The Wish of the Dragon

Chapter 131:

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Issei is at loss for words and his eyes are glued to the girl's face. She has his eyes... and also the contour of his face...

Issei reckons that if he was a girl at her age then he would have the exact same face as hers... of course, she's a hundred times more beautiful than he could ever be, Issei thought proudly to himself.

While Issei is admiring the look of his little princess, the girl in question started to feel anxious seeing that Issei doesn't say anything after she asked him.

She started to tightly grip the corner of her clothes and her face started to look upset. Water filled her eyes and threatening to break free any second.

Issei finally snapped out of his thoughts when he saw that his little princess started to get teary-eyed. He started to become frantic before he let out a comforting smile and he bends his body down to match the girl's height.

"Can you tell me your name?" Issei asked gently.

This time it's the toddler that went into a daze after looking at Issei's smiling face.

"Don't know... Mother has yet to give me a name." Even though the girl was dazed, she still properly responded to Issei's question.

"Oh?" Issei raised his eyebrows at this.

"Are you my father?" The girl asked once again.

"Um... I am your father." Issei answered gently.

"Wahhh! Really?" The girl's face shone brightly after hearing Issei's answer.

"Yes, really." Issei nodded with a smile.

"Father!" The girl skipped her feet to give Issei a hug.

Issei caught her body with a genuinely happy smile on his face. He spins her around while letting out a happy chuckle.

"Father, father, father!" The girl repeatedly called Issei while she lets out a giggle of her own.

In the vast empty white space around them, the happy laughter of an adult and a child rang clearly...

"Mother was right! Father you look really pretty!" She said with an excited look on her face. She started to touch Issei's face repeatedly with her tiny hands.

"Hm? Is that so? Do you like it?" If it was anyone else then perhaps Issei would have winced in shame. But since it's his daughter that called him pretty then he doesn't really mind.

"En En!" She nodded repeatedly.

"What else did your mother told you?" Issei asked with a smile.

"Ummm, mother also said that father is the strongest Dragon God in the world!"

"Oh, what else?"

"Also also..."

The father and daughter duo continues to chat happily with each other...

"By the way, who's your mother?" Issei asked after they had their fill of chatting with each other.

"Ummm, mother never told me her name but... Ah! Mother said that she's known as the Dragon Queen at some point!" The girl answered after a little bit of thinking.

"Is that so?" Ah, so it's Irene's and his daughter... After all, only Irene bears the title of the Dragon Queen.

Issei couldn't stop grinning to himself... as for how did her daughter looks like a three-year-old even though it's only been a couple of weeks for the girls? Well, it's their daughter they're talking about here... It won't be weird if some of them have capabilities such as this dream walk...

This just proves that his daughter is a genius and he couldn't be any prouder of her!

"Father, why don't you go meet us yet? Does father doesn't like me and mother anymore?" Her voice turned a little sad when she said this.

"Of course not. How can father not want you or your mother anymore?" Issei hastily denied her words with a serious voice but his face is still gentle.

"Father is currently... busy at the moment so father can't go back just yet... But don't worry, when father has finished his business, then father will surely go home to meet you and your mother right away." Issei said while pinching his little princess nose.

"Ehehehe, really?" His little princess let out a happy giggling noise and asked in a bright tone.

"Um, father promise. Here, pinky swear?" Issei extended his pinky finger.

"What's a pinky swear, father?" The toddler asked curiously.

"Ah, pinky swear is..." It's not surprising that she doesn't know about this, after all, she isn't even born yet. Issei thought to himself and patiently explained what pinky-swear means...

Both of them started to frolic with each other once again...

Issei and his little princess let out a non-stop giggle because they have so much fun together.

"How about father give you a name?" Issei said suddenly when they're still playing together.

"Ah? Really? Father will give me a name?!" The little princess eyes shone brightly hearing Issei's words.

"Mm, do you want to?" Issei asked fondly. He feels like he wants to keep watching her little princess forever and ever and he will never get bored.

"Of course of course! I want father to give me a name! Mother never give me a name because she said that it should be father who gives me a name!" The girl chirped joyfully.

"Hmm, since you have a white hair and you're father little princess... How about Shirayukihime?" Issei said with a smile after a little bit of thinking.

"Shira... yuki... hime?" The girl tilted her head since she doesn't know the meaning of it. But she likes the sound of this name a lot for some reason already!

"Um... Shirayukihime means princess snow white. How about it? Do you like it?" Issei asked.

"Princess snow white? Un un un! I love it! I love it a lot! Thank you father!" The little princess who now goes by the name Shirayukihime nodded giddily before she hugged Issei even tighter... she even gives Issei cheek a little peck.

Issei who just got kissed by his little angel felt like he just went to heaven and above... He couldn't stop grinning to himself.

"Ehehehe, my name is now Shirayukihime... Shirayukihime... Shirayukihime... I can't wait to tell mother about this!" She repeated her name a couple of times before she let out another happy giggle.

Issei who heard her words had a small frown on his face. Does that mean Irene got to talk to this little angel before him every day? He never felt so jealous of his wives before but now he does...

