Immortal Father
Chapter 769 - 769 269 Slave of the Shadows

769: Chapter 269: Slave of the Shadows 769: Chapter 269: Slave of the Shadows Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor secretly visited Li Ping’an and couldn’t help but burst into laughter upon seeing him.

Li Ping’an was making precious treasure dumplings with his father, discussing the future development of the Heavenly Court and interesting events that had happened in East Continent over the past two years.

Seeing Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor tear open the heavens to reveal himself, Li Ping’an, wearing an apron, clasped his hands in a bow, while Li Dazhi quickly bunched up the dumpling wrapper in his hand and got up to bow respectfully.

“Your Majesty, how come you’ve suddenly dropped by?”

“Greetings, Your Majesty!”

“Fellow daoist, you seem quite at leisure!”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor scolded with a smile:

“A true manly man, and now the Heavenly Emperor of the new Heavenly Court, how can you afford to waste such precious time on this tinkering with food!

“Is the Heavenly Court established?

Are the Four Seas at peace?

Is the Human Race invincible?

Have all spirits submitted?

“Follow me!

Today, I must properly educate you!”

Li Dazhi, upon hearing this, was somewhat flustered and quickly said, “Your Majesty, forgive me, Ping’an is only…

this is solely my fault!”

“Dad, the Emperor is just joking,” Li Ping’an laughed and said, “Your Majesty, would you like to try our father-son culinary skills?”

“Let me see.”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, with hands behind his back, glanced at the dumplings stuffed with rare beast meat and millennia-old Spirit Grass, then shook his head with a smile:

“You father and son certainly know how to enjoy yourselves, but there are important matters at hand, and we can’t delay any longer.

“Ping’an, if you have nothing urgent, come with me to the far reaches of heaven.

The Holy Mother’s grand meeting is soon returning, what say you?”

Li Ping’an said, “Your Majesty commands, I dare not disobey.

I will go call Uncle Guiling and ask my master to come along.”

“Hey!”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor said sternly, “This matter involves only the two of us.”

Li Ping’an blinked and instinctively scanned Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor with Heavenly Dao’s power to confirm that this was truly him, then promptly nodded in agreement.

“Then okay…

Dad, please tell Master for me.”

“Alright, you go tend to your business,” Li Dazhi said hastily, “Don’t worry about home, I’ll notify everywhere.”

“By the way.”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor casually tore open the fabric of space, about to depart with Li Ping’an, when he suddenly turned to Li Dazhi and said:

“Don’t cook those dumplings you made.

Take out the ones Ping’an made separately, the ones with his presence on them, and take them to the Holy Mother Palace to request an audience with the Holy Mother.

“Then, remember what I said, cook two bowls, put six in each, one bowl for the Holy Mother, and one for your daughter-in-law.

“Your daughter-in-law has recently reshaped her spiritual body and needs a bite of food tinged with the mortal world.

It’s only reasonable for you, as the family head, to pay her a visit.

“Remember, only two bowls, and they must be those packed by Ping’an himself, one more bowl is not allowed…

this matter is top secret, don’t say it was from me!”

Li Dazhi was completely baffled but still nodded in agreement.

“As you command!”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor nodded in satisfaction, grabbed Li Ping’an’s arm, and stepped into a shimmering rift in space, then casually sealed it after them.

With this spatial shift, they had arrived beyond the prime world.

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor took out a sword scabbard which rapidly expanded to tens of meters in size, carrying him and Li Ping’an at high speed through the Void.

Once Li Ping’an adjusted to the speed, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor finally released his arm and raised an eyebrow at him.

“Your Majesty,” Li Ping’an asked, puzzled and cautious, “why such specific instructions for my father?”

“You’ll know in time.”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor calmly spoke as he changed the subject:

“That last time we went out alone, you were given a lesson.

“Now that you are honored as the Heavenly Emperor, I shall now give you a second lesson, which is about how to forge alliances and win over hearts.”

Li Ping’an respectfully took this to heart but still asked, “Is there any situation with Nuwa Palace?

When did Ningning reshape her spiritual body?”

“Nothing much, don’t think too much, all is well!”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor struggled to keep a straight face and continued:

“The Holy Mother expended quite some effort to reshape Ningning Mu’s spiritual body.

Rather than a simple reshaping, it’s more accurate to say she used the Nine Heavens Breath Earth to perform ‘The Rite of Repairing the Heavens’ on Ningning Mu’s original Dao Body, allowing her to transfigure into one of the first of the Human Race, then enlightening her spirit.

“She became an immortal the moment she left the spirit pool, and her cultivation will make great leaps forward after that.

“The Holy Mother did all this not just for your sake but also because she wants the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress of the new Heavenly Court to both be of the Human Race.

You must be clear about this.”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor’s words were loaded with meaning, and Li Ping’an, catching the drift, listened for the lingering implications.

That is to say, in the choice of the Heavenly Empress, both the Holy Mother and Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor represented the stance of the Human Race, but there were other forces beyond this stance.

The Heavenly Empress is the second in the order of the Heavenly Dao;

Queen Mother previously also mentioned that she wished to take charge of heavenly punishment, meaning the judicial power of the Heavenly Court, which is not without aim and implicates the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

To exert pressure on the Holy Mother…

and who is the Queen Mother’s disciple…

Li Ping’an immediately understood something.

He slowly nodded and said formally, “Ningning and I have been childhood sweethearts, and we both cultivated out of Wanyun Sect’s Liuyun Observatory.

Now that she has acquired a spiritual body, she only needs to steadily improve her cultivation.

I will also involve her in many matters.”

“That’s the spirit.”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor smiled with narrowed eyes:

“Well, let’s not talk about these things now.

When the Holy Mother’s grand meeting starts, we’ll go straight to the Holy Mother Palace, which can save us a lot of trouble.

“Ping’an, how much do you know about the Dragon Clan?”

Li Ping’an immediately perked up and replied, “Not much, only that they were ancient overlords.”

“During the previous Western Continent battle, the enemy launched a surprise attack on us…

you were also part of that.”

Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor spoke slowly:

“At that time, the coastal defenses were quickly breached, revealing high-level warriors of the Ocean Race and Jiaolong Guards, hinting at a connection with the Dragon Clan.