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"Father, this is for you." Li Dogdan handed over the jade ring and the Dust Whisk to Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan touched the slippery objects, swallowed hard, and asked in a daze, "Where's Tian Yu Dao Ren?"
Li Dogdan jumped into Li Xiaonan's arms, rubbing against his chest, and said with a smile, "I ate too much, Dad. My stomach hurts. Can you rub it for me?"
Li Xiaonan nodded in a daze, stroking Li Dogdan's round belly. Duan Yu, having stabilized his injuries, came over to join in. He placed his hand on Li Dogdan's belly and asked, "Dog Egg, are you... okay?"
"Burp! I'm fine. I just ate too many spirit stones and need to go to the bathroom." Li Dogdan was as blunt as ever. Li Xiaonan recalled that it seemed Li Dogdan only took in but never let out; now he had swallowed a living person and all he could say was that he ate too much!
Duan Yu shook his head, swallowed a pill, and began to heal himself. Li Xiaonan collected the damaged Black Spirit Armor and carefully examined Li Dogdan's body, finding nothing unusual. He sighed in relief; as long as his son was fine, they could figure out the rest later.
After a moment of rest, he realized that he hadn't sustained any serious injuries; the red marks on his body had disappeared without him noticing.
Once he exhaled a breath of stale air and regained his focus, he found that Li Dogdan had vanished again.
Panicking, he scratched his head and looked around frantically until he finally spotted Li Dogdan in a patch of grass behind a palm tree, with his little white bottom wiggling in the grass.
Li Xiaonan felt a headache coming on. He smacked Li Dogdan's bottom with one hand and laughed, "You little rascal! You run off without even saying goodbye."
Li Dogdan pouted and said pitifully, "Do I have to report even when I need to go to the bathroom? Oh, Dog Egg gets it! Here, Dad!"
Li Xiaonan looked at the Ice Crystal Jade Orb and Wood Seep Stone in his hand—top-tier water and wood elemental refining materials!
"Dog Egg, where did this come from?"
Li Dogdan adjusted his pants and, holding the corners of his clothes, smiled, "I pulled it out."
Li Xiaonan was taken aback, feeling an impulse to throw the two stones away, but he held back. After all, even if he tossed a hundred yuan on the ground and stepped on it, someone would still want to pick it up. Valuable things always hold value.
He sighed and stored the two stones into the Soul Ring. A glimmer flashed in his eyes as he stared blankly at Li Dogdan, muttering to himself, "Wow! A synthesizer!"
Li Dogdan laughed, "Yes, yes! Whatever stones Daddy wants in the future, I can pull them out, as long as I've eaten them. Isn't Dog Egg amazing? I'm like a cheat device! Are you happy, Daddy?"
"Happy? This cheat is... huh?" Li Xiaonan suddenly picked up Li Dogdan. His son seemed to know too much.
"How do you know so much?"
"This is called inheritance. What Daddy knows, Dog Egg knows; what Dog Egg knows, Daddy might not know." Li Dogdan wrapped his arms around Li Xiaonan's neck, his fair face beaming with a sweet smile. At first glance, he resembled Li Xiaonan with a hint of Duan Yu's features.
"Are you playing tongue twisters? Tell me something I don't know." Li Xiaonan chuckled and pinched Li Dogdan's nose.
Li Dogdan sniffed and said, "I know about the ring on Daddy's thumb. It's made from a material that's rare even in the immortal realm called Tansheng Jade. A Storage Artifact made from it can hold living things. That old Daoist tricked me into this ring by saying there was good food inside. I didn't lose out either; I ate all the stock inside in one go, but then... my stomach hurt..."
Li Xiaonan looked at the ring on his thumb and recalled the roar he heard when he first arrived at Tian Yu Island. No wonder when he checked the ring back then, aside from a technique called Swallowing Heaven Avenue, there was nothing else inside. It turned out that his Big Eater son had consumed everything.
"Dog Egg, did you eat that old Daoist? Is there any problem?" Li Xiaonan still felt a bit worried. Could a Scattered Immortal really be eaten like that?
Sun Wukong was still bouncing around in the belly of a Demon.
Li Dogdan pressed his whole body against Li Xiaonan and laughed, "It's fine! The spirit stones I ate before were wasted; they were used to digest that old Daoist. If he hadn't wanted to eat Daddy, I wouldn't have swallowed him either—his taste was really terrible!"
One couldn't help but feel sorry for Tian Yu Dao Ren; after exhausting all his wealth to finally ascend, he ended up being treated like medicine and swallowed by Li Dogdan to aid digestion. Otherwise, with how many spirit stones Li Dogdan had consumed, his little belly would have burst eventually.
Li Xiaonan affectionately ruffled Li Dogdan's head, feeling grateful for such a son.
“Dad, isn’t Dog Egg very well-behaved and obedient? Can you take me to Xiao Hai City to play?”
“Sure, let’s go see how Grandpa is doing!” Li Xiaonan replied cheerfully. On their way to find Duan Yu, Li Dogdan asked a question, “Dad, if one day you have the ability to return to that world with the big iron skin running on the ground, would you leave me and Mom behind?”
Li Xiaonan paused for a moment, gazing up at the blue sky, and smiled, “Let’s talk about it if it ever becomes a reality.”
Duan Yu had just awakened from his meditation. He glanced at Li Xiaonan and Li Dogdan, sighed, and shook his head. He felt helpless; even now, he couldn’t understand how the egg he had painstakingly hatched had become someone else’s son.
“Grandpa!” Li Dogdan exclaimed as he climbed onto Duan Yu's back, grinning widely. “Dad is taking me to Xiao Hai City. Are you coming with us?”
