Beastmaster of the Ages

Humble husband? Tianming almost vomited blood.

”Hello, uncle,” he half-heartedly said.

Sweeping his gaze over Tianming, Suishen Hongtian laughed, ”Yaoyao has a good eye. I’ve long heard of Li Tianming’s great talent. The rumors are true. He’s outstanding!”

”Uncle, he doesn’t deserve your praise. He’s just a bumpkin with little ability,” Suishen Yao modestly said. She felt strange that the middle-aged man had failed to mention how she’d humiliated his son.

Suishen Hongtian laughed, ”It sounds like you have a good relationship.” Pulling Suishen Yue over, he continued, ”My son did have some conflict with you because of the engagement, but now it seems that nothing can overcome destiny. Seeing you happy makes me happy as well. After persuading him, my son finally figured it out. Haven’t you?”

Suishen Yue quickly nodded. ”Yes, Father. I’m happy for Yaoyao.”

”That’s good.” Suishen Hongtian sincerely said, ”After all, we’re family. As an older brother, he should put aside his emotions and take the honor and position of House Suishen as his responsibility. As major and minor pathkeepers of House Suishen, you should let go of any past disputes and resolve your grievances.”

Suishen Yao hated false politeness, so Tianming had to answer for her. ”I’m flattered that Brother Yue doesn’t hold it against me. Uncle, don’t worry. Yaoyao and I will stand with Brother Yue and put the interests of House Suishen first.”

”That’s great! Young people like you must shoulder the responsibility,” Suishen Hongtian said with a smile. ”I feel relieved. You two should stay at home and cultivate during this period. I’ll take my son to the Yin-Yang World.”

”I wish you success and a rich harvest,” Suishen Yao said, pursing her lips.

Suishen Yue couldn’t help but smile. ”I hope so,” he replied with a strange smile.

With that, they set off.

”They’re so hypocritical that their words make me want to vomit!” As soon as they left, Suishen Yao couldn’t help complaining.

”You shouldn’t say that. After all, Suishen Yue’s really pitiful. It’ll be decades before he sees anyone,” Tianming said.

”That’s because you don’t know my uncle and him,” Suishen Yao retorted.

”What kind of person is your uncle?” Tianming asked.

”Anyway, they’re both cast from the same mold: oversensitive, fake, and... twisted!” Suishen Yao replied.

”Twisted?” Tianming recalled that Eminent Jiguang had also said that her elder brother was a dangerous man. ”I’ll be careful then.”

Stretching and turning around, Suishen Yao looked out at the Jiguang Sea. ”Auntie’s out, so the Jiguang Sea belongs to me now.” She smiled.

”And me,” Tianming said.

”What’re you trying to do?” Suishen Yao warily shrank back.

”What’s the point of trying? You won’t let me,” Tianming said.

”Are you rebelling? How dare you tease me!” Suishen Yao pounced on him, but suddenly froze before she could grab his hair.

Tianming turned around and saw a middle-aged man in gold and red robes standing behind them. He had a violent aura and was majestic without rage. It was Eminent Ranxing.

Tianming’s face turned red. It was obvious Eminent Ranxing had overheard his teasing.

”What?” Suishen Yao and her old man still didn’t get along. Just the sight of him made her unhappy.

Ignoring Tianming entirely, Eminent Ranxing said, ”I’m heading to the Inner Yin.”

”And what is it you want to say? Promise me that you’ll take her home?” Suishen Yao said, gritting her teeth.

Eminent Ranxing was silent. A while later, he looked at Suishen Yao and said, ”No matter what you think, I believe that I’m a good father and I’ve never done anything to let you down. You shouldn’t speak to me like this.”

”Yes, you’re great. I’m very grateful to you. You’d better not die in the Inner Yin. I don’t want to lose both my parents at such a young age,” Suishen Yao chuckled.

Eminent Ranxing’s face twitched uncontrollably when he heard her say that. ”My conscience is clear!” Then, glancing at Tianming, he turned into a ball of raging flames and disappeared in an instant.

Suishen Yao took a deep breath and sat on the ground, her eyes red.

”Why do you want to provoke him?” Tianming asked.

”I want to make him angry so he’ll care. And maybe that’ll urge him to find her, instead of just going through the motions to repair our relationship.” Suishen Yao lowered her head.

”All three generations of your family are so complicated,” Tianming sighed.

”Get lost!” Glaring at him, Suishen Yao turned around and headed to the Jiguang Sea. ”Don’t bother me! I’m going to rest.”

”And I’ll go to the Grand Myriadpath Ruins to cultivate?” Tianming asked.

”Just go already!”

Before Tianming could say anything else, she had already entered the Jiguang Sea.

”Alright then!” Since everyone’s entering the Yin-Yang World, I’ll sneak in and get my hands on the Yin-Yang Baleflame as well. That’s not too much to ask, is it? Tianming thought.

It appeared that every time the Yin-Yang World entered a calm season, there would be fewer reverends and eminents in Myriadpath Valley. Even if he didn’t go now, the calm season would last several decades. Basically every reverend and eminent would make a trip, since the opportunity was rare.

It was the peak period for cultivators to enter the Yin-Yang World. Tianming would definitely be caught if he joined in the fun right away, so he wasn’t in a hurry. He headed to the upper ruins and cultivated for about half a year, completely stabilizing his cultivation after advancing two levels.

”Combining the Myriadpath Sourcespring and order fragments seems to work well. It would’ve taken me ten to twenty years to stabilize my cultivation if I only had order fragments.” The method had indeed saved him a lot of time.

”If I have another opportunity to get my hands on more grade-eight order fragments, I’ll need more than ten kegs of springwater. Even then, the effect won’t be as good. Would it be better to also use an equivalent amount of baleflame together with the two?”

At the thought of that, he felt a little restless. Out of the fifty thousand reverends and eminents in Myriadpath Valley, there were probably about five thousand remaining. They all had important matters to deal with, otherwise they would also have left.

According to Yin Chen, who had been monitoring the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, it hadn’t seen any reverends or eminents for several days, and no one had returned from the Yin-Yang World.

”That means there’s fewer people traveling back and forth, and those who plan to go have already left!”