His beloved partner really knows how to keep a secret from him... just you wait until he gets back! He will make her pay! The appropriate punishment for her should be... giving him a second little princess? No... Perhaps five or ten more little princesses! Yes, that's it! Issei thought evilly to himself...

...

Irene who was relaxing in her room shuddered for a brief moment... She couldn't help but become cautious while thinking just what caused her to shudder like that!?

"Lady Irene?" A female voice can be heard right next to her.

"It's nothing... It's probably just my imagination." Irene said with a wave after she doesn't sense anything out of the ordinary: "Continue with your explanation..."

"Yes. Continuing from what I said before... With the help from princess Lala of the <Deviluke> planet, we could theoretically create a summoning device that could send someone from our side towards Issei-sama's location. But, we have to increase the power output of Rias Gremory and her cohorts. At their current strength, we could at most send a couple of <Tier 2> combatants at most... Of course, this is only according to our theory. Whether it will succeed or not is still unknown." The woman who's inside her room is Aki Nijou, one of Issei's top scientists alongside Da Vinci, Ryouko Mikado, and Tearju Lunatique.

She's discussing her discovery with Irene since Semiramis and Forzelotte is currently away...

"If we were to do what you suggested, who should we send to his location then?"

"I would recommend sending the heroic spirits or one of the trusted Overlords."

"Hoo, who should we send? Someone like Tiamat?"

"Err, no, Lady Tiamat is basically a True God class, and choosing her wouldn't work since it will put a lot of burden on the catalysts... I would say... someone at the rank of Majin-san or King Artoria/Altria and Lady Mordred. And that's taking account that we can only send one or two of them at most since they're very powerful themselves."

If they could then they would've created an actual spatial rift already but they couldn't... They can create a one-way rift to Issei's place and that's about it considering there's interference and also because of the "catalyst" is quite weak...

Their plan was to send someone from their side to help Issei. Even though he said that he will return soon enough, they just couldn't erase their worry just like that.

They feel like if they didn't do something from their side then they won't be able to feel rest assured.

"Hmm, so we have to increase those brats overall strength, right? It's not really hard to do so but... *Sigh* I'm so lazy to do it... But if I must then..." Irene said with a sigh.

Irene could <Boost> their strength but...

"No, we have to increase their actual strength and not just a temporary boost. If we just increase their strength temporarily with your <Boost> then the result will be the same since their soul essence will stay weak." Aki shakes her head at Irene.

She knows that what Irene had in mind is her <Boost> skill.

"Ahh, so bothersome... beloved, just where are you when we need you..." Irene sighed for the umpteenth time: "If Kiba and Gasper were a girl then it would be a lot easier. They would've 'sleep' with Ise a lot along with those brats in the past..." She really isn't cut it for this kind of stuff...

Her and Scathach solution often involves pure brute strength.

Aki who saw Irene lazy attitude gives a wry smile... It's true that if Kiba stays as a girl and Gasper were a girl then they ought to already solve their current predicament.

They would've joined Rossweisse and Kuroka long ago but then again... they might already become pregnant as well by now if that were to happen.

Given how strong Issei libido is and how great he is in bed... Yeah, they would surely become pregnant in no time...

"Well, we can just further discuss it when Semi and the others return from their little trip..." Irene waved her hand to dismiss their current discussion.

"Hmm..." Irene suddenly narrowed her eyes at Aki's super destructive "weapon".

"L-Lady Irene? What's wrong?" Aki started to fidget around in her seat after being gazed so intently like this by Irene.

"I have to say... your chest is unbelievably huge, even bigger than Wiz and Croix. I'm sure Ise would love to fondle it to his heart content..." Irene mused to herself.

"Wh-Wh-What are you saying lady Irene!" Aki whole face turned beef red like a tomato and she covered her chests with her arms... not that it could hide them though since they're too huge to be hidden with her two dainty hands.

"I'm not joking. Ise might not be a pervert like he used to but he still loves boobs even until now. Whenever we had our lovey-dovey time, he always plays my breasts to his heart content. It feels really good though." Irene said while she propped her own breasts which gets bigger ever since she got pregnant... But even then, her breast size still loses to Aki before her...

"I-I-I..." Aki's mouth started to open and close at a rapid pace. She doesn't know how to respond to Irene's words since she's a bonafide virgin... She never had any relationship with the opposite sex until now after all...

She couldn't help but feel happy deep inside knowing that the man she adores loves big breasts... She always thinks that her breasts are a burden because of how big it is. But now she feels a little proud of her chest size...

The corner of her mouth lifted a little bit when she thought until here... Irene doesn't miss this and she let out a teasing smile.

"I wonder if your breasts could produce some milk... You can be a wet nurse for our children if you're willing you know? I'm sure the milk produced by your EX tier breasts will taste really great... As a reward, we're more than willing to have you to be one of our sisters. How about it?" Irene said with a knowing smirk.

If Aki can't produce milk now, they can just use a magic skill for it. She reckons it will be quite easy to do so...

"...R-Really?" Aki body stiffens and she went silent for a good while before she asked in a mosquito-like voice...

"Ah, of course. You might not know this but Ise himself held some feelings towards you and your friends you know? He's quite a possessive man and I'm pretty sure that he would be unwilling to see any of you being taken by another man." Irene said with a chuckle.

