Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 181 - 078 ’Daughter’ Yanyan

Chapter 181: Chapter 078 ’Daughter’ Yanyan

On another side, in a valley, Zhou Yan stood with his hands behind his back before a cliff.

His expression was cold, his figure as solitary as a crane, profound and unyielding.

Moments later, he extended his hand and a drop of blood transformed into a Sword Illusion Realm, reproducing the scene beside the Yellow Springs.

"Father King, this is the scene from before. These people, they have such great secrets."

Suddenly, a pink glow flew out from between Zhou Yan’s brows, which after transforming, materialized into a little girl dressed in pink lotus leaf Spirit Armor.

The little girl appeared to be only three or four years old, tender and plump, extremely adorable.

Especially her pink skirt, which looked just like the pink lotus, very beautiful.

The girl had long, jet-black hair like cascading silk, shiny and sleek. Her plump, rosy cheeks and big, watery eyes made her both cute and beautiful.

Seeing this little girl, Zhou Yan was initially stunned, then a feeling of blood connection immediately emerged.

He suddenly felt that this girl was a piece of his own heart.

"Yanyan?"

"Mhm, Father King, it’s Yanyan," the little girl said, blinking her large eyes and showing a cute expression.

"It really is you. I was worried when you spoke earlier that you were awakened by that immense pressure. Now that I see you’re alright, I’m relieved."

Zhou Yan sighed in relief.

"Father King, it’s actually all the effect of the Heavenly Mechanism Soul Stone, allowing me to complete my cultivation early and grow up."

Yanyan then explained, sounding quite serious.

This serious expression on such a young child’s face gave Zhou Yan an odd feeling.

However, thinking of the eternal power of Heavenly Tribulation Flames, Zhou Yan gradually came to accept it.

He then remembered the scene shown in the Sword Illusion Realm by Yanyan.

That scene also provided Zhou Yan with a considerable reminder, and he then understood the whole cause and effect of the events.

Thus, he felt reality was harsh, but slowly accepted this fact.

He had no intention of launching a massacre in the Li Family from start to finish.

However, the disgrace of humiliation, he could not let go just because Li Cangsheng had his difficulties.

Zhou Yan knew in his heart, if it were not for Wu Hen’s intervention, he might already be dead! Yet, the fact that these two were just putting on a show chilled his heart.

"Father King, just before, if Li Cangsheng truly dared to make a move, even at the risk of being completely destroyed, I would have summoned the Thunder again to eliminate him!"

At that moment, Yanyan suddenly bit her silvery teeth fiercely and spoke.

"Uh... Yanyan... was it you who summoned it in the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City before?"

Zhou Yan’s heart warmed considerably, but seeing Yanyan’s fierce yet extremely adorable appearance, he couldn’t help but hug her tightly, cheek to cheek, in a very close contact.

"Father King... cough, although Yanyan is beautiful, she shouldn’t be taken advantage of, huh huh. Since Father King was unaware, let it pass this time."

At this, Yanyan seemed slightly flustered, then her cute cheeks suddenly turned red, and she clenched her plump little fists, asserting herself in a ’threatening’ manner.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan couldn’t help but laugh, and his somewhat cold demeanor also vanished.

Seeing Zhou Yan laugh, Yanyan also became happy, and in an unguarded moment in Zhou Yan’s arms, she suddenly hooked her arms around his neck, pressed her plump cheeks against his, and affectionately said, "Father King, you are really nice. Yanyan just wants Father King to be happy."

"Silly child."

Warmth flooded Zhou Yan’s heart, and the immense pressures seemed to vanish completely because of Yanyan’s words and actions.

He felt as if he was floating.

He suddenly realized that Yanyan was alleviating all his stresses in her own way.

Moved in his heart, he felt that this girl was his everything. Even if the sky falls, he would protect this precious daughter.

Yet, to this day, he still doesn’t know how this daughter came about.

...

"Yanyan, Father King is curious, where is your mother?"

Getting familiar with Yanyan, Zhou Yan finally let go completely, feeling no pressure, his strength constantly improving.

His every action seemed to trend toward Harmonization.

"Father King, you are really silly!"

Yanyan rolled her eyes, seeming surprised by such a question from Zhou Yan.

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Zhou Yan was puzzled.

"My mother is naturally the Queen," Yanyan stated seriously.

"..."

Zhou Yan’s lips parted, but he was at a loss for words.

After a while, he continued, "Then... who is the Queen?"

"Father King, you are even sillier!"

Yanyan muttered, as if blaming Zhou Yan for asking such a meaningless question.

Zhou Yan’s facial muscles twitched, but he still patiently sought the answer.

"The Queen is naturally Father King’s wife!"

Yanyan stated matter-of-factly.

After speaking, she gave Zhou Yan a ’contemptuous’ look.

"..."

Zhou Yan was stunned.

Being despised by Yanyan left Zhou Yan rather speechless.

But he decided to go all out, even if it meant losing face, to dig out this answer.

Because from the beginning to end, he only had relations with Feng Lingqing, but he was very clear about the specifics—there was no way Feng Lingqing could be pregnant during that process!

Yanyan was undoubtedly born from the Void Thunder Tribulation, but she also explicitly mentioned having a mother. Who could that mother be?

"But Father King currently has no wife!"

Zhou Yan frowned and continued to ask.

"Father King, are you just teasing Yanyan and asking such a foolish question on purpose?! But it’s not fun at all."

