I have the best bloodline

Dao Hua Zhenjun seemed to see through his adjutant's thoughts, and sent a telepathic message criticizing his unrealistic ideas before speeding away from the immortal fleet and heading home.

If the freezing power unleashed by Ao Renlin were truly so easy to dispel...

He wouldn't have been hunted down by the dragon clans of the four seas.

........................

Dao Hua Zhenjun escorted Su Yan back to the government office, then slowly drifted towards the Red King's Mansion, intending to return to Grand Tutor Jin's private room at Luohe Residence, brew a pot of hot tea, and begin meditating to recover from the injuries to his soul.

"There's nobody here?"

Su Yan landed in the backyard of the government office and looked around but couldn't see a single person.

Although the Yellow River has receded, the sudden flood last night still frightened the city's residents, who were discussing the flood in the streets.

Less than the time it takes to drink two cups of tea has passed since the flood receded. Princess Luanming and her entourage, who were sent to the Crimson King's Mansion by the Crimson King, have not returned. Zhou You has gone off somewhere in Su Yan's immortal boat.

Su Yan stood in front of the government office, watching the residents on the street discussing what had happened the night before. He turned to look at the few yamen runners who had come to work, hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"Xiao Chen, go and get the notice from the warehouse that the owner is taking a day off due to a happy occasion. Our government office will be closed for a day, and you don't need to open the gate."

Residents not only discussed last night's floods, but also had some verbal conflicts.

Things like you touching me while we were fleeing, or something from my house being washed into yours by the flood and I having to go to your house to find it, or other trivial things that have accumulated over time and we started arguing.

Su Yan is the only person in the government office now, and he is obviously unable to deal with the people who will come to argue later.

So Su Yan thought about it and decided to close the door. Today, the county magistrate was taking a day off for good luck, and he would have the Hua family organize a clan meeting at the Huahua ancestral hall in the Huahua area to explain to the people what happened last night and the reasons behind it.

There's nothing that can't be said about what happened last night, except for the matter of the River God's Cave. Just tell the people directly that the gods in the Southern Prefecture were fighting, and the aftershocks of their magical battle have reached the Flower Region.

Although it may sound absurd, this explanation is understandable to the people and they will find it reasonable.

There's nothing too surprising about it. Living in the cultivation world, it would be strange if you didn't get caught up in the aftermath of battles a few times throughout the year. There's no need to be surprised.

However, this time it's a battle of the gods, involving a wider range of people.

After arranging matters within the government office and notifying the Hua family to organize a grand meeting at the ancestral hall to boost the people's confidence, Su Yan, still in her fox-like form, stretched lazily and lay down on the pavilion table, preparing to take a nap to relieve her fatigue.

Although he didn't participate in the battle last night, Su Yan was on high alert the whole time before meeting Dragon Father, and he was wary of any potential powerful enemies.

The old mountain god and the red king were almost turned into firewood and had their heads twisted off by the Five Elements Qilin because of their carelessness and lack of strength.

"uh-huh?"

Su Yan was lying on her back on the table, sleeping. A slightly ethereal ghost emerged from Su Yan's fair belly, its head veiled over its face, revealing only the character "喜" (happiness).

One of the Nine Netherworlds of Empress Dowager Su, Xi'er, peeked out from Su Yan's body. After scanning the surroundings and finding no familiar faces or the Lord of the Night, she jumped out of Su Yan's body and ran to the government office kitchen to find some food to pass the time.

"A can of chewing gum. No, just a few pieces to chew on, too many will attract attention. Mango cake. Half is fine, the other half can be thrown on the ground and blamed on the monkeys."

While carrying the food, Xi'er casually blamed the other monkeys for the food that had disappeared out of thin air, and then took the monkey wine from the tree hole.

With a pile of food in her arms, Xi'er returned to the sleeping Su Yan, jumped up and landed on the snow-white fox's belly, and sank into Su Yan's dream, disappearing without a trace.

"Dinner's ready."

Once back in her dream, Xi'er removed the black veil from her cheeks, revealing the face of Empress Dowager Su. She looked at Su Yan, who was sitting on the grassland in a daze, and called out to him, urging the drowsy Su Yan to come and have lunch.

"what?"

Su Yan, who was squatting on the dreamlike grassland, jumped up as if suddenly startled, looked around, and then noticed the fairy sister behind him, his face showing surprise:

"It's been so long, Fairy Sister! I never expected to see you while I was slacking off and taking a nap."