Well, what she said has a little truth to it though. Issei indeed held some feelings for Aki, Ryouko, and Tearju but it's not to the point of being possessive like she said.

He might feel bitter seeing them being taken by another man but he won't force them to stay if they don't want to.

"...Ehehe..." Aki let out a goofy smile when she heard Irene's words. She completely believes the latter words...

Irene couldn't help but chuckle to herself seeing how innocent Aki is. Why is it that her beloved partner seems to be surrounded by this kind of woman? Not that she hates it though.

"By the way, are you really sure that you don't want to go back to your homeworld right now?" Irene changed the subject.

"Eh? Ah, yes. Until Issei-sama's return safe and sound, I won't go back just yet." Aki said with a smile.

Her arrival here is completely coincidental that you can call it an accident instead.

She was in her home planet when a spatial rift opened right before her. Before she has any chance to react, she got sucked into the rift...

On the other side, she met Tearju and her friend Ryouko... One thing led to another, they become friends and also a coworker. Although Aki felt saddened that she couldn't go back home, she decided to live safely from then on until she can find a way to go back.

Only until she met Issei that she found out that she could go back to her home planet with his help... But, she felt reluctant to leave her new friends and Issei's side so she finally prolonged her stay.

She felt sorry for her friends back home but that guilt soon disappeared as well when Semiramis and the others helped with the time difference. She could stay for years in <Netherworld> and only a day will pass by in her homeworld.

She was about to go back after the Trihexa incident but the Nyarlathotep's arrival changed everything... So here she is still staying in <Netherworld>.

"Hnn, so be it then... Feel free to ask any of us for help if you were to change your mind. I would assume Ise himself would gladly escort you back though." Irene returned her smile.

After another brief chat, Aki excuses herself and left Irene's room...

"*Sigh*... It looks like it's just us once again..." Irene said with a sigh before she started stroking her belly.

...

"Father, there's something weird inside of you." Shirayuki said while she started poking Issei's chest.

"Oh?" Issei frowned a little at this.

What Shirayuki pointing at is the thing that Nyarlathotep put inside of his body...

When Shirayuki poked Issei's chest, there's a small purple orb that emerged from Issei's body.

The moment this thing separated itself from his body, Issei went into a daze for a brief moment before a flow of memories started to return to his mind.

Once all of that is done, Issei sighed bitterly since it seems that Nyarlathotep has been influencing him little by little this whole time... To think that he could realize Mu Xuanyin being controlled but not himself...

He thought that he's already being cautious enough but it seems that he was mistaken.

Issei also realizes that the girls held some feelings for him but to be honest... he doesn't really know how to respond to their feelings. Not only has he married already but his wives are also numerous and he's also a father now.

"This thing is quite weird father... What is this?" Shirayuki said in a curious voice while observing the small purple orb in her hand.

Even though she directly touched Nyarlathotep's orb, she doesn't seem to be affected in the slightest. As to be expected since she's Issei's direct descendant after all.

"It's... a prank from father acquaintance." Issei said calmly: "Here, let father hold on to that for a moment."

Issei took the orb from his daughter's hand and started to infuse some of his aura into it. He then put the orb back into his body...

It will be easier to keep Nyarlathotep in the dark this way... She will think that she still has the upper hand but in reality, she's not.

"Oh..." Shirayuki nodded 'sagely' as if she understood what Issei meant. In reality, she doesn't even know the word "prank"...

"You should go back, little princess. It's better if you don't do what you're doing right now too often. After all, you're still not born yet..." Issei said with a wry smile.

Although he felt saddened that his little princess won't be visiting him any longer because of this... But it's better to be safe rather than sorry.

"Uuu... Does father doesn't like it when I pay you a visit?" Shirayuki's face becomes gloomy and her lips become upturned when she said this.

"How is that possible? Father couldn't be happier if you pay me a visit... It's just that it's not good for you if you were to overused your current strength. Don't worry, father will return to your and your mother side soon enough. Father has already promised you, didn't I?" Issei said while he started to give her head a gentle pat.

"...Un! Then father you must keep your promise, okay? Shirayuki and mother will wait for you!" Her face reverted back to a happy smile.

"Of course." Issei smiled lovingly at her.

"Then father... See you soon!" Then her body started to fade soon after...

Issei gives one last smile before he too left the dream world...

,,,

When Issei woke up, he saw Nyarlathotep's smiling face right before him.

"So, how was your reunion with your descendant, Dragon King?" Nyarlathotep asked.

Issei gives her a bland look before he sighed to himself.

"It was great," Issei said simply, but his face unintentionally let out a gentle smile when he remembered about his little princess.

"Is that so?" Nyarlathotep responded before she started to stroke his chest: "How about we create a descendant of our own? I would gladly give birth to your children no matter how many you wanted me to~" She said in a sultry voice.

"...Thank you for keeping your promise with me." Issei said after a bit of silence.

"...Fufufu, you're welcome." At first, Nyarlathotep froze but soon she let out a light chuckle.

What Issei meant is that Nyarlathotep really keep her promise and she doesn't do anything towards Shirayuki when she first arrived.

