Realms In The Firmament

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People of the Hall of Life and Death watched the Lord Monarch rage in fury. Chihuo and the Flower King didn’t dare to say a word. Nobody else dared to make a sound!

Xuan Bing carefully pushed the door open and got in.

“Master, what’s wrong?” Xuan Bing carefully asked.

Yue Shuang and Yue Han sneakily stayed outside the door and tried to listen… ‘Brother has never been so angry before…’

‘What is happening…?’

“Bing’er…” Ye Xiao tried to calm down, but he didn’t know if it was a good idea to tell Xuan Bing.

He was embarrassed. He didn’t know how to tell her that he got two kids. He coughed and said, “Ahem… Bing’er, congratulations! You are a mother now…”

People might think that he was such a wise man, but really, he was just a rookie in the world of romance. He could say exactly the wrong word in exactly the wrong place at exactly the wrong time! People could think of him as a moron!

Xuan Bing was shocked!

– Pang! –

Yue Shuang and Yue Han both knocked their heads on the door!

‘Is Xuan Bing pregnant?

Xuan Bing looked at Ye Xiao with her mouth open. She was so shocked, and she then looked down at herself…

‘It can’t be true…’

‘Am I going to be a mother?’

‘I don’t feel anything…’

‘He is a marvelous doctor… He can’t be wrong… But… I really don’t feel anything… Nothing is different!’

“Not you… We… We both do…” Ye Xiao was talking nonsense now.

Xuan Bing was even more confused. She didn’t understand.

‘I know it must be ours! What are you talking about? What is wrong with you?’

‘Is he out of his mind?’

“No… I mean… They are not our children…” Ye Xiao was lost too.

‘This is impossible to say…’

Xuan Bing was annoyed. She had a terrible consumption according to what Ye Xiao said!

‘I am going to be his child’s mother, but it is not my own child!’

‘Somebody is carrying his baby! He wants me to be the baby’s mother!’

Xuan Bing almost passed out.

‘Not ours…’

She knew that he had several ladies except for her. Jun Yinglian, Su Yeyue, these two ladies she knew. She would accept it if the child’s mother was one of these two ladies. However, these ladies weren’t with Ye Xiao!

It meant that the child’s mother was somebody else…

‘Is he having an affair?’

Xuan Bing was shocked!

“Brother, what are you talking about?” Yue Shuang and Yue Han weren’t happy to hear it as well.

They seemed to be just two girls, but they were old enough to know as much as Xuan Bing did. They were getting well along with Xuan Bing for a long time. They would definitely stand up for Xuan Bing against their disloyal brother!

“Brother, do you know what you are talking about? Bing’er has been working so hard for you. How could you do this to her? You are terrible…” Yue Han walked over and pointed at Ye Xiao’s nose. She was angry.

Ye Xiao was embarrassed. He was shocked. After a second thought, he realized that he must have made a mistake. The ladies misunderstood him. This was going to be rough!

He hurriedly said, “What are you talking about? Do you think I am such a terrible person? I didn’t mean that… Come on… Do you remember the dragon egg and the phoenix egg? They hatched! I am their father now! Bing’er is their mother! Isn’t it reasonable? Why do you have to think of me as such a terrible man? Come on…”

“They hatched? Really?” Yue Shuang and Yue Han screamed excitedly.

Ye Xiao was scared. The two ladies suddenly became so excited and happy. He was confused.

“The two babies! Where are they? Where?” Xuan Bing knew that she had wronged Ye Xiao, but she quickly changed the topic!

“That’s right! Where are they?” The other two ladies asked. They were so excited.

Ye Xiao was impressed how quickly they changed their emotion!

Ye Xiao was so confused.

“Right here!” Ye Xiao thought of the babies. The baby dragon and the baby phoenix immediately appeared in his arms.

The warmth of his chest cheered the two little things up!

The phoenix was moving closer to Ye Xiao’s chest. The dragon was lying on his warm hand, making turns.

“Oh, wow!”

“Oh, wow!”

Yue Shuang and Yue Han’s eyes glittered. They shouted, “Adorable!”

They rushed over to the kids.

Even Xuan Bing was full of love in her eyes at the moment.

The baby phoenix and the baby dragon were so adorable. They conquered the three ladies at first sight.

