"Xin'er, Chen'er."
Chu Feng waved, and the two children ran over happily.
Whoosh!
Two rays of light flashed and disappeared, and the next moment they appeared in Chu Feng's arms.
It was fortunate that Chu Feng was a Peak Martial Emperor; anyone else would likely have been smashed to pieces by that impact.
"Daddy."
The two children rubbed their smooth, tender faces against Chu Feng's cheeks, one on each side, their childish and affectionate voices ringing out in his ears almost simultaneously.
Chu Feng enjoyed this feeling very much, smiling until his mouth was almost reaching his ears. After a long while, he said, "Daddy has to go out for a while."
"Daddy, are you going to the Imperial Capital to save Mommy?"
His sister, Chu Xin, was wearing a red dress, with red lips and white teeth, her hair in a ponytail. She held Chu Feng's head with her small, snow-white hands, forcing him to look at her, her large, round eyes filled with anticipation.
His brother, Chu Chen, was wearing white clothes, with his hair tied in two buns, his face chubby and looking very festive. He used his chubby little hands to pull Chu Feng's head toward him and asked with longing, "Daddy, I want to go save Mommy too."
In the past, the siblings asked every day where their mother was, and Chu Feng could only lie and say their mother was locked up in the Imperial Capital.
Since then, the siblings' daily question became when they would go to save their mother.
Chu Feng shook his head and said, "I am not going to save Mommy; I will be back soon. It is dangerous outside the village. You have no cultivation now, so do not leave the village. Grandpa Village Chief will take care of you, so be good and wait for me at home."
"Daddy is going out to play alone again without taking us. Bad Daddy, I am not talking to you anymore." Chu Chen pouted and turned his face forcefully to one side.
"Daddy will be back soon, and I will buy you lots and lots of delicious food and fun things, okay?" Chu Feng pinched Chu Chen's chubby little face and said gently.
"I don't want that; I want to go with Daddy." Chu Chen said stubbornly, his chubby little hands crossed over his chest, with an expression that said he couldn't be coaxed.
Slap!
Chu Feng wanted to say more, but a small, snow-white hand reached out and slapped Chu Chen on his little head.
"Little brother, why are you so disobedient? Daddy must have important business to attend to when he goes out; do not pester Daddy."
Chu Xin lectured Chu Chen seriously. Perhaps due to the Divine Runes in their bodies, although they were only three years old, they sometimes spoke and acted like little adults.
And Chu Chen, who had been arguing with Chu Feng, rubbed his little head, looking aggrieved but not daring to talk back.
This little guy might not listen to Chu Feng, but he would definitely listen to his sister, Chu Xin.
Sometimes Chu Feng felt that his authority as a father was not as good as this little girl, Chu Xin.
Of course, this was also because Chu Feng generally wouldn't put on a stern face with the children; once he did, the two little ones wouldn't dare to utter a word.
"Alright, wait for me obediently at home. If you dare to sneak out, I will beat your butts until they blossom when I get back." Chu Feng threatened.
"Got it, Daddy, you should go quickly." Chu Xin waved her little hand, urging him.
"Hmm?"
Chu Feng's eyelids twitched. Why did it feel like this girl couldn't wait for him to leave?
"Wuwu, Daddy, you must come back early; we will miss you."
Chu Xin seemed to realize her tone was a bit off, and suddenly her delicate little face showed reluctance, her eyes teary.
That's more like it.
Chu Feng nodded with satisfaction, patted the two children on the head, comforted them a few more times, and then turned to leave, embarking on the path to undergo the Divine Tribulation.
The siblings followed him all the way to the village entrance, which made Chu Feng feel warm inside.
Unfortunately, he had already left the range of the Formation he had set up in the village and could not hear the conversation inside the formation.
Otherwise, he might have been angered to death by the siblings' whispering.
"Sister, why did you stop me just now? If I had cried for a while, Daddy might have softened his heart and agreed to take us." Chu Chen asked, complaining while rubbing his little head that had just been hit by his sister.
"Don't be silly, when has that trick ever worked?"
Chu Xin rolled her eyes at him, then said excitedly, "After Daddy leaves, we will sneak out ourselves."
"Ah? That wouldn't be good, would it?"
Chu Chen hesitated a bit. Although he liked to be stubborn in front of Chu Feng, he didn't quite dare to run away from home secretly.
"What is not good about it? Daddy won't take us to save Mommy, so we will go ourselves."