There's no way Nyarlathotep didn't realize her arrival and seeing that Shirayuki is still safe and sound when she met him, it's safe to say that Nyarlathotep kept her promise.

"Now, Dragon King... let me have my reward~" Nyarlathotep licked her lips lustfully before she started to strip her clothes.

Issei who saw this sighed to himself and thought that perhaps he should indeed reward her for keeping her promise to him...

He's not really angry at her "prank" from before since it's basically within the range of her promise to him.

He said that he won't mind her trying to mess around with him as long as she doesn't involve his loved ones.

When Issei about to consent to her request, there's Mu Xuanyin's voice coming from outside.

Nyarlathotep who heard this voice had her face stiffens before she gives a low growl while her killing intent started to ooze out: "Can I kill her, Dragon King? After all, she's not your 'loved ones', isn't she?"

She genuinely feels angry that someone just interrupted her 'fun' time. And this someone is not Issei's 'loved ones' so she doesn't see any problem if she were to kill her.

"No." Issei said in a dull tone.

"Hmph... Then you better give me my reward later or I will break my promise to you." Nyarlathotep pouted a little before she re-entered his shadow.

Issei sighed tiredly before he gets up from his bed and head towards the entrance where there's a slight commotion can be heard.

"Grandmaster is currently resting, please visit at a later date." Xue'er voice can be heard.

Caiyi stands next to her and she doesn't say anything other than looking calmly to her front.

"It won't take long. I just wanted to introduce him to someone." Mu Xuanyin's voice is heard next.

This time Caiyi narrowed her eyes slightly while looking at Mu Xuanyin's back. There's Mu Feixue waiting behind her...

Mu Feixue still seems expressionless.

According to her experience, Caiyi knows that Mu Xuanyin is about to 'introduce' or the word 'gift' is more appropriate in this case, is this Mu Feixue. In the past, she would've done the same if there's someone like Issei suddenly pays her kingdom a visit. But now... she knows that it is a mistake to do so.

Just when Xue'er about to deny them once again, Issei's voice can be heard from behind her.

"It's fine, Xue'er. I'm already awake."

"Ah, okay grandmaster." Xue'er becomes slightly astonished but soon she steps aside.

"What do you need, Mu Xuanyin? Who do you want to introduce to me? If you're talking about Mu Feixue who's standing behind you then we've already met before." Issei said.

"Greetings... young master." Mu Xuanyin isn't sure what to call Issei and decided to just copy the other girls' way of addressing him: "I'm sure you have already met Feixue before and I was thinking..."

"Just get to the point," Issei said simply.

"Will young master be willing to take her in as your maid? Amongst this generation of Ice Phoenix disciples, Feixue is the most talented disciple in our sect. Of course, that is not including young master's girls. Young master can think of it as a gift from me. As an apology for the recent incident and also as my gratitude for saving my sister. Feixue, come and greet your young master." Since he already said so, then Mu Xuanyin will get to the point.

"Feixue greets young master."

She respectfully bowed her body at Issei.

"Young master is free to do whatever you want with Feixue here, she will offer no resistance whatsoever." Mu Xuanyin said to the side.

Mu Feixue quietly stood in her place without making any sort of sound, like a finely sculpted ice-crystal statue of a young lady. Only her starry eyes could be seen faintly swaying, as unprecedented ripples surfaced in them.

She had thought about accepting her fate the moment she entered the Sacred Hall. She had no thoughts of defying it, nor was it possible, as it was an order from the Sect Master.

She knew very well that given her appearance, the men in the sect would always look at her with gazes of shock, infatuation, and stultification, they would even feel themselves inferior to her, not daring to show the expressions of desire in their eyes. In any case, even if she was ugly, she still had Ice Phoenix vital yin, which was an immensely great temptation in itself to all men.

She knows that her beauty is at most on par with the women at his side but she's still a beauty to say nonetheless.

And right now, the only person who could do anything with her was...

"If you want to repay me in this way then you can just bring her back. I don't need her." Refusing her outright.

Mu Feixue went into a daze after hearing Issei's refusal. Her pride is hurt by a little seeing how he refuses her without hesitation.

"Why? Is she not up to your satisfaction, young master?" Mu Xuanyin asked with furrowed eyebrows. Why is it different from what she had in mind? Wasn't Issei supposed to accept her 'gift'?

Is he perhaps isn't satisfied with just Feixue? Should she gather more female disciples?

Issei who sensed Mu Xuanyin's intention narrowed his eyes before he took off his mask.

"You need to know something, Mu Xuanyin... What I'm unsatisfied with, is the way you do things. One of the things I hate most in this world is someone who treated one of their kinds like a bargaining chip or just tools for them to use." Issei let out a low growl while his red eyes turned into slits.

Dragon eyes! Mu Xuanyin's eyes widened after she saw Issei's current eyes and the aura he's currently emitting.

This is... the aura of a True Dragon!? He's a True Dragon?!

While Mu Xuanyin is struck with realization, Mu Feixue is struck with another thing... She never thought that a man could be so... devastatingly beautiful like this.

Her once ice-cold heart started to beat faster and faster... but it's not only because of Issei's face. But also because of what he just said...

