CHAPTER 581: FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE LITTLE DRAGON

"This shameless little pervert!"

Shen Xingmou stared at the guy who was taking out his clothes, spat with hate, and then quickly realized her own state and hurriedly took out her dress to put on.

As she dressed, Shen Xingmou felt an oddity in her body, as if sinking into deep thought, but it was soon interrupted by intense anger.

"Xingmou, if there’s nothing else, I’m going to leave first!"

A voice came from not far away from Shen Xingmou, and then she saw the young man, now dressed, swiftly moving towards the valley exit.

"Pervert, stop right there!"

A sharp rebuke came from Shen Xingmou’s lips, and then, with a slight movement, she instantly appeared behind Yun Xiao, her strike without a trace of mercy.

Being from the Star-picking Tower, Shen Xingmou wasn’t like those ordinary wives who, once taken advantage of, would give themselves to only that suitor; her only thought now was to kill the little pervert who had defiled her with a single palm strike.

Swoosh!

Nevertheless, the palm strike Shen Xingmou had just delivered ultimately missed. For unknown reasons, the young man named Yun Xiao’s speed had suddenly increased several times, dodging the lethal blow at an extremely tricky angle.

Boom!

The force, missing Yun Xiao, directly struck the mountain wall, and in the next moment even Shen Xingmou herself was stunned—she had blasted a huge hole several meters in radius into the solid mountain wall.

"Eh? My cultivation?!"

It was only then that Shen Xingmou felt a change in her body’s Meridian Qi. She had astonishingly broken through a Great Rank in just one night, reaching another realm in the Heavenly Rank Third Realm.

As a prodigy like Shen Xingmou, breaking through a Great Rank in the Heavenly Rank Third Realm would usually take at least several years and some luck.

But now, Shen Xingmou had no doubt about the power of that palm strike she had just executed; it was something she definitely couldn’t have accomplished a day ago.

On the other side, Yun Xiao, who dodged the lethal strike, was also standing with a blank face, mixed with disbelief, staring at his seemingly unchanged right hand without blinking.

"Spirit Vein Realm Late Stage?!"

After a long while, Yun Xiao finally exhaled a breath and confirmed his current level of Meridian Qi Cultivation, which had reached the late stages of the Spirit Vein Realm.

Who could imagine, just over a month ago after the Hidden Dragon Conference at the Meridian Refining Master Guild, he had broken through to the early stages of the Spirit Vein Realm with the help of a Pill Tribulation.

And now, in such a short time, he had made another breakthrough, this time advancing continuously two realms to reach the late stages of the Spirit Vein Realm—how incredible was that?

"Could it be because of what happened with Shen Xingmou...that reason?"

At that moment, Yun Xiao could think of no other reason. The only explanation was the unintended skin-to-skin contact with Shen Xingmou, possibly even inheriting some of her power, which led to his breakthrough.

This was also the reason why Yun Xiao was able to avoid Shen Xingmou’s attack at the critical moment—neither Shen Xingmou nor Yun Xiao had anticipated the surge in power.

For a moment, Hot Spring Valley fell again into an eerie silence, until it was broken by a somewhat unfamiliar childish voice.

"Daddy! Mommy!"

A childlike voice suddenly came from somewhere in Hot Spring Valley, causing both Yun Xiao and Shen Xingmou to turn their heads abruptly, then they saw an incredibly unbelievable scene.

Not far from them, a child around two or three years old, wearing only a green bellyband and seemingly unsteady on his feet, swept his squinting little eyes continuously over Yun Xiao and Shen Xingmou.

This was a delicate and adorable child, his chubby little face seemed like it could be squeezed to produce water, and on his head was a sprout-like ponytail adding to his cuteness.

"Xingmou, what... what did he just call us?"

Yun Xiao, astonished, suddenly turned his head to look at Shen Xingmou, unable to grasp where this child had come from, but remembering the call clearly.

"No... impossible, how could this be?"

Shen Xingmou didn’t answer Yun Xiao’s question; she too had clearly heard that call, but couldn’t understand how they could have a child after just one night.

"Could it be that we’ve slept in this Hot Spring Valley for a whole ten months?"

The puzzled Yun Xiao whimsically said another sentence, knowing even to himself that it was nonsensical, but the situation was truly too strange.

"Daddy, Mommy, can you stop fighting, please?"

As Yun Xiao and Shen Xingmou fell into a kind of frenzied state, the child with the sprout ponytail called out once again in a milky voice, uttering words that seemed to melt the heart.

"Is... is this really our child?!"

