#616 - daughter

Seeing Lilia rushing over, Jun Wuxie opened his arms and caught her as she ran up, hugging her and spinning her around.

The centaur clansmen all revealed joyful smiles on their faces.

At this moment, they already knew the identity of this human youth.

Lilia's snow-white cheeks were flushed red, and she lowered her head slightly, not daring to look at him, especially feeling the gazes of her clansmen, making her bury her head in his chest in shyness.

Meeting her beloved for the first time in a while, she couldn't control herself for a moment, only then remembering that her clansmen were all present, making her cheeks burn in front of so many people.

Jun Wuxie, however, was not embarrassed in the slightest, holding her soft body, noticing the subtle changes in her figure, and couldn't help but whisper in her jade-like ear, "After two years apart, my Lilia is even fuller than before."

The blush on Lilia's face instantly spread to her snow-white neck, and she buried her head in his chest, biting her charming red lips, and lightly hit him on the shoulder.

"Mama~ Mama~"

A childish voice broke the silence.

It was a little girl, looking about two or three years old, with a face as delicate as carved jade, like a porcelain doll, wobbling as she ran over, her little hands grabbing Lilia's skirt, looking at Jun Wuxie timidly.

"Lilia, she is…"

Jun Wuxie's heart beat very fast, he could even hear the thumping sound himself.

The moment he saw this little girl, an unspeakable feeling surged into his heart, as if it was a call and bond from the deepest part of his bloodline.

Her delicate features had Lilia's shadow, and also his shadow, completely a fusion of his and Lilia's appearances, extremely beautiful and lovely, with big eyes that blinked and fluttered.

Lilia came back to her senses, left his embrace, bent down and picked up the little girl, her eyes filled with doting, and said, "Xian'er, quickly call Daddy, he is the Daddy you have been longing for~"

Jun Wuxie's mind buzzed!

It really was his child, his daughter!

Lilia had actually given birth to a daughter for him!

However, why was his daughter so big after only two years apart?

"Daddy~" Xian'er's big eyes were very bright, filled with watery mist: "Are you really Xian'er's Daddy?"

Jun Wuxie's lips trembled, the word "Daddy" repeatedly echoing in his ears, the childish voice drilling into his heart, melting his entire being.

"Xian'er, come, let Daddy hold you…"

The moment he picked up Xian'er from Lilia's arms, that feeling of blood connection was so clear.

At this moment, that feeling was etched into his bones.

"You are Xian'er's Daddy, Xian'er feels it~"

She blinked her big eyes, giggling, pure and innocent.

"Yes, this is the feeling of blood connection. Daddy is late, will Xian'er be angry with Daddy?"

He stroked Xian'er's little head, kissing her delicate jade-like face, causing the little Xian'er to giggle娇笑.

"Xian'er missed Daddy so much, she won't be angry with Daddy." She blinked her eyes as she spoke, huffing and puffing, "But if Daddy doesn't appear again, Xian'er will really be angry, and Daddy might never see Xian'er again, Xian'er is about to be captured by bad people."

"Xian'er, don't be afraid, with Daddy here, no one can harm you in the slightest." Jun Wuxie comforted her with a smile, but his heart contracted fiercely, and he couldn't help but look at Lilia, saying, "What is going on?"

"It's the claws of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens…" Lilia's expression was solemn, saying, "When Xian'er was born, it attracted a celestial phenomenon, and the elders in the clan consulted ancient books, saying that she is very likely to be the prehistoric mythological physique, the Primordial Immortal Body…"

"Primordial Immortal Body?"

Jun Wuxie was both surprised and delighted, but immediately, uncontrollable anger surged to his head!

He remembered the voice in that strange mountain range before, which was for the Primordial Immortal Body!

They originally wanted to capture his daughter for sacrifice, wanting to use his daughter's blood to open the seal of the passage between the Yin Domain Azure Heavens and this world!

"The claws of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens learned of Xian'er's bloodline physique and launched a surprise attack on our clan. Fortunately, we reacted in time and retreated to the ancestral land, not letting them succeed, otherwise Xian'er, she probably…"

Lilia's body couldn't help but tremble as she said this, her heart filled with lingering fear.

Speaking of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens, the atmosphere at the scene became very heavy.

The centaur clansmen's faces were filled with hatred, and also filled with sorrow.

Too many of their clansmen had died tragically at the hands of the Yin spirits of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens.

That terrifying night, like a nightmare, lingered.

The screams of the clansmen, the blood of the clansmen, that tragic scene, made them unwilling to recall…

"No one can harm my daughter!" Jun Wuxie's eyes flashed with cold light: "Your clan is being targeted by the Yin Domain Azure Heavens, it seems that you can't continue to stay in the Great Wilderness. Follow me, go to the land of the humans!"

