"Could this poison be life-threatening?"
The three physicians exchanged glances, then bowed respectfully. "The Divine Lord possesses a divine body; this poison does not endanger his life, but..."
Jun Tian propped himself up and sat up. "Speak freely..."
"Your Majesty, it is, after all, the poison of the dragon demon. If it is not cured, Your Majesty's cultivation may be affected."
Lu Pianpian clenched her fist, her anger surging within her.
Demonic poison, cultivation level.
This is the second time.
The junior brother was clearly the most innocent one among them, so why did such cruel things keep happening to him?
Huan Changming, Huan Changming!
Lu Pianpian silently repeated these three words in her heart, wishing she could chew them up.
He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and helped his junior brother lie down again, reassuring him, "Don't worry, I won't let your cultivation be affected in any way."
After settling her junior brother in, Lu Pianpian turned to the three physicians and said, "Until I bring back the antidote, please take good care of Lord Juntian."
"You're too kind, Divine Child. It's our duty."
Jun Tian grabbed Lu Pianpian's wrist from behind, "Senior brother, don't go looking for him."
"It's alright, he can't hurt me." Lu Pianpian patted her junior brother's hand with her other hand. "This time, I won't be deceived by him again."
Jun Tian stared in the direction Lu Pianpian left, and only after Lu Pianpian's figure had disappeared for a long time did he close his eyes as if he were extremely tired.
Lu Pianpian stormed into the Demon Palace of the Demon Realm alone with his sword. He had seen Lang Xu here before. Huan Changming was seriously injured, and Lang Xu should be with him at this moment, barring any unforeseen circumstances.
He was merciless with his sword, defeating all the demon generals who tried to stop him along the way, and fought his way all the way to the main hall of the demon palace.
Sitting on the stone steps below the main hall were a girl in pink and a boy with two dragon horns on his head.
The boy was holding a pot of orchids, staring intently at Lu Pianpian. The girl in pink grabbed him and said, "The troublemakers are here! Why aren't you running away? Do you want to get beaten to death?"
The boy handed the orchid in his arms to the girl in pink, saying, "Ah... Sister Pink... you take it first, Little Orchid Brother... let's go."
The boy didn't look young, but he stuttered when he spoke. Ah Fen, holding the orchid, was ready to run away at any moment. "Kid, what do you want to do?"
As Lu Pianpian drew closer to them, the boy rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he saw her face clearly. Then, he ran excitedly toward her.
Lu Pianpian knocked a demon general away, and then saw a demon child running towards him. He suddenly pointed his sword forward, and the child stopped abruptly in front of his sword.
What do you want to do?
The demon child looked up at him with shining eyes, then suddenly cried out, "Mother!"
Lu Pianpian frowned slightly. "What did you call me?"
"I...I...I called you..." The child stammered terribly, and was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly for a long time.
His face turned bright red with anxiety, tears welling up in his eyes, and he gestured wildly, stammering, "I...I...I..."
Seeing that the demon child didn't seem inclined to fight him, Lu Pianpian swiftly slung his sword behind his back, intending to continue forward to find Langxu. Suddenly, the demon child threw himself into his arms, clinging to his leg and sobbing, "Mother... dear..."
Lu Pianpian's sword slipped from her hand and almost fell to the ground.
He gripped his fist again, looked down at the child, and said, "I am a man."
If so, he should be your father.
The demon child wailed and cried, his chubby cheeks trembling with grief. "Mother, I love you... Don't you recognize me anymore?"
A note from the author:
Let's congratulate Pianpian on becoming a mother without pain!
Lu Pianpian: ? ?
Chapter 58
"Let go." Lu Pianpian struggled to move her legs but couldn't budge them. "I'm a man, and I've never had any dealings with demons..."
The demon child, his face streaked with snot and tears, was convinced that Lu Pianpian was his mother and refused to let go no matter what.
"You really are my...my mother! Mother, why won't you acknowledge me?"
Ah Fen, who was hiding nearby, secretly watched. Seeing that Lu Pianpian was struggling but not harming her companion, she mustered up her courage and ran over, pulling the child over. "Hey! Don't go around claiming someone as your mother. He's clearly a boy, how could he be your mother?"
"He, he, he's four!"
The demon children tried to pounce on Lu Pianpian, but Lu Pianpian swung her sword and cut down a nearby tree, blocking them from the middle.
Then he shouted into the Demon Palace, "Langxu, get out here!"
Ah Fen, holding the little demon child, hid far away. Upon hearing that he had come to cause trouble for Lang Xu, she quickly stepped forward and asked, "What do you want with Lang Xu!"
Lu Pianpian looked at A Fen and said, "Make Lang Xu come out here."
The visitor looked hostile. Ah Fen put her hands on her hips and said, "Lang Xu is not here!"
Lu Pianpian didn't believe this explanation and wanted to grab Afen to get to the bottom of things. Just then, a long, azure dragon, obscuring the sun and clouds, leaped down from the sky, transformed into human form, and stood beside Afen.
A-Fen tugged at the man's sleeve and complained, "Lang Xu, this person is here to cause you trouble!"
"I understand." Langxu patted her head, then turned to Lu Pianpian with a smile, "The Divine Child arrived very quickly, but bullying two little demons would be too damaging to the Divine Child's reputation."
"Hand over the antidote."
The demon child pointed at Lu Pianpian and said to Langxu, "He is my mother."
