Chapter 469: I say: Not a single one can be missing!

"Can Pang Dun be saved?" the Jiu Ying, still clinging to Shen Qingli's legs, looked at Di Hao and asked.

Di Hao met its eighteen pleading, menacing eyes, simply not knowing how to answer, and besides, he wasn't controlling it—how would he know?

"Of course it can!" Jiu Ying muttered to itself, "The dead Pang Dun always said, as the younger brother I go first to die, as the elder brother it does, and as the master A Li does, there's still a way to save me."

But I'm the younger brother, I can't save them, I can only die. According to this theory, A Li is Pang Dun's master, your son is Pang Dun's husband, so it can definitely be saved!

Di Hao: "?"

No, this kid really grew nine brains for nothing?

"Dead Pang Dun must stay alive! It brought this disaster on itself—don't let me, us take the blame! I feel like even A Li has turned against me, this good me! Wah wah wah..." Jiu Ying said while crying.

Di Hao really couldn't stand it: "Your crying is so awful, it'll definitely wake my daughter-in-law; you might as well shut up, okay?"

Jiu Ying fell silent instantly, the whole beast drooped.

Done for!

He never met A Li's aesthetic to begin with; she doesn't even like touching him, and his crying is awful!

The beast A Li dislikes most is definitely it! All because of the dead Pang Dun!

"..."

Jiu Ying was so depressed it turned into a limp octopus.

Yu Jia naturally kept going in circles! She realized she might be terribly wrong.

Xiao Bai had been scratching its head for a while, nearly pulling out all its fur.

"Dead Pang Dun!"

"Dead Pang Dun!"

"..."

Shen Que kept cursing while also crying.

Di Hao looked at these listless beasts, then at his "high and mighty" son, and at the quietly supportive daughter-in-law, and suddenly a glimmer of understanding arose.

Back then, whether it was him or Yun Ling, they only thought of dying themselves so the other could stay;

Even now, it's still the same; they as a couple have never before trusted each other's abilities so completely, relying on each other in advance and retreat together like this young pair.

Before, he felt that Nie Zhang dragging the pregnant daughter-in-law into this turmoil was utterly clueless!

But looking back, it's not that he didn't understand; it's that the two consulted each other without saying, and moreover fulfilled each other.

Husband and wife, supporting each other, relying on each other.

Previously, the daughter-in-law's power was better suited to awaken the Yun Ling scattered throughout the universe's dark corners by Sui Lin Jun, with the son assisting.

Now, the son's power is better suited to gather the fragmented, scattered remnants of the small iron-eating beasts, with the daughter-in-law assisting.

No, it's not just about gathering those remnants.

"The young lady isn't just immersed in her own affairs and sorrow; she's also stabilizing the Three Pure Universe together with Nie Zhang."

Di Hao clearly sensed their tacit cooperation and mutual trust in entrusting their whole selves to each other.

"This Nie Zhang has indeed grown up."

Di Hao suddenly felt that he was less mature than his son.

At the instant the tragedy occurred——

His son offered no hollow comfort, only decisive and swift action to stabilize the situation and solve the problem.

"This kid……"

Di Hao suddenly felt that it was long overdue to let this Nie Zhang win and have him step down.

Perhaps he could truly believe that this kid would have a different, but thorough solution.

Thinking of this, he was spacing out when Di Jin's voice sounded nearby: "Old fogey, hurry up already!"

Di Hao came to, saw the Small Taiji Heart Pill before him, immediately took it, and skillfully used the rules to draw a seal, stabilizing the about-to-scatter Heart Pill.

"Father, do whatever you can manage, and we'll solve any problems together; please stop acting on your own." Shen Qingli said earnestly.

Di Hao looked at her, recalling what Nie Zhang had said earlier, and nodded slowly: "Okay. I'll be frank with you—without special means, I truly cannot revive it.

Actually, even if I traded my life for it, it might not survive. To let Lin Jun dissipate completely, it self-destructed thoroughly; even the remaining Heart Pill, the only trace of its spirit, consciousness, and body, has already been preemptively erased of its link to itself.

This ability, I guess, comes from it having learned your mother's secret art. Moreover, it is inherently special; having received your combined strength, it is a Taiji Primordial Beast, so exercising this comes as easily as lifting a finger.

By now, Di Hao realized just how fortunate this creature, appearing no larger than an ordinary kitten, resembling a baby iron-eating beast, truly is.

However, "the biggest problem now isn't actually reviving it. Rather, if we revive it, Lin Jun might also come back. So we must also figure out how to completely kill Lin Jun without affecting its life or death."

The problem Di Hao raised! That is the biggest problem.

"Well then, let me—pah, I misspoke, let me think of a way."

Jiu Ying had the word "substitute" on the tip of its tongue, but under Shen Qingli's glance, it swallowed it all down.

Yu Jia came over to Shen Qingli, crestfallen, "A Li,"

"No need to say more." Shen Qingli stroked the tuft of holy white fur on her head, "I understand it's your instinct as an Ancestor Phoenix, but this must be the last time—don't make me sad again."

"Okay!" Yu Jia immediately raised her hand in promise, spread her wings, stepped forward and hugged Shen Qingli, "It won't happen again! But you must allow me that, if you truly encounter danger, I will instinctively protect you."

This is instinct! She can't change it, absolutely! She definitely won't change.

"Don't talk defeatist! We'll be fine." Jiu Ying hurriedly said.

"Right!" Xiao Bai declared firmly, "We're this strong! We've struggled so hard to get stronger! Not to die, but to live—everyone, us, we all want to live."

Shen Que said nothing, but shrank to its smallest form, landed on Shen Qingli's shoulder, gave a choked sob, and said, "As long as Dead Pang Dun comes back to life, I won't hold its old habit of licking me against it—let's call it even."

For Shen Que, this is truly the greatest forgiveness.

Shen Qingli stroked its glossy black-red feathers, "Good."

Shen Que nestled into her palm, "We've been through ups and downs, endured countless hardships, never done anything wrong—how could we not deserve a happy, fulfilling life together? A Li, right?"

Shen Qingli looked at his watery, sad eyes, understanding that although he fights fiercely with Li Li, his feelings are actually the deepest.

Besides, what he said wasn't wrong either.

"Right!"

Shen Qingli nodded firmly.

She also looked at all the beasts and people before her.

After that, she said, word by word —

"If there's a problem, solve it."

"There will always be more solutions than difficulties."

"But we cannot lack even one!"

She doesn't want to die, nor does she want any of her relatives and friends to die.

Since her rebirth, she has already changed a lot! Her fate and circumstances have long been different.

There's no reason she'd be stopped here by just a Kirin Lord! No matter how difficult, she'll force her way through.

"Let's go, go back."

Shen Qingli held the Nine Li's Heart Elixir, and still didn't believe that with her and Di Jin's abilities, they'd be trapped by a creeping vine from Chaos?

As a result, two tiny but swift forces suddenly protruded from her abdomen, snatched the small elixir from her palm, and "ate" it!