"Now leave. I'm in a good mood today so I won't take today's matter seriously." Issei said before he turns around and re-entered his room.

Feng Xue'er and Huan Caiyi look at Mu Xuanyin in pity. This woman just lost all hope in getting into their Grandmaster/Young Master's good book...

Mu Xuanyin herself went into a daze since she never thought that Issei will say that.

Soon after, Mu Xuanyin's party left the palace...

...

Bathing in the snow falling from the sky, Mu Feixue stands rooted next to Mu Xuanyin, her gaze is glazed. Afterward, she stopped in her tracks to look silently at the pale white world around her. But she wasn't unable to stay as quiet as the Snow Region within her heart.

"Just... what sort of person is he...?"

She lightly murmured to herself.

He's that powerful that even the sect master is so respectful of him... but he still refuses her gift just like that. Solely because he hates the way the sect master did things...

If she... If she comes to him according to her own accord, will he accept her? Mu Feixue couldn't help but think to herself...

"Feixue..." Mu Xuanyin's cold eyes looked somewhat complicated, "We will drop today matter... However, don't spread what happened today to anyone else. Keep it to yourself... Not even your grandfather is allowed to know."

"Feixue understand..." She lightly nodded at Mu Xuanyin.

Mu Xuanyin the sighed to herself... It looks like she just made a grave mistake. She should've listened to her sister's words...

Now she can only hope that she will be given a chance to redeem her mistake. Thankfully, he said that he won't take today matter seriously...

What should she do now...

How about treasures instead? Since he hates being gifted a person directly like that.

Mu Xuanyin then called for Mu Huanzhi.

When Mu Huanzhi arrived. He promptly stepped forward and performed a salutation from a distance, "Huanzhi pays respect to Sect Master. Huanzhi feels extremely apologetic to make Sect Master wait so long."

"Get up." Mu Xuanyin's voice traveled through the snowy wind, carrying a hint of tiredness.

"Huanzhi, This king called you here to entrust a task."

Mu Huanzhi got up and nodded, "Sect Master, please give your instructions."

"This king wants you to look for four things."

Mu Huanzhi focused his mind and pricked up his ears. The things for which Sect Master herself was going to instruct him to seek were bound to be extraordinary after all.

"The four things are, a Qilin horn, a Wood Spirit Orb with at least seventy percent of it spiritual power preserved, a Divine Nine Star Buddha Jade and... an intact Immortal Emperor Grass!"

Initially, Mu Huanzhi was listening intently to her words. But when he heard "Wood Spirit Orb", he couldn't help but raise his head in startlement. Soon after, he heard his throat made a deep sound involuntarily, as his ears caught the names of "Divine Nine Star Buddha Jade" and "Immortal Emperor Grass."

Putting the Qilin horn aside, a "Wood Spirit Orb" was the life source of the people from Wood Spirit Race. Once it was taken out of them, their bodies would die and their soul dissipates into thin air. Their number was on the continuous decline due to the large scale hunt for them. That naturally leads to a ceaseless increase in the selling price of the Wood Spirit Orb. In addition, killing people of their race was widely recognized as unethical and inhumane. Therefore, Wood Spirit Orbs had always been sold in private, with no one daring to do it publicly. As a result, it had become extremely difficult to obtain the orbs nowadays, much less one with seventy percent of its spirit power preserved.

It was also an option for him to go hunt a member of Wood Spirit Race but doing so would be equal to defying the heavenly law, and righteous profound practitioners, would not do it openly.

Now the possibility of getting his hands on a Wood Spirit Orb was still viable but the Divine Nine Star Buddha Jade and the Immortal Emperor Grass were the kinds of things that could be only seen in the ancient records. It was uncertain whether even the rumor of their locations could be heard once in several thousand years. It was immensely hard to obtain them even in the upper star realms.

"Is there a problem?" Mu Xuanyin slightly frowned upon seeing Mu Huanzhi's reaction to her words.

Mu Huanzhi promptly said, "Huanzhi has remembered it all and will at once set out to do as instructed. Just that... the members of Wood Spirit Race generally remain hidden in lower star realms where the situation is comparatively less threatening to their lives. Moreover, whether it's a Wood Spirit or a Wood Spirit Orb, the business involving them has always been carried out in private. All we can do now is to send some people to the lower star realms and covertly look for the thing we want. However, being able to actually get our hands on an orb with at least seventy percent of its power preserved will heavily rely on our luck."

"As for Divine Nine Star Buddha Jade and Immortal Emperor Grass, " Mu Huanzhi exhaled lightly, "Huanzhi will try to the best of his ability."

He didn't dare ask Mu Xuanyin why she would need to look for such things all of a sudden.

"Get it done as soon as possible," Mu Xuanyin said. "In case you get the information about their whereabouts but find it beyond your ability to obtain them, do let this king immediately know about it."

"Yes." Mu Huanzhi's heart thumped loudly. Her words clearly indicated that she was in a hurry to get these things. But the names she had mentioned were absolutely extraordinary things, so getting hold of even one of them in a short time was especially difficult, to say nothing of all four of them.

Just when Mu Huanzhi about to excuse himself, there's a light voice coming from above them...