Yue Shuang and Yue Han got closer. The babies were frightened. They had never contacted with others before, so they were scared. They almost shed tears. The phoenix got her feathers to stand up. The dragon kept holding its eyes and moving toward Ye Xiao’s chest.

Yue Shuang wanted to grab the phoenix. The phoenix suddenly spat out fire.

“Ah!”

Yue Shuang wasn’t expecting that. How could she? Although she reacted quickly and moved aside, her hair was almost on fire. Ye Xiao reacted even more quickly. He reached out a hand and flicked the fire to the corner of the wall.

At the corner of the wall, there was a long sword in a scabbard.

The sword was newly made, and it still needed some polishing.

People of the Monarch’s Hall had improved greatly after the big fight against the Hall of Returning Nature. Ye Xiao’s East-rising Purple Qi had reached a new level too. He decided to upgrade everybody’s weapon. That sword was a test, which was made of Dark Iron. As long as it was sharpened, it could be an incredible divine weapon!

However, that was never going to happen because the baby phoenix’s fire was about to destroy the sword soon…

When the fire touched the sword, the sword melted…

It just melted. Not even a bit of the material was left. It became smoke, flying away.

Ye Xiao and the others were all shocked!

However, it was not the end!

The fire touched the floor and it kept burning. Soon, it burned a hole on the floor, and it was getting deeper… Ye Xiao walked over and checked it, and he was astonished…

The fire kept going down over a hundred feet and eventually went of!

Yue Shuang stared at the baby phoenix, and she was scared.

‘I am lucky that brother helped me move the fire away… If it touched me, even just my hair… My head would melt into nothing just like that sword, wouldn’t it?’

‘How come such a little thing has such incredible power?’

Ye Xiao was shocked. The baby phoenix was going to fire again, and Ye Xiao hastily stopped her. “Don’t! She is one of our own. She is your aunt! Don’t you hurt her!”

“Dad?” The phoenix tilted her head and blankly looked at Ye Xiao and then looked at Yue Shuang. “Aunt?”

“That’s right. Your aunt. She is my sister.” Ye Xiao said, “She is one of the closest people to us. Do you understand? You must behave! Do you understand? We don’t burn our own people! It is wrong! I won’t like you if you do that.”

Ye Xiao started the early education.

The phoenix was clever. As she looked at Yue Shuang again, she looked sorry. She chirped. She seemed to be apologizing.

Yue Shuang looked at the adorable little bird, and she forgave the baby immediately. She held the baby in her hands and gently rubbed her feathers. The baby phoenix didn’t resist it this time and just stayed in Yue Shuang’s arms, staring at Ye Xiao.

Yue Han had already held the baby dragon in her arms, smiling happily.

The two ladies were like two little girls, who couldn’t resist adorable animals!

“You must be good…” Ye Xiao said, “This is your mommy.” He pointed at Xuan Bing.

“Mommy.” The two little things didn’t hesitate.

Xuan Bing blushed and started shaking. It was her first time to be called mother. Her heart was filled with a special feeling.

For Xuan Bing, she didn’t resist being called mother. Ye Xiao also had Jun Yinglian and Su Yeyue. He was going to have children sooner or later. Xuan Bing was ready to be a mother. However, being a mother was special for any woman. When Xuan Bing knew about the babies, she was so disappointed at first, but as she knew the truth, she was relieved. Having a dragon and a phoenix as her children, she still felt a bit embarrassed. Anyway, she had to accept them.

The babies were looking at her with expectation in their lovely eyes. Xuan Bing finally said, “Hey…”

The babies were so excited, and they started to move into Xuan Bing’s arms.

Yue Shuang and Yue Han hurriedly gave them to Xuan Bing. Xuan Bing held the two babies in her arms, and Yue Shuang and Yue Han were jealous.

‘Humph!’

‘There seems to be such a huge difference between mother and aunt… These two are conscienceless little things.’

“Did you give the babies names yet?” Xuan Bing held the two babies in her arms and started to like them. She didn’t feel awkward to be a mother anymore.

“Well… Ah…” Ye Xiao looked embarrassed. “Do we have to give them names?”

Xuan Bing showed him the whites of her eyes.

“You didn’t even give your boy and girl names? What a terrible father!” Xuan Bing said.

Ye Xiao was so embarrassed…

After that, the three ladies decided to ignore Ye Xiao. They surrounded the baby dragon and the baby phoenix and started to talk about their names!