Duan Yu smiled and patted Li Dogdan’s head. He turned to Li Xiaonan and said, “You take him; I’ll stay here to heal.”
Li Xiaonan nodded, “Then I’ll leave Nine Phoenix behind.”
Duan Yu’s face flushed as he shot a glare at Li Xiaonan. “You little rascal, what do you mean by that? Do you look down on your adoptive father?”
Li Xiaonan chuckled awkwardly. “No, no! My adoptive father is so powerful; Nine Phoenix is timid and needs your protection.”
Duan Yu shook his head. His life had been ruined by the concept of “loyalty.” Whoever treated him well, he would repay wholeheartedly; otherwise, how could he have ended up as just another Scattered Immortal despite being known as a genius spirit child in the Starry Illusion Continent?
He sighed softly and said slowly, “There are three communication talismans here. If anything happens, just crush one, and I will know. Of course, if something happens to me, you will know too. So go ahead and enjoy yourself; don’t leave that pesky bird here to bother me.”
Li Xiaonan took the communication talismans and thought to himself: This thing is good but unfortunately too outdated; it can't even transmit basic information. I need to find a way to create something better for the benefit of everyone in the Starry Illusion Continent!
With that in mind, Li Xiaonan flew off with Li Dogdan towards Xiao Hai City.
Xiao Hai City, as the second city of the Starry Illusion Continent, is an important hub for economic trade development.
Li Xiaonan stood on the bustling street, blankly holding Li Dogdan, while Nine Phoenix stood beside him, still dressed in her oversized robes. Long before they reached the city, Li Xiaonan had instructed Nine Phoenix to transform into a human form. In such a large city, there were surely powerful figures behind the scenes, so he remained particularly cautious.
Li Xiaonan was no stranger to the world, but seeing Xiao Hai City for the first time left him utterly astonished.
The true Xiao Hai City was composed of numerous round glass houses of varying sizes, each resembling bubbles that floated steadily in the air. Occasionally, cultivators flew in and out, shimmering with an unusual brilliance, making Li Xiaonan feel as if he were in a dream. Meanwhile, the streets and buildings below were primarily inhabited by mortals; though noisy, they were still vibrant and prosperous.
“Dad! Dad! I want to eat that!” Li Dogdan pointed with his chubby little hand at some candied hawthorn skewers not far away.
“Alright! Dad will buy it for you.”
“Boss, three skewers of candied hawthorn, please.”
“Sure thing! That’ll be three coins.”
Without a second thought, Li Xiaonan handed a Foundation Pill to the street vendor. As he walked along, he distributed the candied hawthorn skewers to both Li Dogdan and Nine Phoenix.
“Sir! Sir!” The candied hawthorn vendor rushed over to Li Xiaonan, looking troubled. “Sir, this… this pill… you’ve really overpaid me! The entire bundle of candied hawthorn wouldn’t even cover the cost of one pill! Consider these three skewers a gift from me; please keep the pill!” With that, the street vendor returned the pill to Li Xiaonan’s hands.
Li Xiaonan couldn’t help but chuckle; it felt like he was on Earth trying to buy dumplings with a bank card containing tens of thousands in savings.
He shook his head and smiled. “It’s tough for small businesses; I can’t take your candied hawthorn for free. Here’s what we’ll do: you keep the Foundation Pill and give me whatever money you have left.”
The vendor was overjoyed and immediately handed over all his copper coins and silver scraps to Li Xiaonan. He abandoned his stall and hurried home with the candied hawthorn in hand. For ordinary people, a Foundation Pill was a precious item that could extend life; only those high above—like emperors—could afford such luxuries; common folk could only dream of it.
Li Xiaonan shook his head with a smile, holding Li Dogdan in one arm while taking a hearty bite of the candied hawthorn with the other. The sweet and sour flavor was still familiar to him.
"Sweet! So sour!" Nine Phoenix frowned.
Li Dogdan restlessly reached out with his other small hand, mumbling, "If you don't eat it, give it to me!"
Nine Phoenix jumped back in surprise, leaping a yard away while tightly clutching the candied hawthorn. This was a reward from the boss; how could he give it to someone else?
Li Xiaonan chuckled helplessly, "Dog Egg, there are plenty of delicious things ahead; let's eat our way through all of Xiao Hai City!"
"Daddy is the best!" With that, Li Dogdan pressed his sticky, sugar-coated lips against Li Xiaonan's face. Li Xiaonan smiled foolishly, finally feeling that emptiness in his heart begin to fill.
A person, a beast, and an egg were crazily sweeping through Xiao Hai City. Li Xiaonan held Li Dogdan in one arm while draping his other arm around Nine Phoenix's shoulder, rushing wherever there was food.
As the sun set, the clouds in the sky were adorned with a layer of enchanting colors, painting the entire sky in warm hues. Ordinary people on the streets packed up their things and headed home, while glass orbs hanging in the air emitted soft, colorful lights, resembling luminous pearls. As night fell, the true Xiao Hai City revealed itself to everyone.
Atop the highest Luminous Pearl in Xiao Hai City, two figures sat—one man and one woman. The red-haired man had his hair spiked up like a hedgehog, with a flame mark on his forehead. He frowned at the woman beside him and said, "Ice Maiden, are you sure Celestial Being wants us to keep an eye on this person? He doesn't look like a Cultivator to me!"
The woman named Ice Maiden, dressed in a flowing water-colored gown with one delicate white arm exposed, replied coldly, "This boy's temperament is indeed strange, but he is at the early stage of Golden Core cultivation. Since it's Celestial Being's intention, we naturally cannot disobey; we will keep watch."
These two were none other than the renowned Scattered Immortal duo of Xiao Hai City, Melt and Ice Maiden.
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