"Wuxie, your suggestion is good, but let's not talk about whether the humans can accept us half-demons, even if they can, we can't leave here now…"

The centaur clan chief walked out from the village, his brows filled with lingering worry.

"Why can't you leave? The claws of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens shouldn't appear again in a short time. At this moment, we can leave the Great Wilderness!"

"Take a look for yourself."

The centaur clan chief pointed to the distance.

Jun Wuxie followed the direction he pointed, and his pupils couldn't help but contract.

It was that strange mountain range, it actually appeared simultaneously on all four sides of the ancient village, completely surrounding this area, cutting off all the roads that could be left.

"A few days ago, we tried to take advantage of the opportunity when the Yin spirits of the Yin Spirit Mountain had not yet emerged from the mountain, gathering all the foundation experts of the Half-Saint realm, trying to open a way out, but we found that no matter how we attacked, the Yin Spirit Mountain that cut off the four directions remained motionless. And our experts suffered the backlash of the eerie power, and their true energy was severely consumed…"

He indicated that they were now trapped in an irreversible predicament.

Although the ancestral land had a rune barrier to isolate the Yin Qi, this way, it could not get spiritual energy replenishment.

The true energy consumed by the Half-Saints in the clan could only be restored with the resources previously stored in the clan, but if this continued, there would eventually be a time when the mountains and rivers would run out, and then everyone would become very weak, making it difficult to resist the attacks of those Yin spirits.

"It's not an irreversible predicament, there will always be a way!"

Jun Wuxie said this.

The centaur clan chief sighed, saying, "You shouldn't have come, now even you can't get out…"

"Father-in-law, what are you saying? My wife and children are here, fortunately I came, otherwise the consequences would be unbearable!"

Jun Wuxie was very grateful that before the Heavenly Outer Ruins were about to open, he thought of Lilia, thinking of letting her also share the opportunity.

Otherwise, missing this time, if Xian'er really fell into the hands of the claws of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens, he would live in pain and regret forever in this life.

A man, a father, if he can't even protect his own daughter, what is the point of cultivation?

"I accept your title of father-in-law, but the current situation…"

"There will be a way, believe me!"

Jun Wuxie's tone was full of confidence, which inevitably infected the centaur clansmen.

Although they didn't know where his confidence came from, being only in the Saint Realm, at this moment, the confidence he revealed made them involuntarily willing to believe him.

Or perhaps they were also unwilling, unwilling to accept such a fate, and subconsciously always believed that there would be a miracle.

"Let's go, let's go inside to talk."

The two Half-Saints stepped forward, saying this, their expressions very heavy.

The surrounding clansmen dispersed, not following.

Only some people above the peak of the Saint Realm followed to a hall in the village for discussion.

Jun Wuxie sat down with Xian'er and Lilia next to each other.

He secretly used his true energy and divine sense to check Xian'er's physical condition, and was shocked by the bloodline runes dormant in her body.

Those bloodline runes contained indescribable innate power, ancient and powerful!

And in her body, he saw the traces of time, which represented the traces of a person's age, which could not be changed.

There was only one trace of time in Xian'er's body, which meant that she was only one year old.

"Xian'er's physique is too special, the Primordial Immortal Body, a prehistoric mythological physique, is relatively special, and the growth state is naturally different from ordinary people. But now, she seems to have stopped growing, is this because the bloodline is dormant and has not been awakened?"

He thought like this, constantly checking his daughter's condition.

"Wuxie, tell me, what are your thoughts? Now, besides slowly enduring, waiting for death in despair, we have no other way…"

The centaur clan chief said in a deep voice.

"Father-in-law, I want to know, what exactly is that Yin Domain Azure Heavens?"

He asked like this, having never heard of it before.

"That is a special other world, as for where it comes from, we don't know. If we hadn't come to this ancestral land and accidentally discovered the notes left by our ancestors, we wouldn't even know the name of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens…"

He indicated that the ancestors' notes recorded that the Yin Domain Azure Heavens should be another world, and the Yin Spirit Mountain was the node connecting the Yin Domain Azure Heavens to this world, but for some reason, in a certain era, this node passage was sealed, and only a little Yin Qi could penetrate from the Yin Domain Azure Heavens to this world, and the creatures over there could not come over.

In extremely ancient times, the Yin Spirit Mountain should have been a burial ground, where too many people died.

Those corpses, nourished by the Yin Qi of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens, turned into Yin spirits, and the armor on their bodies also derived extremely strong defensive runes due to the nourishment of the Yin Qi, making it difficult to break through at the same level.

In addition to the Yin spirits, the Yin Qi of the Yin Domain Azure Heavens also derived strange spirits, which were a very strange energy spirit body, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, without any trace to be found.

That night, the Yin Qi suddenly enveloped their clan land, and the strange spirits hidden inside attacked their clansmen. All the corpses of the dead clansmen were mutilated, and their internal organs were dug out and eaten.