"Little thing, whether she's your mother or not, you'll have to ask your father. This isn't some romantic entanglement that your uncle owes!" Langxu picked him up and patted his back to comfort him. "Divine Child, if you want my antidote, you need to eat Xuanwu's tail before I can make the antidote."
Lu Pianpian didn't completely believe it, so Langxu added, "Whether you believe it or not doesn't matter. Someone has already risked their life to help you get Xuanwu's tail."
"who?"
"Who else could it be but Huan Changming?" Langxu said slowly, "He was struck by the heavenly lightning of your Heavenly Realm and was almost completely destroyed. After returning to the Demon Realm, he learned that Lord Juntian was poisoned. He expected that you would come to get the antidote for Juntian. After he woke up, he didn't even treat his injuries before going alone to Beiyinshui Marsh to find Xuanwu."
Lu Pianpian was stunned. The fact that Huan Changming went to retrieve the tail of Xuanwu for him was unbelievable to him.
Would that selfish Huan Changming risk his life for him?
He wouldn't. Huan Changming must have some kind of conspiracy waiting for Lu Pianpian to fall into it.
Seeing the doubt on Lu Pianpian's face, Langxu slowly added, "Xuanwu is an ancient divine beast, and its power should not be underestimated. If the Divine Child goes there now, he should still be able to collect Huan Changming's body in time."
Upon hearing that his father was about to die, the child in his arms struggled to get up, crying, "I want to go, Daddy..."
"What are you doing, you little brat? Just stay home."
Lu Pianpian stared at the demon child's face for a few moments, and indeed there was a resemblance to Huan Changming in his features.
It wasn't Lu Pianpian who had an affair with the demon woman, but Huan Changming. Yet, as if mocking him, they mistook Lu Pianpian for his mother.
Lu Pianpian looked away from the demon child's eyes without expression; he didn't need to argue with a child.
He turned to Langxu and questioned, "You and Huan Changming are birds of a feather. You just let him go to his death? I don't believe it."
"If he wants to be a lovesick fool and go looking for death, can I stop him?"
Huan Changming spoke with such deep affection, as if it were truly for Lu Pianpian's sake.
Langxu gave Lu Pianpian a meaningful look. "I have said all I need to say. Divine Child, please do not take your anger out on these innocent demon generals of the Demon Realm any longer. Farewell!"
After saying that, Langxu took Afen's hand with one hand and held the demon child in his arms with the other. "Let's go, we're going to buy a coffin for your father and prepare for his funeral!"
The demon child immediately burst into tears, crying, "Waaah, I don't want it!"
"Hahaha... It was your father who wanted to die, he didn't want you anymore!"
While holding the demon child and threatening him, Langxu watched Lu Pianpian's departing figure.
A-Fen was a little dissatisfied, and a pair of pink pig ears popped out from her head.
She pouted and said, "Why are you staring at him?"
"I'm looking at it for someone else."
"Hmph, no matter who you're watching for, you're not allowed to look!" Ah Fen pouted even more. "Is he as good-looking as me?"
Langxu laughed heartily, "No, no, no matter how many divine sons come, they can't compare to my one Ah Fen!"
"That's more like it!"
In the northern marshland, the murky smell of blood permeated the surroundings. The enormous corpse of Xuanwu lay on the shore, its blood flowing into the lake, staining half of the clear surface red, making it look extremely bloody.
Lu Pianpian leaped down from the clouds and came to the head of Xuanwu. She saw that Xuanwu had a ferocious expression and rolled his eyes, as if he was very unwilling to die.
A sword rolled down from the top of Xuanwu's body and landed at Lu Pianpian's feet.
He glanced down at the sword, his natal sword from his time in the lower realm. Two hundred years had passed, and it was now imbued with Huan Changming's aura, appearing as if it had been soaked in blood, its redness chilling.
Lu Pianpian frowned and used magic to restore the sword to its original state. The sword became sentient and flew to his eyes, guiding him to fly to the top of Xuanwu.
Without even going there, Lu Pianpian could roughly guess who was up there.
As if sensing his reluctance, the sword suddenly burrowed under his feet and, before he could react, carried him to the top of Xuanwu.
Huan Changming lay in a pool of blood, his body covered in wounds from the Xuanwu's bites, plus old injuries from the Heavenly Thunder and Lu Pianpian. There wasn't a single unscathed spot on his body; he resembled a dying, remnant corpse on the verge of death.
Huan Changming sensed someone approaching and struggled to lift his eyelids, only to vaguely see a white figure standing in front of him.
He stretched out a finger towards the white figure with all his might, calling out in a voice so soft it was almost inaudible: "Pianpian..."
As he uttered those two words, a wave of self-mockery welled up inside him.
How could it be Pianpian? Pianpian hates him to the bone, how could she possibly come to see him again?
Huan Changming's hand slammed back into place, "Pian...Pian..."
Lu Pianpian's expression was as indifferent as a statue carved from ice, showing no joy or sorrow, and nothing could shake him in the slightest.
The tail of the Xuanwu lay beside Huan Changming's hand. The wound where the tail was severed was extremely uneven. The Xuanwu was known for its thick skin and tough flesh among the ancient divine beasts. Moreover, if someone were to cut it, it would definitely struggle to protect itself.
It must have taken Huan Changming many strikes to cut off Xuanwu's tail.
Lu Pianpian looked at Huan Changming's hand holding the sword. His palm was a bloody mess, and his five fingers were curled up in an extremely strange position.
He knew at a glance that all five of Huan Changming's fingers were broken.