Invincible Dad-Chapter 587: Xu Lai’s Dream_1

The peach blossoms withered away.

Yet the Haitang blossoms across the hills bloomed enchantingly, swaying in the night breeze with stunning beauty.

Not long after Ji Jie left, the three Dragon Veins of Hua Country, excluding Dragon Spirit Xiao Hai, simultaneously let out a dragon's roar.

Though their spiritual consciousness was still muddled and they had not yet taken form, they could sense the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth growing ever more abundant.

This was an opportunity!

With sufficient Spiritual Energy, they could transform into true Divine Dragons.

Sensing this as well were all the Divine Gate Realm experts of Hua Country. They felt the speed at which they absorbed Spiritual Energy seemed faster than before, and they could even perceive the shackles within their own bodies. These boundary shackles were usually imperceptible, but now that they could be felt, it meant they had a chance to advance further.

Unlike the eager Martial Artists and Cultivators of Earth, the Moon Clan was steeped in gloom.

Within the palace of the Upper Crescent Second Moon Clan, the commanders of the eight great Crescent Moon Clans, from Upper Crescent First to Fourth and Lower Crescent First to Fourth, were gathered in one hall.

Sitting atop the throne in the palace was the Moon King's second son and current Crown Prince, Ji Gui.

A light screen in the palace connected to Earth, showing Ji Jie's face.

With a sweet laugh, she said, "Little brother, Xu Lai refuses to be your brother-in-law."

A flash of deep regret flickered in the depths of Ji Gui's pupils.

He said indifferently, "If I were him, I wouldn't want to marry a lunatic either."

"..."

The eight Crescent Moon Clan Commanders in the grand hall bowed their heads in chilling fear, pretending they hadn't heard a thing.

Although the Crown Prince spoke of a well-known fact, wasn't he afraid the Crown Princess would hold a grudge for saying it to her face?

To everyone's surprise, Ji Jie did not get angry. Instead, she continued to laugh sweetly. "My dear brother, now is not the time to revel in verbal victories. If Xu Lai joins the war, our Moon Clan will suffer devastating casualties, if not outright annihilation."

"So, you must act quickly. Take Chang'an City before those Divine Gate experts on Earth break through their shackles and grow stronger," she continued, blinking her alluring eyes playfully. "Otherwise, the Moon Clan might perish under your leadership."

A muscle twitched on Crown Prince Ji Gui's face.

Suppressing his fury, he said with a blank expression, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Sister, to intercept Xu Lai on Earth."

Ji Jie said no more and immediately disconnected the call.

In the great hall, the Commander of the Upper Crescent First Moon Clan spoke gravely, "Crown Prince, can the Crown Princess truly stop Xu Lai? If he is truly at the Nascent Soul Realm, or even stronger, then..."

"There are living beings within the forbidden Sea of the Moon," Crown Prince Ji Gui stated indifferently. "And they sent out a Magical Treasure that can help her kill Xu Lai."

"What!?"

All eight Crescent Moon Clan Commanders gasped in shock.

According to their records, the indigenous Zhu Lang of the Moon, who were slaughtered by the Moon Clan's ancestors, had claimed that Gods lay sleeping within the Sea of the Moon.

Should these Gods be disturbed, a great calamity would follow.

Ever since settling on the Moon, the Moon Clan had dispatched countless members to investigate the forbidden Sea of the Moon, but not one had ever returned alive, let alone brought back any useful clues.

They were all stunned by the confirmation that there were living beings within the Sea of the Moon.

A complex emotion was likewise hidden in the depths of Ji Gui's own eyes. He had only learned of this himself a short time ago.

It was his father who, through a trusted subordinate, had given him the 'Gold Bracelet,' which he then passed on to his sister, Ji Jie.

Father, how much more are you hiding from me? Are you... really hiding inside the Formation just because you're afraid?

Suddenly, Ji Gui felt he could no longer see through his 'ambitionless and timid as a mouse' father.

His gaze flickered for a moment before he took a deep breath and declared, "So that our names will be extolled for generations to come, we will proceed as planned. Point our swords at Chang'an and take the throne of Earth!"

"Yes, Crown Prince!"

A fanatical will to fight shone in the eyes of the eight Moon Clan Commanders as they dispersed to assemble their respective clan's elites.

Chang'an City remained oblivious to the Moon Clan's movements. After all, Chang'an City and the Moon Clan had been at odds for centuries, and since three hundred years ago, they had never truly engaged in an all-out war. Some even found it strange that the Moon Clan had been so quiet recently, not even launching their usual symbolic attacks.

The Hua Country Martial Artists within the city had no idea that this was the quiet before the storm, a tranquility that would soon determine the futures and fates of both races.

***

After returning to Haitang Court, Xu Lai was in the living room studying the second character of the Cloud Water Rust.

The two jade bottles he had tossed to Ji Jie contained fifty Spirit Origin Pills and fifty Lifespan Extension Pills, respectively.

These were all Supreme Immortal Pills. The value of these one hundred pills was easily equivalent to half of a Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill.

"Brother-in-law, you're still researching these earthworm characters?"

Ruan Lan, dressed in pajamas, came downstairs, yawning nonstop. "I already slept for a while."

She leaned in closer, bending down to carefully examine the second character of the Cloud Water Rust.

Xu Lai glanced at her and said flatly, "Exposed."

Ruan Lan froze. "What's exposed?"

She subconsciously looked down and immediately understood. Her cheeks flushed bright red as she hastily covered the loose neckline of her nightgown.

"You perverted brother-in-law!" the younger sister-in-law fumed, indignant that she hadn't even noticed her own wardrobe malfunction.

"I meant, you're blocking my light," Xu Lai said without looking up, continuing to study and deduce the Cloud Water Rust Characters.

"???"

Ruan Lan's head was full of question marks. She pointed at her own nose in disbelief and said, "There's a great beauty like me standing right in front of you, and you're not looking? You'd rather study some broken runes?"

"These runes have existed for a hundred eras and hold countless secrets," Xu Lai said gravely. "And even if there were no runes, I still wouldn't look at you. Stand further away, you're still blocking the light."

"..."

The insult snapped Ruan Lan wide awake.

What was a true insult? This was it!

Just as Ruan Lan was about to say something, Xu Lai waved his hand in annoyance, sending her back to her room and sealing the door.

Before the next morning, Ruan Lan would not be able to leave that room, not even if a Quasi-Emperor came to break it down.

"Brother-in-law, I was wrong, I really was! Please open the door, I need to use the bathroom..."

Ruan Lan panicked, banging on the door and begging for mercy.

Unfortunately, Xu Lai's mind was focused solely on the Cloud Water Rust, and he paid her no attention at all.

Another night passed.

As dawn broke, Xu Lai sighed with regret. He had once again made no progress all night. The second Cloud Water Rust character was over a hundred times more complex than the first, making the difficulty of deducing it several hundred times greater.

What information do these thirty-five characters hide? Xu Lai's eyes were bloodshot.

The No Righteous Sword from a hundred eras ago.

The Cloud Water Rust from a hundred eras ago.

Everything dated back to a hundred eras ago, relics from that chaotic epoch when several at the Emperor Realm had existed.

Xu Lai's head was throbbing.

He lay on the couch and closed his eyes, intending only to take a short nap, but fell into an exhausted sleep.

Xu Lai had a dream.

He dreamed he had returned to the back mountain of his Sect from a hundred thousand years ago, where both of his senior brothers were still alive.

"Qingfeng, hurry, come over-over-over-over..." his second senior brother, Song Zhongling, beckoned with a stutter. The only two words he never stumbled on were his junior brother's name.