How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

Thoughts swirled and turned in an instant.

Hei Yang Hong Li swept her spiritual power and instantly locked onto her father's location. Instinctively, they instantly disappeared from their original spot and appeared next to her father, or rather, inside the city lord's mansion.

Contrary to expectations, the two fathers were not drunk and intoxicated. Instead, they were running around with the city lord, giving instructions and giving orders to the residents, with a focus on the widowed, orphaned, and lonely. They seemed to be doing their jobs quite well.

Of course, Hei Yang Hong Li's nose, which was even more sensitive than a dog's, still detected the smell of alcohol on them, though it was relatively faint.

"Huh? Son?"

"Daughter?"

Hei Muguang and Hong Xiaochen were both taken aback when they saw Hei Yang and Hong Li suddenly appear, and they showed puzzled expressions.

"Um, I heard from your mom that you went to visit the third brother..."

Hei Muguang couldn't help but ask, "Why are you back so soon?"

"Or did you forget something?"

Hong Xiaochen guessed, "Did they send you two back to get it?"

"Oh, no, that's not it!"

Hongli looked annoyed, put her hands on her hips, and couldn't help but complain, "We were just worried about you two, so we abandoned our sister and daughter and ran back to see if you were alright."

And you all acted like nothing happened, that's so unfair!

"???"

A string of question marks appeared above Hong Xiaochen's head. Speechless, he said, "Oh, so you're really disappointing our young lady that we're alright? How about I go and find something to do?"

"Oh dear, it's just a minor tremor. What kind of storms hasn't your dad weathered?"

Hei Muguang waved his hand to reassure the two.

"We started out drinking in the courtyard of the city lord's mansion, cough cough..."

We were discussing our grand plan for governing the city in the courtyard of the city lord's mansion when suddenly the world started spinning around us.

Hei Muguang shook his head: "It was indeed a bit scary at first, but it's stopped now, right? Next, we need to prepare for aftershocks, warn residents, report and compile statistics on dangerous buildings, and so on..."

"Indeed, I was quite startled when I first started to sway, thinking, 'When did my alcohol tolerance become so low? I got drunk after just a few sips...'"

Hong Xiaochen patted his chest, looking relieved with lingering fear, and said, "Thank goodness, it was just an earthquake, not that my alcohol tolerance has decreased and my body is failing!"

"If you keep drinking like this, even your spiritual practice might not be able to bring your body back to normal..."

Hong Li revealed her dead fish eyes, glanced at Hong Xiaochen, and said in a low voice, "Please continue, but every word you say will be artistically processed and conveyed to Mom and the others..."

"Hey, Xiao Li, you can't be so cruel to your father!"

Hong Xiaochen was shocked and couldn't help but argue, "What's wrong with drinking? Does drinking make you sick or hinder your cultivation?"

"Look at those miscellaneous books and biographies, don't they often feature characters like the Drunken Sword Immortal?"

"The Drunken Sword Immortal and such..."

Hong Li revealed her crescent-shaped eyes, spread her small hands, and sighed, "Please don't misunderstand me."

I mean, Dad, if you keep drinking so much, even your well-trained body might not be able to handle Mom's scolding.

Hong Xiaochen: "..."

"Alright, alright, tell them not to worry about us."

Hei Muguang waved his hand: "Instead of wasting time on this, why don't you go see your mother's sister, or check on our little hens' eggs or something..."

"Hmph, now that we're here, how can we leave empty-handed..."

Hong Li snorted softly. Seeing that her fathers were alright, she felt relieved. Then she glanced at the news that her father had advanced to the third level of the Nascent Soul stage and felt that it would be a waste to leave without doing something!

Hongli thought for a moment, then reached out and patted Heiyang beside her: "Husband, go!"

"okay."

Hei Yang nodded and vanished instantly. Then, to Hei Muguang and Hong Xiaochen's bewildered gaze, he returned carrying two wine bottles.

"Wait? That's it!"

Hei Muguang and Hong Xiaochen's pupils dilated in shock. That was the finest wine they had kept in the courtyard, and they still had several sips left!

"What are you going to do?!"

"Ha, evidence collected, complete!"

Hongli gave a thumbs-up, grinned, and put her other arm around Heiyang's neck.

"Let's go, honey, let's go tell on each other!"

"okay."

Hei Yang chuckled, then turned and left with Hong Li.

"Hey, wait a minute, Xiao Yang? Xiao Li? The kids? We can talk this over!"

"No, it's your fault for making us worry, you scared us to death."

"That's right, that's right! It's all because Dad is unreliable that we're so worried!"

"Hey, what does that have to do with us? Hey, come back here!!!"

"..."

"..."

In the corner, Hei Yang Hong Li muttered something sinister to herself while looking at the communication spirit stone in her hand.

Hongli: "Mom, you have no idea, Dad drank it so much, he was practically gulping it down..."

Hei Yang: "Absolutely, absolutely. We feel like the world has turned upside down, and we still have to drink like crazy..."

"Okay, okay, I know, I know..."

Lan Yuying pulled the furious Qing Yiyi along while waving her hand, both amused and exasperated.

"You two little rascals, well, at least you're alright. Let's let it go this time..."

"Can't!"

Behind Lan Yuying, Qing Yiyi angrily waved her fist.

"That untrustworthy scoundrel Mu Guang, I'm going to teach him a lesson this time..."

"alright……"

Lan Yuying chuckled and patted Qing Yiyi's chest and back, advising, "You just married him, men are like children..."

"Damn it! Who wasn't a child more than twenty years ago!"

Qing Yiyi snorted and said angrily, "No way, he won't be sleeping in the bed after we get back this time."

If all else fails, I'll go sleep in Xiaoyang's old room. I want to separate from him; I want to use the silent treatment..."

"Alright, alright, it's not good for both of us to hurt each other. What if you ruin your health by getting angry? We've been married for so long..."

Lan Yuying chuckled awkwardly, "Look, they didn't delay anything, they did a pretty good job..."

"But, but..."

Qing Yiyi hesitated, muttering to herself with a displeased expression.

"Phew, but he's such a worry every day..."

"no!"

Qing Yiyi clenched her fist, pointed at the communication spirit stone in Lan Yuying's hand, and said with an unyielding expression.

“If something like this happens again, he has to let me know he's safe right away. It really is…”

Qing Yiyi sighed. Her husband had a communication spirit stone tool, but he wasn't used to using it and practically ignored it.

They're clearly only in their thirties, not even forty yet, but her husband acts like he's about to be left behind by the times, which is just ridiculous.

"so……"

On the other end, Hei Yang brought up the important matter, asking his mother and the others, "Are you planning to come back? I'll go and bring you back."

After all, we don't know what the way back is like now; it might be damaged or unsafe. Why don't I just bring you all back?"

"Ah, I was planning to go home today or tomorrow..."

Qing Yiyi said helplessly, "But after something like this happened, I feel uneasy if I don't go home to check on things, and I'm not in the mood to have a leisurely time. I'd better go home."

Qing Yiyi turned to look at Lan Yuying and the others, asking for their opinions: "What do you think?"

"I think so too."

"whatever."

"Go home, go home!"

"Ah."

"Okay, in that case..."

Seeing that everyone agreed to go home, Qing Yiyi nodded, smiled, and turned to wave at Hei Yang, saying, "Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang, okay, come and take Mom home! Where do you want us to wait for you?"

"Ah, this..."