Xu Lai was sunbathing in the backyard when he suddenly sensed something. A smile spread across his face as he walked to the entryway.
Opening the door, he saw a sixteen-year-old girl standing awkwardly outside. When she saw the door open, she hastily pulled back the slender, snow-white fingers she was about to use to ring the doorbell.
It was Chong Yang, the current matriarch of the Chongming Bird Demon Race.
Chong Yang began, flustered, "Emperor—"
"Hm?" Xu Lai raised an eyebrow.
"B-Brother..." Chong Yang whispered.
"That’s better." Xu Lai nodded in satisfaction. "Why are you just standing there spacing out? Come on in. You can grab some slippers yourself."
Chong Yang entered the living room.
Xu Lai chuckled. "When you left last time, Ruan Lan was so disappointed. She said you two had made plans to eat crayfish together."
"Yeah!" Chong Yang replied excitedly, scratching her head in embarrassment.
She had been wanting to visit Earth ever since she finished her clan’s affairs, mainly because Ruan Lan had told her that crayfish was one of Hua Country’s most delicious late-night snacks.
The Chongming Bird Demon Race had always devoured their prey raw, so they were naturally prejudiced against the exquisite cuisine of the Human Race. But after Chong Yang had a taste... she fell in love with it.
It was just that when she arrived on Earth and stood at his door, she had hesitated, never expecting that Xu Lai would open it for her himself.
"Make yourself at home. If you’re this formal next time, I might have to smack you," Xu Lai joked.
Chong Yang’s small face flushed red as she waved her little fists. "Then I’ll go tell your wife on you!"
Xu Lai was speechless. Perfect. Chong Yang and Ruan Lan have only known each other for a short while, and this is what she learns? She’s already mastered the art of tattling. The source of thɪs content is novelFɪre.net
As Chong Yang sat on the sofa, she saw a chubby, round creature crawl in from the backyard, waddling along adorably. She stared, stunned. A Gold Swallowing Beast that hasn’t undergone its Spirit Awakening...
"Yeah," Xu Lai said, a headache coming on. "Yiyi wanted a pet rabbit last time, so Taotie brought over a whole bunch, and this was one of them."
"I’ll contact my clan right now and have them send an egg over. A Chongming Bird is much prettier than a Gold Swallowing Beast."
"No, no, that’s not necessary," Xu Lai hurriedly interjected, his expression darkening. "Having Xiao Hei and Beibei here is enough."
"Oh." Hearing that it wasn’t edible, Chong Yang lost interest.
When Ruan Lan came home that evening, she was thrilled to see Chong Yang. She immediately started calling her "Yang Yang" over and over, deciding they wouldn’t even eat at home.
"Come on, let’s go! My friend’s crayfish place has been open for a month, and she’s been waiting for me to visit!" Ruan Lan said excitedly. "I was too embarrassed to go without you."
Chong Yang hesitated. "Shouldn’t we wait for your sister to get home so we can all go together?"
"What’s there to wait for?" Ruan Lan said, pulling Chong Yang along. "It’ll be fine if it’s just the two of us. Besides, we have other activities planned for tonight. My sister would kill us if she found out."
"What activities?" Chong Yang asked, completely baffled.
Ruan Lan chuckled slyly. "Can’t say. You’ll find out when we get there."
"No funny business, you two," Xu Lai said sternly.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Ruan Lan stuck her tongue out at her brother-in-law before heading down the mountain with Chong Yang.
Yiyi didn’t wake up until six in the evening, right as Ruan Tang got home from work.
Xu Lai cooked noodles for his wife and daughter, adding a few meat dishes on the side. By the time they finished their satisfying meal, it was already eight o’clock.
Lying on the sofa with Xu Yiyi in her arms, Ruan Tang glanced at the time as they watched TV. "Should we call and ask where Ruan Lan and her friend are?" she asked with concern.
"No need," Xu Lai shook his head. With Chong Yang around, unless a Quasi-Emperor themselves showed up, no one could harm them.