Hearing this title again, Yun Xiao suppressed the incredible thoughts in his heart, rushed forward a few steps, picked up the child, and for some reason, he sensed a familiar aura from this child.

"You... don’t talk nonsense!"

Shen Xingmou was somewhat incoherent, and after her words were spoken, the child in Yun Xiao’s arms visibly showed a disappointed expression.

"Daddy, does Mommy not want Little Dragon anymore?"

The child, calling himself Little Dragon, began to cry to Yun Xiao with pitiful eyes, which made Shen Xingmou feel somewhat embarrassed.

Even if Shen Xingmou absolutely didn’t believe this was really her child, facing such a cute child, she truly couldn’t bring herself to say the word "no."

"You’re called Little Dragon? Don’t worry, Little Dragon, Mommy loves you the most and won’t abandon you!"

Yun Xiao, always easy to get familiar with others, directly addressed him, not knowing where the name Little Dragon came from. As he finished speaking, he pushed Little Dragon forward, saying, "Come, hold your son, look, he’s about to cry!"

"Mommy, hug!"

Little Dragon obediently opened his arms, and even though Shen Xingmou was immensely confused, she couldn’t bear to refuse at this moment and somewhat involuntarily embraced Little Dragon.

For some reason, when Shen Xingmou embraced Little Dragon, she suddenly felt a strange sensation in her heart, as if there was an obscure connection between her and this child.

"Mommy! Mommy!"

Little Dragon, being held by Shen Xingmou, instinctively nuzzled against her chest, causing her face to flush red, and this joyful scene seemingly dissipated some of the previous tension.

"Yun Xiao, you’re not causing some kind of trouble again, are you?"

Finally calming down a bit, Shen Xingmou suspiciously turned her gaze towards Yun Xiao, who was always full of tricks, fearing he was using this sudden affection to get her to spare his life.

"What trouble can I cause? If anyone’s causing trouble, it’s your son!"

Yun Xiao spread his hands and then pointed at Little Dragon, meaning it was clear: how could such a living person be conjured from thin air?

"What are you joking about? How can a child be this big at birth, and furthermore be able to speak and even name himself? Don’t you find this too bizarre?"

Shen Xingmou wasn’t so easy to fool. Even if they had slept here for a whole ten months, it was impossible for a child like Little Dragon to exist; this child was almost like a cunning spirit.

"How would I know? Anyway, he is your and my son, right, Little Dragon?"

At this time, Yun Xiao certainly wouldn’t let go of this lifeline, and even roped in an ally; he believed his makeshift "son" would definitely help him.

"Yes, yes, Mommy, Daddy is right!"

As expected, Little Dragon was very cooperative, looking up, blinking his little eyes with anticipation. With such cute eyes staring at her, how could Shen Xingmou bring herself to say she would kill Yun Xiao?

"Xingmou, look, now that we even have a child, let’s stop fighting and scaring the child!"

Yun Xiao took the opportunity to continue in this vein. If Little Dragon’s arrival could resolve this inexplicable grudge, it would truly be a happy ending for everyone.

"Mommy, Mommy, please don’t bully Daddy anymore, okay?"

With Little Dragon chiming in on the side, Shen Xingmou truly had no outlet for her anger. Although she was several Great Ranks stronger than Yun Xiao, it always seemed like Yun Xiao got the better end of the deal.

Moreover, she had been taken advantage of by him the most the previous night; Shen Xingmou felt like crying but had no tears. Yet, in such a situation, to truly kill Yun Xiao in front of Little Dragon, she hesitated a bit.

"Considering Little Dragon, I’ll spare you this time, but..."

After pondering for a moment, Shen Xingmou finally said something that made Yun Xiao sigh in relief, but then she immediately turned around and sternly said, "Don’t call me Xingmou!"

"Alright, Xingmou!"

Yun Xiao nodded, and with those words, Shen Xingmou gritted her teeth, almost not caring about Little Dragon’s feelings and nearly tore this lazy guy to pieces.

"Hehe, Daddy is so funny!"

Despite his young age, Little Dragon understood everything and winked at Yun Xiao. The "father-son" pair seemed to have greatly improved their tacit understanding invisibly.

"He’s not funny, he’s simply shameless!" Shen Xingmou rolled her eyes at Yun Xiao, then turned around, saying, "Little Dragon, you must never learn from him!"

"Tsk tsk, just became a mom and already started teaching the child, truly motherly affection is as high as a mountain!" Yun Xiao didn’t take it seriously, with a sigh of emotion in his mouth, causing Shen Xingmou’s pretty face to instantly turn red.