Chu Xin's eyes flashed with excitement, "Do you remember the stories Daddy told us about Yang Jian splitting Peach Mountain to save his mother and Chen Xiang splitting Mount Hua to save his mother? This time, we, the siblings, will split the Imperial Capital to save Mother."
"Okay, okay, okay, this is good."
Upon hearing this, Chu Chen immediately clapped his chubby little hands happily, his chubby face shaking from using too much force.
"But..."
He quickly frowned again, "Daddy won't let us go out. Daddy said we have no cultivation and it will be very dangerous outside."
"Wrong, wrong,"
Chu Xin waved her index finger left and right, analyzing like a little adult, "Grandpa Village Chief said that cultivators are divided into Martial Artist, Martial Master, Martial King, Martial Emperor, Martial Grandmaster, Martial Venerable, Martial Saint, Martial Emperor, and Martial Deity. Grandpa Village Chief also said that it is already very good for an ordinary person to be able to reach Martial Master. Within thousands of miles, except for Grandpa Village Chief, there is only one Martial King. Grandpa Village Chief is also a Martial King, but he cannot beat us and even calls us little monsters. So, although we have no cultivation, we are still very powerful. Daddy is just trying to scare us to keep us from going out."
"Seems like that's true."
Chu Chen thought about it and finally nodded.
Chu Xin raised her left hand and shook the beautiful red ring on her index finger, smiling, "We still have the treasures Daddy gave us. Even if we can't win, we can throw Talismanic Incantations; there are as many Talismanic Incantations as a dozen big mountains, which should be enough for us to throw for many days. Even if we can't win by throwing Talismanic Incantations, we can still summon Daddy's Spirit Avatar."
Chu Chen also looked at his own chubby little hand. There was also a ring on his left index finger, but it was white.
These two rings were given to them by Chu Feng, and they could not be destroyed unless one's cultivation exceeded Chu Feng's.
Inside the ring was a Small World filled with Talismanic Incantations, Medicinal Pills, and formation stones that could set up formations instantly, as well as various treasures.
Even the clothes the two children wore were defensive Saint Artifacts.
Of course, the most important ones were the two summoning tokens, which could summon Chu Feng's Spirit Avatar nine times.
His Spirit Avatar had the strength comparable to an Early Stage Martial Emperor.
For the safety of the two children, Chu Feng could be said to have racked his brains and taken great pains.
"Sister is right."
Chu Chen finally made up his mind and urged excitedly, "Then let's go quickly."
"Don't rush, wait until Daddy is far away."
Chu Xin looked at the figure about to disappear from sight, her large, round eyes also full of excitement.
Chu Feng looked back and saw the two children standing at the village entrance watching him. For a moment, his heart was filled with emotion and reluctance, and he had the urge to go back.
But thinking that only by passing the Divine Tribulation could he find A-Rou, he hardened his heart, turned around, tore through the the void, and disappeared.
"Yay! Daddy is gone, let's go too."
Seeing Chu Feng disappear, the two cute babies cheered, with no sign of the previous reluctance.
"Wait, let's leave a note for Grandpa Village Chief before we go, just say we went to find Mommy, so Grandpa Village Chief won't worry." Chu Xin thought for a moment and said.
"Okay, I will write it."
Chu Chen volunteered. Then the two cute babies ran back home, found paper and pen, and started writing.
Chu Xin looked at it from the side and pushed Chu Chen away with an expression of disgust: "Daddy usually tells you to practice writing, but you don't listen. Look at what you wrote? Are these ghost talismans?"
Chu Chen giggled twice and stood obediently on the side without speaking.
Writing was not as fun as practicing the blade, and certainly not as simple as roasting meat.
"Done!"
Chu Xin looked at it after writing and was very satisfied with her masterpiece. It had to be said that her handwriting was quite beautiful.
Carefully pressing the note on the table with ink, she turned around and pulled Chu Chen to sneak out of the village while the villagers were not paying attention.
Seeing no one around, Chu Xin's snow-white little hand quickly formed a hand seal, and she childishly shouted, "heaven-slashing sword, appear!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a circular energy Formation appeared behind her, and a red long sword emerged from the formation, with terrifying Sword Intent flickering on it.
At the same time, Chu Chen also formed a hand seal and sacrificed his own pitch-black heaven-breaking blade, with overbearing Saber Intent vibrating.
The two small bodies leaped up and landed steadily on their respective weapons.
"Go!"
The siblings shouted in unison, and Divine Runes appeared on the two Emperor Weapons, then turned into two meteors and disappeared into the world in an instant.