Jiang Huai’s small face immediately turned red.
“This, this, this…how could it be?” Jiang Huai’s voice had become stuttering.
“Bai Li calls me Mother. After you and Bai Li get married, you will naturally call me Mother as well. Since Bai Li can, why can’t you?”
Bai Jin’s voice was gentle and calm, without any strangeness. Instead, Jiang Huai’s thoughts had taken a much more bizarre turn, leading to this reaction. Jiang Huai knew that Bai Li was a royal bloodline of the Snake Clan that Bai Jin had left behind alone through a secret technique. It was just like Luo Yueguan and Luo Qingyu. Precisely because of this, he felt it was especially strange.
“Aunt Bai, there is… there is something you don’t know. This is… strange in our Human Clan’s laws and customs.”
“Don’t you humans grow up the same way?”
“But, but that’s when you’re little. I, I’m not a child anymore.”
“In my eyes, what difference is there between your age and a child’s?” Bai Jin’s voice was still somewhat puzzled. She hadn’t thought in any strange direction. Seeing Jiang Huai sitting there, drawing Pill Formation schematics all day, made her feel an indescribable heartache.
It was because of her powerlessness that an outsider like Jiang Huai had to share the burden for the Snake Clan, or perhaps the lightning tribulation today had also made her uneasy. Traveling in this world, weakness is the greatest original sin. Therefore, as Bai Li’s future Dao Companion, Bai Jin also hoped he could become more powerful, and in the future, he could well protect Bai Li in her stead.
“Th-thank you for your kindness, Aunt Bai, but really, really, you don’t have to…” Jiang Huai’s tone was resolute. This matter might not mean much to Bai Jin, but to Jiang Huai, the more he thought about it, the stranger it became. He could shamelessly savor Little Bai Li’s sweet milk, but the current Bai Jin… was too strange. The more he thought about it, the more awkward he felt, his whole body itching.
Seeing his firm attitude, Bai Jin had no choice but to stop forcing the issue, and said softly, “Alright.”
Bai Jin still gently held his body, but loosened her grip slightly, adjusting Jiang Huai’s position so that his head rested lightly on her soft lower abdomen. She gently stroked his cheeks, and said softly, “You’ve worked hard for the Snake Clan all day. You must be tired, go to sleep.”
“I, I, I’ll go back and sleep…”
“Is it because I did something wrong that you dislike it?” Bai Li’s voice was slightly disappointed. She gently stroked Jiang Huai’s face, her voice overly gentle. “Bai Li always likes to sleep on my lower abdomen. Every time, she tells me so many things about you. You took care of Bai Li for me for so long before, and I never found an opportunity to repay you.”
“We, we’re all family, there’s no such thing as repayment.”
“Then after you and Bai Li get married, will you be willing to call me Mother too?”
“P-perhaps.”
Although Jiang Huai still found it strange when he thought about it, there seemed to be no problem with the logic. Bai Jin’s hands were slightly cold, and her body was also cool. Like Bai Li, in this sticky and humid weather, it was as comfortable as lying on an ice block. Jiang Huai was already drowsy, and his drowsiness gradually came over him. Lying there so comfortably, he gradually gave up struggling and soon fell fast asleep on Bai Jin’s lower abdomen.
Two Shichen later.
Jiang Huai had a very strange dream.
He dreamed that he saw Bai Li. Bai Li had already reached the Seventh Realm. He was being perverted and rubbing against Little Bai Li’s chest. Bai Li, with a face of disgust, held his head, telling him to lie down obediently and prepare to drink milk. But the moment he leaned in, Bai Li’s face suddenly changed into Bai Jin’s, scaring him into a shiver. A moment later, he woke up and suddenly felt his cheeks itching.
Bai Jin’s face was very, very close to him.
Bai Li’s beauty was inherited from Bai Jin. Their features were all of a cold beauty, delicate and alluring, possessing a unique cold and enchanting temperament. Jiang Huai looked around and realized that he was currently being gently held by Bai Jin, and the slender snow-white legs under her skirt were now ungracefully draped over his waist, tightly entwined around him like a white python.
He didn’t know if it was a unique habit of the Snake Clan, but Jiang Huai always woke up tightly entwined by Bai Li when they slept together. Seeing Bai Jin sleeping soundly, Jiang Huai dared not make a sound to disturb her, nor did he dare to make any extraneous movements. But with nothing to do, he observed Bai Jin’s eyebrows and eyes at close range.
Although her features were cold, her eyes that looked at him were always gentle. Her tender skin was smooth and fair, as moist as a freshly peeled lychee. Her figure was extremely regal, yet it was different from Chu Xianning and Luo Yueguan. Chu Xianning was slender and graceful; Luo Yueguan was plump and alluring. Bai Jin’s figure could be considered slender, especially her waist, but her chest and buttocks were excessively full.
Even in her sleep, Bai Jin’s brows seemed to be slightly furrowed. Jiang Huai felt a sense of pity he couldn’t quite explain.
He had only been in the Snake Clan for one day, and he had already witnessed the Snake Clan’s internal and external troubles. Bai Jin had to deal with these trivial matters every day. Her mission as a member of the Snake Clan made it impossible for her to let go and not care. She must have been utterly exhausted.
Just as Jiang Huai was lost in thought, Bai Jin slowly opened her eyes. The moment she saw Jiang Huai’s face, she was also stunned for a moment. It was only after a moment that she realized that she was almost entirely wrapped around Jiang Huai. She lowered her slender legs, released her grip, and moved her body slightly, a hint of apology in her eyes. “Did I squeeze you uncomfortably?”