"what"

Xi'er responded with a sound of agreement, sat down cross-legged, and said with a resentful expression:

"Since you're so happy to see me, do you have anything interesting on you? Take it out and let me see."

After nearly half a year of nurturing, the ghosts that split off from Empress Dowager Su are gradually awakening.

As they detached from the Empress Dowager's main body, bringing with them some of her strength and supernatural abilities, they weakened the Empress Dowager's Celestial Realm power. The injuries to the Empress Dowager's soul were healing at an extremely slow pace.

Xi'er woke up relatively early. She usually stayed hidden in Su Yan's deep dream, barely showing her presence, for fear of giving the Lord of the Night, who longed for her beloved every night, a handle to use against her.

The Lord of Night desires a method to raise offspring and perpetuate his own Taiyin Heavenly Dog bloodline.

Knowing this, Empress Dowager Su secretly tricked the Lord of the Night, saying that she had a secret method to give birth to three to five divine beasts at a time. However, at the most crucial moment, she deliberately interrupted the conversation, telling the Lord of the Night to wait until she woke up before discussing the methods of raising children for women.

The Empress Dowager used this to entice the Lord of the Night, making her frequently divert her attention to her safety.

Before her power is restored to its peak, Empress Dowager Su will not be able to meet the Lord of Night.

But among the spirits that contain the seven emotions, it is precisely the emotion of joy that is revived earliest.

Prioritizing the overall situation and her own safety, she remained dormant within Su Yan's deepest dreams.

She used to say she could bear it, but last night the scene was just too lively, and the gossip all over the street finally broke down Xi'er's mental defenses. Taking advantage of the Lord of Night's absence, she ran out to collect the snacks she wanted to eat, to satisfy her cravings.

"Hmm, am I dreaming? The fairy-like woman in front of me must be a fairy-like woman, right?"

After being turned over by Xi'er, Su Yan, scratching her little belly, looked thoughtful. She gazed at the fairy sister, who was completely different from the aloof and ethereal woman she once was—a woman who loved to cuddle and was now passionately affectionate—and slowly spoke:

"Something feels off about me?"

Is something wrong?

Bored out of her mind, Xi'er, looking for something to do, fiddled with the little fox in her hand and asked, "Don't you like this?"

“Then, scratch its back too, because you can’t scratch its back at all when it’s in fox form.”

Well, it's all just a dream anyway, so who cares! As long as I'm comfortable, that's all that matters.

If you don't enjoy something, you're really missing out.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 361 A Cool Summer

"What?! You were just sleeping at home!"

Su Yan, who had already emerged from deep sleep and was taking a nap in the pavilion of the government office, was completely awakened by the chaotic sounds of complaints coming from the courtyard of the government office.

Su Yan opened her eyes from her sleep, instinctively using her fluffy tail to cover her belly. She sat up straight, looked at her companion walking towards the pavilion, yawned, and asked:

"What happened? It's so noisy."

Having barely slept a wink all night, Su Yan slept exceptionally well after returning to the government office from the southern prefecture, vaguely remembering having a rather pleasant dream.

"I had something to do, but after seeing you, nothing happened!"

Princess Luanming, her face full of black lines, looked at Su Yan, who was still sleepy and rubbing his eyes with his fox paws, and spoke.

Princess Luanming, Feng Shiqi, and Qingya, along with Su Yan and Zhou You, were all treated differently by the Crimson King due to his extremely snobbish nature. The three girls, who were of high status and background, were transferred to the Crimson King's mansion by the Crimson King to receive high-level protection throughout their stay, for fear that they would die in the Crimson King's mansion.

Su Yan was even more remarkable. Because of Grand Tutor Jin's instructions before leaving, the Crimson King was taken along for protection, and they even tried to lure him to work for the Crimson King's army.

but!

As the Yellow River receded, the danger alert for the Crimson King's Palace and its subordinate counties was lifted. The three, including Princess Luanming, who hurriedly returned from the Crimson King's Palace, saw that the iceberg that sealed the Crimson King was placed outside Flower City, while Su Yan, who had left with the Crimson King, was nowhere to be seen.

"We almost thought you had disappeared. As soon as we returned to Flower City, we went back to the Crimson King's Mansion and asked the Crimson King's adjutant and Daoist True Monarch about your whereabouts."