"I’m worried Ruan Lan is going to be a bad influence on Chong Yang..." Ruan Tang said anxiously.
"Alright, we’ll go check on them after Yiyi falls asleep," Xu Lai said.
They ended up waiting until after ten o’clock at night.
After tucking their daughter in, Ruan Tang called Ruan Lan. Her expression suddenly changed. "She’s not picking up! Xu Lai, do you think they’re in danger?"
Xu Lai used his Divine Sense to check on them, and the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch. "Relax. They’re perfectly safe. They’re getting foot massages right now."
Ruan Tang looked utterly confused.
"Let’s go," Xu Lai said.
「At a certain bathhouse.」
In their private room, Ruan Lan contentedly patted her full stomach. Beside her lay Chong Yang, her face flushed bright red.
"Yang Yang, feels great, right? Though my guy, number seven, isn’t as handsome as he used to be. Your guy, number nine, had a pretty good build," Ruan Lan commented, taking a sip of tea and exhaling contentedly.
Chong Yang blushed. "It was a little ticklish when he was massaging my feet."
After a huge, delicious crayfish dinner, Ruan Lan had brought her here for a hot bath, a session in the sauna, and a full-body massage. That foot massage, in particular, had made Chong Yang giggle uncontrollably.
It’s no wonder the Supreme Emperor likes Earth, she mused. It really is a much better place to live than the Immortal Domain. There isn’t as much scheming and backstabbing, nor are there constant life-or-death struggles. And the brothels here are even co-ed! Not like in the Immortal Domain, where they’re separated for male and female patrons.
Although Ruan Lan kept correcting her, insisting this wasn’t a brothel but a ’bathhouse.’
"I’ve made up my mind!" Chong Yang announced happily. "I want to buy a house here and come for vacation a few times a year."
Ruan Lan was taken aback. "Buy a house? The real estate in East Sea is pretty expensive..."
"How expensive?" Chong Yang asked cautiously. "What about at the foot of Mount Haitang? I want to be your neighbor."
"In the city, it’s about fifty to sixty thousand per square meter. The area at the foot of Mount Haitang is all villas, and those start at fifty million."
"Never mind, I’m not buying one," Chong Yang said sullenly. Though she hadn’t been the one paying, she’d seen the bills from their night out. All the miscellaneous expenses had only added up to about 1,000 yuan! How long would it take to save up 50,000,000? Just think of all the delicious food you could buy with that much money!
"You know, Yang Yang, you could just live at my brother-in-law’s place like I do," Ruan Lan said, patting Chong Yang’s shoulder with a grin. "Then I’d have a buddy to play games, watch anime, and eat late-night snacks with."
Chong Yang considered this seriously. Finally, her eyes met Ruan Lan’s, and the two shared a mischievous laugh, having reached a silent understanding.
"It’s a shame my home doesn’t have an internet connection," Chong Yang’s face suddenly fell. "Otherwise, I could play games with you every day."
"Where do you live, Lan Lan? I have a classmate whose family business is in networking. They can get you hooked up no matter where you are!" Ruan Lan declared, patting her chest proudly.
"Really?" Chong Yang jumped with glee, looking nothing like the seventy-thousand-year-old matriarch of a Demon Race.
"Lan Lan, you’re the best!"
Xu Lai, witnessing this exchange through his Divine Sense, scowled and slammed his foot on the accelerator.
This degenerate culture absolutely cannot be allowed to spread to the Immortal Domain! Just imagine it: every household installing internet cables and connecting to Wi-Fi. Great Demons and disciples of various Tao Lineages would no longer enter seclusion for arduous Cultivation. Instead, they’d just be shut-ins, playing video games at home. Cultivators would stop discussing their training. They’d no longer be willing to spend decades poring over Cultivation Techniques and martial arts. Instead, they’d be debating things like ’the commonplace heroine, Katou Megumi,’ and gushing about ’heavenly delicious roast lamb...’ The mere image of it made Xu Lai’s vision go dark. The Immortal Domain would be completely finished!