"I understand. I will find a way. I can definitely leave this place and get rid of Yinling Mountain! When that time comes, if we can leave the Dragon Ridge Mountains, would you be willing to live in the lands of the Human Race?"

"If we can really leave, and the Human Race is willing to accept us, we would naturally be willing. We're just afraid..."

"As long as you are willing to go to the Human Race lands, you don't need to worry about anything else. My Great Zhou is currently transforming into a cultivation dynasty. I have the final say there, and no one would dare to ostracize you. Besides, my Great Zhou has the Xuanyuan Clan sitting in command. You don't need to have any worries. This era might face unimaginable crises and torrents. If we all twist together into one rope, we'll have more strength to face difficulties in the future."

"Then our clan will be counting on you..."

The Centaur Clan Leader and several Half-Saints, along with all the higher-ups, looked at Jun Wuxie.

"Don't worry, we will definitely escape!"

The Centaur Clan Leader's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and then he smiled and said, "You and Lilya haven't seen each other in two years. You didn't even know she gave birth to your daughter. You must properly compensate her and your daughter. We won't disturb your reunion."

"It's my fault..."

Jun Wuxie felt very guilty, holding his daughter and taking Lilya away.

"Young Master Jun, don't blame yourself. Neither Xian'er nor I blame you. Father only said that because..."

"We already have a daughter, and you still call me Young Master Jun?"

Jun Wuxie couldn't help but chuckle, saying, "Why are you still so restrained in front of me? It's not good to be so distant."

"Then... then what should I call you?"

Lilya stared at him with a slightly red face.

"Husband or Wuxie, which one do you choose?"

"Then... of course, I'd choose Husband..."

Her voice was almost inaudible as she spoke the last few words, and her entire face turned red.

"Papa, will you leave Xian'er and Mama?"

Little Xian'er hugged his neck, looking at him very seriously.

"Of course not. Papa can't bear to leave my Xian'er, nor can I bear to leave your Mama."

"That's great!" She excitedly said to Lilya, "Mama~ Papa said he won't leave us. Mama, why did you lie to Xian'er, saying that Papa wouldn't stay by our side..."

Jun Wuxie was immediately stunned, and then his face darkened, saying, "Lilya, what have you been telling our daughter?"

"I..." She lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly, and said in a low voice, "I thought you wouldn't care about us mother and daughter at all..."

Jun Wuxie was silent, feeling guilty and distressed. He embraced her, saying, "I should have come to find you sooner. I neglected you. You women are sensitive, especially since you were pregnant with my child and gave birth to our daughter, but I never showed up. It's no wonder you would overthink things. But you need to believe that I, Jun Wuxie, am definitely not someone who abandons those I've started with. Ever since I had marital relations with you in the Secret Realm of Carnal Desire, I have a responsibility to take care of you for life. It's just that in these past years..."

"Don't say anymore. I know everything. Nothing else matters. You're here in front of us mother and daughter now, and that's enough..."

She covered Jun Wuxie's mouth with her snow-white, jade-like hand, looking at him with gentle eyes.

"Papa~ Mama~ We'll be together forever~"

Little Xian'er kissed Jun Wuxie and Lilya's faces, smearing them with saliva, and giggled.

......

When they arrived at the house where Lilya and Xian'er lived, they teased Xian'er together, playing with her until the little girl was tired. She leaned in Jun Wuxie's arms and fell asleep just like that, mumbling Papa~ Papa~ in her sleep.

Listening to his daughter's dream talk, Jun Wuxie's heart felt like it had been severely wrenched. Looking at her sleeping appearance, his eyes gradually became wet.

He wasn't a good father. Since his daughter's birth, he, as a father, had been absent.

But from now on, he would definitely love and cherish her twice as much.

"Lilya, come, hold Xian'er. Be gentle, don't wake her up. I'm going to study the Yin Spirits."

He gently, very carefully, handed his daughter in his arms to Lilya.

......

He walked out of the house and came to the simple courtyard, taking out the Half-Saint Yin Spirit that had been killed and shattered into pieces.

Besides the Yin Spirit's flesh and blood, there was also broken armor.

"What kind of energy is the Yin energy of the Yin Domain's firmament, that it can allow the corpses of those who died in battle to regain consciousness and souls, turning them into completely new life forms—Yin Spirits?"

His heart was very uneasy. This was somewhat similar to the Burial Clan's methods, but there were also essential differences.

Strictly speaking, the Burial Clan's methods can only work on beings that have retained a trace of their soul, slowly recovering, being reborn from death, and regaining all their memories from their previous life.

But these Yin Spirits are completely new life forms, and they are loyal to the Yin Domain's firmament.

Just Yin energy alone can have such an effect, which is quite terrifying and somewhat subverts cognition, not inferior to the Curse of the Darkest Darkness!