Shi Lang followed Tong Bai slowly through the city, with two girls holding onto the corner of his clothes. They were very sad because the man they thought was there everything turned out to be looking after them in exchange of spirit stones, and that too from their dead mother.

    Shi Lang said, "Ester, Butterfly, don''t worry, you are not alone."

    He placed his hand over their heads and they calmed down a bit. Soon they came over to a big house, Shi Lang commented, "You made a palace outside the city, does your sense of vanity knows no end?"

    Ting Bai took a deep breath and said, "Brother, I will kick you out."

    Shi Lang smiled and said, "You will miss me."

    The lady snorted and then she led them inside the house. There were no guards to watch the place but the place was surrounded by a defense array that could not be undone another person but Tong Bai. Shi Lang sighed and asked, "Do you still not trust humans enough?"

    Tong Bai shook her head and replied, "I am strong enough to handle things on my own. It has nothing to do with the trust factor as such."

    Shi Lang nodded and they went inside the house. Ester and Butterfly looked at each other with a surprised reaction on their faces. When have they ever seen a place like this? They seems to have walked inside a royal palace.

    Tong Bai said, "Brother the rent will be high."

    Shi Lang turned around and said, "It was nice meeting you, I will catch you later."

    Tong Bai was surprised but then she said, "Can you outgrow your petty attitude. Look at this place, I will give you full protection."

    Shi Lang shook his head and replied, "I don''t care. I am not paying more than the standard rent out there."

    Tong Bai rolled her eyes and said, "Fine. Thousand supreme spirit stones."

    Shi Lang nodded and took out a small bag from his space ring and flung it to them. Tong Bai said, "The courtyard in the east is for you and your girls."

    The Terran located the place and walked around the place with his hands behind his back. The two girls followed him while holding hands with each other. Shi Lang located the eastern courtyard and sighed. This place was as big as a mansion. To think Tong Bai had the strength to build herself a house this big.

    He moved his hand and the small array formation around the place was removed. Shi Lang then placed his own array formation around the place. He set up a bunch of arrays even more profound than what Tong Bai had.

    ...

    A young lady walked out of the meditation room when she sensed someone coming over. She asked, "Mom, what causes you to come over?"

    Tong Bai sighed and said, "What else could it be but you, Xiao Lia?"

    The lady was none other then Ye Lia. The latter shook her head and said, "Who moved in the eastern courtyard?"

    Ye Lia was still surprised, when Shi Lang flicked his finger and transferred a few instances from his memory to her. Ye Lia gasped after a few minutes and understood everything. She asked, "To think that you persisted to achieve your dream for so long. The most baffling thing is the fact how my mother was a rebel despite being an Empress. What a grand coronation."

    Tong Bai turned her head over and asked, "Did you see my coronation ceremony in his memories?"

    Ye Lia nodded, and Tong Bai glared at Shi Lang as she blamed him, "You liar, you said you didn''t come."

    Shi Lang smiled sheepishly and said, "Had I came there with how I usually looked, I would have been slayed by the enemies you had invited over."

    Tong Bai sighed and said, "You do have a point. What was your disguise?"

    Shi Lang shrugged and replied, "A serving boy, I fed Tian Long some laxative. I could have poisoned half the bastards there, but then you would have gone mad."

    Tong Bai rolled her eyes, and said, "You owe me a gift."

    Shi Lang furrowed his brows and said, "Didn''t I leave you a golden sparrow leg?"

    Tong Bai exclaimed, "Do you mean to say that tiny messy mass of meat in my resting chamber?"

    Shi Lang nodded earnestly, "That thing could have helped you with a purer bloodline. To sad to know you threw it out."

    Tong Bai and Shi Lang began to play the blame game, and it was endless. They even unveiled some very embarrassing anecdotes about each other too. Ye Lia could not imagine her mother having such a close and casual relationship with someone. She has seen her being secretive and happy with herself most of the time.

    The five people sat in and were dining together while sharing a lot of old memories and telling the girls some stories, when Shi Lang''s communicator began to ring.

    The Terran was surprised but then he accepted the request, earlier he had told Lou Shin his location and thought she was asking him to let her in, when he saw a bunch of faces on the hologram call, and opened his eyes wide.

    The people were Shi Tao, Yu Xeidi, and Hao Mei, along with Tian Long and Fairy Moon Jade.

    They all cheered collectively, "Happy Birthday!"

    Shi Lang was taken aback before he laughed out loud and said, "Thank you, but I have forgotten how old I am this year."

    Shi Tao said, "You are still young enough to beat Uncle Tian."

    Shi Lang frowned and said, "Is this old bastard trying to be on your good side? Tao, I forbid you all from interacting with him. He is a lousy show off."

    The banter evolved, and the rest of the people were shocked to see Shi Lang talking to the images. The Terran also realized this and said, "Old Tian, Moon, I have someone here, whom you would like to meet. I give you all, Xiao Tong, the empress of Vermillion Empire."

    The friends from old times stood face to face with shocked expressions on there faces. Shi Lang asked, "How do you like my gift?"