Chapter 842: Extra Chapter 4: 79

Liu Junyan did not know Xiao Jiu's mental journey in the latter half of the night.

When the sky began to lighten, he left quietly.

Before leaving, he still placed a kiss on Xiao Jiu's forehead.

In the following days, Xiao Jiu was very busy.

She found a local team of artisans somewhat famous for making statues, and had them make a statue of the Earth Vein Dragon God for Liu Junyan.

Then she also invited Master Hui Quan to lead his disciples, who personally gave the Earth Vein Dragon God statue a golden body and performed rites; after enshrining the golden body in a small shrine by the waterside, they continued to hold a seven-day Dharma gathering.

During these seven days, many people came to offer incense to the Earth Vein Dragon God, praying for favorable weather and household peace.

Liu Junyan's offerings and merit kept rising steadily.

At night, they supplemented with dual cultivation.

Xiao Jiu's most direct feeling was that Liu Junyan arrived earlier and left later each day.

This shows that Liu Junyan is recovering quickly.

The faster Liu Junyan recovered, the quicker the growth on the small pagoda across the waterbank.

After the seventh day was over, Liu Junyan said to Xiao Jiu, "Xiao Jiu, thank you for doing all this for me. The small pagoda that suppresses the ancient demon beast has fully formed, and I am also preparing to enter seclusion. After I leave seclusion, I will return at once to reunite with you all."

Xiao Jiu knew that after Liu Junyan emerged from seclusion, he would fully recover to his true dragon form.

She urged him to enter seclusion with peace of mind, saying she would patiently wait for him to return home in Yin Dang Hang.

Early on the eighth day, Xiao Jiu packed up and bought a ticket to go home.

After not seeing each other for many days, Li Qingying saw Xiao Jiu again and noticed her radiant complexion, making her look even more supple.

She hardly looked like a mother of three.

Li Qingying felt genuinely happy for Xiao Jiu.

She prepared a big table of dishes Xiao Jiu loved.

At the dinner table, Li Qingying indirectly probed about Liu Junyan's situation.

Xiao Jiu hid nothing and told Li Qingying everything.

Li Qingying naturally rejoiced: "It's been over ten years; Seventh Lord is finally coming back."

Xiao Jiu also sighed: "Yes, I have finally waited for him."

Li Qingying then grew a little worried: "Xiao Jiu, do you really think that small pagoda can suppress that ancient demon beast? What if… I mean, what if one day it fails to suppress it—would Seventh Lord again face sanctions and punishment from the upper realm?"

Xiao Jiu also wasn't sure.

Li Qingying snorted: "It seems this petty divine post isn't so easy to hold; I might as well be a City God for a carefree life."

Xiao Jiu laughed: "You have connections at court, making things easy; the City God Lord and Lady are your own people, protecting you everywhere, so of course you feel at ease—other regions' City Gods don't have your good fortune."

Li Qingying immediately laughed, saying in a tsundere way: "There's nothing to be done; I just have good luck—Seventh Lord saved me in times of trouble, then I met you, and after that…"

After that, her true love appeared again.

Hui Moqiong is humorous and responsible, dotes on his wife and raises his children well; speaking of it, Li Qingying's life, though full of hardships, is ultimately far more happy than painful.

She is indeed getting better and better.

"'However, I think Liu Junyan never imagined that the small pagoda he built could truly suppress that ancient demon beast when he was constructing it,' Xiao Jiu analyzed. 'Although that ancient demon beast has always been sealed and imprisoned, it cannot be denied that it is the overlord of that body of water, and that water is the final stop in Liu Junyan's sorting of the meridian lines, as well as the ultimate destination where the yin evil qi converges.'"

"'There, it is destined to welcome its true master.'"

Li Qingying's eyes lit up instantly: "You mean Chuanchuan?"

Everything seemed as if predestined.

When Liu Junyan was driven to desperation, Xiao Laosan just happened to arrive.

As Liu Junyan said, if Xiao Laosan's fate could not bear such a heavy responsibility, he would not have come.

Even if he did come, he would succumb under the weight of that heavy fate.

It would be even less likely for him to withstand the heavenly tribulation and successfully transform.

His true form happens to be that of a dragon turtle.

Xiao Jiu could not help but admit that Xiao Laosan was born to fulfill this destiny.

It seems Xiaoye values Xiao Laosan, wanting to personally raise him, and this is also a reason.

Xiaoye might not know that an ancient demon beast is sealed in the waters of Suedi, but he does know that those waters are not peaceful.

Even Liu Junyan could capsize in that "gutter," showing how dangerous it is.

Once there is a thunderstorm over there, Linghai will inevitably be affected.

Thus, in the dark, Xiaoye, unaware, is also meant to cultivate Xiao Laosan toward the path of the "Divine Needle that Stabilizes the Sea."

Xiao Jiu clearly remembers that Xiaoye said that day, Xiao Laosan is merely a juvenile dragon turtle and cannot bear heavy burdens.

So, what about the future?

Fate, this thing—you really can't defy it.

Li Qingying has always doted on the children.

That day, Shan Shan took the tribulation for Xiao Laosan and got injured; Li Qingying privately gave her many good things.

Now she again finds herself reluctant to part with Xiao Laosan, muttering that when her eldest goes to Linghai Dragon Palace, he should look after Xiao Laosan a bit more.

And she told Xiao Jiu to worry less and rest more.

Xiao Jiu laughed helplessly, thinking the one who worries most is herself.

Xiao Jiu also felt very happy herself.

With Sister Qingying around, she will always have someone who dotes on her.

After the meal, Li Qingying again took Xiao Jiu to the East Room of the main compound.

"'I've cleaned out the East Room for you to stay in temporarily; I've moved all the things from the rooms in the rear wing over here, you know where the hidden compartment is—although that room has been rebuilt, the smell hasn't fully dissipated, and we still need to add some new furniture, so we'll have to air it out for at least a few months…'"

Li Qingying led Xiao Jiu around to inspect things while giving instructions.

Everything is arranged; Li Qingying goes back to the City God Temple area to wander around.

Xiao Jiu checked the items in the hidden compartment; most were still there, only a small part had been destroyed.

Also fortunately, during the previous period, Xiao Lao San ate a lot of them; otherwise the loss would have been more severe.

Xiao Lao San ate them; however much it helped him, Xiao Jiu doesn't mind.

If they had all been smashed by heavenly thunder, Xiao Jiu would be heartbroken.

During this time, Yin Dang Hang had no big business, and Xiao Jiu was also happy to be idle.

When she has free time, she goes to the Linghai Dragon Palace to sit and inquire about Xiao Lao San's situation.

But out of ten visits, nine times she couldn't see Xiao Lao San.

Xiao Lao San is either cultivating or in closed-door seclusion, preparing to break through a bottleneck.

Xiaoye not only personally teaches him, but also lets the clan elders teach him, and from time to time throws him into Longling to gain experience.

The elders of the Linghai Dragon Clan, especially those guardians with immortal bearing in Longling, who once liked Liu Junyan greatly, now place their hopes on Xiao Lao San to the same degree.

After all, the eldest Xingchen is destined to be a Buddhist practitioner, the second Shan Shan is the new Phoenix Lord; they basically have no chance to show their abilities.

We finally got Xiao Lao San—let's train him hard!

In short, it's just one saying: If training doesn't kill you, train until it does.

(Tomorrow daytime will release the extra chapter of Bai Shulan, titled Yun Que Shulan; at night will release this extra chapter, dear ones can pick and watch.)