Yanyan spoke.

"..."

Zhou Yan’s facial muscles twitched again.

"Father King currently has no wife, but he will definitely have one in the future! Isn’t that simple?"

Yanyan stated matter-of-factly.

"This...Alright, Father King was foolish."

Zhou Yan was at a loss for words, knowing that asking further would only lead to more bizarre answers from Yanyan.

She was a little girl who couldn’t be understood through normal reasoning.

...

"Father King, there’s no danger for now. I’ve calculated that the people you were looking for have all safely left.

Only your father has gone to the City of No Tears, probably seeking an opportunity to become a Supreme Strongman and vindicate both yourself and him. So, Father King, don’t worry anymore."

After circles of Purple Flame Breath swept the surroundings, after a long while, Yanyan, wiping the sweat from her forehead, earnestly said to Zhou Yan.

"Alright, Yanyan, you’ve worked hard. But don’t hurt yourself like this anymore, alright? Seeing you like this, father feels pain!"

Zhou Yan could not stop Yanyan from sensing in all directions, and from her response after sensing, Zhou Yan knew that Yanyan’s body was still very weak.

What seemed normal before was her pretense.

Yet, since Yanyan’s origins and strength were unfathomable, Zhou Yan could not discern them and hence could not sense them.

Now that she had acted, Zhou Yan immediately noticed something amiss and promptly stopped her from continuing.

"Father King, you are so kind!"

Yanyan pursed her lips, and in her large eyes, moisture began to gather; at that moment, she actually had tears.

"Yanyan, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Upon seeing this, Zhou Yan immediately became anxious.

He had never known that he had grown so concerned about Yanyan.

This daughter, connected to him by blood, seemed to stir in him a rage to slaughter the world and seek revenge for even a slight grievance she faced!

"Father King, it’s nothing. You are just too kind! It was me being foolish before that harmed you. Father King, from now on, Yanyan will definitely be obedient and be a good daughter."

Yanyan said earnestly, though her voice was very soft.

Even with Zhou Yan’s strength, he only heard a fraction of it.

"Uh? Yanyan, what did you say?"

Zhou Yan was slightly startled, sensing something strange about Yanyan at that moment.

"Nothing, nothing else, Father King. Yanyan is very tired now, and needs to undergo harsh cultivation again. I am powerless and need the ancient Origin items to awaken again."

As Yanyan spoke, she suddenly transformed into a pink light and flew into the center of Zhou Yan’s forehead.

"Yanyan, Yanyan..."

Zhou Yan called out, but he could no longer see Yanyan.

Inside the brow, within the Purple Flame Void, a purple lotus quietly grew. The previously surging and intense ’eruption’ state had disappeared.

There, it was tranquil as water.

At this moment, Zhou Yan felt a void in his heart, as if a part of his soul had suddenly been scooped out, leaving him feeling empty and lost.

But Zhou Yan knew that Yanyan had just fallen into a deep sleep and not truly left.

"Next time there’s danger, I must not again draw the crisis into the Purple Flame Void, even if it means I die! Strength, strength! Only if I am overwhelmingly powerful can I plunder Origin items in the ancient relics!"

In Zhou Yan’s heart, a hysterical frenzy suddenly erupted!

"Whoever obstructs me from obtaining Origin items is my enemy, and to treat enemies, I must slaughter them all!"

Zhou Yan clenched his fists.

His Spiritual Sense was still roaming in the Purple Flame Void, sensing Yanyan’s presence.

Suddenly, Zhou Yan’s physical body shook because within that sensing of Spiritual Sense, Zhou Yan discovered that he again had nearly a day’s time for Enlightenment!

In the outside world, a day, but in the Purple Flame Void’s range of Enlightenment, it was time immeasurable.

But this kind of Enlightenment time, Zhou Yan felt, was Yanyan sacrificing herself for him!

Previously not understanding, Zhou Yan even used this time to comprehend his own Tao, forcibly trying to understand, wasting a great deal of resources.

Now understanding, even if time here seemed infinite, Zhou Yan no longer wanted to waste it because he felt he was wasting Yanyan’s life!

"The Master left behind ancient Fist Intent that could shatter the Void and pierce through Heaven and Earth, surely that’s countless times stronger than the Sword Spirit Realm, isn’t it? After all, the Sword Spirit Realm cannot shatter the Void but can only briefly engage in Void movement.

What seems like breaking through the sky is actually a superficial approach that cannot break through a planet’s restraints.

Therefore, the Master left behind the twelve forms, which I must understand at the fastest speed and completely make my own so I can grow stronger quickly!

My own Tao, under the Master’s Tao, is also bound in this space, and even if I understood it, it couldn’t be stronger than the Master’s Tao! Only in Training along my own Tao, can I find true gains!

Before, I was indeed confused!"

This thought occurred in Zhou Yan’s mind.

Having figured out this issue, Zhou Yan found a cliff and laid down a Concealment Array, plunging his Spiritual Sense entirely into the Purple Flame Void.

Under these circumstances, Zhou Yan’s physical body became completely still, like a lifeless object, with no trace of breath fluctuation!

Even if faced with a stronger force, it was no longer possible to sense his existence, such a complete abandonment of the physical body, only Zhou Yan in this moment could achieve it.

Each time before, he had retained a trace of Spiritual Sense breath within his body to govern, and because of this, when he concealed himself by the River Styx, he was discovered!

Now, if it happened again, absolutely no one would be able to find him.