"There's no need to find those things if you want to gift them to Master..." Mu Xuanyin recognizes this voice but not Feixue and Huanzhi.

"Who?!" Huanzhi shouted.

"Mu Xuanyin..." The owner of the voice is Bing'er.

"Lord Ice Phoenix God!" Mu Xuanyin kneeled while she pays her respect.

Both Feixue and Hanzhi went into a daze seeing their sect master suddenly kneeled like this and did she just said Ice Phoenix God just now!? But they're being ignored by Bing'er...

"Master doesn't need anything you just mentioned. As for the wood spirit orb... You don't have to worry about that either since soon I will tell Master about them myself." Bing'er said lightly.

"I understand." Mu Xuanyin responded.

"Just don't do anything unnecessary... just mind your own business for now. If Master need anything, I can inform you about it." After she said that, Bing'er disappeared silently leaving behind the stupefied duo...

Mu Xuanyin sighed yet again after Bing'er left... Then she also dismissed the Mu duo while she herself returned to her own palace.

She told Mu Huanzhi to forget what she just said. It's better if she listens to Bing'er words after all. She doesn't want to invoke another anger from Issei...

...

"Benefactor Ise rejected Feixue?"

Mu Xuanyin sat sideways on the ice chair. With hazy eyes and her soft breasts half-exposed, her overlapping legs formed a slender, sultry outline. A small part of her white calves was exposed beneath her dress, her glossy skin was even more lustrous than a room filled with flowers of ice.

Mu Bingyun was standing next to her, her slightly furrowed brows revealed her perplexity.

"What else could it be? Feixue has such an obedient personality, no matter what, she couldn't be the one who was disobedient."

Mu Xuanyin's voice was soft and gentle, capable of tugging people's hearts and minds.

"I never thought that he would be so... stiff? He's so powerful and yet... the way he sees things are completely different."

The ice-cold snowy light outside seeped in. Mu Xuanyin lazily laid down, her dress pulled up her jade legs. With their delicate pink gloss, her legs rose above the ice chair, each and every single one of her toes was small and lustrous like ice crystals. The front and back of her feet were silky smooth, it was as if they were smeared with a layer of cream, as smooth as jade and as soft as satin...

And only in front of Mu Bingyun, would she appear this unscrupulous.

With her slender snow hand, she swept the side of her endlessly bewitching blue hair behind her ear. Mu Xuanyin suddenly smiled, with her focused gaze on Mu Bingyun, a beautiful bewitching color appeared within her eyes. "Since he isn't willing to have Feixue, then only a single method remains."

"What method?" Mu Bingyun's eyes swept over to Mu Xuanyin.

"Of course, the only method left is my good little sister personally become his personal maid and repay him for saving her life. Or perhaps... We both could offer ourselves at the same time? I would give him the seat of the realm king and the sect master at a moment notice. How about it? And don't think that I don't notice the way you look at him... At last, my little sister is finally interested in a man."

The moment she said that, Mu Xuanyin was already letting out a tender laugh.

Mu Bingyun's beautiful icy face reddened slightly: "Sis, don't fool around."

Outside, Mu Bingyun had to behave respectfully in front of Mu Xuanyin. However, privately, the two of them were sisters which could share any secret and there was not a single impurity in their feelings for each other. They were both each other's only relative in the world.

"Oh? You're actually blushing? Hahahaha, so that means you're not really against this idea of mine~" Mu Xuanyin give a teasing smile.

"Sis..." Mu Bingyun sighed tiredly at her big sister's attitude.

"Putting that aside, did you know that he's actually a True Dragon?"

"True Dragon?"

Mu Bingyun then remembered about Issei's eyes and suddenly thought that no wonder she sometimes has a misconception that his eyes appear to be slitted and glows at times...

"Um... It seems that we can only wait and see for now... Let's hope that we will have a chance to earn his favor. That way we can assure our realm safety..." Mu Xuanyin said seriously.

"Un. I understand." Mu Bingyun nodded lightly.

"And also, you're right about his otherworldly charm... If he were to show his face around the sect then our realm birth rate might just plummet right to the bottom in a blink of an eye."

"..." Mu Bingyun nodded in agreement. "Indeed. His charm is too big to resist for a normal woman..."

"Even Feixue's mind has been unsettled by him, and your Xiaolan'er" A mischievous fog swirled within Mu Xuanyin's watery eyes. "She might become a lamb that enters the tiger's den. When that happens, she will be thinking of him all day and night and she might not have the time to care about her master anymore."

"Feixue?" Shock filled Mu Bingyun's eyes but soon she thinks that it's quite normal after all...

As for Xiaolan... well, there's nothing she could do about it...

When she recalled Mu Feixue's dazed look and misty eyes when she left back then, the corner of Mu Xuanyin's brows slightly curved.

"I have to say... Even I started to think that it might be not so bad to have him as my husband... The look on his face when he was being serious was simply irresistible. It would be even better if both of us were to marry him. That way we can serve him together in bed~" Mu Xuanyin let out another mischievous peal of laughter while Mu Bingyun can only sigh wryly at her elder sister's attitude.