They wanted to make sure the names were for a son and a daughter, not pets!

They were quite focused, and they didn’t even look at Ye Xiao as if he didn’t exist…

Ye Xiao touched his nose, trying to save the day. “What about Xiaolong? Ye Xiaolong, which means little dragon… And the phoenix is Ye Xiaofeng, which means little phoenix. What do you think?”

The three ladies showed him the whites of their eyes as a response.

‘What stupid names… What kind of stupid head would come up with such cheap ideas…’

After some discussion, the three ladies came to an agreement.

“Xiaolong will be your pet name, and your real name will be Ye Di!”

Xuan Bing said, “Di means a king! My Xiaolong will be a king in the sky someday!”

The baby dragon made a turn on the floor and cheerfully said, “I like it! I am Ye Di!”

“Mom, what about me?” The phoenix anxiously said, “I want to be Ye Di too!”

“You can’t be Ye Di, baby. You would be using the same name as your brother…” Xuan Bing said, “Your pet name will be Huang’er, and your real name is Ye Huang, which could also mean a king!”

“In fact, Huang Di means a king! You two will be kings in the world!” Yue Shuang and Yue Han said, “Ye Huang and Ye Di! Great names!”

Ye Xiao’s lips twisted. For the first time, he realized how stupid his own name was…

“Ye Huang!”

“I am here!”

“Ye Di!”

“Yes!”

“Hah hah hah…”

Yue Shuang and Yue Han kept calling the kids so that they could get used to their names sooner.

Ye Huang and Ye Di felt like it was a funny game, so they kept answering the ladies. They were having fun.

Ye Xiao was embarrassed.

‘Come on. They are not just babies. They are a dragon and a phoenix with who are the blood of the royal family in their clans! They will remember their names forever!’

‘Do you have to do this?’

Ye Di and Ye Huang were taken away by the three ladies as they showed up. They loved the little things.

When they left, Ye Di and Ye Huang looked at Ye Xiao as if they were saying, “Dad, we want to go back to the Boundless Space… We want to cultivate… We don’t want to do this…”

They knew what was best for them. After all, dragons and phoenixes were the most powerful kind of all living creatures. The most important thing for them was power.

Ye Xiao shamefully turned away his eyes.

He didn’t want to irritate the three ladies at this moment…

‘Good boy, good girl, just spend some time with the ladies… I will find a way to save you…’

‘I can’t mess with them right now…’

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Leaving the children, Ye Xiao casually walked around the Hall of Life and Death.

He nodded. He was satisfied.

Everybody was working so hard. Nobody was wasting any time.

What they suffered in the battle made them realize how important it was to keep improving…

Time flew especially for cultivators who were cultivating. Three days passed like the blink of an eye.

On the third night, while Ye Xiao was cultivating, he felt the Hall of Life and Death shaking for a short moment. The giant trees actually raged up.

Ye Xiao spent a lot on the giant trees. He had used a lot of spiritual jades to feed the trees. Tens of thousands of the giant Iron Maples became a huge wall protecting the Hall of Life and Death. Even Undead Stage cultivators couldn’t break the fortress of trees!

If somebody could make the Hall of Life and Death shake, it must be some powerful cultivator who was at least at the top level of the Undead Stage!

Ye Xiao spread out his spiritual mind.

That was when he noticed some dragon-shape qi flying in the sky.

There were bolts of lightning in the sky, which meant the Hall of Life and Death had just made defensive attacks.

“Enemies? Somebody triggered the defensive attacks?”

“Whoever it was, he left in time. The attacks didn’t hit him!”

Ye Xiao looked at the dragon-shaped qi and frowned.

“Dragon-shape qi?”

“Could it be the One Dragon of the Hall of Returning Nature?”

Ye Xiao smiled. “However, their Jade Phoenix has been severely injured. They wouldn’t recklessly send somebody over to get hurt again… It must be Master Bai. Was it a message to tell me that he has put an eye on me? This is too shameless to be something Master Bai would do after all…”

“Fine. We are enemies. He knows I am here. I should prepare for a big fight!”

Ye Xiao’s eyes glittered.

…

Far away in the sky.

A dragon-shape qi was flying away and finally stopped in a forest.

As the qi disappeared, a short but tough man showed up. The man’s face was twisted. As he touched the floor, he spat out a lot of blood.