Yuhao, this will be our new home from now on.”
Huo Yun’er stepped forward worriedly and cautiously suggested, “Mr.
Baili, maybe we should go back.
I believe Brother Hao won’t give up on us…”
After a moment of hesitation, Huo Yun’er added, “If it doesn’t work, we can go back and apologize to the First Madam.
We’ll accept whatever punishment she gives.
We’re Family; there’s no need to make things like this…”
“…”
Baili Du’s brow couldn’t help but twitch, and a surge of anger began to spread uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart.
Endless concessions and compromises, always prioritizing the needs of others…
these were the “fine qualities” Huo Yun’er had taught Huo Yuhao during his childhood, which were utterly useless in this dog-eat-dog World…
It wasn’t that Huo Yun’er protected Huo Yuhao too well, but that she didn’t protect him at all.
But seeing his mother’s somewhat haggard yet bright face, he forced himself to swallow the words he wanted to snap back with.
As a mother, Huo Yun’er had done everything flesh and blood could do; as a son, he had no right to criticize her further.
“…Madam Huo,” Baili Du suppressed his anger and smiled at Huo Yun’er, “I ask you to use your brain, which hasn’t been completely taken over by romance, to think for a moment.
Who gives a ‘dagger’ as a token of love?
And if that White Tiger Duke really cared for you, how could Yuhao suddenly have a brother a year younger than him?”
Huo Yun’er was stunned and subconsciously tightened her grip on little Huo Yuhao’s hand, her body trembling slightly.
It wasn’t that she didn’t understand these truths, but on this Douluo Continent, which seemed to have been created by the God of Love, the power of love was simply too strong.
As the former Emotion God King, although he had lost his God Position, his perception of emotions was unmatched in the entire God Realm.
Baili Du immediately sensed that the emotion of ‘love’ for Dai Hao in his mother’s heart was beginning to weaken.
A good opportunity!
“Or rather…” Baili Du struck while the iron was hot, slightly mobilizing the Power of Emotion to influence Huo Yun’er’s feeling of ‘love’ for Dai Hao.
Looking at little Huo Yuhao, whose expression had also turned quite grim, he sneered: “Do you want to drag your only son to Hell right now?
Let me remind you, after that day, the attendants who brought Dai Huabin back were executed by the The Duchess on charges of failing to protect him.”
“I don’t need to tell you what the consequences for you two would be, do I?
If you want to go back and walk into a trap now, I won’t stop you.” Then, he kicked open the door somewhat violently, stepped aside, and pointed outside.
“Be my guest.”
…Baili Du’s overly harsh criticism made Huo Yun’er’s eyes redden.
She looked at her son, who had a hopeful expression, in a daze.
Huo Yuhao just gripped Huo Yun’er’s hand tightly.
From his expression, it was clear that he agreed more with Baili Du’s words.
As a mother, she could endure suffering for her son’s future life, and even dying wouldn’t matter, but she had to consider what her son would do after she was gone.
Could he really face this cruel World?
That “husband” who said he would come back and take her to enjoy a life of luxury after the war—why would he rather father another child than come back to see her even once?
He wouldn’t even…
wouldn’t even give her a formal title?
On one side were reality and the child she had raised; on the other were ethereal promises and love.
For a mother, this was not a difficult choice.
From the current perspective, letting little Huo Yuhao stay by Baili Du’s side was undoubtedly the best choice.
She didn’t need to think for long.
Huo Yun’er tightened her grip on little Huo Yuhao’s hand and bowed deeply to Baili Du.
“I’ll have to trouble you then, Mr.
Baili.” Then, she resolutely led little Huo Yuhao into the villa…
After the mother and son entered their room, a look of relief appeared on Baili Du’s face.
He lowered his head and covered his mouth, suppressing the urge to cry.
In the past, he could only watch helplessly as his mother’s body grew thinner day by day until she passed away while longing for Dai Hao.
After her death, she was captured by Tang San and taken to the God Realm, where she was used as a key part of his coercion and manipulation…
Now, he had finally…
finally changed all of that and brought his mother out of that prison!
He knew his mother too well, so he had to resort to this inferior plan.
People are forced into things.
Although his methods weren’t great, he had no choice.
He didn’t want his mother’s past tragedy to repeat before his eyes, he didn’t want her to become a bargaining chip for Tang San to threaten Huo Yuhao again, and he certainly didn’t want her to suffer those undeserved hardships.
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