How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

"You don't need to understand this kind of thing."

Hong Li waved her hand and said quietly, "Speaking of which, I'm already at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage. Although I can freely enter and exit the world's protective barrier, the lightning tribulation doesn't know about it, and it will still come when it's supposed to."

Under normal circumstances, I would have been confident in passing the tribulation, but suddenly I was given a pregnancy status, which is very troublesome.

In many storybooks, characters like me usually encounter some kind of unexpected event at crucial moments. At best, the female protagonist miscarries; at worst, both the male and female protagonists die, leaving only a newborn baby as the protagonist of the new season. Everyone watches the baby grow up, and occasionally, the baby might come to lay flowers at the parents' graves and whisper some heartfelt words...

However, since this child was born without parents, the focus is clearly on emphasizing their tragic background. It could be set up so that the child doesn't even know who their parents are, experiencing a childhood without parental love and care, and then suddenly a mysterious person appears and asks, "Want to know who your parents are?" The child is then foolishly tricked into getting involved in mysterious events, thus officially starting the main storyline… Ah! Black Sun!

Hongli was chanting scriptures in a rambling manner when Heiyang suddenly struck her on the head. She turned her head angrily and complained, "I'm pregnant right now! How could you do this to me? Be careful I get so angry that I die in front of you, along with my unborn child!"

"Hey, let's not even talk about how long you've been pregnant. Saying I'm ruthless is already a lie. It's not even a light pat!"

Hei Yang, exasperated, said, "Besides, you've been reading too much of that 'Young man suffers the scorn of his whole family after an ambiguous marriage with a fox spirit' story. The plot you described sounds so familiar!"

"Just tell me about the possibility of an accident!"

Hong Li snorted and sat up cross-legged, saying logically, "Look at that person, Yao Qingkong's family. Didn't she have an accident during her tribulation? In the end, we were the ones who helped them reunite as a couple. These are all lessons from the past!"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I need to be more vigilant!"

Hei Yang raised his hands in surrender, thought for a moment, took out a miniature disc, and traced lines on it with his fingers. Almost simultaneously, spiritual energy surged and converged around Yang Li's house, as if an invisible hand was manipulating it, and began to form profound and complex arrays.

"Just to be on the safe side, in case of what Xiaoli said, I'll add a few hundred more layers of magic array to the house..."

"Ah, well, it really didn't have to be so harsh..."

Seeing that Hei Yangzhen had started to take action, Hong Li felt a little embarrassed.

She had always thought that she and Hei Yang had been cautious enough by setting up so many layers of magic arrays at home, but it wasn't until she became pregnant that she realized she had been too conservative.

These days, whenever Hei Yang has time, he spends it on his portable array-setting disk, swiping around and swiping. Every minute and every second, countless arrays with overflowing firepower are generated around him. The sheer number of invisible and intangible arrays makes it feel like the space around their house is very heavy!

To what extent exactly? To the extent that if the Aoyou Realm were to unfortunately collapse or explode one day, the space around Yang Li's house would still be able to float peacefully and safely in the universe!

And Black Sun is still being added, still being added!

Although Hongli was enjoying Heiyang's overwhelming care, she always felt that she had to take some responsibility for the carrying capacity of the travel world. She felt that with so many magic arrays fixed here, the travel world's movement speed was going to slow down!

"Hehe, it seems that Sister Hongli's worries were unnecessary. Brother Heiyang has protected Sister Hongli very well!"

Xingyun's camera was still fixed on the spot where Hongli had been lying. Although she couldn't see the complete scene on the other side, she could get a general idea just from the sounds. She chuckled and said, "I wonder if Sister Hongli is having a boy or a girl, or maybe twins, triplets? Quadruplets? Five..."

"Stop, stop, stop your horrific remarks!"

Hongli quickly interrupted Xingyun, saying with a speechless expression, "You too, my parents too, my in-laws too, and Xiaohuo too—everyone was more excited than Heiyang and me when they heard the news."

Of course, Hei Yang and I were also excited, but more than that, we felt a bit nervous and at a loss.

"It was a bit too sudden for the two of us!" Hei Yang added from the side.

“Hey? But Sister Hongli, don’t you have a daughter named Xiao Huo? Shouldn’t you be experienced parents?” Xingyun pointed out the blind spot.

"They're different. Human babies are definitely much harder to raise than flamingo chicks!"

Hong Li sighed and explained, "When Xiao Huo is old enough to fly, human children of the same age might not even be able to walk. Perhaps if Hei Yang and I are at a higher level, our child will be much stronger? Ugh, this is so troublesome, having to carry the child for almost a year."

Children are indeed a hassle, but since I've made the decision, I have to take responsibility. Just thinking about it makes me a little worried. Although it might not take too much effort when I actually have to take care of the child, after all, I am a high-level cultivator, but I still have to worry..."

"In short, it all boils down to that joke: the two are truly in love, and the child was an accident."

Hei Yang smiled broadly, saying that it was unexpected and he was indeed a little troubled, but he was mostly filled with anticipation and joy at the arrival of a new life into the family.

"As expected, I'll ask my parents to help take care of the baby after it's born..."

Hongli muttered darkly, "If all else fails, Xiao Huo, the older sister, should be four or five years old by then, and she can take care of the child, right?"

Hei Yang: "You brat, take some responsibility!"

Xingyun: "Sister Hongli's idea is too much!"