Princess Luanming complained irritably:

“The Red King’s adjutant said he had seen you, but since you came back with Dao Hua Zhenjun, he didn’t know where you went. So we went to Luohe Residence to ask Dao Hua Zhenjun, and he said you went home to sleep.”

"You were really sleeping when we got back."

Enraged, Princess Luanming grabbed Su Yan's round face, which was in the form of a little fox, and began to rub it angrily.

"We were worried about you for most of the day!"

"I don't know either!" Su Yan mumbled in response, "I finished my official duties after returning from the Southern Prefecture before going to sleep. The constables all saw me."

After seeing the iceberg, Princess Luanming and her companions had no intention of returning to the government office. They went straight back to the Red Prince's Mansion to inquire about Su Yan's whereabouts. They didn't come into contact with the yamen runners at all, so they naturally didn't know that Su Yan had already returned to the government office.

"Phew, I'm exhausted!"

Seeing that Su Yan was alright, Princess Luanming stopped pursuing the matter of his disappearance and said, "There are some silver coins that we really can't skimp on. When we have time tomorrow, let's go to the Red King's Mansion to buy some communication jade."

While the Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission Jade Slip is useful, it is quite expensive. In addition, due to its brittle material, it will definitely crack after being bumped or knocked. Once cracked, the spiritual energy fluctuation records stored inside will be lost, making the voice transmission jade slip a priceless but not entirely worthless item; at least it can still be used as a key accessory.

However, spending three to five hundred catties of spirit stones to buy a key accessory is ridiculously expensive.

Therefore, after Su Yan made his fortune in the government office, he only bought a communication jade for everyone to share, and did not go so far as to distribute one to the entire government office.

However, judging from what happened last night, it is clear that equipping the government office with more communication jade devices should be put on the agenda to avoid a blunder like today.

"Speaking of which, is the iceberg really just placed here?"

Su Yan jumped down from the stone table, brewed a pot of hot tea for the three people, including Princess Luanming, who had been traveling all morning, and then couldn't help but look outside the government office. Through the city wall of Flower City, he could barely see the top of an iceberg.

The iceberg that suddenly appeared was clearly the one that the Red King's army dragged back to the Red King's fiefdom from the southern state.

A chill was emanating from the iceberg, causing the temperature in Flower City to drop, but the iceberg showed no signs of melting.

Su Yan didn't think the iceberg was in the way, but he felt that it wasn't appropriate to place it there. The flower region is a tropical agricultural area where a large number of subtropical fruits and cash crops are grown.

With such a massive iceberg standing here, emanating such a chilling aura, Su Yan worried that the farmers would have no harvest when the harvest season came.

"There's nothing we can do about it. I heard from the Crimson King's adjutant that the seal can't be broken for the time being, and the crops grown in the Crimson King's mansion and the surrounding counties are all spiritual plants of even higher value."

Princess Luanming shook her head and said, "The adjutant said it was just temporarily placed here. The Red King's army has already sent scouts to Xia Yu City for help. If the crops are really damaged, the tenants can apply for some compensation."

"Of course, this news must not leak out, lest the tenant farmers and landlords conspire to defraud the government of pensions."

The Red King's adjutant said he was willing to cover the losses, so the county magistrates of Flower City naturally had no objections. However, they also needed to be wary of cunning and sly individuals who, upon learning of the situation, would secretly damage the seedlings in their fields to fraudulently obtain the compensation money.

After all, they only earn so little after working hard for several months. If they could get the same amount of spirit stones without doing anything, the tenant farmers would naturally want to scam a bunch of compensation money, rest for a few months, and use their free time to find a good place to cultivate.

"Let's go eat!"

Princess Luanming took two sips of the spiritual tea and immediately felt a surge of hunger in her stomach.

Last night, the flood struck and we were busy all night. In the early morning, we discovered that Su Yan was missing, and everyone was busy until now, which is almost evening.

Most people's cultivation levels hovered around the Golden Core stage, and they could fast for about half a month, using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replace three meals a day, but that was a special case.

The cultivators eat spiritual plants and spirit beasts, absorbing spiritual energy through eating, which is also a form of cultivation.

Unless a cultivator is in dire financial straits and has no other choice, or encounters some special circumstances, they will deliberately choose to abstain from grains.

"Where is Zhou You? Why haven't I seen him?" Princess Luanming sat up from the stone chair, completely disregarding Su Yan as an outsider. She raised her arms high, stretched lazily, and tugged at her clothes to reveal a graceful figure.