And whether she really against her big sister idea or not... only she knows...

...

"Master, do you have a moment?" Bing'er who returned from her small trip asked Issei softly.

Her eyes twinkled slightly when she saw her currently smiling Master.

Just what makes him in a good mood like this? She couldn't help but wonder...

"Hm? What's wrong?" Issei asked Bing'er.

"There's a race called the <Wood Spirit Race>..." Then Bing'er started her explanation...

The <Wood Spirit Race> is a special branch of the elven race that possesses an extreme intimacy with nature energy. They can communicate with plants and they have a certain degree of control over plants. The pure and innocent souls of the wood spirits can sense the maliciousness or hostility of other living beings. The innate talent this clan has for cultivating profound energy is extremely low, therefore they are always weak and downtrodden.

The first race Li Suo created was the <Wood Spirit Race>.

If they fall into the hands of those from outside their race, their fates will always be exceptionally miserable. They will be enslaved and treated as tools that could look for and nurture medicine, or even worse, they would be killed for their life origin orb, the Wood Spirit Orb. The same thing that Mu Xuanyin told Mu Huanzhi to find before...

In the auction houses of the Realm of the Gods, it was very common to see wood spirits being sold, and because there were less and less of this race of people and they began to teeter on the edge of extinction, their prices began to get higher and higher.

Every one of them had hair the color of emerald, fluorite-like eyes, and pointed long ears. Their skin was flawless like jade.

Wood spirits bore the purest of nature energy. As a result, the females tended to be gentle and beautiful, while the males are extremely pretty. However, because of this, they would lack masculinity.

If you have a Royal Wood Spirit by your side, you will be able to nurture all kinds of extraordinary flora and spirit herbs no matter how stringent their requirement to grow are. Moreover, their growth speed will be at least ten times normal.

After the number of Wood Spirits became very low, the King Realms of the Eastern Divine Region agreed to a ban on the enslaving and hunting of the Wood Spirit Race. Anyone caught violating it will be severely punished. However, this did not stop the suffering of the race due to the continuing greed of human profound practitioners.

The entire clan led by the patriarch tried to seek out the direct protection of a king realm and finally were accepted by the Brahma Monarch God Realm. They were instead betrayed by the Brahma Monarch God Realm three years ago. The patriarch, his wife, and thousands of Wood Spirits died.

"Oh? The Brahma Monarch God Realm again... If it weren't for Jasmine wanting to achieve revenge with her own hand, I would've destroyed it right this instant..." Issei said lightly.

If an outsider were to hear this then they would say that Issei is being too arrogant. But Bing'er knows that if Issei really wanted to do so then it will be as easy as snapping his finger...

How ironic... To think that the Brahma Monarch God Realm is saved from their demise by their own sworn enemy... for now, that is...

The <Brahma Monarch God Realm> can be said that it is the strongest Star Realm controlled by the Human Race. Furthermore, its strength isn't something that has existed for a short period of time. Ever since the day it became a King Realm, it has been the strongest Star Realm in the Eastern Divine Region and to this very day, not a single Star Realm has been able to shake it from its position. Even the Eternal Heaven Ancestor who possessed the Heart of Glazed Glass in those years, the Eternal Heaven Realm that she led has not been able to surpass the Brahma Monarch God Realm in any era.

It is one of the Four Royal Rank Star Realm and the Strongest in the Eastern God Region.

A mysterious star realm which possesses countless powerful experts but had never participated in any conflicts between star realms.

As the leader of King Realms in the Eastern Divine Region, the Brahma Monarch Realm never interferes with any other realm. The profound practitioners of the Brahma Monarch God Realm, from the Realm King at the top to the commoners at the bottom, all inherently possess an extremely strong obsession to pursue the profound way, status, and power. They practically go insane to fulfill these desires. Furthermore, since the people of the Brahma Monarch God Realm have practiced in such a frenzied manner for generations, not a single weak person can be found in the entire realm. Anyone of the inhabitants is strong enough to be the commanding person of a place in other realms.

But in Issei's eyes, they're nothing than a group of ants that he could stomp to death at any given time. They're only alive and well now only because Jasmine wanted to destroy them with her own hands...

Of course, it's not like Issei would kill the whole realm inhabitants just like that. He would just kill those who deserve it. He won't involve the innocents.

"Is there any information of their whereabouts right now?" Issei asked Bing'er.

"I don't know for sure, Master... But I can ask Mu Xuanyin to gather some information about them.." Bing'er responded.

"Um, you do that then..." Issei said with a nod.

Bing'er is creating a chance for Mu Xuanyin at the moment. This way her master won't feel repugnant at the latter anymore...

...

At the same time, Huo Rulie arrives back at his palace.

He ignored his injuries and went straight to his son's location.

Huo Poyun tried to advise him but he ignores it.

Huo Rulie quickly pushed open the door and entered his son's room. Huo Poyun followed closely behind him.

He went towards his bedridden son and had the latter drink the vial of water Issei gave to him...

Not a second later, there's a loud exclaim coming from Huo Rulie... And it is a jubilant voice instead of a mourning voice.

His son is completely healed of his condition...

