Invincible Dad-Chapter 717 Twin Haitang_1

At Liu Wan's words, the First Divine General's gaze hardened slightly.

That man in the green swimming cap was a sea turtle demonic beast, and his Boundary was actually at the mid-stage of the Golden Core Realm. What was he doing near Haitang Court?

And that Ruan Lan he'd just encountered… The aura around Taotie turned chillingly cold, and his icy glare was especially terrifying.

The Supreme Emperor isn't on Earth. That means I have to protect the people close to him. The First Divine General felt a little wronged. As a Quasi-Emperor, he could naturally sense that several Immortal Venerables had perished in the Immortal Domain recently. His intuition also vaguely told him their deaths were likely related to the Supreme Emperor. Taotie's sense of grievance came from the fact that the Supreme Emperor went on a killing spree without inviting him. He hadn't had a truly satisfying, all-out battle in a long, long time. How could a real man only sweat and not bleed? Besides, he didn't even sweat that much.

"I want to eat ice cream." Liu Wan held onto Taotie's arm and said sweetly, "Dear, will you go buy some for me, please?"

Taotie frowned. "You can't have anything cold these few days."

"Mwah." Liu Wan tiptoed to kiss Taotie's cheek and said with an expectant look, "If my stomach hurts, you'll massage it for me, right?"

"..."

Though they were already living together and everything that could happen between them had, Taotie still felt a little embarrassed. He awkwardly lowered his head and went to buy the ice cream.

If the other Divine Generals of the Heavenly Court had seen this, they would have been shocked speechless. They would also lament how terrifying this thing called 'love' was, that it could turn the steel-hearted Divine General Taotie into putty in someone's hands.

Of course, the other Divine Generals had no time to pay attention to Divine General Taotie. Their gazes were all fixed on the Southern Immortal Domain.

In just three short days, thirteen Immortal Venerables had perished, all of them in the Southern Immortal Domain. The successive occurrences of the Immortal's Demise phenomenon caused a tremendous uproar.

"Seven of the Immortal's Demise phenomena seem to have come from the three great Holy Lands."

"The Immortal Terrace, the Divine Thunder Pavilion, and the Golden Armored Holy Bear Demon Race have all sealed their barriers. According to cultivators who were 'escorted' out, the sky within the barriers was filled with a blood-red light."

"Those seven Immortal's Demise phenomena originated from within the three great Holy Lands. A powerful expert must be killing people inside!"

"One of the Snowflower Forbidden Grounds underwent a sudden change. Its ice and snow melted, the Snowflowers vanished without a trace, and six of the Immortal's Demise phenomena originated from there."

"..."

Chaos. Everything was in chaos. Each new piece of information only added to the turmoil in the Southern Immortal Domain. The atmosphere grew incredibly tense, especially as the major Holy Lands closed their barriers one after another and refused all visitors.

Xu Lai left the Third Domain. The Snowflower there had escaped into the Boundless Sea. He didn't find the one from Qingqiu in the Forbidden Grounds, nor did he find any clues about the 'door' mentioned in the third of the Cloud Water Rust Characters. Therefore, Xu Lai decided to check the other two Snowflower Forbidden Grounds.

During this time, he found the Fourth Divine General, Yan Chunfeng, and asked if she had returned to Earth to notify Ruan Tang.

Yan Chunfeng shook her head. "I was planning to go in another ten days."

A ten-day period could also refer to a decade. Xu Lai prayed that Divine General Yan didn't mean ten years later. Otherwise, by the time he returned, the grass on his grave would be dozens of meters high.

"Your Majesty, do you plan to go to the Ninth Domain or the Seventy-Seventh Domain first?" Yan Chunfeng asked.

"Do you have a recommendation?" Xu Lai looked at her.

"The Ninth Domain is rich in Boundless Stones. It is the only place in the entire Southern Immortal Domain where the stones can be retrieved from the Boundless Sea. They make exceptionally beautiful bracelets."

"As for the Seventy-Seventh Domain, a flower called the Twin Haitang grows there. It has two flower buds that are always on the verge of opening. Once infused with Spiritual Energy, however, they will bloom."

"It is said that true lovers can make the Twin Haitang bloom without even using Spiritual Energy," Yan Chunfeng said gently. "If I were to receive such a gift, I imagine I'd be very happy."

Xu Lai couldn't help but give Yan Chunfeng a deep look. He had to admit, the Fourth Divine General was truly astute, subtly reminding him of the Southern Immortal Domain's 'specialties' so that he might bring a gift back for Ruan Tang.

"Let's go pick the Haitang flowers first."

Upon reaching the Seventy-Seventh Domain, Xu Lai felt that the air in this star domain carried a fresh floral fragrance, unlike the other regions of the Southern Immortal Domain. Perhaps it was just a preconception.

Xu Lai stepped onto a planet where mountains and fields were covered in Twin Haitang. He channeled a wisp of Spiritual Energy into one, and its two buds bloomed simultaneously. One flower was an elegant white; the other, a bewitching red. The white and red blossoms intertwined, complementing each other perfectly without any sense of disharmony. On the contrary, it made one feel this was exactly how the flower was meant to be.

SWOOSH.

Xu Lai plucked a flower. After a moment's thought, he picked another. Feeling that wasn't enough, he proceeded to collect every single Twin Haitang on the lifeless planet into his Storage Space.

"Your Majesty," Yan Chunfeng said helplessly, "a bouquet of flowers in a vase is elegant, but gifting an entire planet's worth is a bit..."

"These flowers will be seeds. I plan to plant every variety of Haitang in the Heavenly Court," Xu Lai said. "That way, when she comes to the Immortal Domain in the future, she won't feel out of place or uncomfortable."

The 'she' he spoke of was clearly the Matriarch of the Heavenly Court. The Fourth Divine General, Yan Chunfeng, stared at the Supreme Emperor for a moment before smiling gently. "Actually, Your Majesty, wherever you are is the Matriarch's home. These Haitang... Well, never mind. As long as you're happy."

"Come, accompany me to explore the Snowflower Forbidden Grounds of the Seventy-Seventh Domain!"

"Yes."

The Southern Immortal Domain had many forbidden lands, but the three where the Snowflowers grew were the most famous. This was because wherever a Snowflower was found, an Ice Crystal Stone Vein would form—a source of immense wealth that no Tao Lineage or Holy Land could afford to ignore. The Ice Crystal Stone Vein in the Third Domain was firmly controlled by the Divine Thunder Pavilion. The Seventy-Seventh Domain had also once had a great power that suppressed the other Holy Lands and monopolized all the Ice Crystal Stone Veins, but that Holy Land was later annihilated.

The reason was simple. Thirty thousand years ago, the Black Dragon Clan, once one of the most powerful races in the Western Immortal Domain, attempted to overthrow the Heavenly Court by allying with the thirteen Celestial Clans. That vanquished Holy Land had been one of them.

A hundred-thousand-li forbidden land. A million-li land of no return.

Amidst a raging blizzard, Xu Lai stepped into the core of the hundred-thousand-li forbidden land and saw this domain's Snowflower. This second Snowflower was also immense enough to blot out the sky, and it also had ten leaves, each supporting a spiritual fruit shimmering with Spiritual Energy.

Xu Lai's gaze froze, and his brow slowly furrowed.

This Snowflower... it feels a lot like the one that escaped a few days ago...

Of course, thanks to that escaped Snowflower, Xu Lai already knew this was just a false shell, an illusion formed from ice crystals. However, the auras of the two Snowflowers were so similar that it made him suspicious.

Or perhaps... the three Snowflowers were one and the same all along?