Heaven Defying Medical Consort - Chapter 26
Chapter 26: Father, Aren’t You Thinking Too Early?
Xiao Muling: “?”
“No.” She turned back to Xiao Canglan and shook her head. ‘It’s my first time meeting the Regent!’
Puzzled, Xiao Canglan nodded as he recalled her expression just now. “Do you not want to go?”
‘If you don’t want to go, don’t force yourself.’
Xiao Muling saw Xiao Canglan’s worry and smiled. “I’m just wondering why the Regent is doing this. After all, everyone else came here for the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox.”
The Regent specially came out, not for the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox but to talk about her cultivation.
“Indeed, he’s not someone who would interfere in such matters.” Xiao Canglan couldn’t help but shake his head.
Who could guess what the Regent was thinking?
“Father, don’t worry. I’ll be careful of him. I won’t tell anyone about the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox either.” Xiao Muling spoke lightly and looked at the sky. ‘This Regent… What was his name again? Dongling?’
“Father will settle this matter about the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox. That day, lightning and hurricanes appeared above the Xiao family. I…” Xiao Canglan had spoken halfway when he suddenly thought of something. Then, he smiled slightly. “Why am I telling Ling’er all this? You don’t have to worry about these things.”
‘I can just worry about it alone.’
“Father, the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox is an ancient magical beast. Is it not good to summon it?” Seeing Xiao Canglan’s worried look, Xiao Muling was puzzled and also a little worried. ‘He isn’t happy about someone summoning the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox; instead, he is worried. Could it be that something bad has happened? Is it bad?’
Xiao Canglan sighed and replied after a while. “Ling’er, some things aren’t as simple as you think. The matters regarding Summoning Spirit Continent are very complicated.”
They weren’t things that could be explained in a few sentences.
Xiao Muling nodded gently. ‘Father isn’t talking about Archean Spirit Kingdom but Spirit Summoning Continent. The Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox being summoned was probably a shock to Archean Spirit Kingdom but not to Spirit Summoning Continent.
‘The Spirit Summoning Continent is huge, and there are countless experts. If news of the Xiao family summoning the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox spreads, these people would probably come to the Xiao family in the future. At that time, who knows if it will be a blessing or a curse.’
After thinking for a while, Xiao Muling smiled and said, “Is it as complicated as the Xiao family’s jade piece?”
“The Xiao family’s jade disc? How can we compare? This thing is rumored to be magical, but it’s actually just an ordinary jade disc.” Xiao Canglan had even heard rumors that the Xiao family’s jade disc could be used to revive the dead.
It was simply laughable.
“But I heard that it could speed up the wearer’s cultivation speed.” Xiao Muling didn’t believe that a piece of jade could bring someone back from the dead.
Xiao Canglan nodded. “It can indeed speed up one’s cultivation, but it cannot be used too much. If a cultivator can’t control it, it will backfire.”
Xiao Canglan would answer anything that Xiao Muling wanted to know. Besides, she should know about the Xiao family’s jade disc.
“When Ling’er can cultivate and becomes the Xiao family’s Young Master, the Xiao family’s jade disc will naturally be passed to you.”
‘Ling’er is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family’s direct line of descent, so she will definitely be the future young master. When she can cultivate, if anyone dares to say another word, I will blow that person’s head off!’
“Father, there’s no hurry,” said Xiao Muling as she smiled. She had never thought of being the Xiao family’s young master. The Xiao family treated her like that, so why would she still become the young master to protect them?
She only wanted to protect her father. That was all.
Also, Luo Xuanshuang and Xiao Liangxiao had been staring at her, wanting to get their hands on the Xiao family’s jade disc. If they knew that the Xiao family’s jade disc was with her, they would definitely do everything they could to get it.
Xiao Canglan shook his head with a smile and didn’t continue. “Do you have any other questions?”
“I want to make a trip to the Hidden Pavilion.” Xiao Muling tried her best to memorize as many mental cultivation methods, Spiritual Arts, and martial skills as possible.
Since she was from the Xiao family, she had to know some of the Xiao family’s martial techniques.
“Go ahead.”
‘Hasn’t she wanted to go long ago?’
Xiao Muling couldn’t help but laugh. “Father, will you agree to anything I say?”
Xiao Canglan frowned and replied, “Not entirely.”
‘Huh? Hasn’t he always been like this?’
“If Ling’er says that she wants to get married one day, I won’t agree so easily,” Xiao Canglan smiled and said. He was worried.
Xiao Muling: “…”
‘Dad, aren’t you thinking about this too early?’
“If you want to go to the Hidden Pavilion, you can go anytime. Take whatever you want; bring more things.”
Being outside was not like being at home. It was naturally good to have more things to protect oneself.
He didn’t know how long this would take. It would be good if she could cultivate, and it was fine if she couldn’t cultivate. In any case, he would protect her for a lifetime.
With the Xiao family and him around, she would be able to live well.
“Okay.” Xiao Muling smiled and nodded.
Xiao Canglan responded and turned to leave.
When he reached the door, Xiao Longxuan walked up. “Family Leader, it’s ready.”
“Yes, I’ll go now.”
The two of them walked quickly and disappeared from Xiao Muling’s sight in the blink of an eye.
After so many things had passed, Xiao Canglan had long forgotten the beastly roar that came from Xiao Muling’s courtyard.
Xiao Muling fell into deep thought as she watched them leave. ‘Although my father isn’t younger than Luo Xuanshuang, he is still handsome. What kind of confidence made him think that I would like him?’
She pouted and walked out.
Since she said that she would go to the Hidden Pavilion now, she only had a month’s time. She had to hurry up and do what she wanted to do. She wouldn’t think about anything else for now.
When passing through the courtyard, the way those people looked at Xiao Muling didn’t change.
Only the experts could hear the Regent’s words; it was the same for those in the Xiao family. The Xiao family only knew that the Regent had appeared and then left.
When the guards saw her, they frowned but didn’t stop her from entering. The chief had already instructed them not to stop Xiao Muling from entering the building.
Walking into the Hidden Pavilion, the tall frame came into view. The Hidden Pavilion’s structure was very similar to the main hall of the family elders she met that day.
The middle shelf was connected all the way up. There were many small compartments on it, and beside this tall building were all kinds of small attics.
Xiao Muling walked around the first floor and picked up the books on the shelf to read through them.
Nobody knew when the tightly shut room next door had opened. The person who came out of the room looked at Xiao Muling—who was standing in front of the bookshelf—with a puzzled look in his eyes.
‘She had just been talking to the Regent. What is she doing in the Hidden Pavilion now?’ As he thought about this, a faint light flashed past his eyes, and he unconsciously frowned.
In his eyes at that moment, Xiao Muling’s entire body was suffused with a faint golden light. Within the flowing golden light were other hidden fluctuations.
He wanted to see what it was, but he couldn’t see through it.
He had seen Xiao Muling once before. Although she was surrounded by a different aura at that time, she had never been shrouded by a faint golden light like now.
“Xiao Muling.”
When she heard those two words, she looked over and saw a tall figure. Then, her gaze turned serious. ‘I didn’t sense anything when this person appeared here!’