He then celebrates his son's wellbeing... He doesn't forget his promise towards Issei and decided that he will pay a visit once again at a later date.

He will express his loyalty as well at the same time. But it seems he won't need to since Issei decided to hasten his plans...

Issei decided to go to the <God Burying Inferno Prison> on the very next day...

...

Issei himself will be the one who personally goes alongside Caiyi, Xue'er, and also Mu Xuanyin. The four of them flew directly towards the Flame God realm...

The Flame God Realm is a searing hot star realm comparable to an enormous volcano. It assembles a large number of fire-based divine sects. Because it's a place enveloped by extreme yang energy, ninety percent of the residents are men, and they are eternal enemies with Snow Song Realm.

That place is dominated by flames and the people there all succeeded the bloodline and strength of fire beasts from the Primordial Era. There were Flame Qilins, Azure Divine Birds, Zhurongs, Nine-Tailed Divine Foxes, Scarlet Sable. Almost all the legacy of the flame-type divine beasts from the Primordial Era were concentrated in the 'Flame God's Realm.' Above them were the three strongest flame forces which naturally were the races of the Vermillion Bird, Phoenix, and Golden Crow, which possessed the supreme flame divine powers and bloodline.

Within the Flame God's Realm, men who cultivated the Golden Crow flames usually had lifespans that were half of those who cultivated the Vermillion Bird and the Phoenix Flames. Females who cultivated the Golden Crow flame had half the lifespan of males who did so.

The four of them flew very quickly and the distance between them and the Ancient God Burying Inferno Prison kept shortening over time. Although they were still dozens of miles away from the place, a sea of flames that seemed to engulf both the land and the blue sky had filled every part of their vision.

"We welcome your arrival honored guests!" The three sect master had long heard about Issei's arrival from Mu Xuanyin's voice transmission. The respect they have towards Issei just grow larger since they already know Huo Rulie's son has been cured by him.

It was pretty obvious that everyone in the Flame God Realm was feeling pretty optimistic about this time's horned dragon hunt. In fact, Mu Xuanyin herself was feeling optimistic. Of course, there were a few reasons for their optimism. One, they had almost succeeded in killing the ancient horned dragon last time. Two, Mu Xuanyin's profound strength was far greater than it was a thousand years ago. Three, the ancient horned dragon was wounded in its dragon fault. And last but not least, this mysterious senior that they've been hearing about is also coming with them.

Whereas for Mu Xuanyin, she felt like she's just acting like an escort at this point... Does he even need her? The answer is no...

By now, everyone in the three great sects who attended for the ancient horned dragon's hunt had arrived. They weren't many but they still numbered almost a thousand people. Despite their differences, the people had all gathered in one place and the person closest to the edge was less than a hundred paces away from the God Burying Inferno Prison.

"Let's just get this over with." Issei said simply.

"Ah? Don't we need to form a proper plan?" Yan Wancang who's present asked.

"No need. All of you can just stay here, we alone are more than enough."

The moment Issei said that, he immediately dives directly towards the depths of the Inferno Prison.

Caiyi and Xue'er unhesitatingly followed after him... And the same goes for Mu Xuanyin.

The rest of the flame god realm member went dumbstruck seeing that they've been just left behind like this... What about their previous agreement?

The silence lasted for a few moments. Yan Wancang suddenly swung his left arm upwards. His palm was pointed sideways and upwards towards the sky as a gigantic profound formation suddenly lit up in midair. The profound formation was covered in compressed flames.

Since they've been told to just wait here... then so be it. Yan Wancang decided to create a special projection that will allow them to look into the depths of the inferno prison from a safe place.

Yan Wancang's hand made a different gesture and the flames inside the profound formation instantly dissipated. Then, the huge, clear image of a sea of flames appeared clearly inside the formation.

There was a giant beast covered in fire scales floating right at the center of the image!

The beast's head was huge and its long, three-pronged horns were alight with soaring flames. Although it looked both fierce and fiendish, the dragon's head was still recognizable at first glance!

Its tail was similar to a giant python in that it was far longer than its torso. Its entire body was covered in scarlet scales and burning light was reflecting from every one of them.

An intimidating aura was transmitted from the image of the profound formation. It turned every younger disciple pale with shock.

"So this is an ancient horned dragon!" Huo Poyun's eyes turned wide as he muttered under his breath, "It is as Master has described. Still, it is a lot scarier than the description would suggest."

This giant beast was none other than an ancient horned dragon. More accurately speaking, it was the ancient horned dragon that Issei's party was about to 'fight'!

It was at this moment something changed in the aura projected from the screen.

Four small dots arrived in front of this horned Dragon.

"There they are!" Yan Juehai shouted lightly.

Those four dots are none other than Issei's party.

All of them there halted their breath while anticipation started to rise within their hearts... How mindblowing will their fight be...

They couldn't wait to witness a fight between Divine Masters...

But what happened next made all of them become completely stupefied. Because the horned dragon that they dreaded suddenly act like it's a worm instead of a Dragon! It literally let out a whining sound and its whole body is trembling at a visible rate! It even coiled its entire length making it looks like a giant worm instead of a fierce Dragon!

Where did its previous menacing aura go?! How come it looks like a worm now!?

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