“It’s fine. Bai Li always does this when she sleeps with me.”
“The Snake Clan, once they let down their guard around someone they are intimate with, always act like this, as if they have a hunger for skin and want to touch the other person.” Bai Jin said, then reached out and gently touched Jiang Huai’s face. She then sat up from the bed. She lowered her head slightly and noticed that the shoulder of her dress had already slipped down quite a bit, revealing the soft flesh of her white and tender chest. The moment Jiang Huai saw it, he averted his gaze. Bai Jin, as if nothing had happened, tidied it up and got off the bed.
The rain outside was still falling incessantly. She softly inquired, “Are you hungry? Shall I have someone bring some food?”
“Okay.”
So Bai Jin transmitted a message to a maid. In less than three sticks of incense, many dishes were brought into the room, most of them meat. Jiang Huai and Bai Jin sat opposite each other and ate dinner together. The moment they put down their chopsticks, a jade stone at his waist suddenly vibrated.
He immediately picked up the jade stone and soon received a transmitted message. “You’re in the Imperial City of the Snake Clan?”
“Yes.”
“I’m here.”
The moment Jiang Zhi’s cold voice appeared, her figure had actually already appeared by the dining table. Even Bai Jin only noticed her the moment she appeared, completely unaware of any spatial tearing. Jiang Huai was startled and looked at Jiang Zhi.
Today, Jiang Zhi was wearing a light blue long dress and no longer wore a mask. Those light purple eyes were still inexplicably Soul-stirring. Jiang Huai dared not look any further. The moment Bai Jin became uneasy, he hurriedly said, “Aunt Bai, this is Jiang Zhi, she’s my friend.”
Jiang Zhi glanced casually at Bai Jin. There was naturally a hint of arrogance in her eyes.
As a top cultivator of the Human Clan, she looked down on the Monster Clan like all other Ninth Realm Immortal Venerables. But perhaps her arrogance was even more excessive. In this world, she looked down on almost everyone.
“Why did you suddenly think of calling me?” Jiang Zhi looked at him.
“My sister seemed to know a lot about the Heavenly Way lightning tribulation before, so I wanted to ask my sister about the Heavenly Way lightning tribulation in the Western Region, what exactly is going on.”
After Jiang Huai spoke, Jiang Zhi did not show any impatience. She naturally sat on the chair, crossing her legs under her skirt. Jiang Huai then noticed that she was wearing a pair of emerald-colored high heels. Her fair, tender feet were snow-white and smooth.
“Seven thousand years ago, the Myriad Demon Emperor stole the Heavenly Way Authority and issued an edict, allowing the Monster Clan to cultivate in the manner of humans henceforth. This naturally angered the Heavenly Way, and from then on, the blessings of the Western Region were withdrawn. Droughts and floods were common occurrences, which to some extent stifled the development of the Monster Clan. This is also within reason.”
“Within reason?” Bai Jin’s voice trembled slightly.
What Jiang Zhi called “within reason” had caused millions of demons to perish in the wilderness.
When looking at Jiang Huai, Jiang Zhi’s gaze could be described as gentle. But the moment she looked at Bai Jin, Jiang Zhi involuntarily showed a trace of disdain. “The cultivation of the Monster Clan was already particularly difficult under the arrangement of the Heavenly Way. The Myriad Demon Emperor stole the Heavenly Way Authority, allowing more demons to embark on the path of cultivation. This act of theft from Heaven could naturally not bring you peace. Whenever the number of demons surpasses the Heavenly Way Authority’s limit, this will naturally happen. This is the law of cause and effect.”
“These years, your Snake Clan and Fox Clan have gained the right to speak, and you have reproduced more and more without restraint. Naturally, this is what will happen.”
Bai Jin sensed the disdain in Jiang Zhi’s eyes, but the Jiang Zhi before her had unfathomable Qi, and even she could not probe it in the slightest. This indicated that Jiang Zhi’s cultivation far surpassed hers. She was silent for a moment and softly inquired, “I would like to ask Senior, how long will this drought in the Snake Clan continue?”
Jiang Zhi raised her hand and her knuckles wiggled, tapping a series of times on the table. She closed her eyes tightly, as if sensing something. This divine stick-like appearance made Jiang Huai somewhat bewildered, but soon Jiang Zhi opened her eyes and softly replied, “At least three years, at most five.”
Bai Jin’s fingertips clenched the hem of her clothes. Her originally stubborn eyes were now slightly dim. Even though she had expected it, the moment the answer was revealed, she still found it hard to breathe.
If this drought continued for another three years, the population of the Snake Clan would likely be reduced by another third.
Jiang Huai, sitting beside her, looked at Jiang Zhi. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked in a small voice, “Sister… is there a way to save them?”
Jiang Zhi was slightly stunned. “What does the affairs of the Monster Clan have to do with you, a human?”
“Aunt Bai is my future mother, and her daughter is my Dao Companion…”
Jiang Zhi looked at Jiang Huai’s face, and suddenly couldn’t help but reach out and tap his head.
“What are you doing?” Jiang Huai was confused.
“It’s nothing, just hitting you.”
Jiang Zhi sighed softly in her heart.
Although her promise to Jiang Huai was that she could do one thing for him every year, in reality… since he had asked, how could she refuse?
Master above was watching everything, how could she dare?