"Just kidding, just kidding! Seriously, do you think I'm that kind of person?!"

Hongli chuckled, a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth. She gently touched her still-unresponsive belly, a maternal tenderness flashing in her eyes, and murmured softly, "No matter what, welcome to this family, Mom's second child..."

In the universe, the roaming realm successfully crossed one of the spacetime holes on its planned route and continues its journey toward its destination.

Finally, the story of this book is almost over!

happy New Year!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 474 You absolutely mustn't end up like that loser next door, spending the New Year alone at home writing!

Peaceful and comfortable days always pass quickly, and whether she liked it or not, Hongli's pregnant belly gradually became more and more obvious.

In the last few months, her swollen belly even made Hong Li, a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator who was usually agile, appear somewhat clumsy.

Actually, Hong Li felt fine, after all, her strong physical condition was there. She was just afraid that if she moved too much, she might bump into the child, so she had to suppress her nature and endure it for the time being.

"squeak"

The door to Yang Li's house was gently pushed open, and Hei Yang carefully helped Hong Li into the house and back to the bedroom.

"Xiao Li, slow down, okay, alright..."

Hei Yang carefully helped Hong Li onto the bed, then let out a long sigh of relief, looking as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

Hongli watched Heiyang's cautious manner, feeling both touched and amused: "I told you not to be so careful. Look at you, as if I were a glass cup that would break at the slightest touch. Anyone who didn't know better would think I'm spoiled!"

In reality, for most ordinary people, pregnancy is not a problem as long as they don't do any heavy physical labor, and they can manage with regular housework or moderate exercise.

Not to mention that it's absurd that Hei Yang had to help her walk, even though she's at the Nascent Soul stage.

Hei Yang sat down next to Hong Li, who habitually leaned into his arms and comfortably squinted her eyes.

"No bragging, I'm telling the truth. Even if I were to run out to sea with a baby right now and slay two more dragons, I wouldn't even be out of breath!"

Hongli snorted softly, somewhat unconvinced, and said, "You're like this, and so are my parents. They even told me to take more walks and exercise more during my pregnancy."

Am I the kind of person who needs to walk to exercise? It makes me sound like I'm weak!

"Oh, actually they're just looking for an excuse to get you out in the sun, so they can keep you company and help you relax..."

Hei Yang gently touched his wife's round belly and asked with concern, "Didn't they say there's something like prenatal anxiety and postpartum depression...?"

"Ha, what does that have to do with me?"

Hong Li slightly raised her chin, feigning arrogance, and said, "I am a dignified cultivator at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage..."

Even a Nascent Soul Stage 9 cultivator is having their first child.

Hei Yang smiled helplessly, looked at his little wife, and couldn't help but kiss her on the cheek: "Besides, anxiety and depression are psychological problems, and it's not like you can definitely avoid them just because you have a high level of spiritual attainment."

"Ha, cultivators have unwavering resolve; what is there to fear!"

"Even those who cultivate themselves can have psychological problems, right? Otherwise, where would their inner demons come from?"

"Heh, inner demons? Let them come if they dare. I'll beat them up and see if I don't!"

Hong Li pouted: "We're always the two of us who are other people's inner demons. And this inner demon wants to mess with me? That's outrageous!"

Moreover, prenatal anxiety and postpartum depression are psychological problems, but a large part of them are due to abnormal hormonal changes in pregnant women.

Controlling my hormone levels is very simple for me. At my level, even a broken head can grow back, so regulating my body is a piece of cake. Why would I needlessly worry about my figure being ruined after having children?

"Okay, okay, our Xiaoli is the best."

Hei Yang chuckled and coaxed his wife, "Anyway, going out more and getting more sunshine can't hurt the kids, right?"

"Who knows? Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you."

Hongli snorted, "You and I are both the kind of people who don't like going out. Our child might not like being taken around by Mom either."

“I guess my parents’ original idea was to avoid letting the child learn from us…”

Hei Yang said quietly, "I'm afraid you'll give birth to another 'dark' little one who doesn't like socializing."

"What's wrong with a 'dark' little guy who doesn't like socializing!"

Hongli wasn't ashamed at all; on the contrary, she was proud and said, "Isn't it great to be like the two of us? We're so cute!"

Moreover, they are not afraid that their children will make bad friends in the future, and they are equally wary of everyone except their family!

It's not that I don't like socializing, but that I'm incapable of it. It's not that they isolated us, it's that we isolated them!

Hey, let me tell you, that girl, Yao Qingkong, when she was pregnant, she just stayed home all day and didn't say anything about exercising or anything...

Speaking of which, it's been a while since I've seen her and her daughter. When my baby is born, I can take her over for a visit, maybe find her a playmate. Even if she doesn't socialize much, she won't be lonely. Hey, Heiyang, what do you say about what will happen when Xiaohuo's generation grows up…”

Hongli chattered on and on, while Heiyang listened patiently with a smile beside her.

Hei Yang has been listening to her voice for nearly twenty years, but he still can't get enough of it.

Some people may appear quiet and reserved, but that might simply be because they are not the ones who want to confide in someone.

Just like when Hei Yang first met Hong Li, that little girl just quietly huddled in the corner of the room without saying a word.

It wasn't until they met again in the maple forest, until the little girl cautiously approached him and spoke her first words to him.

For many years afterward, that sound remained in my ears.

"very nice."

Hei Yang murmured softly.